Church News
Marshalltown Tornado Relief
As many of you have probably heard, the community of Marshalltown was devastated by a recent tornado on July 19th. Several organizations have been on the scene assisting in physical clean up and assisting families affected by the tornado. In partnership with LSI and the Lutheran Disaster Response in Iowa, ELCA congregations and synods have begun plans to assist and donate…
ELCA Youth Gathering 2018 Reflection & Thank You
Fall Children’s Programming Volunteer Sign-Up
VBS Recap Video
If you want to get a final glimpse of what WHLC’s VBS this year looked like, be sure to check out our recap video! It shows some of our best photos from the week, alongside never-before-seen video of our adventures during VBS. The video can be found on our Facebook Page!
August Window
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Congregation Council Update
The WHLC Congregation Council meets on the fourth Tuesday of every month and gives a brief update during services on the following weekend. If you missed the update in person, you can read it here: July Council Meeting Report to Congregation
WHLC VBS Photos 2018!
We are so happy to report that this years VBS was well received by students, parents and volunteers alike. Everyone had a fun time as we took four days to learn about Grace and how it can truly change everything about us and change everything in our lives! Each day we learned how Grace changed a part of us. In day 1, we learned that Grace changes our Hearts, while in day…
Reading and Math Buddies Needed!
I have been wondering lately what it might be like to be a child in today’s world. It seems completely foreign to my own childhood. I suppose every parent or grandparent marvels at the societal, educational, political, and cultural changes that can occur in just a generation. This is what leads us to that inevitable “old person” preamble: “Well back in my day . . .”…
July Window
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ELCA presiding bishop responds to Supreme Court decision on travel ban
Thus says the Lord: Act with justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor anyone who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the alien, the orphan, and the widow … (Jeremiah 22:3). I am dismayed by the Supreme Court’s recent decision concerning the…
ELCA presiding bishop, faith leaders issue statement on family separation
CHICAGO (June 7, 2018) – The Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), has convened ELCA ecumenical and inter-religious partners in a statement addressing concerns over a recent U.S. government policy calling for more stringent enforcement of…
June 2018 Window
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Summer Worship Schedule is Here!
Just a friendly reminder to everyone that this Sunday, May 27, we will be switching to our summer worship schedule on Sunday mornings. From now till September, there will be only one Sunday service at 9:30am each week! Our Saturday service will continue at its normal time.
Zach Meyer’s Mission Thesis Paper
A message from Zach: “I want to thank everyone so much for attending adult forum this past week; it was an honor to talk to all of you about this topic so close to my heart. I was blessed to talk about my mission experiences, and hope it stimulated some good conversation! A few of you have asked if I would post my actual written thesis online so anyone can read it.…
May Window – 2018
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Junior High Night: Star Wars Style!
WHLC Participates in Iowa Religious Freedom Day
The 2018 Iowa Religious Freedom Day Celebration at the Iowa State Capitol featured speakers from members of the Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Lutheran, Catholic, and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints communities. Our member Maren Steensen spoke, and you can read her remarks here. It was a great…
April 2018 Window
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VBS 2018 Registration is Up!
Click the link below to register your children for WHLC’s 2018 VBS Day Camp! This year our camp is from July 23-26. Our theme for the camp is “This Changes Everything,” where we will learn all about God’s amazing grace and how it impacts our lives. Hope to see you there!…
“Song of Mark” on Palm Sunday
We are doing something new for Palm Sunday and invite you to join us. Palm Sunday/Sunday of the Passion is always a commemoration both of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem and his passion and death. The composer Marty Haugen has set these stories from Mark’s Gospel to music in a piece called “The Song of Mark.” At all three services this…