Watermark Bible Church, Portsmouth, Virginia

Life has its seasons. A time to celebrate, a time to grieve, a time to work, and a time to rest. But how do we make sense of all the changing seasons of life? There’s a time for everything… and Sunday is a great time to join us at Watermark as we continue our investigation into the Wholehearted life. We’ll explore the different times and seasons of our lives.

What if the very things we spend our lives pursuing (wisdom, success, hard work, achievement, and leaving a legacy) still can’t give us the life we’re looking for? At the end of Ecclesiastes 2, Solomon has everything the world tells us should make life meaningful, yet he finds himself staring straight at despair. But then something changes…

We’re looking forward to another great time to gather together and enjoy the presence of Jesus this week. As we continue our message series on The Wholehearted Life, we’ll look at Solomon’s first test in Ecclesiastes 2, as he tries to figure out what gives life meaning. The subject of this first test? Pleasure. Can doing whatever we want provide ultimate satisfaction?

Have you ever been on a Merry-Go-Round? You pick the horse you like the best. Fun music is playing, you’re going up and down, and in circles. It can be an entertaining experience but in the end you haven’t gone anywhere. As we continue our Wholehearted Life series in Ecclesiastes, Solomon will tell us that life under the sun is a whole lot like that.

There’s a mystery that has captivated the human heart and mind. What is the meaning of life? For centuries, people have chased for meaning in the usual places: Money. Success. Love. Pleasure. Wisdom. A life well lived. But every investigation eventually reaches the same conclusion, there must be more to life than this. What we thought would deliver wholeness eventually leaves us wanting.
So, this fall we’re opening the case file on the biggest mystery of all. This mystery of how to live a wholehearted life. We’ll follow the clues. We’ll interrogate the evidence. We’ll expose the false leads. The brutally honest wisdom of Solomon found in Ecclesiastes will be our guide as we investigate the truth about life, where meaning is found and what really matters. The investigation begins Sunday, September 20th, as we kick off our new series, The Wholehearted Life: a study through Ecclesiastes.
Bring your questions. Bring your curiosity. Bring your questions about what makes life matter. The evidence has been gathered. Let’s crack the case and live the Wholehearted Life.

What if a church could look healthy on the outside—but Jesus saw something completely different? That’s the question we’ll explore this Sunday as we wrap up our Special Delivery series with “The Church of Ineffectiveness,” a powerful look at Jesus’ letter to the church in Laodicea.

What do you do when life becomes unsettled? This Sunday, we’re looking at Jesus’ message to the church in Philadelphia—a church that had “little strength,” faced opposition, and yet remained faithful. I’m sure this special delivery of Jesus will be encouraging for all of us. We’ll see what He says about staying faithful when life gets difficult and trusting the One who cannot be shaken.

Have you ever looked completely fine on the outside while knowing something wasn't quite right on the inside? That's the tension we find in this week's Special Delivery message from Revelation 3:1–6. Jesus writes to the church in Sardis, a church with a great reputation—but He sees something beneath the surface that no one else can see.

Compromise rarely starts with a big decision. It usually happens little by little, one small step at a time. That was the danger facing the church in Thyatira. They were doing a lot of good things, but they had allowed compromise to creep in. This Sunday, we’ll continue our Special Delivery series as we look at Jesus’ letter to the church in Thyatira and ask: Where are we tempted to compromise?

Join us as we continue our Special Delivery series. We will explore Jesus' letter to the church in Pergamum, see it's message, challenges, and what it has to say to us today.