Moving In

The Lord’s message to Joshua- See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands! (Joshua 6). It's moving day for the Israelites. God has brought them through the Jordan River and it's time to move into the promised land (or as Meyer calls it, the God Place). The plan is simple: March around the city once a day for 7 days, led by the priests. On the 7th day, march around 7 times. Blow the trumpets & shout. The walls will collapse. Simple plan, yet it required great faith.

God’s plans are not our plans. His plans require faith and trust in Him. His plans require obedience to Him. God wants us to trust Him. He wants us to lay everything down before Him so that He may move us in to His place… the God Place. You see, sometimes it’s a lot easier to be afraid of the future than to trust God with it. But that is just what we must do- trust Him. And God honors the confidence His people place in Him- and He shows Himself worthy of our trust!

God has a future for Western Hills! And it’s up to us to not let fear or uncertainty get in the way of doing what God has planned for us! We must listen to Him & obey. And it will be amazing what walls He knocks down as we MOVE IN through faithful ministry that lifts up Jesus! And we trust that He will lead us, day by day.

Keep Praying!

-Scott S.

Prayer Rocks!

"What do these stones mean?" This is the question asked by children in Joshua chapter 4. Joshua ordered the building of a memorial out of stones from the Jordan river. The memorial was to celebrate the amazing acts that God had done.

Around Western Hills right now stones have a new meaning. Each member of Western Hills is carrying on them a small river stone. What do THESE stones mean? They also serve as a reminder to us of all that God has done to make us debt-free church. AND the stones serve as a reminder to be praying and fasting for the next 40 DAYS as we seek his leading into new dreams and plans he has for his church at Western Hills.

So let's keep on praying and seeking God. This could be the most crucial 40 days in our history as a church.

Love Ya Much
Scott

Victory Sunday!

This Sunday (July 17) will be an extra special day at Western Hills. This is the Sunday we celebrate what God has done to make us a DEBT-FREE church. We have paid off the note on the Family Life Center. The original note was over $600,000 and we were making payments of more than $3,000 per month. The debt is paid and we no longer are having to make monthly payments.

Join us this Sunday at 10:15 in our main auditorium as we praise God and dream of the future. Following the service everyone is invited to a hot-dog lunch to complete the celebration.

See you there,
Scott

A Church on Fire-WORKS!

Last Monday night Western Hills gathered at the home of Lynn & Kim Becker to celebrate the 4th of July. The evening contained great food, comfortable weather, a blaze of fireworks and most importantly a large gathering of good friends and family. The evening had the feeling of a family reunion, with the youngest to the oldest present.

It is a blessing to have a church family that enjoys being together. It is sad reality but many churches are too involved in fights and squabbles to even enjoy each other. Western Hills continues to shine in the warm, welcoming, fellowship department. If WHCC is to continue to be a church on FIRE then we must WORK at it. We must constantly be inviting others to come and experience the fellowship we know so well. We must constantly reach out to those in our schools and workplaces and share with them the good thing that God has blessed us with. We must always be the church on a mission.

Special thanks to Kim and Lynn for making last Monday possible and reminding us all of the powerful community of faith God is building here at Western Hills.

Love Ya Much
Scott