By Janet Nordlund -- It’s Community Sunday, HOORAY!!! We get to be all together for our service time and then afterwards keep the connecting going with a yummy potluck meal. Our focus for the morning will be PRAYER in the upside-down kingdom. “He was praying in a certain place...
By John Muirhead -- In a recent staff meeting, Pastor Greg asked us to dream. Then he said, "Dream about reaching out to the community around us…next week bring back your ideas to our meeting.” Right away, Wilson High School came to my mind. Our church has been involved with...
By Dave McLaren -- In November of last year, many of the men from GPBC joined one another at a Men’s Retreat in Turner, Oregon. It was a rich time of fellowship and fun. To have had the opportunity to spend time studying and thinking of things that God had to say to us was a blessing for...
By Caris Power -- As many of you know, I just returned from a beautiful two and a half weeks in the Caribbean. (It hardly feels real that I can say that!) I went with two friends from college that have remained good friends over the years. We wanted to celebrate over two decades of friendship...
By Wayne Williams -- I know I’m not alone in this, but I for one am very glad that Greg Lunsford has joined us as our Lead Pastor. With each step in the process, the candidating, the church’s strong vote of approval, our invitation to come work with us, and Greg’s enthusiastic...
By Mark Nordlund -- Recently, my 20-year-old daughter decided to get her first tattoo and I was very happy when she invited the family to come with her! She had been contemplating this for a long time, praying and considering what design would best convey the message in her...
By Sally Bland -- Welcome to 2020! The start of a new year often inspires people to better their lives in some way, maybe even make a New Year's resolution or two. To me New Year's resolutions quickly become lists of things I actually will not follow through on...
By Greg Lunsford -- I truly love this time of year. The traditions that take place. The active rhythms in church and family that center us and point us to Jesus. It really is special. Advent is a season of anticipated arrival. For Israel it was hundreds of years of awaiting a King that would...
By Joyce Wachsmuth -- Typically, this time of year a question might be asked of you, “So what are you looking forward to in 2020?” Your answer may vary from some event you are looking forward to, or something that you hope will change in 2020, or many times you really don’t...
By Wayne Williams -- The theme of this third week of Advent is JOY! It’s time for Christmas celebrations to kick into high gear. I hope you’ve got some big and/or small celebratory events (Parties!) planned and that you let yourself revel in the wondrous truth that the Creator...