About Us (How Connection Church Began):
1.  The Church isn’t our idea, it’s God’s.

Connection Church didn’t get its start from someone’s grand idea, it began when a team of people decided to respond to a plan that God had in store for a long, long time.  The challenge was to start a church from scratch in the greater Aberdeen area in Grays Harbor County, WA.   After researching location and studying church history in the area, it became clear that we needed to put an emphasis on the City of Cosmopolis. 

Cosmopolis is a wonderful close-knit city just south of Aberdeen that values family, friends, and community.  It also is unique in that it has not had a new church since 1940.  It seemed to us that it was a great time to start.  So, how do you go about starting a church in an area where so few people attend church at all?  How do you begin when there is no building, no equipment, and no members? 

2.  The Church isn’t the building, it’s the people.

The first thing we have to realize is that the church isn’t about an organization, a label, a style, or a building.  A church is people that connect with God and each other in the context of relationships and community.  You don’t begin a church with a building, you begin it with people.  Through small home groups (the first connection groups), dinner parties, friendships, community events, and conversations, the vision for connection church spread. 

It quickly became evident that many had sensed a need for a new church in our community.  Response to the plan and the dream was overwhelmingly positive.  Our work was cut out for us. 

3.  The Church functions best through a team approach.

Even Jesus Christ Himself thought it best to involve a team of people in nearly everything He did.  Why would we try to operate any other way?  Not one leader or person is capable of making every decision or doing it all.  We had to believe from the start that God would assemble a team to make it all happen.  God did just that.  Throughout the first year of planning and pioneering Connection Church, more than a dozen key leaders stepped up.  Many of our leaders picked up and moved to Cosmopolis/Aberdeen to help.  In July of 2006 more than 25 team members, friends, and neighbors were a part of leading the church’s very first event.

There were many others, outside the area who rose to the challenge and helped with the many details and expenses involved in the setup.  Dozens of other churches from around the state and locally supported us financially, gave equipment, or sent help.  Another team (The Northwest Ministry Network of the Assemblies of God) aided us with incorporation, nonprofit organization, licensing, and helped with all the legal issues associated with starting a church in Washington State.  They provided training, education, and grants that helped us get off the ground.  Still more individuals gave of their time and their money to help us purchase all the necessary equipment we needed.  Many of these people have never been to Cosmopolis and yet they gave to help start a church here.  The story of Connection Church is one of miraculous provision.