Sunday, November 19, 2023, was a Baptism Sunday at Wildwood Community Church! These Sundays are great celebrations of God’s work in the lives of people in our congregation. We spent the morning worshipping God, hearing testimonies of how He has worked, and celebrating the water baptism of 13 people! See the graphic below for who was baptized in which service. You will also find video from each service to watch or share.
What is the last thing you really celebrated?I mean what was the last moment that brought you to your feet and compelled you to cheer?Perhaps it was at a friend’s wedding when the Pastor pronounced them “husband and wife.” Maybe it was at a football game when your linebacker tackled their tailback for a loss on fourth and 1.Or it might have been when you got a call from a loved onewho reported the biopsy had tested negative for cancer.What do you celebrate?
Well if you are looking for another reason to celebrate, I invite you to Wildwood Community Church this Sunday, November 19 in our 8:30, 9:45, or 11:00 services where we will be celebrating something amazing together … the existence of our great God and His love and faithfulness to us.
The backdrop of this Thanksgiving service will be Psalm 100 (read it this week in preparation!), but added to that will be the water baptism of 13 people who will be telling their story of the Lord’s work in their lives.What. A. Blessing.
As is our norm, on baptism Sundays, we do not offer children’s ministry, student ministry, college ministry, or adult classes on these baptism Sundays … giving us the chance to be “all in” together to stand on our feet and (like the Psalmist) make a joyful noise to the Lord.See you Sunday!
Sunday, August 6, 2023, was a Baptism Sunday at Wildwood Community Church! These Sundays are great celebrations of God’s work in the lives of people in our congregation. We spent the morning worshipping God, hearing testimonies of how He has worked, and celebrating the water baptism of 24 people! See the graphic below for who was baptized in which service. You will also find video from each service to watch or share.
Sunday, August 6, 2023 is a Baptism Sunday at Wildwood Community Church! These Sundays are great celebrations of God’s work in the lives of people in our congregation. We will spend the morning worshipping God, hearing testimonies of how He has worked, and celebrating the water baptism of 24 people! Make plans to join us this Sunday in our 8:30, 9:45, or 11:00 service. See the graphic below for who is being baptized in which service.
NOTE: Our tradition on Baptism Sundays is to create maximum opportunities to all gather for the baptism services, so we do not offer any adult, college, student, or elementary classes on these days … only our early childhood (birth – pre-K) is operating during the 9:45 and 11:00 services. All others will gather with us for worship in the Worship Center at 8:30, 9:45, or 11:00.
On Sunday, March 5, 2023, at Wildwood Community Church, we celebrated the baptisms of 19 people. Join us in praising God for His work in people’s lives! Below you will find links to the video stream of the 3 worship services (NOTE: the 8:30 and 11:00 services only include the baptism portions, while the 9:45 service has the entire service). You will also find a link to the audio of the sermon (which was only preached at the 8:30 service due to time constraints in the later two hours). Also, you will find a link to only the baptism testimonies.
Video from the 8:30 Service (baptism portion):
Video from the 9:45 Service (full service):
Video from the 11:00 Service (baptism portion):
8:30 Sermon audio to listen to offline (click link):
On Sunday, March 5, 2023 at Wildwood Community Church, we will be celebrating the baptisms of 19 of our people! We will gather in our 8:30, 9:45, and 11:00 worship service, sing praise to God, pray for our mission team that is going to serve in the Middle East over Spring Break, hear the testimonies and witness the water baptisms of 19 people, and even look at Acts 2:37-41 together. I can’t wait for this Sunday!!!!
As is our tradition on baptism Sundays, we will not have our adult/college/student/elementary classes meet (only our early childhood – Pre-K and below will be meeting.) The rest of us will be “all in” the worship center celebrating God’s faithfulness! Hope to see you Sunday in one of our morning services. See the graphic below to know who is being baptized in which service.
On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at Wildwood, we had the great joy of baptizing 22 individuals who had placed their faith in Christ. Before each of their baptisms, we heard the story of how God had worked in their lives, then we got to witness their water baptism as an outward picture of their inner connection to Jesus. Below you will find links to the baptisms in each service, as well as a link to the Vimeo channel that includes all of their testimonies. Join us in praising God for His great work! As we sang today, “How Great Thou Art!”
To watch the 8:30 service baptisms, use this YouTube video online:
To watch the 9:45 service baptisms (and full service), use this YouTube video online:
To watch the 11:00 service baptisms use this YouTube video online:
To access the Vimeo channel with all 22 testimonies shared this morning, click here.
Also, in the 8:30 service, time allowed for a longer sermon (than in the other two services). This sermon is podcasted for those who missed it and be can downloaded or shared.
To listen offline to the 8:30AM service sermon, click on the link:
At Wildwood we are FOR following JESUS together to the glory of God. Because of that, we celebrate when people begin to follow Jesus, and Baptism is a time for the church congregation to celebrate these beginnings! This Sunday (November 20) at Wildwood, we will have the privilege of seeing 22 people baptized. We will hear their stories, pray over them, rejoice with them, and witness their water baptism. We will also sing of Jesus’ goodness, open God’s Word together, and be encouraged as we head into Thanksgiving week together as a church family. Hope you can join us in our 8:30, 9:45, or 11:00 service!
NOTE: On baptism Sundays (as is our tradition) we do not run our elementary, student, college, or adult Sunday morning classes. All Kindergarten and up will be in the worship service together for these services. What a great chance for us to celebrate as a church family!
NOTE 2: See the attached pic with details about who is being baptized in which service.
NOTE 3: At noon on Sunday, we will begin decorating the church for Christmas. If you and your family would like to stay and help with this festive event, we’d love to have you!!! Meet in the Gathering Hall at 12:15.
This morning at Wildwood Community Church, we celebrated with 13 Wildwood people who were water baptized! Around this time of celebration, we worshipped, looked into God’s Word, and prayed. Below, you will find links to the worship services and slides from the message.
To watch the stream of any of the services (8:30*, 9:45, 11:00*), visit this site.
At Wildwood we are FOR following JESUS together to the glory of God. Because of that, we celebrate when people begin to follow Jesus, and Baptism is a time for the church congregation to celebrate these beginnings! This Sunday (August 7) at Wildwood, we will have the privilege of seeing 13 people be baptized. We will hear their stories, pray over them, rejoice with them, and witness their water baptism. We will also sing of Jesus’ goodness, open God’s Word together, and be encouraged as we begin the month of August together as a church family. Hope you can join us in our 8:30, 9:45, or 11:00 service!
NOTE: On baptism Sundays (as is our tradition) we do not run our elementary, student, college, or adult Sunday morning classes. All Kindergarten and up will be in the worship service together for these services. What a great chance for us to celebrate as a church family!
NOTE 2: See the attached pic with details about who is being baptized in which service.
NOTE 3: We will also get to hear a special testimony from Scott Stonehocker, our dear brother in Christ who went home to be with the Lord over the summer, but recorded a powerful testimony for us to watch together this Sunday as a part of all 3 services. What a great day! See you Sunday.
NOTE 4: We will also have a few very special announcements for our entire church family. Don’t miss it!
