Archive for the ‘Generous Campaign’ Category

How Much Do You Know About Acts 29?

by Nick Bogardus on Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Christian blogger Tim Challies recently interviewed Pastor Scott Thomas about the history of Acts 29, what it does, and how working with Pastor Mark has influenced him. Acts 29 has planted nearly 300 churches and trained thousands of pastors around the globe. If you are a man who feels a call to church planting or [...]



Mars Hill Community Group In The News

by Nick Bogardus on Thursday, October 1st, 2009

A Mars Hill Church community group made local news recently when they installed a new mural at a neighborhood community center. This is just one of the ways that we live for Jesus as a city within a city; knowing culture, loving people, and seeing lives transformed to live for Jesus.
Are you in a community [...]



Mercy and Love: Collective and Distributed

by Pastor Jamie Munson on Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

I was recently asked in an interview with the Seattle Times what we do for the community. It got me thinking about our church’s approach to mercy ministry.
Our methods range from collective to fully distributed. To illustrate what I mean, here are some examples from the whole gamut:
Collective Efforts
Sending resources and support to Vision [...]



Albuquerque Campus In The News

by Nick Bogardus on Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

On top of fitting over 500 people into the Lobo Theater for their launch this past Sunday, Pastor Dave Bruskas and the Albuquerque campus were featured across three local network affiliates – ABC, NBC, & FOX – that night. In addition to the campus opening, what was the story of note? It was a story [...]



Olympia Member Killed Serving In Afghanistan

by Mars Hill Church on Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Mars Hill Church, one of our members, Andrew H. McConnell, was killed this past week while serving in Afghanistan.  Andrew and his wife Sarah were married this past December and Sarah is five months pregnant.  We ask that, as a community, Mars Hill Church honor Andrew by rallying around his wife and unborn child.  We [...]



MicroMission Benefits West Seattle Seniors

by Mars Hill Church on Saturday, August 29th, 2009

Since last spring, one of the community groups at our West Seattle campus has been visiting the Elizabeth House, a local apartment complex for low income senior citizens.
Once a month, the group fires up the barbecue for hamburgers and hot dogs, followed by games and crafts. The project is a part of Mars Hill [...]



Spring Cleaning in Seattle – Generous #13

by Mars Hill Church on Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

Mars Hill members are on the move using MicroMission funds and some good old fashioned elbow grease to love and serve the city. Here are the stories from the past month:

Bagging trash at the Burien Clean Sweep
Traffic circle restoration in Rainier Valley
Landscaping at the Phinney Neighborhood Center park

If you’re interested in organizing a MicroMission project [...]



Ham and Eggs and Jesus – Generous #12

by Mars Hill Church on Saturday, April 25th, 2009

A Queen Anne community group shared the joy of Easter with nearby low-income families when they delivered 35 boxes of groceries to a Lake City apartment complex earlier this month.
 
The families had signed up for groceries with Queen Anne-based CityTeam Ministries, a Christian organization already at work in the apartment community. Thanks to four full [...]



Let’s Buy a Bus! – Generous #11

by Mars Hill Church on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Vision Nationals (Visag, India) began Master’s School in 1999 to provide a first-rate K–12 education for the orphans living in the ministry’s companion program, Master’s Home.
Master’s School has done so well in the past decade that Vision Nationals was asked to open the school to the public. Well, they did, expecting an additional 50 kids [...]



Marco Needs a Sleeping Bag – Generous #10

by Mars Hill Church on Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

Pastor Scott Thomas writes on the Acts 29 blog:
I walked out of the Downtown campus…and across the street to speak to a homeless man, Marco…I told him I was one of the pastors at the church across the street and asked him how we could help him. He said, “Everything I have is in this [...]






FEATURED - November 4th, 2009

Is Polygamy Biblical?

In light of the Raymond Jessop and Yearning For Zion cult, Pastor Mark addressed the question of whether or not polygamy is Biblical.
Various cults, aberrant sects, and perverts make the case that the Bible does mention polygamy and so it is biblically acceptable. However, they fail to acknowledge that the Bible speaks of human sin [...]


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Pastor Mark: Why Bad People Do Good Things

By Mars Hill Church, November 2, 2009

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By Pastor Jamie Munson, October 28, 2009
CHANGED BY JESUS - October 14th, 2009

“I didn’t care anymore”

Changed By Jesus #54
By a female teenager at the Ballard campus
I was raised going to church every Sunday. I thought I was a Christian because I was really good at following rules and thought I was an expert on Jesus. But the personal, life-changing relationship wasn’t there.
This seemed to work for me in middle school, [...]


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Mars Hill Mid-Week?

By Nick Bogardus, October 12, 2009

“Who have you become?”

By Mars Hill Church, October 9, 2009

“What did she have that I didn’t?”

By Mars Hill Church, October 8, 2009