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Connection Groups “Missional Essentials.” Tuesday at 6:30 pm—
Meet at Paul and Karrie Horn’s home, 620 N.
Hewitt Dr. #131. Rediscover the heart of God for
your neighbors and community and learn how to
participate more fully in God’s mission for your
life.
Financial Peace University with Dave Ramsey
Wednesday at 6:30 pm—Meeting at the church,
David and Carol Ann Ash facilitate your
opportunity to find out how to live debt free.
19 North Thursday at 6:00 pm—Meets at the
Youth Center for a time of Bible study and
fellowship.
Revelation Study Saturday at 4:00 pm—Adults
are invited to join Philip and Rebecca Stewart in
the Youth Center for a study on Revelation and
how it pertains to our world today.
Prime Time Senior Adults—Tuesdays at 10 am
Men of Integrity Sunday at 5:30 pm—All men
are invited. This semester our study is “Sleeping
Giant.” Find the untapped potential in yourself
and “Get In, Get Healthy, Get Strong, and Get
Going.”
Information on a Women’s Connection Group is
coming soon. Watch for it!
Sunday morning opportunities for you to
connect!
Two adult classes meet and study scripturally-
based Sunday School lessons centered on
Wesleyan holiness. This semester—Learn
who God is through the trustworthiness of His
promises and the power of His name.
Another adult class is studying the Bible by
reading the Bible through chronologically.
19 North is studying the book of Luke.
September 2015 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 19 North Bible Study
4 5
6 7 8 Horn Connection Group 6:30 pm
9 Caravan and ESL Classes begin 6:30
10 19 North Bible Study
11 Upward Soccer Evaluation 6-9 pm Prime Time Lunch Double Dave’s
12 All Church Work Day 8-noon Stewart Bible Study @ 4 pm
13 Men’s Bible Study Begins 5:30 pm
14 15 Prime Time Lunch Care Net Banquet
16 Dave Ramsey Begins 6:30 pm
17 19 North Bible Study
18 Friday Night Lights—see Brad
19
20 Texas Rangers and Crowder Prime Time @ McAlister’s Deli
21 Upward Practice Begins this week
22 23 24 19 North Bible Study
25 Friday Night Lights—see Brad
26 19 North Lunar Putt Putt 6 pm Upward Soccer
27 Lunch and College Care Packing Sun. Alabaster Sunday
28 29 30
Community Fellowship news MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP
SEPTEMBER 2015
Men of Integrity BBQ September 13 at 5:30 pm
All men are invited to a time of fellowship as we kick off the fall semester.
Invite someone to join you as we preview our study, “Sleeping Giant.”
COMING IN OCTOBER... Fall Food Truck Block Party—Oct. 10
Spiritual Warfare Conference—Oct. 16-18
Going to Ranger’s Game? Please Pay Now!
Church Events
Sept 11—Upward
Evaluations
Sept. 12—Work Day
Sept. 13—Men’s BBQ and
Bible Study
Sept. 20—Texas Rangers
Baseball and Crowder
Sept. 26—19 North Lunar
Golf
Sept. 27—Alabaster
Sunday
Sept. 27—Lunch and
College Care Pack
Stuffing Party
Care Package Stuffing Party September 27 after morning worship
Join us for a pizza lunch in the Fellowship Hall and help us stuff care
packages for college students. If you would donate money for items, our
goal is $200. Please mark your offering “care package” and place in the
offering plate.
Care Net Banquet Speaker: Kevin Sorbo, Actor in “God’s Not Dead”
September 27
Come celebrate all the
lives saved through the
ministry of Care Net
Pregnancy Center. See
Pastor Roger if you are
interested in attending
this fundraiser banquet.
Eight seats available.
$10/each.
All monies raised for
Alabaster go directly to
the mission field for
buildings and properties in
cross-cultural ministries.
Nazarenes around the
world have raised over
$100 million dollars in the
last 60 years. Help us in
this much-needed ministry
and bring your Alabaster
Offering September 27.
Adventure Zone Our children are important to us and the Kingdom!
Today our children meet in
the Sanctuary during
worship and then go to the
Youth Center for their own
time together.
Next Sunday continues
“Heroes of Mega City”
where they learn about the
Bible’s heroes. Next
Sunday’s lesson is on
Volunteer Opportunities ESL teachers and volunteers to bring snacks on
Wed. nights—See Sabrina
Caravan teachers on Wed. night—See Pam
Quizzing teachers on Sun. morning—See Jennifer
Upward soccer coaches and referees—See
Joseph or Rachel Scott
Greeters on Sunday morning—See Bill Hinnen
All Church Work Day
Sept. 12 8 am to noon
A big THANKS! to all who have completed the
“Attender Information Sheet” at the Welcome Center.
If you have not—it’s not too late! Starting next
Sunday, Pastor Tom is taking pictures for our
directory. If you would come a little early to Sunday
School or morning worship, he will be set up in the
room at the right side of the front of the sanctuary.
We want to include EVERYONE who attends, so
please take the time to stop and get a quick picture
and make sure your information is correct. We plan to
have the directory completed before Christmas.
We need men and women
to help us freshen up our
building and grounds.
Breakfast is provided at
8:00 am. Jobs include
painting, carpet cleaning,
mulching the playground,
cleaning the kitchen,
gluing carpet, cleaning
light fixtures. Sign up at
the Welcome Center.
heroes that tell the truth!
Nathan and David,
Balaam, and Micaiah.
All children’s and
nursery workers—
please meet with
Jennifer directly
following today’s
service in the
Adventure Zone.
New Church Directory
Alabaster Sunday
Tuesday, Sept. 15 Waco Convention Center
Doors Open at 6:00 pm
Pastor’s Pen
From the Office Needs of the church family
Home Bound: Bettie Hughes, Dorothy Young, Annetta
Cotton
Health: Kari (Kris Huff’s sister, lung cancer), Jenny
Swezey, Ronnie and Adrienne Angel, Tina Pate (friend of
Mattocks’ with cancer), Jimmy Tull (bone and lung cancer),
Linda Lucas (stomach cancer), the unborn children,
Suzanne and Shelby (Shelly Blackwood’s sister and
premature baby), Sandra Howland’s mother, David Lane
and his father.
Today’s Prayer Partners: Bonnie Nutt, Linda Gibbs
September Food Pantry Needs: Peanut butter, jelly,
pancake mix, syrup, hamburger helper, diapers (any size)
August Giving Report:
Monthly Need: $ 22,500.00
Giving Last Week: $ 5,127.20
Month to Date: $ 17,876.93
Faith Promise Giving: $ 140.00
Contact Information:
Pastor Roger: [email protected]
Pastor Tom: [email protected]
Brad: [email protected]
Office: [email protected]
Upward: [email protected]
September Birthdays:
Jenny Swezey 9/1 Kay Wallace 9/6
Jamie Scott 9/2 Sharon Corbitt 912
Brent Mattocks 9/2 Shelly Blackwood 9/12
Becky Selby 9/2 David Lane 9/12
Dawn Askey 9/3 Mike Meyers 9/21
Annetta Cotton 9/3 Betsy Frix 9/22
Ron Blackwood 9/5 Adrienne Angel 9/28
Tyler Horn 9/5
September Anniversaries:
9.8 Melvin and Jody Cleveland
9.9 Harvey and Donna Spross
9.12 Garry and Michele James
9.13 Jerry and Sally Willett
www.cfnazwaco.com 254-772-5145
Office hours Tues. through Thurs. 9 am –4 pm
“Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. I assure you: They’ve got their reward! But when you pray, go into your private room, shut your door, and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. When you pray, don’t babble like the idolaters, since they imagine they’ll be heard for their many words. Don’t be like them, because your Father knows the things you need before you ask Him.” Matthew 6:5-8 When we pray – where we pray - how we pray – for whom/what we pray are the essentials of a quality and successful prayer life. We live in a day when our only foundation is God’s Word. The world has done well in stripping away the familiar, long standing perceived foun-dations of the Christian faith. Those principles we sometimes wrongly assumed were important and immovable. And though the world continues to chip away at those things we once thought important, the church is realizing the only im-portant things are those which cannot be taken away – God’s Word and PRAYER. But, when we pray, where we pray, how we pray and for whom/what we pray now become very critical as we don’t want to pray “amiss”, or absent of the understanding of God’s purposes. Too often our prayers are based on our earthly perception of how we think things should be when in actuality our prayers are to be based on a Heavenly per-ception of how God wants them to be.
Pastor John McArthur recently penned these words - "So when you want to find an evidence of genuine salvation in someone's life and when you want to find a motive or incentive to the highest excellence of Christian virtue, and when you're looking for someone who has true joy, someone who can stand against temptation, someone who maintains the vigor and diligence of spiritual service, someone who honors God above everything else and someone who wants to repay God for His goodness, you're going to find somebody whose heart is in heaven. The noblest of all Christians, the godliest of all saints, the most virtuous of all believers are going to be heavenly minded and they're going to life in the life of eternity." (my emphasis added) We do not pray enough. We do not pray with a heavenly mindset. Sadly for many, we do not pray. I will speak for the next four weeks about the imperative essential of a prayer life. I ask each of you to join me at the altar EVERY SUN-DAY MORNING AT 10:30A to pray down the Glory of God not only on the service, not only on this church, but into the very lives of His people.
