SHAPE – Personality – Crossing
Pastor Josh Skjoldal with message 4/5.
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SHAPE – Personality – Current
Pastor Josh Skjoldal with message 4/5.
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LFTL – Greg Mundis – Current
Light for the Lost Sunday – Greg Mundis
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LFTL – Greg Mundis – Crossing
Light for the Lost Sunday – Greg Mundis
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UG Update
God is doing great things at the UG! In March we took 35 young adults to the metropolis of Cooperstown, ND, for our United Retreat. We had an incredible time! We saw many touched in deep and fresh ways by the love and power of God. People were healed, challenged, and baptized in the Holy Spirit. We are still celebrating what God did in just one weekend!
Our young adults have been growing and are planning many things for the coming months. More than 24 young adults have signed up to participate in our UGo Alaska missions trip to Kotzebue, Alaska! We are greatly anticipating this trip. Plans are being set up to do work projects, have a VBS sports camp for kids, and minister to youth through evening rallies. We are very expectant about what God will do in Kotzebue this summer! Please pray for us as we raise the funds necessary for this trip and as we seek to be the hands of feet of Jesus to the young and old in Kotzebue!
One last exciting happening at the UG is the development of childcare, enabling young parents to attend our UG service on Thursday nights.
We feel the development of this ministry will enable us to reach even more young people and young families in our community! God is doing great things! ~ Pastor Josh
Light For The Lost
We will be honored to have Missionary Greg Mundis as our guest speaker on Light For The Lost Sunday (LFTL), May 6. Greg and his wife, Sandie, have served as missionaries in Europe for the past 34 years. During their years of service, Greg’s leadership has expanded, and last August he was elected to the highest position of leadership, Executive Director of the Assemblies of God World Missions. As the Executive Director, Greg leads 2,740 AG missionaries and associates serving in 248 countries and territories. With a heart for people and a vision for the whole world,
it will be a special privilege to have Greg Mundis with us at Evangel!
The emphasis of LFTL is the distribution of God’s Word through the whole world. Whether in the form of gospel tracts or websites, the vision behind LFTL is printing and packaging of Bibles in all the languages of the world. On Sunday, May 6, you will have the opportunity to become a faith promise contributor to LFLT throughout the year.
JBQ State
Evangel had four “A League” teams compete in the Junior Bible Quiz State Finals on March 31, 2012. It was a fun day of quizzing with teams coming to Bismarck from across the state to take part in the competition. Three of our four JBQ teams place in the top four at State Finals. The Nerds team took first place, and the Boppin’ Bible Buzzers team took second place. By taking first place in the State Finals, The Nerds qualified to compete in the North Central Regional JBQ Tournament in Minneapolis, MN, on May 4-5, and to compete in the National JBQ Festival on June 7-9, in Orlando, FL. By taking second place in the State Finals, the Boppin’ Bible Buzzers also qualified to complete in the North Central Regional JBQ Tournament.
In addition to our teams doing very well at State Finals, Evangel had four quizzers who were among the five individual high scorers: Rylan Sago was fifth, Eric Bender was third, Kaden Sago was second, and Joshua Sipes was first individual high scorer with 1070 points. Congratulations to all the quizzers who competed at the State Finals. Everyone did a great job representing Evangel! ~ Bobbi Loven
Underground Experience
In March we had our first “Underground” event — Underground Church. By all indications (attendance and feedback), it was beneficial for everyone who attended. We are using the word “underground” as a word picture for the importance of deepening our relationship with Jesus. It’s fun to fly, but it takes work to dig deep. Yet, the deeper we go in our relationship with Jesus, the further we’ll fly.
Underground Church is going to be a quarterly event where we will dig deeper in the Bible. In March
we studied the purpose of the Old Testament. At our next Underground Church on June 29, we will study
the life of Christ from the four Gospels. It is going to be another great night of learning, prayer, worship, and fellowship.
Underground Worship was another “underground” event that we launched in April. If tools are needed to dig deep, then worship is one of those tools that deepens our relationship with Jesus. Some might ask, “How does worship deepen my faith?” The answer is that worship demands expression. The nature of worship is to declare God’s “worth-ship.” But without opening our heart and mouth, worship doesn’t happen. Of course, there are many ways to worship God beside singing and prayer, yet every expression of worship is something we do as a way of honoring God for who He is and what He has done. And when we allow ourselves times of uninterrupted worship, our heart for God is given room to expand and grow. It’s pretty hard to deepen your heart for Jesus in five minutes. Instead, the human heart requires regular uninterrupted times for Jesus to do the work of shaping and transforming us.
Finally, this month we will have our first Underground Experience on Sunday, May 20, at 6:00 PM. This event will include both Bible teaching and worship, however, the emphasis is going to be on the Person and work of the Holy Spirit deep inside of our lives. Underground Church will stretch our understanding of the Bible, Underground Worship will develop our heart and adoration of Jesus, and Underground Experience is going to provide opportunities to be deeply impacted by the ministry
of the Holy Spirit. The deep, mature Christian life is built on the Word of God, the worship of God, and the Spirit of God. Each contributes uniquely to developing us into fully devoted followers of Jesus.
In preparation for Underground Experience, let me whet your appetite with the following information about what the ministry of the Holy Spirit is all about. The Bible refers to the Holy Spirit in a variety of ways, such as Comforter, Counselor, Helper, Empowerer, just to name a few. In my opinion, the single summarizing verse that clarifies the impact of the Holy Spirit is
Acts 1:8 where Jesus said, “You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you to be My witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the ends of the earth.”
I am looking forward to our very first Underground Experience! Pastor Scott will lead our segments of worship, which will be interspersed with short segments of teaching from Pastors Terry, Josh, and myself. Also, at the same time we are having our Underground Experience, Pastor Aaron will have an Underground Experience — kids version! There is so much about the Holy Spirit that we are excited to begin teaching! And, how awesome it is going to be to see the Holy Spirit fill, heal, empower, and impart spiritual gifts to those who come hungry and ready for a genuine Underground Experience.
In preparation for our first Underground Experience, the Holy Spirit has laid Acts 4:31 on my heart.
“After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken.
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.”
It’s our vision that God will use every Underground event to “shake” us, “fill” us, and make us “bold” for Jesus. So, put Sunday, May 20, on your calendar. It will be an “experience” you’ll not want to miss! ~ Pastor Doug
SHAPE – Abilities – Current
Pastor Doug Graham – SHAPE Message 3/5
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SHAPE – Abilities – Crossing
Pastor Doug Graham – SHAPE Message 3/5
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