Pastor Karen Olson
Fallow ground, hallowed ground
As we edge into month six (but who’s counting?) of pandemic life, I keep coming back to an image of a fallow field. For many of us, the...
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Pastor Ted Yuen
- Apr 17, 2020
- 3 min
Being Church in the Age of COVID-19
Greetings Mac Cov family! What a joy it was to welcome and install our new Associate Co-Pastors for Youth, Karen and John Olson on March...
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Pastor Ted Yuen
- Jan 29, 2020
- 3 min
God’s Co-Workers, God’s Field, God’s Building
It has been a full season at Mac Cov - Advent, Christmas, the search process for new staff, in addition to all the usual (and unexpected)...
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Pastor Ted Yuen
- Dec 2, 2019
- 2 min
“I’m Dreaming Of…”
Growing up in the Midwest, the song “I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas” never made much sense to me as a kid. We didn’t have to dream...
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Sandy Nippert
- Nov 26, 2019
- 3 min
Thunder 2019: A Quest for Hope
Thunder. For many of you it’s that annoying loud sound that wakes you when a big storm is coming through and sends your dogs whimpering...
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Pastor Ted Yuen
- Jun 5, 2019
- 3 min
Church At Its Best
At our recent “Mission and Ministry” class, I asked the participants to share a story of when they had experienced church at its best....
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Pastor Ted Yuen
- Feb 5, 2019
- 3 min
A New Chapter
It’s a new year and a new chapter at Mac Cov has begun. After fourteen years of faithful ministry, Mark and Anna Carlson completed their...
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Pastor Mark Carlson
- Dec 5, 2018
- 3 min
Born in Bethlehem
“But you Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over...
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Laura Rudeen, Youth Ministries Director
- Aug 22, 2018
- 2 min
Summer Youth Update
This summer, twenty high school students jumped at the chance to fly across the country and attend CHIC 2018 in Knowville, TN. CHIC is...
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Pastor Ted Yuen
- Apr 4, 2018
- 3 min
Newness of Life
Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the...
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Pastor Mark Carlson
- Feb 7, 2018
- 2 min
We Are Family
The scriptures use a variety of imagery to depict who the Church is in relationship to God and to one another. Followers of Jesus are...
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Jan Noland
- Dec 5, 2017
- 2 min
Local Ministry Opportunity - Gospel Rescue Mission
Mac Cov has been providing an average of 50 boxes of breakfast cereal on a monthly basis to Yamhill County Gospel Rescue Mission (YCGRM)...
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Pastor Ted Yuen
- Nov 29, 2017
- 3 min
Prepare the Way for the Lord
"In the wilderness prepare the way for the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be raised up,...
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Anna Carlson, Children's Ministries Director
- Oct 27, 2017
- 2 min
Kids Corner: The Gift of Saying Thank You
It’s a simple phrase saying “thank you.” A phrase learned early in life from parents teaching manners and appreciation to a child, and...
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Pastor Mark Carlson
- Oct 25, 2017
- 2 min
Thanks-givers
Last night my son and I were reading Psalm 8 as part of his Confirmation journal work. I was struck by how explicit the psalmist is in...
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Pastor Karen Olson
- Jun 13, 2017
- 1 min
Summer Staff Schedules
With summer nearly upon us, the staff has been making plans for both ministry opportunities as well as time away for vacation. The staff...
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Anna Carlson, Children's Ministries Director
- Jun 5, 2017
- 2 min
Kid's Corner: Creativity
CREATIVITY: imagining what you could do because you are made in God’s image. I’ve never really considered myself to be a creative person....
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Pastor Ted Yuen
- Jun 1, 2017
- 4 min
Silence by the Sea
The Lenten season was full and rich. Over 40 adults and high school students gathered over six weeks to explore issues of race, culture,...
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Pastor Karen Olson
- May 30, 2017
- 1 min
The Crisis in South Sudan
During worship on Sunday, May 21 we learned about and prayed for the crisis in South Sudan. War has gone on in South Sudan for more than...
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Pastor Mark Carlson
- May 9, 2017
- 2 min
Streams of the Spirit
The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest and the 4th largest, by volume, in the United States. Dropping an...
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