SUMMERLIFE WRAP-UP

Well, it has been a great summer meeting outdoors, but it is getting darker and cooler by the day. From this time on our Wednesday night Bible Study, AKA "Recharge" will be meeting at the church building at 7 pm on Wednesday nights.

For the children, there will be a video playing each Wednesday evening in the Multi-use room. Parents who attend Recharge with their children will be asked to take turns keeping an eye on the kids. At times, depending on the number, ages, and demeanor of the children, we may need at least one parent present in the multi-use room at all times while others look in from time to time. Again, we can take this one week at a time, and do whatever it takes each week. Nanette Knuth will be selecting the videos, and coordinating oversight.

Don't forget that next Wednesday night is our "Say Goodbye To the Adams Family" evening. We will have cake and ice cream beginning at 6 pm.

EMERGENCY WEATHER ALERT!!!

We have decided to move the Bible Study to the church building tonight. While there is a chance that all this will clear out, it is looking like it might be another gully washer today. If it is nice this evening, we can always meet inside for study, then go out the fire ring and have a fire.

See you at the church at 7.

John C.

RECHARGE 9-16-09

Hi Recharge fans,

This week we will meet again at Riverway Picnic Area on McCbes lane west of Gunnison. If you need directions, you can find them in the right hand column of this blog. We will be monitoring the weather closely tomorrow, and if it looks really bad, we may change the venue to the church building at the last minute. If that happens, we will post it on this blog, and send out emails. So check before you drive out to McCabes.

We will continue our discussion of the role of the Holy Spirit in the modern day church. Last week we each shared our stories about how we came to know the Holy Spirit, and how He has influenced our walk with God. This week will begin answering some of the most asked questions about the Holy Spirit, and try to help one another become more engaged with Him, and more effective witnesses about Him.

RECHARGE 9-9-09

During the first week of October, Karen and I will again be spending a week with our friends Justin and Shirley Stirrett in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. We will be teaching a weeklong course at their YWAM Discipleship Training School. This year, the Stirretts have specifically asked us to teach on spiritual gifts – including motivational gifts, the five-fold offices, and the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

That means I will be covering what amounts to seven or eight months worth of teaching in four days! Our prayer is that we will have the opportunity to introduce many of these DTS students to the Holy Spirit, and to the life and power that comes with His ministry in our lives. I need your help.

For the next few weeks, I want to use our time together on Wednesday nights to talk about the ministry of the Holy Spirit in today’s church. I want to dig into some of the Scriptures on this topic, but I also want to hear about your own experiences with the Holy Spirit Himself, and your experiences with the gifts of the Holy Spirit. I would like to know what questions you yourself might have about this whole topic, and what questions you find that other believers that you interact with have.

What do you think are some of the most common misunderstandings about the Holy Spirit and His ministry? We can go as far as you want to with this study. If you have questions or thoughts about the way the various gifts work together in the body, we can discuss that too.

Please come to Wednesday Night recharge ready to share some of your thoughts on this topic. As always, we will let the Scripture, not just our own opinions or experiences be the final word. Hopefully we can all be refreshed and grow a bit in our own understanding.

If you have questions that you would like to have discussed, please email them to me at pastor@rmcmchurch.org. We will be meeting this week at 7 pm at the Riverway Picnic Area off McCabes lane west of Gunnison. See the map in the right hand column of this blog for directions.