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The Bridge
September 10th
Silent Prayer Retreat September 11, 12 and 13th
Horicon Bible Studies Begin
September 14th
Committed Couples September 19th
Men’s Retreat September 25th and 26th
Celebrating the Past and Embracing the Future
Service & Dinner September 27th
September 2015
Newsletter Staff:
Editors
Patti A. Frank
Theresa M. Ganiere
September Events
Life Groups...
What’s the big deal?
The purpose of a life group is to help you grow in your faith through
building community, pursuing intentional growth, and serving like Jesus.
We passionately believe the mission at CLF is to make devoted follow-
ers of Christ. A life group will help you grow in your love for Christ, in
your following of Him and in your journey towards becoming a fully de-
voted disciple.
What am I committing to?
Each life group meets at different times throughout the month. Commit-
ting to a life group means you are committing to spiritual growth, disci-
pleship, growing in friendships as well as in your relationship with
Christ. It is imperative to be committed to your group, coming every
time they meet. The group can not grow in fellowship and trust, when
everyone isn’t committed to it.
Please sign up at a information desk or online. Contact a leader if you
have any questions.
Sun 8:45 a.m. CLF Room 306W Through the Bible Different Leaders
Sun 6:00 p.m. CLF Men Only Through the Bible Pastor Dave
Every other Sun 6:00 p.m. Mayville Sermon Based Cort & Kathye Tangeman
Every other Sun 6:00 p.m. Horicon Illuminate Youth Pastor Micah
Every other Tues 6:30 p.m. Mayville Sermon Based Pat & Chee Chamberlin
Wed 6:30 p.m. CLF Women Only Bad Girls of the
Bible
Theresa Ganiere & Patti Frank
Wed 6:30 p.m. CLF Room 306W Good or God?
J. Bevere
Pastor Dave & Mary Buggs
Wed 6:30 p.m. CLF Room 306 Sermon Based Ron Moffatt
Every other Thurs 6:30 p.m. Mayville Sermon Based Bob & Gaile Hanson
Once a month Thurs 6:30 p.m. CLF The Bridge (19-30 yr olds) Pastor Micah & Zac Melton
Sat 5:30 p.m. CLF 4 weeks: Sept 19, Oct 3, 17, 24 Committed Couples Pastor Micah & Pastor Laura
I know it’s hard to believe that summer
has come and gone by so quickly, but
now we enter into the amazing season
of autumn. As far as seasons in the
year go I would say that autumn is defi-
nitely my favorite. There’s something
about nice, crisp evenings outside in the
fall. Then adding high school football
into the mix and it becomes just amaz-
ing. Another thing that I love about au-
tumn as well is the beginning of the
school year. It’s a fun time where our
children and students head back into
the classroom. They have abundant
opportunities to grow, and be stretched
regardless of what type of schooling
they’re doing. It is fun to watch them
grow and progress throughout the
school year, but another thing that I love
about the beginning of the school year
is the excitement of doing some
new again. Students return to
school with a new sense of ener-
gy to reach out to their friends
about their faith. Throughout the
month of September we focus a
lot on evangelism and outreach.
We call our services Back To
School Bash (B2SB) services
that not only focus on evange-
lism, but also offer a big group
game every week where our stu-
dents have a chance to connect
and build relationships with one
another. As a pastor there is no
greater feeling than seeing the
students you pour yourself into
every week catch ahold of the
importance of sharing their faith
with their friends and peers. Lis-
From The Heart Of Pastor tening to them have conversa-
tions with one another about
how God has changed their life
since they surrendered their
lives to Him. I get excited just
thinking about what God has in
store for this coming school year
in the lives of our children and
students!
Not only are our students start-
ing a new year in school, but
also the adults have a new op-
portunity to join in on one of the
many adult Life Groups that are
being offered this fall. Disciple-
ship happens in many ways, but
one very effective way is through
being a part of a small group.
Not only do you dig deeper into
God’s word, but you build rela-
tionships where you walk
through life with fellow believers.
It’s a place where as scripture
says “iron sharpens iron.” If
you’re not involved I want to en-
courage you to step out, and find
a group that fits what you’re
looking for. We have some that
are sermon based so they go off
of our weekly sermons at CLF.
Many others are topic based,
gender specific, or for marriage
enrichment. They happen at dif-
ferent times on all different days
of the week. Some will be hap-
pening right here at CLF, but
many also take places in the
homes of people here at CLF.
May this be a season of not only
beautiful weather and entertain-
ing sports, but also of great
growth. As we’re intentional as a
church in making sure that disci-
pleship is a focus may God con-
tinue to strengthen, and grow
the ministry here at CLF. Our
desire is to show the love of
Christ to people in the communi-
ties around us.
Page 2 September 2015 Newsletter Chr ist ian L i fe Fel lowship
[ 1 ] Jer 34-36
[ 2 ] Jer 37:1-41:10
[ 3 ] Jer 41:11-45:5
[ 4 ] Jer 46-48
[ 5 ] Jer 49:1-51:10
[ 6 ] Jer 51:11-52:34
[ 7 ] Lam 1:1-3:51
[ 8 ] Lam 3:52-5:22;
Ezek 1-2
[ 9 ] Ezek 3-8
[10] Ezek 9-12
[11] Ezek 13:1-16:43
[12] Ezek 16:44-20:17
[13] Ezek 20:18-22:12
[14] Ezek 22:13-24:27
[15] Ezek 25:1-28:10
[16] Ezek 28:11-31:18
[17] Ezek 32:1-34:24
[18] Ezek 34:25-38:9
[19] Ezek 38:10-40:49
[20] Ezek 41-43
[21] Ezek 44-47
[22] Ezek 48; Dan
1:1-2:30
[23] Dan 2:31-4:27
[24] Dan 4:28-7:12
[25] Dan 7:13-11:13
[26] Dan 11:14-
12:13;
Hosea 1-3
[27] Hosea 4-9
[28] Hosea 10-14;
Joel 1:1-2:17
[29] Joel 2:18-3:21;
Amos 1-4
[30] Amos 5-9; Oba
1:1-9
Abbreviation Key:
Jer Jeremiah
Read Your Bible Through in a Year!
Lam Lamentations
Ezek Ezekiel
Dan Daniel
Oba Obadiah
Page 3 Chr ist ian L i fe Fel lowship September 2015 Newsletter
Mission Updates Being Used By God – Special Touch Update
God longs to use His children including those with disabilities, to fulfill His divine purposes. Recently,
Thomas and Angelia Carpenter, new coordinators of the Oklahoma Special Touch Summer Get Away,
shared how Get Away is a wonderful opportunity for people with disabilities to be used by God.
Caleb, a young man with intellectual disabilities, invited Team Leader Jim to go swimming during this
year’s Oklahoma Special Touch Summer Get Away. However, Jim declined. Caleb assumed he could-
n’t go swimming because of the odd-shaped “machines” in Jim’s ears.
Later that evening, Caleb prayed for Jesus to heal Jim’s ears. A few weeks passed, and when Jim
happened to remove his hearing aids, he noticed he could hear without them! Jesus had indeed an-
swered Caleb’s prayer for healing.
Thank God for Special Touch Summer Get Away where people with disabilities can come and learn to
be fearless, responding in faith. Special Touch is excited how these courageous people leave camp
and impact precious lives, right where they live. Jim is thankful that Caleb attended and exercised faith
and that Jesus healed him.
Paul & Barbara Parks Update
New doors of opportunity are opening for Paul and Barbara Park, stretching their ministries and en-
larging places of influence.
In January, Paul was in a Southern Asia Bible College for three weeks to challenge students to reach
out to Muslims and help them find Jesus. In February, Paul and others from Global Initiative: Reaching
Muslim Peoples shared the same vision with students from Southwestern AG University, Waxahachie,
TX. God is bringing Muslim students and refugees to the cities of America.
Barbara went with a team of eight women in ministry to visit house churches to speak to 120 females
– Global University, Cuba, students in March. More than 3,000 students are enrolled at Global Univer-
sity; nearly half of them women. The first graduating class of 417, last year, completed a four year
course of studies. Also there are current projects that will reach out to Hindi and Muslim people groups
through creative uses of updated technology. Please pray for these new challenging innovative meth-
ods and procedures in world wide ministry.
"Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!"
[1 Chronicles 16:24]
Page 4 September 2015 Newsletter Chr ist ian L i fe Fel lowship
The CLF board met on Mon-
day, August 10 at 6:30 PM.
All members were present ex-
cept Mary Buggs.
The meeting opened with shar-
ing needs of various members
and praying for needs and
God’s blessing and direction
on our future.
Pastor Dave shared the finan-
cial report and summary in the
absence of Interim treasurer
Kevin Snyder. The financial
report was accepted and ap-
proved.
Minutes from July 27th were
approved as printed.
The safety committee led by
chairman Mike Thoreson will
meet soon to discuss the re-
sponses to their recommenda-
tions one year ago and look at
other important security
measures with recommenda-
tions to our board.
The board had a video confer-
ence with Phil Drost with Gen-
eris concerning hiring him as a
consultant for our upcoming
capital campaign. We spent
about 30 minutes talking with
Phil. At the end of the meet-
ing, our board made the de-
cision to move forward and
hire him as a consultant in
the process.
Andrew Johnson came and
updated the board with infor-
mation about the celebration
at the end of September.
The board decided that we
wanted the dinner here in
our video café which will au-
tomatically limit the number
of people who can attend.
We are encouraging people
who are part of our church
family to get their tickets, and
if for any reason they cannot
attend, to return them so
someone else can use them.
The board approved the Per-
sonnel and finance commit-
tee to being working on the
2016 budget. The names
approved are Kevin Snyder,
Bob Hanson, Penny Ross,
and Clint Scheberl
Pastor Dave shared that we
had a student injured on our
property just prior to the
Speed-The-Light Bike ride
on Friday morning. The inci-
dent was reported and docu-
mented in our office and our
insurance carrier has been
notified.
Pastor Dave shared the life
groups that will be meeting
for this Fall.
Rachel Lescelius 9/02
Cathy Hoffman 9/03
Sean Cannon 9/04
Ray Jenswold 9/04
Jennifer Schabel 9/05
Greg Schmidt 9/05
Aria Schabel 9/07
Adalynn Wolf 9/09
Diane Nitschke 9/10
Seth Spoerl 9/10
Mason Sponholz 9/10
Laura Galbavy 9/10
Allisa Borkenhagen 9/11
Jonathan Wichman 9/12 Katie Snyder 9/15
Edyn Stortz 9/18
Joe Simmons 9/20
Shirley Elford 9/21
Carlton Freitag 9/21
Nate Cummings 9/22
Kristine Konitzer 9/23
Michael Thompson 9/25
Gonzo Lopez 9/26
Gary Kahlhamer 9/27
Tania Wolf 9/27
Jessica Stortz 9/28
Alexandra Elfers 9/29
Erin Leberak 9/29
Julie Koch 9/30
Leona Mattson 9/30
S e p t e m b e r
B i r t h d a y s
September 2015 Chr ist ian L i fe Fel lowship Page 5
Dodge County Fair
Water Wars
Landscaping our Building August 13 (David J. Frank Landscaping)
Each year, we have a
booth at the Dodge
County Fair. Volunteers
there, pass out bottles
of water, give out infor-
mation on the church,
and give a cheery hello!
Fun, games & laughter were had by all, during
the Illuminate Student Ministries Water Wars.
This was the second evening of fun and silli-
ness this summer, where both students and
leaders participated in this fun event.
Have you noticed the improve-
ments around our church
campus? We are working hard
for our upcoming Debt Retire-
ment Celebration.
Many volunteers have given
up multiple hours this summer
improving the building and
grounds of Christian Life Fel-
lowship.
Our property has new land-
scaping as well. If you have
not seen the improvements,
come check them out!
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 5:45 Garage Café 6:30 Midweek —Adult Life Groups —Illuminate Youth —Toddler Rainbows —Konnect Kids
3 4 5
6 8:45 Adult Life Group 10:00 Communion 11:30 Cookie Fellow-ship 6:00 Men’s Life Group
7 8
3:30 Food Pantry
9 5:45 Garage Café 6:30 Midweek —Adult Life Groups —Illuminate Youth —Toddler Rainbows —Konnect Kids
10
6:30 The Bridge
11
Women’s Silent
Prayer Retreat
12 9:00 City on a Hill
Women’s Silent
Prayer Retreat
13 8:45 Adult Life Group
10:00 Worship
Women’s Silent
Prayer Retreat
6:00 Tangeman Life
Group
6:30 Hanson Life
Group
14 10:00 Horicon Life
Group
15 16 5:45 Garage Café 6:30 Midweek —Adult Life Groups —Illuminate Youth —Toddler Rainbows —Konnect Kids
17 18 19
5:30 Committed
Couples
20 8:45 Adult Life Group
8:45 Membership
Class
10:00 Worship
11:30 Newcomer
Luncheon
6:00 Men’s Life
Group
21 22
3:30 Food Pantry
23 5:45 Garage Café 6:30 Midweek —Adult Life Groups —Illuminate Youth —Toddler Rainbows —Konnect Kids
24 25
Men’s Conference
Spencer Lake
26
Men’s Conference
Spencer Lake
27 8:45 Adult Life Group
10:00 Worship
11:30 Debt Retire-
ment Dinner
6:00 Tangeman Life
Group
6:30 Hanson Life
Group
28 29 30 5:45 Garage Café 6:30 Midweek —Adult Life Groups —Illuminate Youth —Toddler Rainbows —Konnect Kids
September 2015