December 18, 2024 Dear friends, As we near Christmas day, my prayer and hope is that God would increase our wonder and our gratitude. That we would know God’s grace in a deeper way as we contemplate the mystery of God taking on flesh to love and save us. “For Read more…
Dear United & Sanctuary, On Sunday, Dec 1, 2024, Ralph and I stood together and read the attached letter of intent-which is a more official statement that we as two elder boards intend to continue to move forward in the process of becoming one church. The letter outlines the next Read more…
On Sunday October 27, 2024, Sanctuary held a town-hall style conversation regarding our future relationship with the CRC. Mark and the elders expressed the challenges facing them as officebearers in the denomination due to changes made at Synod 2024. There was a time for Q & A at the end Read more…
Hello friends, On Sunday I mentioned a talk given by Mark Sayers, a pastor from Melbourne, Australia. Mark was visiting Portland recently, and spoke to a group of pastors there. Mark’s ability to view large world-wide trends, clearly explain them, and then distill down the impact and opportunity for the Read more…
Hello friends, There are several different conversations we are having right now that are shaping the future of Sanctuary. The council (the elders and pastor) intends to communicate where those conversations are at on a regular basis – thus the creation of this page on our website. “Toward the future” Read more…
September 19, 2023 As we continue to look at the variety of “one another” commands, I keep coming back to what Jesus said to his disciples in the upper room, “As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my Read more…
There is a rhythm to the farming life of God’s people in the Old Testament that has them working the land for six years, then leaving the land alone for the 7th. The land “lies fallow,” and is unproductive for a season, unmanaged, inactive… allowing the nutrients which have been Read more…
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The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. -John 1:5
This is the word of the Lord Thanks be to God!
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