Every story
has a beginning.
Ours started right here in the Lake Sawyer community more than 65 years ago.
OUR STORY
In 1958, Lawrence and Dorothy Stoffel moved with their two boys from West Seattle to the Lake Sawyer area. Back then, this looked very different from the community we know today. There wasn’t a church nearby, and the Stoffels began wondering if other families around the lake might be looking for the same thing they were—a place to gather, build relationships, and grow in faith. So Dorothy started calling her neighbors...
Those conversations eventually became Saturday night gatherings in the Stoffels’ log cabin. And people came. Sometimes as many as 60 people crowded into their home at once. By that fall, regular Sunday services had begun.
Lake Sawyer Church was born out of a simple desire to serve the people who lived here.
More than 65 years later, that still sounds a lot like us.
Those conversations eventually became Saturday night gatherings in the Stoffels’ log cabin. And people came. Sometimes as many as 60 people crowded into their home at once. By that fall, regular Sunday services had begun.
Lake Sawyer Church was born out of a simple desire to serve the people who lived here.
More than 65 years later, that still sounds a lot like us.
TODAY
More than 65 years later, the community around Lake Sawyer looks very different. Generations of people have come through our doors, raised families here, served their neighbors, built relationships, and helped shape the church we are today.
But the heart behind Lake Sawyer remains remarkably similar to those first gatherings: people coming together, growing in faith, and caring about the community around them.
But the heart behind Lake Sawyer remains remarkably similar to those first gatherings: people coming together, growing in faith, and caring about the community around them.