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Gathering Group Road Trip
Some people use retirement road trips just to see the sights, but when Don and Michelle Lackner loaded up their RV, they decided they had some other kinds of stops to make. Michelle had been a part of Gathering Group 2 for a couple years, so the Lackners scheduled a road trip agenda around Gathering Group visits. Read More
Echo Summer Retreat Photos
On June 3-5, the kids in Echo went on their annual summer retreat – and it sure looks like the weekend had a splashing impact on them!
Check out some of the fun… Read More
First Sacred Settlement Gets the Go Ahead
In 2018, Woodland began our partnership with Settled, an organization taking a unique approach to homelessness through the creation of tiny home communities called Sacred Settlements. Read More
All-Church Picnic Photos
What a great weekend! Thanks to everyone who was able to come to our All-Church Picnic last Sunday, May 15! The weather was great, the food was yummy, and the community was the best part. Read More
Podrishioner Profile: Kishore Vellody
Katie encouraged Kishore to read through the Gospels. There, he encountered a picture of God revealed in Jesus that was unlike anything he had ever seen before. So many questions and doubts arose—could God really be so loving and so forgiving? 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
The SEM Experience
Last fall Woodland started its School of Everyday Mission (SEM), a three year online course that covers all the same material from our nine month intensive SOMA program. The online format makes it accessible to both congregation and podgregation; our initial class of eleven students come from Minnesota, Alabama, Colorado, Bolivia and Haiti. Read More
Partner Profile: Close To My Heart
At Woodland, we believe in loving children and helping them find their place in God’s story. We do that through our Heroes Gate program, but also through our partnership with Close To My Heart Preschool. Read More
New Series: Cross Examination
Each day, we are presented with a choice: to love or to judge. When we choose to judge another person, we stand with Satan – the accuser – on one side of the courtroom, cross-examining them and looking to prove them unworthy. When we choose love, we examine not through the lens of judgment, but through the lens of the … Read More
Partner Profile: Coordinated Access to Housing and Shelter
We value our onsite partners and the ways they serve our community, so we wanted to introduce you to one of them—and share how we can learn from their example. Coordinated Access to Housing and Shelter (CAHS) is a partner organization assisting families experiencing homelessness in Ramsey County. Read More
"I am a podrishioner that just wanted to say thanks for sharing Woodland Hills through podcasts and videos. This is my place to get a spiritual refill, and it’s where I get most of my teaching from. Since I've starting following you four years ago, my view on God, myself and other people has radically been changed. Thanks so much, and keep sharing the Kingdom!"
– Knut-Inge, from Norway