EchOlympics 2018
This week, Echo held their annual EchOlympics competition, pitting the Blue Room vs. the Red Room. Read More
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Youth (Echo)
“Echo” is what we call our youth ministry, where students are invited into the beautiful life that God intended for us.
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.
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Fall Retreat: Echo Journey Groups
Our Echo ministry for 7th-12th graders recently hosted a fall retreat deep in the woods of Hudson, WI. Surrounded by each other and nature, they found it both fun and challenging. Read More
West Viriginia Missions Trip Recap
This summer, twenty Echo students signed up to see and reveal Jesus among the rural poor of Appalachia. The group spent a week in West Virginia working alongside Mustard Seeds and Mountains, a Christian community development organization that has been building relationships in hill communities left behind by the modernization of the coal mining industry. Some of the highlights students … Read More
Echo Baptism 2018
Last Wednesday, June 20, 10 of our Echo students (7th-12th grade) took the important step to be baptized. For many of them, being invited and accepted into the Echo community has greatly shifted their view and experience of Jesus, church and community. The baptism itself was a beautiful representation of that–every one had family there with them, and many of … Read More
Tubing with Echo
Join the 7th-12th grade Echo students for an evening of winter fun on Friday, January 26th from 6-9pm! We will be meeting at Green Acres in Lake Elmo to go tubing. You’ll need to bring: a signed waiver (available at the Hello Desk in the Gathering Area, or you can download the PDF) $10 cash or check made out to … Read More
Operation Joy Success!
This year, we provided gifts to 24 families (all connected through the church’s ministries or Close to My Heart Daycare). We also provided 58 gifts to The Lift for their toy store. Overall that equals 280+ gifts. That’s a big Christmas tree. Gifts were provided by families in Heroes Gate, a small group, some individuals, and Echo Journey Groups. Thank … Read More
EchOlympics 2017
Since 2010, some serious craziness ensues in the Gathering Area once a year: EchOlympics. Read More
Worship Teams
Vibrant worship is an important value at Woodland! Passionate musicians and singers of all skill levels are the life force of our Worship Ministry, which happens in three services each week: Children’s, Youth and our main Saturday/Sunday services. Read More
Echo
7th-12th Grades Echo, our youth ministry for 7th-12th graders, provides a safe space for students to experience God’s love from the inside-out. We are family together… a place where students can find a place of belonging with others and with God. During the School Year Echo will be meeting for weekly in-person services on Wednesdays from 6:30-8pm throughout the school … Read More
"Thank you all the way from Oregon. I deeply appreciate being shepherded by Pastor Greg and everyone else on the panels. You are a rare find in the church nowadays. Tackling tough questions with humility and a kingdom perspective. It has been life changing for me in such tumultuous times."
– Heather, from Oregon