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August 2016
THE APPLE
PRESS
Come worship with us in our newly remodeled Worship Center!
Youth Group meets Wednesdays in the Activities Center at 6:00 PM. Contact Pastor Alan at 970-242-7380, or 928-580-9856 cell, or [email protected]. If you could assist on Wednesday evenings, please contact Pastor Alan. There is a sign-up sheet in the Worship Center Welcome Center to bring snacks on Wednesdays. The Friday morning Ladies' Prayer Group is praying God's Word and praying for our families. We will meet from 6:30 to 7:30 on Friday mornings in the Activities Center foyer. Questions—call Karen Vejraska at 970-242-8904 or email [email protected]. Discipleship groups are in full swing here at ACC. If you’d like to join in, please contact Pastor Dan. The next installment of Appleton Cooking Class will be August 20, from 10 AM to 1 PM. We’ll be doing water bath canning, probably tomatoes. Bring a “salad builder” for lunch. Phyllis will bring greens and dressing. Contact Phyllis Bolsinger, 970-216-8258, to reserve your spot.
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Men’s Camp, August 26-28,
$80
Dean: John Cox
Trust and Obey In the fifth chapter of Matthew, we find the beginning of Jesus’
Sermon on the Mount. The full Sermon on the Mount is very
challenging to anyone (Matt 5:1-7:28). For unbelievers in Christ it is a
list of behaviors in life the way God sees them, and it definitely shows
that there is no way to God except through accepting the forgiveness
found in making Jesus Christ our Lord. However, what do we as
believers in Christ do with the Sermon on the Mount? If calling
someone a “fool” in anger is seen by God as something so serious (in
danger of the fires of hell, Matt 5:22), what are God’s expectations
from us? The answer is simple…obedience.
Oswald Chambers wrote, “The teaching of Jesus is out of all
proportion to our natural way of looking at things, and it comes with
astonishing discomfort to begin with. We have slowly to form our walk
and conversation on the line of the precepts of Jesus Christ as the Holy
Spirit applies them to our circumstances. The Sermon on the Mount is
not a set of rules and regulations: it is a statement of the life we will
live when the Holy Spirit is getting His way with us.”
It is my prayer that we all grow closer with and in Jesus Christ.
I pray that we gain in the understanding and the practice of God’s
Word. The difficult thing is that for all growth in Christ we must learn
to obey Him.
We often look at Paul’s wonderful words to the church in
Philippi, “And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you
will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ” (Phil 1:6), as a
license to wait on God to grow us. It really doesn’t work that way. Our
Father in Heaven will lead us, we must first decide to follow.
If our desire is to grow spiritually, there are decisions for us to
make every day. Chambers wrote, “The golden rule for understanding
spiritually is not intellect, but obedience. If a man wants scientific
knowledge, intellectual curiosity is his guide; but if he wants insight
into what Jesus Christ teaches, he can only get it by obedience.
Intellectual darkness comes through ignorance; spiritual darkness
comes because of something I do not intend to obey.”
There are things in all of our lives that we have difficulty
turning over to God in obedience. Our pride or our fears get in our
way. There is a reason the Psalmist wrote, “My sacrifice, O God, is a
broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not
despise.” (Psalm 51:17) Give it all to Jesus Christ in obedience and be
free to grow in Him.
I love you all,
Pastor Dan
Please have bulletin items to the office by 11:00 AM on Wednesdays . You can either call (242-7380) or email ([email protected]).
At A Glance
Our Mission To grow fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ.
Matthew 28:19-20
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Contact the office if you can serve any in
the following ways:
Greeters (welcome & direct people, hand out
bulletins), especially for First Service
First Service Communion Servers (Need at
least 6 more)
1-2 more people to Monitor Prayer Chain, instructions
provided
Help take attendance on Sunday mornings
Serve coffee in the Welcome Center
THANK YOU, women of ACC, for the
wonderful Women’s Camp. From the
Women of Fruita Christian Church.
Wednesday, August 3, from 6:00 PM - 9:30 PM, Youth Group, Grand Junction Christian Churches Swim Party. We will have a BBQ in Lincoln Park at 6 PM, then we will have the pool area all to ourselves from 7:30-9:30 PM. Let Pastor Alan know if you’ll be attending.
An Encouraging Word from Scott Thompson I had a great experience this summer. My grandson Wyatt came and stayed a week with me. We had fun working in the shop, riding the four-wheeler, and a lot of other projects. One thing Wyatt showed me was how to play a video game called “Hill Climb Racing”. It is on “Amazon Prime” so you can play it on the TV with the remote and we did! In fact, I still do! The object is to advance to different levels with whatever vehicle you purchase and whatever scenery you choose. You earn coins by the distance you travel. One thing I noticed about the game is before you can advance to the next level you always encounter a big hill. The hill has these characteristics: it is bigger, more difficult, and steeper the further you advance. I couldn’t help thinking isn’t that exactly what our walk with the Lord is like? As you move deeper and farther in your relationship with the Lord you always seem to COME HEADFIRST UP TO A BIG, HARD-TO-CLIMB HILL. The hills in my life have followed along these lines; they get tougher as you go, you have to go over to advance in the Lord, and if you don’t get up on the first try, God will bring you back to the same hill over and over until you do get over. Something I read a while back sticks in my thoughts, “We don’t grow in our relationship with Christ on the mountaintops, we grow in the valleys.” When you are down in the valley wondering “how am I going to get up this hill”, is when that little still voice says “my grace is sufficient for this one also”. We need to remember that it is God and him alone that gives us the strength we need to get up the hills in life. When we try to do it on our own power, we become discouraged and weary. 1 Peter 5:10 says, “In his kindness God called you to share in his eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and place you on a firm foundation.” How awesome is that. When you can’t get over the hill God will support and strengthen you…set you on firm footing so you can make it over the top. The tough thing for us as Christians is you have to be willing to let God help you! Most times we turn to God for help after all else fails! God has always been there for us. Isaiah 41:10 says, “Don’t be afraid for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.” I encourage you to never lose sight of the fact “God is always with us and desires to help us.” He wants to help you get up those tough hills in life. Try asking his help before you try everything else!
Camp season is now over for our children and youth. It has been a fantastic summer for so many of our kids. They came back on fire to live out their “Fearless Faith.” Once again, Camp Christian has done an outstanding job discipling our young people. It has been fun for me to hear so many stories about people who have been impacted by this camp throughout the years. I heard from one person that they remembered being baptized at camp more than 40 years ago. I am sure that some of you have a similar story. Isn’t it fantastic that the camp is still making such a difference in the lives of young people today? I am excited to tell you that two students from our group received the Camper of the Week Award, one in the 5th-6th Grade Camp and the other in the 7th-8th Grade Camp. That means that next year they get to attend camp free of charge! We also had several receive scholarships for Summit Christian College as well as Boise Bible College. I couldn’t be more proud of our students and the witness they are for Christ. Please continue to pray for the camp and think about who we can take next year. I believe that the best years for the camp are still ahead. I also want to tell you about an upcoming youth event. On Wednesday, August 3rd, from 6:00 PM–9:30 PM, our youth will be hosting the youth groups from Clifton CC, Northeast CC, and Palisade CC at the Lincoln Park Swimming Pool. We have invited these other groups to join us to pray for the upcoming new school year, and to develop friendships with students from other churches that will grow as our students go through school. If you have a student, junior high through high school, who would like to join us, please call me and I will make sure they are on the list. We do need a head count by Tuesday, August 2nd, so we can let the lifeguards know how many we have. The plan is to meet at 6:00 PM at the park for a simple hot dog BBQ, then starting at 7:30, we have the pool area all to ourselves. I hope to see all of our students there. Finally, I wanted to start getting the word out that we are in need of a few more people to help in the children’s programs area as teachers and teachers assistants. If you are interested, or want to volunteer someone else, please talk to me as soon as you can so we can get you involved. We want to continue to provide a children’s ministry that is second to none, but we need help to do it. If you have any questions about children’s or youth ministry, I am available to talk, just let me know. Blessings, Alan Dyson Associate Pastor [email protected] 928-580-9856 cell 970-242-7380 office POLL QUESTION: Please email me your answer to the following question: The one book that has helped me the most with my parenting (other than the Bible) is ?
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Mission of the Month
Dave Downey
Western Colorado Christian
Campus Ministries
PO Box 40313
Grand Junction, CO 81504
Phone: (970) 433-8585
Email: [email protected]
www.wcccm.org
Facebook: Christian Student Fellowship@CMU
and
Western Colorado Christian Campus Ministry
Birthday: Aug 28
Ministry: Western Colorado Christian Campus
Ministries is a collection of churches,
businesses, and individuals that have teamed to
support the students of Christian Student
Fellowship on the campus of Colorado Mesa
University. This involves three main areas: 1.
Encouraging and ministering to the needs of
these college students. Helping them to stand
on their own in a broken world. 2. Equipping
students with everything they need to discover
what God has for their lives. 3. Enabling
students to become leaders in their lives and
churches.
Prayer Requests: There are 10,000 young
adults on the campus of CMU. Many of them
are on their own for the first time and facing
pressures of every kind. Please pray that God
meets them where they are and covers them in
His loving arms. We are in need of people to
join this mission. Three areas of support: 1.
Prayer for these hurting students. They need to
know that they are loved and that there is hope
in a broken world. There is a great deal of pain
in the eyes of these kids. 2. Experience. We
need you to share your lives with them. 3.
Finances. We need about $50,000 a year to do
this ministry. Please go to the website:
www.wcccm.org and sign up for our monthly
newsletter and needs list. Dave has an office
here at ACC in the Activities Center work room.
“And whoever in the name of a disciple gives to
one of these little ones even a cup of cold water
to drink, truly I say to you, he shall not lose his
reward.” - Matthew 10:42
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August
Jim Rogers
Mark Murrell
Mike Hollermeier
Open spot (Contact the office to volunteer for this rotation.)
September
Open spot
Open spot
Open spot
Open spot (Contact the office to volunteer for this rotation.)
Second Service Greeters First Service Greeters
ways to send Prayer Requests,
please include on your communication/prayer card on Sunday; email
[email protected]; or call Pam Bourdette @639-9421, or
Paul Vejraska @242-8904, or Katie Baker @908-892-6080 cell.
(Since Katie will be leaving for boot camp soon, we will need at least 1 or 2 more people to help monitor
the prayer chain. Contact the office.)
For shut-in communion,
please call 242-7380 during office hours or contact person listed below:
August 7 Merle Miller
August 14 Sherman Moore August 21 Dan Baker August 28 Randy Pifer
Clip and post in your home as a reminder when you serve.
Contact Us:
Pastor Dan Baker [email protected]
Pastor Alan Dyson [email protected]
Intern, Savannah Tompkins [email protected]
Elders: [email protected]
Dan Baker 970-822-2717 [email protected]
Tim Hollett 970-376-5521 [email protected]
Merle Miller 242-5057 [email protected] Doug Steiner 250-9900
[email protected] Scott Thompson 644-1242, Chair
Diaconate: Aleta Beaslin 245-5009 [email protected]
Malinda Lyons 245-5632 [email protected]
Ellie Morris 210-0677 [email protected]
Steve Morris 210-5405 [email protected] Jennifer Murrell, Board Rep.
434-6613 [email protected] Mark Murrell 434-6613 [email protected]
Dave Sloan, Presiding Deacon 778-9033
[email protected] Craig Spoering 623-2311 [email protected]
Charlotte Zangerle 245-6907 [email protected]
First Service Communion Servers
August
7 Randy & Crystal Brew
14 Doug & Jan Steiner
21 James & Angie Templeton
28 Randy & Beth Pifer
September
4 Jenny Nichols
11 Steve & Ellie Morris
18 Scott & Connie Thompson
25 Randy & Crystal Brew
August
7 Scott Thompson
14 Doug Steiner
21 Craig Spoering
28 Dan Baker
September
4 Merle Miller
11 Dave Sloan
18 Scott Thompson
25 Doug Steiner
First Service Communion
& Offering Meditation
August
7 Scott Thompson
14 Doug Steiner
21 Malinda Lyons
28 Dan Baker
September
4 Merle Miller
11 Jenny Nichols
18 Scott Thompson
25 Doug Steiner
August
7 Mark & Jennifer Murrell
14 Charlotte Zangerle
21 Steve & Peggy Moseley
28 Dave & Jane Sloan
September
4 Mark & Jennifer Murrell
11 Charlotte Zangerle
18 Steve & Peggy Moseley
25 Dave & Jane Sloan
7—Loren Sanborn Randy Cloyd, Maria Kelley
14—John Ellis Tom & Connie Fudge
21—Ted & Melody Dunn James & Destiny Lamb
28—Brett & Debbie McDonald Dale & LoyAnn Mabley
August Prayer Families Second Service Communion
& Offering Meditation
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August 2016
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