Below is a list of resources on our web site related this ministry. Feel free to use the filter checkboxes to narrow your search and easily find what you are looking for.
SOMA (Woodland’s School of Missional Apprenticeship) is in its third year, and we’re pretty excited about a couple of unique elements! SOMA is now officially international, with three students enrolled from Haiti! Also, this is the first year where all of the live-in students are housed right next door to Beacon of Hope Church, where classes are held. Every SOMA community is unique because each student has a story to tell. Read More
The history of racial injustice can be overwhelming, but we want to be a part a future that better reflects the Kingdom of God. Change takes time, and there is much to learn and discuss – especially for those of us who are white. We’re abundantly thankful for the diversity of people who call Woodland Hills their church home. But as a predominantly white church, we want to provide resources for our people to wrestle with these issues. Read More
1619 All My Relations Asian American History 101 Asian Enough Campu Code Switch Fare of the Free Child Floodlines Historically Black Intersectionality Matters! Keyshawn Solves It King’s Last March La Brega Latino USA Race and Redemption Seeing White Shalom Sessions The Stoop. Throughline To understand the history of systemic racism in America, we recommend “American Police”, “Mass Incarceration” and “Milliken … Read More
Dear Martin Nic Stone For Everyone Jason Reynolds The Hate U Give Angie Thomas also available on video How to Fight Racism: Young Reader’s Edition Jemar Tisby An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Just Mercy, Young Adult Edition Bryan Stevenson also available on video Long Way Down Jason Reynolds March John Lewis and … Read More
Antiracist Baby Ibram X. Kendri Illustrated by Ashely Lukashevsky Can I Touch Your Hair? Irene Latham & Charles Waters Illustrated by Sean Qualls & Selina Alko The Celebration Place: God’s Plan for a Delightfully Diverse Church Dorena Williamson Illustrated by Erin Bennett Banks Colorfull: Celebrating the Colors God Gave Us Dorena Williamson Illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright & Ying-Hwa Hu … Read More
The Cross and the Lynching Tree James H Cone (Orbis, 2011) At Canaan’s Edge Taylor Branch (Simon & Schuster, 2007) Coming of Age in Mississippi Anne Moody (Dell, 1992) Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America Michael O. Emerson and Christian Smith (Oxford UP, 2000) Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation … Read More
Be the Bridge: Pursuing God’s Heart for Racial Reconciliation Latasha Morrison (WaterBrook, 2019) Becoming Brave Brenda Salter McNeil (Brazos Press, 2020) Beyond Colorblind: Redeeming our Ethnic Journey Sarah Shin (IVP, 2017) Brown Faces, White Spaces: Confronting Systemic Racism to Bring Healing and Restoration Latasha Morrison The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism Jemar Tisby … Read More
The history of racial injustice can be overwhelming, but we want to be a part a future that better reflects the Kingdom of God. Change takes time, and there is much to learn and discuss – especially for those of us who are white. We’re abundantly thankful for the diversity of people who call Woodland Hills their church home. But as a predominantly white church, we want to provide resources for our people to wrestle with these issues. Read More
During this time of staying safely at home, our worship services will be streamed live each Sunday at 10am. Information on how to participate can be found here. In addition to our services, most of our ministries have also moved online… Read More
Here is a list of each of our Sermon Series, broken down by year. You can select a series below to see all of the sermons within it in chronological order. 2024 Dear Church (Part 2 of The Unveiling series) Good Heavens! (Part 3 of The Unveiling series) Political Distortions The Wrath of the Lamb (Part 4 of The Unveiling … Read More
