* GIVING @ WCC (Every Penny Helps)
1) Cash/check use a Yay God Box OR Mail:
PO Box 383382 ~ Waikoloa, HI 96738
2) A one-time gift.
3) A recurring gift.
* WAIKOLOA COMMUNITY CHURCH
E Komo Mai! (Welcome!)
Aloha, we’re so glad you are here! WCC wants to make a lasting difference in your life, in our community, and in the world. How do we do that? We do that by helping people find Common Ground and leading people to become fully devoted followers of Christ. Want to know more? Explore this website and fill out a connect card with any questions you have. Feel free to call on me with any questions you might have. ~ Pastor Greg
First Time Guest
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* WHAT TO EXPECT IN WORSHIP
Welcome & Opening Worship Set
Meet & Greet and Announcements
Life Application Message
Closing Song
Blessing/Benediction
* Communion is usually celebrated on the first Sunday of the month.
Let’s go deeper: Take the PLUNGE!
Whether you’re grabbing lunch with friends, at a coffee shop, at the dinner table with your family, in your Aloha Group, or online, “PLUNGE” into the message. Scroll down to find this weeks “Message Notes” & “PLUNGE” discussion questions.
* SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Sundays @ 9:15am – Common Grounds Cafe
Sundays @ 9:30am – Adult Worship Experience & Aloha Riders Kids Church
Sundays @ 10:45am – Common Grounds Cafe
* PLUG-IN
Do you want to know God better and become who He’s created you to be?
Here are some places to start:
~ Aloha Groups: This is how we “DO LIFE TOGETHER.” Aloha Groups are the friends and ‘ohana (family) you laugh, grow, and serve with. Each Aloha Group at WCC is different, yet all are focused on growing better together! Let us help you find an Aloha Group that’s right for you. For more info about Aloha Groups, contact Annette at WaikoloaCC@gmail.com.
~ Serve With Us: You can make a big difference in someone’s life by serving on one of our Strategic Service Teams. To get started, select an area of ministry where you’d like to serve and contact the church by emailing WaikoloaCC@gmail.com.
~ Explore Your Purpose: Each of us has a unique purpose that is solely ours to fulfill. Uncover yours by participating in one of our Exploration Seminars.
* FOR YOUR FAMILY
We believe strong families start with a solid foundation. We endeavor to partner with parents to raise the next generation of fully devoted followers of Christ.
~ Aloha Riders Kids Ministry: Your kids are invited to join an experience designed just for them! Kids Church occurs, at the same time as our Adult Worship Experience in our Multi-Purpose Building.
Our Dolphin, Whale, and Surf Riders meet in our Surf/Whale Riders Room in our Multi-Purpose Building each Sunday for our one-room Kids Church for ages 4 through 5th grade.
Our Honu Riders Nursery is for toddlers, 2s, and 3s. The Honu Riders Room is located in our Multi-Purpose Building. The Little Honu Riders Room in the Worship Center is for parents who wish to see and hear the service while caring for a young child.
~ Point Break Student Ministry: We would LOVE to offer a quality youth program for 6th-12th graders as well! We need some initial volunteers to help make that happen and some interested youth to participate. Let us know of any interest and we’ll make it happen as soon as possible.
* CAMPUS NEWS
~ Easter Sunday Potluck – Join us Sunday, April 5 at 11:15am, for our Easter Sunday Potluck in the WCC Multi-Purpose Building. Please, bring a dish to share and take time to connect with your WCC o’hana. Plates, cups, utensils, water, lemonade and chicken will be provided.
~ WCC Giving Tree – We partner with the Big Island Giving Tree to provide toiletry items to help the houseless on our island. For the first quarter of the year we are collecting toothbrushes and toothpaste. Please place your items in the basket of the CARE CORNER in the lobby.
* CONTACT INFO
Waikoloa Community Church
808.883.8944 ~ WaikoloaCC@gmail.com
Physical Address: (No Mail) 68-3621 Paniolo Avenue, Waikoloa
Mailing Address: PO Box 383382, Waikoloa, HI 96738
www.WaikoloaCC.org
* MESSAGE NOTES ~ March 15, 2026
JUST JESUS: A Journey Through Mark ~ Part 45
And He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and put a wall around it, and dug a vat under the wine press and built a tower, and rented it out to vine-growers and went on a journey. ~ Mark 12:1 (NASB 1995)
AMPELONA ANTHROPOS EPHYTEUSEN – GREEK ~ a vineyard a man planted
PERIETHEKEN PHRAGMON – GREEK ~ placed a wall, a fence, a hedge, or a protective barrier
HYPOLENION – GREEK ~ “the place under the wine press”
PYRGON – GREEK ~ a watchtower or lookout structure
APEDEMESEN – GREEK ~ went on a journey, to travel abroad, to be away for an extended time
At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, in order to receive some of the produce of the vineyard from the vine-growers. ~ Mark 12:2 (NASB 1995)
DOULON – GREEK ~ servant or slave, someone who acts with the authority of the one who sent him
TO KAIRO – GREEK ~ at the harvest time, at the appointed time
LABEIN APO TON KARPON – GREEK ~ to receive from the fruits
They took him, and beat him and sent him away empty-handed. ~ Mark 12:3 (NASB 1995)
LABONTES AUTON – GREEK ~ forcefully seized him
EDEIRAN AUTON – GREEK ~ beat him, struck him, flogged him
APESTEILAN KENON – GREEK ~ sent him away empty, without anything, without any result
Again he sent them another slave, and they wounded him in the head, and treated him shamefully. ~ Mark 12:4 (NASB 1995)
EKEPHALAIOSAN – GREEK ~ “to strike on the head”
ETIMASAN – GREEK ~ treated him shamefully
And he sent another, and that one they killed; and so with many others, beating some and killing others. ~ Mark 12:5 (NASB 1995)
APEKTEINAN AUTON – GREEK ~ they killed him or they put him to death
POLLOUS ALLOUS – GREEK ~ many others
He had one more to send, a beloved son; he sent him last of all to them, saying, “They will respect my son.” ~ Mark 12:6 (NASB 1995)
ETI HENA EICHEN HUION AGAPETON – GREEK ~ he still had one, a beloved son
APESTEILEN AUTON ESCHATON – GREEK ~ he sent him last of all
ENTRAPESONTAI TON HUION MOU – GREEK ~ they will respect my son, OR they will feel shame before him, OR they will be moved to reverence, OR they will show honor and reverence to him
But those vine-growers said to one another, “This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!” ~ Mark 12:7 (NASB 1995)
PROS HEAUTOUS EIPAN – GREEK ~ they said among themselves
KLERONOMOS – GREEK ~ the inheritor, the one who has the legal right to receive the estate of the father
DEUTE APEKTEINOMEN AUTON – GREEK ~ Come, let us kill him
HEMON ESTAI HE KLERONOMIA – GREEK ~ the inheritance OR the property passed down to an heir will be ours
They took him, and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard. ~ Mark 12:8 (NASB 1995)
LABONTES AUTON – GREEK ~ seized, laid hold of, took control of him
APEKTEINAN AUTON – GREEK ~ killed him or put him to death
EXEBALON AUTON EXO TOU AMPELONOS – GREEK ~ they threw him outside the vineyard
What will the owner of the vineyard do? …~ Mark 12:9a (NASB 1995)
TI OUN POIESEI HO KYRIOS TOU AMPELONOS? – GREEK ~ What then will the lord of the vineyard do?
…He will come and destroy the vine-growers, and will give the vineyard to others. ~ Mark 12:9b (NASB 1995)
APOLESEI – GREEK ~ destroy, bring to ruin, put an end to the vine-growers
DOSEI TON AMPELONA ALLOIS – GREEK ~ he will give the vineyard to others
Have you not even read this Scripture: “The stone which the builders rejected, This became the chief corner stone; This came about from the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes?” ~ Mark 12:10-11 (NASB 1995)
NIFLA’AT – HEBREW ~ marvelous, extraordinary, astonishing, something so surprising it can only be explained as the work of God
And they were seeking to seize Him, and yet they feared the people, for they understood that He spoke the parable against them… ~ Mark 12:12a (NASB 1995)
EZETOUN AUTON KRATESAI – GREEK ~ they were trying to seize Him OR they were looking for a way to arrest Him
EGNOSAN GAR HOTI PROS AUTOUS TEN PARABOLEN EIPEN – GREEK ~ for they knew that He spoke the parable against them
EPHOBETHESAN – GREEK ~ feared
…And so they left Him and went away. ~ Mark 12:12b (NASB 1995)
It is possible to understand exactly what Jesus is saying and still walk away unchanged.
God has always had every right to expect fruit from the people who bear His name.
What kind of fruit are you bearing in your life, and are you giving it to God?
Program & Notes ~ JUST JESUS ~ A Journey Through – Mark – Part 45