A group of 31 participants from Holy Cross Catholic Church in Lake Stevens and Granite Falls traveled to Tijuana, Mexico, to participate in the Esperanza International Project there on the church’s annual youth mission trip.

The Salt of the Earth Food Bank needs a volunteer who can drive one of their vans for three hours per week, each Saturday morning, approximately three Saturdays of the month.

Born to be wild

Four years ago, I was in the jam-packed audience at a cultural center for an enthralling evening with the great historian David McCullough.

Philippians 3:13-14 “But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”

From the moment of birth when our lungs fill with air, we fulfill the innate need to have a voice. Whether we speak, sing, write, tweet, e-mail, or blog, humans find ways to express themselves.

Just one day after school got out local youth, ages 14 to 18, packed up their bags and headed to Cascade Park outside of Granite Falls to participate in the Marysville Stake’s annual Youth Conference.

On Sunday, July 10 Ebenezer Lutheran Church will present a Piano and Viola concert by Carolyn Wyman, viola and Yvonne Endicott, piano at Ebenezer Lutheran Church 2111 117th Ave. NE in Lake Stevens at 1 p.m. with a reception following.

Haven For Life Ministries provides a loving home and care for infants, pregnant teenage girls and teen moms with their babies.

Redifining an act of God

Several years ago a major airline discovered that leaving its planes in the natural aluminum color saved money. It takes 690 pounds of paint for a 747. This cost the company $20,000 a year per plane in fuel just to fly the paint through the skies. By replacing the coffee makers aboard their planes with a lighter model they could save $100,000 a year.

Emilee Bennett, a graduate of LSHS Class of 2007, has been called to serve an 18 month mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to Seoul, South Korea.

Recently, a friend commented to me that she had a “come to Jesus meeting” and then she shared what had happened in her life.

Last month, national independent record label Tate Music Group announced the nationwide release of “Jesus Save Me,” the new album from local Christian singer-songwriter Sha’Ree, of Lake Stevens, Wash.

Just give me a Jesus

Lakeside Community Fellowship is no more—at least in name. Although it is still a warm group of people with faith centered on Jesus, offering love and hope to our world, there is something fresh happening in its midst.

The gospel according to Nicks