Looking Ahead

This Sunday is the big game! I’ve heard people describe this as the “least interesting” Super Bowl in decades. Maybe the game lacks intrigue, but I bet the snacks will still be great! Sometimes Easter is described as the Super Bowl of the Church. The truth is that every Sunday is resurrection Sunday! I wanted to share my note from Wallula’s Vision 2026 packet and invite you to celebrate the resurrection this Sunday!

20 years… If you asked me when I was twenty years old, I would have told you twenty years was a long time, I guess I still consider twenty years to be a significant stretch of time. It is enough time for an infant to grow into an adult, twenty years was long enough for aviation to grow from a flight of a few seconds nonstop in Kitty Hawk, NC to crossing the Atlantic Ocean without stopping, if you invested $100/month for twenty years it will likely grow to over $70,000, yeah, I suppose twenty years is a long time. 2025 marked twenty years of service for me at Wallula Christian Church. In twenty years I’ve seen God work in my family and so many other families at Wallula Christian Church. 2025 was a year that reminded me of God’s amazing grace.

We saw marriages restored. We celebrated with 35 folks of all ages begin their new lives with Christ in baptism. Wallula’s ministry teams and small groups experienced growth. Our kids ministry continued to shine with amazing events like Vacation Bible School and The Great Pumpkin Party. The student ministry answered so many “taco questions” that students can’t possibly have more questions! We are blessed to have a student ministry meeting kids where they are and striving to help them take their next step in their relationship with Jesus. Wallula continued to serve in a big way, feeding people every third Thursday of the month, housing people every Monday night at the Shelter of Hope, and traveling to Honduras to serve alongside Honduras Ministries. The weekday preschool continues to be an amazing resource for young families in our community. WCC’s worship ministry paved the way for many more of us to engage with our big God in big ways. Improvements were made in our online worship experience and record numbers of folks showed up on campus to worship Him! I had so much fun hanging out with you all at events like our Puzzle, Praise and Pie gathering this last Thanksgiving, meeting new folks at our Supper for Six group in the summer and watching all the cut throat corn hole competition at our Beanies & Weenies bonfire. Thank you and thank God for a great 2025!

Twenty years is a long time, but then I’m reminded that Wallula has been around for more than 140 years, and even then, I realize that God is just getting started! So, get ready for an even better 2026 and hold on tight for all God is going to do in & through Wallula Christian Church!

P.S. Please make plans to attend the Ministry Team Lunch on February 15. We will gather at 11:45 am in the gym to enjoy some tacos, and learn about opportunities to serve at Wallula.

Lance

Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

2 Corinthians 3:4-6