NEWSLETTER. Letʻs Just Do It. September 16, Valley Isle Fellowship Love God, Love His Church, Love His World

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1 Valley Isle Fellowship Love God, Love His Church, Love His World 1033 Waiale Road - PO Box 886 Wailuku, HI Phone: (808) Fax: (808) NEWSLETTER September 16, James 4:17 (NLT) 17 Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it. Sin is anything that displeases and breaks the heart of God. As Christians who love the Lord and who are striving to mature into people whose loving obedience will honor and glorify Him, we must do all that is within us to kill that nature within us that desires to sin. This passage in James is a really devastating passage to all of us. All of us are guilty of knowing what God desires us to do and then we simply decide not to do it, or we develop an elaborate scheme to rationalize not doing it. This passage of scripture clearly reveals to us that there is no escape and no justification for knowing and then not doing the will of God. Therefore, this article is entitled: Let s Just Do It. #1 Let us be determined to love and glorify our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Determined means that we have decided to focus all of our thoughts and energies on loving and obeying our Lord. It means that we realize that there might be obstacles and temptations that would distract and dissuade us, but in spite of them we are determined!!! Let s Just Do It also means that we will, #2 Immediately put into action all that the Lord reveals to us. Many times we are put into a situation of delayed obedience because we don t want to get God s timing wrong. However, Pastor Richard Smith (the founding Pastor of Valley Isle Fellowship) used to say, that delayed obedience is still disobedience. I totally agree with him with this one exception. That exception is that when the Lord specifically reveals to you another timing sequence. You must be one who is seeking to be totally obedient to all that we would reveal. However, the problem with most of Letʻs Just Do It Pastor Stephen Kaneshiro us is that we tend to drag our feet when we respond to the Lord. It is a much better personal strategy to immediately put into action obeying the Lord when He reveals His will to you. You then should speed up, slow down, or even stop whenever He reveals a more definitive plan of action. Many times that definitive plan of action is simply not going to be revealed if we are not moving ahead in loving obedience. Let s Just Do It also means that we will, #3 Leave the results in His hands. We will not worry about the results, but we will be excited about moving ahead to bring Jesus all the glory and honor that He deserves. Quite a few people are so worried about the results that it even prevents them from moving to even try to be obedient unto the Lord. So many people even are so afraid that they don t even want to take the risk of even attempting to do the right thing. I want to encourage you to study Matthew 25:14-46 and see what the Lord reveals to you. Let s Just Do it finally means that we will, #4 Be doers of the Word and not just hearers of the Word. Study James 1:19-27 and see what the Lord reveals to you. continued on next page IN THIS ISSUE: 1,2 Letʻs Just Do It 3,4 The Right Components of Discipleship (3 of 3) 2,4,6 Announcements 5 The Woodies Whereabouts 7 Missional Opportunities 8 From The Pastor Desk 9 VIF Calendar 10 Sermon Notes

2 Letʻs Just Do It Pastor Stephen Kaneshiro Dear people of Valley Isle Fellowship, I want to encourage you to rush to love the Lord and rush to bring glory and honor to Him. Rushing ahead with an excitement that honors the Lord will be a blessing to you and a blessing to those around you. We want to always be striving to love the Lord our God with all of our heart, mind, and soul. Loving Him and serving Him with all of our lives will move us all in the direction of Valley Isle Fellowship becoming a church that would glorify Jesus and lead others to faith in Him. As I write this article, Tropical Storm Olivia seems to be getting closer to Maui. Regardless of how bad or how minimal Olivia s impact may have been, we all need to Just Do It for the glory and honor of the Lord. Let s all be quick to act on His instructions to us in order to give Him all of the glory and honor that He deserves. God bless all of you! The Month of September is 2018 emphasis for Sue Nishikawa Offering for Hawaii Pacific Missions VIF Giving To Date $

3 The Right Components of Discipleship (Part Three of Three) Pastor Darren Sarmiento Discipleship Insights Discipleship is vital and foundational to our Church s health and growth. Every week I m going to share with you what I call Discipleship Insights. It will be articles that can help, encourage and keep us focused on being like Jesus and being disciples of Jesus. The Right Components of Discipleship Here are the final third component of quality discipleship. 3rd Component: Doing Ministry Together -3 - Pastor Darren Sarmiento Training your disciple in how to have a ministry involves more than simply talking about how great it would be to reach out to people who don t know Christ. Doing ministry together means planning outreaches together and actively sharing your faith with others. Look what Jesus did. He took His disciples and went throughout Galilee and Israel, ministering to people. He spoke to the masses; He healed; He cast out demons; He taught. For two and a half years, Jesus went about ministering, and He took the disciples with Him. When Paul challenged Timothy in Acts 16, he did not say, Timothy, let s hide away for three years. I ll teach you everything I know from the Old Testament, give you a crash course in theology, and then you ll be ready for ministry. Instead, Paul said, Timothy, just go with me, and Timothy joined Paul on his missionary journeys. Timothy learned how to have a ministry by hanging out with Paul. For you and your disciple, ministry may be talking with guys at the basketball court where you re playing hoops. Perhaps, it means showing your disciple how to talk about Jesus over a cup of coffee with her classmate. Maybe it s modeling to your disciple how to initiate with a person, build a rapport with them, and transition into the Gospel. Modeling ministry in these ways allows the disciple to see your heart for the lost. Four things happen when you are in ministry together. 1. Our view of God develops When you and your disciple are sharing your faith and following up with a survey contact, your disciple s view of God will grow because the Lord may just show up and that other person may come to Christ. You may have a great spiritual conversation, and your disciple walks away saying, Wow, that is cool! Look what God did! God shows up and works in someone s life when you re in ministry. Not when you sit around and talk about it, but when you get out and do it.

4 The Right Components of Discipleship (Part Three of Three) Pastor Darren Sarmiento 2. Compassion develops for the lost Compassion for lost people really develops when we re eyeball to eyeball with someone, hearing the hurt and pain in their life. Even when we meet someone whose life is all together, who is as happy as can be thinking science has all the answers and dismissing God as totally irrelevant, our compassion grows as we realize how lost he really is. 3. Our confidence that God will use us grows When you go out and share your faith over spring break, or on a summer mission, and you see God use you to bring someone to Christ. Or you simply have a great conversation during which the Holy Spirit gives you things to say. He leads you; He recalls Scripture to your mind, and recalls the answers to things you learned in the past. You walk away saying, Wow, God used even me! Confidence in God usually grows as you re involved in ministry. 4. Ministry builds vision and passion When disciples are out sharing their faith, it s all they can talk about. There s a passion, a zeal, an excitement. Because when you re discipling and getting involved in a ministry, the disciple is getting in on what God is doing, and that naturally brings excitement. As a discipler, you must love your disciple enough to model ministry in a way that prepares them, increases their confidence that God can use them, and helps them to develop true compassion for the lost. Healthy discipleship involves all three components building relationships, studying the Word of God, and doing ministry together. The challenge is to balance all three and periodically evaluate which component needs improvement. There is no perfect discipler. You learn to disciple by doing it. Building relationships and studying God s Word may be easy for you. Ministry is usually the most difficult because it means stepping out in faith and bringing another person along with you. But if we do not embrace all three, we rob people of the privilege of growing, of seeing God show up, of watching God work. Article taken from The Compass. Tim Henderson is the Campus Director at Penn State University and has authored or co-authored many of the Campus Ministry resources like Compass and The Community. Coffee Bar Ministry Come and fellowship (8 am - 9 am and 10:30 am - 11:30 am) We welcome your favorite dish to share - 4 -

5 What kind of difference do you think 1,500 people can make? This year God brought 1,500 new students to FLC! We are excited to kick-off the school year at FLC; expecting God to do big things for His kingdom! Rachael and I have spent much time with our team preparing for the school year. It s critical to meet as many students as we can. We have tabled, BBQ & games, met 300+ students doing surveys, rides to church, invites to Connect (weekly meeting), prayer & leadership meetings, 4 wheeling, hiking, climbing and following up with interested students to talk about Jesus. Daniel, student president of MPM on campus, has stepped up in many ways as a leader. Through all the prep and work needed to get crucial events and activities going, he has done excellent, not complaining once. Daniel shared some of his testimony with 30+ students at a BBQ we hosted on campus. Pray for Daniel as he balances growing in his faith with Jesus, school, leadership involvement and having fun. Daniel meeting new students Students at CONNECT Leadership Meeting It s been a busy month! By God s grace we are here to reach college students for Christ. We thank God for you, your encouragement, support, and prayers. We serve a God that is able to do far more than what we can think or imagine. Let His will be done! Prayer Request: meet good soil Christian students, energy for staff & student leaders, meeting & following up with students, Connect, bible studies to get going, more guys to get involved, boldly share Jesus, favor with school, build strong relationships with students Copyright 2018 Master Plan Ministries, All rights reserved. You are receiving this because you wanted to be updated on what God is doing in the Woodie s lives and ministry with Master Plan Ministries. Thank you! Our mailing address is: Master Plan Ministries PO Box 1082 Durango, CO

6 Announcements Trunk or Treat October 31st, 6-8 p.m. at Valley Isle Fellowship is a safe Halloween Alternative with Jesus for our community. For More information call Steffen Childcare Ministry Schedule Church Cleaning Schedule Week of Sept Team 4 Wendy I, Lynette K, Priscilla T, Amalia Jennifer R*, Paul R Week of Sept Team 5 Carol Sn, Makanani C, Josie Y*, Andy Sn, Steffen Y Week of October 4-6 Team 6 Hubert I*, Leslie T, Ernie P, David P, Chad K, Week of October Team 1 Yeiko E, Elaine Y, Teri C, Cecile H, Cathy D, Kenneth K, Lucille K* Today Sept 16 Team 4: Hawea R, Cheeng S, Jezra S, Joanne R. Sept 23 Team 1: Karen F, Kolbe F, Alysha F, Melanie F Sept 30 Team 2: Wendy C, Christine B, Vija B, Lauryn I October 7 Team 3: Francis C, Jaydee G, Jules G, Char C, Wayne S, Haua D. Volunteers Needed! Join a team to be part of this vital ministry caring for our little ones (on a rotation basis) during morning worship service. For more information, contact Josie or Steffen VIF *Key Monitor Sign-up on the back table to be a part of this ministry

7 MISSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES NAMB Missionary Spotlight: Catch The Vision Tour Catch The Vision are a two-day experience where pastors and key church leaders travel to a Send City to explore the city, meet church planters and see communities in need of a church plant. Pray for churches to develop a heart and passion for sending their people on mission. Pray for pastors to catch Godʻs vision for how their churches can be involved in reaching citites through church planting. Please pray for Lightcast Church to be an evangelizing and reproducing church, for total commitment of the church members in reaching out to the lost and in making disciples who are true followers of Jesus. International Mission Board Connecting in Prayer *Sub-Saharan African Unengaged Peoples Praise the Lord for what he is doing in response to your prayers for the Chinese of West Africa! In December, you were asked to pray for Jan,* and in April, you were asked to pray for Kim,* as both appeared to be very close to believing the message. During the Chinese New Year, Jan professed her belief and is now part of the family of God. She has been sharing her faith and inviting others to the group. Kim, a transient member of the group, returned to his homeland without having made a commitment. However, through a series of correspondence, we were able to connect him with a brother who met with him and give him a Bible. We have had five new Chinese come to the group at different times over the past several months, three of whom had never heard of Jesus. Please join us in praying for Jan as she grows in her faith, and ask that she will continue to be a bold witness to her friends. Pray for Kim to hunger for the Word and to desire to follow. Intercede for the visitors who come into the group, asking that they will be interested in learning more about Jesus. Thank you for your prayers. They are changing the world! (*name changed) PrayerConnect Connect with missionaries and chaplains by praying for them and their work, either through specific ministry prayer requests or on their birthdays Bruce Hendrich Mead, CO Bruce Hendrich is the church planter/pastor of Grandview Church in Mead, Colo. Saturday, September 8, will probably be Grandview Church s most significant Community Connection event of the year! The Lord has once again given us an incredible opportunity to GO to hundreds of people who have no plans to COME to church. Many gospel seeds will be sown as we serve our community in tangible ways on this day-long event. Pray we will have many gospel conversations and that the gospel seeds sown will bear fruit in the weeks and months ahead! Thank you for your prayerful partnership with us! John Loughlin Oak Creek, Wis. John Loughlin is the church planter/pastor of Ethnos Church in Wisconsin. Please pray for my wife, Holly, whose recovery from cancer surgery is being slowed by complications from cystic fibrosis. She is home now from the hospital but has a long recovery and further cancer treatment ahead of her. Please pray for me as I balance being a caregiver with ministry. Pray also for our daughter, M, who is starting school this week. - 7-

8 From The Pastors Desk Pastor Stephen Kaneshiro Evening Worship Service Notes for September 16, 2018 False Prophets I. False Prophets have been and will always be a reality. Deuteronomy 13:1-3 NLT; Ezekiel 13:1-7 NLT; Mark 13:22 HCSB; 2 Peter 2:1-3 NLT; and 1 John 4:1 NLT A. From the to the and even until. B. Their and are false (lies). C. They will lead you away from and into. II. Your shelter and protection. Deuteronomy 13:4 NLT A. only the Lord. B. only Him. C. Him. D. to Him. E. to Him. III. Our Part and God s Part. Deuteronomy 13:5-8 NLT; Ezekiel 13:8-9 NLT; and 1 John 4:1 NLT A. Our Part. 1. To. 2. To. 3. To. 4. Be. B. God s Part. 1. To and. 2. To. 3. To carry out. IV. A Final Word. Mark 13:22 HCSB and 2 Peter 2:1-3 NLT A. God will not be. B. His Word,, and will always be. September 16, 2018 PM Service - 8 -

9 Valley Isle Fellowship Calendar September :00 am- Worship Service 12:00 pm - Discipleship Meeting 17 6:30 pm - Prayer Meeting 19 6:30 pm - Youth Night 23 9:00 am- Worship Service 24 6:30 pm - Prayer Meeting 26 6:30 pm - Youth Night 30 9:00 am- Worship Service - Ordinance of Lordʻs Supper October :30 pm - Prayer Meeting 3 6:30 pm - Youth Night 5 5:00 pm - MOvinG Men of God Menʻs Ministry 7 9:00 am- Worship Service 8 6:30 pm - Prayer Meeting 10 6:30 pm - Youth Night 14 9:00 am- Worship Service 12:00 pm - Trustees Meeting 15 6:30 pm - Prayer Meeting 17 6:30 pm - Youth Night HPBC Womens Retreat Puu Kahea 21 9:00 am- Worship Service 12:00 pm - Discipleship Meeting Valley Isle Fellowship 1033 Waiale Rd., PO Box 886, Wailuku, HI ph: (808) vifoffice@vifmauihawaii.com - SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE Worship Service - 9:00 am Sunday School - 10:30 am * * * * * Senior Pastor Stephen Kaneshiro cell: (808) icastephen@gmail.com Associate Pastor Darren Sarmiento cell: (808) darrens@vifmauihawaii.com SUNDAY EVENING SERVICE Worship/Study 6:00 pm - 9-

10 Living in Genuine Faith Pastor Stephen Kaneshiro James 1:19-27 NLT I. Must deal with. James 1:19-20 NLT A. Addressed to. B. You must a. II. Must deal with all. James 1:21 NLT A. Deal with it by. B. yourself to God and His Word. C. God s Word is. III. and. James 1:22-24 NLT A. Good hearing. B. and are critical. C. can turn you into a. D. enhanced by. IV. Faith. James 1:25-27 NLT A. The Perfect Law. B. The and of the Word is possible only if you do what it says. C. Application of the Word produces. D. Example 1. can t control your tongue =. 2. helping the helpless =