The Olympia CRC Podcast

The Peculiar People series continues with an exposition of I Peter 2:13-17.

Pastor Mark Van Haitsma focuses on a passage he calls "rich stuff" as the series in 1 Peter continues.

Pastor Mark Van Haitsma continues the series on 1 Peter, with guests Susan and Leon Chickering.

Pastor Mark Van Haitsma returns from Synod to continue our preaching series on Peculiar People with a message on Growing Up.

Good news for adopted kids - like us.  Drawing on a trio of texts - I John 3:1-3, John 1:12, and Ephesians 1:3-6, a special Father's Day message explores our relationship as adopted children to God the Father and Jesus Christ, the Father's only true son and our brother.

Pastor Mark Van Haitsma continues our series on being a Peculiar People through 1 Peter 5:1 and a message on whom Christ uses in feeding His people.

Pastor Mark Van Haitsma continues our series in 1 Peter on Being Peculiar People by drawing a through line to 1 Corinthians 13:13 - "And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love ... and the greatest of these is love.

For our message this Sunday, we return to our series on 1 Peter.  In our passage for this week, Peter tells us that the Christian life is a mixture of great joy but also of grief.   " In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials."    How can we keep our joy from being overwhelmed by our grief?

Pastor Mark Van Haitsma and guests reflect on the movement of the Holy Spirit in our lives and in our church.  

For Mother's Day, Pastor Tom Dykstra continues the Peculiar People series with a message on Living Hope, based on 1 Peter 1:13-15.

On GEMS Sunday, Pastor Mark Van Haitsma recognizes the church's girls club in a message from Psalm 199:106 and a prayer that we would all be people who know the voice of their Lord.

In recognizing the church's boys club, Pastor Mark Van Haitsma preaches on the Cadets' core passage, Matthew 4:18-22.

In continuing the series on 1 Peter, Pastor Mark Van Haistma points to the new birth as evidence of God's grace and mercy.

Clarence Presley of Word of Truth Ministries International of Tukwilla returned to Olympia CRC to deliver a message on God's sovereign grace. Drawing from the text in 2 Samuel 9, Presley calls his message  Dropped into Destiny . 

In the first message of a new series Pastor Mark Van Haistma reminds us that 1 Peter provides a source of confidence and comfort for those who feel out of place. We can rest assured that God will Keep the church peculiar because that's who we are.

Pastor Mark Van Haitsma asks "What does the resurrection mean to you?" in a sermon drawn from John 20: 1-18: "...  13  They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? ...." (NIV) Recorded on March 27, 2016

Pastor Mark Van Haitsma preached on Luke 4:1-13:  "... 3  The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.  4  Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’  .... ” (NIV) Recorded February 14, 2016

Pastor Mark Van Haitsma preached on Luke 13:31-35" " ... 34  “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. 35  Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the n...

Pastor Mark Van Haitsma preached on Luke 13:1-9 "13  Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 2  Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? 3  I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. 4  Or those eighte...

Pastor Tom Dykstra preached on Luke 15:11-32: "...  17  “When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! 18  I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. 19  I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’ 20  So h...

Pastor Mark Van Haitsma preached on  John 12:1-11: "...  3   Then Mary took about a pint [ a ] of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 4   But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected ....  7   “Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “It was intended t...

Pastor Mark Van Haitsma preached on John 12:12-19:  "12  The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. 13  They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna! [ a ] ” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”[ b ] “Blessed is the king of Israel!....”  (NIV) Recorded March 20, 2016