Join us behind the scenes on Sunday mornings to welcome the community into the church as they arrive for worship. Join our team of greeters to distribute worship folders and get people connected, assist with coffee prep and service, or participate in the serving of communion. VOLUNTEER FORM
Worship Arts Serve
Pillar is a “creative liturgical” church embracing the Reformed tradition, formed by the sacraments, creative at heart, and centered in Christ, to whom we are joined by the Holy Spirit to the saving work of God in us and the world. If you would like to join one of these teams to help us see this vision through, please use … Read More
College Ministries
Pillar College Ministries seeks to point students to Jesus Christ through Gospel-shaped relationships. We love to walk alongside and encourage college students as they discern vocation, form friendships, and grow in Christian character. Participate in the lives of college students through community wide events such as mixers, lunches, and more! VOLUNTEER FORM
Student Ministries
Pillar offers separate middle school and high school groups that provide a variety of opportunities for students to deepen their relationship with Jesus Christ and with each other.. Serve as Youth Group and Faith Formation volunteers to provide lasting relationships and supportive times for deeper questions of faith and life. If you’re interested in supporting the Student Ministries Director, please … Read More
Pillar Kids
When we baptize our children, we vow together to raise them in the truth of God’s word and in the way of salvation through Jesus Christ! Serving as a teacher, an aid, or a nursery volunteers on Sunday mornings makes good on that promise. Classes are offered during the 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. services in the lower level classrooms! … Read More
A Letter: Joel Boersma
Dear Pillar community, Even during Lent, I confess my mind is on sports. I was raised in a sports-loving family, so my soul has been shaped by long loyalties and entrenched memories. Chief among them are Hope-Calvin classics and fall college game days at the Big House. More recently in graduate school, I witnessed the ritual that is Duke basketball … Read More
Not What I Want – Bryanna Manning
When I was younger, I remember hearing other people’s testimonies and thinking “how do I get a testimony like that?” I admired them, but, if I was honest, I didn’t want to go through what it would take for my story to look like theirs. It seemed that God only worked in hard places- through mistakes made, radical discipleship or … Read More
A Letter: Chris De Vos
A Cruciform Life Dear Pillar, One Good Friday a church I once pastored decided to worship using a liturgy modeled after the stations of the cross. Two people dressed in black carried a cross from one position in the sanctuary to the next while various members of the congregation read gospel passages describing key moments in Jesus’ journey to the … Read More
Not What I Want – By Jonathan Harlow
A year and a half ago my dad was diagnosed with stage four melanoma. The news seemed unreal and almost like a bad dream that I wanted to wake up from. I really didn’t know what to think. Doubts, uncertainty, and fear were constantly at the forefront of my thoughts. My dad and I have had a very close relationship, … Read More
A Letter: Anna Erickson
Dear Pillar, Listen to this, from Matthew’s gospel: Matthew 19:13-15 Then little children were being brought to him in order that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples spoke sternly to those who brought them; but Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as … Read More