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Finishing our series "Meeting Jesus" where we look at 4 people in the Bible who met with Jesus after his resurrection, but before he ascended. In each of these meetings, we will discover how their meeting with the risen Lord affected and changed the trajectory of their lives and just how we can use their meetings with Jesus to impact our lives as we too seek to meet the real Jesus! This...

Continuing our series "Meeting Jesus" where we look at 4 people in the Bible who met with Jesus after his resurrection, but before he ascended. In each of these meetings, we will discover how their meeting with the risen Lord affected and changed the trajectory of their lives and just how we can use their meetings with Jesus to impact our lives as we too seek to meet the real Jesus! This...

Continuing our series "Meeting Jesus" where we look at 4 people in the Bible who met with Jesus after his resurrection, but before he ascended. In each of these meetings, we will discover how their meeting with the risen Lord affected and changed the trajectory of their lives and just how we can use their meetings with Jesus to impact our lives as we too seek to meet the real Jesus! This...

New Series: Meeting Jesus where we look at 4 people in the Bible who met with Jesus after his resurrection, but before he ascended. In each of these meetings, we will discover how their meeting with the risen Lord affected and changed the trajectory of their lives and just how we can use their meetings with Jesus to impact our lives as we too seek to meet the real Jesus! This week SM Director Nick...

Continuing our series, Wisdom in Life, where we are studying the book of Proverbs to figure out what wisdom is, how to get it, and what to do with it once we do. This week, SM Director Nick Mercer spoke from Proverbs 4:5-9, 20-23 as we wrap up this series on understanding Biblical wisdom and bringing it into our daily life.  Linktree  

Continuing our series, Wisdom in Life, where we are studying the book of Proverbs to figure out what wisdom is, how to get it, and what to do with it once we do. This week, SM Director Nick Mercer spoke from Proverbs 3:1-7, 11-12.  Now that we understand biblical wisdom, we can move on to the path of biblical wisdom. Linktree  

Our new series, Wisdom in Life, will have us studying the book of Proverbs to figure out what wisdom is, how to get it, and what to do with it once we do. This week, SM Director Nick Mercer spoke from Proverbs 1:1-7 to begin to understand what Biblical Wisdom really means and just how long is the road to becoming wise in God's eyes. Linktree check out the 2024 Winter Retreat highlight video! 

2024 Winter Retreat talk 1. SM Director Nick Mercer spoke on the theme "Light in the Darkness" and we looked at Nicodemus in John 3 as he sought Jesus out, but he came at night. We explored where we, like Nicodemus, hide in the darkness and ultimately how Jesus Christ came to be the light in that darkness for us! 

2024 Winter Retreat talk 2. SM Director Nick Mercer spoke on the theme "Light in the Darkness" and we looked at Nicodemus in John 3 as he sought Jesus out, but he came at night. We explored where we, like Nicodemus, hide in the darkness and ultimately how Jesus Christ came to be the light in that darkness for us! 

We are in a series titled "Spiritual Habits" and this week we looked at the spiritual habit of Service!  SM Associate Brett Harlow spoke from Luke 10 and the parable of the Good Samaritan and what we can learn about the habit of service.  Follow us on Instagram for all SM information or check out our linktree ! 

We are in a series titled "Spiritual Habits" and this week we looked at the spiritual habit of Solitude and Silence!  SM Associate Brett Harlow spoke from Matthew 14: 13-23 and we looked to see how Jesus approached moments of silence and solitude and what we can learn from that.  Follow us on Instagram for all SM information or check out our linktree !  Winter Retreat Registration closes...

We are in a series titled "Spiritual Habits" and this week we looked at the spiritual habit of Bible Literacy aka reading the Bible!  SM Director Nick Mercer spoke from Luke 2:41-52 and we used that passage as an example for the 3 questions we should sift through when we read the Bible: What does it say? What does it mean? What does it mean for me?  Follow us on Instagram for all SM info...

We are in a series titled "Spiritual Habits" and this week we looked at the spiritual habit of prayer. SM Director Nick Mercer spoke from Matthew 6 and we learned that Jesus teaches us to pray always, pray alone, and pray as he teaches.  Follow us on Instagram for all SM information or check out our linktree !  Winter Retreat Registration closes Feb 17th! 

Student Ministry Director Nick Mercer ended our advent study in Hebrews 1:1-9 by looking at how Jesus fulfilled the role of King and how all three roles of Prophet, Priest, and King that Jesus fulfills are the roles that connect us to God! Jesus is the reason for the season! Merry Christmas from Student Ministry!  Instagram and Linktree

This week Brett talked about Advent, the candles (Hope/Prophecy, Peace/Bethlehem, Joy/Shepherd, Love/Angel) we light during Advent, and how Jesus fulfills the role of each of them.  For all things SM check out the link tree and the Instagram WINTER RETREAT REGISTRATION IS OPEN! 

Welcome to Advent! Christ was the perfect fulfillment of many things, including the roles of prophet, priest, and king. In this study we will learn just how significant Jesus’ roles as a prophet, priest, and king were back then and today!  Tonight we looked at Jesus the Prophet. SM Associate Amanda Hansford spoke from Hebrews 1:1-3  for all things SM check out our Instagram and LinkTree   2024 Win...

Continuing in our Back to the Basics series, this week, Amanda Hansford talked about communion and looked at 5 basics of communion: Remember, Examine, Praise, Feast, and Wait.  *Follow us on Instagram @wcc_sm and for all things SM check out our LinkTree

Continuing in our Back to the Basics series, this week, Nick Mercer talked about the Gospel, the Good News! and how everything we do is connected to Jesus because everything Jesus did was to connect us to new life in Him! He spoke from various passages in the Gospel of Matthew.  *Follow us on Instagram @wcc_sm and for all things SM check out our LinkTree

Continuing in our Back to the Basics series, this week Brett Harlow talked about Grace and how we are called to Remember, Recognize, and Receive it! He spoke from Acts 9 and looked at the story of Saul on the road to Damascus. *Follow us on Instagram @wcc_sm and for all things SM check out our LinkTree

Our next series, "Back to the Basics" looks at things in the Christian faith that we hear about, know some about, but rarely ever dive too deep into...and so that is what we are going to do! This week, Lead Associate Pastor Rich Sylvester kicked us off by looking at Baptism. *Follow us on Instagram @wcc_sm and for all things SM check out our LinkTree

We are starting off the year with a series on the sermon on the mount in Matthew 5-7! Each week we will be walking through this section of scripture to see that what Jesus was talking about then still applies to his followers today. SM Director Nick Mercer spoke from Matthew 7:13-20, 24-29 to discuss how Jesus calls us to a different commitment! *Follow us on Instagram @wcc_sm and for all things S...

We are starting off the year with a series on the sermon on the mount in Matthew 5-7! Each week we will be walking through this section of scripture to see that what Jesus was talking about then still applies to his followers today. SM Director Nick Mercer spoke from Matthew 6:25-34 to discuss how Jesus calls us to a different mindset! *Follow us on Instagram @wcc_sm and for all things SM check ou...

We are starting off the year with a series on the sermon on the mount in Matthew 5-7! Each week we will be walking through this section of scripture to see that what Jesus was talking about then still applies to his followers today. SM Director Nick Mercer spoke from Matthew 6:5-13 to discuss how Jesus calls us to be different in our Prayer. *Follow us on Instagram @wcc_sm and for all things SM ch...

We are starting off the year with a series on the sermon on the mount in Matthew 5-7! Each week we will be walking through this section of scripture to see that what Jesus was talking about then still applies to his followers today. SM Director Nick Mercer spoke from Matthew 5:1-12 to set up the series and discuss how Jesus calls us to be different in our Posture, our Purpose, and our Actions. *Fo...

This summer we have been diving 'Into the Wilderness' to explore how God meets us when we are tired, or lost, or wandering, just as He met the Israelites in Exodus. This week Nick Mercer finished the series by looking at  Exodus 18 and looking at Moses and his father-in-law Jethro,  and their example of what to do when you are feeling alone in the wilderness.  For SM Info check out:  Lin...