Church hosts summer campfire series
July 27, 2010
On hot summer evenings, nothing quite beats a good campfire with plenty of food, fun and singing.
This summer, Our Savior Lutheran Church is putting on the Midweek Community Campfire Series. The campfires are held every Wednesday night at 6 p.m. through Aug. 18 beside the lake at Lake Sammamish State Park.
The church invites all members of the community to join them. There will be hotdogs, s’mores and worship songs at every service.
Associate Pastor Ryan Fletcher said he hopes that the campfires will attract members of the church and nonchurch members alike.
Good Samaritan church introduces new choir master
July 27, 2010
Good Samaritan Episcopal Church has hired John McEwen as new choir master and director of music.
McEwen’s first Sunday is Aug. 1, and he will play and direct the 10 a.m. service of Holy Communion, Rite II.
John arrives in the Seattle area from Florida, where he spent 10 years as the music director at Unity Church of Tampa. He has degrees in piano performance pedagogy and music education from the University of South Florida, and a Master of Arts in rehabilitation and mental health counseling.
Good Samaritan is at 1757 244th Ave. N.E., Sammamish.
Shepherd of the Hills welcomes new pastor
July 20, 2010
The Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church has a new pastor after a year and a half of searching. The Rev. Drahus Oslik is a young and enthusiastic man, excited to bring his passion for ministry to Issaquah.
The Rev. Drahus Oslik is taking over as head pastor at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. ‘I'm absolutely excited to be here,’ he said. By Paige Collins
His goals for the new ministry are to use the congregation’s energy to its fullest, to use his previous experience to bring new ideas and to encourage members to reach out to the community.
Oslik’s first service at Shepherd of the Hills was June 27 and he said he came away from it amazed by the energy of the congregation.
“I couldn’t have wished for a better first morning,” he said.
The church had been without an official pastor since November 2008. The process of finding the right one included the formation of a call committee, determination of the congregation’s priorities and multiple interviews with possible candidates, said Don Benson, a call committee member.
The church’s priorities as determined by the committee were preaching and teaching, the formation of youth ministries and community outreach, Benson said. Read more
Community Church of Issaquah seeks to serve new congregation
July 13, 2010
Woun Kim, a part-time minister with the Japanese Baptist Church in Seattle, is helping the Community Church of Issaquah with its outreach program. Contributed
Nestled near the base of Squak Mountain, the parishioners at Community Church of Issaquah grew with a burgeoning community and has seen drastic changes come to a once sleepy, rural town.
They, in turn, have changed with it, bringing daring ministries, like Tent City 4, to Issaquah.
Now, they enter into uncharted territory again. This time, they are trying to find a new congregation to take up their mantel, said interim Rev. Dick Birdsall.
“There are a lot of things that have changed,” he said. “But nothing would make the church’s members happier than to see something new emerge from this building.”
The group has been together for decades — many even helped construct the building in the 1970s. However, the parish’s members are getting older and the number of members is getting smaller. The congregation is now about 50 members, compared to about 300 in the ’70s, Birdsall said.
In addition, Birdsall, who came out of retirement to lead the small congregation last year, is going to leave the church at the end of August.
To cope with the changes, he and his members reached out to other Baptist churches in their organization, the Evergreen Association of American Baptist Churches, for ideas and help.
They found support from leadership at Japanese Baptist Church in Seattle and its part-time minister, Woun Kim. Read more
Local Chabad to debut new Torah scroll
September 8, 2009
Just in time for the Jewish High Holidays of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, a new Torah scroll will be completed at the Chabad of the Central Cascades, a Jewish outreach, educational and social service organization in Issaquah. Read more
Church hosts community campfires
August 4, 2009
From 6-8 p.m. every Wednesday until Aug. 19, Our Savior Lutheran Church is hosting an Issaquah community campfire. Read more
Summit Community Church installs new senior pastor
October 28, 2008
Glen Salzman (right), the new pastor for Summit Community Church in Issaquah, poses with his wife Lori and their 1-year-old daughter Pearl. By Alison Ingham
How would Jesus do ministry if he walked in Issaquah today? The new senior pastor of Summit Community Church has posed this question to himself as he plans the church’s role in the community.
Worship Directory
October 15, 2008
First Church of Christ Scientist
10:30 Sunday Service and Sunday School
9806 238th Way SE, Issaquah
425-392-8140
Our Savior Lutheran Church
8:30 & 11:00 Sunday Worship
745 Front Street South, Issaquah
425-392-4169
www.oslcissaquah.org
Eastgate Congregational United Church of Christ
10:30 Sunday Service
15318 SE Newport Way
425-746-2411
www.eastgateUCC.org
St. Michaels and all Angels Episcopal Church
8:00 & 10:30 Sunday Service
325 SE Darst Street in Downtown Issaquah
425-392-3215
www.stmichaels-issaquah.org/index.html
