August 27, 2013 Visitors are important to us!! Garden City Church of the Nazarene 2720 N. Campus Drive Garden City, KS 67846 (620)275-4278 Our Staff: Rev. Tim Fields (Senior Pastor) pastor@gcnaz.com Rev. Jamie Johnson Youth Pastor youth@gcnaz.com Rev. Phil Marquet Children s Pastor & Worship Leader kids@gcnaz.com Office Amy Stoddard office@gcnaz.com A Huge Thank You! Our Momentum Youth Ministry wishes to thank everyone who came out to support our booth at Tumbleweed Festival. Your support is a blessing! Labor Day Holiday Weekend In observation of Labor Day, we are postponing all evening activities and services on Sunday, Sept 1 and our office will be closed on Mon, Sept 2. Enjoy the time connecting and building relationships with your family and friends. Momentum Youth and Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo Golf Outing Sat, Sept 21 Golfers, Sponsors, Donations Needed Contact Pastor Jamie ASAP 805-1867 or youth@gcnaz.com Stepping Up: A Call to Courageous Manhood Sat, Sept 7 @ 8am We are excited to be the host site for an upcoming video seminar event for Men! This one day seminar combines small-group discussion and personal reflection to bring home truths to the participants. The sessions hosted by Dennis Rainey (Family Life) focus on defining manhood, living courageously, building a life of faith, and stepping up to lead. We encourage men of all ages to join us. For info: John Hamm 620-640-8195. Make a Joyful Noise! Join Choir Practice Resumes Sun, Sept 15 See Terry Alexander for more info or to join today!
New Adult Sunday School Discipleship Classes Start Sept 1st. We encourage you to prayerfully search for the one that speaks to your heart and join us! Should you have any questions, please do no hesitate to see Jeff Crist, SS Superintendent. We look forward to seeing you at 9:30am Sundays as we grow together in God s Word. Our Heritage This Holiness class follows our Dotrinal Beliefs with material from our Nazarene Publishing House. We enjoy a great fellowship with our classmates as we seek to live Holy lives pleasing to God. The class discussion is led by Jim Mills. We invite you to join us! Life Applications based on Life Lessons: Romans by Max Lucado Romans teaches us to stand firm on the fundamentals of God s truth and gives us tools to deal with life s issues that don t always go according to our plan. Join Don Linville for this lively round table discussion group. The Circle Maker by Mark Batterson Join Rod Willis to learn to pray in a new way by drawing prayer circles around your dreams, family, problems, and most importantly, God s promises. In the process, you ll discover this life changing truth: God Honors Bold s; Bold s Honor God. Dream Big. Pray Hard. Think Long. Knowing God Join Curtis Coombs in this class as we seek to grow closer in our daily walk with Jesus by examining the Bible closely and applying the teachings to our daily lives. Be part of our great discussion and coffee hour. Connecting 101 - Church Information Class Do you have questions on our heritage, doctrinal beliefs and our local church vision? This is the class for you! Join Pastor Tim in a relaxed atmosphere where you can find the information you are seeking. *Please Note: This class is required for full membership at GCN. Crib Shower for Mike & Breanna Sauerwein Sept 1 - Sept 15 Please leave your cards and gifts in the crib in the foyer. Thank you. Comfort Keepers Meets Mon, Sept 9th. Calling all quilters, knitters and those who like to crochet: you are invited to join us! We are always looking for new people. We meet at Wanda Casper s home: 1507 E. Johnson St. Call Mary Wilson @ 640-1958 or Wanda Casper @ 805-5000 for details. Ladies Bible Study begins Sept 17, 18, 19th. Sign up at the Welcome Center now. Books are $14ea. Grab a friend and join us for this 7 week video based study! Call the office for details: 275-4278 Enchilada Fund Raiser Get your enchiladas! Women s Ministry is gearing up to make well over 100 dozen Sept 12-14. How many are you getting? They are $15/doz and freeze easily making for a quick dinner in a pinch. This fund raiser helps our women s council reach out to the ladies in the church as well as various agencies in town. We appreciate your support. Contact Dorothy Willis with questions: 276-3413. Extra Mile Run/Walk 7am Sat, Sept 14th Come out for this family friendly event at GCN. Pre-registration is now available (see flyers at the welcome center or contact Dallas Crist.) To learn more about the Extra Mile Run, please visit: SWFTR facebook page or email: theextramilerun@gmail.com
Pastor Phil and family are on vacation this week. Please be in prayer for safe journeys and fun, relaxed time! With Pastor Phil away this Weds, we need all hands on deck to ensure our Weds evening runs smoothly. Thank you to all our volunteers and helpers. We appreciate you! Those Serving This Sunday, Sept 1: Toddler Nursery: Amy Ball and Julissa Hinojos Infant Nursery: Sable Eackles Hello GCN Family! HUGE thank you to all of the teens and parents who came out to help with and those who came out to the Tumbleweed Festival and eat at our booth! We had a great turn out and representation from our church and group. We also were able to connect and meet several new students and people from the community. Thank you once again. Through events like these we look forward to expanding our reach little by little. Hopefully through that, we reach another person, and that life can be changed and transformed by the Holy Spirit! We are not doing things to become popular, better attended, or make money... we ultimately are attempting to effectively reach out to those who are lost and hurting. We thank you for that opportunity! This weekend we will not be having small groups on Sunday evening due to Labor day weekend and no church on Sunday evening. It's a family night! Please note: Quiz Practice will take place at 9:15am! Be studying Romans 2 and your new memory verses! Our next outreach event is Sept. 13th here at the church. We will be hosting a 5th quarter after the Home football game at the High School. If you are interested in attending please do so! We also are promoting the Extra Mile Run on Sept. 14th. which is also going to be hosted here at our church. Dallas Crist has all of the details and sign-up forms. If you would be interested in participating in this event (either through running or walking) please sign-up! All ages are welcome to join! Our Teen Quizzers will have their first quiz meet of the year on Sept 14 in Hutchinson. We are excited about this season as we have many 1st time quizzers and several that have returned. Please be in prayer for their growth as they dig in, explore, and memorize God s Word. Youth Leaders!! This Wednesday we have our monthly meeting at 6:10-6:45in the board room. Please plan on being there if you can. Club 52 members! Thank you for your continued prayers and support! We will be continuing our discussion this week about Brokenness and how God works in the midst of our brokenness. Would you please be in prayer with me these next few weeks over our teens hearts and their openness to understanding God's comfort and finding transformation through brokenness and trust in Him. Thank you once again! To Life! Jamie
Fall Session Starts Tues, Sept 10 We meet Tuesdays @ 7pm DivorceCare seminars and support groups are led by people who understand what you are going through and want to help. If this is your 1st time attending, we invite you to join Penny German in our regular DivorceCare class. For those who are returning for further encouragement and support, please join Moving Forward. We are very excited to be offering DC4K for the 1st time. This is a support group specifically for children of divorce ages 5-12. Pre-arranged child care will be available for children up to 4 years old. This is an outreach ministry so please let your friends, family or co-workers who you believe can benefit from these connect groups know. Contact Penny: 620-430-7653 or pforpahl@hotmail.com Mark your calendars and save the dates! Now-Sept 8 - Women s Ministry Enchilada Fundraiser Sale Now - Women s Fall Bible Study Sign-Ups Sept 1-15 - Crib Shower for the Sauerweins Sept 7 - Stepping Up Men s Retreat Event @ GCN Sept 9 - Comfort Givers Sept 10 - Women s Ministry Meeting Sept 10 - Divorce Care Fall Session Starts Sept 13-5th Quarter (Teen Event) after the football game Sept 14 - Extra Mile Run/Walk Sept 14 - Teen Quiz at Hutchinson 1st Church Sept 17 - Military Ministry Meeting Sept 17, 18, 19 - Ladies Bible begin Sept 20-21 - Creative Sisters Crafting Weekend Sept 21 - Momentum Youth Golf Outing Sept 27 - Children s Quiz Practice Party Sept 28 - Children s Quiz at GCN Oxymorons & Questions to Ponder: 1. If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know? 2. Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack? 3. Why does slow down and slow up mean the same thing? 4. Why do tug boats push their barges? 5. Why do we sing Take me out to the ball game when we are already there? 6. Why are a wise man and a wise guy opposites? 7. Why do overlook and oversee mean opposite things? 8. If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting? 9. Why do guys press harder on the remote control when they know the batteries are dead? 10. Why doesn t glue stick to the inside of the bottle? 11. Why does fat chance and slim chance mean the same? Need to leave a message? 620-275-4278 Use the following extensions: 200 -- Amy Stoddard 202 -- Pastor Tim 203 -- Pastor Jamie 204 -- Pastor Phil Church of the Nazarene 2720 N. Campus Dr. Garden City, KS 67846 Tel: (620) 275-4278 Fax: (620) 275-8476 Email: office@gcnaz.com - Amy pastor@gcnaz.com - Pastor Tim youth@gcnaz.com - Pastor Jamie kids@gcnaz.com - Pastor Phil av@gcnaz.com - AV team web@gcnaz.com - for information to be added to the website Fellowship meal Wednesday @ 6pm $2/person $10 max/family BBQ Meat Balls Join us for dinner and Bible There is a place for you to Connect, Grow, and Serve Wednesday Schedule: Momentum Youth: time 6:00-6:15 Kidz Connection: 7pm Fellowship Hall Adult Bible Study: meets in the sanctuary @ 7pm James 2 is the study for Aug 21 Momentum Youth Weds Celebration 6:45pm meet upstairs Please join us for our Weds evening activities! It s not the same without you!
August Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Transfiguration 6am Men's 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 6am Men's Assumption Day 10:45am Greg Hager - Concert 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 6am Men's 7pm Creative Sister's Craft Night 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 6am Men's 18. Chris Hands 18. John Mathews 18. Lindsey Alexander 18. Val Ves 4. Connar Younkman 20. Wyatt Clark 2. Lynn & Penny German 4. Terry Miller 21. Matthew Fields 11. Robert & Delilah Aguilar 5. Jayden Main 21. Seth Alexander 13. Steve & Wanda Parr 7. Skylar Younkman 22. Ashlynn Bradley 23. Tim & Brenda Fields 8. Donis Woods 22. Tim Fields 27. Tony & Vickie Marroquin 10. Arleta Humbolt 22. Tim Sturdevant 28. Matt & Amy Stoddard 10. Don Patrick 26. Brendan Stoddard 12. Amy Ball 26. Penny Johnson 13. Kara Goad 27. Eldon Alexander 13. Sherri Weippert 30. Rod Willis 15. Cody Richardson 17. Mary Wilson