This Week | October 11 – 17, 2024

October 13 | Romans – Grasping The Gospel, Romans 8:29-30, Part 32: God Has a Plan for Your Life – Pastor Mark Pospisil

Synopsis: The Lord has a plan for your life. This is amazing to think about and to grasp. We often wonder how to find God’s will and what His plan is. This week in Romans, we will see that it is not necessarily a destination but the Lord wants to do a transformation in us. His plan is to make you into something. The Lord is working in all of our lives to conform us to become like Jesus. When that happens, we will start to make decisions and choices that are aligned with God’s kingdom and purposes. We will see how this happens and the Lord’s plan for our lives this week in Romans 8:29-30.

Fighter Verse: Romans 8:29 – “For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.”

Worship Set List

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Ancient Gates

Oh Worship The King

The Way

O Praise The Name (Anastasis)

Called Me Higher

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BAPTISM | OCTOBER 20

Baptism is the natural next step once we are saved! It represents the new life that Jesus’ resurrection gives us and is a public sign of our faith in Christ. If you have accepted Jesus as your Savior, we invite you to take this opportunity to demonstrate your faith in Christ.

We will have an opportunity to get baptized during all services on this Sunday. Please fill out this form to let me know you are interested in getting baptized!

HARVEST FEST – CANDY DONATIONS

We are looking for donations for Harvest Fest! If you would like to donate, we are in need of pre-packaged candy to hand out at Harvest Fest. Last year each trunk brought their own 300-350 pieces and the church supplied over 19,000 pieces!

You can bring donations in on a Sunday morning and drop them off at the Welcome Desk.

HARVEST FEST | OCTOBER 24

Harvest Fest is our annual celebration of all things fall! We’ll have a huge trunk-or-treat, hot cider, donuts and other yummy fall foods, music, candy and fun activities.
Come dressed in your Halloween costume and invite all your friends, family, neighbors and co-workers along to enjoy a night of fall fun on October 24th, 6:30-8:30pm! This event is open to anyone and everyone!

*Park in the upper lot, and come down the stairs to join the fun!*

SAVE THESE DATES NOW…

Be sure to always check our e-bulletin (updated weekly on Fridays) and calendar to stay tuned on everything coming up at The Lakes! 

A few more upcoming events to be aware of. More details to come, but for now, save these dates!:

10/14: Sewing and Quilting Fellowship
10/19: Chat-a-latte’
10/20: Baptism

Core Ministries – Weekly Update

The original temple had been utterly destroyed! After the exile, the Israelites returned and began the process of rebuilding the temple. Despite interruptions, they built the temple together for a very important purpose – to create a place where God’s presence would dwell with His people. What a foreshadowing of what would come through the life of Jesus!

EARLY CHILDHOOD – Early Childhood (Birth – Kindergarten) program available during the 9:30 and 11:15 Sunday services.

ELEMENTARY AGE (1st-5th grade) – Elementary age program available Sundays during the 9:30 and 11:15 services and Wednesday Kids Creek from 6:30-8pm during the school year! 

UPCOMING EVENTS: 

Harvest Fest | October 24

WEDNESDAY YOUTH GROUP – Middle School and High School students meet on Wednesdays from 6:30-8:30pm for a combined youth group service in Lakes West (7150 Cooley Lake Rd, shared upper parking lot).

UPCOMING EVENTS: 

October 20 6-7:30pm | High school Bonfire at The Lakes Church

October 24 6:30-8:30pm | Harvest Fest

October 26 10-12pm | Middle School at Long Orchard

Monthly Prayer | Lakes Women meet for prayer the first Saturday of each month from 9:30am to 10:30am!

Quarterly “Chat-a-latte” gathering | Coffee/Tea & fellowship in the lower level Atrium

Seasonal Bible Studies | Join us for our Fall Bible Study – Starved by Amy Seiffert. This will be a 6-week study on Thursdays. We will have a daytime (10:30-12pm) and evening (6:30-8pm) study that are going through the same book.

Registration coming soon!

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Sewing & Quilting Fellowship | October 14 at 10am

Chat-a-latte | October 19 at 9:30am in atrium

Weekly Men’s Bible Study

Saturdays at 8am in Lakes West (7150 Cooley Lake Rd, shared upper parking lot).

Tuesdays at 6:30am in the upper level. | Kicking off after Labor Day

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Men’s Fall Football Tailgate | November 9th at 11am