Baptism, Uncategorized | by Pastor David Parker

One of our regular rhythms as a church is to celebrate through baptism the grace of Jesus extended to those who have come to trust and treasure Him. We are tentatively planning to have our next baptism celebration on August 26th!

In the waters of baptism, we identify with Jesus in his death (being immersed under water) and his resurrection to new life (being brought out of the water) for the forgiveness of sin (Rom 6:1-10; Col 2:12). Baptism doesn’t save us, but it’s an outward symbolic act that demonstrates the inward reality of what God has accomplished on the cross through His Son. In being baptized, we identify ourselves with Jesus (Acts 10:48; Rom 6:3; Gal 3:27), the universal church (1 Cor 12:13), and the local church (Acts 2:41).

If you have recently professed faith in Christ and/or have not yet been baptized as a believer in Jesus, we would encourage and invite you to consider God’s command.

Personally, I love watching Jesus work in our church, and among friends, neighbors, and co-workers He’s placed around us. I’m praying each of us would get to be a part of leading someone to faith in Christ this summer, as we faithfully and lovingly pursue others, and that we’d get to see many more folks enter into the waters of baptism this next year!

How do I begin the process toward Baptism? 

• First, If you would like to be baptized, fill out a baptism request on our Baptism page, or send me an email at with any additional questions you might have.
• Second, for those interested in being baptized, we’ll be holding a baptism class in the beginning of August following one of our Sunday gatherings. More details to come, but register using the link above to start that process.

For the Gospel in Seattle,

Pastor David

Teaching | by Pastor Adam Sinnett

 Last Sunday we kicked off a six-week series called Every Square Inch, highlighting Jesus’ all-encompassing lordship over every sphere of life and reality. The Apostle Paul, in his letter to the Colossians, put it this way:

“By him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities – all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.” (Col 1:15-17)

So, how does Jesus’ sovereign lordship give shape to our every day lives? That’s the question we’ll be answering over the next six weeks as we discuss how Jesus influences our engagement with rest, art, work, history, technology and justice. As the Dutch theologian, Abraham Kuyper, once said, “There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, Mine!”

Here’s the line-up:

6/29 Jesus and Rest, Pastor Adam Sinnett

7/6 Jesus and Art, Deacon Randy Lundy

7/13 Jesus and Work, Deacon Pierce Martin

7/20 Jesus and History, Pastor Paul Dean of Soma Eastside, PhD (History)

7/27 Jesus and Technology, Pastor David Parker

8/3 Jesus and Justice, Pastor Adam Sinnett

I am looking forward to seeing what Jesus has in store for us this summer. Please pray for these men who are already prayerfully preparing to serve you well. One of our hopes is to become a teaching hospital in order to train, develop and equip future pastors and church planters. This is just one evidence of that. Our story is one small part of His larger unfolding story and we get to participate. So come expectant, prayed-up and hungry to learn. We’ll jump back into the Gospel of Mark on Sunday, August 10th and finish up our year-long study by summer’s end.

Until the world knows,

Pastor Adam

City Life, Event, Serve the City, Service

City Life, Event, Photos

Last Tuesday, we gathered as a church at Gasworks Park for a Picnic and games with the lake and city skyline as a backdrop. Here are some photos from the evening!

News, Service | by Pastor David Parker

Downtown Cornerstone,

As I mentioned during our gathering on Sunday, this summer (August 9th-18th) we’ll be sending a team down to Brazil to aid and assist in mercy outreach and church planting efforts in Rio de Janeiro. For more details on who we are partnering with and why, check out this post.

Several of you have asked a couple questions in one form or another so I wanted to post a quick update addressing those. Over the next several weeks we’ll continue to be posting updates so you know how you can be specifically praying and participating as we prepare to send this team to Brazil.

Who’s going?

So you can be praying for, encouraging, and prayerfully considering who you can help send, here’s the folks we’ll be sending to Brazil:

(Top Left) Peter Isaza, Linnell Pitt, Peter Duong, Catie Rizzo, Tyler Johnson, Edward Sumner, Pastor David Parker (Bottom Left) Anne Johnson, Shelley Pierson, Chelsey Scheffe, Katie Collins.

How are things going?

We met last weekend for our second team meeting to spend some time growing in unity, gospel fluency, and language learning together. It was a great evening together and already  looking forward to our next time together at the end of this month. Specifically, It’s been awesome to see how Jesus is even using our preparation and fundraising to stretch and grow our faith and dependency on Him. Thank you for praying for us. I couldn’t be more excited to see how Jesus will continue to grow, shape, and mold us as we prepare to go. We’ll be posting more stories in the weeks to come, stay tuned!

If you are interested in supporting the team through prayer and/or by giving to the Brazil Fund, you can learn more here.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to email me at .

Until the whole world knows,

Pastor David