Shalom Anglican

 Friends of Shalom, I pray you are well this third week of Epiphany! Our gospel text this week is one of my favorite's. 14   Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God,  15   and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” Mark 1:14-15 I always get the feeling like, "It's on now!" All the prophecies from the Old Testament are fulfilled in Christ and now it's time for the gospel of the Kingdom! I'm excited to preach on this passage and our other texts this Saturday night.  As a new Anglican, one of the things I've processed quite a bit is how different the experience of worship is in a liturgical church compared to my background in the non-denominational world. This is also something folks bring up who are new to Shalom. So I decided to do a video about it. I also put together a Weekly Word video on praying the Psalms. May it be an encouragement to you! Please...

 Friends of Shalom, As always, thank you for your prayers and support. Last week we had 5 new adult visitors along with 4 kids! We're thankful to God for connecting us with some new folks! This is the second week of Epiphany and for the weekly word I get into the story of Samuel and his initial call into ministry by the Lord.  Check it out. For the Shalom of Kitsap, Rob and Beth

 Friends of Shalom, I hope you had a great Christmas! We enjoyed a rich time with all our kids and were grateful for the break. Unfortunately, I tested positive for COVID for the second half of the break, but I'm on the mend. This Saturday January 6th Epiphany begins. If you'd like to learn more about this season in the church calendar here's a great article to check out. Learn about Epiphany      Shalom will be meeting this Saturday as we begin our third month.  Here are a few prayer requests.  For the Lord to bring 10 new adults over the next few months!  For financial provision! For me as I work on my ordination requirements for the priesthood! Here's the weekly word! Thanks again! -Rob and Beth

 Friends of Shalom, Merry Christmas to you all!  Thanks so much for your prayers and support to us these first two months. I'm sorry I haven't been able to post in awhile. I've been sick and was out of town for 4 days for a personal retreat. Here are some highlights. - We held our first "shalom kids" team meeting with two other couples. We were able to plan and work on our vision for kids at shalom as we head into the new year. - Most of our core team is giving and we received our first official church support. Thanks to Seaside Church in Bremerton! - This Saturday we'll be having communion together for the first time.  - I continue to meet with folks interested in what we're doing.  Here is the weekly word. As we end the new year, please consider giving a one time gift to Shalom Anglican. We're so grateful to you all! You can do so here .  We're taking next week off so the next time you'll hear from me will be on 2024! Merry Christmas! -Rob an...

 Friends of Shalom, We are officially in our second month of gathering on Saturday nights in Old Town Silverdale. Advent has begun as we enter into a season of repentance and waiting for Messiah. Some highlights from the past two weeks.  One family brought a neighbor who is friends with their daughter. She told us it was her first time in a church and it seemed like she had a great time! We've been taking turns reading the scriptures during evening prayer. Last week we had one of our older elementary kids read one of the lessons. When she came into the building she said, "I'm excited, I've been practicing all day!" That made my night! We got word that we have our first official sponsoring church that has committed to $500 a month! Many in our core group have also begun giving to Shalom. Our core continues growing in our Anglican identity and community together!  Thank you for your continued prayers.  Here is a link to the weekly word that I did last week. This wee...

 Friends of Shalom, When we started gathering for our first meeting on 10/28, I told everyone that we would meet for the next 4 weeks and then re-evaluate. Well... we've made it to that point in our journey and I'm excited to announce that the Lord is forming us into a small core group. People are excited to keep meeting and we're even hearing of others interested in checking us out. So we've decided to continue meeting every Saturday night through December 23rd. Once we get to that point we'll re-evaluate again. Please continue to pray that the Lord would bring more people interested in being a part of this new church as well as continue to grow our friendships with each other.  This week I posted a new video. In this one I share some of my personal story in becoming Anglican as well as our vision and values for Shalom.  There's no Weekly Word this week. I'll get that going again next week. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!  For the Shalom of Kitsa...

 Friends of Shalom, Well... we're still here. The last 3 weeks driving home from our meetings I've told Beth, "I guess people still want to do this with us!" This last week we had 16 adults and 10 kids. Everyone continues to join us for dinner and we've had some rich conversations.  Here are a few pics from Saturday. I loved doing the kids sermon this week! Thankful for some new folks joining us this week!  This week I did a new video on church planting. This is for individuals as well as church boards.  Why should you consider being a part of a church plant?         I also put together a devotional from Amos 5 for the weekly word.  Weekly Word - True Religion   Thanks so much for your support and prayers!