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The Catch of the Week is a bite-sized update focusing on telling the story of our conference. We do this primarily through interviews with church members, staff, and event leaders. This year we celebrated baptisms, reflected on events, tackled challenges, welcomed new staff, supported outreach projects, checked in on our church plants, and got to know our conference staff. 38 blog posts were added to our website and featured in our Friday newsletter. Visit our blog at the link below to catch up, or click on any of the previous issues links.
Previous Issues:
It Was Epic
By Abigail Welborn Now the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge, the water from upstream stopped flowing. It piled up in a heap a great distance away… The priests who carried the ark of… Continue reading→
From the Superintendent – June 2018
By Greg Yee, Superintendent, PacNWC Spring and end-of-school-year greetings! As Mary and I have been slowly cleaning our yard in our Renton glacial-till and construction debris-buried land, Jesus’ lakeside teaching about four soils prominently comes to mind. For many of us, through our Western lenses we read the Bible more individualistically. Certainly, this is appropriate,… Continue reading→
2018 Sharing The Harvest
By Mark Swanson, Pastor, Wiley Heights Covenant Church “One day I was in my cocoa garden composting when a gentleman approached me and asked, “Why are you going through all this trouble?” a farmer in the Central African Republic (CAR) shared. He had learned his skills because of the work of CEFA, a research and training… Continue reading→
Chaplains: Our Colleagues in Frontline Ministry
By Dawn Taloyo, Director of Pastoral and Congregational Health, PacNWC Recently I had the opportunity to sit down with about 8 of our PacNWC chaplains. These colleagues are ministering in settings ranging from hospitals, hospice services, recovery houses, police and fire stations, and the military. As one reported: “I serve one of the largest ‘Covenant… Continue reading→
Acts29 in Alaska
By Erik Cave, Director of NextGen Ministries, PacNWC I recently had the privilege of spending a week in Alaska with young adults from around the world. It was the last week of a 90 day Discipleship School called Acts29 hosted by the Alaska Conference of the ECC. The time was full of stories of spiritual… Continue reading→
Is Our Church Disgusting?
By Peter Sung, Conference Coach, PacNWC I’ve been learning about one of our core emotions: disgust. It’s an emotion that’s authored by our brain stem, i.e., it’s a primitive, core emotion that’s necessary for survival, and it turns out that disgust is an emotion that is learned. For example, poop is not something we are… Continue reading→
From the Superintendent, May 2018
By Greg Yee, Superintendent, PacNWC We missed those of you that were unable to be at our 128th Annual Meeting at Newport Covenant, Bellevue this past weekend. We had 45 of our 78 churches present to celebrate ministry, new work, new ordinands, and the faithful service of President Gary Walter and our Associate Superintendent Don… Continue reading→
Highlights from the 128th Annual Meeting
By Erik Cave, Director of NextGen Ministries, PacNWC The 128th Annual Meeting was attended by over 150 delegates and general conferees. This Annual Meeting featured an online bilingual Annual Meeting Report. We were blessed by the hospitality of Newport Covenant Church. Superintendent Greg Yee’s report covered many topics as he encouraged us to Spring Forth… Continue reading→
2018 Candidates for Ordination
By Sarah Hammersborg, Chair, PacNWC Ministerial Association One of the great joys at the conference annual meeting is the presentation of candidates that will be going on to the annual meeting in June to be ordained. The ordination process is not a quick process. They write a paper and then meet before a committee at… Continue reading→
Is the Church Destined to Make a Comeback?
By Peter Sung, Conference Coach, PacNWC Easter reports from around the church planting world have been coming in. To no one’s surprise, every single report indicates higher than normal attendance. In fact, it was not uncommon for smaller churches to see more than a doubling of their usual numbers. If you don’t care for numbers,… Continue reading→