In This Issue December 3-13 Page 1: • December 5 Ladies’ Event • Missions Conference Page 2: • Made with Love • LTCC Reminder • Christmas Drama • Federated’s Newsletter • Vital Men • Prayer Gathering Page 3: • Women’s Christmas Gala • Salvation Army Bell Ringing • Alaska 2016 Info Meeting • Upward Basketball • Our Community Page 4: • Serving Schedules • Calendar news the WHAT’S INSIDE SAVE THE DATE: Sunday, December 6 FFC will have a Global Missions Conference. We are very excited about our first annual Global Missions Conference! We want you to share in this exciting day with us. Join us for the Teaching Sessions with speakers Wendy Van Wyk & Kurt Rietema, as well as our evening banquet. Tickets to the banquet are free and childcare is provided. Contact the church office with any questions. Morning: 9:00 AM Missionary Booths open 10:00 AM Morning Worship Service 11:30 AM All church potluck with our Missionaries Afternoon: 1:00 PM General Session 1 2:00 PM Break 2:30 PM General Session 2 3:30 PM Missionary booths open 4:00 PM Break Evening: 6:00 PM Missions Banqut If you are a woman and you would like to learn more about: *Who you are in Christ *How to stand up with Christ as your strength *How to get rid of the lies in your mind *How to take every thought captive Then you’ll want to join us on Saturday, December 5 at 12:30pm to hear Coni Knepper and Ami Rietema speak about their own experiences dealing with these issues. Coni lives in Kigoma, Tanzania, working with Hope of the Nations to share God’s light to the community where there is so much darkness. Ami, Coni’s daughter, has lived in Kigoma for the last 3 1/2 years working alongside Coni in bringing truth and light to a people who are deceived by the evil one. Spiritual warfare is real in Kigoma and we know it’s alive and well here, where we live, as well. Come and get to know these special missionaries, whom our church body is so blessed to be able to help support, financially and prayerfully!
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In This Issue
December 3-13
Page 1:• December 5 Ladies’ Event• Missions Conference
Page 2:• Made with Love• LTCC Reminder• Christmas Drama• Federated’s Newsletter• Vital Men• Prayer Gathering
Page 3:• Women’s Christmas Gala• Salvation Army Bell Ringing• Alaska 2016 Info Meeting• Upward Basketball• Our Community
Page 4:• Serving Schedules• Calendar
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WHAT’S INSIDE
SAVE THE DATE: Sunday, December 6 FFC will have a Global Missions Conference.
We are very excited about our first annual Global Missions Conference! We want you to share in this exciting day with us. Join us for the Teaching Sessions with speakers Wendy Van Wyk & Kurt Rietema, as well as our evening banquet. Tickets to the banquet are free and childcare is provided. Contact the church office with any questions.
Morning:9:00 AM Missionary Booths open10:00 AM Morning Worship Service11:30 AM All church potluck with our Missionaries Afternoon:1:00 PM General Session 1 2:00 PM Break2:30 PM General Session 2 3:30 PM Missionary booths open4:00 PM Break
Evening:6:00 PM Missions Banqut
If you are a woman and you would like to learn more about: *Who you are in Christ *How to stand up with Christ as your strength *How to get rid of the lies in your mind *How to take every thought captiveThen you’ll want to join us on Saturday, December 5 at 12:30pm to hear Coni Knepper and Ami Rietema speak about their own experiences dealing with these issues. Coni lives in Kigoma, Tanzania, working with Hope of the Nations to share God’s light to the community where there is so much darkness. Ami, Coni’s daughter, has lived in Kigoma for the last 3 1/2 years working alongside Coni in bringing truth and light to a people who are deceived by the evil one. Spiritual warfare is real in Kigoma and we know it’s alive and well here, where we live, as well. Come and get to know these special missionaries, whom our church body is so blessed to be able to help support, financially and prayerfully!
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THERE’S MORE2
Join us for our weekly PRAYER MINISTRY. On Wednesdays at 6pm in Pastor Bryan's office, we will gather together for a time of prayer. Join us Wednesday!
Our men’s ministry partners with VITAL MINISTRIES, a men’s ministry headquartered in Oskaloosa. Vital Men has Bible Studies and small groups that meet throughout the week at 6:30pm. Check out vitalministries.org for more information! Mondays: Pella-Third Church Tuesdays: Knoxville-Marion County Fairgrounds Oskaloosa-Vital Ministries Building Thursdays: Newton-Bridge House Coffee Company New Sharon-1st Christian Church
Made with Love is a new ministry that creates handmade gifts for others. The goal is to put together gifts for our church family when there is a birth, death, wedding, new house, etc. We are looking for people who would like to help and be a part of this ministry. If you are a knitter, sewer, scrapbooker, all around creative, or are just willing to help, we need you! There is also a need for craft materials. If you have glass jars, fabric, or other craft material you are willing to donate we will gladly welcome it. There is Made with Love informational meeting on Thursday, December 3 at 6:30pm. See Lindsey O’Dell if you have any questions.
Parents of LTCC children in grades K-5th, On Sunday, December 6th, we will be having our first ever FFC Missions Conference. As a part of this day, we would like for our K-5th grade LTCC students to participate in an activity that will connect them with children from around the world. If you are willing, we would like you to bring in a picture of your child on December 6 for their craft time during LTCC. We will be getting pictures of children our missionaries serve and provide them to our children so that they can pray for them. The pictures of our kids will be sent back with our missionaries so the kids know who is praying for them. Communication of children’s names will be on a first name basis only. This is an awesome opportunity for our children at FFC to see God working globally and give them a chance to connect, through prayer, with children their own age from around the world. If you have any questions, please contact Pastor Nate.
Join us for our Christmas Drama! Christmas Oranges is a touching
Christmas story about Rose, an orphan, who teaches the meaning of hope to those around her. The drama will be Friday, December 11 & Saturday, December 12
@ 7pm. Admission is free and all are welcome!
The latest issue of our NEWSLETTER is online and at the Welcome Center. There
are lots of great articles about missions, giving thanks, youth
group, and more. Check it out online or pick up a copy on
Sunday!
THERE’S MORE3
Federated Fellowship will be hosting an Upward Basketball program beginning this winter. UPWARD BASKETBALL is more than just coming together and playing a sport. It hits key elements of life such as Mental Development, Social Awareness, Spiritual Discovery, and Athletic Improvement. Upward Basketball is part of the Upward Sports organization whose mission is to promote the discovery of Jesus through sports. Not only can your children be involved but you can be as well. We need coaches, referees, prayer partners, and host families/greeters. For more information or to volunteer in any way contact Nate and Sheila Stevens at (641)629-6420 or (641)629-0366.
Alaska Trip 2016 informational meeting: December 13 @ 11:30 in room 201. If you have any questions see Pastor Joel.
LADIES, SAVE THE DATE! December 14 is our annual Christmas Gala. This year our theme will be Expecting a Miracle with Eloise Prater as our guest speaker. There will be a time for fellowship followed by worship and a catered meal. Sign up this Sunday! You
can also sign up to decorate a table. Cost is $15 when you arrive that night, $10 if you decorate a table.
Join us as we serve with the Salvation Army ringing bells at the Pella Wal-Mart. Federated has agreed to help on the following dates & times: Tuesday, December 22: 2pm-8pm Wednesday, December 23: 2pm-8pm Thursday, December 24: noon-4pmYou can sign up this Sunday for an hour shift of your choosing. If you have any questions please contact the church office.
our communityA total of 1624 shoebox gifts were collected at the Pella Relay Center in November! Many amazing stories come out of this project and many prayers are said over the boxes preparing them to be received by children with open hearts to hearing about the gospel. Thank you from Operation Christmas Child.
Mark your calendars! The Pella Pro-Life Cookie Sale is right around the corner on Thursday, December 10. Stop by and pick up your pre-boxed cookies – ready to take home. Only $10 for 3 dozen homemade Christmas cookies! You can pick them up from 12:00-2:00 at the Pro-Life office at 713 Franklin - across from the Tulip Toren or at Calvary Christian Reformed Church at 408 Maple from 4:30 p.m. until the last cookie is sold. Come out and support this wonderful cause!
Fundraiser: The Pella Christian High School Student Council will once again be selling soup this year. Soups choices are chicken and cheeseburger chowder. Homemade buns will also be available to purchase. Order deadline is Tuesday, December 8. Go to the school website at www.pceagles.org and find an order form under the Quick Links.
