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New Comers LuncheonDate: Sunday, February 19th
When:12:10 pmWhere:WL Multi-purpose RoomIf you are relatively new toWalloon, we invite you to join usfor a luncheon. This is a fun timeto eat and mingle with the leader-ship team and have any of yourquestions answered.You can expect to:• Meet our staff and leadership teamand find out which areas of ministrythey serve;• Meet other newcomers who arelooking to learnmore aboutWalloon;• Ask any questions you may have;• Relax and enjoy a great lunch.Sign up in the foyer to attend.
Hey Church Family!Come Worship!On February 24th, 7 p.m. we arehosting an event called "WorshipNights." It will be a focused time ofmusical worship and a prayerfuloutpouring of our hearts to God.The 90 minutes will include timesof prayer, rest, and inspiring scrip-ture. There will also be leadersavailable to pray with and for you. Iwant to personally invite you, yourfriends and families to come andexperience God with us in a freshway! (Unfortunately, we will not beproviding child care for this event.)Hope to see you there! Any ques-tions? Please contact AndyStefanic, Worship Pastor(231) 535-2288.
Home Plate 2017Once again, even though there issnow on the ground and freezingtemperatures in the air, it's time tobe thinking baseball. The thirtiethannual Home Plate event featurescurrent and former Detroit Tigers(and other athletes) sharing abouttheir careers in professional sportsand faith in Jesus Christ. Potentialcurrent and former Tigersinclude: James McCann, MichaelFulmer, Matt Boyd, Buck Farmer,Daniel Norris, Nick Castellanos,Tyler Collins and Willie Horton.Other players from the Tigers andWhite Sox will be added in themonths ahead.
Christian artist, former lead singerfrom Sanctus Real, Matt Hammittwill sing several songs at our event.Matt sang the past two years forHome Plate, and has also sang atWalloon Lake.
Our HOME PLATE 2017 date willbe Saturday, April 29th. The pro-gram will begin at 9:30 AM. Gametime is at 1:08 PM. The Tigers havescheduled an on-the-field photo day(between the program and game) onthe day of the event. They providean opportunity for close up picturesof players. Tickets are $35 this year.Sign-up list is in the Walloon Lakefoyer. Questions? Contact John Lee(231) 582-0494 or [email protected]
February 2017
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February Festivities
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© 2017 A Walloon Lake Community Church Publication. Questions? Contact 231-535-2288.
Glorify Jesus Christ by making disciples...by loving Jesus...loving Others...and Serving the World!
Mission’s Committee Meeting Feb 2nd @ 7p.m.
EJ Men’s BreakfastFeb 4th @ 8a.m.
Prayer Partner Breakfast Feb 4th @ 8a.m.
Superbowl PartyFeb. 5th @ 6p.m.
Men’s Bible StudyFeb 7th, 14th, 21st & 28th@ 6:30a.m.
Prayer Shawl Ministry Feb. 9th @ 1 p.m.Men’s BreakfastFeb. 11th @ 8a.m.
Youth Group MissionsMonthlyFeb 11th
Youth Leader Meeting Feb. 12th @ 12:30p.m.
Benevolent Fund MeetingFeb. 15th @ 4p.m.
Newsletter DeadlineFeb. 19th
Prime Time FellowshipFeb. 20th @ 6p.m.
Worship Night Feb. 24th @ 7p.m.
February 2017
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2-1 Pete Staelens2-2 Trevor Graham2-3 Nathaniel Bradley
Norm ComptonGrant FarringtonRuth HaydenGloria KraemerDiana SouzaLevi SturtevantConnie Vellenga
2-4 Wesley MatelskiJasmine McGeorgeValinda Turner
2-5 John NachazelGrant Overbeek
2-6 Collin CaporossoLarry RobelJo RobinsonRobert SontagRosemary Zobeck
2-7 Phyllis PenfoldShane Severn
2-8 Isabelle Stephenson2-9 Kristi Graham
Rochelle MitasKali RaycraftDawn Sarasin
2-10 Isaac KirbyDavid KnottEmily Mitchell
2-10 Abigail StephensonDebbie Theriault
2-11 Bryan MillerLaney Whitcomb
2-12 Emma BayakKrystal MarchTitus Streifel
2-13 Mandi Severn2-14 Adelyn Bowen
Courtney Hogard2-15 Todd Ager
Don BergmannPaul Vining
2-17 Jamal CebulskiSavanna DeNiseRussell Peck
2-18 Arianna BehlingJase FowlerSusan HoesliLaura KennyRomain LaLoneNiki RichardsSolomon Schmidt
2-19 Tia AppletonErin BakerRebecca BowersBob CharltonBecky MillerBrian Sommerfield
2-20 Mike Zender
2-21 Russ KoemanJudie KolpKammi McGeorgeDebbie Mullin
2-22 Rebekah BearssEmily Lyon
2-23 Dominick BaughDelaney DuranGary Francis
2-24 Amy ClarkMichelle DeNiseShelly HornimanSteve MurrayRonald NadeauHaley PetersenDoug Shadoan
2-25 Jackie NachazelTyler PritchettAimee Richards
2-26 Don PowersCraig Whitley
2-27 Nicole BethellDerek ChapelJohanna FortierCharles RobinsonVicky Smith
2-28 Andy StefanicScott Dempsey
Celebrate!Oh Happy Days
Carl & Sally May 02/01John & Lauri Lee 02/02Daniel & Jessica Fagundo 02/07Jim & Julie Ethington 02/20Justin & Erin Barnes 02/25Chris & Fawn Glassford 02/26Don & Dawn Griffin 02/26
New Baby:Frank and Tia Appleton had a son, KaysonJohn, born on Dec 18, 2016. Dan and PamGardner are grandparents.
Walloon Lake Community Church Newsletter
February 2017
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And it's already 2017! How arethose New Year's resolutions going?As you probably are, we are veryexcited for new beginnings andfresh starts as we look forward tothis upcoming year, and all the pos-sibilities it brings!
Short review of late Dec.and early Jan.:HSM Christmas Party - Sundaynight, December 18th we had a ton offun at our annual HSM ChristmasParty/Ugly Sweater Contest. New tothe festivities this year was a gen-der-reveal party for baby Cole...we’re having a girl!
Missions Monthly - On Saturday,January 14th , our youth ministrytraveled to Harbor Springs to servewith the Manna Food Project for oursecond time this year. We helped theManna staff stock their food bank,prepare for the school year, andserve the needs of the hungry inNorthern Michigan. You can alwaysgo to the below website to learnabout our next project.walloonym.com/missions-monthly
Coming up in February:
Super Bowl Party - Super Bowl 51will be on Sunday, February 5th.Thus, we will be hosting our annualSuper Bowl Party. The party willbegin at 6:00 pm and is open to stu-dents and their families. There willbe food, fun, and football. And atthe halftime, we will turn off theTVs and present the gospel. This isa great time to encourage students tobring their friends to!
HSM Winter Retreat - On theweekend of March 10-12th, we willbe taking our high schoolers on a skiretreat. We will be focusing on thejoy that comes from pressing intoGod's presence. The cost of the tripis $150.00 and includes food, lodg-ing, transportation, and lift tickets.Go to walloonym.com/retreats tolearn more and to sign your kids up!
As you can see, our newsletter has anew look! Well, we now need a newname! We thought we’d put it out toour readers to come up with some-thing. Please send your suggestionsto Nancy Sando ([email protected]) or give her your sugges-tion on paper with your nameprinted on it. All entries must be re-ceived prior to our next deadline,which is February 20th.
Haiti Missions OpportunitiesOur Haiti Missions Team will becollecting light weight dish towelsto give to our sister church whenthey travel there in February. Ifyou’d like to donate, please put your donations in the box in the WLfoyer or at the information table inEJ. We will be collecting until February 15th.
Youth Group News•Brant Cole, Youth Pastor
Naming Contest!•Nancy Sando, Newsletter Coordinator
MAJOR NEWSLETTER CHANGES
Starting next month, March 2017 in effort to keep costs down we will nolonger mail the newsletter out, instead there will be hard copies set out at WLand EJ church locations for pick-up. If you would rather receive the newsletter by email please contact Nancy Sando at [email protected] your name and email address.
February 2017
Travel time. It's hard to know whatto expect sometimes, especially dur-ing peak seasons or on 2-lane roadson which sight distance is limited.Trips to Marquette last summerwere no exception. So I experi-mented with several different op-tions with which to span thedistance between US 2 and Hwy 28.What seemed to be the busiest routewas 77 through Seney. A slightlybetter option was 117 through Engadine. The best option I found,though, is what seemed to be a lit-tle-used township or county roadeast of Newberry. I rarely spottedany traffic (and no RVs!), the roadwas fairly straight, and only had onestop. The temptation, then, was topush the speed limit on the side ofbeing fast, thinking that there likelywere not any law enforcement pa-trols nearby and I could get awaywith it. What? Should that reallyeven matter? The speed limit is thespeed limit regardless of who isaround to enforce it!
I need to watch the same thing in re-lation to God. While it's importantto set a good example in the sightothers, the most important thing isthat GOD sees. I can't hide fromHim... Not just actions, but heartand motives as well. Not in thesense of some cosmic "BigBrother," or a force waiting to zapme, but as a holy God who loves meand desires to mold my character tobe more like His. While His gracedoes cover my shortcomings, Ishould not take advantage of it, butinstead must try my best to live alife of integrity regardless of who Ithink may or may not be watching.
"You have searched me, O Lord, andyou know me. You know when I sit andwhen I rise; you perceive my thoughtsfrom afar... You discern my going outand my lying down; you are familiarwith all my ways. Before a word is onmy tongue, O Lord, you know it com-pletely... Where can I go from yourSpirit? Where can I flee from yourpresence? ...Search me, O God, andknow my heart... See if there is any of-fensive way in me, and lead me in theway everlasting." (From Psalm 139)
A kindergarten teacher was walkingaround observing her classroom ofchildren while they were drawing pic-tures. As she got to one girl who wasworking diligently, she asked what thedrawing was.
The girl replied, "I'm drawing God."The teacher paused and said, "But
no one knows what God looks like."Without looking up from her
drawing, the girl replied, "They will ina minute."
A Sunday school teacher asked thechildren just before she dismissedthem to go to church, "And why is itnecessary to be quiet in church?"
Annie replied, "Because peopleare sleeping"
One Easter Sunday morning as thepastor was preaching a children's ser-mon, he reached into his bag of propsand pulled out an egg. He pointed atthe egg and asked the children,"What's in here?"
"I know, I know!" a little boy exclaimed, "pantyhose!"
Travel Time •Susan Miller
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Feb 1 Awana Store8 Spread the love night: Bring a card or note for your AWANA leader tonight.
15 Snowman Night (Make Up): A handbook group must say four sections to earn a roll of toilet paper. At the end clubbers wrap their leaders in the tissue. Prizes are awarded for the best "snowman" (or woman).
22 Dress Like Your Dad or MomNight and Bring Parent Night
Mar 18 Light the Night: Bring a FlashLight with you
15 Awana Store22 Pajama Night!Wear your PJ’s!29 No Awana: Spring Break
Upcoming AWANA Theme Nights
Lots of Laughs
Has your relationship with Godchanged the way you’re living yourlife and loving others? Loving ALLpeople takes courage, trust, humilityand most importantly, the LOVE ofChrist flowing through us! God lovesunconditionally and nothing changesHis love for us; this is an impressivetruth.
Our unconditional love requires welove God first. Only He can providethe strength and ability to give thissame love to another person. Whenwe love this way it gives us a certainamount of power we must not takefor granted. It means we are obli-gated to tell people the truth withgentle, kind communication, withoutjudgment and staying by them to seethem to the better side of their diffi-culties.
When we love others with an uncon-ditional love it tells them that despitehowever disheartened they may feelor wrongs they've committed; some-one cares about them. The result ofloving others this way, are genuineconnections, personal transforma-tions and people empowered to stepout of their comfort zones and makea difference.
This quote by Paul Coelho, says itpretty well, “The world is changedby your example, not by your opin-ion. God is better preached in theway we live our life than in the end-less discourses praising our faith.” Ifwe want the world to know our Sav-ior, we need to love like Christ, witha genuine and intentional love.As Christians we have a responsibil-ity to express our love daily into thelives of others. So make it your per-sonal goal to live the way Jesuslived. Jesus, who valued all people,who welcomed the outcasts and sin-ners, who ignored the gossip and theaccusations, and went about the busi-ness of loving people.
There was a lot of Loving Like JesusHappening in the Children’s Ministryin 2016. Highlights include;• 20+ Children accepted Christ’s
gift of salvation• 10 Kids were baptized• 7 little ones were dedicated to the
Lord• 130 kids are registered in AWANA
for 2016-2017• 47 children attend AWANA from
the community• 43 children have attended AWANA as guest a so far this year.
• 157 kids were enrolled in Day Camp 2016
• Over 400 people attended Walk Where Jesus Walked on Good Friday
• More than 200 Attended & 77 heard the Gospel at the Harvest Carnival in October
• More than 60 People are serving weekly with children at Walloon.
• 44 Served in some way at Walk Where Jesus Walked
• 56 Served at Day Camp• 48 Served at the Harvest Carnival
This past year Children Ministry andfamilies at Walloon also;• Raised funds to build a basketballcourt for children at the Mary Margaret House in Petoskey.• Brought in canned goods for the Nehemiah House in Petoskey.• Provided 35 families/48 kids withscholarship funds to attend AWANA.• Wrote multiple “Thank You” lettersto service men and women serving oversees.• Donated many Christmas gifts for the guests at Villa by the Bay.• Marched in the Boyne City Christmas Parade, blowing their horns for Jesus.• Enjoyed the children singing in big church for Easter, Day Camp and Christmas.
February 2017
How Are You At Loving Like Jesus?•Dorothy Prins, Children’s Ministry Director
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Loving Like Jesus is;• Forgiveness: Forgiveness is achoice and not a feeling, whichtakes time and prayer. "Be kind andcompassionate to one another, for-giving each other, just as in ChristGod forgave you." (Ephesians 4:32)
•Sacrifice: Putting our own needs,desires and wants aside to focus onother people's needs and wants."Therefore, I urge you, brothersand sisters, in view of God's mercy,to offer your bodies as a living sacri-fice, holy and pleasing to God--thisis your true and proper worship."(Romans 12:1)
• Praying: Praying for people is anact of unconditional love. Especiallywhen we pray for our enemies."But I say, love your enemies! Prayfor those who persecute you! Inthat way, you will be acting as truechildren of your Father in heaven.For he gives his sunlight to both theevil and the good, and he sends rainon the just and the unjust alike."(Matthew 5:44-45)
• Telling others about God: Christi-anity isn't a secret club. "He said tothem, "Go into the entire world andpreach the gospel to all creation."(Mark 16:15)
• Being filled with humility: Livingwith a humble opinion of ourselvestakes us off our own minds andfrom holding a first place position.Humility teaches us that God cre-ated us for His purposes and notour own. “Be completely humbleand gentle; be patient, bearing withone another in love.” Ephesians 4:2
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