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Kickoff to Christmas with Heroes Gate
What comes before Christmas? Advent!
At Heroes Gate’s Kickoff to Christmas Advent event, families came together to play Bingo and eat treats. After reading a chapter together, each kiddo also got an Advent book to take home. Read More
Family Hangout Pizza Party
Heroes Gate isn’t just about the kiddos, it’s also about the whole family. So, every other month, we connect parents and kids through Family Hangouts. Read More
Making Memories at the Movies
Do you remember your first movie in a theater—the smell of the popcorn and the awe of the big screen? Well, a bunch of kids just had that first movie theater experience watching Cars 2 during family movie night at the Plaza. Read More
Hats off to Our Kindergarteners!
I hope as these kids move up to our elementary program, that they learn more and more about how very special they are because of who God is. Read More
Photo Scavenger Hunt
At Music Fest this year, we’re planning a family-friendly photo scavenger hunt – with prizes! Get your phones ready to capture the fun, and participate in our two contests. Read More
2023 Kids Christmas Story: Color Your Own Adventure!
This year’s Christmas story has a special twist: it’s a “Color Your Own Adventure” which means that your choices will determine how the story goes. If you choose to go on this quest, you can download the coloring book here! Read More
What is… Family Rituals?
Most families have routines of a sort that shape their days and weeks—maybe who does what chores or what kind of madness must ensue to get out of the house in the morning. We could also call these “rituals.” Often there is not much thought in these routines, so what happens when families create intentional rituals to connect to each other and to Jesus? We decided to answer that question through a program called Family Rituals. Read More
2022 Kids Christmas Story
Each year, Woodland continues the tradition of sharing a story with kids on Christmas Eve. This year’s story is titled When the Lights Go Out, and it was written and illustrated by Emily and Hannah from our Communications team! You can download both the coloring book version, and the colored-in version of the story here. Read More
Happy Mother’s Day!
Happy Mother’s Day to all of the wonderful mothers out there!
To have some fun this Mother’s Day, we asked the kids of Heroes Gate to write & draw some reasons where their mom’s are awesome! Read More
Life-Sized Game Night Recap
No foolin’, on April 1st Woodland Hills saw 80 kids and adults transform themselves into life-size game pieces! Heroes Gate’s game night started off with families racing around the room in an energetic scavenger hunt, and ended with life-size foosball, connect four and tic-tac-toe! Read More
"Thank you for this ministry! It has transformed my life in some really radical ways. God has broken down so many barriers and exposed so many lies that have taken some serious burdens from my heart. It has given me hope, freedom and purpose I never could have imagined possible."
– Jenny, from Wisconsin