~LIFE NEWS FOR AUGUST~

"Love Feast"---Sunday August 3rd

~This Sunday's gathering will be modified in the following ways:
 *Our "Breakfast Love Feast" will begin at 10:30am-
 *We will forgo the 9:30 class session
 *This is a "covered dish" breakfast menu so get creative
 *Interactive discussion during ministry of the word

~Tickets for the Dominican outreach BBQ will be available Sunday morning
  *Please record the number of tickets sold with the name of the purchasers

"Life Groups"---Sunday August 10th

~Life Care Groups have been shifted to the 2nd and 4th Sunday evenings
  *August 10th, we will have "gender based " home groups
  *Host homes: Mike Bowen the men and LeeAnn Hanner the ladies                              

   
 

April 6th Sunday Morning "Newness"

9:35am Growing in Christ classes

10:30am Worship Celebration

6:00pm  Life Care Groups

Hear Ye!  Hear Ye!  Read all about "The Life" in forward motion.........

>Break Out Sessions: Wednesday evening 6:30pm  teaching for men and women.

>Love Feast Celebration:  Sunday March 2nd with Italian menu: Lasagna, Sphagetti, Pizza, Pasta dishes,Bread, Salad, Soup and Deserts. Remember to prepare a main dish and sides with ample portions for guests.

>Daylight Savings Time: Clocks spring forward Sunday March 9th. 

>Mercy Ministry Seminar:  March 15th-16th. Saturday 9:00am till noon and Sunday morning 10:00am.  Dr Henry Holland will be  our guest minister.Henry holds a Th.D in Theology and a Ph.D in Crisis Counseling.

Dr Holland is the Executive Director of New Beginnings Ministry which has three adult educational centers teaching life skills and behavioral adjustment training. New Beginnings focuses on meeting the needs of the impoverished in the church, inner city, and developing nations.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW: 
The Life of Christ the Redeemer has scheduled a "Gentlemen's Debate" with  Dr. Jeffrey Seif and Dr. Gary DeMar on Saturday June 21st @ 7:00 pm. These nationally known scholars will debate the issue of Modern Israel and the question of it's prophetic significance. 

 Gary DeMar is an accomplished writer, lecturer and the president of American Vision. DeMar graduated from Western Michigan University and earned a M.Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary. He earned his Ph.D. in Christian Intellectual History from Whitefield Theological Seminary in 2007.

Jeffrey Seif is an accomplished writer and theologian. He was born and raised in a German-Jewish family. He attended Moody Bible Institute in Chicago to prepare for a vocation in Jewish-related ministries and finished formal studies by taking a master’s degree and doctorate from Southern Methodist University, Dallas. He also serves on the faculties of the Messianic Jewish Bible Institute, the Messianic Jewish Theological Institute, the Israel College of the Bible, Christ for the Nations Institute and teaches regularly at Kings University. He is the Project Manager and Vice President of the Messianic Jewish Family Bible Project, which has produced the Tree of Life New Testament and the Shared Heritage Bible.

{As you can see, this will be an exciting and informative event for our City}

GOOD NEWS FOR THE NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!

First Sunday Love Feast Menu Schedule:

 *2/2 ~Southern - fried chicken,casseroles,vegetables and desert.                          *3/2~Italian- lasagna, spaghetti, pizza, salad, and desert.                                            *4/6~Soup- tortilla, vegetable, potato, clam chowder and desert.                                *5/4~Breakfast-sausage balls, casserole, pigs n blanket.

Upcoming Celebration:

*Sunday February 23rd is the date we are targeting to celebrate the relational transition of Mike and Cindy Bowen with their flock to The Life of Christ the Redeemer. Pray for a special grace to be upon us as leaders meet together to nurture a spirit of Christ centered adoption process for all involved.    

“Mercy Ministry Seminar” 

Coming Saturday March 15th and Sunday the 16th with Dr Henry Holland from Texas.

Executive Director of New Beginnings, the ministry has three adult educational centers teaching life skills and behavioral adjustment training. Additionally, New Beginnings focuses on meeting the needs of  the impoverished in the church, inner city, and developing nations.

Henry was a professor and Family Dean at Christ for the Nations Dallas, Texas. He holds a Th.D in Theology and a Ph.D in Crisis Counseling with  corresponding certifications in Anger Management, Leadership/Management, Parenting, and Addictive Behavior.

Married 43 years, Henry and Beverly have one  married son and an awesome grandson.

Heeeeeeeeello Christ Followers!

Looking forward to Celebrating The Exalted Christ in the morning through Sacrament, Scrpture and Song. Our Advent Season message will address the "Name Bearer" as we unfold the significance of the biblical  Names of God and how they inform the Incarnation of the second person of the Triune God.

>Next Friday at 6pm- please join us for pizza as we prepare for our Christmas by Candlelight evening celebration. The task involves putting up rented tables and with our our chairs, beautifully decorating and setting the tables for a very special evening. The floor is being cleaned, waxed and buffed on Thursday and an electrician is scheduled to come wire the auditorium so that only the platform lights will be used during the special music presentation. It's going to really be a "candlelight evening" saints!

>Next Saturday at 6:00 pm "Christmas by Candlelight" dinner. A special evening has been designed as we  feast and fellowship together in homage of the birth of our Savior King! Reminder:, this event is in lieu of our Sunday Morning Gathering. 

>>Sunday December 22nd 10:00am-we will come together for an abbreviated gathering that will include covered dish breakfast foods, worshipful Christmas Carols and Eucharistic Celebration. 

>>>Wednesday January 8th 6:30pm- we resume our rhythm for mid-week teaching sessions.

                                                  Hear Ye Hear Ye!!!!

Plans are underway for implementing a "child care" ministry for infants and toddlers in the new year. After we install much needed furniture and accessories, we will need the kind cooperation of everyone as we endeavor to serve our congregants and guests with a well trained team to host, oversee, and minister to the children. As we grow, and in order to do so, it is vital that we begin to train vision carriers in the policies and procedures that ensure the welfare of all the children in a ministry atmosphere.

Please see Kelly Bowerman if you would like to join this developing ministry.    

Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

"Operation Christmas Child"
Remember to bring all your boxes this Sunday at 10am. We will have a brief time of fellowship with coffee and donuts as we prepare the boxes and pray over each one for the children to be truly gospelized with the message of Christ. This is a way to implement our participation in the  "Advent Conspiracy". Be generous and sacrificial by bringing  as many children's boxes as possible. Remember, it really is better to "GIVE!"

"Mission and Vision Next Wednesday 6:30 pm"
For our final  joint meeting, we will review our mission and corresponding vision for the new year. This will involve "roles-realms-responsibilities" regarding pressing needs that we all foresee needing to be implemented for the future. This means we will appoint multiple "Vision Carriers" to assume the role and responsibility of getting important projects up and running and  training others to serve. It will be a participatory session, so I am requesting everyone please be prepared to be a "problem solver" and "burden bearer" by showing willingness to invest personal time and energy toward these upcoming priorities.

"Holiday Season Break"
Wednesday November 27th  we will forgo our evening sessions until after the new year when we resume our regular rhythm again on Wednesday evening January 8, 2014.

"Christmas by Candlelight" December 14th
Advent celebration is fast upon us so we will begin registration this coming Sunday morning. A fabulous menu is being prepared and the Christ Exalting music ministry is going to be awesome. We are requesting everyone to kindly  invest  $15.00 per person to offset the expense of the meal. Please "reach out" to friends and family and invite them to be your personal guest  for this Christ centered occasion. This is another opportunity to join the Advent Conspiracy by giving to others.