West Salem Foursquare church
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Eyes, Hands and Feet
June 19, 2024 22:13Hello Friends, Recently myself, along with a good friend, took on the responsibility of coaching our sons tee ball team. Most of the players on this team have never played baseball before. That’s right, eleven 4/5 year olds looking to us to teach them how to play. Now, I grew up playing baseball, have coached […]
Making Time For Jesus
May 31, 2024 07:00Hello Friends, Have you ever been through a season where life just looks different? It’s not necessarily bad, but just different. Recently, I have felt this to be true in my own life. Things are busy and at times feel a bit disjointed. Laundry is never ending, I rarely have days where I’m able to do […]
Scriptures that Form
May 24, 2024 07:15HELLO FRIENDS, Recently, as I was combing through some old files on my computer, I came across an assignment I had when I was in seminary that asked us to think about and pray about scriptures that form our life. We were asked to write them down, meditate on them and notice how our sustained […]
Full vs in power of the Holy Spirit
May 20, 2024 16:41HELLO FRIENDS, My name is Andrew Barry. I am the Worship Pastor at WSFC. I have the privilege of sharing a little devotion that I have been mulling over the last couple days. It has to do with the difference in being “full of the Holy Spirit” and “in power of the Holy Spirit”. In Luke 4, […]
Mother’s Day can be complicated
May 13, 2024 16:16HELLO FRIENDS, This one is for those of us with a complicated relationship with Mothers Day. Whether you are away from your children or your mother geographically, relationally estranged from them or are celebrating your first (or 50th) Mothers Day without them on earth. Whether you are childless for reasons of your own choosing or for reasons you […]
Kids Camp is on the Horizon
April 29, 2024 15:32HELLO FRIENDS, As a young child, kid’s camp was the one event I looked forward to the entire year. It couldn’t come fast enough and ended far too quickly. As camp wrapped up, I desperately longed for more. I always wondered why a winter camp wasn’t offered. Now, after spending a few years as a […]
Our Upcoming New Believers Class
April 08, 2024 15:40HELLO FRIENDS, We have just come off of a great weekend at West Salem Foursquare Church. Between our Good Friday service and the multiple Easter services we had the privilege of ministering to thousands of people. What a joy! What an honor! I want to encourage you to continue to live out Acts 2:32, which […]
Easter is for EVERYONE
March 25, 2024 16:16Hello Friends, Sunday Services aren’t for the perfect… They aren’t for the flawless… We all fall short in comparison to the one true King…. But that is what makes church so beautiful. We get to come before a perfect creator, not only to bring Him Glory, but to receive His love and attention in […]
Finding God in the Everyday
March 18, 2024 16:18HELLO FRIENDS, “So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him.” Romans 12:1 (MSG) A place to wash your hands. […]
How Have Your Resolutions Been Going?
March 11, 2024 17:19HELLO FRIENDS, Right about now, most, if not all, of our new year resolutions have worn off, making them a distant memory of good intentions mixed with slight regret. I’m not being a pessimist, but rather, a realist. And the data supports this. An annual Forbes Health poll found: • 62% say they feel pressured to […]
CHRIST IS HERE
December 18, 2023 17:05HELLO FRIENDS, For about 400 years before the first Christmas, God was silent. In God’s silence, His people were anticipating the arrival of the Savior. Many generations passed without seeing that day – yet God’s people actively waited. And then, seemingly out of no where, the day came and Christ emptied Himself and was born […]
HELLO
December 11, 2023 17:07HELLO FRIENDS, Over the last year or so we have had a growing number of folks coming back to church (after the pandemic) and others discovering connection and spiritual development at West Salem Foursquare. To each and all of you, I say: Welcome Home. You Belong Here. We sincerely desire for you to get connected […]
Happy Thanksgiving From WSFC
November 28, 2023 17:12HELLO FRIENDS, Every year, for the month of November, My wife and I turn our fridge into a “thankful Fridge”. Every day, we take a sticky note and write something that we are thankful for and stick it to our fridge. By Thanksgiving our fridge looks terrible, but is filled with dozens of things that […]
Breaking Strongholds: A Journey to Transformative Self-Reflection
November 14, 2023 17:36HELLO FRIENDS, “The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 For just a moment, let’s talk about strongholds. In battle language, strongholds […]
Embracing Change in Our Spiritual Journey
October 30, 2023 16:13HELLO FRIENDS, The rain, crisp air, football, and pumpkin spice in everything- these are all the sure tell signs that we are well into the fall and with the fall comes routine. As helpful as routine can be, unfortunately sometimes our routines can also lead us into a rut. Not just within our schedules, but […]
We are given a new perspective on fear
October 16, 2023 16:54HELLO FRIENDS, October is one of my favorite times of the year! It brings playoff baseball, the full swing of football season, cold outdoors, warm living rooms, pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin spice doughnuts, pumpkin seeds, pumpkin carving, music, movies, and costume parties. October is, without a doubt, my FAVORITE month! However, even with all […]
What will people say about you when you die?
October 09, 2023 16:48HELLO FRIENDS, This weekend Denise and I will attend (not officiate) the memorial service for our next door neighbor Mimi. We have lived next to her and Ted for almost 15 years. They have been wonderful neighbors to us, our kids, and our grandkids. Mimi passed away recently from a “brief but valiant fight with […]
THE WSFC BIG THREE (SMALL GROUPS)
September 25, 2023 17:21HELLO FRIENDS, Hebrews 10:24-25: “And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another-and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” At WSFC, we believe that small groups […]
The WSFC BIG THREE (Serving)
September 18, 2023 16:42HELLO FRIENDS, I’ve never been a server at any type of restaurant. But for at least 13 years of my life I worked as a barista at coffee shops of all kinds. I’ve worked at two separate small church owned coffee shops serving coffee, sandwiches and nachos (where my love for queso developed) to mostly […]
The WSFC BIG THREE (Scripture)
September 11, 2023 16:21HELLO FRIENDS, As we step into a new school year, it’s a great time to revisit our purpose and mission as a church community. At West Salem Foursquare Church we focus on our BIG THREE: Scripture, Serving and Small Groups. Last weekend, I wanted to remind us of the power of encountering Jesus through Scripture. […]
Anchored in Hope
September 05, 2023 15:55HELLO FRIENDS “We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain…” Hebrews 6:19 After years of resisting the idea, making excuses about why we could not do it, and postponing the inevitable, last October we got a dog. And luckily, but […]
An Upright Heart
August 28, 2023 21:49HELLO FRIENDS, The other day as I read Psalm 119:7 I found myself in deep thought when I got to the words,“upright heart”. As I fixated on these words I started brainstorming what I believed an upright heart to mean, but I still felt there was something more. A deeper meaning I was missing. […]
Psalm 99 Devotional
August 18, 2023 17:02HELLO FRIENDS, In the Pause Reading plan this week, I read Psalm 99. Psalm 99 gives a list of the things that God is for his people. Here are a few that the Psalm gives: He is holy; He is mighty; He is awesome; He is responsive; He is forgiving. I challenge you to read Psalm 99 today and […]
Kid’s Camp Update!
July 29, 2023 18:57HELLO FRIENDS, As most of you know, we are just coming off of our 2023 Greater Oregon Kids Camp. We joined with several other churches from all over Greater Oregon and Washington to lead a four-day, three-night camp out at Canby Grove Campground. I wanted to take just a moment share a few highlights from […]
The Beauty of God
July 10, 2023 16:36HELLO FRIENDS, Look up and Look around. Do you see it? It’s the beauty of God on display. A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to take a little vacation. Every morning, I would take a long walk by myself. Solitude is a gift, if we allow it to be! […]
“Grace without discipline is a license to sin.”
June 16, 2023 17:24HELLO FRIENDS, My name is Andrew Barry and I am the worship pastor at WSFC. It is my honor and privilege to serve and lead this amazing congregation every week! This week I watched a sermon on youtube by Rich Wilkerson. He is the pastor of a large church in Miami. Within his […]
The End Of The School Year Is Near
June 05, 2023 18:45HELLO FRIENDS, Like many of you, the end of the school year can bring on an assortment of emotions for me. You don’t have to be a student, teacher or parent to see and sympathize with the struggles everyone is feeling as the days seem to drag on, as does everyone’s anticipation to be […]
Time spent with Him is every bit of Amazing
May 30, 2023 16:07HELLO FRIENDS, It’s Denise and I am writing from Illinois as I have been here for the last week visiting my parents. Every year in May we always go fishing at the Hennepin Canal. My Dad grew up fishing there since he was old enough to walk and now that he is 85 he still […]
If you have 1 minute, check out this short devotional!
May 22, 2023 16:34HELLO FRIENDS, I can be a man of few words… So here is a short, yet important reminder from the scripture for you… This week in the Pause Reading Plan we read 2 Corinthians. There was one specific verse that stood out to me: “But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s […]
Mother’s Day and the Beauty of God’s Unconditional Love
May 15, 2023 17:14HELLO FRIENDS, This one is for those of us with a complicated relationship with Mothers Day. Whether you are away from your children or your mother geographically, relationally estranged from them or are celebrating your first (or 50th) Mothers Day without them on earth. Whether you are childless for reasons of your own […]
REJOICE WITH US
May 08, 2023 16:43HELLO FRIENDS, Let me remind you of the words of Psalm 126: When the Lord brought back the exiled captives, We were like those who dreamed We were filled with laughter, and we sang for joy. The Lord has done great things for us, and we are one happy people. And now, God, do […]
Hello from the WSFC Children’s Pastor
May 01, 2023 15:35Hello Friends, The sun is out! Can you believe it? The Florida girl in me could not be happier to welcome some warm sunshine after a very long and cold rainy season. Isn’t it funny how God works that way though? If we had it all the time, I’m sure we would take it for […]
Hello From The WSFC Youth Pastor
April 16, 2023 18:36Hello Friends, It’s my pleasure to be greeting you for the first time through this medium! So… Hello! It has been such a BLAST serving the Middle School and High School aged students of our community these past months. In this last season we have enjoyed small groups, praise parties, the VIP Conference, attending students’ […]
Baptism Sunday!
April 03, 2023 17:02HELLO FRIENDS, I am currently at that age where many of my friends have either recently had a baby, or are expecting a baby. This means that my family is invited to many birthdays, baby showers, gender reveal parties, etc. We love celebrating new life with our friends! However, have you noticed there […]
Practical Ways To Put God First
March 27, 2023 17:37HELLO FRIENDS, I’m going to be honest with you; I have struggled this week with what to share. I’ve drafted a couple of different things I’m sure would have done the trick but none were sitting well with me. That’s until WSFC’s Worship Night. Something clicked. I sincerely hope you were able to make it. […]
Lighten The Load
March 13, 2023 18:12HELLO FRIENDS, Over the last couple weeks we’ve been helping some of our family prepare to move to a new house. Part of our role has been the objective voice who says “Throw that away, you don’t need it.” or “That hasn’t been touched since your last move, donate it.” Why are those voices important […]
A Look back at 2022 with Pastor John
March 06, 2023 19:32Hello Friends, In 1994, a small group of people came to the “Westside” to start a church called West Salem Foursquare Church. What began as a Bible study, then a fledgling church plant, has become a regional lighthouse of Jesus’ love, acceptance and forgiveness. Denise and I are so grateful to serve as […]
Introducing WSFC Prayer Room
February 27, 2023 21:45HELLO FRIENDS, Recently, my friend and I went to a pottery studio near Sandy, OR. She had gifted me a class and we finally had a chance to redeem it. The studio was set up in a 100 year old beautiful, eccentric barn. It was filled with every kind of color and tool for forming […]
Ministries and Resources at WSFC
February 21, 2023 18:01Hello Friends, West Salem Foursquare Church is a place that strives to make individuals and families feel welcomed, seen, and above all feel like they are growing in their relationship with God. Whether you are newer to our church family or have been attending for a while, I thought it might be informative to list […]
Love Others
February 14, 2023 18:11“But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased to reveal his Son in me…” Galatians 1:15 Paul, the author of well over half the New Testament, was not always a writer, pastor, apostle – or even a follower of Christ. There was a […]
Kid’s Ministry at WSFC
January 31, 2023 17:01HELLO FRIENDS, As your church’s lead kids pastor, when I was asked to contribute to this week’s blog, I decided this was the perfect week to sing the praises of the volunteers of WSFC’s Children’s Ministry. You guys remember that whole Covid-19 thing? I start there because the life of our ministry is no longer […]
“Just Another Sunday…”
January 23, 2023 17:22Hello Friends, I’m going to be completely honest with all of you…. Sundays can often feel like a “reset day” for me… Sunday arrives and I feel so thankful and blessed to be able to worship and hear about Jesus in a safe space with friends and family. I am on fire for Jesus and […]
“One of The Crowd”
January 15, 2023 20:04“A large crowd followed and pressed around him. And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. When she heard about Jesus, she came […]
A Quick Devotional From Psalm 100
January 09, 2023 18:41Hello Friends, This last weekend WSFC had a one-service PRAISE PARTY on New Year’s Day. It was awesome. You may have been sleeping in, traveling or watching a college football game, so allow me to summarize a Bible passage that I was prompted by the Holy Spirit to share with the congregation. Psalm 100 […]
HELLO 2023
January 03, 2023 18:02Happy New Year West Salem Foursquare Church! WSFC has had an amazing year of spreading the gospel and love of Jesus to the city of Salem and beyond! We have not only seen growth in attendance, but also a growth in becoming more and maturing disciples this past year. Many have given or rededicated […]
We Have Seen His Glory
December 12, 2022 19:27HELLO FRIENDS, “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father…” John 1:14 Almost every Friday morning I wake up, grab my phone and scroll the new music section of Apple Music. I walk through category by category […]
A few important reminders from Pastor John
December 05, 2022 19:43Hello Friends, Here’s a friendly reminder: Christmas is coming. Around the Fehlen Family we have reduced it down to this acronym: C.I.C. Christmas Is Coming. For parents, this is a handy acronym, especially when kids are asking for things. When our kids were growing up, and they would undoubtedly ask for stuff, we would reply, […]
Check Out These Verses That Declare Our Identity In Christ
October 31, 2022 19:42A few months ago while at a short beach retreat I took a walk on the sand at Cannon Beach which led me to the famous Haystack Rock. It’s one of my favorite places on planet Earth. It was a beautiful evening on the Oregon coast, the tide was out and there right before me […]
GOD IS REAL
October 25, 2022 02:03Hello Friends, Recently I was talking to a dear friend from the side of his hospital bed. He said something profound. Correction: he said MANY things that were/are profound. One that I have been musing on as of late is this: “Everything is hypothetical until the moment it happens to you.” True that. Some things […]
The Kingdom and Your Heart
October 10, 2022 19:43Pastor Cris Buck speaks a message on the priorities of our heart.