SUNDAY SERVICE
February 15, 2026
Order of Service
Welcome & Sermon Series Vision
Vision of Children’s Ministry & Updates
Announcements
All ages are invited to participate in Ashes to Go on Ash Wednesday, February 18, from 6:30–7:30 PM. Stop by the church building to receive the imposition of ashes and a brief blessing from our Pastoral Team. This experience is expected to last 10 minutes, please stop by on your comings and goings this Wednesday evening!
As we enter Lent this Wednesday, we hope you will accept the invitation to journey with the Scriptures and others with a weekly scripture reading guide. Children, Youth and Adult Reading Guides will be available for pick-up today at the back table along with at Ashes to Go
This Lenten season, we’re inviting everyone to turn spare change into lasting impact through a special Change for Hope offering during Sunday services. Bring your coins (and dollars!) and help us reach our goal of $500 in support of the Building Hope Campaign 2.0. To double the impact, our pastoral team will match donations dollar-for-dollar up to $500!
Foundations Class What does it look like to follow Jesus together—in our neighborhood, with our neighbors, and for the long haul?
This 4-week class happening February 4, 25 and March 4, 25 from 6:30-7:30 pm explores the core practices of Christian Community Development and how they shape our values at Wellington Heights Community Church.
Whether you’re new to WHCC or have been here for years, this class is an invitation to deepen your understanding of our shared values and discover how we can journey together.
RSVP to office@wellingtonheightscommunitychurch.org
We are hiring an Office Coordinator (on-site, part-time position) and Events & Ministry Coordinator (hybrid, part-time position). Help us spread the word! Check out the website for a job description, resumes may be sent to stephanie@wellingtonheightscommunitychurch.org
Volunteer Opportunities Sign up for a volunteer team at the back table! Opportunities include assisting with tech on Sunday AM’s, Grounds Team assisting with simple projects around the church building and more. Volunteer sign-ups happen every six months (January & July), so take a moment to consider how you might invest your time and gifts at WHCC.
Next Sunday is Embodiment Sunday which offers space for rest, connection and embodiment of a spiritual practice, which is communicated through the WHCC digital newsletter the Thursday prior to Embodiment Sunday. During the season of Lent we will be embodying the practice of Lectio Divina on the podcast.
Worship
Opening Call & Response Prayer
Please join us in reading the bold text aloud.
God of all people,
we gather in a time of division and outrage. Meet us here, God.
We confess that in this moment,
it is easier to be against than to be for.
Easier to define ourselves by what we oppose
than by the love you call us to practice.
Have mercy on us, God.
We confess that It is easier to be against people we do not know,
or have been taught to fear,
than to be for their safety, dignity, and well-being.
Have mercy on us, God.
We confess that It is easier to be against those who oppose justice
than to be for the costly work justice requires—
Listening, unlearning, and the reordering of our lives priorities.
Have mercy on us, God.
Spirit of the Living God,
Give us wisdom to be rooted in love,
Teaching us to be people who are for
justice that restores,
welcome with no restraint
and generosity that costs us something.
Form us, Spirit of God.
We offer ourselves to you again—
Make us a people who turn toward love. May it be so.
Amen.
Scripture Reading
Hebrews 10:24-25, CEB
24 And let us consider each other carefully for the purpose of sparking love and good deeds. 25 Don’t stop meeting together with other believers, which some people have gotten into the habit of doing. Instead, encourage each other, especially as you see the day drawing near.
Moment of Silence & Sermon
Pastor Keeyon
Closing Prayer
Please join us in reading the bold text aloud.
You gather us so that we may stir one another
toward love and good deeds.
Help us show up for one another,
encouraging hope,
practicing faith together,
and living your way of love in the world.
Send us as your people,
formed by love and bound together in hope.
In Christ’s name we pray.
Amen.
Worship
Benediction
Go as people who are for what God is for:
for love, for welcome, for the flourishing of all.
And may the God who gathers us go with us, strengthen us, and keep us in the way of love. Amen.
