THIS WEEK - August 7-13 Sunday 9:00 am Worship / Communion 10:30 am Sunday School Tuesday 9:00 am Staff Meeting Wednesday 7:45 pm Worship Team Practice NEXT WEEK - August 14-20 Sunday 9:00 am Worship 10:30 am Sunday School Tuesday 9:00 am Staff Meeting 6:30 pm Awana Ministry Conference - Galesburg Wednesday 7:45 pm Worship Team Practice Thursday 6:00 pm Elder Meeting Friday Noon TORCH Items Due to Office Sermon Coming Next Week - Tear Downs & Trash Talk.James 4:11-12 Save the Dates: First AWANA Club night! - August 31 st, 2016 6:00-7:30 pm Volunteers are appreciated!! Today - No Children s Church August 14th - P & A Benevides Nursery Workers 9:00 am J Mettlin / OPEN 10:30 am M & D Carlson 2 & 3 Year Old Class Workers 9:00 am N Hatfield / K Johnston 10:30 am La Reddick / E Kayser An Evangelical Free Church of America Box 25, Osco, IL 61274 309-522-5561 Paul Henschel Senior Pastor Cell (920-857-7989) PHenschel@oscochurch.org Paul Benevides Assoc. Pastor Cell (309-236-7697) PBenevides@oscochurch.org Tony Spranger Youth Pastor Cell (309-236-6812) TSpranger@oscochurch.org Office office@oscochurch.org Homepage- www.oscochurch.org Office Hours Monday - Friday 9am-2pm *Please note that public testimonies & interviews may appear on our weekly podcast.* August 7, 2016 To Know Him To Make To Share Him Known His Love *Hearing Assistance Devices available at the Sound Booth for your convenience.*
Youth Mission Report & Pastor Spranger preaching August 7th, 2016 Are you ready for some football? We are starting up a Fantasy Football league here at Osco! Open to adults and high school students. Space is limited to the first 28 people so be sure to sign up soon at the Welcome Center. Stay tuned for the date of our live draft event (Note: Must be present at the live draft to participate)! Sign up closes August 14th. Thank you to everyone who donated to the Shoes for Orphans Souls drive. We had 29 pairs of shoes, 74 pairs of socks, and $80 donated toward shipping. - C Kappelman Coming Elder Transition Please be in prayer for our elders, both present and future. Tom Case s time of serving will be up at the end of this year and Ken Bowen and Jeff Padgett will complete their terms at the end of 2017. Please thank these men for their service and be in prayer for them and for God to raise up others to serve as well.
Fellowship Time - Join us for a time of coffee & conversation in the fellowship hall immediately following the morning worship service. Sunday School then starts at 10:30am. There is a class for everyone! Youth Group - Adult Topics: N Juenger - A Life That Matters (Part 2) By Ron Hutchcraft (To Make Him Known) L Roach - Cults: Mormonism & Jehovah s Witness (To Make Him Known) P Warren - Carnal Christians/What does scripture say? (To Know Him) Welcome Center/ Website Updates - New issues of Acts & Facts are available at the Welcome Center. Check out the website at www.oscochurch.org for updated sermons and copies of this week s bulletin to download. Copies of the TORCH are available online or at the Welcome Center. AWANA Ministry Conferences August 16th - Bethel Baptist Church 1196 N Academy St, Galesburg, IL 6:30-9:00 pm 309-342-3166 August 23rd - Edgewood Baptist Church 2704 38th St, Rock Island, IL 6:30-9:00 pm 309-786-7913 If you currently help with AWANA, or would like to, this is for you... For more information, please see J Perry. For grades 6th through 12th Today - No Evening Activities - Our leaders are taking some vacation time before the Fall season starts. Upcoming dates: August 14th - No Evening Activities August 21st - Pool Party at Valley View in Cambridge - 5 to 8 pm Pastor s Prayer Partners - Today: D Rehn and N Juenger August 14th: L Roach and K Bowen Osco Women s Ministry Fall Bible Study - Registration begins today and will run through August 28th in the downstairs foyer. Cost for the member study book will be $16.00. We will using Beth Moore s study of Esther. This nine week study will run from Monday, September 12 - Monday, November 14. The Bible Study will be offered from 9-11 am or 6:30-8:15 pm. Childcare will be needed for Monday mornings. Osco Men s Fall Bible Study How do we as Christians faithfully respond to a rapidly changing culture around us? On Saturday, Sept 17, at 8:30 AM we will be starting a six week video bible study using Russell Moore s book, Onward: Engaging the Culture without Losing the Gospel. Come and learn how the kingdom of God sets our priorities as believers and gives us perspective on cultural issues. Registration begins August 14 in the downstairs foyer. Cost for a study book is $13.00. Looking Ahead: TORCH Items Due to Office - Friday, August 19th - Noon Just a reminder that we cannot guarantee space if TORCH information is sent in after the deadline. Join us for a special time of prayer as a church on Sunday, August 21 st, in the fellowship hall and gym during the Sunday school hour. Our normal adult Sunday school classes will be canceled for this special time of focused corporate prayer. Attention all Awana leaders, Sunday school teachers, and children s church leaders: We will be having a mandatory training meeting on August 24 at 6:00 PM in the fellowship hall. Please plan on attending this important meeting as we launch into the new year and cover some key changes happening in our children s ministries. Please let Pastor Tony or the church office know if you will not be able to attend. Secret Sisters Reveal Luncheon has been scheduled for Saturday, August 27 th at 11:00 am in the Fellowship Hall. The lunch will be potluck style. If your last name begins with A-F, bring a salad or fruit; G-N, bring a main dish; O-Z, bring an appetizer. Dessert and refreshments will be provided. If you have any questions, please see B Vedvik. 2016 ELDER BOARD Ken Bowen Tom Case Larry Roach (Scripture Reader) Jeff Padgett Paul Henschel - Teaching Elder/Pastor
PLEASE PRAY FOR: The family of J (S Janson s brother) as they grieve his loss. B Vincent (M Vincent s brother) - Diagnosed with liver/pancreatic cancer, has begun chemotherapy. J Zahm - Recovering from a heart attack and surgery. C Long (Padgett s niece) - 36 yrs old, having chemo for breast cancer. J - Recovering from eye surgery. R (L Padgett s uncle) - Recovering from heart surgery. PEOPLE IN THE MILITARY - A Wallace-Marines, San Diego, CA J Brossart-Air Force, Texas E Wallace-Navy, Persian Gulf B Brossart-Air Force, Texas ONGOING NEEDS D Moody P DeMay M Turpin (L. Roach s friend ) B (Vincent family) A (Mettlin s granddaughter) L (Bowen family) P (J. Kohr s sister) J Hartman (Vincent family) K Perry PEOPLE BATTLING CANCER L (W & J Allen s granddaughter) D Wallace J Morgan (Vincent family) R Swanson D Solomonson Missionaries of the Month Corey & Emilie Munsell Global Partners - Albania Dick & Terry Grady OC International Missionaries Current letters for our missionaries can be found on our website, www.oscochurch.org.
August Birthdays M Nilsson 1 R Hoste 2 L Britt 2 P DeMay 2 J Schlenzen 4 P Warren 5 A Wallace 5 E Morgan 10 K Perry 10 P VanValkenburg 13 E Wallace 14 J Johnston 15 J Spranger 15 P Benevides 16 L Parry 19 T Snook 20 T Akers 20 E Wells 21 R Vedvik 21 M Hagerman 22 C Wells 23 R Reddick 24 A White 26 J Hoste 27 H Ames 28 B York 29 J Parry 29 August Anniversaries K & J Bowen 9 W & C Snook 9 Z & C Downing 12 D & L Uhlry 16 A & V Sloan 23 C & M York 25 R & L Britt 26