The Christ In Youth organization has had a lasting impact on my life and ministry. The Missouri-based ministry focusing on reaching pre-teens and teens with the Gospel has been impacting the lives of youth for decades. I attended their high school summer conference when I was a teenager. It was at one of those conferences that I experienced my call into vocational ministry. I took hundreds of middle...

My kids played sports for most of their school years. There were some breaks in the seasons with some of my kids but for the most part we found ourselves beside a court, a field, or a course watching our kids do things that they loved to do. My wife and I enjoyed those times. But can I admit something to you? We never felt like we truly fit in with the crowd of other parents and spectators.

I recall only a few times in my childhood where I was really nervous about receiving a punishment from my parents. It was usually because of something my brother and I did. Normally it would be something we did or said in the car where my mom or dad overheard or witnessed some manner of shenanigans or arguing...

Fall 2026 Calendars are available for White Oak Students. See below to see the Student and Pre-Teen Calendars for our campuses. Click a calendar to enlarge and save a copy. Colerain Student Calendar Ross Preteen Calendar Ross Student Calendar

October 18, 12:30-2:00pm (lunch provided) Ross Campus (1500 Ross-Millville Rd. 45013) Register at https://thewocc.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/3766277 October 18, 12:30-2:00pm (lunch provided) Colerain Campus (3675 Blue Rock Rd. 45247) Register at https://thewocc.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/3781939 Today's students are facing more pressure, anxiety, and emotional challenges than ever before—and many parents are asking the same question: How do I help?

August 30 10:30am at the Colerain Campus (3675 Blue Rock Rd.) Register at https://thewocc.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/3753616  12:00pm at the Ross Campus (1500 Ross-Millville Rd.) Register at https://thewocc.churchcenter.com/registrations/signups/3753634 You are your child's greatest faith influencer. On Saturday, September 19, families will stand together during Family Dedication, making a powerful declaration to raise their children to know and love Jesu

Technology is a funny thing. If you think about it, technology doesn’t necessarily come up with brand-new never-before-imagined human experiences. Technology allows a human experience to discover a new mechanism for that experience. For example, people have always wanted to pass messages to one another. For many centuries that was done through written letters and messages that took a significant amount of time to exchange. Now, with the advent of smart phones, we get to pass

Ross Campus (1500 Ross-Millville Rd.) UPDATED: Saturday, September 26, 8:30am-12pm Colerain Campus (3675 Blue Rock Rd.) Saturday, October 10, 9am-12pm Join the Ross and Colerain Campus communities in serving the areas inside and outside of the building to help maintain the building for guests and prepare it for the fall and winter months. Choose if you would like to work outside (landscaping and exterior building cleaning) or inside (interior cleaning and some small proj

A couple of weeks ago, my family and I had the privilege of hiking in Colorado's Rocky Mountains. With each hike I was blown away by the stunning views and sweeping vistas of the mountains, lakes, and the all-around beauty of the environment that surrounded us. When I experience something like this, I can’t help but to immediately think about God...

How is your level of patience? On a scale from 1 to 10 how would you rate yourself? How would others? For the first half of my life, I would have described myself as a patient person. I didn’t blow up easily or become angry quickly. I was a pretty calm guy. That is, until we had children. When my wife and I had our second son, there was a part of me who emerged that I had never known before...