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We consider it an honor and a privilege to help you identify and take your next step here at Waters Church. In fact, we believe there’s a Next Step for every follower of Jesus, no matter if you’re a new believer or if you’ve been doing this for years. Either way, we’re thrilled you’re here!
Apollo Beach
RENEWED YOUTH CAMP | JUN 7TH
Renewed Youth Camp 2026 is an unforgettable week for students in grades 7–12, filled with powerful worship, dynamic messages, and nonstop fun alongside students from across the state. Don’t miss it—get the details and register here.
FLOURISH – WOMEN’S GATHERING | JUN 9TH
Ladies, join us for Flourish — a night designed to help you grow in your faith, build meaningful connections, and be encouraged in community with other women. This gathering will include live worship, a devotional, light refreshments, and small group connection time. For more information and to register for the event, click the link!
END OF YEAR COOKOUT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY | MAY 28TH
Help us serve the community at the Gibsonton Elementary End of Year Cookout by volunteering to grill food, serve students, assist with set up and clean up, and more. Join us from 9 AM–1 PM as we show the love of Christ through practical serving and community support! For more information and to register, click here!
MONDAY MORNING WORSHIP & SATURDAY MORNING PRAYER
Please note that Monday Morning Worship and Saturday Morning Prayer will be suspended for the summer months. We look forward to gathering together again in the fall!
Greenville
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Greenville now has its own Facebook page. To view it, you can click here.
North Attleboro
WATERS AFTER HOURS | SINGLES MINISTRY
Not just single, called for more.Join us for the first Waters After Hours gathering on Friday, May 29, from 7–10 PM at North Attleboro, open to singles ages 30+ from all New England locations. For more informaton and to register for the event, click the link!
WYA SUMMER SOCIAL | MAY 22ND
This is a semi-formal event from 7-8 PM, and we encourage you to dress it up a bit, think summer chic. We’ll have dinner, live worship, and plenty of dancing, all in a fun and welcoming atmosphere. Whether you come with friends or on your own, it’s the perfect chance to connect, relax, and enjoy a memorable summer evening together. Admission is $10 to cover food and registration is required. For more information and to register, click here!
MONDAY MORNING WORSHIP & SATURDAY MORNING PRAYER
Please note that Monday Morning Worship and Saturday Morning Prayer will be suspended for the summer months. We look forward to gathering together again in the fall!
Norwood
FORGE NIGHT | MAY 12TH
Forge Night is a bi-monthly gathering for men ages 16 and up, created to strengthen and equip us to become the men God has called us to be—in our homes, churches, and communities. For more information and to register, click here!
WATER BAPTISM | MAY 17TH
We’re celebrating new life on Sunday, May 17th! If you would like to get baptized, please sign-up at Info Central.
Orlando
Orlando now has its own Facebook page! To view it, you can click here!
If you are interested in joining the Launch Team, contact Brandon Braddock at brandon@waterschurch.org.
Southcoast
WATER YOUTH SOUTHCOAST NIGHT OF WORSHIP | MAY 3OTH
Families, teens, and pre-teens across the Southcoast — this is for you. Join us on Friday, May 30, at 6:30 PM at Keith Middle School for a free family night filled with food, games, prizes, live music, and a powerful night of worship. Bring your friends and family for a fun and encouraging evening designed for all ages! For more information, click here!
WATERS AFTER HOURS | SINGLES MINISTRY
Not just single, called for more. Join us for the first Waters After Hours at North Attleboro gathering on Friday, May 29, from 7–10 PM at North Attleboro, open to singles ages 30+ from all New England locations. For more information and to register for the event, click the link!
WYA SUMMER SOCIAL | MAY 22ND
This is a semi-formal event from 7-8 PM at our North Attleboro location, and we encourage you to dress it up a bit, think summer chic. We’ll have dinner, live worship, and plenty of dancing, all in a fun and welcoming atmosphere. Whether you come with friends or on your own, it’s the perfect chance to connect, relax, and enjoy a memorable summer evening together. Admission is $10 to cover food and registration is required. For more information and to register, click here!
MONDAY MORNING WORSHIP & SATURDAY MORNING PRAYER
Please note that Monday Morning Worship and Saturday Morning Prayer will be suspended for the summer months. We look forward to gathering together again in the fall!
Woonsocket
WATERS AFTER HOURS | SINGLES MINISTRY
Not just single, called for more. Join us for the first Waters After Hours at North Attleboro gathering on Friday, May 29, from 7–10 PM at North Attleboro, open to singles ages 30+ from all New England locations. For more information and to register for the event, click the link!
WYA SUMMER SOCIAL | MAY 22ND
This is a semi-formal event from 7-8 PM at our North Attleboro location, and we encourage you to dress it up a bit, think summer chic. We’ll have dinner, live worship, and plenty of dancing, all in a fun and welcoming atmosphere. Whether you come with friends or on your own, it’s the perfect chance to connect, relax, and enjoy a memorable summer evening together. Admission is $10 to cover food and registration is required. For more information and to register, click here!
MONDAY MORNING WORSHIP & SATURDAY MORNING PRAYER
Please note that Monday Morning Worship and Saturday Morning Prayer will be suspended for the summer months. We look forward to gathering together again in the fall!
Apollo Beach
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Southcoast
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Woonsocket
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Greenville
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Part 1 | The Mind of a Believer Message, Notes, Taking Thoughts CaptiveFrom 1 Corinthians 2
📖 1 Corinthians 2:16 ESV For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
Salvation doesn’t just change my , it changes how I about my .
📖 1 Corinthians 2:1 ESV And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom.
📖 1 Corinthians 2:2 ESV For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3 And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, 4 and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,…
📖 1 Corinthians 2:5 ESV so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
1. The believer’s mind is to receive Godly .
📖 1 Corinthians 2:6 ESV Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away.
is a you don’t know as you .
📖 1 Corinthians 8:2 ESV If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.
📖 1 Corinthians 2:8 ESV None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
📖 1 Corinthians 2:7 ESV But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory.
2. The believer’s mind with the .
📖 1 Corinthians 2:10 ESV these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.
📖 James 1:2 ESV Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds…
📖 James 1:5 ESV If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
📖 1 Corinthians 2:11 ESV For who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
📖 1 Corinthians 2:12 ESV Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.
📖 1 Corinthians 2:13 ESV And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.
It’s not just a issue, it’s a issue.
3. The believer’s is to the .
📖 1 Corinthians 2:14 ESV The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.
📖 1 Corinthians 2:15 ESV The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one.
Sermon in a sentence:
To be a believer is to differently than the , by the into for life in every .
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