Everett church honors pastor’s 20 years
Members of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Everett plan a celebration to honor the 20 years the Rev. David Parks has served their congregation. Special services are planned for 9 and 10:30 a.m. Aug. 31 at the church, 215 Mukilteo Blvd., Everett.
The public is invited to celebrate with Parks and his wife, Carla, and children, Erin and Steven.
Parks was ordained on Aug. 28, 1988 by Bishop Lowell Knutson, a former pastor at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church. He began serving at the church that same year. Parks holds a masters of divinity degree from Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary in Berkeley, Calif. In 1979, Parks finished his undergraduate degree at what is now Trinity Lutheran College.
“I feel a little awkward getting so much attention on me on this 20th anniversary but I’m very proud of the church here at Our Savior’s,” said Parks. “They are a remarkable congregation and have made a big difference locally with children and hungry families and globally in Tanzania, Ethiopia and with the Heifer Project.”
During the celebration, organizers also plan for the congregation to pray for a team of church members who are preparing for a trip to the MaaSaeGirls Lutheran Secondary School in the village of Arusha, in Tanzania, Africa. During the summer, church members have raised funds to purchase new uniforms for the school’s students. Over the years, members of the church have sent school supplies, financial support and short-term volunteer teachers to the school.
For more information, call 425-252-0413.
Everett church donates 20,000 pounds of food
When people in the community need help, the people at the Christian Faith Centers in Everett and Federal Way rev up their volunteer engines. They recently donated a combined 20,000 pounds of food to Volunteers of America in Everett and to the Multi-Service Centerin Federal Way.
Nothing much surprises the congregation at Christian Faith Center. More than 6,000 people recently attended Freedom Northwest Festivals at both campuses. And Pastor Casey Treat delighted the crowd in Everett by riding onto the stage on his Harley.
With all that’s going on, the church needs more space, so members are working to raise money to complete the remodel of the north campus sanctuary to make room for more people and their Harley-riding pastor.
“We have raised about a third of what we need,” said Debbie Willis, communications director. “We are finishing the remodeling of our children’s ministry classrooms, called Kidz Zone and the youth ministry rooms, called Next Level Youth, or NXL.
“We still have about 40,000 square feet of unfinished space in a new section of our campus and would like to remodel our foyer as well.”
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