Evangelical Free

Church Volume 11, Issue 24 BIRTHDAYS:

15— Kari Weidenaar

16— Samantha Peña

17— Darwin Dirks

Diane Hall

Harriet Shepard

Taylor

19— Daniel Talbert

ANNIVERSARIES:

15— Fernando & Emily

Garcia

- Tracy & Valerie

Troutner

16— Joel & Tina Weber

19— Jason & Nikole

Hempy

20— Ben & Megan

Johnson

As for God, His way

is perfect: The

LORD’s word is

flawless; He shields

all who take refuge

in Him.

Psalm 18:30 NIV

June 15, 2014

It’s Time for VBS!!

If you haven’t yet, it’s time to

invite other kids to come to VBS

with you. Every weeknight this

week from 6 to 8pm, we will be

exploring the

Wilderness with

Moses. It’s going

to be a

great week!

A shout-out to all of those who

are helping promote VBS!

WOW Ministry: Game Craft Night

Friday, June 27th, 6:30-9:00pm

We will be making a burlap wreath (cost

tba); If you’re not into crafts, come and

play games or just enjoy fellowship! Bring

a snack to share, too.

Walk Thru The Bible

At First Baptist Church, Marshalltown

10am to 5pm each day:

June 22nd– Old Testament

June 29th– New Testament

Adults & Children (K-5th)

$10 (through June 12th)

$15 (June 13th-June 29th)

Spanish class available, too!

Price includes Lunch & Workbook

Register at the FBC office.

Childcare provided by reservation

What Are They Up To

This Summer?

> Martin Kolcyzk: Heading to Europe

with a mission team this week. He’ll be

gone for a month. When he gets back,

he and Judy will be continuing to plan

their schedule of ministry for the next

school year.

> Chip & Lisa Martinson: Leading a CRU

summer project for the second summer

in inner-city Milwaukee. Afterwards,

there will also be planning for the next

school year of student ministry.

> Kyle & Carrie Eipperle: They are in

the U.S. through October, traveling to

update supporting churches. They will

visit E-Free in July. Pray with them as

well as the situation in Ukraine as it

continues to unfold.

> My Kinsmen Ministries: Due to a

dangerous Ebola outbreak in their area

of influence, MKM staff have been busy

educating local communities about the

virus and how to prevent acquiring it.

Pray for the safety of the staff.

> Kayla Hatch: Her adoption of baby

Annalise, as far as Sierra Leone is

concerned, was just granted by the

courts this week! Pray for the rest of

the process.

* Join the Newsletter List

and the Prayer Chain list

and the Praying for

Missionaries e-mail lists.

Contact the office.

* Have You Visited the

Church Library Recently?

Survey the great resources

available in the church

library. There are DVDs (&

VHS), Games, Bible Stud-

ies, Kids books, Christian

fiction, Music CDs, Audio

resources, and book about

ing, contact Billy or Jana

Dreesman or Karen Boland.

* House of Compassion E-

Free’s next night of service

is Monday, July 14th.

Servers & clean-up people

are needed. Servers need

to be there at 4:45pm. Let

Scott Johnson know if you

can help that night!

* Tama/Toledo Vacation

Bible School Monday, July

21—Friday, July 25. If

you’re interested in help-

Announcements

Dates to Remember

Praises and Prayer Requests

cases & deaths just in the

last week from Ebola.

* Pray for smooth travels

for Paul, John Boland’s

brother) from Sierra Leone

early this week.

* Pray for Isaiah Fogle to

reach his final support dead-

line (July 1) to continue his

World Race venture. His

team is currently in Thai-

land.

* Praise God for the vote

result last Sunday. E-Free

members voted to call Scott

& Nora Byer as the Assoc.

Pastor of Youth.

* Pray for a fruitful week of

VBS and for many opportuni-

ties for discipleship of the

children who attend.

Evangelical Free Church

World Country Quiz How many of these can you guess? Challenge: adopt one, learn more about it and how you

can pray that all peoples there will know Him!

Country 1. Barbados 2. Denmark 3. Ghana 4. Israel 5. Nauru 6. Seychelles 7. Slovakia 8. Uruguay Fact A. Christianized and

unified circa 965 B. Joined the Czechs to

form Czechoslovakia at the close of World War 1

C. Lays 26 miles south of the Equator

D. Mahe is the largest island of 155 & home to 90% of the population

E. Most easterly of the islands in the Caribbean

F. National football team known as The Black Stars

G. Negev desert is in the south

H. Won the first World Cup, in 1930

just about everything. Just

remember to check out

what you want to borrow.

* Vehicle Need Jim & Nina

Cox are needing to borrow

a vehicle until they can get

their car running again.

Call them at 641-485-

4879 if you have any

leads.

* Pray for the Arneson

family as Tom & Jen work

through all of the details to

bring Lucien home. Praise

God for the time Tom & Jen

have had with him so far!

* Pray for the Ebola out-

break in Sierra Leone &

neighboring countries. The

town My Kinsmen Minis-

tries is based in, Kenema,

has had an increase of

Key: 1-E

/ 2

-A /

3-F

/ 4

-G /

5-C

/ 6

-D /

7-B

/ 8

-H

Library Spotlight:

You’re Late Again, Lord!

Karon Phillips Goodman

The Impatient Woman’s

Guide to God’s Timing

[Adult Devotionals]

“We are all faced

with a series of

great

opportunities

brilliantly disguised

as impossible

situations.” - Charles Swindoll