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© 2009 Evangelical Free Church of Clinton  I  1010 13th Avenue N.  I  Clinton, Iowa 52732  I  563.243.4164
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PAVE a yard... it isn’t hard!
Our “Pave a Yard – It Isn’t Hard” capital campaign is going well. We are over half-way to our goal of raising $30,000 to fix our parking lot and prepare an office for the associate pastor. The work has been done on the parking lot and the bill will soon come due.

To help up get across the goal line, I invite you to take the “Hundred-Yard Challenge.” Paying for one yard of parking lot repair costs $3.50, so paying for 100 yards costs $350. If 40 of us accept the challenge, we will meet our goal for the entire project. Join Sue Ann and me in taking this faith-step. Say “Yes!” to the “Hundred-Yard Challenge.” - Pastor Tom
 
On September 5th, make plans to join us at 9:30 for a breakfast fellowship and preview of the fall study groups.
This fellowship time is for all ages and will give you a chance to meet the teachers and hear an overview of the classes offered so that you can make an informed decision about which class you’d like to attend beginning September 12th.

Reminders...
The staff meets daily for prayer around 9:15 and on Thursday’s for their weekly staff meeting at 1:30. We are unavailable to answer the phone or accept visitors during prayer time and we will only handle emergencies during staff meeting time. Thank you for your understanding.

AWANA will have their annual Registration Night on September 8th at 6:15pm. Make plans to come and sign up your clubbers grades K-6. AWANA is also scheduling a leader training and lunch for Septem-ber 26th after 2nd service. Leaders, make sure to mark it on your calendar. 

E-Free and Me
On September 19th there will be an E-Free & Me class offered for anyone interested in joining Clinton Evangelical Free Church or in learning more about our Church. The class meets after 2nd service and includes lunch and child care if needed. Sign up on the pew card and indicate if you need child care, or call the office during the week at 243-4164. Deadline to sign up is September 10th.

Dinners for Eight
If you would like to be part of the next round, sign up on the pew card and provide your phone number or call the church office 243-4164. Groups will be assigned after September 12th and the assignment will be mailed to you. If you’ve never participated, this is a great way for you to get to know others in the church. You are assigned to 3 other couples and each month take turns meeting in one of your homes for a meal.

A Baptism is being planned for Sunday, October 17
If you have never had the chance to publicly declare your faith thru baptism and would like to be baptized, sign up on the pew or call the church office by September 19th.

Nursing Home ministry
Every five weeks a team from our church ministers to the residents of the Alverno nursing home on 13th Avenue North. We provide a half-hour worship service at 1:30 p.m. on our designated Sundays. Before and after the service we greet the residents. Would you like to join the team? There are many ways in which you could serve:

• Up front during the service: lead singing, read scripture, pray, give a devotional from God’s Word, give a personal testimony, play the piano (or other instrument), sing a song.
• One-on-one with the residents: talk, pray, hug, hold a hand, help.

Our goal is to extend the love and truth of Jesus to the residents and to put into practice God’s challenge to “look after orphans and widows in their distress” (James 1: 27). Please contact Pastor Tom if you would like to be a part of this ministry.

The Victory Center is opening a Thrift Store downtown next to Corner Deli and they need your help! They are looking for volunteers who are will-ing to give up an hour or more of their time to help:
 - Sort
 - Price
 - Cashier
No experience necessary. The store hours will be Tuesday—Saturday 10am- 5pm. Call Pastor Ray at 563-357-2459 to volunteer.

Information Display
There is an information display on the wall in the foyer outside the library. This display has information on our church and the different ministries offered as well as extra church directories and copies of our last newsletter. Feel free to take whatever information you find useful.

Search for an Associate Pastor
We have begun our search for an Associate Pastor! Ever since our Pastor of Ministry Development (Troy Rife) followed God’s lead to become Senior Pastor of City Chapel in South Bend in 2007, our many ministries have
needed the crucial support he provided. Our hope is that God will bring to us a godly man with proven experience in ministry leadership who can effectively support our ministries and volunteer leaders as well as develop new ministries—especially a ministry to integrate new attendees into the life and care of the congregation (assimilation ministry).

After having discussed this need with the church body at our two town hall meetings last July and August, the
elders were confirmed in their sense that it was time to begin looking for this third pastor … who is actually our
“second” pastor since Pastor John was being pursued as our “third” pastor while Pastor Troy was still here! We announced this important decision at our annual meeting in November and the congregation approved the budget for that search. We have now begun!

What does that mean? We have publicized our position through select avenues, beginning with personal networking, our denomination and district, and seminary placement services. Pastor Tom and Pastor John, in consultation with the elders, will lead the search, culling through resumes for good fits. Promising candidates will be interviewed by a team including elders, staff, and spouses—first by phone and then, if “making the cut,” in person. References will be checked. Finally, one candidate will be introduced to the church family and opportunity will be provided to become acquainted with him and his family. If God continues to so lead, the elders will then extend an invitation for that man to come serve at CEFC!

Update
We had onsite interviews with two prospective candidates for our associate pastor position. Some of our ministry
leaders and our search team talked with these men and their families. After prayer and reflection, we have decided to narrow our search to one of these men. We will continue talking with him and, if God so leads, invite him back for a candidating visit. This visit would include presenting him and his family to the church and giving the church family opportunity to get acquainted with them.

Please pray for God’s clear guidance in this faith step. The associate will be responsible to help our ministry leaders in their ministries, to design new ministries, to attend to administrative aspects of the church, and to share in pastoral duties. We would like him to implement an assimilation strategy to help folks, especially new people, tie in to our church. If you would like a fuller explanation of his role, pick up a copy of the job description at the Connection Point. Both an abbreviated version and a complete one are available.

Prayer Chain
Would you like to be on our prayer chain? Please indicate on your pew card if you would like to be included. If you would like to be called, include your phone number; if you would like the prayer requests via email, include your email address. We also need an Iowa and an Illinois coordinator. If you are interested, please put coordinator next to your name.

TEACH.
PRAY.
FELLOWSHIP.
SERVE.
EVANGELIZE.
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September 5th - Fall Study Group Breakfast...
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AWANA Registration
September 8th...
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Pave a Yard... It isn’t hard!
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Nursing Home Ministry...
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E-Free and Me Classes sign up...
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Dinners for 8 Sign up...
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Baptism planned for October 17th...
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Search for an Associate Pastor... (click to read more)


Reminder...
lock your car while attending church!  Thieves know we are going to be busy for over an hour and an unlocked car is easy prey.
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