07 july 08 august magazine 2014 for web

Welcome! Welcome to Abundant Life! We are glad you are here. We trust that wherever you are on your spiritual 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 To-gether” . Our journey is about knowing who God is, seeking and finding our purpose and His plan for our lives and to live it with passion.

We call ALCC our HOME. We are intentional about relation-ships with God and each other to bring the message of hope to our community.

discovery| connection| responsibility |simplicity

Doing Life Together

July & August 2014

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

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Sermon Series July

Abundant Life Community Church

How do you view God? Ever think of what kind of impact your view of God could make? Could it change the way you deal with life? Deal with your circumstances? Deal with decisions? Deal with yourself? Ever think of the greatness of God? How He created both the mountains and the ocean?

Both vast although one is high in the sky and the other is deep and unknown? Ever think about how He knows every hair on your head or lack of hair . . . ? Are you in Awe of God? Isn't God awesome? Isn't He powerful and beyond? Are you afraid of God a bit? Is what is meant by Fear of God? Or is it about respect? Could you respect God no matter what? When things are good? When things are not so good? Could you scream Hallelujah when nothing makes sense? July's messages are about the Ancient Skies that we've shared with many others who have been in Awe of God, Fear of God and have screamed, Hallelujah! In this together, Tony Mejia

Jesus is my ROCK…. 11 years ago on June 20th, the Innes family moved into their home in London. It was an exciting time for us because we never lived in a city before this as a family. Kathy grew up in Mount Forest and I grew up in Oakville. When we wed, I promised Kathy to live in small town but at this stage in our family, we knew it was simply time to move into the City to give our kids more options for education. So off we went to London and moved into our home on Exmouth Drive. Upon arrival, I remember noticing this large rock in our front yard. The last owners

thought it was a nice decorated land mark. I thought it was a nuisance. For about a week, I looked at that rock and thought, I need to get arid of this. So I asked Jamie to move it with me….not knowing it was probably much heavier than I thought….and it was. We must have looked so foolish trying to move that rock and entertained our neighbors for sure. That rock is still there…unmovable…but not so much of a nuisance. I look at it as a reminder that Jesus is MY Rock that is unmovable, unshakable and solid. I need this reminder in a world of inconsistency, unsta-ble and shakable society we live in. Only Jesus Christ is the Rock that matters and I put my trust. Psalm 92:15 says, The Lord is upright; he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him. I have grown to appreciate the steadfastness of Christ when the world is so unsteady. So now I look at the Rock as a re-minder of who Christ is in my life and not even I can move it. Enjoy the summer and this wonderful heat! PB and Kathy

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Good Morning Café 10 am

Our Home Groups will be getting together once in

July & August

New HOME GROUPS

Begin September21


Good


Saturday July 19 @ 9:30 am

You can help:

Group leader Snack person Craft person Sports & Games Attendance Music Activity Supervisor Group Helper Set Up Clean Up Preparation Prayer Drivers

August 11-15



Sunday August 12 @ 10:30 am Bring lawn chair & potluck to share Games for the kids Guitars welcome

potluck

CORN ROAST — Friday Aug. 22@ 6:30 pm —

Come and join us for an evening of

food - fellowship - fun

Bring a lawn chair & salad or dessert (adults only please)



Tuesday’s 7 pm



iGnItE Youth Group

Wednesday Night 5:30 pm - 8 pm

Finding

Connecting

Belonging


Jeff & Tamara Neely

Samuel and Jaela Consultant and Facilitator of Unreachednations.org

Phil and- Phil & Donna Will Wil- Williams Servant’s

Heart Ministries

Dominican Republic www.servantsheartdr.org/


Isaiah 12:2 See, God has come to rescue me; I will trust in Him and not be afraid, For the Eternal,

indeed, the Eternal is my strength and my song. The Voice Bible

Join us for our monthly

Celebrate Recovery

Pot Luck Dinner

July 24 August 21

http://www.servantsheartdr.org/

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+12:2&version=VOICE

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Deb Fisher CR Director


STEP TEN : PERSERVERANCE

We continue to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly

admitted it.

“So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall.” 1 Corinthians 10-12

Recovery is a lifelong process. There will be times when we grow weary and want to throw in the towel. We will experience pain, fear, and a host of other

emotions. We will win some battles but lose others in the war to achieve wholeness. We may get discouraged at times when we can’t see any progress, even though we have been working hard. But if we persevere through it all, we can maintain the ground we have gained. The apostle Paul used three illustrations to teach about perseverance. He wrote to Timothy: “Endure suffering along with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. And as Christ’s soldier, do not let yourself become tied up in the affairs of this life, for then you cannot satisfy the one who has enlisted you in his army. Follow the Lord’s rules for doing His work, just as an athlete either fol-

lows the rules or is disqualified and wins no prize. Hard working farmers are the first to enjoy the fruit of their labor. Think about what I am saying. The Lord will give you understanding in all these things” (2 Timothy 2:3-7). How many times do we look in the mirror each day? Suppose we looked in the mirror and found that we had mustard smeared around our mouth. Wouldn’t we immediately wash our face, wash and clean up the problem? In the same way, we need to routinely look at ourselves in our “Spiritual mirror,” the Bible. Then if anything is wrong, we can take the proper steps to fix it. James uses a similar illustration to show how God’s Word should be like a spiritual mirror in our life. He said, “And remember, it is a message to obey, not just to listen to. If you don’t obey, you are only fooling yourself. For if you just listen and don’t obey, it is like looking at your face in a mirror but doing nothing to improve your ap-pearance. You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. But if you keep looking steadily into God’s perfect law, the law that sets you free and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it” (James 1: 22-25). !!!Remember faith with-out works is dead.!!! COME AND JOIN US THURSDAY EVENINGS @ 7:00 P.M

A Ministry

of self examination based on the 8 principles

from the Beatitudes

Since 2004



After church


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awe of god

fear of god

view of god

greatness of god

afraid of god

large rock

isnt god awesome

jesus christ