Damascus Community Church

Sunday, November 1, 2020, we will gather together to worship and celebrate communion in a building that is publicly known as a church, and which stands as a symbol of the presence...

“Commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established” (Prov 16:3). With consensus on our need to improve facilities, we are soon to contract for a land survey, and t...

“ Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom …” In the present world we fight the corruption of decay requiring investment in maintenance, and ultimately replacement, of facilities. ...

David’s prayer in Psalm 5:8 is “ Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness…make your way straight before me .” Assumed in this prayer is the reality of human limitations when it com...

For many months, we have focused on the need to build on faith with regard to a new physical building. But building on faith is not about merely trusting God for a building. It ...

A grim picture of a “church” burned to the ground incites grief over the loss, but then a quick catch in the mind. With no loss of life, the church was still fully alive, and pos...

Jesus’ teaching on love for God and neighbor as the greatest command should alert us to the reality that “living out love” is at the core of what the Church is to be. Our faciliti...

DCC’s vision is to be "A growing community for Christ: walking in truth , living out love, building on faith." Psalm 19 celebrates how God has revealed His tru...

In Ezra 6:22 the rebuilding of the Temple, remarkably, was completed with the aid of the Assyrian King, because the LORD “had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them so th...

When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat? ” He asked this only to test him, for he alre...

In Psalm 11:4, David proclaims with confidence, “The LORD is in his holy temple; the LORD is on his heavenly throne.” The temple that David prepared to build was an earthly pic...

In Psalm 22, in the midst of his distress, David is encouraged by praise “in the great assembly.” As we are frustrated by the inability to praise together in a “great assembly” of...

In Psalm 51, after confessing his sin against a holy God, David declares in faith “a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.” Building on Faith is growing in our...

Today, Sunday July 19th, Wil and Liz Lampinen will be deployed for service on mission to Mexico. Wil is the son of a missionary couple sent out by DCC in the 1990’s, a DCS graduat...

As the Temple was completed, it was filled with the “glory-cloud” of the LORD “…so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud…” (2 Chronicles 5:14). Pray t...

The Temple, the “house of God”, was a place of fellowship, joy, and praise for the Psalmist (Psalm 42:4). Today church facilities serve this function. Pray for opportunity to on...

The sad summary of King Saul’s service is rendered in these words: “ He did not seek guidance from the LORD . (1 Chronicles 10:14) Prayer for God’s will regarding any aspect of m...

In follow-up to the Caleb Study, IGC has recommended we hire a director of development. This person would plan and coordinate a capital campaign and fundraising efforts, communic...

Based on input from the body, IGC recommends development of a campus master plan which would anticipate construction in phases to reach the goal of facilities that will better sup...

Building On Faith Update, May 2020 The Elder Council received the Caleb Study report from Kent Wallace on May 17. The purpose of the study was to guide us toward a capital c...