What We’re Striving For

Since we began Mars Hill Downtown, we’ve talked about not just wanting to build a great church that will worship Jesus, but working towards building a great city that will worship Jesus. In Scripture we see that we started in a Garden (Gen 1) but the pinnacle of redemption is Christians worshipping Jesus in a city (Rev 21). We are working towards that end at Mars Hill Downtown, that we are a city within a city, working towards improving the vitality and civility of our city for the glory of God.

With that vision in mind, we want to continue to rally people to this mission of serving and loving our city and understanding what that looks like and how we can help. We want to be civically engaged for the glory of God.

How Can We Do This?

This week’s After the Six is our first Town Hall discussion in the lounge after the 6pm service. Joining us will be Seattle City Council member Bruce Harrell, who will share the vision for the City of Seattle as well as providing great opportunity to ask questions and gain insights into how we can best serve the city.

Councilmember Harrell

(information from seattle.gov)

Councilmember Harrell has been serving the community for over 30 years.  Upon graduating from Garfield High School he became a distinguished football player at The University of Washington where he helped lead the team to a Rose Bowl victory. Bruce has stayed involved at the University where he earned his law degree in 1984, was elected to the UW Alumni Board of trustees, and received the 2007 University of Washington Distinguished Alumni Award in Political Science and 2008 Husky Legend award.  As a leader he has always fought for fairness, respect, and civility as he has represented kids, seniors, union members, non-profits, and affordable housing companies.  Currently, Mr. Harrell is a Seattle City Council member and sits on several influential committees.  True to what we are trying to inspire at our church, Councilmember Harrell and his wife are raising their children in the Mt. Baker neighborhood of the city.  As an expert on the needs of the city of Seattle he will be able to provide MHDT will invaluable information regarding how we can love, serve, and influence our community.  To read more about Bruce Harrell click here.

We are thankful for Councilmember Harrell coming out and look forward to seeing you Sunday evening.