My highlight this week is that Mark made it! He woke up in the middle of the night SICK with the flu. Our Sunday schedule was as follows: Throw up, preach, throw up. A lot of people asked me why he was still preaching even though he was so sick…well, he’s a pastor at the core of his being and he believed in his sermon. He wanted to preach it and that he did. He delivered it strong and with authority, which was the dichotomy to when he got home and slept for the next 18 hours…
On another note…people do so much for our church that goes unseen! Mylissa is our shopper, Ron cleans up outside, the Tilley’s donated a day to do a deep clean, Adam is our new “honey-do” volunteer (Sorry, Adam, for the ridiculous title), and the list goes on…it is amazing to have Behind the Scenes servers who give and give! Thank you to all of you!
We had a new guest yesterday who said she wanted to start a relationship with Jesus. That’s why we get up in the morning! Thank you to those of you volunteer and give so that people can have their “AHA! Moments”.
My small group is coming to a close next Monday. It never fails to happen…I find amazing things in each person that I really like. That is my favorite part of groups – putting random people in a room and getting to know their stories! I’m sure some of them will be back in our next group and some will try another group, but I am SO thankful that I got to dive into their lives for a season and get to know them.
Yesterday one of the Battle Ground groups brought 7 baskets for Thanksgiving Dinners. We were able to bless some families – not necessarily who NEEDED the food the most, but all of whom NEEDED the reminder that they are important to God and their church. THANK YOU to that small group who went out of their way to make people feel loved. Here’s some of the Facebook notes we got about it:
Thankful for the generous, giving hearts of my church family ♥ North Creek is the best!!!
Juuuuuuust got my socks incredibly blessed off me by my church. *serious warm fuzzies ya’ll* I’m soooo sooo thankful! Thank YOU, North Creek Church for {Being Present} in my little families lives!!! I’m already plotting how to pay it forward.
Our family is feeling so loved and blessed by our church family at North Creek! THANK YOU Coffee Church for BEING PRESENT and being AWESOME! 🙂
If you’re feeling the desire to be generous, stock up on toys and jackets for our upcoming Be Present Give. More information coming, but there’s your warning!!!!
If you are looking for an end-of-the-year donation, please consider North Creek as well. We took on a mountain with the merge, and although we are on track to be solid and stable by the one-year mark, it’s been a big financial adjustment to need double the income from a year ago. Worth it? Yes. Learned lots? Yes. Want to launch more campuses in the future? Yes. Crazy for the mission of God? Yes. Drink too much coffee?…
We had a group of 35 people go to Winter Jam on Friday night! Everybody had a good time and it was another great opportunity to meet people you might not have previously known!
On Thursday the youth had a guest speaker who was our former student. Courtney Huskisson is one amazing woman whom we are proud to have gotten to invest in for a season! Thanks for coming back to preach and showcase what a life devoted to Jesus looks like!
The K-2nd Grade boys had a giant nerf gun fight party after church yesterday in Hazel Dell’s auditorium. That’s why we don’t decorate with fancy, breakable things…
Way over my word limit for the day, but it’s not my fault that God is doing so many cool things…. Be blessed!