ALCC January 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

January 2013

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CORE

January Sermon Series

PILLAR

What’s up? How can I

help?

Sun. Jan. 6 6:30 pm

"Our time together of fasting has arrived! I got the impression that I needed to fast a cer-tain some-thing. I figured it would be easy. Weeks away, I started double thinking and I tried to find something else that I thought was “equally important”. No word of a lie, I've had so

many people confirm what kind of fast I'm do-ing indirectly. I was ticked but convinced all

at the same time. God is good! John Piper writes in A Hunger For God, "Fasting reveals the measure of food’s mas-tery over us . . . or com-

puters or whatever we submit to again and again to conceal the

weakness of our hunger for God."

Fasting isn't about the an-

swer but about our devo-tion and

seeking of God. He spoke clearly to me of what my time looks like. He'll do the same for you. What has God pointed at in your life to fast? There is a very good reason. Take it on!"

capacity we can as your Pastor because I be-

lieve that the best is yet to come! I still BELIVE in the church to be all that God wants us to be…I still believe in the peo-ple that attend ALCC

and know God wants to do won-derful things in

our lives…I still BELIEVE in

God to perform mira-cles, set the captive free and to heal the sick…I still BELIEVE

that God is the same to-day, yesterday and for-ever the same loving God. Lastly, I still BELIEVE best is yet to come. As we consider prayer with fasting in January, let’s pray to that end…the best is yet to come! Standing with you in prayer to a great 2013! The Best is yet to come!

From the desk of Tony

Pillar 2013 is upon us! Ten (10) years ago, the Innes’ arrived in London and discovered 250 plus stop lights, 7 plus McDonalds and I think 34 Tim Horton’s! Coming from a small town of 2 stop lights, 1 Tim Horton’s and NO McDonalds! We thought we ar-rived and were so ex-cited to get started. That excitement has not changed at all. So grate-ful to serve in whatever

Thoughts from PB

Abundant Life Community Church



Good Morn-

ing Café

Good Morning Cafe

Sunday’s 9:50-10:30 am

LIFE 50+ Lunch

$7.50 11:30 am

Wed. Jan. 9 /13



Seminar for Men Tuesday January 8, 2013

7 pm



Sunday’s 6:30 pm

AFTER CHURCH

Prayer Wednesday’s 7 pm



FRIDAY’S 6:30-9 pm

At IGNITE, we take everything

seriously ...especially the fun!

Youth Group

Gym Night January 4 @ 7 pm Youth Dinner starts in Jan. 18 @ 6 pm



Bible Stories/Crafts Games/Snacks

Sunday Mornings

10:30 am

Tuesday Morning Bible Study

10 Prayer

Break 11 Study

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The spiritual principle that is the foundation of Step 4 is courage. In Step 4 we made a search-

ing and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. This means we take an honest look at our-selves so therefore this takes courage. Nehemiah 9: 1-3 ‘Now on the twenty-forth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, in sack-cloth and with dust on their heads. Then those of Israelite lineage separated themselves from all foreigners; and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. And they stood up in their place and read from the book of the Law of the Lord their God for one-fourth of the day; and for an-other fourth they confessed and worshiped the Lord their God. As we make our moral inventory, we will probably find ourselves listing our destructive

habits, our defects of character, the wrongs we have done, the consequences of wrong choices that we now live with, and the hurts we have caused others. It’s like sifting through all the garbage in our past. This is painful, but it is a necessary part of throwing away those rotten habits and behaviors that, if not

dealt with, will almost certainly spoil the rest of our life. There have probably been times when we have ignored our own sins and problems and pointed a finger at someone else. We may be out of touch with our inter-nal affairs because we are still blaming others for our moral choices. Or perhaps we avoid self-examination by making moral inventories of the people around us. When God asked Adam and Eve about their sin, they each pointed a finger at someone else. “Have you eaten the fruit I commanded you not to eat?” “Yes”, “Adam admitted, but it was the woman you gave me who brought me the fruit, and I ate it.” “The serpent tricked me, she replied” (Genesis 3: 11-13. It seems to be human nature to blame others as our first line of defense. We also may avoid our own problems by evaluating and criticizing others. Jesus tells us, “And why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye when you have a log in your own?”…Hypocrite! First get rid of the log from your own eye; then perhaps you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend’s eye.” Matthew

7: 3, 5. While doing this step, we must constantly remember that this is a season of self examination. We must guard against blaming and examining the lives of others. There will be time in the future for helping others after we have taken responsibility for our own life.


Marty & Blanche

Fisher CR Directors

2003– 2013

Join us for our

monthly Pot Luck Dinner

January 31 6:15 pm


STEP 4 COURAGE



Abundant Life Response: (Missions)

The Carling Family Center

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

Phil and Donna Williams Servant’s Heart Ministries Dominican Re-public www.servantsheartdr.org/

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

February is Multicultural Month

http://www.servantsheartdr.org/



Friday January 4 7-9pm $5

Coming in February 2013…

MULTICULTURAL MONTH

Feb. 3 CR Leadership Mtg.

Feb. 8 & 9 Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage

Feb 18: Family Day

Feb. 24: ALCC Multi Cultural

Lunch

Feb 28: CR Pot Luck


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