Prayer Requests
Place in the offering boxes near the Worship Center doors or at the Welcome Center.
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Looking Ahead
This Week at ACV:
Sunday - October 9nd 8:45 AM Worship Team Rehearsal - WC 10:00 AM Church Service - WC Noon Men’s Event 1:00 PM Women’s Event- Parsonage Monday - October 10th 11:30 AM J.O.Y. Group Lunch Tuesday - October 11th 9:00 AM Women’s Prayer Group - C 7:00PM Elder Meeting Wednesday - October 12th 6:45 PM AWANA 7:00 PM Youth Group - SC 7:00 PM Adult Bible Study-D Thursday - October 13th 1:00 PM Women’s Bible Study - SC Saturday - October 15th 7:00 AM Men’s Group - CR WC-Worship Center CR-Conference Room SC-Student Center
GR-Great Room D-Classroom D C-Classroom C
Our Staff: Comments:
Jeff Naegelen, Lead Pastor - jeff@stcroixalliance.com Chris Folkestad, Co-Lead Pastor - chris@stcroixalliance.com Brandi Hacken, Administrative Assistant - office@stcroixalliance.com
October 8th-12thOctober 10thOctober 22ndOctober 27thOctober 30th-
October 9nd, 2022 Global Impact Week Joy Group Lunch ACV Fall Work Day Open Arms Dinner Trunk-Or-Treat
Next Sunday, October 16th, 2022 Greeters: Don & Monica Wolter Nursery: Ann Renwick Children’s Church: Liz Chalker & Addie Anderson
Stewardship Update Attendance for October 2nd, 2022 Service: 208 Giving for September 18th 2022: General Fund Weekly Budget
$
11,604.21
General Fund Giving
$
10,346.38
Missions Giving
$
430.00
Year to Date Missions Giving
$
6,065.00
Last Year to Date Missions Giving
$
4,948.00
General Fund Budget (thru 9 wk)
$
104,437.89
General Fund Offerings (thru 9 wk)
$
84,338.09
Thank you for your faithful generosity! At this time, we encourage online giving, USPS mail or you may use the boxes near the entrances to the Worship Center.
Alliance Church of the Valley | 1259 State Road 35, St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-1100 | stcroixalliance.com | Alliance Church of the Valley
Welcome to Alliance Church of the Valley! We’re glad you’re here.
2022 Koinonia Café Open
10:00 AM Worship Service Cry Room/Nursing Mother’s Room A glass enclosed
sound proof room is available at the back of the upper level of the worship center for parents with children or nursing mothers. It contains a direct audio feed from the sound booth.
Nursery: 10:00 AM Our well staffed nursery is available on the upper level across from the Worship Center doors for children who are infants to 36 months.
Children’s Church 10:00 AM
provides an age appropriate learning environment for our families in Classroom #3 on the lower level. Kids age 3 – 6 years old are welcome to participate. Please arrive prior to the start of service.
SERMON Sermon Series: Mission Emphasis 2022 Sunday, October 9th, 2022 Text: Acts 3:1-10 Title: Will You Stop At The Gate? Speaker: Mike and Alyssa
Global Impact Week
October 8th- 12th Global Impact Week is in full swing. Thank you to all who came and enjoyed Saturday Soup Supper. We are taking a special love offering for our International Workers. If you would like to give to help support their special ministry, please mark your giving with Spain Love Offering.
Connecting with our Church Family
Church Work Day Fall work day will be October 22, from 8am-noon. We are looking for A LOT of people willing to help with different projects around and in the church. Everything from lawn and garden care, cleaning indoor and outdoor, the Student Center Parking Lot and more! Even if you can only be there for part of the morning your help is greatly appreciated.
VISITORS -
We are so glad you’ve come this morning to seek the Lord Jesus Christ and worship Him together with us. Please take a moment to complete the Connection Card attached to this worship folder. After doing so, tear it off and bring it to the Information Center in the lobby to receive a complimentary gift bag and information about the ministries of our church.
Church Directory We are in the process of updating the Church Directory. If you would like to be included in the directory or have a new address or number please indicate it on the connection card and put it in the prayer box at the Welcome Center. MASK’d Meeting And Seeking Kingdom Direction… with prayer. Join us on Sunday, October 16th, at the Student Center from 9:15-9:45am to pray for our nation. No special skills required! Just a willing heart.
Parsonage Windows Fund As we pray and anticipate another Youth Pastor in the near future, we would like to accomplish some much needed repairs and renovations to the parsonage. There are several major projects to be done, but the first priority is replacement of the large windows, with costs J.O.Y. Group (55+) around $34,000. We have a Monday October 10th at 11:30 am. Come share lunch together special designated fund set up and hear what's happening on the above our normal general fund mission field with our International of tithes and offerings. Please consider donating to this Workers. The sign up sheet for special project labeled Building this event is at the Welcome Completion Fund. Thank you Center. so much. Weekly Newsletter Email We have been working on a New Sunday School Beginning October 16th 9:00Weekly Newsletter to better communicate to the church family. 9:45am there will be 2 Adult If you are interested in getting that Sunday School options. Merlyn Weekly Newsletter Email please Matheson will be teaching in Classroom D about “The signup on the ACV website or indicate it on the connection card. Wonderful Blood Covenant of God”. Pastor Jeff will be Wednesday Night Adult Studies teaching a membership class called “Discovering Your There are 2 options of adult Church”, in classroom C. studies to plug into and make There are brief descriptions some great friendships while and sign up sheets at the studying God's Word. Pastor Chris is leading a Men's Study at Welcome Center if you are interested. 3 Arrows Coffee Shop from 7-8 p.m. with a study by Louie Giglio called "Goliath Must Fall,” and Pastor Jeff is leading an Adult class in the lower level Room D from 7-8:15 p.m. studying the Open Arms Dinner book of Acts with Louie Giglio. Our next Open Arms Dinner will be October Widow’s Group 27th from 5:00Once a month, a support group 6:30pm. Please for widow’s meets at Our Place mark your Café. This months meeting is calendars and October 13th at 10:00am. Contact invite your friends! Cindee Anderson for more information at 651-425-0565. Merge Group This is a new group for young adults (18-30ish). We will be meeting at Bethesda Lutheran Church on October 14th from 7-9pm for a bonfire and snacks. For more information contact Alyssa Brown.
Connecting with the Community
Children’s Ministry
Sunday School Great news!! Sunday school for all ages will begin October 16th, from 9 – 9:45 am. Classes for children grades pre-k to 5th grade will be in the lower level, and have an opening that includes worship and breakfast in Classroom #1, by the water fountains. Middle School and High School classes will be at the Student Center. Please add Sunday school to your “to do list”; you’ll be so glad you did. AWANA We have been so blessed with the amount of children enrolled this year that we can’t take anymore clubbers. There is an online waitlist. We are still looking for adult volunteers, if you can help please contact Sharon Barczak This week our International workers will be meeting and speaking with AWANA. Trunk-OR-Treat We will be hosting a TrunkOR-Treat event Sunday, October 30th from 3:006:00pm. If you are interested in hosting a trunk, or volunteering in a different way there are signup sheets at the Welcome Center.
Youth Ministry
Youth Group This week the International workers will be speaking with the Youth Group.
Connection Card
Please sign, tear off, and place in the offering.
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