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JULY 2021 |VOLUME 47| ISSUE NO.7
EVANGEL
OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF FIRST EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH
Adults At Summer Blast & Pop WRITTEN BY JOEL RISHEL
Summer Blast (for 6-11 year olds) and Summer Pop (or 4-5 year olds) are just around the corner. We’ve distributed over 1,000 invitations at the White Oak Memorial Day parade and to Francis McClure and Twin Rivers elementary schools. Keep on spreading the word, but as you hand out invitation cards please let people know that space is limited.
We’ve got a bunch of kids signed up already. It seems like a year of COVID has created cabin-fever of sorts, and people are eager to jump into activities. With all this happening, it is super-important for us to provide adequate adult support and encouragement. There are specifically two things that adults can do.
Our teens are providing the program—which is why it’s fun and has lots of energy. They do the music, drama, games, and puppets, and they serve as the Encouragers—our fancy title for camp counselors.
Register Today! Space is limited.
Adults At Summer Blast & Pop, Ctd. Pray.
Volunteer for the Adult Safety Net Team.
There are a lot of moving parts to Summer
I have tried to come up with a better name
Blast and Summer Pop; please pray for all the
for this, but since Safety Net is self-
details to work out. Pray for lots of kids to
explanatory, I think we’re stuck with it. The
attend, and pray that we will be effective at
point is, I need mature adults in a variety of
communicating to them the good news of
support roles such as driving vans, serving
Jesus Christ our Savior. Jesus told his
snacks, greeting parents in the lobby, and
disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the
serving as Wrap-Arounds for any campers
laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to
who are having difficulty with the program or
the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers
mis-behaving. If you volunteer for the Adult
into his harvest” (Matthew 9:37-38).
Safety Net team, there are two requirements. First, we will need to secure a background check for you, since you will be around children. And secondly, you will need to attend a Camper Management Meeting on July 11th from 12:30-2:00 pm. The potential to reach the families of our communities is huge. Thank you for partnering with us.
Please pray for the Holy Spirit to move the teens and young adults of our church to step up with commitment and passion to serve these kids! If you would like to be a prayer partner for Summer Blast and Summer Pop, send me your email address and I will provide you with regular updates to pray about.
International Partner Spotlight WRITTEN BY KIRK ALBRECHT
Amy Miller Our Partner Amy Miller grew up in Elizabeth Township and attended FEFC as a child. Sensing God’s call on her life into cross-cultural ministry, she served for 2 decades in the Philippines, sharing the good news of Jesus and disicpling dozens of women. When her agency shifted the nature of the ministry their foreigners would do and what the national church should do, she learned of an opening in Alaska to reach migrant fishermen in Kodiak – Philipinos who moved and found work there! God had prepared her for this next step in ministry! Amy currently lives in Kodiak with her mother Margaret, who for many years taught women’s Bible classes at FEFC. She is involved in local outreach, serves as a hospital chaplain, and ministers in her local church through AWANA. Pray for Amy as she continues to serve God, and reach people with the Good News of Jesus.
Sneak Peek of the OAC Trip!
International Mark Your Calendars Partner Spotlight WRITTEN BY KIRK ALBRECHT
Family News
Office Closed (Independence
Anniversaries
Day)| July 5
CONGRATULATIONS TO...
ALIVE (Young Adults) | July 6 at 6:30 p.m. in Adult Learning Center
Elmer & Susan Durst for 69 years of marriage on July 5. Ted & Susan Grice for 35 years of marriage on July 5. Karl & Sally Irwin for 61 years of marriage on July 8.
Reach Student Ministry |
Ron & Janet Pry for 62 years of marriage on July 11.
July 7 at 6:30 p.m.
John & Linda Gougler for 53 years of marriage on July 20.
Senior Achievers | July 13 at 5:30 p.m. in Fire Place Room Summer Blast Encourager Training Day | July 17 at 9 a.m in Game Room
David & Karen Bower for 35 years of marriage on July 26. Robert & Ardith Hamilton for 65 years of marriage on July 28.
Births CONGRATULATIONS TO...
White Cross | July 20 at 8:30 a.m in
Tim & Abby Fawcett on the birth of their son, Finn, June
Lower Fellowship Hall.
13. Proud Grandparents are Bill & Linda Fawcett & great
Summer Blast Dress Rehearsal | July 21 at 6:30 p.m. in Auditorium Reach Student Ministry |
grandmother, Marilyn Fawcett Congratulations to Matt & Missy Hennon on the birth of their son, Lennox, June 27. Proud grandparents are Clyde & Norma Hennon & Robert & Sheri Ellis.
July 21 at 6:30 p.m. Griefshare Bible Study | Thursdays
Child Dedications
at 10 a.m. in Adult Learning Center
THE FOLLOWING WERE DEDICATED ON MAY 1....
Summer Blast Dress Rehearsal | July 24 at 10 a.m. in Auditorium
Janna Schnatterly, born on March 13, 2017. Alayna Schnatterly, born on August 3, 2019. Micah Schnatterly, born on February 7, 2021.
Student Ministry Mission to
Clara Vogel, born on August 21, 2021.
McKeesport | July 26-30
Jace Higdon, born on November 8, 2019.
Summer Blast | July 26-30 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. No Reach Student Ministry | July 28 - August 25 NO ALIVE (Young Adults) | July 27
Memorial Gifts THANK YOU TO ALL WHO CONTRIBUTED MEMORIAL GIFTS FOR THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE. For Dave Schmidtetter
For Marie Varga
Laurie Bezeck
Bill & Dolly Halas
Student Ministry Slushie ‘n Park | August 4 at 1 p.m.
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Reminder! Please pray for Pastor Kirk during his well earned
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sabbatical. He will be returning August 3.