WELCOME TO WESTSIDE CHURCH WE ARE SO GLAD YOU’RE HERE! OCTOBER 25, 2020 STAY UP-TO-DATE BY FOLLOWING US FACEBOOK /wchurchtv INSTAGRAM /wchurchtv IMPORTANT INFORMATION Grab your Operation Christmas DIVORCECARE BEGINS NOVEMBER 11 (NEW DATE) DivorceCare is a divorce recovery support group where you can find help and healing for Child box today at the Information the hurt of separation and divorce. The class is 13 weeks long, and meets Wednesday nights Center located in the Main Foyer! from 6:30–8:00pm in Music Suite D. There is a workbook to purchase for $20. Questions? Email Sid & Julie Trost at [email protected]. LIVE THE JOURNEY OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD Even amid a global pandemic, Samaritan’s Purse wants to collect more shoeboxes than ever before, because now more than ever, children need hope! Boxes are available to pick up at WHAT IS THE JOURNEY? the Kid City Information Desk. Please return your packed boxes by Sunday, November 15. The Journey is a three-step process to connect you to Christ, to other believers, and to a lifestyle of discipleship SURVIVING THE HOLIDAYS - GRIEFSHARE and evangelism. Which step will you take? Let us know on the Grieving or know someone who is? Holidays are a special challenge when you’re grieving the Connection Card in the seat-back pocket in front of you. loss of a loved one. This year has been especially difficult for many of us, but you don’t have to face the holidays alone. Join us for our one-night event, Surviving the Holidays, Wednesday, November 11 from 6:30–8:30pm. Questions? Email Susan at [email protected]. JOURNEY IN Questions? Email [email protected] SIGN UP FOR OUR E-NEWSLETTER at wchurch.tv/enews. Every Wednesday we The following are steps of commitment. send out details about upcoming events, LifeGroup updates, prayer focuses, etc. ☐ Commit your life to Christ. 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Your family, Total General Offering (All Campuses) $51,846 $3,166,224 friends, neighbors, coworkers, and whomever God puts in your path. General Budget Needs $85,713 $3,599,952 ☐ Visit wchurch.tv/missions to find upcoming mission trips Local & Global Missions $6,333 $384,109 and serving opportunities. WAYS TO GIVE ONLINE wchurch.tv/give • MAIL 15050 W. Dodge Road – Omaha, NE 68154 • IN PERSON Offering Boxes are located as you exit OFFICE HOURS CONTACT INFO MAILING ADDRESS Monday–Thursday 402-496-7833 15050 W. Dodge Road 9:00am–3:00pm [email protected] Omaha, NE 68154 * All of our services are streamed live. Portions of the message are edited for our weekly television broadcast. Your presence on the main floor of the Worship Center indicates your approval to be videotaped. WESTIDE CHURCH IS EXCITED TO WELCOME WINTLEY PHIPPS OCTOBER 25, 2020 Wintley Augustus Phipps of President George Bush; both the 1984 and 1988 National Democratic was born in Trinidad, West Conventions; performed at Congressional Gold Medal Ceremonies in the Indies and raised in Montreal, White House for Mother Teresa of Calcutta and The Little Rock Nine; the Dr. Quebec, Canada. He Martin Luther King, Jr. television special; 13th and 14th annual European attended Kingsway College, a Prayer Breakfast in Brussels hosted by the European Parliament; the Christian Academy; Oakwood National Urban League; the Boston Symphony Pops; Billy Graham Crusades; University in Huntsville, the Vatican for Pope John Paul II; special guest soloist at the 1986 wedding Alabama where he received ceremony of Diana Ross in Switzerland; the Rosa Parks Birthday Celebration a Bachelors of Arts Degree at the Kennedy Center; and the Loma Linda University Centennial in Theology; and earned a Celebration. He has also conducted lectures in Europe, Australia, Asia, Masters of Divinity Degree Africa and North and South America. from Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan. Wintley Phipps served as senior pastor to several churches in the He also holds an honorary Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. He currently serves as the senior degree of Doctor of Humane pastor of the Palm Bay Seventh-day Adventist Church in Florida. Mr. Phipps Letters from Waynesburg has performed on Saturday Night Live as well as Sunday Live and has been University and MidAmerica the special guest on the Emmy award-winning series Super Soul Sunday Nazarene University; an on the Oprah Winfrey Network. Mr. Phipps was nominated for Grammy honorary degree of Doctor of Awards in 1988 and 1989. He is the author of The Power of A Dream (1996), Education from Wheelock College; and an honorary Doctor of Laws degree My Greatest Romance (Love Notes to God) Volume I (2011), Your Best from Oakwood University. Mr. Phipps is married to the lovely Linda Diane Destiny (2015), and founder of Songs of Freedom Publishing Company and Galloway Phipps (an RN) and they have been blessed with three fine adult Coral Records Recording Company. Phipps has attracted an entire new sons: Wintley Augustus, II, Winston Adriel, and Wade Alexander. generation of fans as his performance of Amazing Grace has received 20 million cumulative viewers making him one of the most watched Gospel Wintley Phipps is a pastor, world-renowned vocal artist, motivational Music artists on YouTube. speaker, and education activist. He is the founder, president and chief executive officer of the U.S. Dream Academy, Inc., a national after-school NOTES program that aims to break the cycle of intergenerational incarceration by giving children the skills and vision necessary to lead productive and fulfilling lives. The Dream Academy program offers skill-building, character- building and dream-building activities in a safe after-school environment utilizing both one-to-one mentoring as well as state of the art technology to deliver on-line academic enrichment to children of incarcerated parents and those falling behind in school. Mr. Phipps has brought his considerable skills to a number of organizations where he served formerly including the Scholarship of America Board of Directors; Miss America’s Outstanding Teen; and Prison Fellowship Ministries. For his work at the U.S. Dream Academy, Mr. Phipps has received numerous service awards, among them: Promise Hero Award from America’s Promise; the Excellence in Mentoring for Program Leadership Award from MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership; the Oprah Winfrey Angel Network Use Your Life Award; Philanthropist of the Year from The National Center for Black Philanthropy, Inc.; 2019 AARP Purpose Prize; and the Distinguished Service Award from Loma Linda University. In recognition of his positive global impact through speaking, The National Speakers Association awarded Wintley the prestigious Master of Influence Award. Mr. Phipps has been the featured speaker and performer for many notable occasions around the world. On Monday afternoon of July 27, we all paused to honor civil rights icon Congressman John Robert Lewis: the Conscience of the Congress. The Lewis Family requested Wintley serve as soloist and as he stood in the Rotunda singing, “Amazing Grace” and “It is Well,” his heart filled with gratitude for this remarkable life of one who answered the call to uplift humanity through advocacy for justice for all. In January 2009 and 2013, Mr. Phipps was privileged to serve as the guest soloist for the Presidential Inaugural Prayer Service of President Barack Obama at the Washington National Cathedral. On January 2nd, 2007, by special request of Ms. Oprah Winfrey, Mr. Phipps delivered an inspirational address and prayer for the opening of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa. He has sung for Presidents Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, William Jefferson Clinton, and George W. Bush at distinguished celebrations. He has met the late President Nelson Mandela of South Africa; performed for the 2005 pre-inaugural swearing-in ceremony .