Resting in Jesus
By Mike Ivaska, Associate Pastor “So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever has entered God’s rest has also rested from his works as God did from his. Let us strive to...
View ArticleHaving a Passion for Jesus
By Mike Ivaska, Associate Pastor “For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their...
View ArticleBig Ears, Tight Lips, Cool Tempers, and a Holy God
By Mike Ivaska, Associate Pastor “Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.” –...
View ArticleGodly Jealousy
By Mike Ivaska, Associate Pastor “Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry in order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus...
View ArticleCan We Have a Vision for Jesus on Vashon?
This is a video by downtown Seattle church plant, Downtown Cornerstone Church. They have a vision for the city of Seattle. We can have a vision for Vashon Island too, if we learn God’s heart for the...
View ArticleBaptism and the Lord’s Supper: Gifts that remind us of the Gift Jesus gave us.
By Mike Ivaska, Associate Pastor “You shall tell your son on that day, ‘It is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’ And it shall be to you as a sign on your hand and as a...
View ArticleTemptation
By Mike Ivaska, Associate Pastor “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?” – Jeremiah 17:9 “No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God...
View ArticleWhen Fasting in Secret, Be Sure to Tell People About It.
By Mike Ivaska, Associate Pastor “And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have...
View ArticleOur Statement of Faith Matters to Me
By Mike Ivaska I am not a person who naturally enjoys rules. In that sense I am a good islander. As I get older, of course, I have grown to appreciate the order and freedom that actually come from...
View ArticleA Word about Reaching Out to Our Schools
Dear VICC family, I wanted to write and thank everyone who has expressed interest in the vision to reach the schools of Vashon Island with the gospel of Jesus Christ. I have had a few folks express...
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