Sunday Recap

The church is not a building where people gather to worship, it is the people of God gathered to worship Jesus in spirit and in truth. This Sunday we gathered in the Gymnasium of Evergreen Christian Community to worship Jesus. The staff at ECC was very generous to let us use their building for our services so if you know anyone at ECC be sure to thank them for their generosity.

Also on Sunday we had some amazing volunteers show up early to setup and shovel snow. In particular Joe Plahuta, who runs our facility team, came on Saturday night to prepare the location and then came back Sunday morning to coordinate the crew. Thank you Joe for your example of Christ-like servant leadership. The next time you see someone helping setup or teardown for Mars Hill Olympia be sure to thank them for making sure our services happen. Praise God that we have men and women zealous for good works at Mars Hill.

Our Sunday attendance was 373, giving was $3,464, which means we’ve raised $34,997 toward our January goal of $45,334. Thank you to everyone who is giving generously, sacrificially, and regularly to Mars Hill Church.

Calendar

Monday – 2 community groups are meeting.

Tuesday – 6 community groups are meeting.

Wednesday – 7 community groups are meeting.

Men’s Leadership Training 6-7:30am at the  Tumwater office space

Discipleship Class 7 – 8:30pm at the Tumwater  office space

Thursday – 6 community groups are meeting.

Friday – 4 community groups are meeting.

Saturday – Don’t forget to invite your friends to church.

Sunday – Real Marriage week 3 “Men and Marriage”, Services are at 9am and 11:15am.

Doctrine Class 2-4pm at Flood the Sound Church, if you missed previous classes you can still come and participate.

Counseling in Community 4-6pm at Flood the Sound Church, if you missed previous classes you can still come and participate.

Community

All Community Groups are back up and running this week after many of them were unable to meet due to the weather.

If you are not in a community group you should join one this week, check this list and contact a leader on The City.

If you are in Shelton this week stop by Taqueria Las Palmas. It’s a fantastic Mexican restaurant. Every time I go it’s like being transported to Oaxaca. Here is the link to the review on Yelp.

Prayers

Pray for our Elders and Deacons at Mars Hill Church, that they would lead well and be filled with the Holy Spirit.

Pray for our partnerships with local churches like ECC that we would be working together to advance Jesus kingdom in the South Sound and see more people come to know Jesus.

Pray for Seth and I as we work on finding a new home for Mars Hill Olympia.

Pray that we would see those far from God brought near through our faithful witness to Jesus in the South Sound.

As always I look forward to hearing how God has been at work in our church, our city and in your lives this coming Sunday.

For Jesus Glory,

Pastor Steven