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MAKING DISCIPLES WHO LIVE BY GOD’S GRACE & FOR HIS GLORY AT HOME & ACROSS THE WORLD

We’d love for you to get connected at Fellowship. Here are some easy ways to get involved:

FELLOWSHIP NEXTThis class is hosted by our pastors. You’ll hear about:

• our mission of discipleship• our strategy for growing as disciples of Jesus

and making disciples• our ministries and how you can get connected• the steps you can take to join Fellowship as a

member

We’ll gather after second service, get to know one another and answer questions you may have. Lunch and child care provided. BENTON January 11, Reserve child care at the Connection Center or benton@fellowshiponline.com. CABOT January, 2015. Register by emailing cabot@fellowshiponline.com.

D GROUPS The key strategy we use for being and making disciples is our small groups, which we call D Groups. Stop by the Connection Center to find out more.

BAPTISM Baptisms are some of our favorite events because we get to see people going public with their decision to follow Christ. If you’re interested in learning more about this important step, stop by the Connection Center or email us. BENTON next baptism December 21 CABOT Stay tuned for upcoming baptism classes and celebrations.

STAY ENGAGED You’ll find the latest information and registration online and on our MyFellowship App available for Apple, Android and Windows phones.

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1401 Kirk Road, Little Rock, Arkansas 72223 fellowshiponline.com 501.224.7171

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fellowshipbenton.com 501.315.1560 email benton@fellowshiponline.com

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2895 Bill Foster Mem. Hwy, Cabot, Arkansas 72023 fellowshipcabot.com 501.605.8400 email cabot@fellowshiponline.com

WELCOME

LAYING DOWN OUR ISAAC BY KENT AND RACHEL BOLING

In 2004, our journey began; one of new beginnings and surrender to God’s bigger story. While we would like to say it has been an easy path, our journey has been a mixture of dark seasons and seasons of bounty as we see God’s provision beyond what we expected.

In the summer of 2004, our paths reconnected during a time when Rachel had two unexpected female health surgeries. When we married in 2006, we wanted children and knew the path might be long due to Rachel’s health issues. Our hearts were moved towards adoption even before we married but we felt confirmation to pursue fertility treatment before starting the adoption process. After six years of infertility treatments and no pregnancy, we felt led to end our treatments for good. We always hoped to have a biological child so at the end of our infertility journey it felt like we “laid down our Isaac” by surrendering our desire to give birth to a child.

While searching for adoption resources we found ourselves drawn to Bethany Christian Services. We finished our adoption approval process in early 2014 and read stories of available babies, expressed interest, prayed and waited. We remained hopeful even as we were not initially chosen. Late this summer we learned a little boy would be born in the fall and we expressed interest, waited, prayed and were eventually chosen. Was it true that when we “laid down our Isaac” and surrendered our desire for a son that God was in return giving us a son? Even though it’s not what we had planned, we were constantly reminded and beyond thankful for how God’s plans are better than our own and how He weaves lives together like a beautiful tapestry. Two of our favorite verses to lean on during our journey were I Samuel 1:27 and Psalm 113:9.

At every juncture over the past ten years we felt God’s presence, His peace, and His guiding hand in the midst of the dark valleys and now in the bounty of our son, Jonathan “Hilt” Boling.

GOD STORY

ADULT DISCIPLESHIPCore Looking to go deeper in your faith? Core Groups are small and gender specific working through a defined framework of curriculum, practices, and experiences to grow in spiritual maturity. If you are interested in leading or being in a Core Group, sign up at the Connection Center or email benton@fellowshiponline.com

Fellowship Women Join other women for a fall retreat. Our theme will be Wonderstruck—Awaken to the Nearness of God, based on the study by Margaret Feinberg. This study will be the perfect focus for our retreat at Ozark Conference Center where God always seems near! November 14-16

Women Fall Bible studies: It’s not too late to join! Tuesday Mornings 9:30–11:30 am (through Mar 17) Beth Moore’s Children of the Day. This in-depth class meets as a large group with video teaching, and then has focused discipleship time in small groups.

Wednesday Evenings 6:30–8:30 pm (through Mar 18) Beth Moore’s Children of the Day. This in-depth class meets as a large group with video teaching, and then has focused discipleship time in small groups.

Thursday Mornings 10 am – noon (through May 14)Precept upon Precept - Covenant. See the incredible thread running from Genesis through Revelation. God enters into a binding agreement with His people and always keeps His promises.

Care Nights Wednesdays, 6:30 pm Marriage Group Discipleship in the context of marriage. Encounter the transforming power of God’s grace in our everyday needs through discussion groups and studies. Marriage Study—Paul David Tripp, What Did You Expect? at 6:30 pm. Register for the class and reserve child care at the Connection Center or email us at benton@fellowshiponline.com.

Financial Group Financial Peace University(FPU) presents biblical, practical steps to get from where you are to where you’ve dreamed you could be. Register and reserve child care at the Connection Center or email us at benton@fellowshiponline.com.

Women’s Group Beth Moore’s Children of the Day. This class meets as a large group with video teaching, followed by focused discipleship small groups.

FAMILY DISCIPLESHIPFellowship Kids (FSK) FSK invites all children (infants–6th grade) to join us to experience what it means to become a disciple who lives by God’s grace at home and across the world. Sundays, 9 or 11

Fifty6 This month Fifty6 is talking with preteens about having an attitude of gratitude. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-17 says, Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. We want preteens to think about how they can be thankful in all things because of the joy and hope they have in Jesus. Fifty6 is for all 4th-6th graders.

Echo Students, join us this month as learn about what God’s kingdom is and who is in God’s kingdom! For more info, email zmartin@fellowshiponline.com. Wednesdays, 6:30-8 pm The Barn

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THIS MONTH AT FELLOWSHIPHighlight: Global Village Come celebrate and learn what God is doing around the world and how He’s using His people to make His love known. On each of our campuses we’ll have opportunities to learn and get involved with Fellowship mission’s, to pray for missionaries, sign up for upcoming short-term trips around the world, and much more.

Compassion Kit Parties This is a chance for your family to show Christ’s love to a family in Nepal by purchasing a Compassion Kit. We will be packing, decorating and praying for these kits on this night. Our goal as a church is to raise enough funds to send 5000 Compassion Kits for our partners at For All Mankind Movement to help families in unreached areas know Christ and His love. BENTON Wednesday, November 9, 4 pm CABOT Sunday, November 16, 5-7 pm

Family Night (hosted at our Little Rock Campus) We’ll have different stations where you and your family can experience worship from different cultures, interact with missionaries, participate in cultural activities, and hear life-changing testimonies. Transportation provided from our Benton campus departing at 5:30pm.

FSM D Groups Get involved in an FSM D Group to dig into God’s Word and have deeper friendships with students your age. For information on times and locations, email zmartin@fellowshiponline.com

MISSIONSEPIC After School Sign up at the Connection Center to be a tutor and mentor to neighborhood kids who live at Chapel Ridge apartments. Wednesdays 3-5pm

EPIC Dinner Encourage your family to be a part of the lives of Epic families. Join us for a time of families sitting at the table eating a meal together and sharing life. For more information or to sign up you and your family, email benton@fellowshiponline.com. December 10, 6 pm in the Worship Center

OPPORTUNITIES Employment: Child Care We need part-time workers Tuesday and Thursday mornings, 9 am–noon starting this fall. Email benton@fellowshiponline.com.

WORSHIP Christmas Eve Service Glory in the highest! Come celebrate the birth of our Savior! A special Christmas service will be held on the afternoon of Christmas Eve. Wednesday, December 24, 4:30 pm

ADULT DISCIPLESHIP

Men’s Core Group Launch Looking to go deeper in the faith? Get connected to a Core group. These groups are small and gender specific, working through studies, practices and experiences to mature in your faith. Men’s groups are launching this month. If you are a man or woman interested in joining or being trained to lead a Core group, email cabot@fellowshiponline.com.Fellowship Women Pinterest Night Join other women for a Girls Night Out of fun with Pinterest recipes, crafts and great gift ideas. November 14, 6:30 pm Grab our brochure at the Connection Center to find out about all our groups and events happening right now to help you connect and grow with other women.

Join a D Group Our discipleship-focused small groups, called D Groups, are at the heart of our church’s mission and make our big church feel small. No matter what needs you have or obstacles you’re facing, we have a place for you to connect more deeply in our church. To see when and where groups meet, find out how to jump in with a group, stop by the connection center or email cabot@fellowshiponline.com.

Care D Groups Launch If you are interested in a D Group focused on a specific need in life, consider jumping in with one of these new groups starting this fall:

Foster & Adoption For anyone who’s involved in foster or adoptive care, or has a heart for those things. Led by Brian and Niki Bolton. Sunday nights, 5-6:30pm.

Military Wives Meets as part of Bloom Wednesdays, 9-11 am. Email dprice@fellowshiponline.com for info.

Financial Peace University FPU presents biblical, practical steps to get from where you are to where you’ve dreamed you can be. Led by Austin & Emma Walker. If interested in a class beginning in 2015, email awalker@fellowshiponline.com.

Go to fellowshiponline.com to view other Care groups that meet as part of our ReNew ministry at our Little Rock campus.

FAMILY DISCIPLESHIPFellowship Kids (FSK) invites all children (infants - 6th grade) to join us during either service, 9 or 11 am. Kids experience worship, teaching and small group discussions that point them to the great big, never-ending love of God. If you’re interested in serving with us in FSK, we always need teachers! Serve at either service every other week. Email bcrowley@fellowshiponline.com.

Fifty6 This month Fifty6 is talking with preteens about having an attitude of gratitude. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-17 says, Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. We want preteens to think about how they can be thankful in all things because of the joy and hope they have in Jesus. Fifty6 is for all 4th-6th graders. Sundays, 9 am in the Garage

Fellowship Student Ministry (FSM) 7-12 graders are invited every Wednesday night to ECHO for worship, teaching and community. Questions, email Austin at awalker@fellowshiponline.com.

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ON OUR LITTLE ROCK CAMPUS

NIGHT OF PRAYER Join us for a night of worship and prayer. Together, we’ll seek God’s direction for our church and lives. Child care is available through registration; email childcare@fellowshiponline.com. Monday, November, 6:30-7:45 pm in the Warehouse

RENEW ReNew is a worship, teaching and discipleship group ministry where we are encountering God’s grace in our need. Newcomers are welcome weekly. To learn more or sign up for our studies, groups and child care, visit fellowshiponline.com/renew. Tuesdays, 6:30 pm–Worship and Teaching, 7:15-8:30 pm–Groups.

BECOMING A CONTAGIOUS CHRISTIAN SageWorks invites you to learn how to naturally and effectively communicate your faith with people you know as you discover your own unique style of directing conversations toward the gospel of grace. Saturday, Nov 1, 9 am-4 pm in the Warehouse

CITYWIDE EVENING OF PRAYER Unite with other believers among Central Arkansas for the quarterly Evening of Prayer hosted at St. Mark Baptist Church. Thursday, Nov 20, 7 pm, St. Mark Baptist Church, 5722 W 12th St, Little Rock

HIDDEN CREEK SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES If your D Group is looking for a place to serve, we can help! Sign up to bring a meal one night a month; you can cook at Hidden Creek in our commercial kitchen, or bring in food already cooked. We are also looking for men and women to live at Hidden Creek and serve as Resident Assistants. For info or for other ways to serve at Hidden Creek contact Jennifer at jhawthorne@hiddencreekdc.org.

THRIVE MOM BREAKFAST All adoptive and foster moms are invited to join us for a light breakfast of coffee and muffins as we look at Created to Connect by Dr. Karyn Purvis, a Christian guide to the connected child. To register for child care, visit fellowshiponline.com/events. Thursday, Nov 6, 9-11 am, FSK Worship Room

THRIVE! MEN We are going to the Little Rock Climbing Center with the guys of Second Chance Ranch and want you to join us! For more info on how you can volunteer, email thrive@fellowshiponline.com or call Jessica at 501-224-7171. Sun., Nov 16, 4-6 pm

LOCAL MISSIONS To find out about upcoming events and opportunities to serve with our local ministry partners, email cabot@fellowshiponline.com.

The CALL Interest Meeting Find out how to help children in need through fostering, adopting, or volunteering. Monday, November 18, 6:30 pm, Location TBD Email lonokeprairie@thecallinarkansas.org

The CALL Pizza Fundraiser Support foster care in Lonoke County by stopping by Larry’s Pizza. Thursday, November 6, 6-7 pm

Lonoke County Christian Clinic Our friends at LCCC are looking for light cleaning of the facility monthly. Contact cabot@fellowshiponline.com if you or your D Group is interested.

WORSHIP Christmas Eve Service Glory in the highest! Come celebrate the birth of our Savior! Special Christmas services will be held on the afternoon of Christmas Eve. Wednesday, December 24, 3 and 4:30 pm

OPPORTUNITIES Plug In and Serve We’re always looking for folks to jump in and serve on our different ministry teams. Not only will you fill a much needed role in our church, you’ll also fill a need in your own life as a follower of Jesus as you meet new people and discover new things about God. Email cabot@fellowshiponline.com to start serving with one of our teams: Kids, Students, Worship/Tech, Cafe, X Team.

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Fellowship is one church with locations in Benton, Little Rock and Cabot. We are united by one teaching, mission and vision. We want to make sure you are aware of opportunities held on our Little Rock campus that are of interest to all campuses.

MISSIONS: AT HOME & ACROSS THE WORLD

LOCAL By Robin Woodruff

It all started with a text message: Mrs. Robin, I’ve realized I really need a mentor. Someone I can meet with on a weekly basis and just talk about life, get wisdom, pray together, etc. Would you or anyone you know at Fellowship want to do that with me? The message was from the daughter of long time family friends, Haleigh.

After several attempts, I couldn’t find the mentor I thought she needed. Fellowship Women pastor, Kathryn Maack asked why I wouldn’t mentor her myself. Of course I would love to, but I thought she needed someone younger. Kathryn answered, “seems to me God brought her to your door step.” I was so excited when I realized this could actually be part of God’s plan for me!

With a little anxiety, it was my turn to send a text ... Would you be interested in joining me whenever you can for my Embracing Purpose study at the women’s prison in Pine Bluff? I thought it might be awhile before she responded. I was wrong. Thirty seconds later I received her response, Wow! I would love to! What time?

During those 12 weeks God did amazing things. He allowed her to be mentored for two hours every Thursday evening by three older women as we carpooled to and from the women’s ACC unit in Pine Bluff. He allowed her to discuss the lessons and pray with eight other Godly women in our leaders’ meetings. He used Embracing Purpose to help her discern a major next step in her life, moving away from Arkansas. He blessed a group of seven residents in the ACC with the innocent but deep faith of a young woman seeking to know Him and His will for her life. He exposed her to the pain and preciousness of broken lives in a fallen world as they embraced the purposes a gracious God has for their futures.

My blessing was the deep joy He brought to my heart as I thoroughly enjoyed walking in one of those “good works set out ahead of time for me” as described in Ephesians 2:10. Haleigh is continuing to initiate with people by mentoring and doing life with a group of younger women from her new church in Nashville, Tenn.

GLOBAL By Matt Perry

Compassion Kits—A loving gift with a compelling message!

I recently traveled to Punjab, India as part of a short-term mission that partnered with The For All Mankind Movement (FAMM). While there, we conducted Compassion Kit parties as part of a strategic initiative to touch the heart of Punjab. By God’s grace, the results of this mission were staggering as thousands of locals gave their lives to Christ.

At first glance Compassion Kits may appear quite unassuming to most people, an empty box to put donated items in. But I want to show you the impact of Compassion Kits having now experienced them at work.

I see clay in the Potter’s hands; each empty box ripe with potential, ready to be sent out to achieve its purpose of displaying how glorious our God is! I see a warm embrace; a chance to lovingly pray over each recipient. I see a helping hand; a gift given that meets real physical needs in a person’s life.

I see a rest stop; a chance to pull our family aside from the daily hustle and take time to focus on others. I see an invitation; an opportunity for each of us to personally respond to the Father and say, “yes” to being a part of His mission in whatever capacity He calls us to.

And last but certainly not least, I see Jesus. Matthew 9:36 says, When Jesus saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Jesus saw the lost and the needy and He felt compassion, a gut-wrenching pain that compelled Him to do something!

It is my prayer that as the Church, we will feel that same compassion that Jesus felt for the lost and that it will move us to action! This month as part of Global Village, our church will be assembling 5000 compassion kits to benefit the nation of Nepal. Will you join me in taking this opportunity to give a loving gift with a compelling message, one that will allow a great multitude of unreached people a chance to hear, to understand and be obedient to the truth of the Gospel?