By Pastor Rachel WhitePastor of LifeGroups & Alpha One of the many lessons I’ve learned from spending time growing a flower garden this year has been that growth takes time. As the cut flower season ends, I’m already planting seeds for next year, seeds that won’t look like flowers until maybe May! That’s a long […]
What’s Really Facing Today’s Teens – And How to Respond
By Pastor Ellis WhiteSenior Pastor This year, my eldest began Middle School. I recall the transition I made at her age from St Peter’s Catholic Primary School with only 200 students to the Royal Grammar School with 10 times as many students. It was overwhelming. But thankfully, I wasn’t also dealing with a daily bombardment […]
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Integration: Movement Toward Wholeness in Following Jesus
By Katie NelsonDirector of Care Ministries Integration. That’s what my heart and soul have been journeying toward for quite some time now. It’s a concept that has been on my mind ever since I stepped into the role of Director of Care Ministries at Chapel Hill. Integration means bringing all the parts together into a […]
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Serve with Our Security Team
Keeping Chapel Hill safe is one of our top priorities. Whether it’s a Sunday morning, weekday evening, or a special event, anytime we have people coming into our building we want them to have a team they can rely on should an emergency arise. When you join our Security Team, you will work with staff […]
Loneliness is the New Smoking
By Pastor Ellis WhiteSenior Pastor Did you know that lacking social connection is as dangerous as smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day? According to a study published in 2017 in American Psychology, the odds of premature mortality are just as affected by a lack of friendship, as they are by smoking a pack of […]
Fire!
By Pastor Ellis WhiteSenior Pastor “The fire alarm would have gone off on the Day of Pentecost, too!” was one of the many comments I heard after last Sunday. If you weren’t there, you probably heard about it, but just after I stepped up to preach, as I was beginning to read the scripture passage, […]
Thank You, Chapel Hill!
By Pastor Mark TooneSenior Pastor I will never forget this week. Exhilarating, exhausting, and profoundly humbling. Last Sunday’s worship service on August 25 was incredible. Our Sanctuary seats 1,400 people. We had 2,348 gathered in every nook and cranny throughout the building. And oh, did you sing as we were led in wonderful worship! It […]
A Special Thanks from the 37 Fund Committee
Dear Sweetheart Church: We want to thank you for attending Wednesday night’s 37 Celebration for Mark and Cyndi Toone. We hope you had as much fun being with your church family, seeing old friends, sharing a meal together, and celebrating God’s blessing on us. As we moved into the Sanctuary for the formal part of the program, […]
Grateful Reflections on a Blessed Journey
By Pastor Mark TooneSenior Pastor In some ways, it seems like yesterday. In some ways, it seems like a world away. I preached my first sermon at Chapel Hill as your new Senior Pastor on September 13, 1987. But I preached my FIRST, first sermon in January of that year as a candidate. It was […]
Serve at Alpha
Alpha returns this winter on Wednesday evenings, January 28–March 25, 2026, from 6:30–8:00 pm in the Gathering Place at Chapel Hill (7700 Skansie Ave, Gig Harbor, WA 98335). Each week, guests explore life’s biggest questions in a relaxed, welcoming environment with dessert, a short video, and open conversation. You can help make that experience possible. […]