2026 SEM Justice Journey
As a capstone to their three years in SEM, ten of our 2026 graduates took a week-long Justice Journey to civil rights sites around the South. Read More
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SEM Class of 2026: Invitation to a Feast
Now that those of us who have been in SEM have spent three years feasting on the good news of Jesus, I hope we don’t keep it to ourselves. We need to tell a world that is desperate and in a spiritual famine, that there’s a feast to be had at the table of King Jesus. Read More
SEM According to Them
Woodland’s School of Everyday Mission (SEM) is a place where students learn to love together, with all their hearts and minds. A few students told us what this experience has meant to them. Read More
Unlocking Understanding in SEM
I liken my time in SEM to Neo in the movie The Matrix. I was feeling stuck in Christendom broadly and then God called me to see more of his Kingdom and break out of The Matrix. Read More
SEM Year Five!
Year five of our School of Everyday Mission (SEM) kicked off last weekend, as 16 new students joined 24 current students for a fall retreat. The gathering brought together “SEMinarians” from around Minnesota, eight other states and two other countries (New Zealand and Morocco!). Read More
A Send Off for SEM ’25
After three years of diligent work, the SEM class of 2025 has officially graduated! Three students shared with us how going through SEM changed them. Plus a graduation photo gallery! Read More
A Merry SEM Christmas
Although most interactions in our School of Everyday Mission (SEM) happen during online classes, the SEM experience emphasizes relationships, and students are intentional about connecting outside the classroom, whether through a lively WhatsApp chat or informal meetups. Read More
SEM Celebrates First Graduating Class
Woodland’s School of Everyday Mission (SEM) is a three year online discipleship program forming students in Jesus’ character in order to go out and serve the world. This May, our first class of SEM students graduated! Read More
Three Years’ Worth of SEM
Our School of Everyday Mission (SEM) is a three year program that has now been running for three years, so we asked students from each class year to tell us what it’s been like for them. Enjoy! Read More
SEM: Year Three
SEM is our three-year part-time discipleship and theological formation school. Each year a new batch of students is welcomed in at the Fall retreat, pictures below! But first, some fun facts: We have 36 students total (18 gals and 18 guys) Students come from 8 countries: Bolivia, China/Hong Kong, Democratic Republic of the Congo France, Haiti, Mexico, UK and US … 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