by Pastor Tom | Apr 11, 2024 | Community
“My own plans are made. While I can, I sail east in the Dawn Treader. When she fails me, I paddle east in my coracle. When she sinks, I shall swim east with my four paws. And when I can swim no longer, if I have not reached Aslan’s country, or shot over the edge of...
by Pastor Tom | Mar 2, 2024 | Community
Grace and Peace, Bethesda! A blessed Lent and Easter season to you! Thus far we have heard from two of our Wednesday evening faith speakers. Ardelle Howell and Sarah Peterson shared how Jesus brought them through storms in life. Steve Hammerquist, Paul Jorgensen, and...
by Pastor Tom | Feb 12, 2024 | Community
Grace and Peace, Bethesda! Let’s get out the telescope and gain our bearings here. We’ve sailed through a beautiful Christmas season. We’ve traversed a week of icebergs. Our next destination is the Annual Meeting, now on February 25th. Between now and then I will make...
by Pastor Tom | Nov 6, 2023 | Community
Grace and Peace, House of Mercy! In last month’s article, I shared our Council’s hope about October Crew Meetings. That we would be amazed at how the Holy Spirit among us “promotes the body of Christ’s growth in building itself up in love” (Ephesians 4:16). Mission...
by Pastor Tom | Oct 12, 2023 | Community
Grace and Peace, House of Mercy! By the time you see this, our Church Planning Council will have concluded a seven-hour visioning retreat. Our intention was to step back from the ground-level concerns of church operations and take in a wider perspective. To gain...
by Pastor Tom | Sep 28, 2023 | Community
Grace and Peace, Bethesda! I pray you’ve had a safe and renewing summer! It’s about time for the fall of the Pac-12 conference…I mean, the fall season at Bethesda. Doesn’t it feel like everything is in transition these days?! Amen for the unchanging mercy of God!...