Posts by Mandy Thomas (Page 9)
Missionary Offering
On Sunday December 8th we will take a special offering during the worship service to bless 10 of our missionaries and Boise Bible College with a special monetary gift for Christmas. This will go directly to the missionary. Our goal is $4,000.
Financial Fitness contest
Financial Fitness contest. We can all make progress in using our Resources more Effectively, Biblically and Globally. October was Build your 2020 Spending Plan month. Check all the categories you can as you build a comprehensive plan. There’s still time! Some of the categories are: • Build you 2020 Spending Plan • Establish an Emergency Fund • Cutting up Credit Cards • Paying off 1, 2 or more debts• Starting your Christmas-No-Debt Fund Pick up a full contest sheet on…
Volunteers Needed!
• Teacher to teach the elementary kids on Wednesday nights every other month. • Nursery workers for Sundays during worship service time at 11am. • Class helpers in elementary Sunday School classes. We need volunteers for Sunday and Wednesday classes. It can be a monthly basis for a 6 month period. All our teachers go through the membership class and all teachers and helpers get a background check. Please see Mandy if you can help!
Progressive Dinner
Happy Friday! This Sunday is the last day to sign up for the Progressive Dinner which is on October 13th. The progressive dinner is where we go to different people’s homes and eat appetizers at one house and then main course at a different house and dessert all together at the church. There will be 2-3 groups of people at appetizer homes then 3-5 groups of people at main course houses. You will get to fellowship with a different group…
Mentorship Program at Bowman Elementary School
Mentoring is an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of children. Positive relationships with caring adults are critical to a child’s emotional, social, and academic well-being. At Bowman Elementary, the mentorship program involves working with a child or small group while building relationships through academic venues such as reading, writing, or math. Mentors can designate academic, age, or grade levels within their comfort zone and coordinate days and times to meet with the classroom teacher. The classroom teacher…
Secret Sister
Can you keep a secret? All the ladies of the church are invited to participate in the Secret Sister Program. You will each be given a sister that you pray for and encourage. It’s wonderful to have someone pray for you daily and is there to send an encouraging note from time to time. In April we will have a “reveal” party, so keep your Secret Sister a secret till then. Your surveys need to be turned in by NEXT…
Engage Training
Happy Monday! Yesterday in worship Adam mentioned a way to become involved in the fight for justice is to do the Engage Training that Love Alaska offers. It is the first step to helping out with Priceless (who works with Human Trafficking victims in Anchorage) or Chosen (works with foster kids who have aged out of the system and need an adult mentor). Engage exists to help you develop practical skills to lead, love, and serve marginalized people in a broken world. Give voice to the…
Mentoring @ Bowman Elementary School this Fall
Two years ago we were approached about going into Bowman to help mentor kids. Bowman is a school with 3 different schools within it, a neighborhood program, an open optional program, and structured learning program from Pre-K through 6th grade. We have mentored in the school for 2 years, last year we did a big Back to School event at their school where we gave away backpacks with school supplies. This year we are going to do a breakfast for…
Pray for our new Associate Minister
Please join us in praying for who the Lord will bring as our new Associate Minister. There are some specific qualities we want you to be praying for over the next couple weeks/months as we search for a new Associate Minister. The third quality; For him to be A Loving Minister: It can be very easy to “do ministry” without loving people. It is easy to see people as projects that you want to fix rather than children you deeply…
Christian Concerts in August
All these artists are AMAZING!! Take your kids, family or friends and go see one or all! Ryan Stevenson Wednesday, August 7th at Anchorage Baptist Temple @ 7pm. Tickets are $20 in advance $30 at the door. Doors open at 6pm. Open seating. You can purchase tickets at purplepass.com Tauren Wells Friday, August 9th at Anchorage Baptist Temple @ 7pm.Tickets are $20 in advance $30 at the door. Doors open at 6pm. Open seating. You can purchase tickets at purplepass.com…
Guest Speaker Sunday 7th
David Davolt (our guest speaker today) is the Director of Development at Boise Bible College. Deryl asked how CCA could help BBC, David said “ by helping the Church grow” we can help Boise Bible College by financially giving to help them prepare the next generation. Boise Bible College develops well-equipped leaders for the Lord’s church who maintain a servant’s heart, live with integrity, and hold a Biblical worldview as they serve the church. We excel in preparing Christian leaders…
Sunday Movie Night
Hello Church! This Sunday night we are going to show a movie called Remember the Goal. A new female coach fresh out of college takes over the cross-country program at an all girls private Christian school and tries to lead them to their first state title. As they begin to train for this, the top 5 five runners each deal separately with a particular issue in life related to teens. As each of these stories unfold, so does the wisdom…