Repeating is Good
Below you will find an artical that is on our web front page as well. It's about our upcoming merger.

A whole new chapter will begin as we celebrate our 9th birthday on January 15th of this New Year. This year is very special because we will have some new people to celebrate with. As many of you know, Good News Foursquare Church and The Chapel, a foursquare church here in Troutdale will be joining together to form one church. Pastor Bruce Olson and his wonderful wife Betty will be taking on a new role as Associate Pastor. For 13 years, they have been faithfully loving and serving the people of Good News and this will continue as they hand over their head pastor duties to Pastor David of The Chapel.

The merger of the two churches had its beginnings with Good News as they were looking for ways to become more effective in reaching new people in East County. Through conversations with the Mt. Hood District leadership, the option of merging with The Chapel became the clear choice to accomplish their heart's desire. With several meetings accomplished, the Council and membership of Good News Foursquare church voted unanimously to pursue this end. With the request made, the Council of The Chapel fully agreed that not only would this be good for Good News, but it could also be good for The Chapel and on December 11th, the membership of The Chapel also sent a strong message with an overwhelming majority saying "yes" to the merge.With the approval of the International Church forthcoming, the people of Good News Foursquare Church and The Chapel will become one church. Both congregations will be meeting at Reynolds High School on Sunday mornings. The Good News Church building on 192nd will serve as an ancillary facility for additional ministries throughout the week. We invite anyone in our area to come and celebrate with us at 10:30 am on January 15th for our first Sunday together.