Dear Seattle Saints,Greetings from the Philippines.  Lori and I arrived safely after a connection in Japan and are now staying near the HQ church in the small town of Bagong Sikat.  Filipino funeral customs are a bit different that we are used to with a vigil/wake service for several nights before the final funeral and interment.  These services are held in the church much as we would hold a funer...  Read More

Dear Seattle Saints,It is with a sad heart that I am writing this afternoon.  I have received news that our District Superintendent in the Philippines, Rev. Joey Ruiz, collapsed and later passed away due to a heart attack in the past couple of days.  He was 49 years old and leaves a wife and 4 children.  Please pray for Sis. Gigi (his wife) as well as their extended family.  Also pray for the work...  Read More

Dear Seattle Saints,I have watched the smoke from fires in the Cascades blow in from the east today obscuring the sun and harming the breathability of the air.  I was thinking about how the enemy of our souls, Satan, often tries to obscure Gods love and warmth from us by the howling winds of adversity and trial which sometimes come our way. We are reminded this weekend also of the great loss in ou...  Read More

Dear Seattle Saints,Happy Labor Day weekend.  Traditionally this weekend marks the practical “end” of summer and entrance into the fall season with school staring. Fortunately, we should have another month or two of reasonably good weather and sunshine to enjoy as we move toward fall and winter.  The wise writer of Ecclesiastes reminds us of the “season for everything” and we certainly will be exp...  Read More

Dear Seattle Saints,First let me apologize to those of you who tried to tune in to our Wednesday Bible Study. We were ready to go live when my laptop computer locked the hard drive and I was unable to get it unlocked in a timely enough manner to broadcast. Although we did give the Bible Study for those who were present in person, I will also try to record a version of it from my home office and po...  Read More

Good evening Seattle Saints,Some of you may remember how around Christmas we had a problem with the oil tank at the parsonage.  Since then it has been an adventure having a temporary tank installed above ground, the old tank removed, the contaminated soil tested and removed, a new tank installed and connected and covered with new soil.  While this may seem like the end of the story, in fact there ...  Read More