* 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
~ WCC Giving Tree – We partner with the Big Island Giving Tree to provide toiletry items to help the houseless on our island. For the third quarter of the year we are collecting dark color bath towels. Please place your items in the basket of the CARE CORNER in the lobby.
~ Annual Meeting – Sunday, November 16th, right after the Worship Experience and Common Grounds, about 11:15 am. This meeting is a time for celebrating what we have done as a church over the past year. We will elect the new WCC Lead Team and Elder Vision Team members and approve the budget forecast for 2026, as we look forward to the new year ahead.
* 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 ~ November 9, 2025
JUST JESUS: A Journey Through Mark ~ Part 30
And Jesus was saying to them, “Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.” ~ Mark 9:1 (NASB 1995)
ELEGEN – GREEK ~ kept on saying
GEUSONTAI THANATOU – GREEK ~ taste death
THREE LAYERS OF FULFILLMENT
1) Immediate Fulfillment – The Transfiguration
2) Near-term Fulfillment – The Resurrection and Pentecost
3) Ongoing Fulfillment – The Spread of the Gospel
Six days later, Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John, and brought them up on a high mountain by themselves. And He was transfigured before them; ~ Mark 9:2 (NASB 1995)
ANAPHEREI – GREEK ~ literally it means He “carries them up”
Sometimes God allows intimacy to outrun full understanding.
and His garments became radiant and exceedingly white, as no launderer on earth can whiten them. ~ Mark 9:3 (NASB 1995)
STILBONTA LEUKA LIA – GREEK ~ literally “gleaming white exceedingly”
STILBONTA – GREEK ~ comes from a root meaning “to flash or to glisten like lightning”
Elijah appeared to them along with Moses; and they were talking with Jesus. ~ Mark 9:4 (NASB 1995)
OPHTHE – GREEK ~ appeared
In Luke 9:31, Luke adds they are talking to Jesus about His “departure.”
EXODOS – GREEK ~ departure, way out, road leading out
Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make three tabernacles, one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” ~ Mark 9:5 (NASB 1995)
For he did not know what to answer; for they became terrified. ~ Mark 9:6 (NASB 1995)
KALON – GREEK ~ which actually can mean good, beautiful, excellent, or fitting.”
SKENAS – GREEK ~ tents, booths, tabernacles
SUKKOT – HEBREW ~ tents, booths, tabernacles
And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell (tabernacle) among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them ~ Revelation 21:3
ESKENOSEN – GREEK ~ which literally means “to pitch a tent” or “to live in a tabernacle”
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt (tabernacled) among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. ~ John 1:14 (NASB 1995)
Then a cloud formed, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is My beloved Son, listen to Him!” ~ Mark 9:7 (NASB 1995)
EPISKIAZO – GREEK ~ overshadowing, to envelop in a cloud of glory
All at once they looked around and saw no one with them anymore, except Jesus alone. ~ Mark 9:8 (NASB 1995)
MONON TON IESOUN – GREEK ~ “only Jesus” or “Jesus alone”
He is sufficient for the valley because He is sovereign on the mountain.