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3/12/10
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3/21/10
Sunday March 21st we will celebrate Holy Communion. The celebration will continue with a luncheon after the service. Please stay and enjoy the fellowship, all food is provided.
16415 North Road
Mill Creek, WA 98012
425-745-2094
About us
Our dream is to reach the Mill Creek Community and surrounding area by equipping an ever expanding core of people who will pray for and reach out to the people in their families, neighborhoods, and workplaces. In doing this we fulfill Jesus' commission, to be the "salt of the earth," and the "light of the world" (Matt. 5:13-16).
We dream of the day when every person in this community personally knows Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. Therefore, we seek to become mature in our love for God by developing habits of spiritual growth and finding encouragement and support from one another.
Mission statement
We believe that these four purposes for the church fulfill the great commission given by Jesus in Matthew 28:19-20. He tells us to "Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you." This is our mission. We desire to be a church that makes a difference in the world that claims ground for our Lord and King. We therefore will focus our efforts on the following four purposes of the church:
TOUCH - through building relationships with those who do not know Jesus as Savior and Lord.WIN - through helping people find a relationship with God through Jesus Christ by sharing God's incredible grace and love with all in our community.
ENRICH - through worshipping and loving God and experiencing His love together through the celebration of relevant worship, through small groups, Bible studies, and through other activities.
EMPOWER - through equipping God's people to do the work of service, to serve one another and this community through the use of our gifts.
Core Values:
1. GRACE ORIENTATION: Emphasizing God's unconditional love and forgiveness, motivating through love and gratitude rather than guilt, shame, or duty.
2. PRAYER CENTERED: Prayer is the key factor in effective ministry.
3. GODLY LEADERSHIP: Leadership that communicates Christ-like character and dependence on God through prayer.
4. AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY: Fostering an environment of acceptance and warm fellowship and creating opportunities for developing deeper relationships.
5. MISSION OUTREACH: Spreading Gods love in words and deeds outside of the walls of our church.
6. SPIRITUAL GROWTH: Building the faith of all ages, creating disciples who learn to understand God's word as the foundation of life for all that we believe and do.
7. INSPIRING WORSHIP: Encountering and honoring God through meaningful worship that is relevant to our changing times.
Statement of faith
The following summarizes the "belief system" at Mill Creek Community Church:
Foundations
Our foundation is Jesus Christ and the leading of the Holy Spirit. The Bible is the authority on which the faith rests and against which we test the various teachings held.
God
We believe in a triune God, 1) the Father, 2) Jesus Christ his Son and our Savior, and 3) the Holy Spirit who works in us to bring us to Christ and empowers us with faith and gifts with which to serve God.
Origins
We believe God created the universe out of nothing and continues to uphold it and guide its development.
Sin
Our first parents turned from God having been led astray by Satan. This left them and us estranged from God, unable to escape sin or its sad consequences, including the judgment of God.
We believe God is determined to wipe out sin and all traces of its influence and that he has reserved an eternal punishment for Satan and his followers.
Salvation Through God's Son, Jesus
God experienced deep sorrow for his lost human race and he determined to save it from his punishment. He accomplished this by sending his Son to the world as the baby Jesus to become man, to suffer innocently the punishment of God. Jesus suffered Hell while he was being crucified. In this way he stood as our substitute under the judgment of God against sin. We recognize that this plan of redemption is carried out over thousands of years in which God graciously delays his final judgment against sin, giving the human race a chance to repent, turn back to him and undo the power of evil which Satan has unleashed upon this earth through our sin.
We believe that not only did Jesus die on the cross, but on the third day afterwards he was raised back to life by the power of God. In this he conquered the power of death and evil for us, guaranteeing for us the ultimate victory over Satan, and eternal life.
We believe we may receive the gift of love in our hearts and eternal life by believing in Jesus.
The Holy Spirit
Upon believing in Jesus we also receive the gift of the Holy Spirit in our lives. This gift can be realized in varying degrees in different people and at different times in our lives. The Holy Spirit empowers us to serve the church and others with the love of Jesus.
The Church
We believe the church of Jesus Christ needs to be unified. We give great latitude to the diversity of churches and beliefs and understandings of the Bible. At the same time we need to recognize the basics of the Christian faith.
The mandate of Jesus must be placed in the forefront: "Go out to make disciples of the whole world..."
The Second Coming of Jesus Christ
We believe Jesus is now with his Father in heaven, praying for us, preparing to return to this world after which this age will end and God will create a new heaven and new earth on which we will live forever.
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Baptism and the Lord's Supper
Jesus introduced two sacraments for the church to keep after he was gone:
Baptism: This is a symbol that our sin and guilt is washed away by the death of Jesus. We believe the Bible calls all Christians to be baptized. We accept sprinkling as adequate to this symbol, but will perform immersion for those requesting it.
We also believe infants and children of Christians should be baptized since they are included in God's covenant promise. Children have the opportunity to affirm their faith when they are older in a ceremony we call Profession of Faith.
The Lord's Supper or Communion symbolizes that we accept the death of Christ as the substitute for our own divine punishment and that we are members of Christ, i.e. Christians. Children old enough to understand the meaning of the Lord's Supper may also partake at the discretion of their parents.
The Apostles' Creed
Mill Creek Community Church accepts the historical faith of mainline Christianity summarized in the Apostles' Creed:
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit
and born of the virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
he descended to hell.
The third day he rose again from the dead,
He ascended to heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty.
From there he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic (universal) church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
Our affiliation
About the CRC
The Christian Reformed Church is a denomination that has about 300,000 members in 1,000 congregations across the United States and Canada.
We call ourselves Christian because we belong to Jesus Christ and want to be his followers. We recognize as fellow-Christians all people who accept the teachings of the Bible as summarized in the Apostle's Creed.
We call ourselves Reformed because we're part of that historic branch of the Christian church that follows the teachings of 16th-century reformer John Calvin, who struggled to return Christianity to its biblical roots.
We call ouselves Church because God has called us to be a fellowship of his people in the world.
We often call ourselves "the CRC" for short.
Our Emblem
Our emblem is the cross in a triangle. The triangle represents the Trinity, our belief in the one God we know as three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The cross symbolizes our belief in Jesus Christ's sacrificial death for our salvation.