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Good afternoon, church family! Let’s pause for a midweek check-in. There are certain skills that I, as a middle-aged dad, have developed out of necessity. Most of these skills deal with lawn care and light bulb maintenance. But an essential skill is leading the family road trip. Some call it vacation. That’s quaint. Vacation starts when you arrive at your destination. It’s wonderful, refreshing, life-giving. That is NOT how I describe a summer road trip. Let me offe

Good morning, church family! Let’s focus our midweek check-in on the nation-wide celebration coming up. That’s right. July 2 is National Lint Awareness Day, according to this website that proves I didn’t totally make this up. So be sure to, uh, be aware of lint in all the places you may encounter lint. You know – dryers, jean pockets, bellybuttons. But seriously – there is a far more important holiday coming up. July 4 is not only Independence Day, this year we are ce

Good evening, church family! Let’s pause on this sunny summer Wednesday for a midweek check-in. I want to share a story about a little boy. Clint sat in his classroom along with his classmates. Well, “sit” may not be the right word. To put it nicely, Clint was a high-energy kid. Perhaps more accurately – Clint was disruptive. He didn’t mean to. He was a good kid at heart. But he was also a kid who just couldn’t sit still. He was always bouncing, tapping, twitching, fi

Good evening, church family! I’m a little late on our midweek check-in, but I wanted to drop in to say something about heaven. We’re halfway through our series on heaven, and the next two Sundays we’ll address two important topics: Where do believers in Christ go when they die? (June 21) and What will eternity look like? (June 28). This past Sunday we jumped into the topic Jesus spoke about over and over again: the Kingdom of Heaven. In stories, and sermons and teaching

Good afternoon, church family! It's time for another midweek check-in. This week I had the pleasure of meeting a wonderful missionary family. Esteban and Dhariana Murillo (and their two kids) shared their story and ministry with us at our weekly staff meeting. Though they are from Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic, they are serving as missionaries in the French-speaking country of The Ivory Coast in western Africa. God’s Kingdom is growing rapidly in Africa. The Chu

Good evening, church family! It’s time to take a break for a midweek check-in. Isn’t it nice to feel safe and warm? Sometimes that’s all we want. But is it what’s best for us? My family spent part of our spring watching a mother robin from our bedroom window. We watched her and her mate build a nest, then care for three tiny eggs. She sat on that nest through wind, rain and squirrel visits. A few weeks later, those eggs hatched and three hungry mouths popped up! Momma b

Good morning, church family! Kindness is a mark of the Holy Spirit. Meaning – those whose lives are led by the Holy Spirit will demonstrate kindness. Kindness also seems to be in short supply in our world these days. Or, maybe more accurately, kindness is fine until it gets in the way of things our world considers more important, such as being right, winning an argument or interacting with those who disagree with you and putting them in their place. To borrow a phrase s

We've been building up to a PARTY! Join us this Sunday at 10:30 a.m. as we wrap up The NEXT Initiative with Celebration Sunday! If you have not yet made a commitment, we would love to include your number in our celebration. Just fill out this online card by noon on Friday so we can add what God is doing in your life to the party! "Then the church ... enjoyed a time of peace. God strengthened the church, and its life was marked by reverence for the Lord. Encouraged by the Holy

Good afternoon, church family! The work of the Holy Spirit continues to be evident among us. Let me tell you why. This past Sunday many came to the altar for what I called an “oil change”. For the lasting health of a vehicle, oil changes must be regular and consistent. If not, that vehicle won’t last long. And if you tell someone, “Hey, I’m going to take my car in for an oil change,” no one responds with, “Oh no, what’s wrong with your car?” There’s nothing wrong. It’

Good evening, church family! It’s time to once again pause for a midweek check-in on this beautiful, spring Wednesday. Sunday morning was a powerful, Spirit-led time for so many reasons. It was Commitment Sunday in which we wrote down the commitments we are making for the mission God has given the people of Woodland Lakes Community Church. And the response was overwhelming! We’re not sharing total numbers yet (that comes May 31 on Celebration Sunday!). So there is still