June 2015
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Twitter:AbundantLifeChurch@LifeALCC website: alccnet.com What marvelous love the Father has extended to us! Just look at it—we’re called children of God! That’s who we really are. But that’s also why the world doesn’t recognize us or take us seriously, because it has no idea who He is or what He’s up to 1 John 3:1 The Message Bible
Week at a Glance 10am Café 10:30 Service Nursery & The PlayRoom KidMin 10:30 Home Groups (Sept.—April) Tues: Ladies Coffee Hour (Aug) Wed: Ignite Youth Group Thurs: Celebrate Recovery 7pm
Sermon Series for June discovery| connection| responsibility | simplicity
I remember so many Father’s Day celebrations with my dad growing up. It was so important that I had something to give him, to show him my love in a tangible way. That included macaroni glued to paper in an odd heart shape, a clay ash tray and of course the famous not-socooked breakfasts. Over the years, my symbols of gratitude toward my dad have changed. There was a period of Father’s Day’s when our celebration included Bill and the kids traveling with me up to a park near my parents home and indulged KFC and all the fixin’s. I loved the fact that the greasy “love filled” lunch made my dad smile. God created us to be “remembering ones”. Why? Because He knows how quickly we forget His goodness and promises. The demonstrations of my love to God my Heavenly Father (my obedience, worship, praise, acts of kindness etc) help to remind me that the God of all creation, my Savior, my Redeemer and Friend lives in me and I live in Him. So I won’t be making breakfast for my dad, or indulging on KFC, but I will give thanks for his place in my life and lift up my whole being in surrender as a remembrance and symbol of my love relationship with my Heavenly Father. Kathy (and PBill)
Dad! Pops! Father! Whatever they call you, you have strong influence! Absent or involved, you bring things to a child or children that only you can. However it might seem, you have strong influence! Bethany shared this story where she remembers when the family was downstairs and her dad would be upstairs. She went to see him and he was reading the Bible. Being a little girl, she started asking him questions about what he was doing and why. Little Bethany asked, “Daddy, what do you believe in?” He said, “I believe in the Bible and everything written in it.” Those words of her father’s strong confidence has given Bethany refuge in the Word. She goes to the Word for daily growth and through trials, remembering and saying, “I believe in the Bible . . .” Years and years later, she wrote, “Thanks dad for showing me that the Bible is not just a book but THE way to live.” Proverbs 14:26, “In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence, and his children will have a refuge.” Dad! Pops! Father! You have strong influence on your children! Be open, share your strong confidence and show your children the refuge they have in the Word of God! In this together, Tony Mejia
Welcome! We are glad you are here, and we trust that are feeling at HOME. It is our hope and prayer that you will join in as we share our lives and celebration of faith together. We believe our life is about discovering who God is, using this faith to live out His purpose and His plan and to live it with passion. We call ALCC our HOME. We are intentional about relationships with God and each other to bring the message of HOPE to our community.
Good Morning Cafe 10 –10:30 am
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Newborn—4 years
10:30—noon
Please sign your child in & out
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Canada Day 2015
Celebrating June 28 @ 10:30 am discovery| connection| responsibility | simplicity
Jeff & Tamara Neely Samuel and Jaela
Phil & Donna Williams
Consultant and Facilitator
Servant’s Heart Ministries
of Unreachednations.org
Dominican Republic
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Since 2003
STEP 9: SELF DISCIPLINE We made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. Some of us become so focused on our personal failures in recovery that we don’t deal with the pain we have suffered at the hands of others. Some of us, on the other hand, focus too much on the ways we have been mistreated and use these as excuses for our behavior. Either approach to past abuse leaves us with emotional baggage that will hinder our progress in recovery. Forgiving others is an important part of turning our will over to God. Jesus taught his disciples: “Pray like this: Our Father in heaven, may your name be honored. May your kingdom come soon. May your will be done here on earth, just as it is in heaven. Give us our food for today, and forgive those who have sinned against us. And don’t let us yield to temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.” (Matthew 6: 9-15). Being forgiven for the wrongs we have done to others does not excuse us from our actions or make our actions right. When we forgive others of the wrongs they have committed against us, we do not excuse what they have done. We simply recognize that we have been hurt unjustly and turn the matter over to God. This helps us face the truth about our own pain. It also rids us of any excuse to continue our compulsive behavior because of what has been done to us. Come and join us on Thursday evening @ 7:00 p.m. to begin the process of experiencing freedom from the hurts, habits and hang-ups from your pass.
Thursday’s @ 7 pm
Potluck June 18 @ 6pm
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Student ministry 11– 18 years
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