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...

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...

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)...

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...

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...

At our recent “Mission and Ministry” class, I asked the participants to share a story of when they had experienced church at its best....

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...

“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...

This summer, twenty high school students jumped at the chance to fly across the country and attend CHIC 2018 in Knowville, TN. CHIC is...

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...

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...

Mac Cov has been providing an average of 50 boxes of breakfast cereal on a monthly basis to Yamhill County Gospel Rescue Mission (YCGRM)...

"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,...

It’s a simple phrase saying “thank you.” A phrase learned early in life from parents teaching manners and appreciation to a child, and...

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...

With summer nearly upon us, the staff has been making plans for both ministry opportunities as well as time away for vacation. The staff...

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....

The Lenten season was full and rich. Over 40 adults and high school students gathered over six weeks to explore issues of race, culture,...

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...

The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest and the 4th largest, by volume, in the United States. Dropping an...