OVESTA EWS Published monthly by: Novesta Church of Christ 2896 N. Cemetery Rd. Cass City, MI 48726 Phone: (989) 872-3658 [email protected]www.novestachurch.org Brad Speirs, Minister September Issue Pray for our kids as they return to school VOL. XXXVII - - - No. 9 September 2, 2012 Back To Church Sunday SEPTEMBER 16 (Fall Kickoff) On Sunday, September 23 rd , we’ll be celebrating everything great about Sundays with a fellowship potluck and an ice cream social after church. We’ll be providing the meat and potatoes, but you’re encouraged to bring your own dish to pass—whether it’s a salad, dessert, or side dish. In addition, we’ll have a huge ice cream sundae bar set up with all the fixins’. We hope that you can join us for church this day as we kickoff the fall by remembering that Sundays are great @ Novesta! First, for those who don’t know what Swap Days is … This is your chance to get rid of your unwanted stuff. You simply bring to the church items that you no longer need or want (clothing, household, toys, etc.) It’s set up much like a garage sale, only everything is FREE! So, Novesta start cleaning!!! You can bring your things to the church gym on Sunday, September 30, after morning worship and on Monday, October 1st. Swap Days will be open to the Novesta Church family on Tuesday (10/2) and Wednesday (10/3) from 8:30am to 8:00pm. It will be open to the public on Thursday from 8:30am— 6:00pm and Friday from 8:30am—12:00pm. Any Questions?? See Ellen Speirs. PLEASE NOTE: (because of all the stuff we get, we discourage getting items from people outside of our church) On Sunday, September 16 th , we’ll be joining thousands of churches from around the country that are inviting everyone ‘back to church’. We’re targeting this Sunday as an opportunity for all of us to invite our friends, neighbors, and families to come and join us @ Novesta. We’re encouraging everyone to invite at least one person to join you for that day. After church, head out to dinner as friends/family and enjoy an afternoon together! We look forward to a great Sunday and a lot of new faces, but we need your help to make that happen!
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OVESTA EWS
Published monthly by:
Novesta Church of Christ 2896 N. Cemetery Rd. Cass City, MI 48726
(Fall Kickoff) On Sunday, September 23rd, we’ll be celebrating everything great about Sundays with a fellowship potluck and an ice cream social after church. We’ll be providing the meat and potatoes, but you’re encouraged to bring your own dish to pass—whether it’s a salad, dessert, or side dish. In addition, we’ll have a huge ice cream sundae bar set up with all the fixins’. We hope that you can join us for church this day as we kickoff the fall by remembering that Sundays are great @ Novesta!
First, for those who don’t know what Swap Days is … This is your chance to get rid of your unwanted stuff. You simply bring to the church items that you no longer need or want (clothing, household, toys, etc.) It’s set up much like a garage sale, only everything is FREE!
So, Novesta start cleaning!!! You can bring your things to the church gym on Sunday, September 30, after morning worship and on Monday, October 1st.
Swap Days will be open to the Novesta Church family on Tuesday (10/2) and Wednesday (10/3) from 8:30am to 8:00pm. It will be open to the public on Thursday from 8:30am—6:00pm and Friday from 8:30am—12:00pm. Any Questions?? See Ellen Speirs.
PLEASE NOTE: (because of all the stuff we get, we discourage getting items from people outside of our church)
On Sunday, September 16th, we’ll be joining thousands of churches from around the country that are inviting everyone ‘back to church’. We’re targeting this Sunday as an opportunity for all of us to invite our friends, neighbors, and families to come and join us @ Novesta. We’re encouraging everyone to invite at least one person to join you for that day. After church, head out to dinner as friends/family and enjoy an afternoon together! We look forward to a great Sunday and a lot of new faces, but we need your help to make that happen!
THOSE SERVING IN SEPTEMBER
COMMUNION MEDITATION: 9/2 Fred Hicks 9/9 Gib Kern 9/16 Rob Hartwick 9/23 Russ Speirs 9/30 Ken Peters DEACONS: Dave Beckrow Virgil Peters Scott Hendrian Steve Ross USHERS: Barry Brown Greg Mika Andy Gray Mark Zmierski Brian Hicks A.M. NURSERY: 9/2 9:30 Janie Kus 10:30 Shelli Herford 9/9 9:30 Janie Kus 10:30 Marilyn Lester 9/16 9:30 Janie Kus 10:30 Andrea Ross 9/23 9:30 Janie Kus 10:30 Ann King 9/30 9:30 Janie Kus 10:30 Donella Peasley 10/7 9:30 Janie Kus 10:30 Mary Helen Pratt WORSHIP LEADERS: 9/2 Fred Hicks 9/9 Lauren Howard 9/16 Kristy Speirs 9/23 Samantha Corrion 9/30 Kim Gray SOUND SYSTEM: 9/2 Brian Hicks 9/9 Dave Speirs 9/16 Duane O’Dell 9/23 Scott Hendrian 9/30 Ken Peters POWER POINT: 9/2 Lyle Severance 9/9 Carol Hicks 9/16 Ron Kampo 9/23 JoEllen Bukoski 9/30 Ellen Speirs COMMUNION PREPARATION & CLEAN-UP: Gib & Pam Kern
GREETERS: 9/2 9:30 (main) Doris Hendrick & Elfriede Englehart (center) Dave & Beckie Peruski 10:30 (main) Ken & Patty Peters (center) Gib & Pam Kern 9/9 9:30 (main) Dave & Robin Beckrow (center) Larry & Sherry Thick 10:30 (main) Chuck & Kelli Hendrick (center) Vonda Kolb & Tommy Mittlestat 9/16 9:30 (main) Jean Schulz & Mary Lou Spencer (center) Harold & Joan Little 10:30 (main) Jeff & Ann Hartel (center) Steve & Andrea Ross 9/23 9:30 (main) Duane & Kathy O’Dell (center) Virgil & Amy Peters 10:30 (main) Lyle & Heather Severance (center) Janice Winter & Mary Helen Pratt 9/30 9:30 (main) Doris Stimpfel & Janet Wright (center) Mark & Patty Peck 10:30 (main) Andy & Kim Gray (center) Les & Bev Auten 10/7 9:30 (main) Barry & Kerry Brown (center) Garold & Jamie Peasley 10:30 (main) Jim & Wanda Lonsberry (center) Rob & Susie Hartwick JUNIOR CHURCH: 9/2 Leaders: Kerry Brown & Tyler Brown Songs: Sharron Hartwick 9/9 Leaders: Kerry Brown & Tyler Brown Songs: Lauren Bukoski 9/16 Leaders: Kerry Brown & Tyler Brown Songs: Beth Mellendorf 9/23 Leaders: Kerry Brown & Tyler Brown Songs: Bailee Ross 9/30 Leaders: Craig Maurer & Garold Peasley Songs: Sharron Hartwick
5th Sunday Offering We have designated Septem-ber 30th to be “Building Fund Sunday”. We’ll set aside 15% of the first $3,000 (which goes to Missions) and the rest will go towards the BRICK loan. (B.R.I.C.K. stands for Building Rooms In Christ’s Kingdom).
Novesta Church, Thank you to our church family for the beautiful flowers sent for my mom’s funeral. Thank you to our many friends who came to the funeral home for visitations. It meant a lot to our family to be surrounded by friends dur-ing this difficult time. Most especially, thank you for all the prayers for our family. Your thoughtfulness is greatly appreciated.
Laura & Doug Hiles, Belle & Seth
Friends at Novesta, Can’t thank you enough for being so nice. Thanks you for the beautiful basket of flowers. Every time I see them it makes me smile. You made my day brighter! Thanks again,
Carole Bessler
Novesta Church family, We would like to thank everyone for your prayers and phone calls at our time of grief. A heartfelt thanks to the ladies for the lunch after Harold’s funeral. To Brad a special thank you for the memories and help when I was lost. Thank you. With love to all,
David, Tim, and June Blehm and the family of Harold Blehm
PS: Thank you, David, Skip & Brad Speirs for being pallbearers. Novesta, Thank you for the Bible. It is a really cool gift. I had a blast with you guys over the years on the laser tag trips and going to church on Sundays.
Josh Jensen
Novesta Church of Christ, Many thanks to my friends at church for the pretty flowers. Thanks to Brad and to friends for the visits, phone calls and prayers. I am doing much better but staying off step stools. Love,
Donna Nye
Birthdays & Anniversaries 9/1 Pat McIntosh 9/4 Beth Mellendorf 9/5 Scott Peasley 9/5 (A) Dave & Peggy Nordquist 9/6 Tawnya Gloss 9/6 Jeff Hartel 9/7 June Blehm 9/7 Kate Pohlod 9/8 (A) Mike & Deb Zmierski 9/8 (A) Brian & Melissa Hicks 9/9 McKenzie Kus 9/11 Ethan Kampo 9/11 Noelle Klaus 9/11 (A) Chris & Jenny Wymore 9/11 (A) Chris & Tonya Ziehm 9/13 Amy Peters 9/13 Vonda Kolb 9/14 (A) Burt & Marilyn Rosenberger 9/15 Mary Lou Spencer 9/15 Tara Nicholas 9/16 Rees Romain 9/17 Jason Speirs 9/17 Michael Howard 9/17 Joey Kampo 9/18 Ruth Peasley 9/20 Tyler Brown 9/21 (A) Clem & Rachael Koepf 9/22 R.J. Klaus 9/22 Trenton Roberts 9/22 Connor Herford 9/24 Kerry Brown 9/24 Ed Nizzola, II 9/25 Ben Burghdoff 9/26 (A) John & Pat McIntosh 9/28 Jean Schulz 9/28 (A) Irv & Carrie Gilley 9/29 Joe Bukoski 9/30 Joe Luana 9/30 Ron Kampo
Congratulations…
...to Ron & Ann Roche on the birth of their grand-son, Blake Michael, born August 18th weighing 7 lbs. and is 20.5 inches long. The proud parents are Julie & Tim Griffith.
OUR MILITARY
Scott Brownson - (Tom & Doris Stimpfel’s nephew) Justin Fischer - (Tom & Doris Stimpfel’s nephew) Toby Kilbourn - (Jim’s son) Ben Knoblet - (Tim Knoblet's nephew) Lester Maurer - (Gloria Maurer's son) Jamie Parrish - (Kristie Speirs’ brother, Betty Stilson’s grandson) - serving in Iraq Matt Peck - Mark’s son Ashleigh Rabideau - (Robin Beckrow’s niece) Ryan Reid - (Jeff Hartel’s nephew) Julie Roche - Air Force (Doctor in Residency) Chris Skiles - Reserves Brandon Speirs - North Carolina Karl Stuckey - (Mittlestat’s nephew) Jacques Weilbach - (Jacques & Marsha’s son) - in Afghanistan Marius Weilbach - (Jacques & Marsha’s son) - in Afghanistan
FACTS & FIGURES
Average weekly attendance for the month of August 2012 was:
Bible School … 91
A.M. Worship … 195
New Members in 2012 ~ 8
Offering averages for August 2012:
Sunday Offerings……….…$3,388.65 (Budget per Sunday: $3,520)
BRICK Fund:
Balance: $16,826.53
Received this month for payments: $1,070.00
( Payment per month $1,206.75 )
Small Groups (30 Day Church Challenge)
As we prepare for the next exciting chapter in the life of our church, we want to stress the importance of strong relationships. Many churches have found small groups and home fellowships both valuable and rewarding and we want to enjoy those blessings as well. Over the next month we’ll be putting together different home fellow-ships that will be meeting throughout the week during the month of October. If you’re interested in leading or host-ing one of these groups, please let the office know as soon as possible. We would love to have at least half of the church be a part of a home fellowship. Each group will meet for 5 weeks and will all be studying the core pur-poses of the church found in the book of Acts using a DVD curriculum. We want to encourage you to take this step of faith and to see how God will bless you as you trust Him and enjoy the fel-lowship that awaits you.
Our Ladies Bible Study will again meet on Tuesday mornings at 10:00. We start mid Sep-tember (watch the bulletin for which Tuesday we’ll begin). We will be study-ing Psalms and many of today’s songs that are taken from Psalms. It’s sure to be a great study.
Men’s Bible Study Resumes Our Men’s Bible Study will resume on Tues-day, September 18 at 7:00 p.m. Come join us as
we share the study of God’s Word. If you have any ques-tions, see Ray Peasley
RIGHT-TO-LIFE ANNUAL BENEFIT DINNER
September 25 at the K of C Hall, Ryan Rd., Caro
Dinner @ 6:30 p.m. (doors open at 6:00 p.m.)
Special Guests are Mark & Andrea Forester who serve full time in the Gospel Music Minis-try singing Southern and traditional Gospel mu-sic. Mark & Andrea came face to face with soci-ety’s devaluation of human life when four months into Andrea’s pregnancy they learned their baby had some serious health problems. They were told time and time again that their son, Tyler, would not make it. You will not want to miss this great opportunity to support LIFE while enjoying an evening of music and the Forester’s own story of hope and encourage-ment. Our Mission Ministry has reserved three ta-bles, let’s fill them!! Sign up on the bulletin board if you plan to attend.
We extend our most heartfelt sympathy to Becky & Tom Howard, Lauren and Michael at the passing of Tom’s dad, Ed Howard. We pray for their peace and comfort in the knowledge of God’s love for them.
FELLOWSHIP POTLUCK RESUMES
SEPT. 12 @ NOON Come join us as we again get together for our Fellowship Potluck. It’s a great time to visit, eat delicious food, and enjoy being with our friends. Just bring a dish to pass (beverage is provided).
Family Game Night September 21 ~ 6:30 p.m.
Family Game Night resumes Friday night, Sept. 21. We begin with a potluck @ 6:30 p.m. then start our games. The kids usually play in the gym or enjoy Wii or video games. The adults play Euchre or other games if there are those who want to play something else. It’s a really fun time for the whole family. You are in-vited to come join us in this great time of fellowship.
Are you ready for that next step in your faith journey? Do you want to lead in the church but you’re not sure where? Well have we got a deal for you! On Oc-tober 19th – 20th a group from our church will be attending the Southeast Christian Church leadership conference in Louisville, KY. This event will greatly energize your faith and renew your passion for Christ. If you’re inter-ested in the details, please talk to Brad or one of the elders for more informa-tion. The commitment deadline is going to be October 1st. Hope that you’ll con-sider this great opportunity.
LONG TERM PRAYER LIST
**Member
Chris Klco - (Amy Peters' brother) Heather Fisher - seizures (Eric & Wendy’s daughter) Quinton Simpson - in a coma (Dena Anderson's nephew) Carol Hartman - awaiting heart transplant (friend of Pat McIntosh) Lester O’Dell - Emphysema Diane Wojtaszke - cancer (Ann Hartel contact person) Aneita Denhoff - (Carrie Gilley’s mother) Elmer Lewis - (Doris Hendrick’s brother) Les Auten, III - awaiting transplant **Heather Roberts - continued healing of MS **Dena Anderson - brain tumor (U of M appt. Sept. 4) Steve Wilkinson - aneurysm **Bill Britt - healing from his surgeries Don Kruse - recovery (Michelle Speirs’ grandpa) **Larry Harper - Intestinal problems Mike Zmierski - Frontotemporal Dementia Marge Johnson - nursing home in Indiana Allison Newbegin - tumor (Sharron Hartwick’s great niece) Nancy Gyomory - tumor (Doris Hendrick contact) Tonya Armstrong - cancer (Sharron Hartwick’s niece) Mark Pierson - (Zmierski’s cousin) Lee Hartel - recovery from surgery Mary Gyomory - recovery from hip surgery Ted O’Dell - cancer (Duane’s brother) Tom Sabo - cancer (Pat McIntosh contact) **Bernie Wutzke - cancer Debra Slanec - cancer (niece of Peggy Nordquist & Norma Speirs) Wyatt Sutton - cancer (1st grader @ C.C. Elementary) ATTENTION: If you know any of these on this list that are well and can be eliminated from it, please let the church office know.
SAGINAW SOUP KITCHEN
September 21 ~ 8:50 a.m. A group of volunteers from Novesta serve at the Saginaw Soup Kitchen the 3rd Friday of each month by preparing and serving food to those in need. Sign up on the bulletin board in the middle hallway if you would like to help.
(Starting September 26th) This fall we are inviting all kids ages 4yrs. – 6th grade to join us after school on Wednesdays (3:30-4:45pm) as we eat yummy snacks, enjoy praise & worship, learn awesome Bible lessons, and engage in fun activities! We’ve never done an “afterschool” program and we’re excited about the opportunities that it will provide. With opportunities also comes responsibility and we’re looking for some awesome volunteers to help make this time great for our kids. Maybe you’d like to lead a group, or be a helper, or maybe you’d like to provide snack(s) for the kids each week—we’d love to give you the chance to serve in the capacity God is calling you to! We’re all hoping to have transportation available at the school for all of you busy parents. There will be registration sheets available in the middle hallway next Sunday. If you are able to help in any capacity, please see Brad or Kristy Speirs.
(Starting September 30th)
On Sunday nights @ 6PM we will be hanging out with all of the 7th – 12th grade students (college agers are wel-come also). We’ll be meeting in separate classes and having a great time learning about God, growing closer to each other, and just having an all around thumbs-up time! Looking forward to a great fall of growing and learning together!
Quilters’ Comfort Ministry
September 12 ~ 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Our Comfort Ministry meets on the 2nd Wednes-day of each month. If you enjoy sewing or tying off quilts or would just enjoy the company, come join us. The quilts are given to the Women’s shelters in Huron, Sanilac & Tuscola counties. They are also given to any child that is going thru some sort of trauma whether it be a sick-ness, loss of a loved one, or some situation where they need comfort and encouragement. We also have quilts saved, ready to give to fire victims. So you can see that there is a great need and we enjoy getting together and fill-ing that need. We’d love to have you come join us. (NOTE: Bring a dish to pass as that is also the day of the Fellowship Potluck.)
September is going to be a busy month as we have three parties this month. The parties are:
September 7th,
September 14th, and
September 28th.
If you’re looking for a place to serve, we’d love to have you join us and help out. The 5th Quarters are parties for 7th – 12th grade students that run from after the football game (9ish) till 11PM.
Positive Alternatives Volunteer Training Scheduled Positive Alternatives is looking for Christian women who desire to serve the Lord in a Christ-centered pro-life ministry working di-rectly with women and families. If you would like to be a part of the team at Positive Alter-natives in Caro or Bad Axe, please contact April at 989-672-4673 to reserve your spot at the upcoming volunteer training.
Training Dates:
Friday, September 14th ~ Noon to 5:00
Saturday, September 15th ~ 9:00-4:00
Friday, September 21st ~ Noon to 5:00
Saturday, September 22nd ~ 9:00-4:00
Attendance all four days is required. Call to reserve your spot and for location informa-tion. Training will be held in Bad Axe. Snacks provided on Fridays; lunch and snacks provided on Saturdays.
We will begin practic-ing the first Sunday of October for our Christmas Cantata titled, “Noel & Alleluia! Jesus Is Born.” Although Christmas is months away, time seems
to fly by so we need to get started with the prac-tices. If you are interested in joining the choir, we would love to have you. The Cantata has many of the familiar Christmas carols as well as some new songs to learn. If you have any questions, see Carrie Gilley.
