Our Story

The Highlands Church

We are a Converge Church located in Delano, MN. We're a group of people striving to live out the Biblical commands to love God, each other and our neighbors well. This means we worship and follow Jesus not only through our words, but through our lives.

  • Our heart is to be a people who live by faith in Jesus Christ, trusting Him with all areas of our lives and be known by the love of Jesus. We believe when we love like Jesus, people see Jesus. When people encounter Jesus, everything changes.

  • In 2010, a group of people who were attending Woodridge Church in Medina, felt called to start a new church with a similar DNA in Delano, MN. The church plant was started and led by Pastor Greg Seeger and had its first service on Easter Sunday in 2010 as Woodridge Delano in the Delano Elementary gym. From the beginning, the church offered ministries for all age groups, being a force for good in the community and reaching people with the life changing truth of Jesus Christ. It was clear early on that God wanted to use us to reach families and children. Some Sundays, we’d have more kids than adults attending!

    As the first few years came and went, we experienced a name change (Crow River Church), a move from the Delano Elementary gym to the Delano Middle School auditorium and a new pastor (Pastor Aaron Sorenson). The years in the Delano Middle School were years we saw incredible growth, expanded ministries and our impact in the community grow. In a short time, we went from seeing an average of 200 people attending to 400 a week on a Sunday.

    In 2018 we purchased 30 acres west of town with the intent to build a building. We went through another, and final, name change to The Highlands Church and in the winter of 2020, we launched “The Home Campaign”, a significant step towards building our permanent home. Even in the midst of a worldwide pandemic, God provided in miraculous ways and we were able to break ground on our new building in the spring of 2021. On Palm Sunday of 2022, we had our first service in our new building.

    Since the move into our new building, we’ve see growth to over 800+ on an average Sunday morning. We’ve seen more baptisms, more kids involved in our student and children’s ministries and more and more people growing in their faith in Jesus Christ.

    Looking back at the last 15 years, it’s amazing to see how God used a small group of people from Woodridge to launch a church, that over the years, would impact the lives of so many.

Aspen Grove Network

  • Aspen Grove Network

    Each Aspen tree is unique but also interconnected in its root system. Aspen Grove Network is one church with many unique sites. We are interconnected in sharing staff, ministry and mission across our various sites. We are unique in loving each individual community in the name of Jesus. We believe our unity makes us stronger at uniquely ministering and meeting needs. We all ask "How can we interconnect and multiply to experience and share God's love." Click HERE to learn more about it from Pastor Paul Johnson.

  • Woodridge Church

    Planted by Pastor Paul Johnson in Medina in 1990, Woodridge is the founding church of the Aspen Grove Network. Woodridge has always had a passion for creating a safe place for people to explore the truths of Jesus. From the outset, the mission of Woodridge Church has been and continues to be "to lead people to become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ." Now led by Pastor Zac Bush, he guides Woodridge attenders in their journey to know Jesus and experience growth in Him. Visit Woodridge Church online

  • The Highlands Church

    Planted in Delano in 2010, The Highlands was originally known as Crow River Church. Led by Pastor Aaron Sorenson, “We are a group of people striving to learn and live the way of Jesus. This means we strive to live out the Biblical commands to love God, each other and our neighbors well. We worship and follow Jesus not only through our words, but through our lives.” We desire to experience the presence of God, be formed by God, reach the next generation and live generously.

  • Mercy Hill Church

    Planted in Minnetonka, Mercy Hill lives out their mission through a vision of Striving After Relationship Not Religion. “When we talk about relationship and not religion, we mean putting our relationship with God in the middle of everything we do. And, we mean making efforts to connect in meaningful and lasting ways with our neighbors, our co-workers, and anyone else God might bring us into contact with. We were created to come alive inside of relationship—first with God and then with each other.” Visit Mercy Hill’s website

  • Foundry Church

    Planted by Pastor Austin Holmes in Plymouth in 2025, Foundry Church was given its name because a foundry is a place where metal is molded, shaped and formed from a raw material into something with purpose. Much like the formation process for metal, God’s way of forming His people involves great power, intention and care (Proverbs 17:3). Foundry Church is a community that actively embraces the refining work of God in our lives so that we can become more like Him. Visit Foundry Church online