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Good Shepherd WESLEYAN CHURCH

1505 Railroad DriveCarson City, NV 89701

Adult Ministry, Music Ministry, Nursery, Preschool, Kid’s Club,Youth Groups, CD Ministry, Summer Bible Camps, Counseling,

Men’s Ministry, Women’s Ministry, and Christ-Centered Church Services.

Good Shepherd February 2014 WESLEYAN CHURCH NICK EMERY, PASTOR

SALIMAN ROAD AT RAILROAD DRIVE - 1505 RAILROAD DRIVE - CARSON CITY, NV 89701 CHURCH OFFICE (775)885-8361 - FAX (775)884-GSWC - WWW.GSWC.ORG

Missionaries to Visit GSWCSunday, February 2

We invite you to join us during the 10:30 AM service on February 2 as we welcome Ryan & Amanda Burleson,missionaries to Africa, as our special guests. They will

share with us about their ministry and we will receive a love offering to help support them. They will also share during

the Adult Sunday School class time. If you are interested in learning more about how you can partner with them, we invite you to attend a special meeting on Saturday, Feb. 1. For more information please contact Pastor Nick.

There will be no Young Families meeting on Feb. 1.

Shower for Baby Emery - Sat., Feb. 8The GSWC Ladies’ Ministry invites all ladies to a baby shower!The shower will be held at GSWC at 11:30 AM. Lunch will be served at this exciting event as we welcome a new addition to the Emery Family. Please RSVP in the front hallway so

we know how many will be attending. Pastor Nick and Melaniehave registered at Target. For more information please

contact Karen Collier at karencollier@sbcglobal.net.

Community Bible ExperienceWe encourage you to be a part of this exciting Bible reading campaign.

We will join thousands of other Wesleyan churches in reading through the New Testament in the 40 days leading up to Easter.

Join us on Wednesdays at 9:30 AM or 6:30 PM beginningWednesday, February 19 and continuing through Wednesday, April 16.

30 Hour Famine EventOn Friday, February 21 and Saturday, February 22 the Jr. High teens will be participatingin World Vision’s 30 Hour Famine Event. Each year hundreds of thousands of students inthe U.S. and around the world unite to do the Famine Event. They learn about hunger,raise funds to fight hunger, and then go hungry themselves...so that others won’t have

to. On Sunday, February 2 the teens will make a short presentation during the service togive you more information about how you can help and introduce you to the teens who

will be participating. You can help by praying for the teens, sponsoring them to help themraise money, and by participating in our food drive that will benefit the hungry in our owncommunity. The teens will do a scavenger type food drive on Saturday,

Feb. 22 where they will visit homes to collect as many canned food itemsas they can. If you’d like us to visit you, please let us know! You can alsohelp by bringing canned food items to the church on Sunday, Feb. 23. For more information please contact Joan Hendricks at joan@gswc.org.

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Wednesday Night ActivitiesWe meet each Wednesday night from 6:30 to 7:30 PM for a time

of Bible Study and Fellowship. We offer an adult service in theauditorium with Pastor Nick. We also offer the following activities:Preschool group - Ages 3 & 4 with Melanie Emery/Crystal Kleidosty

Kid’s Club - Grades K-5 with Karen CollierJr. High Youth - Grades 6-8 with Joan Hendricks

Sunday SchoolWe invite you to join us for Sunday School! Classes meet each Sunday

from 9:30-10:15 AM. We currently offer the following classes:Preschool - Ages 3 & 4 - Elaine Emery/Claudia Small

Primary/Middler - Grades K-5 - Lynne FerreeJr. High - Grades 6-8 - Gary Lawrence

Adult - Robert Collier

Repair UpdateWe have finally received the approval we need from the insurance company

to go ahead with repairing the damage caused by a broken water pipe onDecember 8. This includes replacing most of the kitchen and all the carpet in the Fellowship Room, nursery areas and all the hallways. In addition to

this work, the church board has approved replacing the carpet in the Sanctuary as well as painting the entire interior of the church.

Watch for information in next month’s newsletter about how you can contribute towards making GSWC the best it can be!

Young Families MinistryThe Young Families Ministry is taking the months of February and March off.

Meetings will resume in April. For more information please contact Pastor Nick.

Sisters Friendship CircleThis group is for all GSWC ladies! They meet each Tuesday at 11:30 AM for lunch and time of fellowship. They meet at different restaurants each week.

At their first luncheon of each month, they celebrate all the birthdays for that month. If you plan to attend, please RSVP each week so the

restaurant can be notified of how many will be attending. To RSVP, please contact Suzanne Schneider at 546-3995.

Ladies MinistryThe ladies meet each Tuesday at the church at 6:30 PM for

Beth Moore’s Bible study - BelievingGod: Experiencing a Fresh Explosion

of Faith. For more informationplease contact Karen Collier at

karencollier@sbcglobal.net.

Men’s MinistryAll men are encouraged toattend the February Men’s

Bible Study Meetings. They will meet at the church at 8:00AM on Saturday, Feb. 1 & Saturday, Feb. 15.

For more information, please contact Gary Lawrence at glawrence1219@gmail.com.

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CD MinistrySermons at GSWC are recorded so if you miss a service,you don’t need to miss the message. To get a copy of asermon on CD, please fill out a request form in the front

hallway. Suggested donation is $3.00 to cover costs.You can also listen to messages online at www.gswc.org.

Newsletter MinistryYou are receiving this newsletter because you have

attended GSWC and/or expressed an interest in being onour mailing list. If you would like to be removed, please call the church office at 775-885-8361, send an email tojoan@gswc.org, or write to us at 1505 Railroad Drive,Carson City, NV 89701. You can also read our monthly

newsletters online at www.gswc.org.

Upcoming ConcertsBe sure to mark your calendars now for the exciting concerts listed below! There is no charge for

concerts at GSWC. Love offerings are received for each group to help them with travel expenses. Tolearn more about the groups and to check out their music in advance, please visit the websites listed.

The NeedhamsWednesday, March 5

6:30 PMwww.theneedhams.com

Golden State QuartetSunday, May 4

6:30 PMwww.goldenstatequartet.org

Solid Ground TrioSunday, June 22

6:30 PMwww.solidground.us

Special News Items: Office hours are Tuesday-Friday 9 AM-1 PM.

We’ve made it easy to email us:Pastor Nick - pastornick@gswc.orgJoan Hendricks - joan@gswc.org

To activate our Prayer Chain, please call Rose Meyer at 884-9717. The chain will be started and people will immediately

begin praying for your request.

If you have a prayer request for our list in theweekly bulletin please contact the office.

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February 2014 GSWC Activity CalendarSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

18:00 AM

Men’s Bible Study5:30 PM

Meeting withMissionaries

2

9:30 AM Sunday School10:30 AM Worship Service withMissionaries

3 411:30 AM

SistersFriendship

CircleLunch

6:30 PMLadies

Bible Study

56:30 PMPreschoolKid’s Club

Jr. High YouthAdult Service

6 7 811:00 AM

Emery BabyShower

9 9:30 AM Sunday School10:30 AM Worship Service

106:00 PMChurchBoard

Meeting

1111:30 AM

SistersFriendship

CircleLunch

6:30 PMLadies

Bible Study

126:30 PMPreschoolKid’s Club

Jr. High YouthAdult Service

13 14

Valentine’sDay

158:00 AM

Men’s Bible Study

16 9:30 AM Sunday School10:30 AM Worship Service

17

President’sDay

1811:30 AM

SistersFriendship

CircleLunch

6:30 PMLadies

Bible Study

199:30 AM

CommunityBible

Experience6:30 PMPreschoolKid’s Club

CommunityBible

Experience

20 2130 HourFamineEvent

2230 HourFamineEvent

23 Communion 9:30 AM Sunday School10:30 AM Worship

Bringcanned food tochurch to benefit F.I.S.H.

24 2511:30 AM

SistersFriendship

CircleLunch

6:30 PMLadies

Bible Study

269:30 AM

CommunityBible

Experience6:30 PMPreschoolKid’s Club

CommunityBible

Experience

27 28

Be sure to visit www.gswc.org regularly for up to date gswc news.

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Greetings Church Family:

“Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.” (Colossians 3:16)

February is going to be a great month for GSWC. Many of you are awarethat we had a pipe break in the kitchen ceiling in December. This causedflooding throughout 75-80% of the church and because of this, part of thekitchen has to be replaced and the majority of the flooring in our buildingis going to be replaced as well. Our contractors handling these thingshave received the go-ahead from our insurance company and will beginworking on the church. We have also hired a painting company to paintthe inside of the church and we have done some remodeling projects inthe children’s classrooms and our “Kid’s Church” area of the fellowshiphall. So as we move ahead with these projects, I ask that you please pray that each thing goessmoothly and that as we have contractors and workers coming through the doors of the church, that wecan connect with them and use this opportunity to point them to the Lord. Next month I will share in ournewsletter about a new church betterment fund where you can contribute to help with future needs atGSWC.

We originally had hoped to have an all-church gathering in January, where we could reveal the newGSWC mission and vision statement, along with new core values that will help guide and direct ourchurch in the future. At this point, the church board and I are only three-quarters of the way done withthis and once we have finished this work we will schedule a time as a church where I will share thenew mission, vision and values of GSWC and at that time, I will also share our action plan from the“360 Church Assessment” from this past October. Until then, please know we are moving forward inthree specific areas where we will provide training and resources to the church. Those areas are:understanding your spiritual gifts, creating a culture of discipleship and equipping our church familywith methods of friendship evangelism. Throughout this spring, we will have workshops that you cansign-up for that will address all three of these areas and provide training and resources to help yougrow in these areas. The more people we have participate in these workshops, the more opportunitywe will have as a church to reach our community more effectively this next year.

I also want to encourage everyone to join us for the “Community Bible Experience” from February 19th

through April 16th, 2014. This will be an unforgettable journey through the New Testament. By readingthrough the Bible, whole books, and in community, we will participate in something revolutionary. Manyother churches within the Wesleyan Movement across our nation are doing the very same thing at thevery same time – how exciting is this opportunity that we have? And friends, this is far more doablethan one might think. We will provide a bookmark for each week’s readings so that you can use yourown Bible at home to read through the text each day. We will offer a special reading group onWednesday at 9:30am and 6:30pm here at the church during the eight weeks of the “Community BibleExperience.” During our exploration of the New Testament together, we will read for five days a weekand share the journey of what we are learning in our weekly reading groups at the church. We willimmerse ourselves in every word of the New Testament, seeking to understand it in context whileexperiencing it together in community.

May the grace of God be with you, Pastor Nick.