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Looking Ahead
This Week at ACV:
Sunday - September 25th 8:45 AM Worship Team Rehearsal 10:00 AM Church Service– WC
October 9th-12thOctober 10th-
Tuesday - September 27th 9:00 AM Women’s Prayer Group - C 8:30 AM Classical Conversations
October 27thOctober 30th -
Wednesday– September 28th 6:45 PM AWANA 7:00 PM Youth Group - SC 7:00 PM Adult Bible Study-D Thursday — September 29th 1:00 PM Women’s Bible Study - SC Saturday - October 1st 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
September 25th, 2022 Global Impact Week Joy Group Lunch with International Workers Open Arms Dinner Trunk-Or-Treat
Next Sunday, October 2nd, 2022 Greeters: Don & Vinita Essen Nursery: Whitne Howard Children’s Church: Sharon & Lydi Barczak
Stewardship Update Attendance for September 18, 2022 10:00 AM : 242 Giving for September 18th 2022: General Fund Weekly Budget
$
11,453.78
General Fund Giving
$
10,757.00
Missions Giving
$
550.00
Year to Date Missions Giving
$
4,205.00
Last Year to Date Missions Giving
$
3,423.00
General Fund Budget (thru 4 wk)
$
80,176.46
Chris Folkestad, Co-Lead Pastor - chris@stcroixalliance.com
General Fund Offerings (thru 4 wk)
$
65,874.71
Brandi Hacken, Administrative Assistant - office@stcroixalliance.com
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.
Our Staff: Comments:
Jeff Naegelen, Lead Pastor - jeff@stcroixalliance.com
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: Back to School Sunday, September 25th, 2022 Text: 1 Corinthians 12:12-31 Title: The Friendship Factor Pastor: Pastor Jeff Naegelen
Connecting with our Church Family
Life Group Meeting Pastor Jeff will lead an informational meeting about Life Groups in the Great Room immediately following the worship service today.
Church Work Day Fall work day will be October 22, 2022. 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, help with a parking lot project at the Student Center, and more! Even if you can only help for part of the day or all day your help is greatly appreciated. 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.
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.
New Weekly Newsletter We have been working on a New Weekly Newsletter to better communicate to the church family what events are happening. If you are interested in getting that Weekly Newsletter Email please indicate it on the connection card or let the church staff know.
Connecting with the Nations
Parsonage Windows Fund As we pray and anticipate another Youth Pastor in the near future, we would like to accomplish some Praise and Prayer much needed repairs and Pastor Jeff and DeeAnn are renovations to the parsonage. excited for the opportunity to There are several major projects go on a Vision Missions trip to to be done, but the first priority is Portugal from September 28replacement of the large windows, October 6th. Our church with costs around $34,000. We family supports International have a special designated fund Workers Luke & Shana set up above our normal general Camara who serve in Porto, fund of tithes and offerings. Portugal, and gives 25% of our Please consider donating to this Great Commission offerings to special project labeled Building their mission work. Please be Completion Fund. Thank you so in prayer for them as they much. travel, and that the Lord would use them to be a blessing to Wednesday Night Adult Studies the Camara’s and their team, There are 2 options of adult and that the Naegelen’s would studies to plug into and make have a deeper grasp of all that some great friendships while God is doing in this part of the studying God's Word. Pastor world. Chris is leading a Men's Study at 3 Arrows Coffee Shop from 7-8 p.m. with a study by Louie Giglio October 8th-12th called "Goliath Must Fall,” and Please mark your calendars Pastor Jeff is leading an Adult class in the lower level Room D and plan on joining us for Global Impact week at Alliance from 7-8:15 p.m. studying the Church of the Valley. Our book of Acts with Louie Giglio. special guests are international workers in a creative access situation. We are planning several opportunities for you to connect with our guests. Open Arms Dinner October 8th– Soup Night! Join Thank you to everyone who us for a soup supper at contributed to 6:00pm. A chance to try Open Arms to help several soups including one make our first often served in our dinner such a international worker’s country. success! We can’t October 9th– Our guests will wait to see you at be sharing in our morning next month’s dinner on October service. Following the service 27th 2022. Remember to invite we have a men’s event at the your friends! Christenson’s home. Signup is at the Welcome Center or with Pastor Chris.
Global Impact Week
Connecting with the Community
October 9th- There will be Women’s event at 1:00PM held at the Church Parsonage. The signup sheet is at the Welcome Center. October 10th- Our guests will be having lunch with the JOY Group at 11:30AM. This will be a catered event with a free will donation. October 12th– Our guests will be meeting with our AWANA and Youth Programs!
Children’s Ministry
Sunday School Sunday school will be starting up soon. Registration can be found on the ACV website. AWANA AWANA is every Wednesday evening from 6:45PM-8:15PM. Online registration is available on the ACV website. Trunk-OR-Treat We will be hosting a Trunk-ORTreat event Sunday, October 30th from 3:00-6:00PM. 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 Youth group is on Wednesday nights from 7:00PM-8:30PM. This is for ages 6th grade-12th grade. Middle School Retreat The district middle school retreat is October 7, 8, 9th at the Silver Birch Ranch. The fee is $125 due by September 28th. Register with Pastor Chris.
Connection Card
Please sign, tear off, and place in the offering.
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