Join us this coming Thursday, March 7th, for an all you can eat spaghetti dinner! Ric Seaver will be taking youth from our congregations to Winter camp in March and they need your support to get there. They’ll be cooking and serving up heaps of delicious pasta, salad and offering meatballs...
The men of The Fount, Free Life Community Church, Vietnamese Evangelical Church and La Cima are gathering on Saturday morning, March 9th at 9am for their semi-monthly Men’s Breakfast! All men are welcome. There is no cost. The menu is good food and good fellowship, and a Word of encouragement...
I remember the day that my family moved into a new house. As we were unpacking our boxes, my dad was busy making sure that all the utilities were being turned on. The only thing left was the phone. However, before my dad called the telephone company he looked around...
We have entered into the season of Lent once again. Lent is a season of preparation, much as Advent is, but Lent is observed and participated as preparation for the grand Event of Easter. These 40 days (plus 6 Sundays—more on that in a moment) are meant to help us...
This year during Lent, we will be offering a 6-week study using a new book from Seedbed called Altar’d: The Transforming Power of Surrender, by Susan O. Kent. Altars have always represented change. They are the places where sacred space meets our surrender and leads into authentic spiritual transformation. From...
The Fount will join with Free Life Community Church to share our traditional Ash Wednesday Service this evening, Februarty 14th, at 7:00 PM. It will be in-person only (no live stream). It is a service of confession and repentance and the imposition of ashes. It is a solemn way to...
Good afternoon to The Fount Family, and Happy Monday, I decided to do this blog post on the verse of the day from the Bible App. It comes from Romans 12:10- “love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor.” This verse sounds so simple to do,...
Next week, Cyndy’s and my family will be taking care of an important element of life: saying “goodbye” to a loved one. We humans need closure, and we need to properly and ritually say “goodbye” to someone we love who has died. Three years ago, Cyndy’s brother, Don Brainerd, died...
Growing up as a 3rd generation pastor’s kid. I have seen, experienced, and critiqued what it means to be a Christian. I’ve worshiped in a conservative Korean setting where sticking to the rules and having good behavior was the model of a good Christian. I’ve also served and led in...
On Wednesday, February 14th (Ash Wednesday), we will be joining with other congregations on campus to observe the beginning of the season of Lent. Our Ash Wednesday Worship will include writing our sins on slips of paper and nailing them to the cross. Then, we will burn those slips of...