FOR OUR GUESTS

If you are a first time guest, please take note of the info below.

OUR CHURCH FAMILY: Welcome to Peoria Nazarene! We are an

inter-generational church that is passionately committed to

Sharing God’s Love with each other and our city. We believe

that Jesus still powerfully changes lives and families! Our

greatest desire is for you to see Jesus in us and to experience

God’s love through us.

CONNECTION CARD: Please take a moment to fill out the

enclosed Connection Card. You may share a prayer need or

request information about Peoria First. Just place it in the

offering bucket when the offering is received.

CHILDREN’S MINISTRY: Since children and families are so im-

portant to God and us at Peoria First, we invite families to worship

together for the first half of our service. Before the message, chil-

dren are dismissed to their ministry area where they learn from

God’s Word about His Love.

RESTROOMS: The men’s and ladies restrooms are located in the

foyer. Each one has a baby changing station.

PEORIA FIRST NAZARENE SHARING GOD’S LOVE . CHANGING LIVES . BUILDING FAMILY

April 17, 2016

Date Peoria First Bickford House Tithes Designated Total Giving

April 10 175 42 $8732.71 $300.33 $9033.04

April 3 159 48 $9061.15 $3159.31 $12,220.46

Call to Mission: last week: $145.00 Call to Mission: to Date: $2320.00

Contact Info Peoria First Nazarene

5504 N University, Peoria, IL 61614 | 309-692-3131

www.peorianazarene.com │ peoriafirst@sbcglobal.net

Hours Mon - Thurs: 9am - 4:30 pm

Fri: 9am - 3pm

STAFF

Lead Pastor, Mark McCall 309-830-7745 mark@peorianazarene.com

Associate Pastor, Scott Whalen 815-535-1216 scott@peorianazarene.com

Children’s Ministry Dir, Anne Whalen 815-535-1215 awhalen22@gmail.com

Pastoral Care, Flo Durdel 657-9336 durdel2@msn.com

Administrative Assistant, Brenda Potts 692-3131 pfbrenda@sbcglobal.net

Church Secretary, Donna Layne 692-3131 pfdonna@sbcglobal.net

COED SOFTBALL 2016 is just around the corner! Most of our games will

be played on Monday evenings (at Max-

well Road Church of God), starting the first

week in May. We’ll have a couple of prac-

tices in the next two weeks. Please let Steve

Vance (370-5920) or Pete Anderton (634-

1820) know if you’re interested in playing so

we can get you practice and game

schedules.

RACE FOR THE CURE . Saturday, May 7

Peoria First opens it’s doors for race partici-

pants to get a much needed drink of water

and the use of our restrooms on that morn-

ing! We’ve done this for many years and

are always in need of volunteers to help set

up tables and pour cups of water and pass

them out. Also needed are greeters to our

facility and for clean-up. It’s usually all over with by 9-9:30 am. Come

be a part of this exciting event!

LISTENING DEVICES If you have trouble hearing the message at times,

we do have listening devices available for use. Please check in with

the sound booth to let them know you would like to use one.

BLOOD DRIVE at Peoria First on Friday, June 10 in memory of Tyler Brad-

street (infant son of Bob & Amanda and grandson of Sue Roper). Make

your appointment to give the gift of life. More details later, but mark

your calendar and SAVE THE DATE!

CAMP 2016 IS APPROACHING!

Kids currently in 2nd - 6th grades are eligible to attend Kids & Pre-Teen

Camp, which is July 5-8. Kids currently in 7th - 12th grades are eligible

to attend Teen Camp, which is June 26 - 30.

Both camps are held at Lake Williamson Christian Campground in Car-

linville, Illinois. We are also in need of counselors to attend the camp.

For more information or to register your

child, see Anne Whalen.

NEW BABIES!

Congratulations to Dan & Erica Lake on

the birth of their new little son, Drew Curtis,

born on April 10 at 9:11

am. He was 8 lbs 10 oz

and 20 in long. Larry &

Tammy Lake are the

proud grandparents and

Curt & Judy Slusher are the

great-grandparents! Keep this new little

family in your prayers.

Congratulations to Andy & Debbie Bu-

chanan on the birth of their new little bun-

dle, Drew Patrick. Drew was born on April

11 at 6:26 pm, weighed 4 lbs 12 oz, and

was 17.5 long. Eli is the happy brother!

Please keep Drew in your prayers as he

was born seven weeks early. God has him

in His hand and is in control.

THIS WEEK

Sun 17

6:00 am Early Morning Prayer

9:30 am Community

10:30 am Sunday Worship

1:15 pm Bickford House Worship Mon 18

8:30 am Men’s Brkft: Bob Evans Wed 20

5:30 pm Fellowship Meal

Men will be cooking

6:30 pm Worship Team Practice

Ladies Study

Men’s Discipleship Thurs 21

6:00 am Early Morning Prayer

6:15 pm First Place: Rm 200

6:30 pm Men’s Bible Study: Rm 112

Mom’s Bible Study: Rm 117

Sun 24

6:00 am Early Morning Prayer

9:30 am Community

10:30 am Sunday Worship

1:15 pm Bickford House Worship

BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARYS

April

17 Bob Bradstreet

18 Paul Anderton

Bill Cregger

Betty Heinsman

Courtney Hovis

19 Sarah Wong

Sarah Roat

20 Betty Bramlett

21 Daniel Burk

22 Christy Daily

Richard Green

24 Margaret Johnston

Saturday, April 30

9 am - 4:30 pm

Pekin First Church of the Nazarene

Our delegates to the

NMI,NYI & SDMI CONVENTION

are

Neil Arterburn, Ruth Cregger,

Karin Fatheree, Danielle Roat,

Sue Roper, and Bill Cregger

RACE

FOR THE CURE

Everyone is invited to the Convention! The morning includes hearing

from our District Superintendent and missionaries, David & Naomi

Phillips. Music provided by Olivet Nazarene Univ. The afternoon has

lots of workshops that you will find helpful for NYI (youth), NMI

(missions) and SDMI (Sunday School & Discipleship). Childcare is

available for birth - 12. You can register your child online at

nwilinaz.org. You can see all the details at the website or check out

the poster, schedule and workshops in the foyer bulletin board .

TODAY’S SERMON: “The Voice of Truth”, from Nehemiah