How To Get Connected
We exist to love God, love others, and make disciples of Jesus Christ for the glory of God and joy of all people. If you'd like to get connected or involved in our church, we won't point you to a list of programs, but rather to Jesus and his people called the church. Below you'll find the ways that we encourage our visitors to connect with God and one another. The following links describe how we seek to connect, share life together, and grow as disciples of Jesus as we seek to live out the relational approach of Jesus as modeled in the Bible.
Communion with God
We are relational souls created in the image of a relational God. We are designed for true and meaningful connection with God and with others. We believe to experience true and meaningful connection with others, we must first be connected with God and attached to him. We pray that our church can help others connect, know, and experience deep and true communion with God.
We believe that to be a Christian is to believe in Jesus and his gospel. When we believe in the person and work of Jesus we are connected to God and given a new kind of life. We think the gospel is the most important truth you can know or experience. The gospel changes everything. It has the power to change your life, transform communities, and renew societies when its implications are experienced, central, and functional. We desire that all people understand and believe the gospel.
We believe that to be a Christian is to believe in Jesus and his gospel. When we believe in the person and work of Jesus we are connected to God and given a new kind of life. We think the gospel is the most important truth you can know or experience. The gospel changes everything. It has the power to change your life, transform communities, and renew societies when its implications are experienced, central, and functional. We desire that all people understand and believe the gospel.
Church Membership
When we trust in Jesus by faith we are attached to God and belong to him. If we are in Christ, we are adopted as God's beloved children. In the person and work of Jesus, we are also connected to the household of God, called the church. In Jesus we are joined together as members of one another. We seek to grow in grace, build one another up, and bear witness to Jesus together.
We believe one of the ways we can bear witness to the power of the gospel and unity of the Spirit is through committing ourselves to a local body or expression of the church in membership. This looks like practicing the "one another" commands of the New Testament and regularly meeting together for worship and fellowship. We believe commitment to a local church is a way to show our appreciation for Jesus and his commitment to give himself up for his church.
We believe one of the ways we can bear witness to the power of the gospel and unity of the Spirit is through committing ourselves to a local body or expression of the church in membership. This looks like practicing the "one another" commands of the New Testament and regularly meeting together for worship and fellowship. We believe commitment to a local church is a way to show our appreciation for Jesus and his commitment to give himself up for his church.
Community Groups
Jesus modeled that the Christian life is lived in community. In community groups we learn together, practice the one another commands of the Bible, (such as pray for one another, serve one another, bear with one another, and love one another). Community groups are one of the ways we seek to grow in grace together as we meet throughout the week in homes and share life together. In community groups we seek to mature as disciples who are abiding in Jesus, becoming like Jesus, and commissioned by Jesus to make disciples together. We seek to have our community groups be neighborhood-based.
Discipling
Jesus had large crowds that he taught, lived in community with twelve apostles, and within those twelve had a group of three that formed a kind of inner circle. In the grace of God, we are not made to walk alone in the Christian life. In discipling relationships, Christians of the same sex can meet to grow and learn together, and pray. Within this basic framework, discipling relationships may take a number of different shapes: an elder member may disciple a younger member, a more mature Christian might disciple younger Christians, or peers in the faith might effectively disciple one another. These discipling groups acts as a catalyst to Christian growth, helping us bear one another’s sorrows and joys.
Volunteer with a Serve Team
Jesus defined greatness as becoming a servant (Mark 10:42-45). As Jesus as served us, we are to serve others. We have been called to freedom and to use our freedom to serve one another through love. Each of Jesus' followers has received a gift and are to use that gift to serve others as good stewards of God's varied grace (1 Peter 4:10). We have a variety of teams that serve on Sundays during our worship gathering and throughout the week. You can explore our Serve Teams below:
A/V Team
The Audio and Visual Team serves the church through running the sound system and ProPresenter to help in congregational singing. The team also produces a livestream on our YouTube channel for the Jr. Disciples Kids Ministry Classroom, nursing mothers, and those who may be sick or traveling who can tune in and join us online.
Team Lead - Peter Jovanovich
Team Lead - Peter Jovanovich
Des Moines Food Bank Team
The Des Moines Food Bank exists to provide emergency food service to those who need in the cities of Des Moines, most of Seatac, and the South Hill of Kent. The Des Moines Food Bank Serve Team helps the food bank to deliver meals to those in need who are unable to come to the food bank.
Team Leads - Phil and Melody Damron
Team Leads - Phil and Melody Damron
Coffee Team
The Coffee Team seeks to extend the welcome of Jesus to the stranger and visitor in providing food and drink on Sunday mornings. The aim is to help cultivate an inviting space for the skeptic, curious, and committed. Whether you are very skeptical of Christianity or looking for a place to grow in your faith, we seek to meet you where you are with the Gospel, the good news of Jesus Christ. Serving on this team can include helping set up and serve coffee/tea or provide snacks for before and after our worship gathering. Our Team Lead, Katie can help connect you!
Team Lead - Katie Ribald
Team Lead - Katie Ribald
Greeting Team
The Greeting Team seeks to greet one another with the love of Jesus. Through a smile, handshake, or other appropriate display of affection, our Greeters seek to help visitors, attenders, and church members feel at home, seen, and known. Those on the Greeting Team can help answer guests questions and help connect new families to our Kids Ministry check-in process.
Team Lead - Amelia Jones
Team Lead - Amelia Jones
Grounds Team
The Grounds Team seeks to serve our church in caring for the church building and maintaining the church grounds.
Team Lead - Cole Whitehouse
Team Lead - Cole Whitehouse
Kids Ministry Team
The Kids Ministry Team partners with parents and caregivers to share the gospel and teach the truths of Jesus to children. They seek the show the difference that Jesus makes in all of life. Our Kids Team provides a fun, safe, gospel-centered ministry for children from 6 months through 6th grade. In the classrooms, the Gospel Project Curriculum is taught to help experience the good news of Jesus together. For more information about our Kids Ministry or to learn more about serving on the team, please fill out our Volunteer Sign Up form below and our Kids Team Leader, Allie, will get back to you soon!
Team Lead - Allie Tormanen
Team Lead - Allie Tormanen
Music Team
The Music Team seeks to use their talents, gifts, and passions to serve our church in leading the church in worship through song. The Music Team helps the church sing the gospel, rejoice in the gospel, and cherish the truths and promises of Jesus. Our music is a combination of hymns, contemporary, and originals. If God has gifted you with the ability and skill to play music, whether vocally or through instrumentation, and you'd like to serve on the Music Team, please reach out to us and we'll get back to you with more information about the process of joining the team. If you'd like to listen to the songs we sing together on Sunday, you can find our Mountain Church Radio playlist on Spotify.
Team Lead - Sydney
Team Lead - Sydney
Rise Team
Rise is a program of Lighthouse Northwest that we partner with in our community. Rise is a trauma-informed, holistic approach to healing and building a new life and healthy relationships. Women of all ages participate in Rise and are given the time, space, resources, training, and support necessary to create thriving lives they love.
Through our support groups, workshops, and activities we explore topics that address the impact of abuse and trauma and the healing process. Topics include: identifying patterns of abuse, safety, God's design for healthy relationships, communication, emotional health, self-care, identity, trust, boundaries, positive parenting, purpose, and more.
Rise is a safe, affirming, and accountable community where God’s love is experienced in an atmosphere of grace. All participants receive encouragement and support from one another, the Rise staff, and volunteers during the twice a month community dinner and meeting.
Team Lead - Sarah Tuttle
Through our support groups, workshops, and activities we explore topics that address the impact of abuse and trauma and the healing process. Topics include: identifying patterns of abuse, safety, God's design for healthy relationships, communication, emotional health, self-care, identity, trust, boundaries, positive parenting, purpose, and more.
Rise is a safe, affirming, and accountable community where God’s love is experienced in an atmosphere of grace. All participants receive encouragement and support from one another, the Rise staff, and volunteers during the twice a month community dinner and meeting.
Team Lead - Sarah Tuttle
Sacha's House Care Team
The Sacha's House Care Team partners with Lighthouse NW to care for the lawn and house projects at their community living service at Sacha's House. We also provide freezer meals to serve the women and children in the home. Lighthouse NW exists to break the cycle of domestic abuse one relationship at a time by providing resources, services, and support to families who have experienced abuse and by activating the community to participate in prevention and intervention. If you'd like to help with yard care, house projects, and painting at Sacha's House, or if you'd like to help provide freezer meals, please fill out our Volunteer Form below and we'll help connect you to the team!
Sacha's House Care Team Lead - Cole
Sacha's House Freezer Meals - Caroline
Sacha's House Care Team Lead - Cole
Sacha's House Freezer Meals - Caroline
Welcome Team
The Welcome Team seeks to serve as lead examples in welcoming one another and showing hospitality to strangers. They aim to help the church in obeying the teaching of Jesus to "Welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God" (Romans 15:7). The Welcome Team exists to help people feel at home, connected to our church life, and follow up with guests. They desire to help create a warm friendly environment to help catalyze relationships and community. If you'd like to join our Welcome Team, please fill out our Volunteer Form below and select "Welcome Team." Our Team Lead, Chris Loiseau, will get back to you shortly!
Team Lead - Chris Loiseau
Team Lead - Chris Loiseau
If you'd like to sign up to serve on one of our teams, you can fill out the form below!
Volunteer Sign Up Form
Volunteers are a vital part of our church community. God has given each of us unique gifts and abilities, and there are many different ways to serve. Choose which ministry you'd like to serve with below and we'll be in touch with you.