Trailhead Church
A church in Edwardsville, IL
About Us
Trailhead Church is a church in Edwardsville, IL featuring contemporary and traditional hymns worship and with children's ministry and community service. Services are Sundays at 9:00am and 11:00am.
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Contact Information
Our Services
Service Times
- Sunday
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- 09:00am
- Service
- 11:00am
- Service
Leadership
Steve Mizel
Family Life: Lauren is my wife and my best friend. We have been married for over 20 years and have three children. Victoria is a freshman in college this year, Esther is a junior in high school, and Isaac is in seventh grade. We enjoy hanging out, watching movies, playing in the creek, and playing board games together. Oh, and we love to eat anything Lauren makes (she bakes magical stuff and her salsa is incredible). My Story: Well, I guess that story starts when I went to college. I was a California boy, Lauren was a Kentucky girl, and we met at a small college in Dubuque, IA. I was a skeptical agnostic. She had been raised in a great home with parents who loved Jesus. I was a rude, loud skateboarder – and she wasn’t impressed. She was friendly, but we really didn’t like each other much that first year. At the same time, God was quietly working to undo me with his grace. My life was a mess and a good friend encouraged me to read the Bible. I did – and became a believer. After that, I found that Lauren and I suddenly had a lot in common, and, in fact, were kind of crazy about each other. We were married between my junior and senior year in college. We moved to St. Louis and I went to work as a teacher and later as a principal. After 17 years in education, I went to work for our church, The Journey, as the family pastor. After a couple years of that, I moved to Edwardsville to start a new site for the church called The Journey: Metro East, which, in 2011, became Trailhead Church. It’s been an incredible trip, and you can read more about that story here. Favorite Reads and Why?: I love pretty much everything by C.S. Lewis. He writes the kind of stuff that engages me and challenges me to think about and feel the complexity of life. Till We Have Faces, is my favorite Lewis novel. It is a powerful retelling of the ancient Greek Cupid and Psyche myth, examining the soul’s desperate desire to be united with infinite love. After that, I have a lot that I enjoy, so it’s hard to pick favorites. Other authors that I love would include: Flannery O’Connor, Kurt Vonnegut, Tim Keller, Larry McMurtry, Chuck Palahnuik, John Steinbeck, J.R.R. Tolkien, William Faulkner, and many others.Location & Directions
What Members Say
.. shared their experience Mar 2022
The Dash Poem (By Linda Ellis)
I read of a man who stood to speak
At the funeral of a friend
He referred to the dates on the tombstone
From the beginning...to the end
He noted that first came the date of birth
And spoke the following date with tears,
But he said what mattered most of all
Was the dash between those years
For that dash represents all the time
That they spent alive on earth.
And now only those who loved them
Know what that little line is worth
For it matters not, how much we own,
The cars...the house...the cash.
What matters is how we live and love
And how we spend our dash.
So, think about this long and hard.
Are there things you'd like to change?
For you never know how much time is left
That can still be rearranged.
If we could just slow down enough
To consider what's true and real
And always try to understand
The way other people feel.
And be less quick to anger
And show appreciation more
And love the people in our lives
Like we've never loved before.
If we treat each other with respect
And more often wear a smile,
Remembering this special dash
Might only last a little while
So, when your eulogy is being read
With your life's actions to rehash...
Would you be proud of the things they say
About how you spent YOUR dash?
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