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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

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 


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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 


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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 


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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 


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"I have found, in you, a place where the preached word profoundly resonates with my own recent journey of faith and has cemented a new way of thinking, I suppose like jigsaw pieces falling into place. I am grateful that a friend pointed me in your direction."

– Elaine, from the United Kingdom