FriedensNotes
May 5, 2003
In Search Of…
This week the Search Committee interviews a candidate for Associate Pastor for Assimilation and Discipleship. This staff person will work closely with the Evangelism Committee to seek out and welcome those in need of spiritual direction as well as coordinate the church's efforts to build up and equip adults in the church for Christian living and service. Please pray for this effort. God is showing us some great candidates for each of the 2 associate positions we desire to fill. (The other staff person will coordinate and strengthen our ministries with children and youth.) We hope to present one of the candidates for your approval in the very near future! Blessings! — Pastor Mark
Sunday Is Mother's Day
Bring Mom to church this Sunday. Bring your aunt, sister, grandmother or daughter too. Even your female neighbor or co-worker while you're at it. Every woman attending worship on Sunday will receive a free red rose.
In Two Weeks We'll Have A Fellowship Dinner
Plan to stay after worship on Sunday, May 18th for a terrific dinner and the opportunity to fellowship. Meet some new folks and share a good meal. The free-will offering pays for the dinner expenses and anything remaining is Used to enhance women's ministries and the needs of the kitchen/hospitality Ministries.
Summertime Good News
You can have an impact for eternity this summer through any of the following summer outreach projects:
- June 16-21: Join the youth group from First Baptist church in Louisa, Ky., and the folks at Walnut Creek Community Church in Des Moines for a week in Des Moines for evangelistic training, community and inner city outreach, as well as compassion projects for the needy. Housing provided. Open to folks of all ages. Call Dan Benson at 268-0755.
- July 20-25: Friedens' teenagers are headed to Leech Lake, Minn., to work on an Ojibwe Indian reservation. Call Marci Ferrell at 375-1009.
- Aug. 2-9: Friedens' 2nd annual Adult Outreach Service Project will travel to Louisa, Ky., to help plant a new church. Call Doug Ferrell at 375-1009.
- Aug. 4-14: John Schuette and Gary Schlenvogt are headed for Romania (that's right, Europe!) to help plant a church there. There's room for more. Call John Schuette at 284-1072.
Don't Forgets
This Saturday is Friedens' first "Intergenerational Event." Come sing around the piano, share memories and enjoy fellowship from 1 to 3 p.m. at the church. All ages are welcome. Bring a friend. Refreshments are provided. Call Doris Feider-Schlenvogt at 692-6446 for more information.
Friedens Flyover
New to Friedens and want to know more about who we are and our mission As a church? Pastor Mark is holding informal get-acquainted sessions in his Office each Sunday morning in May from about 9:15-10:00am. Join in!
Say 'Hi' to Dawn
Dawn Uselding will be in Rosarito, Mexico, for another two weeks receiving treatment for her cancer. Her phone number is 011-526-616-124-850. You can write to her: c/o Hospital Santa Monica 1229C 3rd Ave. Chula Vista, Calif., 91911. (And while you're at it, say a prayer for her husband, Tom, and her daughters, Michelle and Melissa.)
Summer School
Adult education classes will be offered this summer during the week and on Sunday mornings following worship. Stay tuned for times and a full slate of classes. Classes planned so far include:
- "Bible 101": Does the Bible say "cleanliness is next to godliness?" The Bible says the early Christians "gathered in one Accord." Does that mean they drove Hondas? Was Knee-High Miah really the shortest man in the Bible? Why is God, who created the heavens and the earth "in the big inning," such a baseball fan? These and other, more serious, questions will be answered in this class for those who would like to become more familiar with God's Word.
- "The Master Plan of Evangelism" by Robert E. Coleman teaches that Jesus is our model for personal and world evangelism. The failure to follow the Master's model is one reason why the church has not yet fulfilled the Great Commission, Coleman writes. Members of this class will study Coleman's book and learn to be more Christlike in the way they relate to non-Christians.
Behind Every Great Man...
Is a woman who is praying for him. Diane Bristow has developed a 31-Day Prayer Plan for wives to follow so they can lift up their husbands to God. "Lifting your husband up in prayer for 31 straight days will make a difference in your relationship with him and your heavenly Father," Bristow writes. You can find the plan at: 31 Day Prayer Plan.
Have A Heart
Speaking of prayer, you can find out at any time who in the Friedens family is in need of prayer by calling Friedens' HEARTS line at (262) 284-7007. You'll hear a 90-second recorded message naming those currently in need of prayer. The recording is updated daily, seven days a week. To be included, please call the Church Office at (262) 284-2471. HEARTS is an acronym for Heaven's Ears are Responsive to Supplication.
Our Inability vs. God's Ability
Oswald Chambers in "My Utmost for His Highest," a daily devotional that can be accessed through Friedens' website, http://www.friedenschurch.org: "If Jesus ever commanded us to do something that He was unable to equip us to accomplish, He would be a liar. And if we make our own inability a stumbling block or an excuse not to be obedient, it means that we are telling God that there is something which He has not yet taken into account. Every element of our own self-reliance must be put to death by the power of God. The moment we recognize our complete weakness and our dependence upon Him will be the very moment that the Spirit of God will exhibit His power." .
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