MDWK 10.14.26
Join us this evening as we spend time in small grups and introduce the MDWK Christmas Program

Amy Achelpohl • Children's Minister
October 14, 2026

2 Minute Read
MDWK Tonight

Join us for dinner at 5:15 and full programming at 6:00. Tonight we introduce the MDWK Christmas Program that all children are invited to have a part in. We also spend time in small groups as we discover how God is always with us when we stand for what is right.

Delivering Christmas

This year we are inviting everyone to attend and children 6 months and up to be part of. We look at the gifts we think we need for Christmas, and discover that all we really need arrived as a tiny baby in a manger. We have opportunities also for your child to participate in a Christmas Eve choir. All rehearsals will be during MDWK, and we will have Sunday afternoon rehearsals for those with speaking parts, along with a mandatory dress rehearsal on Sunday December 6th, and our program will be December 9th.

MDWK Pre-Registration

Thank you for taking the time to pre-register for MDWK by clicking on the tab below. When you arrive you can grab your printed tags from check in and head to dinner as a family. At 5:50 the lower level will open for children ages 6 months through 6th grade.

MDWK Pre-Registration
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November 7th/8th Weekend Clubhouse
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October 31, 2026 • 3 Minute Read
November 1 Pre-registration
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October 28, 2026 • 2 Minute Read
MDWK Tonight & Important Reminders
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October 24, 2026 • 3 Minute Read
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Children's Minister

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October 14, 2026 • 2 Minute Read
MDWK 10.14.26
MDWK Tonight Join us for dinner at 5:15 and full programming at 6:00. Tonight we introduce the MDWK Christmas Program that all children are invited to have a part in. We also spend time in small groups as we discover how God is always with us when we stand for what is right. Delivering Christmas This year we are inviting everyone to attend and children 6 months and up to be part of. We look at the gifts we think we need for Christmas, and discover that all we really need arrived as a tiny baby in a manger. We have opportunities also for your child to participate in a Christmas Eve choir. All rehearsals will be during MDWK, and we will have Sunday afternoon rehearsals for those with speaking parts, along with a mandatory dress rehearsal on Sunday December 6th, and our program will be December 9th. MDWK Pre-Registration Thank you for taking the time to pre-register for MDWK by clicking on the tab below. When you arrive you can grab your printed tags from check in and head to dinner as a family. At 5:50 the lower level will open for children ages 6 months through 6th grade.MDWK Pre-Registration Coming up: Fall Festival is almost here and we still have room for you to decorate a trunk, or help with carnival games sign up to serve here!Fall Festival

Amy Achelpohl

Children's Minister

October 10, 2026 • 3 Minute Read
Clubhouse October 10/11 Weekend
MDWK This Week We hope that you will join us for MDWK this Wednesday! We are excited to introduce the MDWK Christmas Program for this year, and spend time together in small groups. All children are invited to be part of this program. Join us for dinner at 5:15 and full programming at 6:00. Early Childhood Teaching This weekend we continue on with our theme “God’s Got It!”. We head Exodus 13:17-18; 14. Our bottom line this weekend “I can trust God will show me the way.” Moses is leading God’s people out of Egypt, and God shows His people the way to go with a pillar of loud by day and a pillar of fire by night. But one night, they see that Pharaoh and his army are chasing after them. They are camping at the edge of the water, and there is no way for them to escape. But God tells Moses what to do. Moses holds his walking stick over the water, and the wind starts to blow. God pushes the water back to make a way for His people to escape. God showed His people where to go because God’s got it! This week as you drive ask your preschooler to find all the letter t’s they can find. Tell them the word TRUST starts with t. And we can trust God with all of our heart! Elementary K-2nd Teaching This week as we continue with our teaching series “Safe Place- God is my strength” we pick up head to Daniel 3. We hear about Daniel’s friends, Shadrach, Meschach and Abednego. All officials in the region are ordered to worship a giant golden statue, and the penalty for those who refuse is a trip into a blazing hot furnace. When Daniel’s friends defy the king’s order, they are tossed into the flames, but there they weren’t alone! Our Bottom Line this weekend “God is with me, so I can stand for what is true.” This week as you drive ask your child what have you seen that is wrong, and needed God’s help to stand up to? Pre-Registration Thank you for taking the time to pre-register your child for Clubhosue by clicking on the link below. When you arrive your tags will be printed and ready for pick up from the counter in the Commons Lobby. After you have picked up your tag you can escort your child to the lower level where a small group leader will be ready to greet you!Clubhouse Pre-registration

Amy Achelpohl

Children's Minister

October 3, 2026 • 3 Minute Read
Weekend New Theme & Series/ Pre-registration
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Amy Achelpohl

Children's Minister

September 30, 2026 • 2 Minute Read
MDWK Tonight!
Join us tonight! Dinner begins at 5:15 this evening and full programming at 6:00 Children ages 6 months through 6th grade will meet on the lower level, doors open to the lower level at 5:50. We hope that you will invite a friend to join you this evening. Early Childhood Teaching Tonight at MDWK we review our weekend teaching “God is with me, and I can always talk to Him” We head to Jonah 1-3:3 as we hear how God was with Jonah even when he didn’t do what God had asked. Our hope is this month your child has learned that no matter where they go God is with them. Elementary K-6th Grade Teaching This month in elementary our teaching series has been “Frequency- learning to hear from God”. All month long we have discovered that by being in God’s Word and through worship and prayer we can learn to hear what God is telling us. Tonight at MDWK we wrap up the series in 1 Samuel 3, by looking at the story of Samuel in the tabernacle. Pre-Registration Thank you for taking the time to pre-register your child for MDWK. When you arrive your tags will be printed and ready for pick up from the check in desk. After picking up your tags, or checking in you can head to dinner, and then at 5:50 the lower level will open for children ages 6 months through 6th grade to enter their classrooms where a team member will be ready to greet them. Thank you for having your pick up portion of the tag visible when entering the lower level.MDWK Clubhouse Pre-registration Coming up: Next time together at MDWK we introduce our Christmas play, along with opportunities for each child to participate!

Amy Achelpohl

Children's Minister

September 26, 2026 • 3 Minute Read
Clubhouse September 26th & 27th Weekend
Join us for MDWK this coming Wednesday We hope that you will make plans to join us for MDWK this coming Wednesday. MDWK dinner begins at 5:15 and full programming on the lower level for children ages 6 months through 6th grade. Early Childhood Teaching This weekend your preschooler heads to Jonah 1-3:3. God tells Jonah to go totthe city of Nineveh, but Jonah is afraid and doesn’t want to do what God said. Jonah gets on a boat and goes the other way! But when a big storm threatens the boat, Jonah knows it is because of him. So, he has the men throw him off the boat and into the water, but God is with Jonah! God sends a big fish that swallows Jonah, and for three days, Jonah is safe in the belly of the fish, where he prays and talks to God. We can always pray to God, just like Jonah, because God is always with us. Ask your preschooler what their memory verse is before bedtime tonight. “God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 Elementary (K-3rd) Teaching This weekend your child in elementary heads to 1 Samuel 3 with the bottom line “I can ask God to speak to me.” All month long we have learned how we can hear from God. This weekend we hear about Samuel as a boy serving in the tabernacle. Samuel hadn’t heard God’s voice before. When God called out to him in the middle of the night, Samuel was confused... until the priest Eli instructed him to ask God to speak. Then Samuel was faithful to listen and to share God’s Word’s. This weekend we discuss what it means to ask God to speak to us, and what what we need God to speak to us about. Take time to talk to your child this week during meal time or on the car ride and ask them what they need God’s help with this week. Take time to pray together and ask God to speak. Pre-Registration Thank you for taking the time to pre-register your child for Clubhouse this weekend by clicking on the link below. When you arrive your tags will be printed and ready to pick up from the counter in the Commons Lobby. After you have picked up your tags or checked in you can escort your child to their classrooms on the lower level.Clubhouse Pre-registration You can still join us for the Intentional Parenting Class register now and find out more at the link. Intentional Parenting Class

Amy Achelpohl

Children's Minister

September 24, 2026 • 2 Minute Read
Intentional Parenting Group
Actions 1 & 2 Strong Belief, and Role Model Review from last Saturday Thank you for taking the first step in becoming intentional about your parenting! What an great group to come and be part of. I hope that this week as you begin to put a plan into action that you give yourself grace. “We aren’t perfect, and our children know that. They just need us to model what to do when we mess up!” I’m excited to hear what action you have taken this week and to share updates together this weekend. Actions 3 & 4 Encouraging Words & Consistent Presence This weekend we look at our next to actions in creating our parenting plan. Encouraging Words & Consistent Presence. Think about some of the words people have said to you. What words stuck with you? Maybe someone said something when you were younger and today you can still hear them say it. This weekend we look at the impact of our words and what it means to be truly present in the lives of the children God has given us. Check-in and Dinner When you check in your child for Clubhouse Saturday please inform the team member at the desk your child will be staying for childcare. If you pre-register you will not need to let the team member know. Each child attending childcare will need a tag with a matching portion for pick up. If you will be arriving for the class only please enter in Doors A2 then you can proceed down the hallway to the Commons Lobby where you can grab your child’s tags from the check in desk. Then you can proceed to the lower level where children’s dinner will be served. When service ends, dinner will be ready in the Commons Lobby. We will begin at 7:00 in the Commons. Still time to join us- let us know you are coming by registering below.Intentional Parenting Class

Amy Achelpohl

Children's Minister

September 19, 2026 • 2 Minute Read
September 19th/20th Weekend
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Amy Achelpohl

Children's Minister