This week at The Refuge...

Coffee House: 6-7pm
Bible Study:    7-8:30pm

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The Refuge meets every Wednesday night in the Fellowship Hall (located next to the Chapel).

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Who We Are...

The Refuge is brought to you by Woodland Hills Church. Each week Marty Gilbert leads worship and Dirk Helmling leads the Bible Study. It takes a small army of people to make The Refuge happen each week. You'll see many student leaders and a handful of committed adults who've committed a part of their lives to being involved in this ministry. To learn more about the student leaders, go to the Team tab.

What We Do...

The Refuge exists to challenge and equip college students to be passionate followers of Jesus Christ. This primarily happens through the worship, Bible teaching, fellowship and discipleship provided each week through The Refuge. The Refuge also provides the coffee house, a place for students to hang out for fellowship and community. And for those students interested, we offer d-groups. What's a d-group you might ask? D-groups are the bomb! They're small discipleship groups consisting of 5 to 8 students and led by an adult from one of the supporting churches or organizations. Together, the students and leader from each d-group pick a designated set time to meet each week for an hour or two. During that hour or two over the course of the semester, you begin to learn what it means to be a committed follower of Jesus Christ. If you're in a d-group, The Refuge provides all the Bible study materials you need. All you have to do is sign up, do your homework, and then show up to your d-group meetings each week. To learn more about d-groups, just ask around and talk with someone who's been in one before. You'll have 2 weeks at the beginning of each semester to sign up. Once the d-groups start up, we close them off, so if you don't get in one at the beginning of the semester, you'll have to wait until the following semester to sign up again.

What To Expect...

We hope you'll feel welcome. You can expect times of corporate, authentic, intimate worship while you're at The Refuge. You can also expect to be challenged in your faith, no matter where you are right now spiritually. Some nights you might leave encouraged and smiling, other nights you might leave feeling like you got your toes stepped on. In either case, our prayer is that you have a life-changing encounter with the God of the universe. You can expect solid, applicable Bible teaching that makes sense and that you can apply to your everyday life. You'll have opportunities to get plugged into a small d-group where you can learn to be transparent and vulnerable, while enjoying sweet fellowship with other believers, all the while learning to apply God's Word to your life. Last but not least, we hope you'll enjoy the variety of drinks and snacks that are yours for the taking. And to top it all off, everything is free!

Come check us out! We'd love to see you Wednesday night.

For more information, contact Dirk Helmling at dirk@2911.org or 828.691.2911.