Hillsboro - Queen Anne UMC

06/08/2026

Church was never meant to be a gathering of perfect people. It's a place where imperfect people meet a perfect Savior. Every pew holds a story. Stories of mistakes and mercy. Failures and forgiveness. Questions and grace. And somehow, through it all, God keeps welcoming us back. 🙏

“If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us.” — 1 John 1:8-9

The beauty of the Gospel is not that we've earned God's love. The beauty is that Jesus loved us while we were still broken and continues to transform us day by day.

06/01/2026

June is a gentle reminder that God is still creating new beginnings. New mercies. New growth. New opportunities to trust Him more deeply. “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning.” — Lamentations 3:22-23 🙌

No matter what last month held, God’s grace is already waiting for you here. May this new season bring peace to your mind, strength to your spirit, and renewed hope for the road ahead. I

05/25/2026

05/15/2026

After the Ten Commandments, you start to feel the weight of it. Not just what God requires, but how far short you fall. Not just outwardly, but inwardly, where the Commandments press into what you fear, love, and trust. And if that’s where things stopped, Christianity wouldn’t be good news. It would just be a clearer way of showing you the problem.

But it doesn’t stop there. The Creed shifts the focus completely. Up to this point, the question has been what God requires of you. Now the question becomes what God has done for you. And that changes everything, because the Creed is not about your effort, your progress, or your ability to hold your life together. It is about God acting.

“I believe” is not you declaring your commitment. It is you confessing what is true, whether you feel it or not, whether your life reflects it perfectly or not. The Creed pulls you out of yourself and fixes your attention on what God has done and continues to do.

The Father creates and provides, not in theory but concretely, your life, your daily bread, everything you have. The Son redeems, not in general but personally. He has acted to save, to forgive, and to claim you. The Holy Spirit gives and sustains faith, not as a vague force, but through the Word, through the Church, through the forgiveness of sins.

This is not your story about reaching up to God. It is God’s work from beginning to end, for you. And after everything the Law exposes, the last thing you need is more pressure to fix yourself. You need something outside of you that does not shift when you do.

That is what the Creed gives you: not what you must become, but what God has already done and is still doing for you.

05/06/2026

The only thing you truly carry into eternity is not your possessions, but the hearts you’ve nurtured.

Your children are not just to be raised, but to be guided toward Jesus. Teach them while you can, because what you sow in them today will echo far beyond this life. 💕

04/29/2026

What if the most important moments of your day… aren’t the big ones? But the quiet ones no one sees. The tone in your voice. The patience you choose. The grace you give when it would be easier not to. 💜

“Love one another as I have loved you.” — John 13:34

At the end of the day, it’s not about what you accomplished... it’s about how you loved. So pause for a moment today… and gently ask yourself: Did I bring peace? Did I choose kindness? Did I reflect Him? Not with pressure... but with awareness. Because small, unseen moments of love are never wasted in God’s hands.

04/28/2026

Before the world gets loud… before your thoughts start racing… there is an invitation waiting for you. To slow down. To breathe. To meet with God in the quiet. 🙏

He’s already holding everything this day will bring... you don’t have to carry it alone. Start your morning with Him, and you’ll walk into the day with a different kind of peace.

04/26/2026

David was obviously no stranger to what it meant to be a good shepherd. When He penned one of the most beloved Psalms-Psalm 23- he knew exactly what he was doing when he called the Lord his personal shepherd. The Lord was not some far off God he had read or heard about. The Lord showed up in David’s life providing, protecting, and caring for him. David also knew he was similar to a sheep, depending wholeheartedly on the Lord for everything he needed.

Giving the Lord the role of the shepherd was not only a tender and personal calling from David, but it was also a prophesy over the Messiah who became our good Shepherd. (John 10:11) (John 10:14)

Heavenly Father,
Thank you for providing us with a good Shepherd in Jesus. We are grateful He leads us besides calm waters and restores our soul. No matter what deep valleys we find ourselves in or no matter how many times we face the adversary, our good Shepherd is always there with us, protecting and lovingly leading us back home. May we never take for granted how blessed we are to have Jesus as our personal Shepherd.

In Jesus’ name we pray, amen!

04/24/2026

Join us Sunday as we learn to "Listen for His Voice". Come as you are, we welcome everyone.