How does God actually work through me?

The Spirit empowers us to fulfill God's purpose.

You were not saved to sit on the sidelines.

Every believer has been uniquely gifted by the Holy Spirit — not for personal status or spotlight, but to strengthen the church and advance God's mission in the world.

Too often we compare our gifts to someone else's, or let fear hold us back from using them at all. But when we steward what God has given us, the church becomes something the world can't explain on its own.

Every part working. Every person playing their God-given role.

This week Chris taught from our Ross campus.

Next Steps:

1. Discover your spiritual gifts at giftstest.com.

2. Take one step into a ministry or area aligned with your gifts.

Your next step starts at thewocc.com/welcome

Have you ever felt like your faith and your daily life are two separate things?

From the very first pages of Scripture, the Spirit of God has been present moving, renewing, and making something out of nothing. And Jesus promised that same Spirit would live inside every one of his followers.

Not as a feeling.

Not as a concept.

As a Person.

This series is about learning to know him and letting him change everything.

Our prayer is that you would walk out of here today not just having learned something about the Holy Spirit, but having encountered him.

Next Steps:

1. Ask the Holy Spirit to make himself known to you this week

2. Read John 14:16–17 and sit with it for five minutes

3. Come back next week — this is just the beginning

Your next step starts at thewocc.com/welcome

Have you ever felt like your faith and your daily life are two separate things?

From the very first pages of Scripture, the Spirit of God has been present moving, renewing, and making something out of nothing. And Jesus promised that same Spirit would live inside every one of his followers.

Not as a feeling.

Not as a concept.

As a Person.

This series is about learning to know him and letting him change everything.

Our prayer is that you would walk out of here today not just having learned something about the Holy Spirit, but having encountered him.

Next Steps:

1. Ask the Holy Spirit to make himself known to you this week

2. Read John 14:16–17 and sit with it for five minutes

3. Come back next week — this is just the beginning

Your next step starts at thewocc.com/welcome

What do your spiritual beliefs actually have to do with your relationships?

Faith doesn’t influence your relationships. It changes them.

Faith isn’t just personal. It’s not just something you believe or experience internally. When you truly encounter Jesus, it begins to reshape everything—including how you relate to God, how you see yourself, and how you treat others.

Real spiritual growth doesn’t stay contained. It shows up in your relationships.

What if the frustration, tension, or disconnection you feel isn’t random? What if it’s an invitation to something deeper?

Scripture shows us that as God works in us, He begins to work through us. We become people who don’t just react, but who reflect Him. People who bring grace, truth, and love into every relationship.

Our prayer is that this wouldn’t just be something you hear,

but something that begins to reshape how you live this week.

Next Steps:

Identify one relationship that needs to be different

Ask: What would it look like for God to change how I show up here?

Take one intentional step toward that person this week

What do your spiritual beliefs actually have to do with your relationships?

Faith doesn’t influence your relationships. It changes them.

Faith isn’t just personal. It’s not just something you believe or experience internally. When you truly encounter Jesus, it begins to reshape everything—including how you relate to God, how you see yourself, and how you treat others.

Real spiritual growth doesn’t stay contained. It shows up in your relationships.

What if the frustration, tension, or disconnection you feel isn’t random? What if it’s an invitation to something deeper?

Scripture shows us that as God works in us, He begins to work through us. We become people who don’t just react, but who reflect Him. People who bring grace, truth, and love into every relationship.

Our prayer is that this wouldn’t just be something you hear,

but something that begins to reshape how you live this week.

Next Steps:

Identify one relationship that needs to be different

Ask: What would it look like for God to change how I show up here?

Take one intentional step toward that person this week

What do your spiritual beliefs actually have to do with your relationships?

Faith doesn’t influence your relationships. It changes them.

Faith isn’t just personal. It’s not just something you believe or experience internally. When you truly encounter Jesus, it begins to reshape everything—including how you relate to God, how you see yourself, and how you treat others.

Real spiritual growth doesn’t stay contained. It shows up in your relationships.

What if the frustration, tension, or disconnection you feel isn’t random? What if it’s an invitation to something deeper?

Scripture shows us that as God works in us, He begins to work through us. We become people who don’t just react, but who reflect Him. People who bring grace, truth, and love into every relationship.

Our prayer is that this wouldn’t just be something you hear,

but something that begins to reshape how you live this week.

Next Steps:

Identify one relationship that needs to be different

Ask: What would it look like for God to change how I show up here?

Take one intentional step toward that person this week

What do your spiritual beliefs actually have to do with your relationships?

Faith doesn’t influence your relationships. It changes them.

Faith isn’t just personal. It’s not just something you believe or experience internally. When you truly encounter Jesus, it begins to reshape everything—including how you relate to God, how you see yourself, and how you treat others.

Real spiritual growth doesn’t stay contained. It shows up in your relationships.

What if the frustration, tension, or disconnection you feel isn’t random? What if it’s an invitation to something deeper?

Scripture shows us that as God works in us, He begins to work through us. We become people who don’t just react, but who reflect Him. People who bring grace, truth, and love into every relationship.

Our prayer is that this wouldn’t just be something you hear,

but something that begins to reshape how you live this week.

Next Steps:

Identify one relationship that needs to be different

Ask: What would it look like for God to change how I show up here?

Take one intentional step toward that person this week

What do your spiritual beliefs actually have to do with your relationships?

Faith doesn’t influence your relationships. It changes them.

Faith isn’t just personal. It’s not just something you believe or experience internally. When you truly encounter Jesus, it begins to reshape everything—including how you relate to God, how you see yourself, and how you treat others.

Real spiritual growth doesn’t stay contained. It shows up in your relationships.

What if the frustration, tension, or disconnection you feel isn’t random? What if it’s an invitation to something deeper?

Scripture shows us that as God works in us, He begins to work through us. We become people who don’t just react, but who reflect Him. People who bring grace, truth, and love into every relationship.

Our prayer is that this wouldn’t just be something you hear,

but something that begins to reshape how you live this week.

Next Steps:

Identify one relationship that needs to be different

Ask: What would it look like for God to change how I show up here?

Take one intentional step toward that person this week

Christmas knew she couldn't get pregnant—she'd known since childhood. What she didn't expect was that the grief would hit hardest after she became a mom.

In this Formation Conversation, Christmas shares what it was like to watch everyone around her get pregnant while she sat with infertility, why a single moment of permission from a friend changed everything, and how God's faithfulness in two adoptions became some of the clearest signs she's ever seen that she was exactly where she was supposed to be.

"It's okay to feel that way." That sentence from a friend pulling her aside at a party released something Christmas had been holding down for years.

In this conversation we talk about:

• Infertility and the grief that shows up in unexpected seasons

• What friends did right—and what actually helped

• Two adoptions and the moments where God made himself undeniable

• Praying as a military spouse and solo parent

• Psalm 113 and the verse that came alive for her personally

• What she'd say to anyone who feels broken, unworthy, or unseen

Christmas's story is a reminder that God sees you—even when you can't feel him. And that the people he puts around you are often his clearest voice.

"You aren't alone. And this journey has an end. There is something very good for you, no matter what your road looks like."

Chapters

00:00 – Introduction: Meet Christmas Kitko

01:30 – Rapid Fire: Karaoke, Drama, and Sleeping In

05:00 – One Small Practice: Attitude of Gratitude

07:30 – Community and Studying God's Word Together

09:00 – Infertility and the Grief Nobody Warned Her About

14:00 – The Friend Who Said "It's Okay to Feel That Way"

18:30 – A Chinese Takeout Box and a Pregnancy Announcement

22:00 – Praying as a Mom When the Kids Are Growing Up

26:00 – What Grieving Actually Looked Like

29:00 – Military Life, Feeling Distant from God, and Hindsight

34:00 – Psalm 113: The Verse That Came Alive

38:00 – Words for Anyone Walking Through Infertility

42:00 – How to Actually Support Someone Who Is Grieving

45:00 – One Thing to Remember

47:00 – Closing Prayer

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What do your spiritual beliefs actually have to do with your relationships?

Faith doesn’t influence your relationships. It changes them.

Faith isn’t just personal. It’s not just something you believe or experience internally. When you truly encounter Jesus, it begins to reshape everything—including how you relate to God, how you see yourself, and how you treat others.

Real spiritual growth doesn’t stay contained. It shows up in your relationships.

What if the frustration, tension, or disconnection you feel isn’t random? What if it’s an invitation to something deeper?

Scripture shows us that as God works in us, He begins to work through us. We become people who don’t just react, but who reflect Him. People who bring grace, truth, and love into every relationship.

Our prayer is that this wouldn’t just be something you hear,

but something that begins to reshape how you live this week.

Next Steps:

Identify one relationship that needs to be different

Ask: What would it look like for God to change how I show up here?

Take one intentional step toward that person this week