Conway Workshop

Thanks for your prayers for the Conway Workshop. It went so well, praise His Name!!! I appreciate you all so much. See you tonight at Explore.

Prayer request TODAY!! Jeffrey Dean Ministries

We have an extremely busy two months ahead of us. One trip in particular that I want you to be praying for begins this upcoming Wednesday, September 23 in Maryville, IL at a See You After The Pole Rally. You may recall the tragedy that happened earlier this year at Maryville Baptist Church when Pastor Fred Winters was shot and killed in the sanctuary. I preached at his church just a few weeks before this tragedy. I am returning to Maryville Baptist this Wednesday night to speak at a live simulcast broadcast from this sanctuary to other churches and schools throughout Illinois and Missouri. Pray that many teens surrender all to Jesus this night. Pray for those teens still struggling with this tragedy to find God’s peace this night.


After leaving Illinois, I will be traveling to three additional states. I have included a detailed itinerary for this trip. Please pray for us each day that God will use every word of every message to draw people to Him.

September 24 - Pregnancy Resource Center Fundraising Event -Grand Rapids, MI
September 26 - Women’s Resource Center Fundraising Event - Dillon, CO
September 27 - Rocky Mountain Bible Church Plugged-in Parenting Event - Frisco, CO
September 27 - Rocky Mountain Bible Church Teen Rally - Frisco, CO
September 28 - Schools - Frisco, CO
September 29 - Plugged-in Parenting Event - Grass Valley, CA
October 1 - Livingwell Medical Clinic Fundraising Event - Grass Valley, CA
October 2 - Teen Rally - Grass Valley, CA

9-25-09 community group is this Friday night at the Jim Brown's home

community group is this Friday night at the Jim Brown's home. Let us know if you will be there. thanks

pray for Sherry and Jerry....

pray for Sherry and Jerry.... this is the weekend that they are having the wedding at their home and that means lots of extra work and preparations...

Oct 3 Cityfest Project

Project: Painting dental clinic next door to Shepherd's Hope Health Center

Participants: Jim Brown, Ernie Peters, and Jim Smith
Equipment Needed: "Work" clothes, 3 to 4 inch paint brushes, paint buckets, dropclothes, scrapers, and if possible, a ladder
Time: Oct 3, 9:00AM to 1:00PM
Directions: 2404 S. Tyler Street. Take Fairpark exit from I-630, go south towards UALR, turn left on 25th Street at Oak Forest Methodist Church, and the clinic is adjacent to the parking lot

Project: Hostess at Health Fair in fellowship hall of Oak Forest UMC

Participants: Susan Brown, Linda Smith, Donna Peters, and Suzanne Patton
Equipment Needed: Cookies, punch, willing hands, and a beautiful smile
Time: Oct 3, 9:00AM to 12:30PM
Directions: See above directions to Shepherd's Hope. Church is across the street, I'm told

Project Coordinator: Pam Ferguson---pam@shepherdshopelr.org----870-260-6171

Prayer Request - Susan Bowden

Please continue to pray for Susan to get a full time job. While she is waiting to find a full time job, she would like to find an additional part-time job. She works at the daycare till 11:00 or 12:00. Anytime after 1:00 she could go to another job.

Thanks.

Prayer Request - Jeremy

Jeremy has a doctors appointment Monday for his right foot. He is in pain and has some swelling. It is also keeping him awake at night. Please remember to pray for him on Monday morning.

Prayer Request Robyn & Randy home sale

after 7 months Robyn and Randy finally have received a serious offer on their home. It is not quite enough,so they are about to counter offer. The prospective buyers have been praying about this and we know ask that you now too pray for them.

Thank You.

Prayer Requests

Dan is having an MRI on Friday to see if he has a rotator cuff injury. If he does it will probably require surgery, and that will mean he will not be able to drive for a considerable amount of time, which will be a real difficulty for the whole family. Please pray for him!!

Also, Jim's sister in law has a acoustic neuroma which is somewhere in her ear and therefore very near her brain. These tumors are slow growing and are rarely cancerous, but she will probably have to have lazer radiation to remove it or it will eventually spread to her brain. It is very small right now, for which we are very thankful. She sees another doctor on Tuesday to schedule the lazer treatment.

Meet you at the throne. We soooo appreciate you all and your heart to pray.

Making connections

Now that we have the blog to help us stay connected (thank you, Ernie), we thought it would be helpful to have the following information to help us communicate faster and in other ways, too. Please send me the following information. Your name, address, phone #, cell phone #, the email address that you use most, and your birthday (without the year.... just the month and day). I have this info for most of you but would appreciate you sending it to me again in case anything has changed. Also, I do not have all your birthdays!!!! If you have two email addresses, you can include them both. I will be glad to send info to both of them. Couples, please send both email addresses if you use different computers. I will put this info in a form that I can send to you all as soon as I receive it.

Also, please respond to this by posting the information in the comments or emailing me back at jilin66@sbcglobal.net . Also if you read any blog, please comment just with a quick, "got it" or a response so we can tell if you received the information. Thanks so much!!

Don't forget to keep Jerry, Sherry, and Jeremy in your prayers. We will not be taking food to them this weekend, but will do it soon at a time more convenient for them.

You are loved.

SageWorks Survey email of Aug 7 and link to the survey

From: Bill Parkinson - SageWorks [mailto:bparkinson@fellowshiponline.com]
Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 9:21 AM
To: Donna Skrivanos
Subject: Bill Parkinson - SageWorks Survey

You're receiving this email because of your relationship with Fellowship Bible Church. Please confirm your continued interest in receiving email from us.
You may unsubscribe if you no longer wish to receive our emails.

Dear Sage,

I'm writing to you because you qualify as a sage, "one who has wisdom and life experience to share." As we launch a new ministry in the coming months called SageWorks, targeting those who are 55+ but involving others who want to join some of our ministries, I want to share with you some of my ideas for this congregation and ask for your input.

My first pass at a vision statement for this community is -

The SageWorks Congregation is a community of people seeking to live life skillfully from God's perspective, caring for each other, and encouraging one another to invest what He is teaching them in the next generation.

First, SageWorks is a community seeking to live life skillfully from God's perspective. The word wisdom in the Old Testament means just that. God calls us to a different vision for this season of life than the one painted by our culture. He wants us to be investing in things that are eternal, using the Abrahams, Sarahs, Calebs, Annas, and Daniels of the Scriptures as our role models. We need people around us encouraging and exhorting us, holding us accountable to live life skillfully. As a congregation, we have elders and coaches (Mike Hufnagel, Jerry Kennedy, Mickey Miller, Bill Stowers, and John Wallace) who, with their wonderful wives, are excited about mentoring our community groups as we seek to live our lives skillfully.

Second, SageWorks is a community committed to caring for each other. In keeping with our philosophy of ministry, we want to be very proactive in equipping you to navigate this season of life. We will use the wisdom, gifting, and life experiences that our congregation possesses, along with the insights of trained professionals, to minister to those who are facing physical and medical challenges and walk with those transitioning to a new season in their life. We will, to quote Paul in 2 Corinthians 1:4, "Comfort those who are in any affliction with this comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God."

Finally, SageWorks is a community encouraging each other to invest what He is teaching us in the next generation. Every one of us has passions and skills that we can share with others in our church and community. Many of the youngsters in our church are hungry to spend time with people who have the spiritual perspective and life experience that we have. Recently I mentioned that if anyone would like a mentor, I would do my best to connect them with one. I had nearly 100 responses from people who desire that type of relationship.

We will be communicating more about how we plan to develop this community and accomplish these goals in the weeks ahead. In order to do this, we have sent this email to you and your spouse. By answering a few questions, you can provide us with valuable insights and information. Please take a few minutes to do that now by clicking the link below.

Click to take the SageWorks Survey now! http://www.fellowshiponline.com/Sage_Questionaire.php

SageWorks

I talked to Donna Skrivanos this morning and told her our Community Group met last Friday night, and we want to be part of what God is going to be doing in and with SageWorks. I related, as a group, we are excited. Also, how much we appreciated Bill Parkinson taking the time to explain the vision God had given about SageWorks, and how it would minister.
I told her Jim Brown and Jim Smith would be co-leaders, and she said that was fine. Several Community Groups were doing it that way.
She said Mike Hufnagel (wife is Suzanne) would be our shepherding elder. Mike is a very hands on leader and will be meeting with us soon.
If I get any more news, I'll post it here. Praise the Lord!!

Why pray?

Why pray? The following thought from Oswald Chamber makes a wonderful case for prayer—“The idea of prayer is not to get answers from God; prayer is perfect and complete oneness with God. If we pray because we want answers, we will get huffed with God. The answers come every time, but not always in the way we expect, and our spiritual huff shows a refusal to identify ourselves with our Lord in prayer. We are not here to prove God answers prayer; we are here to be living monuments of God’s grace.”

CityFest Prayers and Project Lists

for CityFest Prayers and work schedule - project list see: http://www.fellowshiponline.com/docs/CityFest/CityFest_1042009.pdf

CityFest Sign Up Form

here is a link to the CityFest work day sign up form:
http://www.fellowshiponline.com/Cityfest_Signup.php

Corrected Work Dates CityFest

From JS,
Community Groupers,
One of the work days was incorrect in the e-mail about Cityfest which
I sent you earlier. Work days were stated to be Sept 23 and Oct 3 in
the e-mail. Should have been Sept 26 and Oct 3. Please insert the new
date in your schedule and plan accordingly.
Linda and I will probably sign up for the North Little Rock Crisis
Pregnancy job on Oct 3rd, as painting is our expertise. We also like
to do things associated with food. Ha!  Age related physical
limitations and lack of needed skills prevent us from doing many of
the other tasks. Hope to see you there.
JimS
P.S. Ernie can you put this e-mail on the blog. Thanks.

Typo

Ernie caught a typo in the Cityfest e-mail I received from Donna Skrivanos and sent to everyone. In the e-mail the work dates are typed as Sept 23 and Oct 3. Oct 3 is right but the other date should be Sept 26, so mark your calendars and make your plans accordingly. Video announcement before church and church bulletin insert both had Sept 26 as THE DATE. So it must be Sept 26 and Oct 3. Sept 23 is Wednesday which would have been a strange Cityfest work day anyway. Sept 26 and Oct 3 are both Saturdays and make more sense. Hope to see you there.
JimS

Susan Brown has signed up on the blog

I talked to Jim Brown and he signed up on the blog with Susan's email address. Good job!

CityFest work days

This is the e-mail I received from Donna. If you see a project that God is drawing you to, go for it. I'm sure they can use all the willing hands they can get. Any questions, let me know.
JimS
--- On Thu, 9/3/09, Donna Skrivanos wrote:
From: Donna Skrivanos
Subject: CityFest
To: jsmith1885@sbcglobal.net
Date: Thursday, September 3, 2009, 2:16 PM
Hi SageWorks Community Group Leaders,
CityFest work day(s) are fast approaching. You know from the Calendar that you received at the Launch that the work days for CityFest are September 23rd and October 3rd. I am suggesting that September 23rd be our primary work day. If that does not work for you and your group please let me know and we can plan on your group working on October 3rd.
We have three projects for our Congregation; two major or large projects and one small project.
Crisis Pregnancy Center in North Little Rock: (Will need 30 – 40 people)
There is both outside and inside work. Some of the outside work is: painting wrought iron railing, building a cover over AC units, building an enclosure for trash containers, landscaping, mulching, removing/replacing railroad ties, cutting tree branches, sanding/painting outside of doors, etc, etc.
Some of the inside work is removing a water fountain and building a storage closet with a door, painting AC return air vents, washing windows, washing mini blinds, making information packets for clients, etc , etc.
1010 Charles Bussey DR. – Ms. Dupree’s house: (Will need 50+ people)
All outside work – power wash/scrape and paint the exterior of the house. The paint has badly peeled so a lot of pre-work will be needed prior to painting.
There are some high areas on the house that will require ladders or scaffolding. A few boards will also need to be replaced.
1721 Pinewood – Mr./Mrs. McCoy: (Will need 6 or 8 people)
Mrs. McCoy has purchased 4 or 5 doors (inside and outside) and ask if we could put them up for her. This project will need people who have some experience in carpentry and/or door installing.
I need (must have) 3 to 6 people to step forward to lead these various projects. We only have about 3 weeks before the 26th so we must get starting now with the planning and preparation. I also need a few (3 or 4) to help with planning for how/what we will serve lunch for our teams.
Also, if you have people in your groups who are retired or have time to work during the week(s) prior to the26th please let me know.

My numbers are: Home 312-2718, Cell 766-5900. E-mail is jkennedy11@comcast.net My cell or e-mail is the best way to contact me.
Jerry Kennedy
SageWorks CityFest Coordinator
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Next Community Group Meeting

Next meeting Sept 18 at Jim and Susan Brown's

Luis Palau Association

as innfo for CityFest
Luis Palau Association
http://www.palau.org/

Kristin and Kyleigh update

They made it there safely even though the Vanderbilt medical campus was totally confusing to Kristin. Kyleigh did well throughout the checkup and was cooperative. They did some tests and will do a voiding cystogram in Nashville Sept 30th to see if she is having reflux of urine back to her kidneys causing scarring. Not an easy test for any child. However Kristin had it at this age and did it well, but Kyleigh is a little more.... no a lot more strong willed since she has some special needs.... soooo please pray.

Kristin and Kyleigh

Kristin has to take Kyleigh, her youngest, to Nashville today for tests at Vanderbilt. They are checking her for kidney syndrome... not sure what all that entails.... BUT please pray
#1 for them as they travel, Kristin is not excited about trying to find the place in Nashville.
#2 that Kyleigh is cooperative through the tests
#3 that they find everything healthy and normal.

thanks!

Post of Reply from FOTF about Jeffery Dean Ministries

From: Armstrong, Dale [mailto:Dale.Armstrong@fotf.org]
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 3:39 PM
To: E. J. Peters
Subject: RE: Jeffery Dean Ministries

Thank you!  Jeff and I played phone tag for awhile, before we connected.  Had a real nice visit over the phone.  I be praying for them! 

How are you guys doing? 

Dale

Prayer Request - Jeffrey Dean Ministries

Group
Here is a message received this morning from Jeff Smith......Please hold up this ministry in prayer. Thanks.

"Dear Friend,

Our publicist has an important meeting today with Focus On The Family in Colorado Springs, CO about partnership opportunities with Jeffrey Dean Ministries. The meeting is at 2:30 CST. Please pray.
Thank you and have a great week,
Jeffrey"
http://www.jeffreydean.com/