Posts with the category “west-side”

Beth has joined our staff part-time on an interim basis as Congregational Ministry Coordinator. Learn more about her below, including a connection you may not have realized to long time member, Kristi...  Read More

Love to sing?  If so, how about joining West Side’s choir?  WSPC choir is a great group of people who love fellowship, as well as singing great sacred music.  For more information about how you can be...  Read More

Registration is open for Harambee (Swahili for "pulling together")!You are invited to join us for a fun and inspiring evening. Enjoy a catered dinner and hear updates from our partners in Kenya. Try y...  Read More

Tallulah Reyes is doing an internship with Chi Alpha Campus Ministries at Western Washington University where she will be working with college students. Chi Alpha Campus Ministries exist to reconcile ...  Read More

Is God calling you to serve more? Are you interested in learning about serving in a short term mission trip?This trip might be perfect for you! The amazing organization Kids Alive International serves...  Read More

Carys ParkerPastoral InternThis summer, Carys Parker, West Side's Pastoral Intern, will be visiting with some of our members who are not able to be worshiping with us in-person. Be sure to check back ...  Read More

1. Study Guide from Waterbrook Multnomah Press.2. Sermon from Rich Villodas on Racial Reconciliation3. Racial Justice and Reconciliation Ministry at Bethany Community Church4. John Perkins Center for ...  Read More

1. Study Guide from Waterbrook Multnomah Press.2. Sermon from Rich Villodas on Emotional Health, preached in Oct 20213. New Life also has a series on “Living an Authentic Life” - Here is the playlist4...  Read More

On July 9th Karol hit the road for the cross-country adventure of a lifetime. Since then she has driven through Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska and is currently in Iowa where she has spent four d...  Read More

Carys ParkerPastoral InternThis summer, Carys Parker, West Side's Pastoral Intern, will be visiting with some of our members who are not able to be worshiping with us in-person. Be sure to check back ...  Read More

Study Guide from Waterbrook Multnomah Press.Sermon from Rich Villodas at New Life Fellowship Church on Sexual Wholeness – preached in 2022.  Sermon Series – New Life also has a sermon series called “G...  Read More

One of the Young Lives moms, who was supported with rent grants from the YLCF and the WSPC Deacons, has just finished her education and will start a new job this fall teaching special education/integr...  Read More

"Nothing can touch the immense impact of the Kenya experience. If you want to make a real difference in someone’s life, if you want to have a cultural impact -become involved in PFP. It all starts wit...  Read More

Sermon from Rich Villodas at New Life Fellowship Church on Contemplative Rhythms – preached in 2022.Study Guide from Waterbrook Multnomah Press. SABBATH RESOURSES Bible Project 5-Minute Sabbath VideoB...  Read More

Carys ParkerPastoral InternThis summer, Carys Parker, West Side's Pastoral Intern, will be visiting with some of our members who are not able to be worshiping with us in-person. Be sure to check back ...  Read More

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A sincere THANK YOU to the West Side family for sending me off into retirement in style! Sunday, June 25 was a gift and blessing together in worship and celebration, connecting with longtime church fa...  Read More

We all have moments in our life, whether collectively, and individually, when we wonder- “will the night soon pass?” (Isaiah 21:11–12).  During such moments we all look for inspiration and hope, and s...  Read More

Sunday, June18,  we ordained and installed the new elders and deacons elected by the congregation. Please include them in your prayers for the leaders here at West Side. We are grateful for their will...  Read More

Chris KochSenior Director of MinistryOn June 20, 2023 I was examined by the Presbytery and approved to seek ordination in the PCUSA. Next week Wednesday, June 28 at 7:30pm, there will be a service whe...  Read More

“Our world continues on, faster and busier, and we are reminded that our souls were not created for the kind of speed to which we have grown accustomed."—Rich Villodas, The Deeply Formed Life Our spri...  Read More

We are delighted to welcome Carys Parker to our staff this summer as a part time Pastoral Intern. Carys graduated from Fuller Theological Seminary (MDiv 2022) and is under care of the Seattle Presbyte...  Read More

By Stacy KutzFamilies and Youth Director What is your VBS story? As I am planning Vacation Bible School, I find myself reflecting back over my personal history with VBS. I remember days filled with s...  Read More

I was 23 years old, sitting in the kitchen with Norwegian cousins from the same generation as my grandparents. These dear, distant family members shared their memories of care packages sent from famil...  Read More

By Stacy Kutz, Families and Youth Director Where were you on Memorial Day Weekend, 1979? For many of our longtime members they were attending West Side’s first MDR at Ramblewood Retreat Center in Sequ...  Read More

In 2015, Phyllis Sortir was kidnapped and miraculously survived to continue and expand her work in Nigeria. This June she is the commencement Speaker for Seattle Pacific University. The amazing story ...  Read More

Good news – the Session has completed the budget work for this year!  Our budget year ends on June 30, 2023 and the new budget approved begins on July 1, 2023.Elders are responsible for approving the ...  Read More

By Chris KochSenior Director of MinistryThere are three events coming up that you can keep me in prayer for and celebrate with me about! Prayer Retreat from May 9-12. Like Pastor Laurie did a couple w...  Read More

By Stacy KutzFamilies and Youth Director I was thrilled when Pastor Laurie asked me to lead a discussion last Sunday during the middle hour about West Side’s desire to be an intergenerational church. ...  Read More

The Monastery of Christ in the Desert is a Benedictine monastery 20 miles up a dirt track from Abiquiu, New Mexico. Pastor Laurie and her husband, David, will spend 8 days of her study leave participa...  Read More

Hi, I’m Erika and you will normally see me somewhere with the kids on Sunday mornings!I grew up attending West Side, participating in Sunday school and VBS. And I went to school in the Arbor Heights/ ...  Read More

In March our elders and deacons met together for a joint Session meeting, discussing the mission that we share to make disciples. The loving attention that our Deacons dedicate to our members, particu...  Read More

“Would you like to go to church with us on Easter?”I was surprised that one small question caused me so much anxiety. I had gotten to know Brad at a weekly ultimate frisbee game and thought he and his...  Read More

Raise your hand if you’ve ever skipped to the end of a book to decide if it is worth reading all the way through … or jumped to the last chapter on the DVD menu … used the ‘lightening speed’ feature o...  Read More

By Stacy KutzFamilies and Youth Director Wednesdays, 4:00-5:30pm, March 1 through April 12Confirmation Sunday, May 21 After a COVID hiatus, we are excited to offer a Confirmation Class for youth once...  Read More

By Chris KochSenior Director of MinistryI am currently involved in a Connect Group, primarily with families, and have led two Rooted groups and two Lenten groups since I have been at West Side. Part o...  Read More

Thanks to everyone who participated in our festive gathering last Sunday, February 5th! We loved the great soups – learned who serves behind the scenes – and completed the business of electing a new C...  Read More

It was only two weeks ago that we began Lent with the reminder – “Remember you are dust and to dust you shall return.”It was one week ago that Jesus received my brother Jay to his presence as Jay’s mo...  Read More

Being the church doesn’t happen exclusively at church. To facilitate connection and communication within our church family, West Side will roll out an innovative ministry tool in January of 2020. Real...  Read More