Don't Miss "The First Christmas"...Starts December 1st Through December 29th

Tomorrow begins the first Sunday of Advent...Pastor has been working on an awesome series about the first Christmas! You won't want to miss a single week as we think about the meaning of Christmas in our own lives...tomorrow come and meet Elizabeth! May this Christmas season come alive in each of our lives as never before!!! Can't wait to see you tomorrow!

The Empire State Building and Multiple Myeloma

We received an e-mail last week from Cheri Austin, George and Sharon's daughter that I thought I'd share with you. Cheri has been selected to run up the Empire State Building to raise money for Multiple Myeloma (the type of cancer Sharon had as well as Gary Semmel and John Miron). She will run up 1,576 steps to the top of the Empire State Building and hopes to raise at least $2,500 for the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation. If you would be interested in sponsoring her, please use the link in this email to donate online quickly & securely. You will receive email confirmation of your donation and Cheri will be notified as soon as you make your donation. Thanks for praying for her in this endeavor!

http://www.active.com/donate/2014MMRFRunUp/CheriAustin

A Special Night Of Sharing Together...

These last few months have been most precious time of worship and knowing His close presence during our morning worship services! How I love gathering with my church family each week! We have a special event planned for giving thanks this Sunday evening as we gather together for our annual Harvest Dinner at 6 pm. Are you coming? I hope so! Turkey, ham, dressing and potatoes will be provided!

Sunday, November 3rd, Will Be Quite A Day!

Don't forget to turn your clocks back at 2 am on Sunday, November 3rd!!  Daylight Savings Time comes to an end for 2013...and you get an extra hour of sleep!!!  It is a good time to also change all your batteries in your fire alarm detectors!! 

Will look forward to seeing you in God's House...what a special day it will be as we worship together in the morning and then in the afternoon at 3 pm we will witness the marriage of Jayme Kueckel and Chris Jewell!  May our precious Savior be the strength of your marriage…the center of your lives…the guide of your future…the source of your love!

October Is Pastor Appreciation Month

October is Pastor Appreciation Month! How thankful I am for Pastor Doug...for faithfully speaking the Truth each week into our lives, for his love and care for the flock at Anoka Wesleyan, and for his desire to see each person give themselves wholly, fully, radically over to the Lordship of Jesus Christ...and yes, even for his corny jokes! Thanks for being a man of God, Pastor Doug, who has been faithful to God's calling upon your life!

An Awesome Time At FMSC!!

What an awesome time we had at Feed My Starving Children last Friday! The whole group packed 73 boxes of food which will feed 43 children for one year which amounts to 21,768 meals! The two tables where we were at did 27 of the boxes! Amazing! The food is shipping out this week to Uganda! Pray that it will safely arrive to this African country and that it will be a blessing both physically and spiritually! We'll be doing it again soon! Why not join us next time! Special thanks to those who were part of the AWC team this year - Tim and Brenda, Ken and Jenni, Jayme, Sierra , Monique, Pastor Doug and Suzi. 

Happy Fall! Some Dates To Save For The Rest Of The Year

Last evening's session of "The Truth Project" was phenomenal.  To see our place in God's "larger story" is fundamental to an accurate understanding of almost every aspect of our lives.  Lord, help us to never be apathetic to what is happening in our life!

Fall has come and before we know it, 2013 will be a memory!   The 2013-2014 church directory was distributed which has dates of events for this next year, but wanted to make sure you "save the following dates" for our special times of ministry together!
 

 

Saturday, October 12th - Church Cleaning Day from 10:30 am to 2:30 pm
Friday, October 18th - Feed My Starving Children
Tuesday, October 29th - The Vibrant Church Seminar with Dr. Stan Toler
Thursday, October 31st - Trunk or Treat at the church
Sunday, November 10th - Harvest Dinner
Wednesday, November 27th - Thanksgiving Service
Sunday, December 8th - Christmas Caroling
Sunday, December 15th - Sunday School Christmas Program
Tuesday, December 24th - Christmas Eve Service