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+ Our Spiritual Care Ministry Team (Elders) met this week with great fellowship and unity! Know that these leaders pray for you regularly and care about your walk with the LORD, as they join Pastor Tim in his shepherding you in Christ!
+ Many of our Momentum Campaign Teams met in preparation for our upcoming Campaign – there is great excitement among these leaders for what the LORD is preparing us for in honoring Him! + In-house registration for the next ECEC school year is under way…please be in prayer for those families that are currently enrolled, that they continue with our ministry, and for those new families who will come to us and connect with this mission! +As we begin a new year our various Bible Studies and Fellowship Opportunities are getting back into gear – now is a great time to join one if you haven’t yet!
+ This is also a great time to encourage someone you know to re-engage in regular worship if they have slipped a bit; a new year brings new habits to put into place! + On Wednesday evening we’ll be sharing in a new fellowship opportunity: each month we are planning on getting together for dinner (bring a dish to share) and fellowship activity. This came out of our Wednesday Advent Evenings as folks expressed a desire to get together at least monthly on Wednesday nights. If you haven’t seen it yet, check out the schedule listed in the newsletter and join us on Wednesday for great food and a great fellowship activity – 6:15 p.m. dinner & 7 p.m. fellowship activity! + Thursday, January 14th at 6:30 p.m. our Momentum Campaign Teams will be meeting to begin planning for our February – April Momentum Campaign. If you haven’t signed up yet there is still time. Join us on Thursday if you are able! +On the back tables is an Advent Gift from one of our seminaries, Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It is a beautiful and multi-folded card and bookmark for your use. Thank you to Paul & Nancy Hahn for supplying this gift!
+ This last week the ComfortCare Women’s Health Board voted for Pastor Tim to serve as the chairman. In taking on this responsibility he has resigned as the chairman for the Southeastern District Conference Planning Committee. As we continue our partnership with this critical ministry of our communities please keep ComfortCare in your prayers! +Thanks to our Social Outreach Ministry we were able to provide a Thanksgiving meal to a needy family in our community and provided housing for a mother and two children for the night at a local hotel this week! +Last Sunday we dedicated our Operation Christmas Child Shoe Boxes for use around the world in the sharing of God’s love in Jesus! We rejoice in the 42 shoe boxes dedicated and everyone who participated in this joyful ministry!
+ our ECEC’s Salvation Army Food Drive concluded with the cans delivered for the needy in our community – thanks to everyone who contributed + our Servant Leadership Council met this last week and is glad to report that it was unanimously approved to hire “Building God’s Way” for the next phase of construction design and building in our relocation process! Over the next months we will simultaneously be working through our Momentum Campaign in which the financial blessings and sacrifices needed to relocate will be pledged, and, working on the finalization of the design of our new building. Thank you for your continued prayers as we seek to follow the LORD in this process and live in the peace of His Spirit among us! +the Salvation Army “Project Joy” Food Drive continues in our ECEC ministry – may the gifts of food given be a blessing to many!
+ Thanks to Pastors Gordon Bohlmann and David Luecke for leading worship and preaching the Word today, and, thanks to Tony Farr for facilitating our Sunday morning Bible Class as Pastor Tim is on vacation! + Wednesday in the Word is meeting on Wednesday morning – thanks to John DeJong facilitating this time! + We praise God for the veterans who have served our country to preserve our freedoms! Thank you for your service – we appreciate you! + the Salvation Army “Project Joy” Food Drive continues in our ECEC ministry – may the gifts of food given be a blessing to many!
+ Thanks to Pastor Bill Bloom for leading worship and preaching the Word today, and, thanks to Andrew Draper for facilitating our Sunday morning Bible Class as Pastor Tim is on vacation! + Wednesday in the Word is meeting this Wednesday morning – thanks to John DeJong facilitating this time! + Dick Atkinson has been hard at work fixing the gutter over the Maple Street Door, repairing the water damaged wall in the church office and painting various places in the building – thank you, Dick! +we enjoyed jubilant Reformation Sunday worships together! Thanks to Carole Martin for supplying the “Reformation Birthday Cake” we enjoyed during our Fellowship time before Sunday School!
+ our fall “Beth Moore” women’s Bible study finished on Monday night – thanks to those who lead this study – we look forward to our next gathering in January! + our Spiritual Care Ministry Team (Elders) met this week with great joy expressed in the mission and ministry of our congregation! Please know that you are prayed for by our team members and they count it a joy to serve you in this capacity! We have a great team with great commodity and support of one another – praise the LORD! + perhaps you have seen the Treasurer’s report in the newsletter…while these numbers are cause for concern, please know that our heads are still above water and the Servant Leadership Council and Stewardship Life Team are working on ways to address these needs…perhaps you have been out of town, forgotten to give, or are needing to get caught up in your pledged amount…we need to be informed in times of plenty and of want…together in the LORD we give of our abundance! +MARK THE DATE: Thursday, November 19th
…6:15 p.m. Congregational Dinner …6:45 p.m. Congregational Kick-off Event for our Momentum Campaign …Childcare provided …Everyone is Invited – Everyone is Needed – more information to come! + Notes from our SITE DEVELOPMENT TEAM: …we spent the majority of our time in prayer with a powerful time together in the LORD …the sewer line is being worked on with the connection to our property to be started by the end of the year …the loan application for the remaining balance on the land is being worked on to be submitted to LCEF …there is much excitement about “Building God’s Way” leading our Momentum Campaign and design/build phase + our CHILDREN’S CHURCH MINISTRY & NURSERY MINISTRY are off to a great start under new leadership! Thanks to Maddie and Clay Renner for leading our Children’s Church Ministry and Kaitlyn Bahrs for leading our Nursery Ministry! Please keep these servants in prayer as they honor the LORD! + Betty Kitzmann and her team continue to sort through the various documents, pictures and paraphernalia that has gathered in our closets; thanks to her dedication and historical eye we are organizing our history for better referencing, safe keeping and display…
+ Dick Atkinson and the Property Ministry Team are beginning to clean out the various closets and storage spaces in our building; if you have any questions or would like to help please let Dick know… + As we move through these transition weather weeks, when the temperatures vary so much during the day and from day to day, know that we are aware of a chill that is often found in the sanctuary; often times the chill goes away once we fill the space, and we will be turning the boiler on soon… + OUR STEWARDSHIP LIFE COMMITMENT OPPORTUNITY is winding down; we rejoice in the step of faith many of you have taken by committing yourself to the managing of the LORD’s resources in your life! If you have not turned in your commitment form there is still time…
+ PLEASE KEEP IN PRAYER Pastor Tim and the “Mission India” group he is with as they share in the work of the LORD in India... + OUR WEEKLY BIBLE STUDIES are a blessing to many! If you are not yet plugged in to one of them come and join us: …Sunday Morning, 10 a.m. – a study and discussion on the book of Jeremiah and how this Word of the LORD speaks to us today …Basics & Beginnings, 12:30 p.m. on Sundays – a study and discussion on the basic truths we embrace as Christians …Women’s Bible Fellowship, 6 p.m. on Monday evenings – a study on the “Psalms of Ascent” with Beth Moore and meaningful relationship building time …Men’s Bible Fellowship, 6:30 p.m. on Monday evenings – finishing a study on the book of Revelation and will begin a look at the Gospel according to the Apostle Matthew as we encourage each other as men in the LORD …Wednesday in the Word, 10 a.m. Wednesday mornings – a study on the letter of 1st John with great food and fellowship …ChristCare Groups – these small groups meet at various times throughout the week; if you would like to be a part of a small group please contact Melynda Parks …Sunday School & Youth Group – our younger disciples meet at 9:45 a.m. on Sunday morning for time to grow and develop as followers of Jesus …Children’s Church, 11 a.m. on Sunday mornings – this new ministry beginning October 18th is an option for families with children ages 5 – 10; they will explore the Bible during our 11 a.m. worship |
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