Unite (College & Career)

In 2025, our average UNITE event attendance increased to 175 attendees (up from ~100 in 2024). We were able to welcome many UNITE-Aged newcomers to Willingdon Church through Welcome Lunches, plug 200+ people into UNITE-Aged Life Groups, and start 7 new UNITE-Aged Life Groups (bringing the total number of groups to 16). We hosted multiple UNITE Gatherings, High School Grad & College events, Summer events, a Fall Retreat, a Christmas Banquet, and an inter-church Young Adult event. It has been a blessing to see our UNITE community involved in different facets of the church, whether it be in Worship Arts Ministries, Student Ministries, Kids Ministries, First Impression Ministries, Communion Serving Team, and other areas.

It has brought me joy to see people from our college and career community take the next steps in their discipleship journey through (1) structured discipleship programs such as Baptism Classes, Discovery Classes, WSBM classes and (2) self-initiated fellowship and discipleship meetings over lunches, coffee, and post-UNITE dinners.

Jesus, our Good Shepherd, has cared for, refreshed, and nurtured our UNITE community. It has been a blessing to disciple and equip God's people to carry out His ministry and to create spaces for both newcomer and lay ministry leaders alike to gather in community, grow in Christlikeness, and go forth as God-empowered disciple-makers.

Testimony Highlight

Vitoria Martins (From the UNITE community and member of a UNITE-Aged Life Group)
"Family in Christ' is a definition I only learned when I arrived at Willingdon Church. From the moment I was welcomed by the parking team, the praise, the pastors' closeness with the Lord to the point of ministering the Word in an exceptional way, the brothers with all the affection that after the service with huge smiles are ready to meet the new visitors, the care for our brothers, and at the same time the hunger and thirst for the Word shared through my Life Group, the investment and commitment to minister to our young people in the church through UNITE is awesome! These were some of the experiences I've had since arriving at Willingdon but nothing compares to the presence of the Holy Spirit that I feel every time I am in our Lord's house!"