Gratitude and Celebration

WE are having a church-wide celebration lunch after the 10:30 worship service at Millard West this Sunday. November is a month of thanksgiving, gratitude, generosity, and celebration – so we are starting it by sharing a meal together. You are invited!

Children singing at a 10:30 worship experience

It’s been a very good year for The Water’s Edge. I don’t really know where to start. I guess I’ll start where The Water’s Edge started. With a small group. We have 35 of them now including over 350 people. People sharing, learning, growing, praying, laughing, and serving together. Connecting to each other. Connecting to God. It’s what people did in the New Testament so we do it too. We have come a long way from the original group meeting a few blocks south of 173rd and Harrison Streets. 

And kids. It’s always been about the kids. And there has never been a time when we have had more kids than we do today. On Sunday morning and Wednesday nights dozens of adult volunteers lead and mentor hundreds of children—babies through high school seniors. It’s a snapshot of heaven on earth. Jesus says when we love young people we are loving him. 

We loved, served, and gave to our community and world like never before. We bought a van for Release Ministry. We collected over 12,000 pounds of food for hungry people in Omaha. We cancelled worship one Sunday and gave over 1,200 hours of service to our community. We sent over 125 people all of the county and the world on 5 mission trips. Twelve of those servants are in Uganda right now. Jesus said when we serve the least we are serving him. 

We started new ministries in 2013. We now have both a men’s and women’s ministry. Both have big dreams for a bright future. Our leadership development academy, WE Lead, has 45 participants who are being equipped to be future servant leaders. And we launched a new worship experience, WE at Night, to reach more people. It is going to be exciting to see what God is going to do with all these new ministries. 

I am excited about November. We give thanks to God and thanks for people who make a difference in our lives. In worship we are going to be looking at making a difference. Making a difference in the lives of each other. Making a difference to our children. Making a difference in our community and world. And having God make a difference in our lives. We will look at what it’s like to trust fully in God, put Him first, and reflect His generosity. 

The best is yet to come… 

Craig