Children's Ministry

We love kids and have a passion for them to know Jesus! It is our joy to teach them about Jesus and His great love for them!

Upcoming Events Click for a calendar of future activities

Check out our new Kids Connection Facebook page

For more information about Children’s Ministries at our church, please contact Becky Wilson, WLGBC Children’s Ministries coordinator.
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Student Ministries

Jr. High	Sr. High	Parents

The place for students to get connected to Jesus, each other, and to God’s purpose for their lives.

We meet regularly at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday mornings and 6:45 - 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday nights. Check out www.wlstudents.com for more details.

Questions:

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Parents: God designed parents to raise their kids. We’d like to help your family be all God designed it to be. If you have questions, concerns, ideas, or just need someone to pray with you, please contact us.

College Group

This is the college-age group for the Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church (WLGBC), also known as the alphabet church.

Meeting most Sunday nights at 8:00 p.m. at The Hub. We do have a calendar with events ...but you have to show up to get one!

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Click HERE to enter College Group Facebook page

The Living Room

The Living Room
WL's Third Service
Sunday's at 11:15 am @ The Hub

The Living Room provides an informal, intimate, and interactive setting in which to connect people to God, each other, and their purpose in life.

Informal – Attendees of the Living Room are welcome to “come as they are” - we’re the less formal alternative on a Sunday morning. Get your coffee, and then get a refill during the sermon. Bring the kids – all ages are welcome. Worship as you feel lead to worship!

Intimate – How often have you sat in church and not known the person sitting next to you? In the Living Room we desire to build relationships, and the intimate setting allows us to connect more freely, on a personal level, with everyone in attendance. Building relationships is a core belief of the Living Room.

Interactive – have you ever wondered “what does that point in the sermon mean?” or maybe did you feel lead to pray with a small group after a particularly moving time of worship? In the Living Room you’re not a part of the “audience” - we’re designed for active participation!

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Small Groups

Small groups are a vital point of connection at WLGBC. In fact, we think they are so important, that one of our goals is for each person to be in a healthy small group. A healthy group connects people to Jesus in a way that promotes spiritual growth, connects people to each other in authentic community, and connects people to God’s purpose in a relational and practical way. Being involved in relationships with other people is an indispensable part of the Christian journey. A focus of small groups is the development of authentic community. Authentic community thrives where genuine relationships are formed around spiritual truth. Where this occurs, a spiritual family is born that provides a safe environment where each person is valued.

Small groups can take many different forms and each small group has a distinct personality. Although each group has its own areas of emphasis, every group incorporates aspects of prayer, discussion of the Bible, evangelism, service, and worship. If you are interested in more information on small groups or would like to get connected to a small group, please contact the church office at 574.267.6623 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Moms Connection

Encourage on another. I Thes. 5:11a

Moms' Connection (formerly MOPS) at Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church is a program focused on mothers with children ranging in age from infant through Kindergarten, but all mothers are welcome. Moms' Connection provides a faith based, supportive and nonjudgmental environment where mothers can come together with others who are in similar life situation.

At Moms' Connection, relationships are formed that encourage moms to gain confidence, learn about mothering and grow personally in a caring and accepting atmosphere. Moms' Connection programs include teaching by mentors and other speakers, discussion, community and opportunity to develop creativity while children are cared for in a parallel program called SonBeams.

SonBeams is our childcare program. Your children will be cared for by a consistent team of volunteers who will teach, feed and care for your child(ren) while you are at the Moms' Connection meeting.

There is a one time registration fee of $35.00 per year and is due at the first meeting. Your registration fee includes childcare programming with snacks and crafts. If financial difficulties keep you from participation, please see Brandi Wright, Moms' Connection Treasurer.

Moms' Connection meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays, September – May starting at 9:15 a.m. and going till 11:15 a.m.

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Music & Worship

We were made for worship. God created us to enter into the exuberance of His joy and satisfaction in the goodness and greatness of His own glory.

Worship is a relational response to the reality of who God is. 

• The essence of worship is intimate knowledge of God and heartfelt satisfaction in Jesus. This is primarily an inward, spiritual experience of the heart.
• The expression of worship is an outward, relational response to the truth of God’s glory. This relational response includes things like praise and thanksgiving, but at its heart it is a conscious, glad giving of ourselves to God through Spirit-filled obedience and service. Spirit-filled obedience and service pervades every choice of life, which means that worship is a continual lifestyle. 
• The motivation for worship is a radical treasuring of God in Christ and a passionate pursuit for more of Him. We obey and serve out of gratitude for what God has done, out of delight in magnifying who God is, and out of a desire to know and enjoy Him more fully. 

For more on WLGBC’s worship beliefs and practices, Click HERE.

WLGBC’s music/worship ministry is made up of passionate volunteers who serve as ONE WORSHIP TEAM – with varied sub-teams on a one-year commitment which begins and ends in the fall of each year. Below are the current sub-teams of WLGBC’s One Worship Team.

Music Team

• Celebratin Choir 
• Praise Team Band 
• Praise Team Vocals 
• Vocal Solo/Ensemble 
• Instrumental Solo/Ensemble 
• Keyboard Accompaniment 
• Sunday Night Praise 
• The Living Room
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Production Team

• Costume Team 
• Drama Team 
• Interpretive Dance Team 
• Stage Construction 
• Props
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Tech Team

• Sound Team 
• Lighting Team 
• Camera Team 
• Computer Power Point 
• Video Production
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Creative Team

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M&E Mobilization Team Leaders

Jay Bell

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Local Ethnic Outreach

Scott Schneider
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“My prayer is that we will be on mission wherever we are, that we do not have to travel around the world to minister cross-culturally. We are already cooperating with three other GBC’s in Hispanic outreach.”