On GEMS Sunday, Pastor Mark Van Haitsma recognizes the church's girls club in a message from Psalm 199:106 and a prayer that we would all be people who know the voice of their Lord.

In recognizing the church's boys club, Pastor Mark Van Haitsma preaches on the Cadets' core passage, Matthew 4:18-22.

In continuing the series on 1 Peter, Pastor Mark Van Haistma points to the new birth as evidence of God's grace and mercy.

Clarence Presley of Word of Truth Ministries International of Tukwilla returned to Olympia CRC to deliver a message on God's sovereign grace. Drawing from the text in 2 Samuel 9, Presley calls his message Dropped into Destiny.

In the first message of a new series Pastor Mark Van Haistma reminds us that 1 Peter provides a source of confidence and comfort for those who feel out of place. We can rest assured that God will Keep the church peculiar because that's who we are.

Pastor Mark Van Haitsma asks "What does the resurrection mean to you?" in a sermon drawn from John 20: 1-18:

"... 13 They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? ...." (NIV)

Recorded on March 27, 2016

Pastor Mark Van Haitsma preached on Luke 4:1-13:

"... 3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread. 4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’ ....” (NIV)

Recorded February 14, 2016

Pastor Mark Van Haitsma preached on Luke 13:31-35"

" ... 34 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. 35 Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’....” (NIV)

Recorded February 21, 2016

Pastor Mark Van Haitsma preached on Luke 13:1-9

"13 Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 2 Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? 3 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. 4 Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish....” (NIV)

Recorded February 28, 2016

Pastor Tom Dykstra preached on Luke 15:11-32:

"... 17 “When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! 18 I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’ 20 So he got up and went to his father.

“But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him...." (NIV)

Recorded March 6, 2016