NEWS & EVENTS

MON 5/4		Men’s prayer | 6:17AM
WED 5/6		Gateway | 7PM
SUN 5/10		Mother’s Day Baby Dedications
MON 5/11		The Well | 5:30PM
5/15-17		All Campus Advance

Suncadia All Campus Advance

May 15th-17th we are going to “Suncadia” for an All Campus Advance. This is one of the premiere places to stay in Washington and we are getting a screaming 2-night deal. The purpose of this is to pull everyone together as a family, have fun, learn, grow closer to Jesus and closer to each other, and grow in our sense of mission and vision as disciples of Jesus in Downtown Seattle. We want you all to be there so save it on your calendar. Event check-in and room key card pick-up is from 4pm-7pm on Friday. Meals: Friday night dinner on your own Saturday breakfast and lunch provided Saturday dinner on your own Sunday breakfast provided Register now. $125 singles, $175 couples, $205 families. You don’t want to miss this amazing opportunity!

Mothers Day Baby Dedications | May 10th

At Mars Hill Church we don’t baptize babies, but we do celebrate their birth with their parents by allowing parents to bring their little ones up on stage to introduce them to the church. Each family introduces themselves and reads a scripture that the Lord has given them to be a prayer of blessing, or vision for God’s future work in the life of their child. We pray with them as they dedicate their children to the Lord and dedicate themselves to raising their children according to God’s word. If you would like to dedicate your baby this Mother’s Day please register by clicking here.

The Well

The Well is a series of events aimed to connect, encourage, and mentor women in the downtown business world. The Well meets every 2nd Monday of the month at the Downtown Campus at 530PM.

Neighborhood Events

Whether you are new or seasoned Mars Hill attendee, plan to regularly stop in and say hello

The Community Groups of Mars Hill Church Downtown cordially invite you to regularly attend a weekly Neighborhood Happy Hour near you!

Click here for more information, meeting times, locations, and directions.

Neighborhood Happy Hours are:

• …now the primary location of plugging into Community at Mars Hill Church Downtown Seattle, second only to the Wednesday Gateway event when it’s running.
• …a great opportunity for you to actually invite your friends and neighbors
• …the place to meet and catch up with Community Group leaders and folks who live in your neighborhood.
• …the way to grow your community groups a bit more organically. You should practice making connections with new people and invite them to your group and/or group events.
• …the place to bring others from your Community Group (if you attend one) so they can actually meet (perhaps for the first time) those who you are on mission with for Jesus in your neighborhood!

Gateway

If you are new here or have been around but haven’t gotten connected, join us at Gateway. This is the easiest way to get connected to life at Mars Hill. Come on down Wednesdays from 7-8:30PM at the Downtown Campus. At Gateway you will be able to connect with other new people, have your questions answered, hear teachings by Pastor Tim and other leaders, and find out what Mars Hill is all about. The first event is April 22nd and happens thereafter weekly until May 27th. Email downtown@marshillchurch.org or register on The City to let us know that you are coming.

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Mars Hill Church Downtown lives for Jesus as a city within the city of Seattle: knowing culture, loving people, and seeing lives transformed to live for Jesus. For more information, visit us HERE. For information on community groups and other ministries go HERE. For general questions, you may email us at downtown@marshillchurch.org.

People feel alone. I always thought it was funny when you ride an elevator full of people and no one talks. That uncomfortable feeling is also what it can feel like working in downtown Seattle all day for some people. Few people know little if anything of their co-workers. We are a city of millions of people working in close proximity, yet many feel alone at work.

People are selfish. When times get tough, a natural reaction can often be to selfishly focus inward out of fear. There are definitely times to refocus, work harder and revisit your strategy. But I’m talking about general anxiety and worry that results in thinking about survival at the expense of others.

People worship their job. Many people look to their work to provide identity and value in their lives. Answering “what do you do?” for some people is the same as “who am I?”. This false god can cause people to bounce between pride and depression depending on their job situation. A job search can be tough for anyone. But a reason it’s especially tough for some people is that in his/her life, the “flag of work” has flown higher than the “flag of Jesus” which leads to problems.

As Christians, how can we respond differently?

Be welcoming. Create enough margin in your day to let yourself respond to opportunities. This could look like a co-worker sharing they had a tough weekend, a client anxious about what the future holds, or that random guy talking about a news item while waiting in line for a Specialty’s sandwich. You may be the only Christian they know or talked with that day. Smile. Ask real questions about someone’s life and pray for opportunities during your day as a missionary at work. Remember the second greatest commandment is to love your neighbor – yes, that person working next to you. Read Matthew 22: 37-40

Be generous. If you only did things that benefited you, that wouldn’t be much different than others would it? Look for opportunities to be generous with money or your time. It can be small things like buying a co-worker a lunch who’s going through a tough time. It could be saying “thank you” to the receptionist and dropping off a $10 Starbucks card. It may seem small, but it is evidence of fruit of your transformed heart and a generous God. Read Matthew 7:16-20

Be at peace. Pray for wisdom and peace on dealing with situations at work during the day. Trust that God is in charge and all things happen for a reason. When you respond differently in a crisis – your peace and perspective will be attractive and shows the love of Christ. Satan wants us to focus on being anxious and worrying about tomorrow. God wants us to focus on heaven and the opportunities in front of us today. Read James 1: 5-6

Written by Paul Freed

Mars Hill Church Downtown lives for Jesus as a city within the city of Seattle: knowing culture, loving people, and seeing lives transformed to live for Jesus. For more information, visit us HERE. For information on community groups and other ministries go HERE. For general questions, you may email us at downtown@marshillchurch.org.

I would also encourage you to bring a friend or two from work. No hard selling for MH and will be a great way to introduce people to your “church life” in a totally non threatening way.

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When: Wed June 25th, 5-7:30pm (5-6pm appetizers/drinks; 6-7:30pm program)

Where: Downtown campus in Belltown (2333 Western Ave)

Cost: $15 (covers drinks/appetizers)

Who: Target is anyone working in downtown Seattle or has a heart for Seattle business community. This is open to other campuses and visitors.

Speaker: Michael Van Skaik will share his insights as a Christian in the workplace on “Paying and Promoting Like Jesus”. He served as the NW Regional President for First Horizon Home Loans. From 1998 to 2004 he grew the region from 2 to 29 branches and closed 50,000 mortgage loans totaling $7+ Billion in 2003. One of the main reasons for the tremendous growth in the region has been the internal implementation of the Building Champion’s One-on-One Coaching System of which he is a certified coach. Currently he serves as a Ministry Coaching International board member, Michael’s passion is to see the people in the pews experience the same life transformation process that one-on-one coaching provides pastors and ministry leaders. This has motivated him to aid in the development of Successful Living, Ministry Coaching International’s intentional discipleship coaching program. He now spends his time coaching and training others and has led to the coaching of many pastors, elders and community group leaders at Mars Hill Church.

The “Business Ministry” is working to reach both the Christian and non-Christian business population of the city. For the Christians it will be an opportunity to learn (via prominent business speakers every other month), network with other Christians (business opportunities, synergy, jobs, mentoring, internships, etc), and be missional to the city by inviting our non-Christian friends and colleagues.

Next Event: Mars Hill downtown – Happy-Hour/Fireside Chat with Brent Turner

Who: Christians and Non-Christians, Mars Hill Members or not (If you have a job or want a job, if you are an employee or an employer, you should be a part of the Mars Hill Business Ministry)

When: Wed. April 30th, 5-7:30pm

Where: Mars Hill Downtown Campus (We’ll alternate between a social offsite location and business speaker at Downtown campus).
2333 Western Ave Seattle WA 98121

Cost: $15 which includes a drink ticket (beer/wine/soda) and appetizers.

At the bi-monthly discussion meeting we will cover topics such as:
· How do we “serve” as leaders to our employees and customers every day?
· How do we grow and encourage one another. Mentoring, breakouts, etc.
· How do we present out faith in our businesses without boasting in it.
· Is our goal to invest in our employee’s or do we use them to maximize ROI.
· Servant leadership is the foundation of running a business which glorifies God; Jesus is our best example of servant leadership.
· How do we invest in our employee’s and serve them well while still generating profit?
· Is prayer part of our work life? Or just before lunch… if that at all.
· Should our company mission statements talk about Jesus?
· Why does it matter if people know I’m a Christian businessman?
· How do we set biblical standards in our business that may be at odds with culture and/or the law? Sexual orientation, etc.
· Should I only seek to hire Christians?
· Should I make a point to do business with other Christians?

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