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From The Pastor
NOVEMBER 1-2-3
Three major events take place this
month. The first is our National,
State and Local Elections.
This pastor can't say enough
about getting the right people in
office. If this election is not a turn
around for our country
politically, economically
and spiritually, we may
be at the point of no return in the worst way.
.
Our second event is Veterans Day. No one could
be any more proud of
their Veterans of military
service in war and in
peace time, than this nation.
When I think of the French throwing in the towel in World War II,
hardly before Hitler fired a shot, &
when I think of Iraqi's taking off
their military uniforms when a
much smaller band of people like
ISIS came; leaving their wives,
daughters and sons to be butchered, I shudder at the cowardice.
Americans of all wars past have
shown the greatest bravery, resolve, tenacity and compassion in
war, than any army that I can
think of. Our salute goes to our
American Veterans.
Thirdly, it's almost Thanksgiving
Day. Thanksgiving Day is the only
holiday without presents, glitter
and selfish deeds attached. At
Thanksgiving we just stop and
reflect on God's goodness
to us as a nation, a family and society. I love it.
I know Veterans Day will
roll around again and we
will never forget them.
The
same
goes
for
Thanksgiving. I believe it
will always be a great
day, especially for believers. But we really need to be concerned about our first event approaching us; the election. Let us
pray for good men and women to
fill our offices of government. Satan has made too many in-roads.
Let us be able to say, without arrogance and shame; God Bless
America again.
James E. Hagan
Senior Pastor
719-574-3155
[email protected]
The Thanksgiving Project
Many families in our community won’t have a
Thanksgiving Dinner without YOUR help. Here
are some suggestions for food donations to be dropped off here or @ Mercy’s Gate: frozen
turkeys, stuffing, cranberry sauce, rolls, butter, pies, whipped cream, olives, pickles, canned
vegies, yams, potatoes, canned gravy, etc. These items will be combined and distributed
through Mercy’s Gate as Family Meals. Another option is to go online and fill out their
donation form: http://www.mercysgatecs.org/holidays/the-thanksgiving-project/
Mercy's Gate provides a variety of assistance year-round, including help with rent, medical,
legal, utilities and, of course, food. Grocery store cards are also appreciated & if donating
by check, make it to Friendship Assembly, please, and put Mercy’s Gate in the memo.
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Shirley Stees
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Gerry Downer
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Dan & Joyce Javorsek
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Tom Beach
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Marcy Rodriguez
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Margaret Austin
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Rylan Gobble
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Karina Hunt
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Josh Sanchez
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Jordan Harrison
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Velmarie Kotwica
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Vanessa Lenn
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Christine Owino
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Nathan Grant
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Karin Clack
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Paul & Frances Johnson
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Edgar & Ruth McElhannon
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Joey DeCarlo
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Stan & Pat Tuchrello
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Willie Arevalo
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Alex Torresvalle
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H. Wayne & Kitty Williams
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YOUR NUMBER
PLEASE . . .
To provide the Office with your
new information or updates
please use one of the green
cards from the seat pocket. You
may drop it in the offering plate
or foyer offering box.
MERGE Family Ministry
Happy Thanksgiving, Merge Family!
We are excited to begin a new series during our Sunday
morning class at 10am starting on November 9th. Pastor
Brad will be teaching “Thanksgiving in the Life of a Believer” and will be going through the book of Philippians.
We are continuing with the Leviticus series and how the
Old Covenant correlates to the New Covenant during our
Wednesday evening service at 7pm.
Thank you to all who came to The Art of Marriage seminar
in October! We are planning to make this a yearly event
and we look forward to impacting even more marriages at
the next seminar. We also had a great turnout (32) for the
Family Pizza & Movie Night. We will do this again in the
future.
The Merge Family Sports Nights are back and we hope you
can join us for the next one on November
15th at the Garden Ranch YMCA from 79pm. Bring the entire family and invite
your friends for a great time of volleyball
and basketball. Donations are appreciated
to help with the rental of the facility –
thank you!
We are so proud to announce that over the
last several months, you have raised
enough money to liberate six Christian
slaves in the Sudan, support Sarah's Home
in Calhan and contribute to Springs Rescue Mission with
your generous offerings! Praise the Lord!
Feel free to contact Pastor Brad or Tierney with any prayer
requests, praise reports, or questions and God bless!
Pastor Brad & Tierney
FRIENDSHIP BOARD
Ernie Austin Dave Holm
Lynne LeFevre
Larry Redmond David Weihrich
Feel free to call on these “pastor’s helpers” if you have questions about the
church or need prayer while Pastor
Hagan is away on the Missions Trip.
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Music & Media Ministry
You are without a doubt the most wonderful group of people I've had the pleasure of working with. In particular I would
like to thank Sherryl Reeder who has been
so helpful. Many events owe part of their
success to her faithful contributions. So thank you,
Sherryl Reeder!! Our rehearsals are lots of fun and always productive and the fellowship is good medicine.
This month I give thanks to God who has brought us
all together and who has richly blessed my life by
bringing our family to yours! We are already hashing
out parts for Christmas, and if you know of a fun, upbeat song that is Christ-centered for Christmas, please
let me know about it.
Also, remember that if you know of someone who's
musical talents could be used
here at Friendship, please di- Pastor James Kressman
rect them to me.
[email protected]
Refuge Student Church
The holiday season is here, Refuge church! Thank
you to all who came to the Outreach Concert – we
had a great time with our good friend, Genesis! We
hope you will join us on Sunday nights at 6pm
downstairs for fellowship, a time of worship, and
the finishing of the “Jesus According to John” series
with Pastor Brad.
We are putting together a Christmas performance
in combination with Kid's Church for Sunday, December 14th, and if you would like to participate,
see Pastor Brad or Tierney for the details.
We would like to say how proud we are of you,
teens: you raised over $300 for Sarah's Home over
the last several months! We have now shifted our
focus to support WEM (Whispering Eagle Ministries)
and their mission to the orphans in the Congo and
are excited to see how much we can raise for this
awesome ministry.
Pastor Brad and Tierney are here for you and you
can contact them with any questions, concerns, or
prayer requests. Be sure to invite
your friends to all of our services
and events and God bless!
Pastor Brad and Tierney
[email protected]
Friendship News
Keenagers (ages 50 & “wiser”)
Hello, Keenagers!
It's almost Thanksgiving time again.
We've just finished with some great
events including our tour of Bishop's
Castle & our tour of Fall Colors that took
us to Helen Hunt Falls and up Pikes Peak.
We also had a great time with our Fruit
Bowling Potluck event and the Annual
Quilt & Craft Fair. Remember that November 1st our church will host a southern gospel concert with the Down East
Boys at 7pm. Later in the month, we will
have our time of Nursing Home ministry
and a great time bowling (this time using
real bowling balls, not fruit.) Please come
join us and have a blessed time of celebrating the goodness of
God during this month of
ThanksPastor James Kressman
giving!!
[email protected]
We had another great time at the Men’s
Breakfast in October. There were 33 men
in attendance. Great, big THANK YOU to
David Wagner for a great meal :) :) We
started listening to a message on CD by
E.K. Bailey on Hosea, WOW! Join us for
Part 2 at the November 1st breakfast,
8:00am. Hope to see you there.
1st John 4:7-8
Lorenzo Grant, Coordinator
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PRAYER
TIMES
Devote a little time before Sunday Evening Service to pray for
our missionaries and for fellow
believers who are being persecuted in other countries, beginning at 5:30pm
in the Sanctuary.
There is also Ladies’ Prayer Meeting
on Tuesday mornings at 10:00am.
Royal Rangers ~ Outpost 141
Rangers, get your
aim ready, the annual Turkey Shoot is
Saturday November
15th, 8AM – 2PM. Rangers will experience
archery, BB gun, paintball, ATV rides, and
knife & ‘hawk. Lunch will be included @
$10.00 per boy. The event is at Restoration
Church, 9355 Peaceful Valley Rd, Colorado
Springs, CO 80925. Parents must drop off
and pick up boys at Restoration. Registration Form required with drop off. Contact
any Ranger Commander for additional information.
ROYAL RANGERS meets weekly on Wednesday
nights at 7:00pm. There are groups for young men
Kindergarten through Seniors in high school. Periodic campouts and activities are announced at Outpost
Meetings
on
Wednesdays.
David Weihrich
Senior Commander
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Girls Clubs
Women’s Ministries
If you would like to get involved with
Women’s Ministries please consider one of
our many areas:
Heart to Heart ~ we meet for fellowship, fun,
and of course getting together with our girl
friends. We all need some girl time some
times. All ladies are welcome. Any questions contact Connie
Shackelford at 387.4022
Ladies’ Prayer ~ Tuesdays at 10:00am in the Sanctuary
Helping Hands ~ might be the place for you if helping people is
your thing. We help God’s people in their time of need. We carry
food to them after surgery or after hospitalization and such.
Please contact Alice Garibay at 391.1178 for details.
Harvester's Circle ~ ON A BREAK UNTIL JANUARY & makes
quilts and crafts for sale to sponsor Missions! Any questions,
please call or see Ruth, 574-5877.
ALABASTER WOMEN ~ Meets quarterly;
contact Bonnie Holm for details, 382-9870
The Little Scrappers ~ Join us Thursday,
November 20th at 6:30pm. Bring ANY
crafts that you are working on. Scrapbooking demonstrations available; contact Con- Connie Shackelford
Coordinator
nie Shackelford for more details.
In September, GM held our Annual
Sleepover. 20 girls attended and
what a great time we had! Our
theme this year was "Explore
China" and our Coins For Kids project was "China Orphan Care". We held a contest to raise
money for this project and we would like to congratulate
all of the girls, for having raised $360! Our top givers
were: 1st - Reyna James, 2nd - Jillian Dunnagan, 3rd Mary Zappitelli. I would like to give a special thank you
to all the ladies who made this night a huge success:
Marisela Delgado, Judy Poplawski, Patty Addis, Leah
Hunter, Glory Zapitelli, Cassandra Hiller, Erin James, &
Kim Chairez! What an awesome bunch. Thank you all for
your hard work (and lack of sleep.) Most importantly,
during our time of worship and devotion, 6 of our
girls came to know the Lord and 2 rededicated themselves!! It just doesn't get any better than that.
October - As of this time of printing, our GM Sponsors
are looking forward to volunteering at our annual Harvest Festival. We are ready, Sister
Ann!
November - on the 29th, our girls and
sponsors will be bring Christmas baskets to our shut-ins. If you would like
to donate items for these baskets,
please see me or any of our sponsors.
MEETING
WEDNESDAYS
~ 7:00pm ~
Ages 3—12th grade
Penny Kressman
GM Coordinator
Southern Gospel’s
DOWN EAST BOYS
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1st ~ 7:00 pm
Doors open at 6:00
First Come,
First Seated
Love Offering Recieved
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Kids’ Church
HARVEST FESTIVAL
Thank you to all who volunteered their time, talent and finances to make
our 2014 Harvest Festival a great success (by faith.) More on this in December as the event has not happened as of this edition’s printing.
JUNIOR BIBLE QUIZ
Our competitive Junior Bible Quiz Teams are working hard and have
done very well at the matches so far. Meanwhile, it is my vision that all
of our Kids' Church kids learn all of the material, even if they don't care
to compete. JBQ lays a spiritual foundation for right reasoning for a lifetime.
Competitive or not, kids can have fun learning excellent Bible Trivia
every Sunday during evening service by joining our awesome head
coaches, Ken and Amanda Fauska, as we creatively memorize through
fun and games.
5th Sunday Extravaganza
It’s that time again when we celebrate all the hard work the Kids have
put in on SCRIPTURE MEMORIZATION!!! Come and enjoy pizza, popcorn
and a Christian Video on Sunday Night, November 30th in the KC Room
after Praise & Worship!
CHRISTMAS IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER
~!~SAVE THE DATE~!~
Kids' Church Christmas Performance
December 14, 2014 ~ 6:00 pm
Rehearsals will begin in November for our Kids’ Christmas Program to be presented Sunday Evening, December 14th. Kids’
Church is joining forces with REFUGE Youth to have a variety of
skits, songs and other productions to celebrate and honor the
birth of our Lord Jesus. Check with your kids to be sure that they
practice their parts, all kids will have one. Attendance at Kids'
Church is very important and helpful so that we may
produce a quality program. :-)
The
Grounded
Café
Come visit us
downstairs in the
Fellowship Hall
OPEN Sundays and
Wednesdays to quench
your thirst and satisfy
your sweet tooth. We offer Frappuccinos, fruit
smoothies, glassbottled sodas, teas,
snacks, candy, and
more. All proceeds go
to the teens of Friendship Assembly. Thank
you!
We accept cash and
debit cards – all proceeds go to support the
Refuge Student Church.
Thank you!
Ann Campos, K.C. Director
[email protected]
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Friendship News
Sunday School
Giving Thanks for YOU!
Dear Teachers, Substitute Teachers and spouses,
you are invited to an Appreciation Luncheon on
Saturday, November 15th at 12:00 to 2:00 pm. It
will be downstairs in the Fellowship Hall and we
will provide sandwiches and drinks! Please sign-up
in the foyer so we know how many are attending
and if you would like to bring a dessert too! This
will be a good time of fellowship!
Thanksgiving blessings to you,
Willie & Sara
Classes for all ages!
Adult Classes available:
MERGE Young Adults: “Thanksgiving in the Life of a Believer” (B-4)
Pathfinders, Adult 2: Spiritual Growth (E3 & E4)
Adult 3: D E C I S I O N S (B-3)
Women’s, Adult 4: Living A Life of Balance (1-A)
Proverbs, Adult 5: Book of Proverbs (1-E)
Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should
go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Willie & Sara Arevalo
Sunday School Coordinators
NOVEMBER 2014
The Church Calendar is available on the home page of our website: www.friendshipag.net
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FRIENDSHIP ASSEMBLY OF GOD
3685 New Center Point
Colorado Springs, CO 80922
Phone: (719) 574-3155
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.friendshipag.net
Office Hours: Tuesday-Friday,
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
SUNDAY SERVICE TIMES:
*Sunday Early Morning Worship, 8:30 am
Kids’ Church (ages 3-12) meets after praise and worship
*Sunday School, 10:00 am
*Sunday Regular Morning Worship, 10:45 am
Kids’ Church (ages 3-12) meets after praise and worship
*Sunday Evening Service, 6 pm
Refuge Youth Church, 6 pm
Kids’ Church (ages 6-12) meets after praise and worship
WEDNESDAY FAMILY NIGHT ACTIVITIES:
*Adult Bible Study, 7:00 pm
*MERGE Bible Study, 7:00 pm
Diving Deep (High School), 7:00 pm
Girls Ministries, 7:00 pm
Royal Rangers, 7:00 pm
*Attended Nursery is Available; ages newborn-36 months.
* CRY ROOM is available for parents training children to stay in
the service and is located at the rear of the Sanctuary.
Online Giving Option:
https://friendshipag.generush.org/