CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH Reverend Delton G. Stimson, Jr.

140 Pudding Hill Rd., P.O. Box 344, Scotland, CT 06264 Office Email: office@cfcscotland.org

Pastor’s Email: sonnystimson@gmail.com Website: cfcscotland.org

Sunday Schedule: Prayer Meeting: 7:30-8:30 am, Room 6 Sunday School: 10:00 am-11:00 pm Children: ages 3 years through grade 12 Adults: Annex Room 10 - Women’s: Basement Room #3 Junior Choir: 11:15 am - Chapel - 4 years thru 6th grade (On Recess)

Evening Service: 6:00-7:00 Teen Choir: 7:15 pm - Sanctuary - Grades 7-12 (On Recess)

Monday: Women's Bible Study-CFC Room 3, 4-5 pm, Sue Gosselin 860-208-7532

Currently on breakYoung Adult Bible Study - CFC Annex Basement 6:30 pm, Doug O'Connor 860-450-9492 Men’s Group – Scotland, 7 pm @ Kenny Main's, Todd Osowski 860-822-1989 Resumes in August Tuesday: CFC Mama's Bible Study - CFC Wagner Room 9:30 am, Emily Stimson - 860-546-9212 Senior Bible Study - CFC Annex Room 10, 10:00 am Resumes September 13 Healthy Heart Exercise - CFC Fellowship Hall, 9:30 am, Joan Light 860-423-4480 Resumes in the Fall GriefShare - CFC Room #3, 6:30-8:30 pm Currently on break Bible Study – Scotland, 7 pm @ Bill Bartholomew’s, 860-423-0267 Gary Stevens teaching on Firm Foundations Creation to Christ Bible Study – Windham, 7 pm @ George Selleck’s, 860-423-2406 Bob Delamatta Resumes in the Fall Wednesday: Men’s Bible Study - CFC Room 3 @ 8:00 am Pastor Sonny teaching Women’s Bible Study - CFC Wagner Room @ 9:30 am Sylvie Grenier 860-942-3937 Men’s Group - CFC Annex Basement 6:30, Mike Uptegraff, 860-917-4480 Resumes August 3 Thursday: Youth Groups – @ CFC for ages 4 years thru 12th grade, 6:30-8:00 pm Resumes September 8 Prayer Meeting – @ CFC Annex Room 15, 6:30–8:00 pm - Meets All Year Women's Bible Study - CFC Library 6:30-8:00, Sylvie Grenier 860-942-3937 Friday: Bible Study - Willimantic, 7:00 pm @ Gosselins, 860-208-7532 Gary Stevens teaching on Firm Foundations Creation to Christ Library Hours: Sunday 9:00-11:00 & 5:30-7:00 Thursday 6:30-8:00

Order of 10:00 Service: Band “Glorious” Prayer Band “Your Grace Finds Me” Band “The Stand” Announcements Hymn #64 “To God be the Glory” Special Music: John Thrower Creation Story Special Music: Tom Bassett Hymn #28 “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing” Message: Candidate Shevi Sloane

Order of 8:30 Service: Prayer Hymn #64 “To God be the Glory” Choir “America Medley” Announcements Hymn #28 “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing” Special Music: John Thrower Creation Story Special Music: Tom Bassett Hymn #31 “My Jesus I Love Thee” Message: Candidate Shevi Sloane

INSIDE CFC Informing - Encouraging - Challenging the CFC Family

July 3, 2016

Last Week’s Attendance 8:30 253 ...........................................10:00 195 .........................................Morning Total 448 ...........................

Last Week’s Offering General Fund 6,269.80 ..........................Building Fund 195.00 .............................College Fund 40.00 ................................Deacon Fund 30.00 ...............................Doughnuts 36.00 ....................................Miscellaneous Income……………64.00 Missions 2,277.00 ..................................Sunday School 1.80 ...............................Todd Memorial Fund 350.00 ..................Total $9,263.60............................

Prayer Requests: ‣ Tracy Boyden’s Dad, cancer ‣ Tina Bassett’s Dad, various health issues ‣ Edna Walsh, heart issue ‣ Randy Marshburn, stroke recovery ‣ Joanne Flannery, nausea & dizziness, arms and hands are numb ‣ Ira Flannery, prostate cancer ‣ Adele Raffone, cancer ‣ Jayme Horton’s nephew, Aidan, brain tumor ‣ Becky Montgomery, blood clots ‣ Doug Fabian, foot infection, improving ‣ Lucio Gallo’s Dad, heart attack ‣ Gerry Cyr, lungs are getting worse ‣ Clarence Pike, heart issues ‣ Frank Maxim, lungs

Junior Church Children ages 3-7 are released at the beginning of the last hymn during the 8:30 am 1st service in the morning and after the music

portion of the 6:00 pm evening service. 3-4 year olds can be dropped off in Room 1 off the Wagner Room.

5-7 year olds are in Room 3 in the basement.

We are in the summer lull but it won’t last long. We need to be thinking ahead to September. Is there a ministry you would like to begin or one you would like to be involved in?

Vacation Bible School Totals Workers

Kids Adults/Teens Total

Mon 172 59/20 251

Tue 171 58/24 253

Wed 170 59/22 251

Thur 175 54/24 253

Fri 167 52/22 241

Choir Rehearsal 4:30-5:30FamilyCamping-Whatisit?Anopenweek(youpickthedays)togotoNHandcampontheS9msonHomestead.UsethatasabasetoexploreandenjoytheWhiteMountainsandtoenjoyfellowshipwithyoureternalfamily.Whatisavailable?Landtocampon,2showers,toilets,ahousetostorefoodanduseasyoulike.

The Baby Bottle total so far is $3,364.27. The campaign is over but you can still bring in any bottles you still have.

Family Camping in NH sign up is in the foyer

Learning to rebut foolishness: An ad sponsored by the Freedom From Religion Foundation: “Women’s reproductive rights are under relentless attack by the religious right. Every woman must decide for herself whether and when to become a mother.” Rebuttal: A woman’s freedom to decide whether and when to become a mother is a smoke screen. One can only become a mother via sexual intercourse so except in the case of rape, that freedom already exists. The real issue is, does a woman have the right to kill life? Proponents of abortion would say that the unborn are not life. Tell that to the Battelle Corp which paid a $56,000 fine for destroying Swallow eggs in the course of construction. Why the $5,000 fine for destroying an eagle egg if it doesn’t destroy (eliminate) an eagle?

Scriptures for a Spiritual 4th of July • “I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your

precepts.” Psalm 119:45 • “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

John 8:32 • “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” John 8:36 • “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is,

there is freedom.” 2 Corinthians 3:17 • “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then,

and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” Galatians 5:1

• “Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves.” 1 Peter 2:16

Calendar TODAY………..…….……..Co Pastor Candidate Shevi Sloane in the AM July 10-16……………………………………….Word of Life Summer Camp July 17-23………………………………………………Family Camping in NH August 7-13……………………………………………..Teen Camping in NH August 28…………………………………………………………Church Picnic September 8…………………………………………..Youth Groups Resume September 12-21………………………..Dominican Republic Mission Trip October 22……………………Iron Sharpens Iron Women’s Conference November 11-12…………………………………………………..Belong Tour November 19……………………………………………………..Dot’s Bazaar

Shevi Sloane is preaching this morning. He has applied for the Pastor position posted by CFC. Shevi has been the Student Ministry Pastor at Chapel Pointe, MI., since 2011. Prior to that, he was Associate Pastor at New Live Praise Church in Sanford, NC., from 2007-2001. He served other churches as Pastor of Youth and Worship. He has a Bachelors of Religion in youth ministry and cross cultural missions and a Master of Religion, both from Liberty University.

Thank You all who worked all week to make VBS a success. It is work but it’s God’s work so it’s good work.

TheMonday nightMen's Bible Study at KenMain’s homewill be taking abreak for the summer and star9ng back up in August, a date to bedetermined. Our next study will be the book of James. We will be usingFrances Chan's study, True Faith Produces Fruit. A faithwithout ac9on andwithoutlifechangeisul9matelyadeadfaith.Jamesspeakstothereali9esofalivingfaithinJesus—thekindofroll-up-your-sleevesandget-your-hands-dirtydiscipleship that isborneoutof anauthen9c rela9onshipwithChrist. Jameswrites to believerswho know suffering, faced trials, and ul9mately desire adeeprela9onshipwithGod.Through12sessions,FrancisworksthroughJamesverse-by-verse, challenging followers of Christ to move beyond a private,intellectual knowledge ofGod andHisWord, to a vibrant faith that impactseverysquareinchoflife.

More Foolishness: Beginnings don’t get much humbler: A team at Georgia Institute of Technology believes life on Earth may have started in a puddle. They demonstrated that polypeptides, molecules essential for complex life, can be formed by mixing amino and hydroxyl acids and then subjecting them to cycles of alternating wet and dry conditions. The process could have taken place in a puddle that was drying out and then reforming with the next rain, they say. The research supports the theory that life may have begun on dry land, where night time cooling and dew formation are followed by daytime heating and evaporation. “The simplicity of using hydration-dehydration cycles to drive the chemistry you need for life is appealing,” says researcher Nicholas Hud. “It looks like dry land would have provided a very favorable environment for getting the chemistry needed for life started.” Just 20 of these day-night cycles were needed to form a complex mixture of polypeptides in the lab. Previous studies of meteorites have found that both amino acids and hydroxyl acids are likely to have existed on the early Earth. Questions: Where did early earth come from? Why is there rain and then periods of dry, i.e. cycles of life? Where did amino and hydroxyl acids come from?

Parents - if you owe money for your kid’s camp, please get it in ASAP.

Peter ends his second letter this way: “But grow in grace and knowledge of our Savior Jesus Christ.” How have I grown in grace and knowledge of my Lord and Savior? What am I doing to grow? What is the evidence of that growth? There are many ways to grow, i.e., personal devotions, Bible studies and Sunday school. God honors the desire and effort of those who sincerely want to grow.

Word of Life Campers meet at CFC at 7:45 am on Sunday, July 10. Check in with Sylvie Grenier over by the Annex. Give all medication to Sylvie at check in. Money must be out of your luggage to deposit in the Bank when you get to camp in NY. Sylvie will hold camper’s lunch money for the return trip home for campers 6th grade and under if it is in a sealed envelope. Mcdonald’s cards are good for lunch for the trip home as they can’t be spent at camp during the week.

After she woke up, a woman told her husband, "I just dreamed that you gave me a pearl necklace for our anniversary.  What do you think it means?” "You'll know tonight,” he said. That evening, the man came home with a small package and gave it to his wife. Delighted, she opened it to find a book titled ,”The Meaning of Dreams."

AdultSundaySchoolclasswillbestudyingtheProvidenceofGodinthebookofEsther,taughtbySethCroteau.