IN THIS WEEK’S UPDATE
• Joyride
• Family Weekend
• Elder Update
• Summer Party Time
• Woodcrest Financials
• Outside the Walls
• Last Week's Insights

SUNDAY, MAY 24, 2026
This Sunday, Luke Neal will lead us through Philippians 2:5-11. He will revisit the "Christ Hymn" that Matt Gordon talked about a few weeks ago. Together, we will explore Jesus’s example of humble self-sacrifice. However, radical self-sacrifice must be coupled with radical rest through communion with the presence of God in our everyday lives.


FAMILY WEEKEND
Several of our elementary volunteers will be out of town this weekend for the holiday, so our K-5th grade students will be joining the adults in Big Church. Preschool (infant-5 years old) will still be having service in Kidcrest as usual. We look forward to seeing all our elementary family back in Kidcrest the following weekend!


UPDATE FROM THE ELDERS
The monthly update from the elders to the congregation will not be held this Sunday due to the holiday weekend. Members of the elder board will be available in the Connection Center immediately after the service on Sunday for conversations or questions.

The search for an additional co-pastor is progressing, and a candidate of interest has been identified. Background checks and references have been received, and the elder board is planning an additional in-depth interview with this candidate in early June.

Our project manager is soliciting bids for the Kidcrest remodel from 8-10 contractors and expects to conduct building tours with interested parties within the next few days. The elder board will be reviewing bids and selecting a contractor to perform the work as soon as possible.


SUMMER PARTY TIME
All Kidcrest families and volunteers: Please plan to join us on Sunday, June 7th, from 3:00 - 6:00 pm at Mr. Steve’s Pond for our Summer Party! Woodcrest is providing hotdogs, buns, condiments, chips, and bottled water so all you need to bring is some fishing gear, lawn chairs, yard games and toys. Email us for more info.


WOODCREST FINANCIALS
Please download this month’s PDF for more info about Woodcrest’s financials. Thank you.


OUTSIDE THE WALLS
Woodcrest volunteers and friends served 128 households at the Food Bank Mobile Market on Tuesday. Neighbors received fresh cabbage and watermelon, sliced ham, chicken salad, chips, coffee, and beverages. Save the date to volunteer with the next Mobile Market on Tuesday, June 16.


LAST SUNDAY'S INSIGHTS
Matt opened from Philippians 2 with a Coldplay lyric about a sky full of stars and tied it to Paul’s vision of a church that shines in a dark world. The path to standing out, he showed, runs through humility and Christ’s example, not self-promotion.

Highlights
• Faith starts individually, then magnetizes into community, and that community draws outsiders who notice something genuinely different.
• Every knee will bow eventually, so the real question is whether we bow now as friend or later as foe.
• Working out our salvation means staying active in faith and prayer, like George Müller who cared for 10,000 orphans while preaching weekly and praying daily.
• Grumbling is usually rooted in fear, self-promotion, or feeling left out, and if left unchecked it builds into coalitions and combat.

Takeaway
The Christian life is both fully God’s work and fully ours. As we humble ourselves, work out our faith, and resist complaining, we become a community that shines like stars in a warped generation.

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