Starting in September, we began a time of prayer and fasting on Tuesdays, also including a written guide that provided simple prompts for reading Scripture, reflection, and prayer. We have continued meeting in-person at Mosaic and on Zoom to pray weekly.

We have relaunched our Leader-in-Training cohort with three young men, all serving in worship and production. They have a staff supervisor for their hands-on ministry roles and each regularly meet with a spiritual mentor. A partnership with Multnomah University has started with the purpose of inviting seminary students into a leadership residency at Mosaic, pairing classroom learning with leadership opportunity in a church community.

After a completely digital Focused Living experience in early 2021, Mosaic hosted Focused Living in the building in May with 24 participants and table coaches. Each participant left with a clearer picture of how God is leading them to live as his beloved child and contribute to his kingdom on Earth.

We are seeing the first signs of this part of our vision realized in commissioned individuals who have a clear idea of how Jesus is using them where he has placed them. We have commissioned 17 people toward our goal of 500.

‘Dollar Pizza Mondays’ for Grant High School students grew from a small handful of Mosaic students to an average of 20 students each week. Through the school year, around 60 Grant students have come to the Mosaic building during lunch on Monday to have an affordable lunch and connect with friends and a small team of Mosaic volunteers. Several students who were introduced to Mosaic through pizza, are now regularly part of Mosaic Youth now.

In March, 22 students and leaders went on a High School Alpha Retreat. The retreat was a weekend of fun, adventure, meaningful discussion, and included a three-hour time of healing prayer and Holy Spirit ministry.

Neighborhood Suppers began this May in seven regions around the Portland/Vancouver Metro Area, providing simple opportunity to begin or reconnect relationally within Mosaic. They’ve ranged from 20-30 people and have been a mix of people deeply connected and brand new to Mosaic. These will continue through the summer and several are beginning conversations and praying about how they can adopt a missional posture toward their neighborhoods.

A sense of relational connectedness was severely challenged through COVID. We creatively sought new ways of staying connected, encouraging one another, and meeting needs as the arose.

We are celebrating the level of intimacy that we have experienced during a highly divisive year culturally and politically. Our church does not all think and believe the same, but we’ve maintained unity, respect, and kindness. We’ve become a different church during this unique season, and are trusting that part of God’s reason for change is to prepare us for what is next as we step into the vision he’s given us.

Middle school students, high school students, college students and young adults have met weekly through the year to connect, play, and follow Jesus together.

Sunday Forums and Next Step Labs were opportunities for anyone to ask questions about where Mosaic is headed and to re-engage Jesus-centered relationships.

We made significant strides toward facilitating high-quality and engaging in-person and digital experiences for Sunday gatherings. What was new and unknown in the beginning of the pandemic has become a robust ecosystem of teams, technology, training, and creativity that ensures our ability to gather and worship in a variety of formats. Now + Next projects are well under way, upgrading and refreshing our building to better equip us to record audio and video, and be an asset to groups, events, and community partnerships.

Our worship ministry played a key role in helping to relaunch our Leader-in-Training cohort as all three young leaders found a place to serve within worship and tech teams.

We are growing in prayer as a church, both publicly when gathered, in small group settings, and in private. We are using our gatherings to model this and creating space and resources for individuals to engage throughout the week. We hope this deepens and grows, that more people engage, and that God uses our prayers to renew us as a church for what he has next.