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Wednesday 8/27
6:00pm


Thursday 8/28
Worship Practice 7:00pm

Saturday 8/30
Mens Breakfast 7:00am

Sunday 8/31
Christian Education 9:30am
Womens Study Group
EFCA Statement of Faith
Childrens Church 10:45am
Worship Gathering 10:45am
Tom and Lynn Suchy will be
joining us sharing a message
formed through their ministry
in Mongolia. Dont miss it!
August 27th
Featuring Christian Recording Artists:
Christian Recording Artists with a Passion for Israel:
There will be a love offering
taken at the benet.
100% of the proceeds of this
event go to HaEmek Medical
center in Afula to help with the
treatment, and care of children
affected by landmine and missle
attacks.
Your support, prayers, and
generosity will make a
difference!
Be sure to tune in to 89.3,
103.9,102.5, and 97.1 FM at
7:32am/7:32pm, August 25-29
to hear interviews, and live
performances by the artists!
AUGUST 31st
6:00-8:00pm
Next Weekend.....
Many of you supported Jaymi Nettleton
with prayers, and nancial support as
she went to Tennessee to serve as a
leader with Campus Outreach. God did
some amazing things and she will be
here to share those at the 10:45 on
September 7th. Come cheer her on!
Haemek Medical Center in Afula, Israel serves Jewish,
Arab, and Muslim children affected by the violence in the
Middle East. Haemek is one of the few hospitals in the
Middle East where Jews and Arabs work alongside
together. Therefore, it serves as a great example of the
unity possible through a common vision of service, namely
children!
The concert is free, but a love offering will be taken, and
100% of the money collected will be sent to Haemek to
benet the multi-cultural childrens ward. Dont miss out -
and be sure to invite a friend to this free event - August
31st 6-8:00pm.



Attend the 2014 Life
Banquet!
The 2014 annual Life Banquet is being held
September 16th from 7:00-9:00pm at the
Fluid Events Center, 601 N. Country Fair
Dr., Champaign, IL United States.
Pastor Jason will be delivering the
benediction, and the keynote presentation
will be given by Rick Santorum, 2012
Presidential nominee and ardent
advocate for life.
Join us as we celebrate what God is doing
in Champaign through the Living
Alternatives Pregnancy Resource Center.
To RSVP for this free event please contact
Paula Dunkman at (217) 398-6511, and ask
to sit at the Community Free Church tables.
Lets pack the house and
support Greta Henry
and her great team of
volunteers!
Special thanks to Larry Bunting who oversaw our
booth at the Sangamon River Festival this past
weekend!
Also a huge thanks to the Barrett's, the Thompson,
and the Drennan's for being super volunteers and
braving the heat and rainstorms!
These folks helped get the word out about AWANA
and the upcoming concert to benet Israel, as well as
hand out ICE COLD water to those passing by.
Larry Bunting prepping our booth Friday a!ernoon.
The Gospel Project also
has an app for students
who want to use iPhone
and iPad to interact with
the material.
This is an exciting way to
take the material on the
go, and be able to share
with others.
Jr. High Sunday School Starting Sept 7th
Starting September 7th we will be introducing a 9:30am
Christian Education class for Jr. High, discussing Gods
Kingdom through the new Gospel Project for Kids
materials. Sign-up this weekend at the 10:45, so that we
can order materials for each student.
What we believe drives us towards action.
Therefore, what we believe is very important. The
last 12 weeks I have been teaching a Sunday
School class on the EFCA doctrinal statement.
Each point of that statement starts with we
believe. In fact, the EFCA says that these two
words are the heart of the statement of faith,
because they drive us to act upon its contents.
The last number of months God has been
guiding me in my reading, journalling, and prayer
time towards three simple, yet profound words;
Jesus is Alive. As a believer, these three
words should drive us in act and action.
The Apostle Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 15:17, if
Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and
you are still in your sins. For Paul, the
resurrection, the physical manifestation of Christ
is proof and power for the believer. Without the
death and resurrection we would not carry the
gift of faith (Ephesians 2:8) and still be hopelessly
at the mercy of sin (Romans 6:8-9). The fact that
Jesus is alive, means we have life.
Our responsibility now is what we do with that
life. Over the next weeks and month I will be
using this space to talk about what that means
for us, because I believe that a life in Christ is
one that exemplies a Christ who is alive.
In Luke 7:48, Jesus is dining at a Pharisees home
and a sinful woman begins to wash His feet.
Jesus responds by saying this, Therefore, I tell
you, her many sins have been forgivenas her
great love has shown. But whoever has been
forgiven little loves little. Then Jesus said to her,
Your sins are forgiven.
Jesus says that her great love for Him has drawn
her to Him. For many of us we would say that we
gave our lives to Jesus, but let us always keep in
front of us the understanding that we did so with
the strength, breath, and life that He gave us.
We love because he rst loved us. 1 John 4:19
It all starts with Jesus and His divine provision of
forgiveness, your sins are forgiven. Therefore
one of the greatest markers of a life in Christ,
magnifying the life of Christ, is one that can
forgive.
Now, I want you to hear me in that it is not my
intention to be trite in places where you have
been deeply hurt. Forgiveness is not easy, and
hurt oftentimes really hurts. That is what makes
Jesus work on our behalf at the cross so
amazing. While we were still sinners, still living in
offense to Him, He came and offered forgiveness
on a mind blowing scale. In fact, Jesus picture
of forgiveness is one that was unattainable for all
of us and yet was for us all.
So, what does forgiveness look like?
There are four elements which must take place:
Remorse: The offender is convicted of their
wrongdoing and expresses regret.
Responsibility and Ownership: The offender
takes responsibility for their actions and doesn't
"dodge."
Repentance: The offender turns away from their
wrongs and chooses a new way of acting.
Reconciliation or Response: The hurt/offended
willingly accepts the apology and allows unity to
take place again.
The rst three are the responsibility of the
offender, but the nal element is the
responsibility of the hurt party. When you have
been hurt by another person, the person who
hurt you can knock on the door to ask for
reconciliation, but only you can open the door to
let them in. Therefore, reconciliation or response
is the responsibility of those who have been hurt.
One of the key things we have to ask ourselves
is, does my response to being hurt follow the
way or Jesus way? In Matthew 18, Jesus tells
the offended party to go tell him. The word
go is hupago, which means quickly (as fast
as you can) and quietly. Forgiveness is to be
reacted upon quickly, so that sin may die and
love may abound.
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly,
since love covers a multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8
Earnest love for one another models the fact that
we can let go of sin and learn to love more like
Him, because of Him (remember 1 John 4:19).
Jesus Himself says that whoever has forgiven
little loves little, and then in an act of much love,
forgives the womans sins. There was no
accusation, intervention, Facebook post, or
frustrated rant. Just the grace of Jesus that goes
quickly and quietly to the place of sin, and
defeats it in love.
Grace Abounds in Love, Pastor Jason
Pastors Page
Whom do you need to go to today and declare Jesus is Alive by the power of your forgiveness?
Almost all of us have a camera on our
phone and take pictures of all kinds of
things from our meals, kids, sunrises,
sunsets, and a multitude of other things.
Every few days Pastor Jason posts an
encouraging picture message from his
Facebook account. These pictures are
original works that are created from pictures
that Pastor Jason has either taken himself
or borrowed (by permission) from others.
This picture was taken by Michelle Lewis
Have you taken a picture recently that has
stirred your heart, or saw something
through the lens that you would like to
share?
Simply email that picture with a few words
about it to:
communityfrechurchofmahomet@gmail.com
and Pastor Jason will use it to create a daily
encouraging picture that will be share with
many and credited to you.
Together we can become a part of the ways
that God is using the church to be an
encouragement to many out in the
community while proclaiming the message
that in a world that seems to be falling
apart, that Jesus is Alive!.
Taking
Pictures?
Things are gearing up for the 2014-2015 AWANA
season. This year we are planning to have a HUGE
push in getting the word out about AWANA, so that
tons of kids can meet Christ and grow in Him every
Sunday Night. Want to help?Please see Lori Stalter,
Ronda Ekberg, Trish Barrett, or Amy Krutsinger.
We need volunteers willing to be group leaders from
5:45-7:45pm weekly.
This job involves cheering the kids on at game time,
sitting with them during council time, and helping them
with Bible memorization (listening to verses) during
handbook time. Very easy stuff that make a HUGE
difference in a kids spiritual life!
Here are a few key dates:
Online registration begins August 23rd.
AWANA Physical Registration Sept 7th 6-7:00pm
at Community Free
Church of Mahomet
Leader training September 10 or 11th, 6:30-8pm.
First club night starts September 14th at 6:00pm.
This year we will be partnering with Grace Church for
one last year. After this year Grace will be looking at
having an AWANA program or an alternate program at
their own church.
At Community Free Church of Mahomet we believe
that AWANA is the best program to equip kids to be
forever followers of Jesus Christ. So we will continue
the program and seek the Lords provision and
blessing for it. Because of this we need to bring up a
new cadre of leaders to care for the places that Grace
has been volunteering in AWANA.
So would you be willing to give serving at AWANA a
try? We would love to have you and I assure you it will
be a blessing as you see kids growing in the Lord!

Print this page o! and share it with friends who want to know what AWANA is!
What happens at ?
http://awana.yolasite.com/registration.php
AWANA is a partnership
between local area
churches who have
decided together that kids
matter! This ministry is not
about any one church, but
instead the "Big C" church
of Jesus Christ.
At no time during this
program will your kids be
asked or inuenced to
attend any one church.
This program is centered
on kids growing in the
Gospel of Jesus Christ -
It is all about Jesus!
AWANA is on
Sunday Nights
6-7:45pm
Starting
September 14th
**Change**
Ladies Bible Study Monday 9:30am
The womens group will be starting September 22nd at CFC looking at
Beth Moore's new study on 1 & 2 Thessalonians.
There currently is no babysitting available.
***See Deb Henrikson if you have any questions: d.henrikson@yahoo.co!
Bible Study Fellowship The Life of Moses
Womens Group Tuesdays 9:10-11:00am
The womens study will begin September 9th at First Christian
Church on Staley Road. There is a childrens program for infants
through Kindergarten.
See Miche"e Shafer if you have any questions: shafer5@mchsi.co!
Bible Study Fellowship Life of Moses
Mens Group Mondays 6:30-8:30pm
The mens study will begin September 8th at the First Baptist
Church of Savoy. There is a study for kids 1st grade through High
School at the same time.
***See Rob Shafer if you have any questions: shafer5@mchsi.co!
Community Groups
Monday and Tuesday Nights at 7:00pm
A great place where we gather in homes and live out our faith
together. Be prepared to laugh, eat, tell stories, pray, study, share
life, and be encouraged!
Check communityfreechurch.com for more information.
Christian Education Knowing God and Growing People
Disciplemaking Learning Community
Are you interested in joining a Disciplemaking Learning
Community dedicated to following Jesus together? Join Pastor Jason
the rst and third Friday night of the month, 7"8:00pm.
Email Pastor Jason so we can get a count on books and resources:
jschifo.cfcmahomet@gmail.com " Starting September 11th.
DISCIPLESHIP