Staying on Track

Hello all,

I want to thank you all for your prayers and participation in our week of outreach and our BIG Sunday. I really felt like it was a BIG success. We saw lot's of new faces and made some great contacts. It truly is exciting to see Jesus build his church.

Some upcoming events to keep our eye on....

Sunday March 16th 5:30 pm - Night of Prayer and Worship (We had a great time last month. We really need these times to draw close to God and hear His voice as we move forward.)

Sunday March 23rd 10:30 am - Easter Sunday (Another BIG Sunday for us. A great opportunity to invite friends and family!)

Wednesday March 26th 6:30 pm - Alpha Banquet (If you have not been on the Alpha Course yet we want to encourage you to sign up for this one. The night will consist of dinner, a talk and discussion groups. All are welcome.)

Counting it a Privilege,

Bo Noonan

Open Mic Night

We are hosting our first ever open mic at the building on Friday at 7pm. It would be great to see you all there. We will provide free food and drinks (coffee, sodas, water). If you know of someone who would like to perform let them know there will be a sign up sheet there. This is a great opportunity for us to bless the city!

Men's Weekend

Attention all men. This is the last week to sign up for the Newfrontiers Northwest Men's Weekend in Canby, OR. The dates are February 15th-16th. There will be three or four cars going down so rides are available. Please email Wes if you would like to register.

We would like to have a final count by this Thursday. The cost is $55. (Cash or check will do.)

Need the info....

Hello Church,

I wanted to take a moment to communicate a few things.

As you may have noticed we took down those walls, we have fixed up the new kids space (still wanting to put a bathroom in there), and we have a huge chalk board on the wall now! What's going on? Well, we are making more room for more people. By God's grace we continue to see new people on a regular basis which is extremely exciting. Our vision is to establish a church(es) where people's lives are supernaturally changed by God and for us to see this on a larger scale we need to make more room. We have a few more things to do before our space is finished: curtains, Waymond is working on some BIG decor, more chairs, and a sound system (no worries, it wont be overwhelming). We are currently working on all this and we should have it all finished within the next few weeks. By the way, a HUGE thank you to all who helped with the demolition and the painting and the mopping and the decorating and the... well you get the picture.

The reason we want to have all this done in the next few weeks is because we are aiming to swing the doors open wide on February 24th. We are going to have an outreach team with us for the week leading up to the 24th. Four guys from Silver Creek Fellowship in Silverton, OR are going to join us for the week to get the word out about who we are. We will produce a schedule soon and all are welcome to join in on anything these guys will be doing.

One month from February 24th is Easter Sunday. We will once again go for a BIG Sunday meeting that day. We will use Easter Sunday as an invitation to another Alpha Course which will begin the week after Easter. (More details to follow)

By the way, that BIG chalk board is going to serve as another medium for communicating all these upcoming events... and perhaps a few other things.

You may have also noticed that there is no prayer meeting tonight (Tuesday). We are changing our prayer meetings to once a month on Sunday nights. We will open it up more and it will now consist of worship, praying locally and praying globally... and of course we will continue to pray for the sick! At this point, the next prayer meeting is tentatively scheduled for Sunday, February 17th. (More info to follow)

You may be asking... "What Can I Do?" Great question!

We are still in need to kids workers. There are two ways you can serve the kids: we need classroom leaders (these people will use the curriculum to teach and train our little ones) and we need classroom assistants (these people will help the classroom leader with anything they need help with). Please contact Malena if you are interested.

We also need help with set-up and clean-up. Please let me know if you are interested in either of these.

We are moving ahead here! My prayer is that we move ahead together. Please let me know if you have any questions or thoughts.

It's a real joy and a privilege to work with all of you!

Bo Noonan

Let's Eat!

This Sunday morning we will be gathering to ring in the new year with a brunch! (As if we haven't eaten enough.) We will gather at 10:30 am at 711 St. Helens Ave. to eat, drink and be merry. Please consider bringing something to share with the others.

Please note, after we eat a few of us will hang around to take down a couple of walls. If you would like to tear down some walls feel free to join us. Dress for a mess.

Our Christmas Sunday...

This Sunday, December 23rd will be our Christmas Sunday. We'll join together to celebrate the birth of Jesus... or as John puts it, "The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth." (John 1:14)

This is a great opportunity to invite our friends, family, workmates, neighbors, etc... to celebrate with us, or perhaps hear for the first time, the jaw-dropping, amazing story of God becoming a man and drawing near to us.

I look forward to seeing you all there!

Christmas Party Highlights

Wow, what an evening! We had great food (thank you Joseppi's!), great music by Waymond, Nick, Paloma and Sierra, a great game lead by Marlene, and some really bad comedy by your's truly. A special thanks goes out to Alfredo who worked tirelessly to get the video done. You can now watch that video on You Tube.... or just press play below.