Weekly Newsletter
This Sunday At Creekside
New Info
- Worship Thru Service Recap
- Missions Updates
- Missions ... Coming Up
- Servant Mission School
- Creekside Men's Breakfast
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Current Message Series
THIS SUNDAY AT CREEKSIDE
Pre-Service Prayer
A group gathers in the POD each Sunday morning to pray for Creekside and the Sunday services. Prayer begins between 9:00 and 9:10 AM (and ends in time for the start of the service). Come join the team!
This Week's Message
This week we continue our sermon series, "Summer of Rock". This week's message is "Wake Up". You can review Matthew 18:1-2 to prepare.
NEW INFO
Worship Thru Service Recap
A big THANK YOU to everyone who helped out with the Worship Thru Service last Sunday. It was a great success and the teachers were very appreciative! Below are some thank you's we've received from the teachers:
Thank you for the wonderful work. We appreciate it greatly. - Kelly Clapp, RJH Principal
Thank you so much for all that you do for our staff. A really big thank you from me for seeing to the refrigerators in the staff lounge. - Carol Underwood, RJH Office Manager
I wanted to say thanks again for all the work that was done in my classroom. I really appreciate the help. - Chris Fleharty
Wanted to say thank you for the volunteers who helped clean up yesterday. - Jill Samppala
Thanks so much for doing the bulletin boards. We really appreciate your help with this! Again, such an amazing group of people to help us with that! - Kaylee Hansen
Thank you so much, the bulletin boards look great, and my classroom has not been this clean for quite a while. Thank you for all of your help! - Adam Wujick
I want to thank you and your congregation volunteers so much. You saved me a good hour of time and it's really appreciate. Thank you. Thank you. - David Roderick
Check out some of the great pictures from Redmond Junior High and John Muir Elementary!
Missions Updates
Good news from Galmi Hospital—running water has been restored to the town. You can read the Zoolkoski’s latest letter on the Creekside website.
Linda and James Cruze will be rejoining Jay in Jamaica September 1. For more prayer requests please see their end of summer update on the Creekside website.
The August newsletter from Christian Radio for Russia is also available on the website.
If you’d like to view Kaitlyn Phillips’ video that was shown on a recent Sunday morning, it has been posted to the Creekside website.
Missions ... Coming Up
Daniel Taylor has recently taken a staff position with Servant Partners. He and his wife Casey will be visiting Creekside on Sunday, September 12. Daniel is responsible for raising all of the money needed to support his ministry and we will be taking an offering for him. All are welcome to join them for lunch after church to visit and find out more about their ministry. Details in next week’s FYI.
Servant Mission School
You know "about" living missionally, but how - and where - do you actually do it? Is it even really possible? Creekside's Servant Mission School is the formation process that transforms people into missional agents for God's Kingdom. The next two Servant Mission School courses begin Sunday, October 3:
Cultural Captivity: Understanding and Freeing Ourselves from Cultural Addictions
In community, you will explore the power Western culture has over our lives and how we can begin to set a new, more Kingdom oriented course. 10 Weeks, beginning October 3, 5:00 PM, at the Creekside Ministry Center. Cost: $35 for materials and books.
Learning to Discerning God's Call
In community, you will learn how to discern God's voice from the voices of family, friends, culture, and self. We will explore deeply how God has used our experiences to form us into people uniquely called for the Kingdom of God. 10 Weeks, beginning October 3, 6:30 PM, at the Creekside Ministry Center. Cost: $35 for materials and books.
Contact Doug Humphreys (DougH@ecreekside.com) for more information or to sign up.
Creekside Men's Breakfast
Join the guys of Creekside Saturday, October 9 at 7:00 AM at the Creekside Ministry Center for breakfast, and a chance to meet, get to know better and have a great time with the other men from our church. Contact Dick Mason (dickmas@hotmail.com) for more information.
COMING UP
Baby Sadie Celebration!
You are invited to o-o-oh and a-a-ah over Sadie Anne, born June 22, 2010 to Lisa and Jeff Ritchie! Join us on Sunday, September 12, 2:00 PM @ Jeanie Hatch’s home to shower them with love! RSVP to Kim (Kim.hjelm@gmail.com).
NPC Women's Retreat
If you haven't registered and want to attend the retreat, hurry as there were only 18 spots left as of August 23. 450 total have registered, 15 from Creekside. The retreat is September 17-19 at Cascades Camp in Yelm. Keynote speaker is Judy Howard Peterson, pastor for North Park University in Chicago who walked across the United States while attending seminary. Online registration is available at www.npc-cwm.org. Just mark that you want to stay in the cabins and then identify "Creekside" as the church you want to stay with. If you have any questions, contact contact Nancy Boyd (nboyd95@yahoo.com) or Barb Boyd (boyd.bj@comcast.net).
NPC Men of Faith Retreat
Friday to Sunday, September 24-26 at Cascades Camp
Don't miss this great bonding time with God and guys. Favorite activities include the softball tourney, Punkin' Chunkin', Chili Cook-Off, Rubicon Off-Road Challenge, paintball, hiking and more! Fly through the woods as you experience the all-new-zip lines "HIGH ADRENALINE," Friday night's Sunset Grill-bring your own food to BBQ-and cyclocross race, This retreat is for all ages, and Eugene Cho (pastor of Quest Church, Seattle) is our speaker for this multi-generational audience. Go online for more information or to download a registration form.
Bible Read Thru...Round #2!
As you may or may not know, several of us spent January through April reading through the Bible - Genesis to Revelation. I can say that, without exception, each person found it more enjoyable and more beneficial than we ever hoped. So...we're doing it again! Between now and Tuesday, January 4, we are reading through the Bible. This time, we're going to do it in chronological order. (While the books are general in order, there are many that aren't in the Bible in the order they are written.)
The parameters are very simple:
1.Commit to reading the whole Bible by January 4.
2.Read with a pen in your hand - either underlining or taking notes in a journal.
3. Every Tuesday morning that you're in town, you commit to coming to (location TBD) from 6:30-7:30 AM to share what you've underlined and what "conversations" you've had with God about His Word.
That's it. This is not a prayer time (though prayer is good). This is not a Bible study per se (though Bible Study is good). This is not a discussion (though discussion in good). We're simply reading the Bible, then getting together to share what God has said to us.
FYI: There are about 130 days between now and January 4. That's about 9-10 chapters a day. Reading out loud (which I highly recommend) at a normal pace, it'll take you about 40-50 minutes a day. Tough? Yes. Doable. Definitely. Valuable? Absolutely! It would be a good idea to simply set a goal for the amount of time to spend each day, as opposed to having your goal be to read 10 chapters. It will seem much less like a chore and more like "sitting down to read a good book." (Which it is, by the way!)
Email Keith (keith@thatyoumayknow.com) so we know how many want to join and he'll email you the chronological reading plan.
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