September 22nd 2015

COMMUNITY
FREE CHURCH

WEEKLY
PRAY FOR
GERRY
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DONNA
Please continue to pray for the Rochester and Howard
families as they are in Chicago after Debbies second
surgery in 7 days on her back. The doctors believe
that what has been done will make a huge impact of
her quality of life.

Today, September 22nd, Gerry and

Donna Smith will be making the
BIG final move to Plainfield,
Illinois. Gerry and Donna have
been members of CEFCM for 20
years and we wish them great
blessings in the next leg of their
incredible adventure in Christ!

Greater than the gifts doctors possess, is the power

of prayer, and imagine the two working together! Pray
right now, those same strong unrelenting prayers you
prayed for John and Julie that broke down walls and
brought forth the recent adoption of the girls.
Also, praise God for He is so good and in His great
love has brought great healing in Debbie. In the
coming weeks we will need a cadre of folks willing to
bring meals and help out as Debbie heals.

Will you help?

As many of you have already seen via Facebook,

email, and at church on Sunday the nursery
construction is progressing along. If you havent
had a chance to see it stop in because its exciting!
Dont forget to continue to pray for the ways that
the space will bring Glory to God as they grow in
grace. With over 98 kids in AWANA and new
families in the church with children I believe that
God is giving us a taste, just a taste, of what is to
What is the full scope of the project?
- We will be adding glass doors between the
foyer and the worship center. The reason is
two-fold. First it will make a huge visual impact,
but more importantly it is for safety as the solid
metal doors have caused quite a few accidents.
- We will be re-carpeting the worship center in 2
weeks. This will make a major difference as our
carpeting is 20 years old and starting to show
heavy wear.
- The nursery area is becoming a bright,
transparent, safe environment for kids to learn
about Jesus. Some additions are:
- Appealing and visible foyer area to safe
dedicated kid check-in.
- Lots of windows and bright colors!
- New door to an outside play yard.
- Cry room with windows to allow parents to
stay in service with a crying infant.
- New heavy padded carpeting.
- Flatscreen TVs mounted in the rooms.
- New hallway upstairs to adult classrooms.
Changes Due to Construction:
- Bruces Christian Ed Class will be meeting in the
worship area.
- The interim nursery area will be upstairs. This
week the Nursery stairway will be unavailable.
next week you will get to the Nursery by taking the
kitchen stairs through the senior high room.

Thanks to all the great volunteers who

came out Friday and Saturday to serve in
the Nursery remodel. Bruce Henrikson,
Josh DeYoung, George Williams, Larry
Bunting, Mac Burberry, Vic Christman, Mike
Piasecki, Skip Dovel, Tasha Schifo,
Amanda Krutsinger, David and Gretchen
Eichstedt, Jim Sackett, Don Ramsey, and
Pastor Jason.

Our weekly newsletter that comes out

on Tuesday contains a copy of
sermon scripture outline along with
any quotes and references.
It is my hope that this helps you in
reflection on the work that God did
through his Word.

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9:10am First Christian Church, Champaign

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The Schifo Home 6:00pm

Bruce Henrikson Group at Church 7:00pm

Wednesday 9/16!

40 Days for Life Begins

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Adult gathering at the Mahomet

Village Hall 7:00am

Each outline is broken down into the

introduction and exposition to
highlight that we are a church that
takes great care to exposit the Word.

Isaiah: The King and His Glory

Seeing God as God
9/20/15 Pastor Jason Schifo

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40 Days For Life Prayer 1-2:00pm

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Worship Practice 7:30pm

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40 Days For Life Prayer 1-2:00pm

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Islam and the End Times 6:00pm

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Act Like Men Coffee 7:00am

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Behold I am Making All Things New
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Gospel Life with Jerry Unger

Jesus >Religion with Jim Sackett
Gods Prophets with Bruce Henrikson
Precepts Upon Precepts Womens
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Sr. High School Jake Barrett
Jr. High School Ronda Ekberg

Childrens Church 10:45am

Worship Gathering 10:45am

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Isaiah 40:12-26
God is so much greater than all
that He has created.
God is so much wiser than
anything in all of creation.
(including us)
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Romans 11:34, Job 38:2
God is so much greater the
nations.
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Isaiah 60:3, Romans 5:9-10
God is so much greater than the
worship He receives.
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Zechariah 11:1-2, Ezekiel 31:3
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Gods greatness makes Him
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CONVERSATIONS MATTER
For the first time a study on the entire Book of
Revelation will starting in mid September 2015
through May 2016.
Mens Bible Study Fellowship will start
September 14th, 6:45pm, at First Baptist Church
of Savoy. There is a program for kids 1st grade
through High School.

ISLAM CHRISTIANITY

and

Womens Bible Study Fellowship will start

September 15th, 9:10am, at First Christian
Church in Champaign. There is a childrens
program birth through preschool.
This is an excellent FREE opportunity for the
whole family to study through a book of the
Bible together every week!

with
Robert
Sievers
September 25th
at 6:00pm
Register by calling
217-586-5165

Starting on September 23rd, 40 Days For Life will

be peacefully praying outside the Champaign/
Urbana Planned Parenthood facility. Through this
ministry many, many lives have been saved as God
opens doors for conversations with those going into
the clinic for abortions.
It may seem uncomfortable, but we need to
challenge our comfort zone and save a life!
Sign up online at: https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/
showSignUp/10c084eada629abfc1-40days

This next installment of Conversations

Matters promises to be very interesting as
Bob walks everyone though the end times
as laid out in Quran and compares it to the
Biblical text. In addition the Crescent
Project will be on hand sharing about their
upcoming Bridges class that we will be
hosting in October at CEFCM (see page 6).

September 24th, 2015 7:00-9:00pm

LIFE BANQUET
Once again this year Community Evangelical Free Church is a table
host for this event. That means that we want to host and fill tables
with people who are pro-life and passionate about coming out to
celebrate Living Alternatives 30th anniversary with them!
The special Speaker this year is pro-life actress Shari Rigby.
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1501 S Neil St,, Champaign, IL

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How Much? The evening is Free. There will be an opportunity to

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do so. Register by contacting Pastor Jason.
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Because we believe that abortion is one of the great

issues of our time and we want to fight it wherever,
and however we can. Therefore, every member and
attender of CEFCM is invited to attend this event!

Bridges is a curriculum developed by Crescent

Project that is meant to introduce Christians to
Islam and pave the way for building
relationships with the Muslims in your
community.
Christians have responded to Muslims in many
ways, but all too often, without the compassion
that characterized Jesus.Bridges seeks to
replace fear and intimidation with love and
gentle boldness, reshaping the way Christians
view and respond to their Muslim neighbors.
Bridges is one-of-a-kind because it focuses on
similarities, not differences. Christianity and
Islam are not the same, but they are similar.

You can learn how to take similar concepts in

Christianity and Islam, and build a bridge.
Bridges meets you where you are. The
teaching found in Bridges is easy to
understand even if you dont have much prior
knowledge of Islam. The material is also
valuable to those seeking to build on what they
already know about Muslims.
Bridges is practical and biblical. Bridges allows
you to gain biblical insight into Islamic history
and Muslim beliefs, while providing useful next
steps and stories that help you put the
teaching into practice.
When: Tuesday October 6th, 13th, 20th, and 27th
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6:30-7:45pm with Darla Wilson

Where: CEFCM Worship Center

Cost: $10 As always if the cost is an issue please
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come, attend and we will care for the cost.

mini
Prayer

Retreat

2 New Studies That Started September 20th

These two new studies are starting September 13th!
Sign up this Sunday at the church

Where: Lake in the Woods Park

When: October 17th 9am to 12pm
(Lunch provided afterwards)
We will be having our first mini
prayer retreat at Lake in the Woods
park where we will pray, seek God,
and together see what He is saying to
us. We will be using a book that
Pastor Jason and Jan Piasecki
recently read, Divine Strongholds
by Terry Terkyl.
If you would like a copy (encouraged)
please call the church office. The
donation is $10 per book. We will also
have some scheduled coffee times to
gather, pray and discuss the book.

New Members
This past Sunday Kay Elmer, the Helbling
Family (Dave and Laura), the Elliott Family
(Matt and Jamie) and the Vohs Family (Devon
and Sandi) attended the New Member
Luncheon and indicated their desire to become
members of CEFCM.
As listed in our bylaws, their names are to be posted to
the congregation for 2 weeks in the event that there is
something that the Elders missed as we discussed
membership with these families and individuals. If you
have a concern please contact one of the Elders.

Note: This report does not include $4,400.00 paid out for the
Architectural fees, and the first installment payment of
$20,000.00 for the Remodel project. There is a remaining $40$50,000 remaining on the project balance.

Weekly Bible
Reading
Sept
Sept
Sept
Sept

8th
9th
10th
11th

Matthew 23
Matthew 24
Matthew 25
Matthew 26

Sept 12th
Sept 13th
Sept 14th
Sept 15th

Matthew 27
Matthew 28
Mark 1
Mark 2