– With the mothering efforts of Watermark and Spring Lake Wesleyan, along with Lake Michigan and the other area waterways, keeping a water motif was important to us.
– While there is nothing wrong with names like “Lakeshore Community Church”, we wanted the name to stand out and ultimately lead people toward the mystery of Christ.
– When it came right down to it, this was the passage of scripture that birthed the name (Ephesians 3:14-19)...
“14 For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15 from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.”
