by Thad | Aug 22, 2013 | Generosity, Indonesia, Leadership, Life, Open Life, Stories
It is not easy making time to send these updates. While we have not been that busy with ministry yet (that begins tonight for us), we have been busy meeting people and sharing life in Indonesia. The jet lag is a brute. It certainly can get the best of you. We...
by Thad | Jun 26, 2013 | Bonney Lake Church Plant, Culture, Generosity, Indonesia, Leadership, Open Life, Partnership
I am continually amazed at the partnerships in Bonney Lake that we have been able to put in place. To have people within the community genuinely excited to support our efforts in Surabaya August 19th to September 18 is amazing. All week this week June 24 through the...
by Thad | May 17, 2013 | Bonney Lake Church Plant, Church, Culture, Generosity, Leadership, Open Life
Humbled to say the least at receiving the 2013 Community Leadership Award from the Sumner School District (SSD) at the Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA) today in Fife. Some more than kind words were said by Superintendant, Craig Spencer, and...
by Thad | Jan 31, 2013 | Generosity, Indonesia, Life, News
Recently we accepted an offer to go to Indonesia for a moth in the middle of August to pastor a church called ICA Surabaya. We will be reaching out to this city, and traveling into some more remote spaces to start new churches, and even do a little medical missions...
by Thad | Apr 9, 2012 | Bonney Lake Church Plant, Culture, Generosity, Gospel, News, Open Life
Sunday was surely one for the memory book. Open Life had our largest Sunday to date with 139 people present for our Easter Experience, “One Day to Change The World.” So many guests made their way to Easter with family, neighbors, and friends. Honored to have them...
by Thad | Feb 23, 2012 | Culture, Generosity, Open Life, Stories
To wrap up our series at Open Life on living with “Margin” we created and showed a documentary about the financial beginnings of the church two years ago. It’s the story of how we chose the approach of strategic generosity and how it has made an...