Prairie Lakes Church Osage

SAVE THE DATES 🗓️

We have a new opportunity for Middle School and High School students to engage in a life-changing summer camp experience! We are excited to reveal more information soon... but for now save the dates for the best week of the summer!

High School Camp: June 19-25th
Middle School Camp: July 10-16th

Bible Savvy Osage | Prairie Lakes Church

Increase your understanding of the Bible! Learn the big picture of the biblical story with its major themes and structures and how to read and interpret the Bible more accurately. This class will help you feel more confident and competent as you read, understand and apply God’s Word to your everyday life. Bible Savvy starts March 30 and continues every Wednesday until May 4. Cost is $20. Register at https://bit.ly/3J0phoc

Bible Savvy Osage | Prairie Lakes Church Dates: Wednesdays, March 30-May 4Time: 6:30-8:00PMLocation: Osage Campus Cost: $20

Tenth grader Selah Hadley took a step of faith and traveled to Guatemala on a PLC global trip last November:

"My missions trip to Canilla showed me what it means to live in total faith and kindness. All the people I encountered in Guatemala are kind, generous, share all they have and truly live for Jesus. This trip changed the way I view life in many ways. I thought I was going to do so much good, help people and make an impact on others. When I arrived home, I realized just how much I got from the trip! I learned God’s timing is perfect in everything, and when I let go of my expectations and step out of my comfort zone, He is trustworthy and in control. Everyone should experience a trip like this. If God is calling you, I encourage you to go; you won’t regret it!"

–Selah Hadley

Students in grades 9-12: join us for a summer mission trip to Guatemala! You will have the opportunity to be a blessing to the full-time missionaries and their families, experience a different culture and share the love of Christ. Learn more and apply at https://bit.ly/36rSh9L.

Choosing to stop one of the most regular, nearly subconscious parts of our day places us in a position to receive a sobering awareness of our limitations and dependency on God. As you fast from food this week, don’t be surprised if you find things that surprise, frustrate or embarrass you. Let it be a reminder of the gift we have in God’s active presence and grace.

When someone asks me about my experience in Kahuria, Kenya it’s difficult for me to put it into words because it’s simply inexplainable and a joy that I want everyone to experience. Saying "yes" to walking alongside the Kenyan community of Kahuria allowed me to witness what I like to call "a little piece of heaven." I arrived as a visitor and left with relationships that I now get the pleasure to call “family.” I can’t wait to reunite with them again. To anyone who thinks this may be their next step, just say yes. God will work through you and it will impact you forever.

-Brooke Harrington (2021 trip participant)

We'll be back in Kahuria, Kenya, July 7-16. Learn more and apply at prairielakeschurch.org/missions/global/

Weekend | Prairie Lakes Church

It can be hard to think of Lent as a gift. Designed as a time for fasting and self-denial, it can easily become a season where we allow ourselves to become too passive or legalistic. Over the next six weeks, we’ll learn how to narrow our focus so we can empty ourselves of lesser things so we can be filled with the greater things of the Gospel. Join us this weekend as we begin preparing for the joy of Resurrection with the gift of freedom. Visit prairielakeschurch.org/weekend for service times.

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Guatemala Student Focus | Prairie Lakes Church

Prairie Lakes Church partners with Nathan & Heather Harms and Adonai International Ministries to provide healthcare in rural Guatemala while sharing the love of Christ. This team of high school students will have the opportunity to be a blessing to the full-time missionaries and their families. This is a great chance to explore cross-cultural missions while observing various rural medical clinics, sharing the Gospel and praying with patients, interacting with the full-time missionaries and their families, construction projects and assisting in other ministry projects. This trip is for high school students and their families. Apply at https://bit.ly/36rSh9L

Guatemala Student Focus | Prairie Lakes Church Dates: July 27-August 4Location: Canilla, GuatemalaEstimated Cost: $1700Prairie Lakes Church partners with the Nathan & Heather Harms and Adonai International Ministries to...

We get to step across the Faith Line for free because Jesus paid it all. But we get to follow Jesus only when we plan to give it all. So, let’s make some plans!

To help apply your learning, opportunities and convictions from this series, download PLC’s Personal Leadership Development tool and spend at least 15-30 minutes crafting a plan to clarify and support where God is uniquely calling you to invest over the next 90 days. Visit prairielakes.org/PDP

Jesus isn’t after just certain days or aspects of our lives when we choose to follow Him. He wants to own, develop and redeem every part of it. And sometimes, we can fool ourselves into believing we’re following His plan when we’re just saying that we are.

When we take the courage to ask ourselves whose plan we’re really following, it may come with some conviction. But it will also bring the clarity we need to surrender again, receive God’s grace and invite Him to help us.

Dieting, budgeting, exercising, and house projects. What do these things have in common? They’re great to learn and dream about, but often stall or fail if we don’t make a plan for them. After four weeks of learning about how God is calling us to take risks with Kingdom opportunities, we’ll be making a plan to actually do something about it. Visit the link in our profile for service times. Visit prairielakeschurch.org/weekend for service times.

During Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, He calls His followers to be light. The kind of people who radiate God’s love out into the world and guide people along the right path. The evidence of our love for others should be so obviously motivated by our love for God that people praise Him as a result.

How is your platform radiating this light in your Little Iowa?

God has gifted all of us with a platform. No matter the size, scope or scale, we have people who are listening and watching us. While it’s a gift to know our actions and reactions matter, we have a responsibility to steward this gift of influence well. Capitalize on the existing opportunities and the unique ways God has wired you to influence others for His Kingdom.

Prairie Lakes Church partners with The 410 Bridge to walk alongside the Kenyan community of Kahuria. The goal of the 410 Bridge is holistic, Christ-centered community development, in order to accomplish this we may take part in multiple projects based on the community’s needs. This may include meeting with the Leadership Council, community members and school children. The team will be participating in a community project in the areas of water, education, economics, health and discipleship. Our next mission trip is July 7-16. Learn more and apply at prairielakes.org/missions.

4/5 Graders are having an amazing time at Winter Blast!!!

As we learned during our Attention War series, companies are utilizing their unique platform to influence our thoughts and behavior. But have you considered the unique platform of influence you have in your own life? Join us this weekend as we unpack the gift and responsibility of taking Kingdom-minded risks with our platform.
Visit prairielakeschurch.org/weekend for service times.

Guatemala Student Focus | Prairie Lakes Church

Prairie Lakes Church partners with Nathan & Heather Harms and Adonai International Ministries to provide healthcare in rural Guatemala while sharing the love of Christ. This team of high school students will have the opportunity to be a blessing to the full-time missionaries and their families. This is a great chance to explore cross-cultural missions while observing various rural medical clinics, sharing the Gospel and praying with patients, interacting with the full-time missionaries and their families, construction projects and assisting in other ministry projects. This trip is for high school students and their families. Apply at https://bit.ly/357aPvC.

Guatemala Student Focus | Prairie Lakes Church Dates: July 20-28Location: Canilla, GuatemalaEstimated Cost: $1700Prairie Lakes Church partners with the Nathan & Heather Harms and Adonai International Ministries to provi...

Child Dedication | Prairie Lakes Church

Child Dedication is an opportunity to celebrate a young child and commit yourselves as parents to raise your child in a way that will honor God. At this required meeting, you'll learn about why we dedicate children, the dedication ceremony itself and more. Sign up for our next Child Dedication on February 27 weekend. Visit prairielakeschurch.org/child-dedication/

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God has called to use the gifts He’s blessed us with to bless others. If we allow our stuff to control our lives, we take the risk of its influence distorting our hearts to become more possessive, controlling, isolated and less of who God truly intended us to be.

Cabin Fever Cedar Falls | Prairie Lakes Church

Guys, join us for our annual PLC Outdoorsmen Cabin Fever dinner March 5! The evening will feature a delicious prime rib dinner prepared by the Frederika Locker and guest speaker Greg Abbas of A-Way Hunting. Cost is $25/person or $160/table of eight. Deadline is Monday, February 28.

Register by February 5 and be entered in a drawing for a $75 Scheels gift card!
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Cabin Fever Cedar Falls | Prairie Lakes Church Date: Saturday, March 5Time: 5:00-7:00PM | Doors open at 4:00PMLocation: Cedar Falls Campus Cost: $25/person or $160 for a table of eightGuys, join us for our annual PLC Outdoorsmen Cabin Feve...

Can risking your property really make life more enjoyable? 🤔 We’ll prove it this weekend as we learn how to be Kingdom-minded with our stuff. Visit prairielakeschurch.org/weekend for service times.