ALCC April 2013 Magazine

Welcome! Welcome to Abundant Life! We are glad you are here. We trust that wherever you are on your spiritual jour-ney, that you will find something for you and your fam-ily here at ALCC.

It is our hope that you will join us as we “Do Life To-gether” . Our journey is about knowing who God is, seeking and finding our purpose and His plan for our lives and that we will be changed that we want to see.

Those of us who call ALCC their church, their home, are everyday people just like you. We are all wanting to know and follow Christ and bring the message of hope to a hurting world.

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Doing Life Together

APRIL 2013

640 Grosvenor St. London Ont N5Y 3T4 519-858-4123

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Ethnicity Celebrating

the diversity of Abundant Life

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Appreciate Embrace

Series: April 7 – May 5

Week at a Glance

Sunday 10am Café 10:30 Service

10:30 His Kids DLT Life Groups 6:30 pm

Tuesday

10 Prayer 11 Bible Study

Wednesday Prayer 7 pm

Thursday

Celebrate Recovery 7pm

Friday Ignite Youth Group 7pm

Thoughts from PB

Abundant Life Community Church

Trust Trusting in God is one of the greatest secrets in the Christian experi-ence. We say that we trust in God but do we really? It is much easier to say than to do. But with a little insight from God’s Word, we can all learn a little better in how to trust God when things are going wrong

and when things are going right. Can you imagine where your life would be with-out trusting in God? We are a blessed people. Personally I love the fact that God places so much trust in me. You may ask in what? Well, to get up each day and work hard to love my family, do a good job as a Pastor and to make a difference in the life of someone who may need Jesus. Trust is a two way street. Give this some thought…if God were to place trust in you, can you trust in him? You mean that much to God. He loves you. He wants you to trust in him. Over the next few weeks, we are going to explore what this means to us, In God we trust!

Linked Up with Tony

I’m not much of a gardener or an arborist but it always peeks my in-terested. That’s what happened during prayer. Someone recited Job 14:7-9, “At least there is hope for a tree: If it is

cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail. Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil, yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth shoots like a plant.” So I read up on tree’s rebirth and it’s true; some trees are better than at it than oth-ers. Then I got the idea, what if Job was the tree? Job had everything "cut" out of his life. How many of us can relate to this? Everything is going smoothly, things be-gin to fall apart, and hope slips away. Thankfully we were reminded that there is hope for you and I. We have the scent of water in God's Word that is overflowing with the same power that rose Christ from the dead through the Holy Spirit. It's never too late even if you feel like an old stump. Growing because of Him, Tony Mejia



Good Morning Café Sunday’s

9:55-10:30 am

Welcome!

Welcome to Abundant Life! We are glad you are here. We trust that wherever you are on your spiri-tual journey, that you will find something for you and your family here at ALCC.

It is our hope that you will join us as we “Do Life Together” . Our journey is about knowing who God is, seeking and finding our purpose and His plan for our lives and that we will be changed that we want to see.

Those of us who call ALCC our home, are everyday peo-ple just like you. We all want to know and follow Christ and bring the message of hope to our community.

Women’s Conference



AFTER CHURCH

Prayer Wednesday’s 7 pm

doing life together groups Sunday’s @ 6:30 pm



Bible Stories/Crafts Games/Snacks

Sunday Mornings

10:30 am Sunday April 21 @7PM

Buy tickets online or at Creatoin Bookstore

He lifted me out of the ditch, pulled me from deep mud. He stood me up on a solid rock to make sure I wouldn’t slip. He taught me how to sing the

latest God-song, a praise-song to our God. More and more people are seeing this: they enter the mystery, abandoning themselves to God.

Psalm 40:1-3

Tuesday Morning Bible Study 10 Prayer

Break 11 Study



FRIDAY’S 6:30-9 pm

At IGNITE, we take everything

seriously ...especially the fun!

Youth Group

Monthly Youth

Spaghetti Dinner April 19 6 pm

Gym Night Knollwood April 5, 6:30

Step 7: HUMILITY We humbly ask Him to remove

our shortcomings.

Step (7) is about walking in humility. After examining our life closely (as we did in Steps Four, Five, and Six,) we may feel cut off from God. Considering the

scope of what we have done, we may feel unwor-thy to ask God for anything. Maybe our sinful be-haviors are despised as the lowest kind of evil by those whom we consider respectable. We may struggle with self-hatred. Our genuine remorse may cause us to wonder if we even dare approach God to ask for his help. God welcomes us, even when we feel this way, Je-sus told this story: Two men went to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a

dishonest tax collector. The proud Pharisee stood by himself and prayed this prayer: I thank you, God, that I am not a sinner like everyone else, especially like that tax col-lector over there! For I never cheat, I don’t sin, I don’t com-mit adultery, I fast twice a week, and I give you a tenth of my income.’ But the tax collec-tor stood at a distance and dared not even lift his eyes to heaven as he prayed. Instead, he beat his chest in sorrow, say-ing, ‘O God, be merciful to me, for I am a sinner. ‘ I tell you, this sinner, not the Pharisee, returned justified before God. For the proud will be humbled, but the humble will be honored” (Luke 18: 10-14) NLT. When we put our life in God’s hands, he will reshape us as he sees fit. It is our humility that allows us to accept the fact that he is the Creator. Our new life may be similar to the one we left behind or entirely different. God is the master crafts-man. Whatever he does, we can trust that he will recreate our life beautifully, one we get out of his way!

COME JOIN US ON THURSDAY EVENING @ 7P.M.


Marty & Blanche

Fisher CR Directors

2003– 2013

Join us for our monthly

Pot Luck Dinner

April 25

6 pm


“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and will forgive us our sins and

purify us from all unrighteousness.” (1John 1:9)



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Friday April 5 7 pm

$5

“If we take responsibility for our feelings, we can use them to solve problems.” Henry Cloud

Coming in May

May 5 Church Meeting May 8 LIFE 50+ Seniors Lunch May 11 CR Leadership Meeting

May 12 Mother’s Day May 27 Ladies Spring Tea

May 31 Youth Dinner

Looking forward to doing life together with you

Wednesday April 10 11:30 am $ 7.50



Abundant Life Response: (Missions)

Jeff & Tamara Neely Samuel and Jaela Consultant and Facilitator of Unreachednations.org

Phil and Donna Williams Servant’s Heart Ministries Dominican Re-

Mission Statement: The Kipps Lane neighborhood,

a diverse inclusive community working together, building a foundation for a positive and safe environment

To bring an end to all forms of slavery on a

global scale

RED Campaign Fighting for an Aids Free

Generation


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What can I expect when I visit?

What to wear? Come as you are, there is no dress code

Good Morning Café

10-10:30 am Live Band

Inspirational message Child Care

nursery –11 years

Thank you for joining us! It is our desire that you have experience love, acceptance and hope that comes

from being in our community of faith we like to call HOME

Who are we?

| inspiration Finding hope and acceptance in our community of faith

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Doing life together

| action Serving our community

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