It's... "church for people who don't like church" alright. Any theological gripes aside... even for…read morea non-denom church, it feels exclusively like a place to hear some self improvement sermons with bits and pieces of the bible mixed in, and maybe to mingle if you're in whatever clique. I think its all good intentions and everything in regards to the people running the show, but I will also say, ironically, if you're not the right stereotypical subtype of Chelan native then you're not really gonna feel welcome here aside from getting greeted by the odd older folk that are happy to see everybody. Ultimately as someone trying to build and strengthen my faith it's important that I feel the presence of God when I go to worship, and I don't here. It all feels so hollow here compared to other churches I've been to, and I don't think the eventual new location or community event or slick video/presentation is going to fix that. Just makes me sad, but I pray someone's getting somewhere in their relationship with Jesus out of it.

I became aware that a church member had a conflict with me. I contacted her with a copy to the…read morepastor, Kyle Plew (per Matthew 18:15-16). Kyle: Thanks for the text, Bruce. I'm sorry you were given bad information. If you have any further concerns about this situation, I would appreciate you dealing with me directly. Thank you. Bruce: Please explain what did happen then. Kyle: No, I have said all I'm going to say. Have a good night. Again, according to scripture, I requested a meeting with the elders. They refused to meet and refused to give a reason. I find that this is an example of "talking the talk but not walking the walk." Certainly not practicing what they preach.

Grace City is our church home now! We love the unashamed preaching of all the GC pastors!…read more Thank you for standing up for the Gospel and proclaiming the Good News and saving grace of our Heavenly Father, our Savior Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. "For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek." Romans 1:16 ESV https://bible.com/bible/59/rom.1.16.ESV

I love that the power of the Bible and in biblical teaching is presented in a manner that I have…read morenot participated in my parents' upbring! It happily expands beyond the things that God wanted me to learn about Him at my parents level to a better level of understanding and excitement of where God wants me to travel to in my belief!