Upcoming Events

<b>Bring a Friend Weekend</b> | Next Weekend (Oct 31 - Nov 1). We will be meeting in-person and we are going to have our Bring a Friend Weekend. This is your opportunity to invite a friend, neighbor, or co-worker to come check out church with you. Right now we are living in a time when people are desperately aware of life and death and they are looking for hope. Jesus is that hope they are searching for. This is your opportunity to share hope with them. Bring them to church.<br><br><b>Membership Class</b> | Sunday, November 8, 12:30-2:30pm<br>Membership in the church is not about joining some exclusive club. It's about committing to the local church and desiring to be a part of the whole. Join us to learn more about membership at ThornCreek Church. Lunch will be provided and you'll hear more about the history of who we are, why we do what we do, and where we believe God is taking us in the future. We encourage you to deepen your commitment to the local church. Register for our Membership Class, today! <br><br><b>Feed 5000</b> | November 16-22<br>Be a part of this amazing community event. We will feed over 7000 people this year in our community. You can be a part of this by volunteering, sponsoring boxes, and fundraising. Get more details at <b>feed5000.gives</b>.<br><br><b>Heal Our Land Prayer Time</b> | Every Tuesday 3:00 - 5:00pm<br><br>Check out more at: <b>thorncreek.church/events</b>

TC Kids (Birth - 5th Grade)

<b>UPDATE:</b> Starting October 4, TC Kids Ministry will be open for our Sunday, 9am service. Keep an eye out for more information!<br><br><b>Saturday Online Kids Worship Service - 4:30 PM</b><br>Kids can go to: Live.ThornCreek.Church<br>This video will become available On-Demand on Sundays. You can go to the “ThornCreek Church” YouTube page.<br><br><b>ThornCreek Kids Ministry</b> strives to walk alongside and equip parents to be spiritual leaders in their children’s lives. Our hope and prayer is that with a strong faith foundation, kids will make the decision to continue growing as Christians, and become Christ-like disciples.<br><br>Our age-level classes allow us to reach children at their developmental level, so that by God’s grace they will be able to comprehend to the best of their ability, the topics we are covering in church!<br><br>All Ministry Partners (over the age of 18) have passed background checks, and all Bridge Team members (6th-12th graders) are supervised by adults.

TC Students (6th - 12th Grade)

<b>UPDATE</b>: As you may already know, Youth Group will begin meeting in person every week, starting this week (10/7). We will be meeting in person every Wednesday night from 6:00pm-7:30pm. We have found that starting youth group at 6pm and ending at 7:30 has been more convenient for kids because they can have enough time after youth group to get any homework done that they need to.<br><br>We will continue to offer youth group online as well. However, we are going to move the online service to Thursday nights at 6:00pm. The reason behind that is because we are going to record the live, in person service on Wednesday nights, and we will post it on Thursday's. We feel that, this way, the students who have to watch online can be more part of the in person service. Students watching online get to see the whole service, including our student led worship as well.<br><br>This is effective immediately. Starting this week, we will not have an online service available on Wednesday night, but it WILL be offered on Thursday night at 6:00pm. <br><br><b>ThornCreek Student Ministries</b> mission is to create a safe place for students to encounter Jesus, ask questions, process struggles and to experience the love of God while ultimately integrating them into the body and mission of Jesus Christ.<br><br><b><i>WEEKLY PROGRAMS</i></b><br><b>ENCOUNTER</b> | Wednesday 6:00pm-7:30pm <b>(SEE UPDATE ABOVE)</b><br>This is our midweek Youth Group service. At Encounter, we have food, games, deep Bible study, student led worship and small groups. We believe that we are better when we are together.<br><br><b>SOUL FUEL</b> | Soul Fuel was our Sunday Morning program for Middle and High School Students. We have decided not to start Soul Fuel back up again. The reason behind this is that we ultimately want to connect Jr. and Sr. High students to the greater body and mission of Jesus, which is, His Bride. We feel that it is absolutely essential in the spiritual development of teenagers to be comfortable with, involved in and in love with The Church as a whole, not just the youth ministry. When we offer a youth group only class at Church, we are seperating teenagers from the greater Body of Christ. The main concern with doing this is that teenagers never really get connected to, or engaged into "Big Church". The problem with this is, when they graduate from High School, they often feel like there is no place for them in the church anymore... They feel like "Big Church" is only for adults, and they feel like they no longer belong anywhere. We want to change this problem in the life of the church. We believe it is not only healthy for teenagers to worship with all ages, we feel like it is essential for their faith development.

Worship Service Info

<b>Did you come with kids? </b>The messages at ThornCreek can be rated PG-13. As an option, we have a great Children's Ministry Program! If you choose to bring your kids into worship, please do your best to keep them from being a distraction to others.<br><br><b>Volume: </b>If you find the music too loud, please visit the Welcome Table for ear plugs. Ear plugs are also available at the Worship Center doors.<br><br><b>Nursing Mom? </b>We have a room just for you! This room is located through the Worship Center, and has been furnished with your comfort in mind! You can see the entire service live on a flat screen TV.<br><br><b>Distractions:</b> To allow you and those around you to be more fully engaged in today’s service, please refrain from leaving the Worship Center during services. Also, please turn off or mute all cell phones and other mobile devices.