D i r e h c t t i o a r 2015 y F Worshipping On Whidbey Island
A supplement to the Whidbey News-Times, South Whidbey Record and The Whidbey Examiner
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OAK HARBOR St. Stephen Episcopal Church 555 SE Regatta Drive 360-279-0715 www.ststephensofoakharbor.org St. Augustine Catholic Church 185 N Oak Harbor St. 360-675-2303 www.staugustineoh.org Grace Evangelical Church 1411 Wieldraayer Road 360-279-9713 www.graceevangelical.org Seventh-day Adventist Church 31830 Highway 20 360-675-4412 www.oakharborchurch.org Life Church 767 NE Regatta Drive 360-679-3158 www.life-church.com Concordia Lutheran Church - LCMS 590 N Oak Harbor St. 360-675-2548 www.concordialutheranwhidbey.org
Family Bible Church 2760 SW Heller Road 360-679-1585 www.oakharborfamilybible.org
Living Word Fellowship 490 NW Crosby Ave. 360-675-5008 www.livingwordoakharbor.com
Christ the King Community Church 51 SE Jerome St. 360-679-1288 www.ctkonline.com/oakharbor
Oak Harbor Lutheran Church 1253 NW 2nd Ave. 360-679-1561 www.oakharborlutheran.com
First United Methodist Church 1050 SE Ireland St. 360-675-2441 www.oakharborfumc.org
Church of the Nazarene 1100 W. Whidbey Ave. 360-675-0705 www.ohnaz.com
First Reformed Church 250 SW 3rd Ave. 360-675-4837 www.frcoh.org
Living Faith Christian Center 551 Northeast Midway Blvd. 360-679-4345
Faith Tabernacle of Praise 620 W Erin Park Road 360-679-1003 Mission Ministry Outreach 1751 Goldie Road 360-679-9246 www.fanniedean.com
The Episcopal Church Welcomes You THE WELCOME EXTENDS ACROSS 109 DIOCESES and THREE REGIONAL AREAS IN 16 NATIONS At St Stephen’s Episcopal, we believe Christ is calling us to be a renewed church in a changing world. Empowered by the Spirit of God, we respond to Jesus’ call as we deepen our bond with Christ through worship, become a community where all are accepted, and work together as laity and clergy to do God’s work in the world.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 201 NE Oleary St. 360-675-8188 www.lds.org Assembly of God Church 319 Southwest 3rd Ave. 360-675-4852 www.oakharborag.org
Wherever you are in your life with God -- whether a hesitant searcher or a regular churchgoer -- we invite you to worship with us and to think of St. Stephen’s as your spiritual home. We meet in the Main Sanctuary for Eucharist at 10:30 AM each Sunday, followed by fellowship in Miller Hall. Our office is in the building with All Saints Chapel. Holy Eucharist - Sunday 10:30 AM Sunday School for Children - 10:30 AM Morning Prayer - 10:30 AM, Fifth Sundays-Main Sanctuary Tues/Thurs - Morning Prayer 10:00 AM, All Saint’s Chapel
Phone: 360 279 0715 Email: ststephensofoakharbor@gmail.com Mailing address: P.O. Box 2754, Oak Harbor, WA 98277
Whidbey Island Faith Directory • 2015 Southern Baptist Church 50 SW 6th Ave. 360-675-6686 www.ohsbc.org
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Whidbey Presbyterian Church 1148 SE 8th Ave. 360-679-3579 www.whidbeypres.org
Grace Community Church 29470 Highway 20 360-679-1678 www.whidbeygrace.org
Calvary Chapel Oak Harbor 1560 SE 9th Ave. 360-679-6959 www.calvarychapeloakharbor.org
Bible Baptist Church 1701 Harns Road 360-675-8311 www.bbcoakharbor.org
New Life Missionary 656 Southeast Pioneer Way 360-675-0935 Oak Harbor United Pentecostal Church 210 Southeast Pioneer Way #4 404-661-4653 www.oakharborupc.com Christian Reformed Church 1411 N. 1570 West 360-675-2881 www.oakharborcrc.org
COUPEVILLE Living Hope Foursquare Church 105 Northwest Broadway Ave. 360-678-6692 www.livinghopeonwhidbey.org Coupeville United Methodist Church 608 N. Main St. 360-678-4256 www.coupevilleumc.com Christ the King Community Church 180 Parker Road 360-678-0235 www.ctkcoupeville.com
Church on the Rock 1780 SE 4th Ave. 360-675-3032 www.graceforall.com First Church-Christ Scientist 721 SW 20th Court 360-675-0621 www.christiansciencewhidbey.com/oakharbor-church
St Mary's Catholic Church 207 N. Main St. 360-678-6536 www.staugustineoh.org/smcc/index_ sm.php Jehovah's Witnesses 331 E Morris Road 360-678-7471 Coupeville Community Bible Church 502 NE Otis St. 360-678-4778
The Christian Science Church on South Whidbey
Mary Baker Eddy, in 1866, determined that there are divine laws of Life, Truth, and Love that Christ Jesus taught: “Our Master taught no mere theory, doctrine, or belief. It was the divine Principle of all real being which he taught and practiced” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures). Subsequently, she not only founded the Church of Christ, Scientist (Christian Science), but she also wrote Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures to explain this wonderful discovery. Today, that text and the Bible serve as the only preachers in Christian Science churches; passages from each, arranged to explore one of 26 different Bible Lessons, are read aloud by designated members of the congregation during the Sunday service. People around the world gather each Sunday to hear this
same Bible lesson, pray together, and acknowledge God as the Principle of goodness and harmony. The Christian Science Church on South Whidbey holds Sunday services, open to all, at 10:30 A.M.; Sunday School for students up to the age of twenty is available at the same time. A Wednesday testimonial service is held on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 P.M.; Wednesday services offer people the opportunity to share both their testimonies of
healings and their remarks about Christian Science. Everyone is welcome to join us in prayer and song to celebrate our heritage as the children of God. Look for our sign on Highway 525 (across from Useless Bay) and come up our driveway; we have plenty of parking. For more information about Christian Science, including videos and recordings, visit:
www.christianscience.com
15910 Highway 525, just north of Bayview
360-321-4080
“To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, today is big with blessings” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures)
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Whidbey Evangelical Free Church 874 Plantation Drive 360-222-3211 www.whidbey-efc.com
Christian Science Society 15910 Highway 525 360-321-4080
FREELAND Trinity Lutheran Church 18341 Highway 525 360-331-5191 www.trinitylutheranfreeland.org St Augustine's Episcopal Church 5217 Honeymoon Bay Road 360-331-4887 www.staugustinesepiscopalchurch.org Unitarian Universalist Congregation 20103 Highway 525 360-321-8656 www.uucwi.org Christian Life Ministry Center 1832 Scott Road 360-331-5778 www.clcwhidbey.com
First Baptist Church 2277 Newman Road 360-321-4457 www.firstbaptistsouthwhidbey.com Langley United Methodist Church 301 Anthes Ave. 360-221-4233 www.langleyumc.org South Whidbey Assembly of God 5373 Maxwelton Road 360-221-1656 www.swag-online.org South Whidbey Community Church 5142 Bayview Road 360-221-1220 southwhidbeycommunitychurch.org St. Hubert Catholic Church 804 Third St. 360-221-5383 www.sthubertschurch.org
Word Of Everlasting Life & Faith Church
656 SE Bayshore Drive, Ste 5 Oak Harbor, WA 98277 360-682-2323
SUNDAY
Bible Study 9:00am Worship Service 10:00am Come Worship With Us!
Thursday Bible Study 7:00pm Pastor Dr. Thomas Stoneham Sr., Minister Donald Cole
The Island Church of Whidbey 503 Cascade Ave. 360-221-6980 www.islandchurchofwhidbey.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 5425 Maxwelton Road 360-221-3141 www.lds.org Unity of Whidbey 5671 Crawford Road 360-321-5030 www.unityofwhidbeyisland.org
CLINTON Calvary Chapel-Whidbey Island 3821 French Road 360-579-2570 www.ccwhidbey.com St. Peter's Lutheran Church 6309 S Wilson Place 360-341-4715 www.whidbeynet.net/stpeters
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RESTORATION
Fellowship
Is there more? After years of serving the Lord, of seeking Him, waiting on Him and pursuing Him, your desire for more intimacy, more understanding and more revelation has only increased. You’re ready to go deeper, beyond “milk,” beyond the “elementary principles”, beyond what seems to satisfy most other people. You can feel Jesus’ calling you closer to His side. You’ve heard of, seen or tried new ways of serving, worshiping or pursuing Him, but which
way is right? How can you sustain that sense of closeness, walking in alignment with Him, the sense of His drawing near to you, speaking to and guiding you every day? We can relate. That’s what drew us together – a desire to seek the truth and delve deeper into our covenant with our El Shaddai. Through immersing ourselves in the Hebrew scriptures, as Jesus did, and reconnecting with the Hebrew roots of our Christianity, we are uncovering “new treasures as well as old.” Together we’re pouring over the scriptures from Genesis to Revela-
tion to let God’s word speak for itself and hear the Spirit’s leading, to discover the way of righteousness and walk in it. The enduring joy and peace of the Sabbath, the richness and revelation of the feasts and holy days, the new depth of understanding and appreciation of the Messiah taught in the Hebrew scriptures −yes, there’s more. A lot more. Come experience it with us. We are Restoration Fellowship – restoring the Hebrew roots of our faith in Yeshua (Jesus).
We meet every Saturday
At Oak Harbor Christian School, 675 E. Whidbey Ave. Service 10:30 am | Lunch 12:00 pm | Bible Study 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Visit our Website, Read our Blog: www.whidbeymessianic.com
Questions: 360-675-7189
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RELIGIOUS GROUPS Awana Clubs International: A Christian club for children ages 3 through high school, meets at Family Bible Church. www.oakharborfamilybible.org Course in Miracles: The Oak Harbor group meets Tuesdays at 10 a.m. Uses multimedia as well as the text, workbook for students and manual for teachers for discussion and study; call Bob or Julie Schoenecker at 360-6759704. St. Peter's Women, ELCA: Women of the Clinton congregation meet for fellowship and Bible study, and to support activities for the church. Raises funds for missions locally and worldwide; 360-341-4715. United Methodist Women, Langley: A community of women whose purpose is to know God, to develop a creative, supportive fellowship and to participate in local and global mission projects. Our LUMC unit meets the third Thursday of the every month, except July and August. The business meeting starts at 10 a.m. in the Fireside room; the program is at 10:45, and lunch follows at
11:45. We welcome all women. 360-2214233 or www.langleyumc.org Whidbey Island Friends Meeting (Quakers): Worships at 4 p.m. each Sunday at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 20103 State Route 525, two miles north of Freeland. Friends worship in a circle in a traditional hourlong period of silence and meditation that often includes spoken prayers and messages. The Meeting also sponsors spirit-led social justice, peace and educational programs for the wider community. A warm welcome is extended to all. www.whidbeyquakers. org
Youth Dynamics: An active Christian outreach ministry for high school-aged students with weekly group meetings, Bible studies, seasonal retreats and wilderness adventures. Staff available to meet with students to help with everyday issues. Located at 830 SE Pioneer Way, Suite 201, Oak Harbor. 360-679-1844 or www.yd.org
Whidbey Island Jewish Community: WIJC is a grassroots, nonprofit organization aimed at celebrating and promoting Jewish community and culture on Whidbey Island. As such, community support is vital to WIJC’s success. We welcome people who are willing to volunteer to host Shabbats, plan and organize events, work on fundraising and grant writing, and simply offer their presence to the community. www.wijc.wordpress.com
Independent. Undenominational Churches of Christ
are a brotherhood of believers that have obeyed the gospel call of Christ. We are independent, undenominational congregations having no earthly hierarchical structure, but pattern ourselves after the first century church described in The New Testament where Christ is head of the church. Each congregation is self-governed and autonomous but is bound together with other congregations by our common allegiance to Christ and the Bible. About 27,500 congregations exist worldwide. The New Testament is our pattern of church government. We regard ourselves simply as churches of Christ, (Romans 16:16) and we are simply Christians, members of the church Jesus bought with his blood (Acts 20:28). Christ alone is God’s designated spokesman in this age (Hebrews 1:1-2). He alone has the
right to say what the church is and what His disciples should teach. His instructions are found only in the New Testament, our source for religious teaching and practice. In the New Testament, worship is about pouring one’s heart and soul out to God, not entertainment. Jesus said, “…a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.” (John 4:23-24) To worship God in truth is to worship Him according to his Word, because His Word is truth – John 17:17.
Worship service - 9:30am, Bible study - 10:45am Senior Service Center, Bayview • 360.341.2252
South Whidbey Church of Christ is committed to the goal of being faithful to God and His Word, to be the church that Jesus Christ came to build. (Matt. 16:18) We encourage independent Bible study as each believer comes to their own faith. We encourage all sincere truth seekers to join us as we love one another and seek to please God and submit our will to His.
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Are you looking to: • Expand your spiritual knowledge? • Be inspired to lead the life God intended for you? • Strengthen your relationship to the Divine? If you’re one of the “spiritual but not religious” people who questions your childhood faith or is looking for something more, this may feel like a homecoming. You may be one of the millions of people who have embarked on their own spiritual path. If so, you have just discovered a whole community of people like yourself. It is Unity—a spiritual movement that honors all paths to God; sees God as good and everywhere present; and affirms We welcome everyone on their spiritual journey the spark of Divinity in all of us. Unity also offers a positive, practical approach to Christianity, regarding Jesus as the great example rather than the great exception. Unity interprets the Bible metaphysically rather than literally. Have you ever imagined that the Bible could be the story of your own life? It is just one of the tools available for powerful personal transformation. We honor all paths to God, as we know we are all unique expressions of God in our world. We respect the truth wherever it is found, following specifically the truth teachings of Jesus Christ, our teacher and way shower. Our Sunday Worship Celebration is at 10 AM, followed by a time of fellowship and refreshment.
Unity of Whidbey • 5671 Crawford Road (Corner of SR-525), Langley • (360) 321-5030
Sunday Morning Services • 8:45am Traditional Worship • 9:50am Sunday School • 10:30am Contemporary Worship 250 SW 3rd Avenue, Oak Harbor • 360-675-4837 • www.frcoh.org • office@frcoh.org WHAT’S THE WORSHIP EXPERIENCE LIKE AT FRC? Both services last around 60 minutes. Please help yourself to coffee/tea and goodies before and after worship -we want to meet you! First Service: Sundays @ 8:45am Our first service is rich in traditional style and includes hymns, prayer, an offering collection, a 20-30 minute sermon and celebration of the Lord’s Supper about once per month. Second Service: Sundays @ 10:30am FRC’s second service is similar in content (offering,
sermon etc.), yet more laid back and usually includes a full worship band that leads several worship songs. ASIDE FROM SUNDAY SERVICES, WHAT ELSE DO YOU HAVE? FRC has multiple mid-week opportunities for you and your family. Adults can get connected by joining a Bible Study, joining us for a fellowship meal on Wednesday nights followed by discipleship classes, serving free meals at Nourishing Our Neighbors on Tuesdays or getting involved in any of our other ministries throughout the week.
Kids newborn to 5th grade can participate in FRC’s Wednesday night programs (September - May). Check out the Children’s Ministries page. 6th to 12th grade students can come hang out on Mondays, have fun and learn together on Wednesday nights and forge closer relationships with other students at the many other activities that are offered through Pursuit (grab a calendar from the Student Ministries page). Check out What’s Happening at FRC at www.frcoh.org for more ways you can get connected.
Pastor Matt Waite, Senior Pastor, with his wife, Jennifer and five wonderful children, Olivia, Grace, Isabel, Maggie, and Wyatt.
Relevant, authentic, inspiring - these are some of the words we hear from our guests as they explain their first Living Word experience. With a simple focus on worship and the Bible, you’ll have the chance to experience the life-changing power of Jesus Christ. Each service is designed with your friends in mind so you can invite them to check it out too! Our regular Sunday service times are 9am, 10:30am and Noon Middle School Youth: Sundays @ 4pm High School Youth: Sundays @ 6pm
Come worship with us! For more information visit us at: www.livingwordoakharbor.com 490 NW Crosby Ave. Oak Harbor // 360-675-5008
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