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Pastor Jim Fikkert
December 17, 2020

While shepherds watched their pox at night

While shepherds watched their pox at night

As I was making modified Christmas plans with my parents the other day, my dad reminded me that we had already been through a quarantine Christmas. It was 1987 and I was 7 years old. On the day before Christmas break, we found a strange mark on my sister; by the middle of the next […]

December 14, 2020

LOVE

LOVE

A LIGHT bright enough to provide warmth [9] The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. [10] He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. [11] He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. […]

December 9, 2020

Hope reframed

Hope reframed

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God’s power […]

December 7, 2020

PEACE

PEACE

A LIGHT bright enough to outshine darkness In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.| John 1.4-5 In order to experience the anticipation of Jesus coming, we have to know the PEACE that comes from being rescued. It […]

December 1, 2020

HOPE

HOPE

A LIGHT bright enough to shine back In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.| John 1.1-3 In order to experience the […]

November 26, 2020

What is normal?

What is normal?

For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. | John 1:16 Over the last few months, I have found myself wanting things to go back to normal. I know that I am not alone. As I pondered this desire, it has led me to question what normal is. If we define normal […]

November 23, 2020

Don’t Waste your Pandemic

Don’t Waste your Pandemic

Earlier this year, I wrote a blog called NOT IDEAL. The purpose of this was to place our current struggles into the eternal plan of God and to give a focus for the discomfort we were all feeling. My hope was that we would not let the suffering overwhelm or define us. I wrote: We […]

November 19, 2020

Changing the question

Changing the question

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and […]

November 18, 2020

The path forward

The path forward

On Sunday, governor Inslee put forward new restrictions for Washington State, which includes guidance for churches. For those who have not seen it yet, here it is: Religious Services are limited to 25 percent of indoor occupancy limits, or no more than 200 people, whichever is fewer. Congregation members/attendees must wear facial coverings at all […]

November 18, 2020

Church unity

Church unity

The following was a letter written from the eldership to members of New City Fellowship. We chose to repost it because it does a great job of reminding where our unity rests. As the Church continues to be divided by politics, COVID restrictions, and ideological polarization, it is more important than ever to remember who […]

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