* 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
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 third quarter of the year we are collecting can openers. 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 ~ July 13, 2025
JUST JESUS: A Journey Through Mark ~ Part 13
And He said, “How shall we picture the kingdom of God, or by what parable shall we present it? ~ Mark 4:30 (NASB 1995)
KAI ELEGEN – GREEK ~ and He was saying
PARA – GREEK ~ beside
BALLŌ – GREEK ~ to throw
PARABOLĒ – GREEK ~ to throw alongside
THŌMEN – GREEK ~ to place, to lay, to set forth
It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is smaller than all the seeds that are upon the soil, yet when it is sown, it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and forms large branches; so that the birds of the air can nest under its shade. ~ Mark 4:31-32 (NASB 1995)
TA PETEINA TOU OURANOU – GREEK ~ the birds of the air/heavens come
KATASKĒNOUN – GREEK ~ to nest, to dwell, to settle
With many such parables He was speaking the word to them, so far as they were able to hear it; ~ Mark 4:33 (NASB 1995)
KATHŌS ĒDYNANTO AKOUEIN – GREEK ~ as they were able to hear
ĒDYNANTO – GREEK ~ to be able, to have power, to be capable
AKOUEIN – HEBREW ~ to hear, understand, or receive
POLLAIS TOIAUTAIS – GREEK ~ many such
and He did not speak to them without a parable; but He was explaining everything privately to His own disciples. ~ Mark 4:34 (NASB 1995)
KAT’ IDIAN – GREEK ~ privately, in private
TOIS IDIOIS MATHĒTAIS – GREEK ~ to His own disciples
Greater proximity to Jesus leads to greater clarity.
On that day, when evening came, He said to them, “Let us go over to the other side.” ~ Mark 4:35 (NASB 1995)
Leaving the crowd, they took Him along with them in the boat, just as He was; and other boats were with Him. ~ Mark 4:36 (NASB 1995)
PARALAMBANOUSIN AUTON – GREEK ~ they took Him along
And there arose a fierce gale of wind, and the waves were breaking over the boat so much that the boat was already filling up. ~ Mark 4:37 (NASB 1995)
KAI GINETAI – GREEK ~ And there comes
MEGALĒ – GREEK ~ great, large, intense, fierce
LAILAPS ANEMOU – GREEK ~ furious storm of wind
Jesus Himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke Him and said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?” ~ Mark 4:38 (NASB 1995)
KATHEUDŌN – GREEK ~ sleeping
EGEIROUSIN – GREEK ~ they are waking
OU MELEI SOI – GREEK ~ Is it not a concern to you? / Don’t you care?
And He got up and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Hush, be still.” And the wind died down and it became perfectly calm. ~ Mark 4:39 (NASB 1995)
DIEGERTHEIS – GREEK ~ having been awakened
EPETIMĒSEN TŌ ANEMŌ – GREEK ~ rebuked the wind
SIŌPA – GREEK ~ Be silent!, Be still!
PEPHISMŌSO – GREEK ~ Stay muzzled!, Hush!
EKOPASEN – GREEK ~ suddenly ceased, instantly stopped
KAI EGENTO GALĒNĒ MEGALĒ – GREEK ~ And there came a great calm.
And He said to them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?” ~ Mark 4:40 (NASB 1995)
ΤI – GREEK ~ Why?
DEILOI – GREEK ~ afraid
OUPŌ – GREEK ~ not yet
PISTIN – GREEK ~ faith, trust, belief
They became very much afraid and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?” ~ Mark 4:41 (NASB 1995)
EPHOBĒTHĒSAN PHOBON MEGANE – GREEK ~ They feared a great fear
TIS ARA HOUTOS ESTIN – GREEK ~ Who then is this?
HYPAKOUEI – GREEK ~ obeys, submits to, listens to