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VOLUME 5 ISSUE 2 FOR APRIL 2013

For the Lord i s the Spiri t , and where the Spiri t of the Lord i s , there i s l iberty .

2 CORINTHIANS 3:17 Spirit of LibertySpirit of Liberty

NORTH LIBERTY CHURCH OF CHRIST

Resurrection Sunday March 31st

Breakfast 7:30 –8:00 a.m. Worship Service 9:30 a.m. Offering Goal -$27,500

“Do not be afraid, for I know that your are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen just as he said.” ~Matthew 28: 5-6

Donnetta Robinson-diagnosed with cancer-had in been in remission for the last 10 years

Sandee Stanley, Dave Mills’ sister, rare cancer-but choosing not to do chemo or radiation

Larrry Bontrager-pancreatic cancer

Ron Clingenpeel-blood and kidney infection

Russell Broghton-kidney failure-on dialysis-possibly getting a transplant

Virginia Polk, Janet Rhodes’ sister, diagnosed with cancer

Ruby Napier, relative of Don’s, heart issues

Randy Weist, Ron and Ruth’s son, in ICU due to auto accident

Stacy Larkin-having heart issues, in hospital-on list for heart transplant

The Bob Nyari family

Irene Fair is having eye/vision problems due to chemo.

Diane Walters, Megin Chickering’s step-mom, recovering from knee surgery

Susan (Snyder) Baughman is scheduled for bone marrow surgery in April

Christine (Snyder) Werntz has just been diagnosed with liver cancer

Dean Morris, Roger’s brother, cancer

Melissa Bachtel, friend of Wendy Daly, family situation

Sympathy to Sue Lemert’s family, Denny’s niece Janie Hartsell past away from brain cancer

Praise-Casey & Will Groves have a new daughter, Anisten, born on 3/21

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Spirit of WorshipSpirit of Worship

Spirit of Praise & Spirit of Praise & PrayerPrayer

For week of... 2/24 3/3 3/10 3/17 3/24

Sunday AM Worship

N/C 458 491 515 501

Total Offering

$12,376.94 $14,311.75 $10,918.76 $11,463.08 $11,901.50

Building Fund $482.75 $455.00 $295.00 $345.00 $270.00

Military Personnel:

Eric Rodman, son of Jerry & Sherry Roberts; Andrew Ross, Mary Bunch’s son, Joshua Cole (Omaha, NE), Jason Rodman (CA.), Jeff Roberts (TX), Shannon Vickers, Dave Bickel (CO), Josh Grayckowski (TX) Kyle Singleton, Mike McGann, Mary Patton’s son (San Diego, CA), Jason Fair (CA), Lionel Williams, Bob & Sherry Lichtenberger’s son-in-law, Christopher Brandenburg( NC), Erin & Trevor Wiegers, Steve & Carol Beam’s son at sea;; Brian Parnell (Afghanistan)-Steve & Carol Beam’s nephew;; Bryant Miller (Afghanistan)

Those with cancer:

Todd Hornig’s brother Bruce;; Leanne Runyan’s mom Diana Harbaugh; Jason Wilson, Sue Grayckowski; Barb Burkett; Liz Davis’ nephew;; Stella Shaffer;; Richard Hauguel;; Wayne Dixon;; Frank Rodrigrez, friend of Don Napier; Alan Jones, friend of Cunningham’s;; Shannon Walker, Josh Rice’s sister;; Danny Edmonds; Susan (Snyder) Baughman; Brittney Hummer; Jessica Moreno, classmate of Jess Bowen; Dwayne Martin, Missy Columbia’s father;; Doug Riley, Carmen’s uncle;; Larry Platz, friend of the Walls, lung/ bone cancer; Caleb Hoppe, friend of Elin Fair; Austin Saxton, cousin of Steph Johnson;

All Senior Ladies invited: Lunch at an Amish house on Tuesday, May 21st. Meet at church at 9:30 am/lunch at 11:00. $16/person and money needs to be turned in by May 1st to either Andrea Ritter or Christiana Webb.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT CLASSES Meal at 5:45 and classes at 7:00

Tim Stewart-”The American Heritage” -Gathering Area Terri Stewart-Women’s Bible study-Room 1 Mike Ritter-Raising a Modern day Knight-Boys to Men- Room 4

SUGAR for Michiana Christian Service Camp We will be collecting sugar for Michiana

Christian Service Camp again this year to help reduce the cost of supplies for them. The

following is still needed: 96-5 lb. bags of granulated sugar 44-2 lb. bags of brown sugar

42-2 lb. bags of powdered sugar PLEASE PLACE ON THE COUNTER IN THE

KITCHEN

SPIRIT OF LIBERTY

M.O.P.S meet the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month in the Teen Room

(old sanctuary) MOPS is growing and they are in great need for a helper in the 3, 4 and 5’s class on the 3rd Thursday of each month. See Elin Fair, Jodi

Ross or Christina Webb if you are interested in this voluntary ministry opportunity!

SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES: Standard for Seniors– Room #4 Galatians-taught by Andrew Heck-Student Center Creation-taught by Lyndal Smith-room #1 Taking Care of Business-How to be a Christian in the workplace-taught by Tom Fair-room south of Student Center

Zumba classes will be held here on Mondays and Thursdays starting on April 1st at 7:00 pm in the Kidz Konnection room. $5/session

Blood Drive Tuesday, April 9th

11:30 am– 6:00 pm Call Shannon Stuart to schedule an appointment 574-298-5656.

WELCOME TO OUR CHURCH FAMILY

SPIRIT OF LIBERTY

Spirit of ServiceSpirit of Service

For Week of... 4/7 4/14 4/21 4/28

Nursery

Ruth Weist Jackie Cauffman Lisa Kemp

Cody Donlon Christy Donlon Janet Rhodes

Cody Donlon Christy Donlon Janet Rhodes

Alissa Whitmer Ellio Whitmer Julie Whitmer

Wed night nursery

4/3 Wilda Henry Darla Fair

4/10 Wilda Henry Darla Fair

4/17 Jodi Ross Leah Kaser

4/24 Jodi Ross Leah Kaser

Communion & Offering Prayer

Terry Knowlton Rob Carlson Jan Baker Steve Beam

Communion Servers

Bob Shipley Jeff Pride Jason Cauffman Patrick Kronk Lucas Stegemiller Nathan Hornig Bill Cauffman

Paul Annis Eric Fair Levi Klopfenstein Bryce Lemert Dave Ross Tim Knowlton Sco Lidgard

John Dillon D Klopfenstein Cole Kaser Nathan Stegemiller Nick Lung Steve Runyan Don Napier

Jus n Hornig Bob Yung Lyndal Smith John Luthringer Tim Baker Bill Morey Eric Morris

Communion to Sick North Liberty South Bend LaPorte

Randy Lemert Mike Nicholas Sco Reinhold

Zachary Clingenpeel Tom Fair Sco Reinhold

D. Klopfenstein Jan Baker Ron Peterson

Nick Lung Tom Fair Erik Ebersole

Ushers Tedd Kronk Evan Henry Larry Browne Vince Leodanski Tom Pa on

Security Tedd Kronk Dave Ross

Immersion Donna Napier Denise Burger

Communion Prepara on Rich & Mary Barenie

A few weeks ago we had finished our series on sharing your faith. I had a challenge for you to pray for a person that needs to meet Jesus face to face. Then I asked you to pray that God would open a door for you to talk with them about your relationship with Christ and then pray that God would give you the boldness to challenge them to come to church and hear a message on Jesus and see what God will do.

Some of you did that and we have had many visitors. That challenge is still ongoing. Let us do our part and give God an opportunity to do something special through you. Remember this: “What I possess in my heart I will share with the world.” Two weeks ago we started a series on Jesus being a man full of truth and grace-how He helped a brokenhearted sinner found in Luke 7:37-50. It all started when Jesus was invited to a Pharisees home for dinner by the name of Simon. Now Simon had also invited some of his friends most likely to make a fool of Jesus and to trap Him into saying or doing something against the Law. But this sinful woman shows up and sets the scene for Jesus to allow these Pharisees to make themselves look like a bunch of ignorant legalistic heartless religious leaders. They did a good job of accomplishing that and while that was going down, Jesus shows compassion towards this woman who had just broke down in the presence of holiness. She did everything for Jesus that Simon the host, did not. She loved much and Simon loved little because he was more concerned with the Law rather than a spiritual need. Then the next scene we see Jesus showing grace and truth towards this man that was a tortured loner found in Luke 8:26-39. This man was possessed by many demons that tormented him while he tormented his community. Jesus saw a man that was physically deprived, spiritually defiant, despised socially, and emotionally disturbed. That is how the disciples saw it too. Now Jesus was not only trying to meet the needs of this man but trying to teach His disciples on how to minister to the outcast. They were afraid, saw a menace to society, and simply didn’t know what to do, like many of us today when we encounter individuals like this. But notice what Jesus did here: He simply asked what his name was. Jesus didn’t coward. He met the man head on and took care of his physical, emotional and spiritual needs. Church, how are we doing in these areas of our lives? Do we look and act like Jesus did when He faced the outcast? If not let’s begin to and we’ll see how that looks like Easter Sunday. Saved to Serve, Tim

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BenBen

monday, april 22

paintball @ mcsc all high school

students invited

see ben for more

APRIL

VOLUME 5 ISSUE 2

1 7-8:00 pm Zumba

2 6:30 am Prayer Group

3 5:45 pm

7:00 pm

Meal

Summit/Amped (Jr. High Only)

4 9:00 am

7-8:00 pm

Prayer Group/MOPS

Zumba

7

9:30 am

10:30 am

6-7:30 pm

Sunday School

Morning Worship– picture sign-ups taking place in Foyer

Encounter Student Ministry (High School Only)

8 7-8:00 pm Zumba

12 6:30 am

11:30-6:30 pm

Prayer Group

Blood Drive

10 5:45 pm

7:00 pm

Meal


11 9:00 am

7-8:00 pm

Prayer Group

Zumba

13 Port-A-Pit chicken sale

14

9:30 am

10:30 am

6-7:30 pm

Sunday School



15 7-8:00 pm Zumba


17 5:45 pm

7:00 pm

Meal


18 9:00 am

7-8:00 pm

Prayer Group/MOPS

Zumba

21

9:30 am

10:30 am

6-7:30 pm

Sunday School

Morning Worship


22 7-8:00 pm Zumba/Paint ball at camp for HS


24 5:45 pm

7:00 pm

Meal


25 9:00 am

7-8:00 pm

Prayer Group

Zumba

28

9:30 am

10:30 am

6-7:30 pm

Sunday School



29 7-8:00 pm Zumba

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Church Pictorial Directory Photography sessions: April 18 2:00 pm– 9:00 pm April 25 2:00 pm– 9:00 pm April 19 2:00 pm– 9:00 pm April 26 2:00 pm- 9:00 pm April 20 10:00 am– 5:00 pm April 27 10:00 am– 5:00 pm Each family photographed will select a pose for the directory, and receive FREE: 1. An 8x10 Portrait or 9 Wallets 2. A Church Directory Sign-up two convenient ways: 1. Schedule an appointment on-line by going to our website: www.nlccnet.org and get a $10 coupon on your reminder e-mail 2. Sign up on Sundays in the foyer All active military, police, fire and seniors 60 and over receive a 20% discount! Donate a food item or cash for the food pantry the day of your photo session, & you will receive a $5.00 off coupon (one per household) towards your portrait order. There is NO obligation to purchase! You can bring your musical instrument, sports paraphernalia, or pet to reflect your personality in your photo! The more families that participate, the better the book we will be able to produce! Time is running out, sign-up TODAY !!

Spirit of Liberty

North Liberty Christian School offers affordable private education K-6th grade. We are accredited through the State of Indiana and offer the School Choice Scholarships. Call or Apply today

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Red Envelope Fundraiser This fundraiser is for all students attending our CIY MOVE event June 10th-14th. It’s simple! Find the red table covered in red envelopes. The envelopes will be labeled 1 to 75. Find an envelope labeled with a number that you can give (i.e. $1 goes in the envelope marked “1”, $43 go in the envelope marked “43”). Put the money or check in the

envelope, and drop the envelope in the bid red box. Thank you for partnering with us in this great ministry to our students!

Envelopes will be available for the month of April.

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A friend loves at all times. He is there to help when trouble comes.” Proverbs 17:17, NIrV

Jody Jody

GROW ON THE GO F U E L F O R T H E H E A R T : E M P O W E R I N G P A R E N T S T O B E T H E S P I R I T U A L L E A D E R S W I T H I N T H E I R H O M E S W ? L I S T E N T O T A L K R A D I O , P U T O N Y O U R M A K E U P , O R P E R H A P S E V E N L I S T E N T O C L A S S I C R O C K A N D R O L L . W E W A N T T O E N C O U R A G E Y O U T O U S E T H A T T I M E A S A N I N V E S TM E N T T OW A R D P E R S O N A L S P I R I T U A L G R OW T H . T H I S M O N T H W E W I L L B E P R O V I D I N G TW O CD S T H A T W I L L A D D R E S S C E R T A I N F A M I L Y I S S U E S F R OM A C H R I S T - C E N T E R E D A P P R O A C H . T H E S E CD ’ S W I L L H E L P E N C O U R A G E , E Q U I P , A N D S T R E N G T H E N Y O U A S A C H R I S T I A N P A R E N T A N D S P O U S E . Y O U C A N F I N D T H E S E CD ’ S A V A I L A B L E A T T H E P A R E N T R E S O U R C E C E N T E R I N T H E K I D Z K O N N E C T I O N Z O N E . Topics Available for April & May: CD 1 - Learning to Love Your Husband (Mrs. Shaunti Feldhahn) CD 2 - Learning to Love Your Wife (Mr. Jeff and Mrs. Shaunti Feldhahn) CD 3 - Impacting The Culture By Living Out Our Faith (Pastor Jim Garlow)

99 THOUGHTS FOR PARENTS OF TEENAGERS THE TRUTH ON RAISING TEENAGERS FROM PARENTS WHO HAVE

BEEN THERE By Walt Mueller

TEENAGERS NEED PARENTS WHO COMMUNICATE A GOD-HONORING BODY IMAGE PERSPECTIVE

In today’s appearance-oriented world, chances are good that our children won’t get the right body-image perspective anywhere else. Of course, gaining the right perspective begins by showering your children with love and acceptance that isn’t conditional on what they look like. It continues by carefully watching what we say to them regarding their appearance. Have you ever caught yourself criticizing them about their weight, body shape, or complexion? Those words not only hurt, but they affirm a faulty notion that “I am what I look like.” In today’s world, these words are especially hurtful. Instead, we should take the time to teach about the inward qualities of a Christ-like life, something that is most powerfully taught through our words and example. Be sure your example includes responsible stewardship and care of your own body. Be sure your example doesn’t include an unhealthy obsession with your own appearance. Prayerfully work to develop your own inward character in a God-honoring direction. Your children need to know that while people may emphasize the outward appearance, God is concerned with the development of their hearts (see 1 Samuel 16:7 for God’s perspective).

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OUR NEW SUNDAY SCHOOL DIRECTION: Elementary and Middle School Students This three-year Sunday school program covers the entire Bible in chronological order. It provides answers to the issues that confront today’s culture through the media, school, friends, etc. ABC provides a thorough understanding of the authority and primary teachings of Scripture. Our elementary and middle school student will be equipped to defend the Bible, and become conformed to the image of Christ, as they apply God’s Word in their everyday lives. Key Concepts The Bible is Trustworthy - We can trust all of God’s Word. God’s Attributes - God’s attributes are displayed throughout the Bible. Chronological/Historical Teaching - The Bible presents true history, not just “stories.” The Bible’s Redemption - God’s plan of redemption is woven throughout Scripture. Apologetics - We must be ready to give an answer for what we believe. Life Application - We are to live in light of what the Bible teaches. It’s a deeper tract to develop deeper students. Get them plugged in.

MIDDLE SCHOOL SERIES: Star ng Wednesday, April 24, 2013 One of the hardest lessons in life is learning how to deal with regret. And one of the most valuable lessons is learning how to avoid it altogether. In every choice our students make, they have the power to walk down two roads: I wish I had or I’m glad I did. And when they understand that God will be with them in the midst of every decision they make, every moment of pressure they feel and even those mes when they don’t make the best decision and have to deal with the s ng of regret, they can walk through life with courage and discover who God has created them to be. Session One: Get Smart Bo om Line: Obeying Jesus isn’t just spiritual—it’s smart. We all have regrets—decisions we wish we could take back. And some mes we get the chance to realize the benefits of a good decision. So what makes the difference between the two? And what does Jesus have to say that can help us have less “I wish I had” moments and more “I’m glad I did” ones? Session Two: Are You Listening? Bo om Line: When you listen to wise people, you live wisely. Last week we learned that following Jesus’ words is more than just spiritual, it’s smart. But how do we actually live those words out? Maybe the secret ingredient to living a life with more “I’m glad I did” moments is less about us and more about listening—to other people. Because when we listen, we learn. And when we listen to wise people, we learn to live wisely. Session Three: An Ounce of Courage Bo om Line: Fear blocks what God wants. Fear is a game-changer. It can stop us dead in our tracks and keep us from missing out on all God has in store for us. But when we trust God to take care of us, fear won’t have the chance to stop us from experiencing more I’m glad I did moments. So what do we need to find the courage to keep moving forward? And where are the places that we need that courage today?

June 10th—15th

Anderson University Anderson, Indiana

$335/$75 Deposit Due May 6th

This event is for all students who are currently in 8th-12th grade. For more information, please contact Ben Webb or go to ciy.com/move.

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