* 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
First time guest I'm New Card.
* 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. 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 @ 10:45am – 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 first quarter of the year we are collecting travel sized shampoo. Place 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 30, 2025
JUST JESUS: A Journey Through Mark ~ Part 4
For I determined to know nothing among you EXCEPT Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. ~ 1 Corinthians 2:2 (NASB1995)
In the early morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went away to a secluded place, and was praying there. ~ Mark 1:35 (NASB 1995)
ENNYCHA LIAN – GREEK ~ very much still night
ERĒMON TOPON – GREEK ~ a secluded place
The wilderness is where distractions die, and God’s voice becomes clear.
PROSĒUCHETO – GREEK ~ praying
Ministry flows from intimacy.
Simon and his companions searched for Him; they found Him, and said to Him, “Everyone is looking for You.” ~ Mark 1:36-37 (NASB 1995)
KATEDIÕXAN – GREEK ~ to search for, to hunt down, to pursue with urgency
Don’t be so busy about the work of the Lord that you forget the Lord of the work!
The measure of success in God’s Kingdom has never been how many follow you—it has always been about how closely you follow Him.
He said to them, “Let us go somewhere else to the towns nearby, so that I may preach there also; for that is what I came for.” ~ Mark 1:38 (NASB 1995)
AGŌMEN – GREEK ~ Let us go
ALLACHOU – GREEK ~ somewhere else
EXĒLTHON – GREEK ~ I have come out.
And He went into their synagogues throughout all Galilee, preaching and casting out the demons. ~ Mark 1:39 (NASB 1995)
ĒLTHEN – GREEK ~ went
KĒRUSSŌ – GREEK ~ preaching, proclaiming as a royal herald announcing the decree of a king
…The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel. ~ Mark 1:15b (NASB 1995)
And a leper came to Jesus, beseeching Him and falling on his knees before Him, and saying, “If You are willing, You can make me clean.” ~ Mark 1:40 (NASB 1995)
LEPROS – GREEK ~ leprosy, other skin diseases
PARAKALŌN – GREEK ~ to plead, beg, or urgently appeal
GONYPETŌN – GREEK ~ to fall on one’s knees or to kneel in reverence
DYNASAI – GREEK ~ you are able
KATHARISAI – GREEK ~ to make me clean
Moved with compassion, Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.” ~ Mark 1:41 (NASB 1995)
SPLAGCHISTHEIS – GREEK ~ being deeply moved in your innermost being with compassion
SPLAGCHNA – GREEK ~ the internal organs, guts and bowels
HAPTŌ – GREEK ~ to touch, grasp, take hold of, or make contact with something
HĒPSATO AUTOU – GREEK ~ He personally reached out and touched Him
Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cleansed. ~ Mark 1:42 (NASB 1995)
APĒLTHEN – GREEK ~ means to depart, go away, to withdraw
APĒLTHEN AP’ AUTOU – GREEK ~ It went away from him or It departed from him.