“They help us to understand how God takes average people with characteristics similar to our own and reshapes them to become amazing instruments of God.” Last night at The Well, Holland, our young adults pastor examined the lives of several people from different walks of life that experienced the power of Christ. These people are described by Luke in chapter…
“The truth is, our world breeds a culture of idolatry. We are steeped in it, and most of us fall prey to it without even realizing it.” Idolatry is something most of us probably don’t think about on a daily basis. It’s something that’s easy to view as irrelevant in our era, a remnant of days long past, when worshipping…
“Why? Why is this happening?” I feel like this is a question that has been asked by every single person that has ever been a person. On Tuesday night we asked it again as we heard stories of Christian persecution in Jerusalem in Jesus’ day and in Iraq today. Persecution feels so far from us, worlds away. But we are…
By Chris Plekenpol What an exciting week it has been for the Plekenpol family. Tuesday morning at 9:51am, Austin Lee Felton Plekenpol joined the land of the living! The doctor unwrapped the umbilical cord from around his neck, pulled Austin out of Adrienne and we all rejoiced. However, the morning was fraught with drama. At around 5am Adrienne’s water broke….
Family! What an amazing day this past Sunday was! If you missed it, we baptized seven people. We are continuing to reach people with the life changing reality of Jesus Christ. I know there are still more people out there that want to get baptized. Please send an email to info@wellsbranchchurch.com to be included in our March baptisms. Many of…
February has been an incredible time. We experienced an amazing Flag football tournament on Super Bowl Sunday. Thanks to Grayson Dzialo, Ben Dion, and the host of others who made that all happen! This past weekend, we ventured out to prison in Lockhart. The band played and people wept as for a moment lonely souls fraught with disappointment were transported…
Just a reminder that we have a couple Potlucks to attend this weekend. Tonight (Saturday November 17) from 6-8 at the Rec Center. We have an opportunity to engage all of Wells Branch and invite them to our church the following day. Meat will be provided by Branch BBQ. The WB MUD encouraged everyone to bring a dish to serve…
by Chris Plekenpol We had an exciting day, yesterday. Several WBCC members had been praying for our friend Tom specifically, and yesterday was his day of salvation. It all started a couple weeks ago when Brawn Lide (one of our esteemed elders) were having coffee outside of Kenny’s on Friday morning after an elder meeting. We were talking about websites,…
Tom Dahm and I were at Starbucks about to leave, when a woman noticed I was wearing a Live For More! shirt. She stared at me and I wasn’t sure if I had something on my face or what, but then she pointed in my direction and exclaimed, “Who are you? Your shirt. What is your shirt?”
Getting To Know… Alma Castro Alma took in a deep breath of the stiff air. Sweat trickling down her face. She bent down on her hands and knees to scrub the stains away. She paused for a moment and wondered if this was worth it. Alma grew up in Mexico. At 15 years old, a few of her friends…