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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…
Junior High Night!
Any students in 7th or 8th grade are welcomed to join us from 6-8pm Friday March 23rd for Junior High Night. There will be fellowship, food, crazy games and fun to be had by all! Contact Maren Steensen at 515-418-0247 to RSVP or contact Zach Meyer, Director of Youth and Family Ministry, at 515-277-6277 ext. 4 for any questions. Hope to see you there!
March 2018 Window
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Welcome Zachary Meyer!
Please join us for a reception to welcome Zachary Meyer, our new Director of Youth and Family Ministry/Congregational Life Coordinator! Sunday, March 4, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. in Parish Hall
Youth Auction
Please join us for the Youth Auction this weekend! Youth Auction
February 2018 Window
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ELCA presiding bishop responds to Florida high school shooting
Click here to read Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton’s remarks following the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. What does the ELCA say about gun violence? This 2016 Memorial calls on bishops, pastors and leaders to communicate to Congress the church’s…
Join us for worship on Ash Wednesday
The season of Lent begins with Ash Wednesday, February 14. We will have worship with imposition of ashes and Holy Communion at 12 noon and 6:45 p.m. Begin your Lenten journey with us. All are welcome.
Mardi Gras festival worship this Sunday!
Join us in a celebration before the Lenten fast begins. Windsor Brass leads us in a Mardi Gras style festive worship this Sunday, February 11 at 8:30 and 10:45. You’ll be transfigured by the experience! All are welcome!
Heartland Youth Choir sings this weekend, February 3-4
The Heartland Youth Choir will sing during the Saturday 5:30 p.m. and Sunday 8:30 a.m. services this week. In addition, HYC Artistic Director Barbara Sletto will speak about the mission of HYC during the adult forum on Sunday morning at 9:45. All are welcome to join us in celebrating the gift of…
Draft Statement on Inter-Religious Commitments Released
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has just released a draft policy statement entitled “A Declaration of Our Inter-Religious Commitment.” The six-month comment period runs through June. More information is available…
January 2018 Window
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