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9:00 & 11:00 AM Worship Service Children’s Church - 9:00 AM &11:00 AM
10:00-11:00 AM Koinonia Café in the Great Room
Nursery: Our well staffed nursery is available on the upper level across from the Worship
Center doors for children who are infants to 36 months.
Children’s Church provides an age appropriate learning environment for our families in
Classroom #3 on the lower level. The 9:00 a.m. service welcomes children age 3 – 2nd grade while the 11:00 a.m. service serves children age 3 – 4th grade. Children should arrive prior to the start of each worship service.
June 15, 2014
Welcome
to Alliance Church of the Valley and thank you for worshipping with us this morning.
SERMON NOTES
“Fathering for Dummies”
Pastor Gary Russell Matthew 1:18-25
Visitors - We are so glad you’ve come this morning to
seek the Lord Jesus Christ and worship Him together with us. Please take a moment to complete the Connection Card in the worship folder. After doing so, tear it off and bring it to the Information Center in the lobby to receive a complimentary gift bag and information about the ministries of our church.
Church Life Building Completion Project We have received gifts of approximately $1,000 over the past month toward the acquisition and installation of roller shades in the Worship Center. The remaining balance to reach our goal is $2,900.
Club 3:16 Painting Resumes We will begin repainting the lower level hallways the week of June 16. Painters and woodworkers are needed. Please call Katie Folkestad at 715-379-7482 if you are available.
A Familiar Face Please welcome Blake Wright as he leads worship today. Blake is our resident worship leader for our Student Ministries. He will be sharing the summer worship load with Geof Strom so that Geof can have a much deserved break.
Student Center Update Please express your appreciation to our Trustees as they have rebuilt the deteriorated entryway to the Student Center over the past month. The project is nearing completion. You can thank Don Essen, Jim Longhenry, Rick Nelson, Craig Peters, and their assistants – Wally Rider and Bill Travis.
Drivers Needed Our El Salvador Mission team is looking for a few drivers and vehicles that are willing to help transport the team to and from the airport. If you are available, please talk with Pastor Chris. We need people for the following times:
Thursday, June 26th leaving the church at 2:30am.
Thursday, July 3rd arriving at MSP at 10:23pm.
Sermon CDs may be ordered at the Information Center.
Outreach
Crisis Pregnancy Center Over the weeks between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, we have been filling baby bottles with loose change for the support of Options for Women/Tri-County. Those bottles are being collected today. Cash or checks are another option to the pocket change you have been saving!
Fellowship JOY Group Thursday, June 19 | 11:30 a.m. Great Room
The J.O.Y. Group will be meeting this Thursday at 11:30 a.m. in the Great Room for potluck. Ages 55+ are invited to attend.
Women’s Ministry Summer Bible Study Beginning Wednesday, June 25 9:30 a.m. or 6:30 p.m. Cost is $10.00
“Sacred Secrets”, a study by Beth Moore, will be the bible study offered this summer. Find out more information and register at the Information Center.
Children’s Ministry
Weird Animals - VBS August 10-14 | 6:30-8:30 p.m. Hope E-Free Church, Osceola, WI Registration opens July 1
ACV will be partnering with Hope Church to provide VBS again this year. VBS will be held at Hope Church and is for children who have completed grades K-5. Nursery and preschool are available to volunteer families only. Additional details and registration will be available soon on the church websites, www.hefc.org and www.stcroixalliance.com.
Student Ministry
Summer Youth Group dates will be posted on Facebook and Youth website - www.acvstudentministry.com Have a great summer!
Baptismal Service We are finalizing plans for an outdoor baptismal service on July 27. This public expression of faith will be held here on campus during the Sunday morning worship service. Please contact any member of the pastoral staff if you have questions. The morning will also include an all-church cookout.
Softball Schedule Tuesday’s game against Grace Baptist will be played at Gator Field, located SE of Osceola at 445 – 230
th Street. The next home
game will be June 24 against New Life.
The Summer Option During summer vacations, you are welcome to utilize our on-line giving option. You will find printed instructions at the information center today.
Summer Selfie Contest Do you have plans to travel this summer with your family? Whether you are traveling a long distance, or just hanging out around town, capture your family outings and enter our Family Sumer Selfie Contest! Simply take a picture of you and your family out having fun together, upload the picture to the church Facebook page (or email it to [email protected]) and use the hashtag #ACVfamily We will post the pictures on our Facebook page, as well as at church. Oh, one more thing! At the end of the summer, we will be choosing a winner of our Family Summer Selfie contest and they will win a family photo session from Living Stones Photography! Don't be shy - start snapping some selfies today!
This Week at ACV:
Sunday 9:00 AM Worship Service-WC 10:15 AM Men’s Prayer Gathering 11:00 AM Contemporary Worship Service-WC
Tuesday 5:30 AM Men’s Study-Our Place Café-SCF 9:00 AM Women’s Prayer-WC 6:30 PM Softball Game-Gator Field 7:00 PM Adult Prayer
Thursday 11:30 AM J.O.Y. Group Potluck-GR
Saturday 7:00 AM Men’s Study-CR WC-Worship Center GR-Great Room CR-Conference Room D-Classroom D SC-Student Center C-Classroom C
Our Pastors:
Gary Russell, Sr. Pastor - [email protected] Jeff Naegelen, Assoc. Pastor - [email protected] Chris Folkestad, Youth Pastor - [email protected]
Looking Ahead…
June 26-July 3 - El Salvador Missions Trip Aug 10-14 - Vacation Bible School
Alliance Church of the Valley | 1259 State Road 35, St. Croix Falls, WI 54024
715-483-1100 | stcroixalliance.com | Alliance Church of the Valley
Next Sunday, June 22, 2014
Greeters: 9:00 a.m. - Marlin & Lona Baillargeon 11:00 a.m. - John & Kathy Hite Nursery: 9:00 a.m. - Tom Horn family 11:00 a.m. - Kelli Mathias & Briza Schuler Gardeners: June 16-30 - Colleen & Alex Bergeron
Stewardship Update
June 8 WORSHIP ATTENDANCE: 356 Giving for June 8:
General Fund Weekly Budget $ 11,154.00 General Fund Giving $ 11,440.06 Missions Giving $ 985.00 Year to Date Missions Giving $ 30,218.75 Building Completion Income: $ 5,095.50 Remaining Project Need: $ 2,905.50