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www.e1cog.com 937.456.4681 Office Hours: 9a-4p
Office ~�[email protected] Visit us on facebook
https://e1cog.churchofficechms.com
Senior Pastor ~ Rev. Jonathan Grubbs ~�[email protected] Worship Pastor ~ Liisa Erskine ~�[email protected]
Pastor Emeritus ~ Rev. Jerry A. Reynolds Children’s Director ~ Tania Minton ~�[email protected]
No Greater Love The message of Christianity is that the
Kingdom of God is love. But real love is not to be reached by living on the surface. It is rather attained by breaking through the surface, by penetrating the deeper things of ourselves, of our world and of God.
Come join us this January as we learn from John 15. Come discover what it means to abide in Christ. Abiding in Christ is the realiza-tion that we cannot become what we are intend-ed to be without having a deeper relationship with Jesus. Jesus says to us, “abide in me.” Closely attach yourself to me, just as a branch attaches itself to a vine. Come discover the greater love and abiding relationship we can have with Jesus Christ.
Come and Go Communion Saturday, December 31
6:00 - 7:00 pm in the Sanctuary
New Year’s Day:
Sunday School 9:45a Worship Gathering 11:00a
(There will be no first service)
EATON FIRST CHURCH OF GOD JANUARY 2015
WEDNESDAY DINNERS | 5:30 - 6:15 pm The cost is $2.50 per person; $10 max per family. Menu: 1/4 - Pulled Pork 1/11 - Taco Bar 1/18 - Spaghetti & Salad Bar 1/25 - No Meal - All Church Skate KEENAGER’S BREAKFAST Tuesday, January 3 | 9:00am All of our senior retirees meet at Bob Evans in Eaton. MEN’S BREAKFAST Saturday, January 7 | 7:30a Be part of this great breakfast and time of sharing. NURSING HOME MINISTRY Sunday, January 8 @ 2p at Greenbriar (501 W. Lexington Rd., Eaton) Please sign up at the Welcome Center if you are able to join us in this ministry. ZUMBA Mondays & Thursdays | 6:30-7:30p $3 a class. All are welcome! CAPITAL FUND UPDATE As of December 20th, $99,255.54 has been given to the Capital Fund Campaign, leaving a total of $235,366.48 in the Building Fund. YEAR END GIVING At the close of this year, as you thank God for His care and blessing, remember that your year-end, tax deductible gifts should be postmarked by Saturday, December 31. Contribution statements will be mailed no later than January 31, 2017. BABY SHOWER Baby Shower for Kayla South. Let's shower her with gifts and with love! Sunday, January 29th, 2:00pm Kayla is registered at Babies R Us. She is the daughter of Jennifer and Paul South.
CHURCH NEWS 2017 Discipleship Initiative:
Follow 1-2-3-4 Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life...” This is not just an idea, but an experienced reality. To make this a reality there must be a plan. Author and pastor Richard Foster rightly states, “If we don’t have a plan for spiritual growth, we have a plan for failure.” Beginning in 2017 we are inviting you to grow in your faith & discipleship.
Here’s the plan:
n Meet with 1 other person
o Connect at least 2 times a month
p Share these 3 things: Prayer concerns, Spiritu-al goal, ministry & service
q Commit 4 one year
Sign up this January!
Men’s & Women’s Small Group Studies
January 29th through April 9th (10 week study) 6:00pm to 7:30pm on Sunday nights here at the Church For the Men: STEPPING UP! Today, more than ever, the world needs godly men. Men who will step up and courageously lead at home, at church, at work, and in their communities. That ’s the message of Stepping Up. In a world where too many men are shrinking back, Stepping Up gives men vision and tools to live godly, courageous lives. For the Women: Passion Pursuit Using scripture throughout the Bible, Passion Pursuit not only urges women to pursue passion but details how God has given them permission to do so. Though there is fun to be had along the way in this study, it hits hard on the questions women have but are hesitant to ask. This audaciously bold study combines the psychological expertise of Dr. Juli Slattery, formerly of Focus on the Family, along with moving stories from trusted Bible teacher and best-selling author Linda Dillow. The groups who have already done this study have seen their mar-riages come alive, whether they’ve been married four months or forty years!
Please note: Childcare provided. Sign up at the Wel-come center.
WOMEN OF FAITH NEWS
*NOTE: There will no WOF meeting in December WOMEN RETREAT | FEBRUARY 25 | 8:00AM - 4:00PM On Saturday, Feb. 25th, the Eaton First Church of God will be hosting April Cassidy for Women's Journey 2017. April is a mother of 2, a part-time pharmacist, Christian marriage blogger, and author of The Peaceful Wife - Living in Submission to Christ As Lord. Her book looks at the question: “What happens when a woman becomes the wife God desires her to be?”
She walks through baby steps on how to change, addressing questions such as: “What is respect?”; “How can you show respect?”; “How is being respectful different from being loving?” In the end, The Peaceful Wife is a powerful path to God's design for women to live in full submission to Christ as Lord. SIGN UP STARTING JANUARY 1ST in the Commons! Cost is $25 ($30 after January 29) and includes a light breakfast and lunch. There will be no child care provided. Feel free to contact Barbi Mann (456-9020) or Stefanie Price – (533-1491) with any questions or if you would like to help. WOMEN’S SMALL GROUP STUDIES | January 29th - April 9th (10 week study) | 6 to 7:30p on Sunday nights This is a video study called “Passion Pursuit”. Using scripture throughout the Bible, Passion Pursuit not only urges wom-en to pursue passion but details how God has given them permission to do so. Though there is fun to be had along the way in this study, it hits hard on the questions women have but are hesitant to ask. Sign up at the Welcome Center!
501 Youth For more info on any of these events go to
www.e1cog.com or 501 Youth on Facebook
SUNDAY SCHOOL - Sunday Mornings | 9:45a Youth Sunday School for the month of January will be com-bined and led by Bobby Clark and Chris Harness. OPEN HOUSE - Wednesday Nights from 6-7:30pm At 6pm we play games, listen to music, and hang out. An-nouncements are given at 6:30, followed by worship, and our lesson. Open to all Jr. & Sr. High Youth! YOUTH OVERNIGHTER By popular demand we will be having a youth overnighter to close out 2016 in youth ministry! Mark your calendar for De-cember 28th - 29th from 10p-8a and sign up at the top of the stairs today!! YOUTH SKI TRIP Sunday, January 15 from 8a-8p at Perfect North Slopes in Lawrenceburg, IN. $55/ski, board & tube; $40/tube only. Must attend Saturday night worship (1/14 @ 7p). Sign up at the top of the stairs by January 1st. ALL CHURCH SKATING PARTY Wednesday, January 25 from 6-8p The Skate in Richmond, IN
For more info on any of these events contact Tania
Minton ([email protected] or 937.456.4681)
Kid K-motion Wednesday Nights 6p- 7:30p | ages 4 through 6th grade Our Wednesday night Kid k-motion program will be starting back up on January 4, 2017. We will begin a new series entitled "The B-I-B-L-E", a five part series about respecting, studying, memorizing, and obeying the Bible. If you have not yet been to a Wednesday night class now is the perfect time to start. You can register your child online at e1cog.com or on Wednes-day night. Hope to see you there! KIDS SKATING PARTY The Kid k-motion skating party will be at The Richmond Skate on Wednesday, Jan. 25th, from 6-8p. Cost is $5 per person and everyone is welcome to join in and invite a friend. Come connect with us for a few hours of fellowship on wheels, maybe a few spills, but for sure a good time! CHILDREN / YOUTH WORKER SCREENING There will be a screening for anyone interested in work-ing with Children or Youth on January 8, 2017 during the Sunday School hour in room 200. If you would like to be screened but need to set up a special time please see Tania Minton.
GET CONNECTED! Adult Sunday School Growing in God’s Word Roy Bowman, Leader | Rm 102 Studying: The gospel of Mark Messiah’s Misfits Bryan Scholl, Leader | Room 204 Studying: the book CounterCulture by David Platt. Men’s Sunday School Matt Roberts, Leader | Room 206 Studying: God's word through a variety of devotionals each week. Search for Significance Lynn Morey, Leader | Room 103 Studying: Walking and Talking with Jesus: Book of Mat-thew. Boundaries Randy Bryant, Leader | Room 205 Studying: The difference between pride and being proud. Women’s Sunday School Teresa Eddy, Leader | Rm 207 Studying: “Fighting with Joy” by Margaret Feinberg that will help you embrace a life that’s richer and fuller than you’ve ever know before. All ladies invited!
Adult Small Groups Mondays | 7p in Room 105-107 This group is studying out of the Old Testament. Facilitator: Joey Williams Tuesdays | 6a in the Commons This men’s group is studying the book of James. Great way to start the day! Wednesdays | 6:30p in Room 102 This group is studying Ruth, Esther & Nehemiah. All are welcome! Facilitator: Joel Eck Thursdays | 6:30p Home of Gerald & Carolyn Scholl (519 E. Wadsworth) This group is studying the book of John. Facilitator: Carolyn Scholl Sundays | 6p Home of Jerry & Rose Reynolds (9 Candy Ct., Eaton) This group is finishing the study on the book of Acts. Facilitator: Jerry Reynolds
MISSIONS SCRIP GIFT CARDS Gift cards can be purchased or ordered in the commons after Sunday School. All purchases benefit our missions fund. LOVE PACKAGES To donate Bibles, books, CD’s, videos, etc.) to send overseas, please leave items in the container in the commons. COLD WEATHER SHELTER The Preble County Emergency Cold Shelter will be available from 7p to 7a when the weather is forecast to be at °20 degrees or below. If you would like to volun-teer as a shelter worker which entails staying the night, please sign up at the Welcome Center.
WORSHIP ARTS MINISTRY The new year is a great time to get involved in our wor-ship arts ministry! There are many ways to get plugged in: CHOIR – We rehearse Wednesdays from 7:00-8:15 in the sanctuary. January is a fresh start and we are begin-ning to learn all new music for the winter/spring season! This is a great time to join us. We sing 2-3 times a month, with typically one featured song a month. All ex-perience levels are welcome! WORSHIP BAND – If you play piano, guitar, bass, drums, or keyboard, this is the ministry for you! We are in need of new musicians to join our worship band rota-tion (especially pianists and guitarists). Even if you don’t have much experience, talk to Liisa about joining in. TECH TEAM – If you love working behind-the-scenes, have good attention to detail, and have an interest in technology, the tech team is a great way to get plugged into the worship at E1COG. We are in need of more team members to run our sound board and our multime-dia projection. No experience is necessary, we can train you! If you are interested in any of these ministry opportuni-ties, or any other creative arts (drama, dance, visual art), contact Liisa ([email protected]). We’d love to have you join our team! January Dates to Remember: 1/8 — Choir Scheduled, no featured song 1/22 — Choir Scheduled, no featured song 1/29 — Choir Scheduled, no featured song
How our church reached out to others this past year: Scholarships: You as a church provided scholarships to each graduating Senior heading off to college.
Benevolence Fund: Through your weekly giving we were able to help families in our neighborhood with rent, utilities, food and gas in the amount of $16,663.95.
Food Bank: As a church, through the year you donated numerous boxes of food. Also $1390.48 was collected during the Christmas Celebration to be given to the Food Bank.
Operation Christmas Child: Over 182 shoe boxes full of toys & other items were donated to brighten the lives of children in other parts of the world.
Christmas Food Baskets: 110 boxes of food were distributed to needy families.
Christ’s Birthday Offering: As of December 20th, you have given $1500.00 in this special offering to Church of God Ministries to spread the gospel around the world.
Kid K-Motion Kids: VBS kids collected money to help the flood victims in Colorado. Wednesday night Kids sponsor a child from Mexico. They also donated food to the food bank and hygiene products to the Homeless Shel-ter. The children also put on a juice & pudding drive and donated their offering to Jacob’s Ladder (a group who sup-plies food to children).
Cold Weather & Homeless Shelter: As a church, you donate meals weekly, provide volunteers to staff the shel-ter and have donated boxes of clothes & supplies for the shelter clients.
Community Thanksgiving and Christmas Dinners: Served 275 Thanksgiving dinners and over 250 Christmas dinners free to the community.
Impact: On May 29th, you donated your time and energy to help beautify our City parks.
Garage Sale for Syrian Relief: As a church, you donated items and time to have a garage sale that raised $2,510.00 to help the refugees in Syria
Faith Promise: As of December 20th, through your Faith Promise giving of $22,090.50, you have supported mis-sionaries throughout the world.
Many of you worked so hard to make special programs and events in our church possible and to invite others to attend that they might hear about the story of Christ.
Individually there are many other ways you have shared the love of Christ that we don ’t know about.
Thank you to all of you who have made Christmas so special this year. Let us continue to show the love of Christ to oth-ers all through the year. May God bless you and yours throughout this New Year!
January 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 9:45a Sunday School 11a Worship Gathering
2 6:30p Zumba
3 6a Men’s Bible Study 9a Keenager’s Breakfast
4 5:30-6:15p Meal 6p Kid K-motion 6p Youth 6:30p Sm. Group 7p Choir
5 6:30p Sm. Group 6:30p Zumba
6
7 7:30a Men’s Breakfast
8 8:30a & 11a Worship Gathering 9:45a Sunday School 2p Nursing Home Ministry 6p Small Group
9 6:30p Zumba 7p Small Groups
10 6a Men’s Bible Study
11 5:30-6:15p Meal 6p Kid K-motion 6p Youth 6:30p Sm. Group 7p Choir
12 6:30p Sm. Group 6:30p Zumba
13
14 7p Youth Worship
15 8a Youth Ski Trip 8:30a & 11a Worship Gathering 9:45a Sunday School 6p Small Group
16 6:30p Zumba 7p Small Groups
17 6a Men’s Bible Study
18 5:30-6:15p Meal 6p Kid K-motion 6p Youth 6:30p Sm. Group 7p Choir
19 6:30p Sm. Group 6:30p Zumba
20 21
22 8:30a & 11a Worship Gathering 9:45a Sunday School 6p Small Group
23 6:30p Zumba 7p Small Groups
24 6a Men’s Bible Study
25 6-8p All Church Skate 6:30p Sm. Group 7p Choir
26 6:30p Zumba
27 28
29 8:30a & 11a Worship Gathering 9:45a Sunday School 2p Baby Shower 6p Small Group 6p Men & Women’s Small Groups Start
30 6:30p Zumba 7p Small Groups
31 6a Men’s Bible Study
S.S.
Attn.
A.M.
Attn. Offering
Building
Fund
Faith
Promise
11/27 87 281 $6762.59 $1417.50 $360.50
12/4 118 280 $12,157.41 $1502.50 $602.50
12/11 115 268 $5823.10 $832.50 $299.50
12/18 89 185 $22,001.87 $5434.50 $226.50
Average Weekly Offering: $ 11,686.24
Average Offering Needed: $9,867.62
Our Faithfulness
