Mill Creek Foursquare Church

Pastor Chris continues our teaching series entitled “The Wonder of a Coming King: Advent 2025.” In this fourth study of the series, “Out Of Egypt I Called My Son,” we study in the book of Hosea as he prophesied of a king who would regather scattered Israel and give them renewed hearts to love and worship the LORD their God. We also read words that the Gospel of Matthew will later use to prove Jesus is the Messiah of Israel the world has been waiting to receive.

Pastor Chris continues our teaching series entitled “The Wonder of a Coming King: Advent 2025.” In this third study of the series, “Little Town of Bethlehem,” we study in the book of Micah as he prophesied of a king coming out of a little, nowhere town who would redeem Israel and change the world. This king, of course, is none other than the Lord Jesus who continues to meet the aches of every longing heart and abide with us until he returns.

One of the greatest joys of the Christmas season in the Pacific Northwest is watching decorative lights shine through the cold and gloomy darkness. As we continue our Advent series, we look to Isaiah who prophecies of a light that will illuminate the darkness, a light caused by a coming King who will reign eternally with joy, peace, justice, and righteousness. Join us this week as we sit in the wonder of our coming King.

Pastor Chris begins our teaching series entitled “The Wonder of a Coming King: Advent 2025.” In this first study of the series, “The Blessing of a Coming King,” we study in the book of Numbers out of a unique part of Israel’s story when a foreign king seeks to curse them as they await to end the Promised Land. God turns this moment into a blessing and one of the earliest proclamations of the Messiah who would come to fulfill the promises of God.

Pastor Chris offers a devotional teaching as we are in-between series entitled “What Storms Prove.” This teaching is focused in Mark 4 where Jesus proclaims four parables/short stories with deeper spiritual meaning about the Kingdom of God. Then a storm settles on them all. Here we learn that storms can introduce great chaos to our lives, though they can also reprove that which is simple and deep within us: God is good and present.

We have the privilege of ordaining Pastors Mark and Andrew while we have our District Supervisor Steve Mickel with us. He will share a wonderful teaching that will be sure to aid and galvanize us towards response in Jesus. 

Pastor Chris continues our teaching series entitled “The Life of Moses: A Friend of God.” In this twenty-fifth study of the series, “The Death of Moses,” we study in the book of Deuteronomy and focus on a moment of Moses proclaiming the way of the LORD to Israel as well as the conclusion of the Torah as Moses dies. Here, we consider the ways Moses points to Jesus, and through Jesus, made his way into the Promised Land.

The entire Bible creatively and consistently points to the gospel of Jesus Christ. This week, we will study how a snake on a stick shows us the power and necessity of believing in and submitting to Jesus Christ as our Savior.

Join us this week as we take a brief pause from our Moses series to explore the topic of shame and how, through Christ, we can find freedom. As the Christian author and physiatrist, Curt Thompson writes, "To be human is to be infected by this phenomenon we call shame." (The Soul of Shame pg. 22) Shame affects us all, but Jesus confronts it head-on.

As we turn to Numbers 20, we read the story of one of Moses’ worst moments. The Lord had shown himself faithful and powerful time after time, and yet Moses proudly and angrily chose to take matters into his own hands. How do we steward our moments of frustration in a way that recognizes the moment while also surrendering our emotions and understanding to the Lord?