During my sabbatical this summer, our building task force was busy these last few months. Once BCRA was chosen as our architectural firm, the task force started meeting every other week and has accomplished the following:Applied for and received a $20,000 grant from the state for pre-design architectural drawings of our future facility. (Thanks to Steve Fisher, one of our HCC Council members, and ...  Read More

One of the joys of leading and pastoring HCC is working with our HCC Council. This group of people who make up our board, tirelessly and passionately provides ongoing discernment and direction for our church. They help oversee the ministry of HCC, and they are a wonderful gift to our community.  Though you may not see or know them, rest assured that they are some of the best volunteers at HCC. Her...  Read More

A few years ago, 30 of us from HCC went to Israel. One of the stops we made was at the DEAD SEA. Do you know why it's called that? Because nothing lives in it.And do you know why nothing lives in it?It has such heavy mineral content that the water cannot support life of any kind. It's so saturated with minerals that it chokes out all life.So it's simultaneously decadent and dead. It's full yet emp...  Read More

During my sabbatical, I have invited Manuela Schwab, who is a regular part of HCC and serves on our HCC Council, to write this week’s HCC Blog.When I first became a student of the Bible, I was in my early 30s. Reading Proverbs, I came across Proverbs 3:5-6, and the words immediately and powerfully spoke to me. To this day, these two verses still do. In“The Message” translation, the text reads: “Tr...  Read More

During my sabbatical, I have invited Carolyn Ritson, who leads our grief support group and is a regular part of HCC, to write this week’s HCC Blog.Most of us are familiar with the commandment :      Love your neighbor as yourself (Galatians 5:14)This verse is played out in the story of the Good Samaritan and Jesus’s response when asked who our neighbor is. He tells the story of a man who was atta...  Read More

During my sabbatical, I have invited Sherri Lane, who is a Family Therapist in our community and a regular part of HCC, to write this week’s HCC Blog.I’ve always been a somewhat anxious person.In my senior year of High School, I was voted “Most Stressed Out,” which wasn’t exactly the legacy I hoped to leave behind as I graduated. So, when Gino asked me to write about my favorite bible verse and ho...  Read More

During my sabbatical, I have invited Andria Stephens, who is a regular part of HCC and serves on the worship team, to write this week’s HCC Blog.I headed to central Oregon with some friends for a Women’s Retreat a few months back. While there, I shared with a friend that for the past 8 months or so, I had felt a profound lack of joy.This is not usual for me. In fact, I would say that joy has been ...  Read More

During my sabbatical, I have invited Adele LaCombe, the CEO of Debbie Macomber Inc, who is a regular part of HCC and serves on our Council, to write this week’s HCC Blog.Being the daughter of a writer, you would think that I would be drawn to words, but I tend to love numbers. They are so precise.Often, I find myself searching for the right words, and I’m left feeling inadequate for the task. Yet ...  Read More

During my sabbatical, I have invited Ann Webb our Family Ministries Director at HCC, to write this week’s HCC Blog. Some time ago, the HCC staff gathered and attended the Global Leadership Summit virtually. One of the speaker's talks was about regrets. He said something very profound, "regrets point to what you value. "I don't know about you, but I have always heard, "No regrets," "Move on," and "...  Read More

During my sabbatical, I have invited Daniel Johnson, the Executive Director of Harbor Hope, who is a regular part of HCC, to write this week’s HCC Blog. Last night I watched a video on "How Michelin Star Restaurants Cut Their Onions." In exchange, I traded two minutes and sixteen seconds of life.  Like me, you are subject to the human temptation of clicking down the YouTube or Vimeo rabbit hole. W...  Read More

During my sabbatical, I have invited published author Debbie Macomber, who is a regular part of HCC, to write this week’s HCC Blog.For God hasn’t given us a Spirit of timidity but love, power and discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7 For as long as I have been a published author, when I autograph books, I include a Bible verse along with my signature. For many years that verse has been 2 Timothy 1:7. I chose ...  Read More

During my sabbatical, I have invited Family Therapist Sandy Brannon, who is a regular part of HCC, to write this week’s HCC Blog. A few weeks ago, the women in our small group were able to get together as a group for the first time since the pandemic hit. I asked everyone to take a rapid COVID test. Why? Because I am immunocompromised. My oncologist told me I had a bullseye on my chest for the cor...  Read More