1️⃣ This Week’s Highlights
- The Fall 1 session has started this week! Be sure to refer to the recreation guide for updated hours and schedules.
- Shutdown week was successful! Thank you to all of the staff who worked hard to clean and get the facility looking good as new!
- New equipment is here! During Shutdown Week, the Kroc Center got NEW assistant weight equipment! Check it out in the assistant weights area and be prepared to answer questions for members.
- Please refer to fitness attendants and Margarita to help members with new equipment.
- The Life Fitness Connect app contains info about each machine. Scan the QR code on the equipment to see tutorials, settings recommendations, and more!
2️⃣ Program Updates
- Fall 1 Session Week 1
- Fall 2 registration opens Monday, September 28
3️⃣ Facility Notices 🛠️
Facility Updates/Closures
Rentals
- Monday and Wednesday: Alliance Soccer Practice – Fields
- 5:30–8:30 PM
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday: AYSO – Fields
- See CA for times
- Friday: GRAB – Fireside C
- 11 AM–1 PM
- Saturday: 9 in 9 out LLC – Fireside A-E
- 7 AM–3 PM
- Saturday and Sunday: East FC and Alliance – Outside
- See CA for times
- Restoring Health (Starts this week)
- September 15th–December 15th
- Tuesdays 11–11:45 AM in WPAC, 11:45 AM–12:30 PM Music Room
- Thursdays 11–11:45 AM in Music Room
- School Groups:
- UPREP: move indoors Tuesday, September 15th
- Potter’s House: Here in gym on Wednesdays 1:30–2:30 PM
4️⃣ Staff Announcements 🎉
- Monday, September 14 is Margarita’s 12th workaversary! Join us in wishing her a happy 12 years at the Kroc Center. She has been such a blessing to the Kroc staff, members, and community!
👋 Welcome New Staff
Green Dot Moments & Staff Shoutouts
- Shoutout to Eddie for changing the pads on the benches.
- Shoutout to Margarita for identifying the small things (like the bench cushions) for Eddie to fix.
- Shoutout to Pete for handling a last-minute accommodation for a soccer rental Friday night and Saturday morning.
- Shoutout to everyone who was involved in shutdown week.
- Shoutout to Lily and Margarita for experimenting with video for the Kroc’s social media pages.
- Shoutout to Lucy and Jonathan who went above and beyond in fitness cleaning.
- Shoutout to Eddie for going above and beyond doing various things for shutdown week.
- Shoutout to James for managing the pool cleaning.
- Shoutout to Eddie for coming in on Sunday to make sure the pool was ready to go on Monday.
- Shoutout to Ray for taking a photo for Mike for the pool on Sunday morning.
- Shoutout to Jonathan, Pete, and David for filling in additional building lead hours.
- Shoutout to the building leads and gym attendants who helped with field rentals.
- Shoutout to Margarita for managing fitness floor cleaning.
- Shoutout to department managers Lisa, Margarita, and James for getting things clean in their departments with less help this year.
📌 Open Positions at the Kroc Center
- Administrative Assistant
- Aquatics Lead
- Boxing Instructor
- Child Watch Attendant
- Fitness Lead
- General Manager
- Lifeguard
- Membership Department Coordinator
- Membership Department Supervisor
- Swim Instructor
- Water Fitness Instructor
- Welcome Desk Attendant
Apply here: grkroccenter.org/learn-more/careers
5️⃣ Reminders & Resources 📌
- Any marketing requests can be submitted here. Using this link automatically adds the requests to the marketing to-do list and ensures it gets taken care of ASAP!
🙌 Missional Moment
Called to Be a Holy People
From its earliest days, The Salvation Army understood that its mission was not simply to rescue people from difficult circumstances, but to lead people into a transformed life through Jesus Christ. William and Catherine Booth were deeply influenced by the Wesleyan holiness tradition, which taught that God desires to sanctify His people and empower them to live lives marked by love, obedience, and service. Holiness was never intended to separate Salvationists from the world—it prepared them to enter the world as faithful witnesses for Christ.
This understanding helped shape the Army’s commitment to both evangelism and practical service. Salvationists preached in the streets, visited homes, cared for the poor, fed the hungry, and reached people others often overlooked. Their outward service flowed from an inward commitment to Christ. The call of 1 Peter 1:16, “Be holy, because I am holy, “reminded them that belonging to God should be visible in the way they lived and served.
That same calling remains ours today. Our programs, ministries, worship, and service are most powerful when they flow from lives surrendered to God. Holiness is not withdrawing from the world; it is belonging completely to God while faithfully serving the world He loves.
✝️ Note from the Pastor
The Call to Holiness
1 Peter 1:13–16
Peter reminds us that following Christ is more than believing the right things—it is allowing God to transform the way we live. He calls believers to prepare their minds, remain spiritually alert, and place their hope fully in the grace of Jesus Christ. Then comes the unmistakable command: “Be holy, because I am holy” (1 Peter 1:16). Holiness is not reserved for pastors, saints, or especially spiritual people; it is God’s calling for every believer.
Holiness does not mean that we have reached perfection or never struggle. It means that we have been set apart for God and are continually surrendering every area of our lives to Him. Through the transforming work of the Holy Spirit, God changes our desires, attitudes, words, and actions so that our lives increasingly reflect the character of Christ. Holiness is not simply something God asks from us; it is something His grace makes possible within us.
This week, ask yourself: Is there an area of my life that I have not fully surrendered to God? The call to holiness invites us to move beyond simply knowing Christ to becoming more like Christ. May we allow the Holy Spirit to search our hearts, remove what does not belong, and shape us into people whose lives clearly reflect the One who called us. He is holy, and by His grace, He calls us to be holy too.
🙏 Prayer Requests
- Sateka James — Pray for her and her family.
- Tyshawn — Pray for the health and well-being of their newborn baby.
- China Collins — Pray for stability, prosperous employment, and blessings for family and friends.
- Takisha Hudson — Pray for Zaiden’s ears, sight, and physical therapy, and for Zadie’s speech.
- Martha Esparza — Pray for health, work, and family.