jan 2010 lamplighter newsletter, lafayette alliance church

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complete written Works consist

of 55 hefty volumes, with unusu-

ally small print! He accomplished

this with just his quill pen and an

inkwell! No computers! No

internet! No typewriters or

even a standard ink pen! But

there was one thing he did have

that is so often lacking amidst

our technological advances and

abundance: An insatiable desire

to make an impact for Christ at

home and abroad.

History is filled with single-

eyed men and women who

made their dent upon this

world with the slenderest of

means. But they had God! And

for them, God was enough!

(Continued on back page)

...Everyone to whom much was

given, of him much will be re-

quired... Luke 12:48 (ESV)

In my office there hangs a por-trait of John Calvin (1509-1564).

That portraitas well as others

in my officeis there to remind

me of the truth of Henry Varley's

words uttered 350 years after

John Calvin lived and died: The

world has yet to see what God

can do with and for and through

and in a man who is fully and

wholly consecrated to Him.

When Henry Varley spoke thosewords, there was a young man

who heard them and responded

with: I propose to be that man!

That young man was D.L.

Moodya man who was des-

tined to make his mark for Jesus

Christ upon this lost and dying

world.

What especially amazes me

about so many of these individu-

als who made their mark for

Christ in previous generations, is

just how little they had to work

with by today's standards. Take

John Calvin as an example. His

Christmas Outreach

Thanks to all who participated in

the Christmas Outreach Satur-

day, December 12th. We were

able to distribute 250 door hang-

ers with New Testaments, tracts,

a free offer for the ESV on-line

Study Bible, a Christmas invita-

tion to our services, and informa-tion about our church's minis-

tries.

Thanks to the following people:

Ellen Coulter - Creating and

supplying much of the church

materials for each hanger.

Youth Group - Tina & JeremyCulver, Greg Simmons, Brandon

Simmons, Jesse Blum, Amber

Vanderwerff, Hope Murgia, and

Nate Phipps for placing all the

materials into each door hanger.

(Continued on page 2)

John Calvin (1509-1564)

To Whom Much is GivenI N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

C&MA Logo 2

Meals on

Wheels

3

Wednesday

Prayer Meeting

3

The New Year-

Poem

4

Church Library 4

Battalion 4

Quizzing 5

Birthdays/

Anniversaries

5

Church Lockup

Schedule

5

Christmas

Program

6

Bulletin Board 7

From Pastor Brians Desk

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The cross, laver,

pitcher and crown

are the four

symbols that join

to illustrate the

central theme in

the Christian &

Missionary

Alliance

The Christian & Missionary Alliance Logo

Christmas Outreach(Continued from page 1)

The following people helped

distribute the hangers to atotal of 8 apartment com-

plexes in the LaFayette and

Tully areas:

James and Stephanie Dow and

family - Willow Wood Apts.

Becky Mintz - Willow Wood

Apts.

Enoch Bastian - Belmont Ridge

and Grove St. Apts. Tully

Cheryl Diaz - Belmont Ridge

and Grove St. Apts. Tully

Dee and David Butler - Festival

Garden and Edge of the Pond

Apts.

Larry Petry - Bellwood Arms

and Appleridge Apts.

Joyce Phillips - Bellwood Arms

and Appleridge Apts.

Elly Smid - Lord's Hill Apts.

Great job team!

must come to the end of our-

selves and never become self-

sufficient apart from Christ.

Such holiness means living a life

of simple dependence, moment

by moment, on Christ alone.

The laver signifies the daily

cleansing from sin by the

power of the Holy Spirit.

His divine power has given us

everything we need for life and

godliness through our knowledge

of him who called us by his own

glory and goodness.

II Peter 1:3

The PITCHER represents

Christ our HEALER. This

symbol represents a pitcher

containing oil to anoint the

sick for healing that comes

through obedience to GodsWord. The Lord Jesus has

purchased and provided for

His believing and obedient

children physical strength, life,

and healing as freely as the

spiritual blessings of the gospel.

He took up our infirmities as

well as our sins, and from His

risen life and living touch, our

faith may draw health and

strength until our life work is

done.

And the prayer offered in faith

will make the sick person well;

the Lord will raise him up.

James 5:15

The CROWN represents

Christ our Coming King. The

Lord Jesus is coming personally

to this earth again. It is not a

mere spiritual coming, either at

death or in a deeper experi-

ence of the Holy Spirit, or in

the spread of the gospel

throughout the world; but it is

the coming of the Lord Himself

as literally and personally as

when He went away.

You will see the Son of Man

sitting at the right hand of the

Mighty One and coming on the

clouds of heaven.

Mark 14:62

The CROSS represents Christ

our SAVIOR. We believe

Jesus Christ died for our sins

according to the Scriptures

that we are redeemed through

His precious blood, justified by

His death and resurrection,

made righteous through His

righteousness, and accepted in

His name.

Salvation is found in no one else,

for there is no other name under

heaven given to man by which we

must be saved.

Acts 4:12

The LAVER represents Christ

our SANCTIFIER. The laver

was a vessel used in the temple

by the priest in the Old Testa-

ment. The priest used it to

wash his hands and feet beforeentering the Holy Place. Holi-

ness is the Lord Jesus Christ

Himself so dwelling in our

hearts and so walking in our

steps that we shall live like

Him. This is not for our own

pride or self-sufficiency, for

before we can receive it, we

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Meals On Wheels

P A G E 3V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

Do you know someone who couldbenefit from the delivery of mealsto their door?

Meals on Wheels is a nonprofitorganization and its mission is toprepare, as well as deliver, nutri-tious meals to anyone who, for anyreason, needs our service to remainindependent in their own home.

This includes anyone of any ageincluding those:

Recovering from injuries, surgery,illness, cancer treatments, etc. The disabled, chronically ill orinfirm elderly Others permanently or temporar-

ily unable toplan, shop foror prepare

their ownmeals.

Tasty mealsare preparedby our cook in

the fully equipped kitchen at theGood Shepherd Lutheran Church,Fayetteville. Meals are deliveredeach weekday about noon. Thelunch includes a hot entre, salad,bread, dessert and milk. For dinnerthere is a sandwich, fruit and fruitjuice. Meals requested for week-ends or holidays are delivered onFridays. The cost is minimal and is$4.50 for the hot lunch or $6.50 forboth. Food stamps are acceptedand subsidized funding is availablefor qualified clients.

Clients may opt to have meals de-livered every day or only a few dayseach week depending on what bestmeets their needs. Service of meals

can be initiated and ended with 24hours notice.

FM-JD Meals on Wheels servesFayetteville, Manlius, Jamesville,Dewitt and neighboring communi-ties east of Syracuse and nowserves Lafayette, Tully,Pompey, Fabius and DelphiFalls.

To learn more, volunteer or do-nate, please contact Director TerryDavis at 315-637-5446. If FM-JDMeals on Wheels is not in yourarea there are a number of Mealson Wheels organizations servingthe Syracuse area and we can con-nect you with your local Meals onWheels. If you know of a localgroup that would be interested inhearing a presentation about Mealson Wheels service contact CarolinePotter, FM-JD Meals on WheelsOutreach Worker at 315-882-2083or [email protected].

Serving Eastern& Southern

Communities

to pray in perhaps new ways in the

new year:

Pray for the 10 Great Commis-

sion Fund Giving Opportunities

(see the December '09 Alliance Life

issue).

Keep a file box of 3x5 cards of

missionaries, their work & their

prayer requests (again, see the Dec.

'09 Alliance Life).

Choose and pray for an un-

reached people group (see our

church's website).

Read a prayer book or devotional

from our church library.

If you have creative prayer ideas

you'd like to share, e-mail me at

[email protected].

I pray that each of you, young orold, will develop a strong(er), de-

voted prayer life this year.

Prayerfully Yours,

Larry Petry

Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping

alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiv-

ing.Colossians 4:2

A new year brings with it that ten-

sion between wanting to make

resolutions to change, and knowing

that you'll probably blow them by

the end of February.

Much as I'd like to see a great influx

of people on Wednesday night, it

shouldn't be something you feel

"guilted" into. So, here are a few

ideas to consider in "keeping alert"

Wednesday Prayer Meeting

I pray that

each of you,

young or old,

will develop a

strong(er),

devoted prayer

life this year.


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The deadline for

the February issue

of the Lamplighter

is Sunday, January

17th. Please

submit your

articles to the

church office.

The New YearBy Dorothea Dyer

Have you made your resolutionsFor the new year just ahead

Or do you intendTo do the same old things instead?

I never really keep themIs what I hear you say,Probably will not keep themEven for a single day.

You have a calendar of blank pagesA clean slate on which to writeSo make your resolutionsAnd keep your goals in sight

Aim for a closer walk with GodIn every thing you do

For there is always roomTo make you a better you

Blessings for the seasonAnd may they continue whenYou face the year before youAnd go into Twenty-ten

devotional explanations of"The Creator", "The Lord WillProvide", "The God MostHigh" and a number of others

names.

Going along with the recentsermons about Christmas car-ols, John MacArthur and JoniEareckson Tada wrote O Wor-ship the King: Hymns of Assur-ance and Praise to EncourageYour Heart[264 Mac]. In chap-ters on twelve great hymns ofour faith, including O Worshipthe King, O the Deep DeepLove of Jesus, Breathe on MeBreath of God the authorspresent some background and

devotional thoughts.

Please note that the titles ofthe collection of books de-scribed last month is posted inthe library with call numbersto help you find them.

Good reading!

Jean Palmer

The collection continues togrow. We have had some ex-cellent donations this month(thank you) - and we have sold

some duplicates and thereforebeen able to select some goodused books at the Christianbook store. Here are sometitles you might wish to read:

Two books by WatchmanNee: The God of Abraham,Isaac & Jacob in whichstudies of the Biblical patri-archs present their lives asallegories of the Christian ex-perience; and Authority andSubmission which is aboutGod's divine arrangement for

the reestablishment of order inthe universe centered on therelationship between Christand the church. The exerciseof authority and submissionwithin the Body of Christ iscentral to the working out ofGod's divine will. Bothof these books have the callnumber 248 Nee.

A book by Kay Arthur entitledThe Peace & Power of Know-ing God's Name [231 Artp] has

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From the Church Library

BattalionI know I have been a little laxin getting updates through thenewsletter. Well, I must tellyou it has not been from alack of activity. We have justcompleted a study of NewAge and the Occult which

was very informative for all ofus. Our next study will be inthe area of Skit Production.The group has told me theywant to actually produce askit for Cabin Fever, so beprepared for a great time!

There are not a lot of winteractivities other than our an-

nual Father/Son Winter Retreat atPath of Life Camp on the weekendof Feb. 19th. The plans are notconfirmed yet, but there will besledding and more winter survivalactivities.

The Bible says we should be pre-pared if we have to flee. Pray it isnot in winter. Another study wewill be doing is in Revelation. Addi-tionally, we are planning somepractical studies on small engines,plumbing and basic electricity.

Times are challenging. A big helpwould be your prayers and dona-

tions to the Battalion ministry.Thanks for all you have done.

Respectfully Submitted,Ken Hubbell

Proverbs 27:17 Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.


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Quizzing


Junior Quizzing News

December 19th was our ChristmasQuiz! Mary, a youth from Amherst,NY, joined us. We had a festivespirit during the quiz as the practicequestions had a Christmas theme.We all had a great time with JoelFlemming and Beca Lloyd tied forfirst place for the day. AmandaNegley came in fourth.

After the quizzing, we playedChristmas Bingo and Guess theCarol. Ask the junior quizzers howthey did!

We completed the day with a whiteelephant gift exchange. Some of thepopular items were a monkey, apair of binoculars, and a Dunk nDonuts gift card. All in all, it was avery merry occasion.

Our next Quiz Meet is January30th, 2010 at Syracuse AllianceChurch. Wont you join us?

Please continue to pray for ourquizzers: as they strive to memorize that they will understand whatthey read that their desire for Gods Wordwill grow.

Marie Murgia, Jr. Coach

Senior Quizzing News

On December 19th we had a ZoneMeet at our church. We had Am-herst Nazarene quizzers visitingwith us again. To make it more fun

for our visitors ,wescrambled up all theteams and had a funtime quizzing withnew teammates.Our top five for theday were NickMurgia, JeremySouthwick (Syr.),Sam Braun(Amherst), NoahSchadt and CalebBenedict.

Please pray for our

kids as some find ithard to be consis-tent and continue

with their good study habits overChristmas and the New Year break.

Pray that they wont get behind.Pray that they continue to grow inthe Lord.

Georgia Phipps, Sr. Coach

Note:

Please check out our quizzing pageson the church website. TaylorFleming posted a testimony on whyhe quizzes. Well be adding newones each month.

January 2010

1 - Michelle Kolceski, Clayt Roberts, Jr., Marylou Standford

2 - Geoff Lloyd

3 - Bob Loomis, Sarah Macie

4 - Kyle Sullivan

6 - Amber Vanderwerff

7 - Isabella Macie

8 - Joan Fooks

9 - Charlie Ness

13 - Mark Oda, (Ralph & Sue Maloney)

14 - James Dow, Nicholas Murgia, (Joe & Michelle Kolceski)

16 - Allison Harrison

17 - Skip Praxl

18 - Erik Patterson, Han Smid, Josh Trexler

19 - Matt Walker

22 - Ericka Reed

23 - Jonathon Calderon, Daniel Ortlieb

26 - Jean Weerheim

27 - Hillary Chartrand

28 - Amy Aungier, Justin Kenyon, Tim Negley

29 - Marie Murgia, Bob Standford

30 - Nancy Graham

31 - Steve Kenyon

Birthdays & Anniversaries

Church Lock Up

ScheduleTh.is is a reminder for church officers who are onthe lock up schedule for the month of January

January 3 Eric Reed January 10 Les Hathaway January 17 Joe Kolceski January 24 Matt Walker January 31 Bruce Stowe

If you are unable to be at church on the day you arescheduled for lock up, please arrange to change withsomeone on the schedule.


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Annual MeetingThe Annual Meeting of the LaFayetteAlliance Church will be Wednesday,January 20, 2010 at 7:00 pm.

Please mark your calendars for thisimportant meeting.

Volunteers Needed!Additional helpers are always needed for the2s & 3s room as well as Childrens Church.Please contact Kristi Shaver for the 2s & 3sor Stephanie Dow for Childrens Church ifyou would be willing to volunteer.

Secret SisterLadies, would you like to have another lady in the

church family praying for you throughout the year?The Secret Sisterprogram is a fun and easy way ofletting your sister know that you are praying for herwith cards of encouragement throughout the year.It is also nice to give a gift to your Secret Sister onspecial occasions. The secret of who our sisters arewill be revealed next Christmas at the womensluncheon. Registration forms will be available inupcoming bulletins and on the back table in thefoyer. Please fill them out and give them to KariWalker. If you have any questions, please contactKari.

Senior Ministry Luncheon

Attention all SeniorsThis month we will have aluncheon on Thursday, January 7th here at churchat noon. Join us for a meal together and a greattime of fellowship.

Please bring a dish to pass. Feel free to invite afriend and enjoy a relaxing, fun time.

This month we will be hearing from Katie Wells,Missionary to Bolivia with South America Mission.

Be watching the Sunday bulletin

and website for new Ladies Bible

studies on Monday and Thursday

evenings at 7 pm. We are planning

to begin these new studies in Feb-ruary.

Ladies Bible Study

Thank You Church Family!We would like to express our appreciation for your kindnessand Christmas love gift. The love and support you haveshown us throughout the year mean so much. Thank you forallowing us to minister to you.

May you and your loved ones have a blessed Christmas andNew Year!

Pastor Rob & Jody,Pastor Brian & Barb,Matt & Ellen, Carl &Barb


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the PERSON. E.M. Bounds (1835-

1913) wrote in his little book, Power

in Prayer, these words that are

probably worth copying on the flyleaf

of your Bible:

We are constantly on a

stretch, if not on a strain, to devise new

methods, new plans, new organizations

to advance the Church and secure

enlargement and efficiency for the gos-

pel. This trend of the day has a tendency

to lose sight of the man or sink the manin the plan or organization. God's plan is

to make much of the man, far more of

him than of anything else. Men are

God's method. The Church is looking for

better methods; God is looking for better

men...What the Church needs to-day is

not more machinery or better, not new

organizations or more and novel meth-

ods, but men whom the Holy Spirit can

use -- men of prayer, men mighty in

(Continued from page 1)

I thank God for all of the tools and

advances we have today. The com-

puter has cut the time by more than

half of what it used to take to get the

Bible to those who have never had

one in their own language. Television

and radio have been used to get the

Gospel message into places where

missionaries have not been allowed

to go. The Internet has been used

with incredible effectiveness in train-ing pastors in third-world settings

where such an education was un-

heard of just 15 years ago. These

tools have been used by God in ways

that the entire Body of Christ can

rejoice in.

But we dare not think that advanced

technologies and tools can replace

prayer. The Holy Spirit does not flow

through methods, but through men. He

does not come on machinery, but on

men. He does not anoint plans, but men

-- men of prayer.

As you begin this new year, remem-

ber that MEN and WOMEN are

God's method! Technologies may be

wonderfully used by God, but in the

end, The world has yet to see what

God can do with and for and throughand in a man who is fully and wholly

consecrated to Him.

May God raise you up to be just such

a person in 2010!

Pastor Rob

To Whom Much is Given

Were on the web!www.lafayettealliance.org

Our mission is to know Jesus Christ; exalt Him as Savior, Sanctifier, Healer, Coming King,and complete His Great Commission.

LaFayette Christian & MissionaryAlliance Church

P.O. Box 1506069 Cherry Valley TurnpikeLaFayette, New York 13084Phone: (315) 677-9810

Rev. Robert Gates, Senior [email protected]

Brian Mandigo, Associate [email protected]

Ellen Coulter, Office [email protected]

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