June 30th 2015

COMMUNITY
FREE CHURCH

WEEKLY

Pray for the

Every day this week, Tasha Schifo and her crew of AWESOME volunteers
are gathering at the church at 10:00am and preparing meals for the kids
and seniors at Candlewood. So far, things are off to a great start with
them feeding 60 on Monday, and over 60 on Tuesday! Yea God!
Please pray that as they bring meals each day from 11:30am to
12:30pm, they wont just serve well, but have opportunities to
show the love of Jesus through the truth of the Gospel.
If you want to help this week just email Tasha at: tschifo@gmail.com

Each of the movements in Hebrews 11 is marked by the phrase by faith.

What we learn as we read each verse weekly, is that the people of God live
by faith at every turn. What we notice is the events dont always appear to
bless them, but they, by faith, serve as a blessing in Gods bigger plan.
Likewise, you are a blessing in His greater purposes.
Read Hebrews 11:29 By faith the people crossed the Red Sea as on dry land, but the Egyptians,
when they attempted to do the same, were drowned.
Through faith the reality of what we face becomes different. It is not just
faith that saves, but the object of our faith that saves us: Jesus Christ.
Therefore, it is by Jesus Christ that we cross over the unknown, whether it is
frustrations with kids, our marriages, cancer, kidney stones, or the fear of
death to dry land.

Weekly Bible Reading

June
June
June
June

21st 1 Thessalonians 1 June

22nd 1 Thessalonians 2 June
23rd 1 Thessalonians 3 June
24th 1 Thessalonians 4 June

25th
26th
27th
28th

1 Thessalonians 5
2 Thessalonians 1
2 Thessalonians 2
2 Thessalonians 3

Did You Get One of These?

Recently, The Daily Bread, that little white
devotional booklet we all know and love came
out with a free 30 day kids version that is just
plain FANTASTIC!
This past Sunday
we gave away 50
copies and we
have another 50 in
the foyer if you
missed getting this.
Stop by and grab
one! We also have
another 100 on
order to share at
AWANA.

VOLUNTEERS
NEEDED!

PLEASE CONTACT
JULIE ROCHESTER at:
johnjulie520@hotmail.com

Whats Happening This

Week at Your Church?
Tuesday

6/30
Community Groups
Schifo Home 6:00pm

Wednesday 7/1
True Woman 101 Bible Study 8:30am
With Tasha Schifo
Youth Ministry 6:00-8:00pm

Thursday

7/2
Parking Lot Prayer 7:00-7:20am
Worship Practice 7:30pm

Friday

7/3

Saturday

7/4

**No Act Like Men Today**

Sunday

7/5

Christian Education 9:30-10:30am

Childrens Sunday School
9:30-10:30am
Childrens Church 10:45am
Worship Service 10:45am
Special Guest: Bill Allison

Pastor Jason
First, I want to thank every one of
you that loved, supported, prayed,
cooked, got up in the middle of the
night to sit with our kids, and
dropped off goodies at our home.
We felt beyond blessed and your
encouragement made all the
difference. While I was laying in the
hospital I was reminded that Jesus
often brings us hope through the
help of His people.
Today I had an appointment with
the surgeon to schedule the next
procedure. I have a pre-op physical
appointment at Carle Hospital
Tuesday, June 30th, at 2:45pm.
Surgery to remove the first stent and
the kidney stone is scheduled for
Tuesday, July 14th at Carle Hospital.
The exact time is to be determined
the day before the surgery date.
The recovery after the surgery is
roughly 24-48 hours. After the
surgery they will put in another
stent, and that will stay in an
additional 6 days and is easily
removed without surgery.
Bill Allison, our missionary of the
month, is here this weekend, July
5th, at 10:45am to share with us.
Tasha, the kids, and I are going to
use this time to get away as a family
and just sit poolside some where
(far from any hospitals).
Blessed by each and every one of
you. I can feel your prayers!

Bruce Henrikson
2015/16 AWANA Commander

PRAY RIGHT NOW!

Lori Stalter

Pray for the AWANA committee planning

for the next years program.
Pray for how God might use you to help
make AWANA amazing!
Pray that God would prepare hearts to
answer the call to serve.
Pray for boldness in going out into the
community to share about AWANA.
Pray that God would open doors to reach
kids who have never heard the Gospel.
Pray for wisdom, clarity, and direction for the
AWANA committee.

Tasha Schifo

Are you interested in helping with AWANA?

Email Michelle Shafer: shafer5@mchsi.com
or see Pastor Jason

2015/16 AWANA Directors:

Amy Krutsinger
Ronda Ekberg

Katie McCue
(Dependent on attendance)

Over the next 12 issues

of this newsletter we will
celebrate Summer by
looking at parts and
pieces of the EFCA
Statement of Faith.
The goal is to ask the
question: Do we know
what we believe?
God
We believe in one God, Creator of all things,
holy, infinitely perfect, and eternally existing
ina loving unity of three equally divine Persons:
the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Havinglimitless knowledge and sovereign
power, God has graciously purposed from
eternity to redeema people for Himself and to
make all things new for His own glory.
and eternally existing
God is Omnipresent, meaning Forever Present.
The word eternal means "everlasting, having no
beginning and no end." Since humans measure
everything in time, it is very hard for us to
conceive of something that always has been, has
always been, and will continue forever.
However, the Bible does not try to prove Gods
existence or His eternality, but simply begins
with the statement In the beginning God
indicating that at the beginning of recorded time,
God was already in existence. From duration
stretching backward without limit to duration
stretching forward without limit, from eternal
ages to eternal ages, God has been and always
shall be.
Psalm 33:11
The counsel of the Lord stands forever the plans
of his heart to all generations.
Psalm 102:25-27
Of old you laid the foundation of the earth,and
the heavens are the work of your hands. 26They
will perish, but you will remain; they will all wear
out like a garment. You will change them like a
robe, and they will pass away,but you are the
same, and your years have no end.
in a loving unity
John 3:35
The Father loves the Son and has given all things
into his hand.

1 John 4:8,16
Anyone who does not love does not know God,
because God is love; So we have come to know
and to believe the love that God has for us. God
is love, and whoever abides in love abides in
God, and God abides in him
Love is not just a virtue of God. Love is God
Himself. This is the same for every attribute of
God. God does not just embody these attributes,
He defines them.
of three equally divine Persons
The three here is the Biblical doctrine of the
Trinity.
The word "person" is used to describe the three
members of the Godhead because the word
"person" is appropriate. A person is self-aware,
can speak, love, hate, say "you," "yours," "me,"
"mine," etc. Each of the three persons in the
Trinity demonstrates these qualities.
The Father is not the same person as the Son; the
Son is not the same person as the Holy Spirit;
and the Holy Spirit is not the same person as the
Father. They are not three gods and not three
beings. They are three distinct persons; yet, they
are all the one God. Each has a will, can speak,
can love, etc. These are demonstrations of
personhood.
They are in absolute perfect harmony consisting
of one substance. They are coeternal, coequal,
and co-powerful - Equal in power, Submissive in
duties, and Distinct in personality.If any one of
the three were removed, there would be no God.

Donna Smith
Kay Arthur
The Book of Numbers
Join the Ladies as they dig
deeper into this great
book!
Bruce Henrikson
Gods Prophets
Demand Justice
June 7
June 14
June 21
June 28

Amos 2:4-8
Amos 5:14-15, 18-27
Amos 6:4-8, 11-14
Amos 8:1-6, 9-10

Senior High

Jake Barrett

Junior High

Ronda Ekberg
Jim Sackett
God doesn't demand
hectic church programs
and frenetic schedules.
He only wants his people
to know him more
intimately, says top-selling
author D. A. Carson.
Suggested donation $14

Pastor Jason:
We are going to be looking
at some of the toughest
issues Christians are facing:
Marriage, Poverty, Racism,
Sex Slavery, Persecution,
Abortion, Pornography, and
Orphans.
Suggested Donation $14

Join Tasha Schifo this Summer as she launches into an 8

week study on biblical womanhood through True
Woman 101: Divine Design Wednesdays: June 10th ,
17th, 24th and July 1st, 8th, 15th, and 22nd from
8:30am-10:00am.
If youre tired of the worlds cheap imitations and
knock-offs - or if youre tired of clichd advice, shallow
caricatures - then this foundational teaching and insight
from Gods Word is for you!
Find out why...
Email Tasha at
tschifo@gmail.com
or call her at
309-857-2693
to sign up for this
study.
$15 Suggested
Donation