“Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye

not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness

and rivers in the desert.” Isaiah 43:19

ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP

APRIL 2018 ISSUE #50

SUNDAY

8:00-9:00 - Coffee & Fellowship

8:30-9:00- Prayer Walk & Morning Prayer 9:00-9:45-Adult & Children’s

Sunday Bible Lesson

WORSHIP SERVICE 10:00 - 11:30 Children’s Church

2nd Sunday: Communion

11:30-12:30 SOUP

FEBRUARY 4TH POTLUCK

CHURCH ACTIVITIES

WEDNESDAY Prayer @ 9:45am

Worship Dance Class

2:00pm Call Trish @ 935.4899

Prayer & Praise Service April 11th @ 6:30pm

SATURDAY

Men’s Breakfast

A p r i l 7 t h @ 8 a m Priority One Volley Ball

April 21st @ 5:30

Apri l 5th @

NOON

Linda Norris will be the guest speaker for

Aprils Women’s Luncheon in the ALF

fellowship hall. Please come early and

bring a potluck dish.

R o u n d o u t y o u r

Sabbath Day at Kerry &

Loretta Burkey’s home

with “The Truth Project”

from Focus on the Family. Sunday’s at

6pm. Call 680-1870 with any questions.

Josiah’s Fire re-

flects how God uses even the

hardest of circumstances to

His glory. Join the Yada

Yada study, Tuesdays, 10am

in the Fellowship Hall. Call Linda

936.0031 for more info. .

We all face times when it feels like God is far away. Our prayers are unanswered and our circumstances go from bad to worse. During these times, God doesn't just seem distant; he seems distracted. People tell us to pray more. Preachers tell us to have more faith. But what does the Bible say? In this series, Andy Stanley explores the lives of three men from the New Testament, each loved by God, but whose circumstances seemed to tell a different story.

Join Greg and Joan Scott as they study “When God” by Andy Stanley starting Tues-day, April 12th at 7pm. Call 935-6o730 for details.

“What do you do…

When God feel s distant? When God doesn 't co - opera te?

When God seems late?”

INTERDENOMINATIONAL MEN'S

CHRISTIAN GATHERING

April 27-29, 2018

Bear Paw Camp Cost is $95.00 ~ scholarship's available

CONTACT: Brock McMillian @ 425.753.6389

April 12th & 13th

9am - 3pm

ALF Fe l lowsh ip Ha l l

Verse of the Month

March has marched and is giving in to April. One

signal event every March is the first day of Spring. I

realize this can look a lot like winter at times, but

we know ultimately winter loses its grip. For that

matter, we all may have different takes on when

“Spring” has really sprung. Having grown up in Minnesota, I had a low bar and considered Spring to

be when the snow was finally gone. Others may feel this is when things green up and the flowers

kick in. At any rate, early in this period, Easter happens.

While we cannot be sure of the exact date of Christmas, we can know that Easter happened right af-

ter Passover, which is definitely in early Spring. This really works well for the symbolism of Easter.

Easter is the time of the resurrection of Jesus and speaks of new life in some ultimate sense. Spring

is about new life as well, though is more of a reawakening. The plants regain leaves and seeds

sprout, birds lay eggs and so forth. This offers us a great chance to think of newness and renewal in

our own lives, especially in our spiritual walks with Jesus. We can all grow in our faith and continue

to be transformed into the likeness of our Risen Lord. Let’s pray that God does a renewing work in

all of us in this season.

April of this year starts off with a bang, since the first day of the month

is Easter. He is Risen!!

The verse of the month was chosen because it captures the ministry of

Jesus between his resurrection and his Ascension 40 days later.

During this time he appeared to over 500 of his followers so there were

many witnesses to the resurrection. Our verse of the month says he

spoke of the Kingdom of God. This is fascinating. One would think Je-

sus might have given them marching orders on how to proceed with

maintaining his ministry, since his departure was at hand. He may

have given them a manual on how to organize this new thing we call the “church” and who would

lead it and so forth. Nope. The Kingdom of God. Perhaps we should refocus what we are about in

terms of the Kingdom of God rather than maintaining this thing we now call church. I am not saying

we jettison it all, but perhaps realign our priorities to those of Jesus and focus on something bigger

than a building and what goes on inside, though these are important. I realize these are provocative

words. I have no plans to upset any apple carts, but do want to encourage our thinking and ministry

approaches to be Kingdom oriented.

Acts 1:3 “He presented him-self alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.”

Traditional family life can be stressful and full of ups and downs even for the best of Chris-

tians. Step family couples, single parents and dating couples with children all can benefit

from practical wisdom for growing new, healthy family relationships.

Our local Christian radio station KMBI has two daily weekday programs that are geared specifically toward building up the entire family unit. They provide practical answers drawn from the Bible to issues faced by couples and families today. KMBI can be found at 107.9FM. Family Life Today airs Monday thru Friday from8:00-8:30 followed directly by Focus on the Family each night from 8:30-9pm.

Sunday School is from

9:00 - 9:45 for all ages.

Brenda Nagunst is heading up the Adult Sunday School classes with an intensive look at the Christian spir-

itual disciplines.

Phyllis Fitzgerald continues with her curriculum for the youngest children (ages 3 through K), while Val

Messerall is 1st- 4th grades with a memory verse-based curriculum. They are investigating the different

aspects of what it means to love and lay down your life for your friends in their everyday life. Kerry Burkey

is looking at the various aspect of the creation with the 5th through 8th graders, and Loretta is using the

Grapple studies for her High Schoolers.

Brian Nagunst is our floating aide.

Our dedicated and selfless Children

Church teachers; Lisa Wallner and

Trish Miller will be having the sum-

mertime off from their regular class duties.

Please spend some time in prayer, and consider filling

in for them during this time. If you have any questions

or would like to volunteer please contact Val Messeral at

the church office or 935-4363.

The Fruits of the Spirit

Continue…..

Abundant Life Fellowship

LOV E G O D .

LOV E P E O P L E .

M A K E D I S C I P L E S .

Pastor John Southwick: Office and Community

Hours: Monday - Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm

Assoc. Pastor Brenda Nagunst: Hours vary

Business Office: Tuesday- Thursday: 8am-noon

Contact Info: (509) 935-8029

PO Box 74 N. 203.2nd & Clay St. East

Chewelah, WA. 99109

E-Mail: abundantlife@centurylink.net

Website: abundantlifechewelah.com

This world is not what it was meant to be

All this pain, all this suffering

There’s a better place waiting for me

In heaven

Every tear will be wiped away

Every sorrow and sin erased

We’ll dance on seas of amazing grace

In heaven…. ~Chris Tomlin

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. 1Corinthians 13:11-12

Even the most hardened of adults find themselves bewildered at the logic and innocence of young children. We laugh at the logic of children. We think it’s cute the way preschoolers think. They have learned a lot, but there is still so much to learn.

But our “adult” knowledge too is partial and incomplete. We know some things, but we have a lot of ques-tions. We often say that when we get to heaven there are things we will ask Jesus, or Paul, or some other biblical character. But it’s quite possible that when we get to heaven we will realize that on earth we didn’t even know the right questions to ask. Issues that tear denominations apart here on earth might in heaven be totally unimportant. We may find that much of our great earthly knowledge is unimportant compared to the “surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus our Lord”

Father, we know only in part. As we wait until the day when we will see you face to face, give us humble, gospel grace to love one another. Amen.

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