Make plans now to be a part of Waukee Fest 2010 on Saturday, August 28. We’d love to have as many Westwind folks either volunteering at or attending the big day as possible. This is our chance to show the community that Westwind Church isn’t just a church that happens to be located in Waukee, but that we are determined to be an integral part of this community. We want to show the community we care what happens here.

There are a variety of ways you can volunteer to help:

1. Volunteers to help the City of Waukee
Westwind will provide the city (our event hosts) with 10 Vendor Area Volunteers to help event vendors with locating their designated spots and with set-up. Hours for this are 7:15-9:30, though we also may need a handful for other vendor tasks later in the day. We also need 5 Parade Line-up Volunteers, who will help get parade entries lined up in the Middle School Parking Lot from 9:30-11:00.

2. Volunteers to help the Waukee Arts Council
To help show the community that the arts are important at Westwind, we want to provide volunteers to help staff the Council’s “Imagine…Create…Experience” tent, a Waukee Fest staple. The tent provides free art opportunities including visual, musical, and dramatic activities. Non-creative volunteers can also help as well.

3. Westwind Parade Float “Staff”
We’re looking for some energetic, maybe even “theatrical” types, who can be a part of the Westwind float. Volunteers need to be able to walk the entire parade route, which is a mile long. Parade line-up begins at 10:00, with the parade starting promptly at 11:00.

4. Westwind Information Booth Staff
We’re looking for 3 people who can set up the booth (8:00-9:00), people who can staff the booth for a shift during the day (2 people from 9:00-12:00; and 2 people from 12:00-3:00), and 2 people who will take the last shift plus tear down the booth at the end of the day (3:00-5:30). This booth will help the community know just who we are.

5. Westwind Art Booth
Westwind will host an artist’s booth that day. If you do any work in the visual arts, we’d love to have you display some of your pieces that day. Your art can be for sale or just for display, it’s up to you. As part of the display, we’ll also ask the artists to provide a brief statement explaining how their faith affects their art. Contact Glenda Johnson at 987-2920 or gyvonneartist@msn.com before August 14th.

To volunteer, you can use this form. Contact Kevin (kevin@westwindchurch.org) if you need more information . Wear your Westwind t-shirt and we’ll see you there.

Connections are important to women.  That is why Westwind is hosting its first women’s ministry event. On Wednesday, August 4th (7-9PM), Westwind is hosting a beach party event just for women at the Raccoon River Nature Center in West Des Moines. The event is designed to connect the women of Westwind together. There will be food, prizes, testimonies, and lost of connecting. The tickets cost only $5 and can be purchased starting July 11 at women’s event table. Join us for our first ever women’s event!

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Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker;
For he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. (Psalm 95:6-7)

What does it mean to truly worship God? How are we to bring our souls before the Maker of the Universe? The Book of Psalms is filled with hymns, praises, laments, and thanksgivings all designed to help the reader have a deeper, more intimate relationship with God. This eleven-part series takes a look at various styles of psalms throughout the Book of Psalms and compares each to the worship dance we are to have with our Creator. Understanding the psalms more, helps us to understand God more, and how to talk with him in our own worship dance language. This series will help define how you worship the LORD God.

August 2-5 10am-3pm

This week will focus on Life Science as we explore the incredible body that God has created. We will use Psalm 139 as the basis for our week of looking at how we are “Fearfully and wonderfully made.” The week will include hands on time with experiments and looking at all kinds of biology. There will be games, some more of our puppets, and some great field trips. The children will have a ton of fun as they cross paths with all kinds of exciting creatures that teach us that life is sacred and God has great plans for each and everyone of us! Cost includes Camp T-shirt, and field trips. $30.

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