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No Life Groups today and Sunday, April 5. Daddy/Daughter Date Night Dads, we would like to provide you with an opportunity for a night out with your daughter on April 18th at Nana’s 2 Cakery and Café in Kankakee. The cost is $30 per couple (paid that evening to Nana’s) which covers food, drink, dessert, and some other goodies. Main dish selection: Prime Rib, Chicken or Pasta. Reservations are required and available at 5:00, 6:00, or 7:00 pm. Please email your RSVP by April 8 to [email protected] or call the church office at 815-933-1000. Once Upon a Mystery Dinner Sunday, April 26 , $15 per person Character roles are assigned on a first-come, first-serve basis when payment is received. Everyone who plans to participate in any way must sign up and pay no later than Wednesday, April 8th. NYC Informational Meeting
May 16th @ 12:45 pm There will be a mandatory informational meeting following Regional Celebrate Life, May 16th at Gathering Point Church of the Nazarene (roughly 12:45pm). Please plan to attend the meeting. Parents are welcome to attend.
NYC Trip July 8-12, 2015 – Louisville, KY
Learn God's ways of handling money with Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University! The average turnaround is $8000 in just the first three months.
Contact Nick Cunningham for more information, [email protected]
Birthday Donations The Birthday/Anniversary donations acknowledged at the beginning of our service are used to assist various projects in the Children’s Department Make it Last! Make it Last Premarital Preparation offered by Marriage Inc. is designed to assist couples in discovering the strengths of their relationship as well as areas of growth. It consists of several components: the nationally recognized premarital inventory, PREPARE; mentoring sessions; a finance seminar and a sexuality seminar. Our premarital preparation will not predict the success or failure of your relationship. However, it will help you prepare for marriage by encouraging you to talk more openly with your partner. The cost is $35.00 per couple. If you are interested, please call 815-939-5385. Sympathy Scott Christensen on the death of his grandmother Gladys A. Sims, who died Wednesday, March 18 in Waterloo, Indiana. A funeral service was held Saturday, March 20 at Living Water First Church of the Nazarene in Cedar Falls.
NEWS & NOTES
NEWS & NOTES
We are glad you are here!
Thank you for visiting Kankakee First Church of the Nazarene.
It is our most sincere desire you feel at home while
worshipping with us.
If you do not have a church you call home, we invite you to consider making our church your home.
Please complete a Communication Card located in the pew rack and
place it in the offering plate. We would like to become better
acquainted with you.
If you have a prayer request, please use the back of the
Communication Card. We will be praying confidentially for your request during the week.
We are committed to:
Seeking the Heart of God
Sharing the Love of God
Strengthening the Family of God
Serving as the Hands of God
Rev. Edward H. Heck
Senior Pastor 1000 N Entrance Ave, Kankakee, IL 60901
815-933-1000 Fax: 815-933-7388
www.k3naz.org
Find us on Facebook: Kankakee First Church of the
Nazarene
Church Office Schedule 8:30 am—4:30 pm, Monday—Friday
District-Wide Celebrations. District Conventions - NMI, NYI, and SDMI will be held Saturday, April 11, 8:00am—5:00pm
College Church of the Nazarene
111th District Assembly Sunday Evening Celebration
April 12, ONU Chalfant Hall District Assembly Day
Monday, April 13, Gathering Point Church of the Nazarene .
Registration will begin at 8 a.m. and the assembly morning session will begin at 9 am.
Service of Ordination Monday, April 13 at 5:00pm
Gathering Point You are invited to be a part of this service. Our own Pastor Sharon Norman will be ordained as an
Elder in the Church of the Nazarene.
Thank you to the following K3NAZ members for serving as Delegates to our District Assembly 1. Ginny Burlend 2. Ada Canales 3. Janet Cline 4. Mark Forgrave 5. Elisabeth Haskins 6. Mary Jo Haskins 7. Kathy Heck 8. Lois McQuillin 9. Mimi Meads 10. Richard Meads 11. Carol Morse 12. Ivor Newsham 13. Ruth Newsham 14. Carolyn Osborne 15. Ernie Pitts 16. Derek Schultz 17. Charlene Swafford 18. Don Swafford 19. Heidi Taylor 20. Bruce Wilson 21. Beatriz Ydrovo Monday’s business meeting, April 13, will begin at 9:00 am at Gathering Point Church of the Nazarene. When you arrive on Monday morning, you will already be registered. Find Pastor Cindi for your information and name tag. Elders will need to check-in individually The assembly will end with the Ordination Service on Monday at 5:00 pm.
Welcome to First Church! NEWS & NOTES
TODAY - All children, 4 years through 6th grade are invited to be a part of the Hosanna March TODAY during the morning worship service. Please be in your Children’s Worship area by 10 a.m. in order to participate in this march. **Our elementary children will be participating in their annual celebration of Passover, better known as a Seder Celebration. This re-enactment of Passover will be a unique service for our kids which will begin about 10:20 (instead of the regular 10:30). Parents are welcome to join their children for this special service. Easter Sunday—April 5 All children will have Sunday School and Children’s Worship on Easter Sunday morning. Salvation message will be shared and an opportunity will be given for salvation. Please pray for those leading worship and the children that will be hearing the message.
The Nursery children will be doing the Celebration Parade. Their parents will pick them up from the Nursery before the end of the service. The children will be held by parents at the back doors and down the hallways and waving their sticks and saying, “He is Risen”. District Children’s Choir
Sunday, April 12 6:00pm
Children 4 years – 6th grade, have been invited to join in a District children’s choir, at a Sunday night service in Chalfant Auditorium on the Olivet campus. All children that wish to participate need to be in Chalfant at 4:50 pm, April 12th. The children will be singing, “Every Praise”, by Hezekiah Walker. You can play this song through Youtube. Please begin working on this with your children at home. Children's Camp Fundraising Meeting
Sunday, April 12, 10:00am Children's Quiz room.
If you are interested in sharing with other parents in fundraisers to assist your children in attending Kid's Camps at Indian Lake Nazarene Camp, please attend this meeting.
NEWS & NOTES
Lighthouse Café Sundays 8:30-10:20am Wednesdays 5:30-7:00pm This week’s special: Chicken salad
Visit the Lighthouse Café before the Easter Musical tonight, 5-6pm. We will be serving coffee, cookies and snacks.
Open Gym for Men’s Basketball Thursdays, 7-8:30pm Starting March 26th The gym is open for men’s basketball (open games), age 21 and up. Contact Ryan Kuehl for more information [email protected]
Thursday, March 26, 10:30am We gather to have fellowship, a devotional thought, followed by ministering to the needs of our church through prayer, notes and calls. Please contact Ginny Burlend for more details.
MOMs Life Group 1st & 3rd Thursday of the month
5:30-7:30pm Rachel Cunningham’s home
We are starting a new book on April 2: “The Best Yes” by Lysa TerKeurst. Making wise decisions in the midst of endless demands. MOMs group is not limited to moms with young children. Contact Rachel at [email protected] or 815-295-3343. Book Club LOVE, SKIP, JUMP by Shelene Bryan
Tuesday, May 12 , 7:00pm After 13 years, it will be the last book club hosted by Carol Morse. Everyone that has ever participated is welcome to join us.
NEWS & NOTES
Children’s Ministries Youth Ministries Lighthouse
Dare To Care Ministries
Chicago Central District
FINANCIAL PEACE UNIVERSITY
Men’s Ministries
Spring Break The Wednesday Night mid-week ministries will not meet on April 1, due to the school’s spring break.
Women’s Ministries
You can listen to Sunday’s messages on our church’s website.
Looking for announcements?
The bulletin is also available online
Go to www.k3naz.org Resources
District Assembly Delegates
Life at K3NAZ
Sunday, March 29
8:30 am Prayer Time / Lighthouse Café Open
9:00 am Sunday School for all ages
10:30 am Worship Service
11:30 am Men’s Huddle
3:00 pm Financial Peace University (Room 304)
6:00 pm EASTER MUSICAL (Sanctuary)
Monday, March 30
7:00pm Volleyball Open Gym (FLC)
Tuesday, March 31
9:30 am Staff Meeting (Conference Room)
9:00 am “A Matter of Balance” Class (Room 104)
7:00 pm Prayer Gathering (Sanctuary)
Wednesday, April 1
5:00 pm Teen Quizzing Practice
NO WEDNESDAY EVENING MINISTRIES DUE TO THE SCHOOLS SPRING BREAK
Thursday, April 2 5:00 am Sanctuary Open for “5 to 5” Prayer Time
5:00 pm MOM”s Life Group (Rachel Cunningham’s home)
6:30 pm Stitches (Barnes and Noble)
7:00 pm Men’s Basketball Open Gym
Friday, April 3—GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE at 7:00pm
Sunday, April 5 –EASTER CELEBRATION
8:30 am Prayer Time / Lighthouse Café Open
9:00 am Sunday School for all ages
10:30 am Easter Celebration Service
11:30 am Men’s Huddle
3:00 pm Financial Peace University (Room 304)
Extending the Altar
Because we are learning to embrace the altar more as a congregation, we are extending the altar to include the center front pew. The front pew will now be reserved as a place for
prayer during our Sunday services.
April 3, 7:00pm
Sunday, April 5 at 10:30am
Sunday Small Group Room 205
9:00am
Join us for Lunch Sunday, April 12
following the Worship Service, in the Family Life Center
Please RSVP by Friday, April 10 to
If you are out of high school or twenty something,
this ministry is for YOU!
