circumstances. As my friend, Superintendent Alan Warneke, did in High School, a runner who takes his eyes off the finish line to look at all the commotion around him will never finish first. It is important to fix our focus and run to win. If God has put a dream in your heart, don’t allow dis-tractions to keep you from reaching your goal! If voices of unbelief and ad-verse circumstances try to deter you from your objec-tive, refuse to let yourself get distracted. Fix your fo-cus on what the Lord has for you and you can make it all the way to the end! Let’s together ask the Holy Spirit to refocus our atten-tion on God’s plan for our lives. He will empower us to run all the way to the fin-ish line. Fix your focus. Blessings,

Jeff Wiedenmeyer

Fix Your Focus

I just got back from Family camp, at Lakewood Park, what a great time was had by all. During camp my friend and Montana District Superin-tendent Alan Warneke, told a story about a race he ran in high school. He and a rival friend were competing for the attention of a girl they both liked and wanted to date. On this particular day Alan spot-ted this girl in the stands be-fore a race he was to com-pete in. He told how he was determined, although never able to before, to beat his rival in front of this girl. The first lap around the track Alan was way out front, the second lap still a commanding lead, the third lap still ahead. On the forth lap and the final cor-ner Alan looked into the stands to make sure the girl was watching him defeat his rival. With twenty-five yards remaining, as Alan was still focused on the stands, his ri-val sprinted past him and won the race. Distracted he lost the race. The writer of Hebrews say, “Therefore, since we are sur-rounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hin-ders and the sin that so easily

entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. 2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and per-fecter of our faith…” (12:1-2) Have you ever felt distracted from the plan God has for your life? Do you have a hard time staying focused on your life goals? What are your goals? Maybe a better question is, do you have goals? Are you run-ning your spiritual race like a runner headed toward a finish line, or are you aimlessly run-ning about with no sense of direction? These are good questions to ask ourselves in light of this phrase in Hebrews – “let us run.” The words “let us run” are taken from the Greek word trecho. It means to run. But this isn’t the picture of a casual runner or an amateur athlete. This runner is disciplined, fo-cused and striving to win! He is giving it all he’s got to reach the finish line before anyone else. He is driven by purpose, commitment, and determina-tion! One of the fastest ways Satan can knock a believer out of his race and keep him from finish-ing victoriously is to get him “distracted” by surrounding

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HEARTBEAT FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

Pastor Jeff’s Installation Service will be Sun. July 22 at 10:30 am with Rev. Leon Freitag & Rev. Darrell Losing officiating.

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PASTORAL STAFF

Mary Ann Adams Children’s Pastor

Jeff Wiedenmeyer Lead Pastor

Kenneth Curtis Youth Pastor

Board Meeting Thurs. July 12, 2012 7 pm at the church

Keen Kamp 2012 When: August 24-26, 2012 Where: Lakewood Park Bible Camp Brochures are available on the information desk in the foyer.

The local steering committee for the YWAM Impact World Tour is hard at work planning

the community wide evangelistic outreach to be held September 18th and 19th in Jamestown.

Two incredible teams will perform at the Jamestown Civic Center. Team GX, who are talented skaters and BMX bikers and Island Breeze, which is a colorful Polynesian dance team, will share the Gospel using their unique talents.

There are still many areas in which our committee needs your help. If you would like to get involved, here is a list of some ways you can do so.

1. Join in the prayer effort every Tuesday morning at 7:30 AM at Youth for Christ’s TEEN CITY, 202 4th Ave SE. Contact Troy Gunderson at 252-5501 or youth4x@hotmail.com

2. Attend the Community Prayer Event at Victory Lutheran Brethren Church on Sunday June 24th at 6 PM Contact Troy Gunderson at 252-5501 or youth4x@hotmail.com

3. Be a Host Home for team members and their support staff who are coming to town in September. Contact Brianna Taylor at blh8605@hotmail.com

4. Loan a van or other vehicle for team members to use while they are in our commu nity. (Several needed) Contact Ralph Cortese at 701-658-0217 or rcortese03@gmail.com

5. Provide meals for the team members and support staff during their stay with us. Contact Brianna Taylor at blh8605@hotmail.com

When: Thurs. July 12, 2012 Time: 6:15 pm Where: Jill Riffe’s-220 9th Ave NE Come meet Tamra Wiedenmeyer and enjoy food and fellowship!

More details to follow.

SAVE THE DATE!

In observance

of Independence Day

Wed. July 4th

the church office

will be closed.

July 7, 2012 The parade begins @ 9:30 am

with line-up @ 8:30 am on 1st Avenue & 5th Street

north. The parade will head south on 1st Avenue and

end on 8th Street. Label bottled water

Fri. July 6 at 5:30 pm at Slater Center. Pizza pro-

vided! Everyone is welcome!

Sunday School Morning Service Toddlers

1 Loree Hill Kelly Spanier Jordan R.

Terri Marshall

8 Vivian Welsh Bethany Hillesland Kandy E.

Makayla Delair

15 Bonnie Delair Jean Jasmann Judy V.

Selah Jasmann

22 Pattie Casavant Claudine Flowers Pam H.

Biff Flowers

29 Pattie Casavant Julie Olson Judy V.

Anna Woodward

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Cost $60 Registration due Sun July 8th! Please Cost $60 Registration due Sun July 8th! Please Cost $60 Registration due Sun July 8th! Please Cost $60 Registration due Sun July 8th! Please make checks payable to the church. make checks payable to the church. make checks payable to the church. make checks payable to the church.

Registration forms

avalible in foyer!

The BGMC Summer Challenge!! The BGMC Summer Challenge!! The BGMC Summer Challenge!! The BGMC Summer Challenge!!

The Last Sunday in May we Challenged the Kids to give at least $800 this Sum-mer to BGMC. The top givers will receive a BGMC Bag. They will be encour-aged to spend their summer raising Money for missions! Some ideas to do raise money are a lemonade stand, a bake sale or even a rummage sale. They have June, July and August to raise $800 dollars. If the kids raise at least $800 dollars in three months we will have a special Pizza Party movie night just for them!! Help the kids reach their goal in the next three months. We will let you know about the different fundraisers that kids will be doing over the summer!! May this summer have purpose for all our kids while they raise money for children all over the world.

Family Fun NightFamily Fun NightFamily Fun NightFamily Fun Night

Premier Event Premier Event Premier Event Premier Event

Sunday July 29thSunday July 29thSunday July 29thSunday July 29th

6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m.

Fellowship HallFellowship HallFellowship HallFellowship Hall

Movie, Popcorn, Snacks, fun Movie, Popcorn, Snacks, fun Movie, Popcorn, Snacks, fun Movie, Popcorn, Snacks, fun activity sheets and much more!activity sheets and much more!activity sheets and much more!activity sheets and much more!

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Monday

Leader: Gary and Jill Riffe

Time: 7:00 pm Location: Gerry Hofmann’s

1502 14th Ave SW 252-4862(Riffe’s#)

Tuesday

Leader: Mark and Julie Olson

Time: 7:00 pm Location: Olson’s

3031 83 1/2 Ave SE Phone: 320-9585

Leader: Curt & Loree Hill

Time: 7:00 pm Location: Curt & Loree Hill’s

315 4th Ave NE Valley City

Phone: 845-4584

Wednesday

Leader: Joe and LeAnn

Beckstrand Time: 7:00 pm

Location: Gordy and Marva Entzminger’s

1116 Western Park Village Phone: 952-7291

Leader: Chaplain David Fisher

Time: 7:00 pm Location: First Assembly of God

1720-8th Ave SW Phone: 252-4092

Thursday

Leader: Mike and Bethany Hillesland

Time: 7:00 pm Location: Andy & Melissa

Noreen’s Phone: 658-0247

Not meeting for the summer!

Junior High Camp- Grades 6-9, July 9-13 Senior High Camp-Grades 9-12, July 16-20

Kids Camp-Grades 3-6, July 23-27

Stay Connected with Jamestown First Assembly! Find Us Online: www.ourheartispeople.com

(If you missed a Sunday, sermons are available on the website.) Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/jamestownfirst

(There is a link on facebook that will take you to the website.)

Not meeting for the summer!

Not meeting for the summer!

Some of our youth will be heading to the National Fine Arts Festi-val in Louisville, Kentucky Aug. 6-10, 2012. They are doing fund-raising to help pay their way. We as a church will also be offering scholarships to help with expenses. If you would like to help with providing scholarships make checks payable to First Assem-bly of God and designate “scholarship fund”.

Thank you for investing in our youth!

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JULY 2012

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 am Pastor Jeff Communion pm Pastor Jeff

2 3 4 Independence Day- Church Office closed!

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6 7 am Board Prayer 5:30 pm label bottled water at Slater-pizza pro-vided!

7 8:30 am line up for parade 9:30 am White Cloud Days parade

8 am Pastor Jeff pm Pastor Jeff

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12 7 pm Board mtg

13 7 am Board prayer

14 7 pm Prayer time @ church

15 am Pastor Jeff Missions Sunday pm Pastor Jeff

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20 7 am Board Prayer

21 7 pm Prayer time @ church

22 am Pastor Jeff’s Installation service pm Pastor Jeff

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25 5:30 pm Slater opens 7 pm Youth service

26 27 7 am Board prayer

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29 am Pastor Jeff BGMC Sunday pm Family Fun Night-Veggie Tales

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Phone: 701-252-4092

Fax: 701-952-1575

E-mail: assembly@daktel.com

First Assembly of God 1720 8th Ave SW Jamestown, ND 58401

Information for the

newsletter needs to be into the

office by the 15th of the month.

Thank you!

~ Sunday ~ 9:30 a.m.

No Sunday School for the summer 10:30 a.m.

Morning Worship & Children’s & Toddler’s Church

6:00 p.m. Evening Worship Service

~ Monday ~ 7:00 p.m.

Small Groups meeting at various locations For more info contact: 252-4092

~ Tuesday ~ 9:00 a.m.

No Bible Study at the church for the summer 7 :00 p.m.

No Small Groups meeting at various locations For more info contact 252-4092

~Wednesday~

7:00 p.m. Youth services at Slater Center

7:00 p.m. No Kidz Club for the summer

No Small Groups meeting at various locations For more info contact 252-4092

~Thursday~ 7:00 p.m.

No Small Groups meeting at various locations For more information contact 252-4092

~ Friday ~ 7:00 a.m.

Board Prayer - Sanctuary ~ Saturday ~

7:00 p.m. Prayer Time

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Junior High Camp at Lakewood Park Bible Camp

Senior High Camp at Lakewood Park Bible Camp

Kids Camp at Lakewood Park Bible Camp

Youth Fireworks Fundraiser

Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage

PAID Jamestown, N.D.

58401 Permit No. 66

Sunday School (for all ages) 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.

SUNDAY

Children’s Church (ages 3-10) 10:30 a.m.

Evening Service 6:00 p.m.

First Assembly of God 1720 8th Ave SW Jamestown, ND 58401

Phone: 252-4092 E-mail: assembly@daktel.com www.ourheartispeople.com www.facebook.com/jamestownfirst

Return Service Requested “...stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together …

Hebrews 10:24-25

OUR FELLOWSHIP SCHEDULE

Opportunities for worship, learning, fellowship and service.

Aug 2012 Sun 5 Communion Nat’l Fine Arts thru The 11th Sun. 19 Church picnic at McElroy Park No evening service

July 2012 Sun 1 Communion Wed. 4 Independence Day Church Office closed Fri 6 Label bottled water at Slater Sat 7 White Cloud Days Parade Mon 9 JH Camp thru the 13th at LPBC Sun 15 Missions Sunday Mon 16 SH Camp thru the 20th at LPBC Sun 22 Pastor Jeff’s installation service by Leon Freitag & Darrell Losing Mon 23 Kids Camp thru the 27th at LPBC Sun 29 BGMC Sunday

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One nation One nation One nation One nation under Godunder Godunder Godunder God, , , , indivisible, with liberty indivisible, with liberty indivisible, with liberty indivisible, with liberty

and justice for all.”and justice for all.”and justice for all.”and justice for all.”