June 15th Newsletter

Evangelical Free
Church
BIRTHDAYS:
Volume 11, Issue 24
15— Kari Weidenaar
It’s Time for VBS!!
16— Samantha Peña
If you haven’t yet, it’s time to
17— Darwin Dirks
Diane Hall
Harriet Shepard
Taylor
invite other kids to come to VBS
with you. Every weeknight this
week from 6 to 8pm, we will be
exploring the
19— Daniel Talbert
Wilderness with
ANNIVERSARIES:
Moses. It’s going
15— Fernando & Emily
Garcia
- Tracy & Valerie
Troutner
to be a
great week!
A shout-out to all of those who
are helping promote VBS!
16— Joel & Tina Weber
19— Jason & Nikole
Hempy
20— Ben & Megan
Johnson
As for God, His way
is perfect: The
LORD’s word is
flawless; He shields
all who take refuge
in Him.
Psalm 18:30 NIV
WOW Ministry: Game Craft Night
Friday, June 27th, 6:30-9:00pm
We will be making a burlap wreath (cost
tba); If you’re not into crafts, come and
play games or just enjoy fellowship! Bring
a snack to share, too.
Walk Thru The Bible
At First Baptist Church, Marshalltown
10am to 5pm each day:
June 22nd– Old Testament
June 29th– New Testament
Adults & Children (K-5th)
$10 (through June 12th)
$15 (June 13th-June 29th)
Spanish class available, too!
Price includes Lunch & Workbook
Register at the FBC office.
Childcare provided by reservation
June 15, 2014
What Are They Up To
This Summer?
> Martin Kolcyzk: Heading to Europe
with a mission team this week. He’ll be
gone for a month. When he gets back,
he and Judy will be continuing to plan
their schedule of ministry for the next
school year.
> Chip & Lisa Martinson: Leading a CRU
summer project for the second summer
in inner-city Milwaukee. Afterwards,
there will also be planning for the next
school year of student ministry.
> Kyle & Carrie Eipperle: They are in
the U.S. through October, traveling to
update supporting churches. They will
visit E-Free in July. Pray with them as
well as the situation in Ukraine as it
continues to unfold.
> My Kinsmen Ministries: Due to a
dangerous Ebola outbreak in their area
of influence, MKM staff have been busy
educating local communities about the
virus and how to prevent acquiring it.
Pray for the safety of the staff.
> Kayla Hatch: Her adoption of baby
Annalise, as far as Sierra Leone is
concerned, was just granted by the
courts this week! Pray for the rest of
the process.
Evangelical Free Church
Announcements
World Country Quiz
How many of these can
you guess? Challenge:
adopt one, learn more
about it and how you
can pray that all peoples
there will know Him!
Key: 1-E / 2-A / 3-F / 4-G / 5-C / 6-D / 7-B / 8-H
Country
1. Barbados
2. Denmark
3. Ghana
4. Israel
5. Nauru
6. Seychelles
7. Slovakia
8. Uruguay
Fact
A. Christianized and
unified circa 965
B. Joined the Czechs to
form Czechoslovakia
at the close of World
War 1
C. Lays 26 miles south
of the Equator
D. Mahe is the largest
island of 155 &
home to 90% of the
population
E. Most easterly of the
islands in the
Caribbean
F. National football
team known as The
Black Stars
G. Negev desert is in
the south
H. Won the first World
Cup, in 1930
* Join the Newsletter List
and the Prayer Chain list
and the Praying for
Missionaries e-mail lists.
Contact the office.
* Have You Visited the
Church Library Recently?
Survey the great resources
available in the church
library. There are DVDs (&
VHS), Games, Bible Studies, Kids books, Christian
fiction, Music CDs, Audio
resources, and book about
just about everything. Just
remember to check out
what you want to borrow.
* Vehicle Need Jim & Nina
Cox are needing to borrow
a vehicle until they can get
their car running again.
Call them at 641-4854879 if you have any
leads.
Library Spotlight:
You’re Late Again, Lord!
Karon Phillips Goodman
The Impatient Woman’s
Guide to God’s Timing
[Adult Devotionals]
Praises and Prayer Requests
* Pray for the Arneson
family as Tom & Jen work
through all of the details to
bring Lucien home. Praise
God for the time Tom & Jen
have had with him so far!
* Pray for the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone &
neighboring countries. The
town My Kinsmen Ministries is based in, Kenema,
has had an increase of
cases & deaths just in the
last week from Ebola.
* Pray for smooth travels
for Paul, John Boland’s
brother) from Sierra Leone
early this week.
* Pray for Isaiah Fogle to
reach his final support deadline (July 1) to continue his
World Race venture. His
team is currently in Thailand.
* Praise God for the vote
result last Sunday. E-Free
members voted to call Scott
& Nora Byer as the Assoc.
Pastor of Youth.
* Pray for a fruitful week of
VBS and for many opportunities for discipleship of the
children who attend.
ing, contact Billy or Jana
Dreesman or Karen Boland.
“We are all faced
with a series of
great
opportunities
brilliantly disguised
as impossible
situations.”
Dates to Remember
* House of Compassion EFree’s next night of service
is Monday, July 14th.
Servers & clean-up people
are needed. Servers need
to be there at 4:45pm. Let
Scott Johnson know if you
can help that night!
* Tama/Toledo Vacation
Bible School Monday, July
21—Friday, July 25. If
you’re interested in help-
- Charles Swindoll