Announcements | 4/9/23
Weekly Outlook
Sunday, April 9
Easter Sunday
9:00 am - Sunday Worship: also live stream
Monday, April 10
6:30 am - Men’s Discipleship at Bagel Boy on Minnesota Ave
Tuesday, April 11
6:30 am - Corporate Prayer at Church
Wednesday, April 12
Noon - Men’s Discipleship at Church
6:25 pm - AWANA
6:30 pm - Middle School Youth Group
6:30 pm - Adult Bible Study
Thursday, April 13
6:15 am - Men’s Discipleship at Church
9:00 am - Women’s Ministry Bible Study
Saturday, April 15
7:00 am - Men’s Discipleship at Josiah’s
Sunday, April 16
9:00 am - Sunday Worship: also live stream
10:30 am - Sunday School
10:30 am - Women’s Prayer Group in room 115
6:00 pm - Baptism and Mexico Report —Meal at 5pm in the Fellowship Hall
7:00 pm - High School Youth Group
Announcements
Baptism Service and Mexico Report
Please join us Sunday, April 16, for an evening of baptism and a report from the recent mission trip to Mexico. Everyone is also invited to a meal in the Fellowship Hall at 5:00 pm; the service begins at 6:00 pm.
Women's Ministries Spring Event
Please mark your calendars and plan to join us on Saturday morning, April 29th, for our Spring Event, How Does Your "Garden" Grow? Doors open at 9:30 am for fellowship and a light breakfast. The program will be from 10:00 until noon—registration in the foyer on April 16th and 23rd. Cost is $5.
Operation Christmas Child Toys
This spring we are collecting toys for Operation Christmas Child. Some ideas include: small cars, little dolls, coloring books, small games, yo-yos, and jump ropes. Please see the OCC table for more ideas!
Compassion Preschool Soap Box Derby
Join us on Friday, April 28th in the church parking lot from 5:30pm to 8:00pm for the fourth Annual Soapbox Derby! We will have bouncy inflatables, walking tacos, and many exciting races! Questions can be directed to Barry Termaat. Thank you.
Grad Announcements
Send in your graduation announcements. We want to celebrate all high school and college graduates in our congregation. If your son or daughter is graduating, please let us know their name and school. If you want to share information about an open house, we will happily make that public as well.
VBS Save the Date
“Stellar” Vacation Bible School will happen at First E Free on Sunday, July 23rd through Thursday, July 27th from 6:00pm-8:30pm. Ages 3 through 5th grade are invited. VBS registration will open soon for those who attend our church, Westside Christian, or Compassion Childcare. Registration then opens to friends in the community in the early summer. Hope to see you all there!
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Khor Wakow Banquet
What: Khor Wakow Project Annual Banquet
Date: Friday, April 14th from 6:00 - 8:00 pm
You’re invited to a banquet for the Khor Wakow School. We will have a beautifully simple program with David Jal sharing our reason for celebration and a simple ask for how we can continue to help the children! Purchase tickets at: https://www.khorwakowproject.org/
Hidden Acres Camp
Registration is open for Hidden Acres Summer Camp. Since we want to send as many students as possible, the church is providing a $175 voucher for every camper from our congregation. These vouchers are available by contacting the church office. Please let the office know when you register so that we can keep track of who is attending each week. Feel free to go to HACamps.org for more information and to register your kids.