March 7, 2012

Dear friends at CBC,

Don’t forget this Sunday:
Daylight Savings Time
Change Service Times: 9.30 Sunday School; 10.45 Service
Feel free to remind your church family – especially those who weren’t able to be with us this past Sunday.
Start small groups this Sunday

What can you expect from the upcoming sermon series: ‘Experiencing God’? Pastor Henry Blackaby, author of the book and study series, prays that this course will help you to:
• Hear when God is speaking to you
• Clearly identify the activity of God in your life
• Believe Him to be and do everything He promises
• Adjust your beliefs, character, and behavior to Him and His ways
• See a direction that He is taking in your life and what He wants to do through your life
• Clearly know what you need to do in response to His activity in your life
• Experience God doing through you what only God can do
We will start this Sunday by looking at:
March 11 – Knowing God by experience
March 18 – Knowing God’s Nature
March 25 – Doing God’s Will
7 realities of experiencing God:
April 1 – God is at work around you (1)
April 8 – Easter
April 15 – God pursues a love relationship with you (2)
April 22 – God takes the initiative (3)
April 29 – God Speaks to his people (4)
May 5 – God’s invitation leads to a crisis of belief (5)
May 12 – Joining God requires major adjustments (6)
May 19 – You experience God as you obey him (7)

Follow up on Meeting Children’s Workers this Sunday
We had a productive meeting with over 10 in attendance. We discussed expanding into more groups in order to better serve the different needs of children. Donna Masson will look into starting a ministry for the 3-5 year olds. Evie will continue to serve ages 6-9, and Byron and Chrystal hope to train the older kids (10-12) to invest in the younger kids through puppets and other ways. During children’s church (main service) we plan to allow the ‘older’ kids to do that. We are also looking for adults who could do a 10 minute segment during the 35 minute children church – it could be doing a craft, acting out a biblical character, giving a short bible message or using other gifts you may have. We plan to use the 3rd Sunday of each month for a special children’s moment in the service. Chris Carr is looking for ways to implement praise moves for children. For more information how you can be involved, please contact Kari van Raalten – 561-4003

Update visit to Little Rock Arkansile regarding Men’s Ministry
Al and Marco had a great visit. Kevin Hughes will speak to us at the upcoming Men’s Weekend at the 3 Hill Motel. Next to sharing with us from Gods Word, he will also give us a firsthand overview of this ministry and how it can be implemented in our area. We plan to use that weekend to pray and plan toward starting a Men’s Ministry in the fall of 2012. Kevin serves as associate pastor at First Evangelical Free in St. Louis as well as the regional representative of Men’s Fraternity and the 33 Series.
Retreat Date: May 18,19, starting at 6.00 pm and ending May 19 at 2.00 pm.

Prayer & Praise Requests:
Jesse Pierce – son of John and Rebekka Pierce, health; is doing better, could still use prayer. Next apt March 9th
Steve Vollertsen – thanksgiving for custody hearing(s) this Thursday – God’s Favor. Pray for God’s continual hand in this situation.
Lewis Wimberly, Norm Smith.
Women’s Bible Study, Alpha Course, Manor Bible Study
Sam mason, March 21 heart check up & possible stint implant - St. Louis

Calendar

Saturday, March 10
Scrapbooking – 10 am – 4 pm

Sunday, March 11
9.30 Sunday School – 1 Thessalonians
10.45 Service – Series: Experiencing God
Mission Moment Sunday
6.00 pm – Start Small Group

Monday, March 12
Women’s Bible Study – Beth Moore: 6–8.30 p.m.

Tuesday, March 13
Women’s Bible Study - Beth Moore: 9–11.30 a.m.

Wednesday, March 14
5.15 Prayer Time at SF Manor
6.00 Alpha at the St. Francois Manor – “How do I read the Bible?”

Thursday, March 15
6.30-7.00 a.m. Prayer with Allyson at Library Farm. Middle School
8.15 a.m. Moms in Touch prayer, Dawn’s salon

Friday, March 16
Bible Study St. Francois Manor – 1.30 p.m.

Saturday, March 24
Movie ‘Courageous’ – New Heights Church, 7.15 p.m.