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Dabblers and Despair l Luke 13:18-35 l Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor

A week ago, Cyndi and I celebrated our 34th wedding anniversary. Wow, did I marry over my head! What a gift that woman has been to me…and to this church, by the way! To celebrate, we pulled out the old, grainy video tape of our wedding and watched it together. It was a poignant trip […]

When People Need Freedom l Luke 13:10-17 l Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor

Welcome to worship at Chapel Hill on this VBS weekend. Isn’t it so encouraging to hear these kids sing their hearts out worshipping God? And I am so encouraged to see all of you out there doing the hand motions! You might feel a little silly doing them, but these motions help our kids remember […]

You’re Going the Wrong Way l Luke 13:1-9 l Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor

You’ve heard from Pastors Ellis and Gunnar about our adventure at General Assembly this year. A tornado touched down half mile from the church, forcing us to seek shelter. It was very exciting! When I shared this news with my daredevil daughter, Rachel, she replied, “Just my luck; the year I skip General Assembly, you […]

Division and Decision l Luke 12:49-59 l Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor

The other night after a meeting of our elders, I was walking to my car and I noticed two of our elders, Serena and Stephanie, walking out ahead of me. The light was waning, they were by themselves…heads down…. in deep conversation. And they were approaching my car. I couldn’t help myself. As they stepped […]

Are You Ready? l Luke 12:35-48 l Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor

Last week your pastors attended our annual denominational in Denver, and, at one point we took the action of appointing a permanent committee on disaster relief. A group of people who would be permanently tasked with responding to the natural disasters in this world, making sure that our denomination is responding quickly and effectively to […]

Overcoming Toxic Spiritual Leadership l Luke 12:1-12 l Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor

Good morning, Chapel Hill! For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Gunnar, and I’m one of the pastors here. It’s good to be with you this Sunday. And it’s actually great to be back home after some travel. This last week, all of our pastors and some of our elders attended […]

Prodigal Son l Luke 15:11-32 l Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor

Back when I was a freshman in high school, I had a youth leader/Chapel Hill elder who mentioned that they knew how to make homemade fireworks. Which I of course found very intriguing. So, I did some supply scavenging that involved a 2L plastic bottle and crystal Drano (not the full recipe) and persuaded said […]

If I Only Had a Heart l Luke 11:37-54 l Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor

The other day I invited a friend to breakfast. He’d done something generous for us, saved us a lot of money in the process, and I wanted to thank him. So, we showed up at the appointed hour, ordered our breakfast…and began to tuck in. And just then, I got a call from Cyndi. “Uh…you […]

Give Me a Sign l Luke 11:27-36 l Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor

Three weeks ago, the latest installment in the Legend of Zelda video game series was launched: Tears of the Kingdom. In 3 days, it sold 10 million copies, making it the fastest selling Nintendo game of all time. We’ve been playing it constantly in our house and it has been the source of much conversation […]

The Strong Man l Luke 11:14-26 l Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor

Last week Pastor Ellis preached a great message on the Lord’s Prayer in Luke 11. He pointed out the differences between Luke’s version and Matthew’s, which is the one that most Christians pray. Surely Jesus taught on prayer more than once which might explain the slight differences between the two. But there is one difference […]

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