As we approach the end of another year and we begin to reflect on what has happened over the year, I wanted to provide a brief update on what has changed on our church campus.  The Building a Legacy campaign is going strong and Pastor Matt will be sharing an update on that very soon, but that is not the only beautification happening. Within our regular budget we have been able to paint all of the classrooms in the education building upstairs and all of the preschool classrooms currently in use, thanks to our church family  volunteering, led by Kato Mearig and Young Park. Pastor Dan’s office has had a complete makeover, with new flooring, lighting, and paint. There are new curtains in all of the preschool rooms that match our color scheme. We have also begun the task of improving the exterior lighting on the campus. During this next year we are going to continue to improve the lighting, continue with the interior painting, and reseal and stripe the parking lot. We are so blessed to have this campus to use for tle Lord in reaching out to minister, and I am thankful for the heart of our congregation in wanting to make it as beautiful and useful as possible. Thank you!
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Ken Fox

​We have had several recent changes in our church leadership team.  Recently Heidi Schultz stepped down from leading our Preschool Ministry in order to focus on her new job as a Christian School teacher and to help Brad in our youth ministry.  We are thankful for all of Heidi’s hard work in leading our Preschool Ministry, and are praying for her in the new ministry assignments the Lord has given her.  As you know, Kandyce Register has been leading our Children’s Ministry and has been doing a great job.  Now she will be leading both our Preschool and Children’s Ministries.  Our Sunday Preschool and Children’s Ministry has grown by over 50% in the last year.  God is bringing new little ones to our church and we have the privilege of sharing with them the love of Christ.  Pray for Kandyce as she leads these two very important ministries and if you sense God wanting you to get involved in these exciting ministries let her know.

We also have added a new position to our church team.  Breanna Herd is our new Social Media Coordinator.  We are using social media to communicate with our community and our church all that we are doing as a church.  So many people use social media as the primary way they connect and communicate and we want to utilize it for the sake of the gospel.  If you are not sure about an event, now you can go not only to our church calendar for information, but if the event is soon you can find it on our facebook page.  In addition to our church facebook page, we also have pages for our children’s ministry and our weekday Preschool.  We invite you to “like” and follow them.

Ken Fox has served as our part-time church administrator for over three years now and has done a great job.  He is now coming on full time as our Church administrator and Facilities Manager (beginning in November).  This move will allow our church to be more effective and efficient in our ministries and also to present a clean and neat campus for the purpose of seeing people come to Christ and live for Him.  The Lord deserves the best we can give Him and I am happy to see Ken lead us in giving the Lord our best both in our organization and in our facilities.
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Sincerely,
Pastor Matt

​Dear Shoreline Family,

Over the last few months, there have been a lot of difficulties people in our church are facing: cancer, sickness, injuries, the loss of family and loved ones, and many more.  Every week my prayer list has grown longer and longer.  In each case, you could have allowed these difficulties to push you away from God, but instead you allowed God to use them to draw you closer to Him.  I have never seen so many difficulties in such a short period of time, but I also have never seen more growth in faith and love.  The ministry needs have been greater than I could meet, but together you have ministered to one another in the name of Christ. You are a constant encouragement to me. 

​Remember Jesus said in as much as you have done it to My brethren, you have done it to Me.  Let’s continue to faithfully pray for and minister to the hurting in our congregation.
God has really been working in people’s lives.  I encourage you to come to church each week in faith and with anticipation that God is going to speak to us through His Word, and that God is going to work in our life and in the lives of others.  God is bringing new people to our church every week- let’s make sure to show them our love for them, pray for them, and minister to them.  We have a lot of new believers and new members in our church, let’s welcome every new member of our faith family with open arms and not cease to pray for them.

We all know people who need to come to know the love of Christ.  I especially want to ask you to pray that God will give us a burden of compassion for the lost.  I am thankful for the fifteen people who went through our evangelism training class, their passion was exciting and I look forward to the fruit God will bring from it.  But let’s ask the Lord to give all of us boldness to share Jesus with our family, friends, and those He brings into our life.  The Lord has blessed us with a great church family, and I am so very thankful to the Lord for you.

Sincerely,
Pastor Matt

Every year for the past 20 plus years, the months of October and part of November have been consumed with planning for our upcoming Early Winter basketball season at Shoreline. We are blessed to continue to pull in more than 500 players each year.
As I write this, we have almost 400 players, and I begin to create teams tomorrow (October 22). That process takes about 60 hours as it involves more than 600 requests from parents.

It is truly a blessing to plan this coming season as I am reasonably certain that at least 200 of the incoming players are new to the program and at least half of the players do not know Christ as their personal savior. This is an amazing outreach challenge for the sports ministry.

More than 60 teams will stop once every week from November 26th through February 9 to learn about Christ. I am honored to prepare the devotions for these teams, and I am excited to report that the players love to learn about Jesus and many of them turn their lives over to Him each season.
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As a part of this outreach, we will repeat our Division Parent program from last year. We are very grateful to the more than 50 church members who got involved last year, and I encourage you to come out December 1 on Opening Day to welcome parents and players to Shoreline. We call you “Sports Connection Parents!” Below is an explanation of how you can help.  Please let me know if you have questions.

What is the Division Parent’s Program?: During our Early Winter basketball season, Division Parents from the church have volunteered to connect with the teams and coaches in their divisions. The sports connection parents show up on some game days to help the Division Parents by waving at halftime and talking to teams and parents after the game.

Why: The program is designed to better connect parents who bring their children into our sports program with our church and its members.

Who: A sports connection parent does not need any expertise (or interest) in sports; they need to have a desire to build relationships with parents who need Christ.