* 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
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* WHAT TO EXPECT IN WORSHIP
Opening Worship Set
Meet & Greet & Announcements
Life Application Message
Blessing/Benediction
* Communion is usually celebrated on the first Sunday of the month.
Don’t Leave Today’s Message Behind: Take the PLUNGE!
Whether you’re joining us for B.Y.O.L., 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. Available in English and Espanol.
* SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Sundays @ 9:15am – Common Grounds Cafe
Sundays @ 9:30am – Adult Worship Experience & Aloha Riders Kids Church
Sundays @ 10:30am – Common Grounds Cafe
Sundays @ 11:00am – B.Y.O.L. – Bring Your Own Lunch
* 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 3 (potty trained) through 5th grade.
Our Honu Riders Nursery is for toddlers and 2s. 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
~ B.Y.O.L. – Sunday’s, at 11am, Bring Your Own Lunch and spend time connecting with your Church ‘Ohana. Eat together, build relationships and spend time talking about the morning message. (Questions 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. This quarter we are collecting individual bar soap and wash cloths.
* CONTACT INFO
Waikoloa Community Church
808.883.8944 ~ WaikoloaCC@gmail.com
Physical Address: 68-3621 Paniolo Avenue, Waikoloa
Mail To: PO Box 383382, Waikoloa, HI 96738
www.WaikoloaCC.org
* MESSAGE NOTES ~ September 1, 2024
YHWH ~ Week 2 ~ El Shaddai, El Elyon, & El Olam
BETH – HEBREW ~ means house
EL – HEBREW ~ means God
BETHEL – HEBREW ~ means House of God
BETHLEHEM – HEBREW ~ means House of Bread
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am El Shaddai; walk before Me faithfully and be blameless. ~ Genesis 17:1 (NIV)
SHADDAI – HEBREW ~ means all-powerful, all-sufficient
EL SHADDAI – HEBREW ~ means God Almighty, All-sufficient God
Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High (Elyon) will rest in the shadow of the Almighty (El Shaddai). I will say of the Lord (Yahweh), “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God (Elohim) in Whom I trust.” ~ Psalm 91:1-2 (NIV)
Then I will make My covenant between Me and you and will greatly increase your numbers. ~ Genesis 17:2 (NIV)
Abram fell facedown, and God (Elohim) said to him, “As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations. No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations. I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you. ~ Genesis 17:3-6 (NIV)
I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God (Elohim) and the God (Elohim) of your descendants after you. The whole land of Canaan, where you now reside as a foreigner, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God (Elohim).” ~ Genesis 17:7-8 (NIV)
So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him: “Do not marry a Canaanite woman. Go at once to Paddan Aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel. Take a wife for yourself there, from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother. May God Almighty (El Shaddai) bless you and make you fruitful and increase your numbers until you become a community of peoples. May He give you and your descendants the blessing given to Abraham, so that you may take possession of the land where you now reside as a foreigner, the land God (Elohim) gave to Abraham.” ~ Genesis 28:1-4 (NIV)
After Jacob returned from Paddan Aram, God (Elohim) appeared to him again and blessed him. God (Elohim) said to him, “Your name is Jacob, but you will no longer be called Jacob; your name will be Israel.” So He named him Israel. And God (Elohim) said to him, “I am God Almighty (El Shaddai); be fruitful and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants. The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I also give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.” ~ Genesis 35:9-12 (NIV)
ISRAEL – HEBREW ~ translation is uncertain but most scholars say it is connected to Hebrew words that essentially mean God Rules, or God Judges, or God Contends, or God Prevails
Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty (El Shaddai) appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me and said to me, ‘I am going to make you fruitful and increase your numbers. I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land as an everlasting possession to your descendants after you.’ ~ Genesis 48:3-4 (NIV)
Then he blessed Joseph and said, “May the God (Elohim) before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked faithfully, the God (Elohim) who has been my shepherd all my life to this day, the Angel who has delivered me from all harm —may he bless these boys. May they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they increase greatly on the earth.” ~ Genesis 48:15-16 (NIV)
EL ELYON – HEBREW ~ means God Most High!
Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High (El Elyon), and he blessed Abram, saying, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High (El Elyon), Creator of heaven and earth. And praise be to God Most High (El Elyon), who delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything. ~ Genesis 14:18-20 (NIV)
The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek. ~ Psalm 110:4 (NIV)
MELCHIZEDEK ~ King of Righteousness
MELEK – HEBREW ~ means king
SEDEQ – HEBREW ~ means righteousness
SALEM – HEBREW ~ means peace
YIREH – HEBREW ~ means to see or to provide
YIRUSHALEM – HEBREW ~ Jerusalem – the provider of Peace, the City of Peace, the foundation of peace
They remembered that God (Elohim) was their Rock, that God Most High (El Elyon) was their Redeemer.” ~ Psalm 78:35 (NIV)
GO’EL – HEBREW ~ REDEEMER – ENGLISH ~ Literally, the God who Redeems
EL OLAM – HEBREW ~ the Everlasting God, or the Eternal God, the God of Ancient Days, the Unchangeable God
OLAM – HEBREW ~ without limits, eternal, the beginning AND the end
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. ~ Hebrews 13:8 (NIV)
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.” ~ Revelation 1:8 (NIV)
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. ~ Revelation 22:13 (NIV)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. ~ John 1:1-2 (NIV)
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord (Yahweh), the Eternal God (El Olam). ~ Genesis 21:33 (NIV)
…May the Lord (Yahweh) bless His land with the precious dew from heaven above and with the deep waters that lie below; with the best the sun brings forth and the finest the moon can yield; with the choicest gifts of the ancient mountains and the fruitfulness of the everlasting (olam) hills; with the best gifts of the earth and its fullness and the favor of Him who dwelt in the burning bush.” ~ Deuteronomy 33:13b-16a (NIV)
There is no one like the God of Jeshurun, who rides across the heavens to help you and on the clouds in His majesty. The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting (Olam) arms. He will drive out your enemies before you, saying, “Destroy them!” ~ Deuteronomy 33:26-27 (NIV)
JESHURUN – HEBREW ~ a poetic and affectionate term for the people of Israel, meaning “upright ones” or “righteous ones”