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I just returned from Seattle, after spending the day at Seattle First Church of the Nazarene at the Seattle Neighborhood Mission Learning Day conference. Sponsored by Praxis Mission Center, this was a gathering of church leaders and practitioners sharing about how we live out our ministries in missional ways in our communities. The gathering of [...]

Morning #2 at Blenz coffee. Different location though. They have these places all over. Starbucks definitely has a strong Canadian competitor, at least in the center cent(res). As I’m walking around, I see just about an equal amount of each, so that tells me they must be competing; also it tells me I pay too [...]

About 3 weeks ago, we had our first congregational summit at First Presbyterian Church, part of an ongoing vision process for the church. I wrote about it, about how encouraging it was for me as a staff member and as a newly-involved member of the congregation as a whole. This Saturday, we had the 2nd [...]

This post is featured at Presbymergent as well. I think this is called "cross-posting" and if it’s a faux pas, I’m sorry. Deal with it and enjoy!
I’ve attempted to place a finger on the exact reason I feel called to be a part of this Presbymergent community, this emerging conversation about faith, theology, and our [...]

So, you’re Presbyterian? You’re into that "emergent" stuff too? Sounds like an interesting combination. Maybe there are others like you.
Adam Walker Cleaveland and Karen Sloane came up with this new website/community called Presbymergent. The idea behind the site is to provide a place for PCUSA members, lay people, pastors, etc. who are interested in the [...]

Yesterday I had the privilege to take part in the first of two congregational summits at First Presbyterian Church of Bellingham. Part of a current vision and evaluation process, this summit brought together about 75 members of the church community to discuss the future vision for the church and begin to brainstorm ideas for moving [...]

I know I’m at the right church when my pastor sends me this video in an email about our small group. I thought I’d share it with ya’ll. Thanks Doug.

I finally finished a little project I’ve been working on for the past couple of months. I’ve been redesigning the website for The Sound Community, a local church here in Bellingham, WA. You can check it out at http://www.thesoundcommunity.com.
I became acquainted with The Sound through a guy in my small group a couple years [...]