by mariners-church-456 | Mar 5, 2020 | Purposes, Story, Telling Others
Matt Klein sees opportunities to share the Gospel everywhere – especially at work, where he spends much of each day. “I make it quite clear to everyone that I have faith in God,” said Matt, who is a program management director at work. “I don’t want to bulldoze over...
by mariners-church-456 | Feb 21, 2020 | Story
Growing up in China, Eunice’s family never discussed religion. It’s safer that way. “I never had any chance to know anything about Christianity as a belief, not from family, not from school, until I attended university.” Eunice said. She discovered Christ while...
by mariners-church-456 | Feb 6, 2020 | Fellowship, Purposes, Story
Meaghan Joynt has attended church most of her life but discovered the blessing of fellowship only recently. She never felt community at the church she attended as a child. And her church experience as a young adult in New York was as part of a professional choir that...
by mariners-church-456 | Jan 23, 2020 | Blog, Purposes, Spiritual Growth, Story
Kaitlin Gehret, children’s ministry director at Mariners, is a morning person. So, she tries to devote a piece of the best part of her day to God. “First thing I do when I wake up, is I’ll play a word game to get my mind focused, then I grab some coffee and I just sit...
by mariners-church-456 | Jan 16, 2020 | Blog, Purposes, Spiritual Growth, Story
Curt Vanderstelt, youth pastor at Mariners Church, knows why finding quiet time to connect with God can be so difficult. “Satan doesn’t want God’s people to read God’s word,” Curt said. “The more he can discourage us from looking at the words of life in the...
by mariners-church-456 | Jan 9, 2020 | Blog, Purposes, Spiritual Growth, Story
The demands of busy lives driven by unpredictable calendars can make it difficult to commit to a daily time, place and resource for connecting with God. Dedicating a block of 60, 30 or even 15 minutes to praise, prayer and learning can seem impossible. “As a mom, as a...
