Thursday, January 19, 2012

January 2012

Why the toilet? Our message series for January has been "Flush It". We have explored what to "eliminate" from our life such as busyness & materialism and will learn about negative attitudes and unforgiveness in the upcoming weeks. I'm pretty sure you'll not find another church with a toilet as the main design element on their stage. Have a hard time believing it? Here's the proof!


We are getting closer and closer to our Colman campus launch. There are countless volunteers who have volunteered their time & resources to make this a reality. The financial need has decreased from $32,000 to $16,000! We were blessed to receive this building as a gift so this money has been used to not only paint & update the interior but also provide the audio visual components that will make live streaming the service from our Flandreau campus an excellent experience. A special thanks to the campus pastor, Sam Pickard, for coordinating these efforts.
Please remember to pray for our team heading to Jamaica. They will be leaving in February to arrive at the Jamaica Christian School for the Deaf.  Among other things, they will do some work on the playground and some concrete work when they are there. The team has been learning sign language so they can converse with all the new people they will meet.



We only have 2 tickets left for the C3 Conference in Grapevine, Texas from February 15-17. There may be room in a vehicle already driving down there. The conference tickets are $100 each. Rooms have been reserved at a cost of $169.45 per PERSON for 4 nights (Tuesday, February 14 - Friday, February 17). Please let the office know ASAP if you are interested in attending.


A quick recap of our December events~

In cooperation with the Breadbasket we served members of our community a catered Christmas meal in an elegant setting. Each child also received a wrapped Christmas gift.

The Great Giveaway held at two services Christmas Eve saw many, many people attend and not only get some cool stuff but hear about the gift of salvation!