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Happy Thanksgiving
VOL. XXXV - - - No. 11
October 31, 2010
OVESTA EWS
Published monthly by: Novesta Church of Christ
2896 N. Cemetery Rd. Cass City, MI 48726
Phone: (989) 872-3658 or 872-1195
www.novestachurch.org
Brad Speirs, Minister Brad Gniewek, Minister
NovemberNovemberNovemberNovember
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Thanksgiving Baskets During the month we will be collecting food items to put together food baskets for three needy families in our area. A sign up will be posted on the foyer bulletin board. Please write your name by the item you intend to donate and then cross it off when you bring it. We need all items to be at the church by noon on Tuesday, November 23rd, for delivery that day. If you are willing to help either with filling or delivering the baskets, please let the office know. PS: If you or anyone you know of, within the congregation, is in need of
Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets, please let the church office know by November 12. We don’t want to overlook any of our own, so please help us.
Fireproof Date Night November 12th, 6:30PM We know that many of you have already seen the movie, but
what a great way to rekindle the love and commitment in
your marriage. Come and be drawn closer together as a cou-
ple as we enjoy a free movie, complete with popcorn and bev-
erages at no charge. We’ll also be giving away a ‘night-out’
package to one lucky couple. Childcare will be provided and
we encourage you to invite your friends and family as well.
Don’t miss this great date night!
November 6 ~ 3:00 p.m. Get a sitter for the kids, grab a partner and your digital
camera and join us at the church for The Scavenger Hunt! We
will be having tons of fun with clues, hunting around town and
gathering “evidence”… We will end the night with a fantastic
(and hilarious) slide show and potluck dinner!
We hope to see you there!
THOSE SERVING IN NOVEMBER
COMMUNION MEDITATION: 11/7 Fred Hicks 11/14 Ken Peters 11/21 Russ Speirs 11/28 Rob Hartwick DEACONS: Scott Hendrian Steve Ross Gib Kern Jason Speirs USHERS: Barry Brown Eddie Nizzola Andy Gray Eddie Vogel Leonard Hawkins Ralph Zinnecker Craig Maurer A.M. NURSERY: 11/7 9:30 Marilyn Lester, Cindy Klaus 10:30 Donella Peasley, Caren Guc 11/14 9:30 Robin Beckrow, Heather Roberts 10:30 Donella Peasley, Marideth Nizzola 11/21 9:30 Amy & Emily Peters 10:30 Andrea Ross, Judy Britt 11/28 9:30 Cindy Pruitt, Deb Deering 10:30 Andrea Ross, Melissa Bessler 12/5 9:30 Kathy O’Dell, Marilyn Lester 10:30 Andrea Ross, Marideth Nizzola WORSHIP LEADERS: 11/7 Lauren Howard 11/14 Kristy Speirs 11/21 Fred Hicks 11/28 Sarah Zmierski SOUND SYSTEM: 11/7 Duane O’Dell 11/14 Darla DeLuyck 11/21 Scott Hendrian 11/28 Ken Peters POWER POINT: 11/7 Lyle Severance 11/14 Carol Hicks 11/21 Ron Kampo 11/28 JoEllen Bukoski KITCHEN DUTY: Kathy O’Dell COMMUNION PREPARATION & CLEAN UP: Judy Britt
GREETERS: 11/7 9:30 (main) Virgil & Amy Peters (center) Harold & Joan Little 10:30 (main) Phil & Cindy Klaus (center) Larry & Sherry Thick 11/14 9:30 (main) Duane & Kathy O’Dell (center) Lucky & Darla DeLuyck 10:30 (main) Keith Little & Ron Speirs (center) Chuck & Kelli Hendrick 11/21 9:30 (main) Dave & Karen Speirs (center) Deb Deering & Ann Hartel 10:30 (main) Vonda Kolb & Lena Teller (center) Lyle & Heather Severance 11/28 9:30 (main) Doris Stimpfel & Janet Wright (center) Jim & Wanda Lonsberry 10:30 (main) Janice Winter & Mary Helen P. (center) Grace Nellett & Doris Hendrick 12/5 9:30 (main) Irene Nicol & Bernie Wutzke (center) Les & Bev Auten 10:30 (main) Andy & Kim Gray (center) Tom Mittlestat & Eddie Vogel JUNIOR CHURCH: Teachers: Jodie Mika Dawn Maurer Song Leaders: Sharron Hartwick Beth Mellendorf Lauren Walther
Additions For Your Directory Whenever we have any changes in address, phone,
email, etc. we will put it in the Newsletter for you to ADD TO YOUR DIRECTORY .
Pruitts (no more landline)
Chad’s Cell phone: 912-5564 Cindy’s Cell phone: 912-5567
YOUR ELDERS MEET The next elders meeting will be Monday, November
29, at 7:00 p.m. If you have any praises or
concerns, feel free to share them with any elder or
either Brad.
Bible Study Opportunities
“SEVEN ON SUNDAY” for Men
November 14 ~ 8:00 a.m. LADIES BIBLE STUDY
Tuesdays @ 10:00 a.m. MEN’S BIBLE STUDY
Tuesdays @ 7:00 p.m.
Cards &Cards &Cards &Cards & NotesNotesNotesNotes
Hi, everyone,
Just wanted to let you know Tami and I are
doing well. Tami no longer works for the
newspaper but is now the new church secretary
at Albany Christian Church, I am so proud of
her! She and I play in the praise band every
Sunday. I am thankful for God’s blessings
and our short time at Novesta Church of
Christ. Novesta is where God put on Tami’s
heart to play bass guitar! As I’m writing this
I’m listening to the CD that was given us. It
always makes me think of everyone at Novesta.
Thanks for being part of our spiritual journey
home where we’ll get the chance to play music
again with Jesus as our conductor!!
Marty & Tami Abbott
Novesta family,
We want to thank everyone for the calls,
cards, delicious food and concerns for us as we
are going thru this ordeal. We covet your con-
tinued prayers throughout Pam’s treatments.
We appreciate and thank those who have of-
fered help with transportation, etc. Your
prayers are helping us.
Gib & Pam Kern
For the High School Class,
Lawrence & I would like to say a big Thank
You, for that great meal prepared for us. It
was a very pleasant surprise, and we enjoyed it
very much. Thank you again (Future Chefs)
and the delivery girls too. Bless you All.
Sincerely,
Lawrence & Elfriede Englehart
BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES
11/1 Ann King 11/2 Marge Johnson 11/4 Fred Hicks 11/4 (A) Chris & Jessica Elston 11/5 David Nordquist 11/8 Tim Vogel 11/9 Madelyn Hicks 11/9 Laura Hiles 11/11 Cathy Healy 11/12 (A) Dave & Judy Ware 11/12 Marideth Nizzola 11/14 Thomas Mittlestat 11/14 Zachary Speirs 11/15 (A) Harold & June Blehm 11/15 Susie Hartwick 11/15 Ethan Healy 11/15 Velma Hendrian 11/16 Marie Peasley 11/19 Melanie Nicholas 11/20 Mason Gniewek 11/20 (A) Phil & Cindy Klaus 11/20 Mike Zmierski 11/21 Kayla Koepf 11/23 (A) Mark & Julie Mozdzen 11/23 Robyn Murdoch 11/24 Nicole Bolen 11/24 Caren Guc 11/26 Kristie Speirs 11/29 (A) Ralph & Pat Zinnecker 11/29 Debbie Deering 11/29 Lucky DeLuyck 11/29 Patricia Peck 11/30 Meagan Whisenant 11/30 Carrie Luana
Novesta Tee’s
In the center hall is a sign-up to get your Novesta gear. We have 5 differ-ent styles and 3 different colors. The costs and colors are on the sign-up and the samples of the shirt styles are hanging near the middle doors. The deadline to sign-up is November 15th.
BASKETBALL RESUMESBASKETBALL RESUMESBASKETBALL RESUMESBASKETBALL RESUMES THURSDAYS
AT 7 P.M. High Schoolers and Adults are invited to come
out and join us as we hoop it up each Thursday
starting at 7 p.m. All skill levels are welcome and
the games go until everybody’s energy is gone, so
why not come out and get some exercise.
OUR
MILITARY
Scott Brownson - (Tom & Doris Stimpfel’s nephew) Andrew Caig - (Terry’s son) - in Iraq Justin Fischer - (Tom & Doris Stimpfel’s nephew) - in Japan Blain Gniewek - Brad’s brother Aaron Hackett - (friend of Soper's) Brad Hartel - (Jeff & Ann’s son) - in Japan John Kiehl - (Brenda Miller’s brother) Toby Kilbourn - (Jim’s son) Ben Knoblet - (Tim Knoblet's nephew) Tom Kolb - (Vonda’s son) Lester Maurer - (Gloria Maurer's son) Jamie Parrish - (Kristie Speirs’ brother, Betty Stilson’s grandson) - serving in Iraq Matt Peck - Mark’s son - in Afghanistan Ashleigh Rabideau - (Robin Beckrow’s niece) - in Qatar Ryan Reid - (Jeff Hartel’s nephew) Julie Roche - Air Force (Doctor in training) Chris Skiles - North Carolina Karl Stuckey - (Mittlestat’s nephew) Jacques Weilbach - (Jacques & Marsha’s son) - in Afghanistan
FACTS & FIGURES
Average weekly attendance for the month of October 2010 (to date):
Bible School … 123 A.M. Worship … 226
New Members in 2010: 21
Offering averages for October (to date): Bible School……………..…...$45.04 Sunday Offerings……….…$3,999.09
(Budget per Sunday: $4,420) BRICK Fund:
Balance: $59,797.41 ( Payment per month $1,206.75 )
Received this month for payments:
$1,495.00
TIME CHANGE
NOVEMBER 7
(fall back)
Remember to set your clock before you go to bed
on Saturday, Nov. 6th, so you won’t miss Sunday
morning service.
LUNCH BUNCHLUNCH BUNCHLUNCH BUNCHLUNCH BUNCH
Our Lunch Bunch will meet at the church at 5:00 p.m. on Nov. 4 to car pool to Caro K of C where we will have a hamburger buffet beginning at 5:30 and then the play will start at 7:00 p.m. It’s a mystery and we will try to figure out who-done-it. Tickets have been purchased for those who said they wanted to go. If you are not able to go, please let Mary Helen know so we can find someone to take your place. The cost of the ticket is $14. It’s been quite a while since we met for break-fast. Maybe that is what will do more often in the winter months so we don’t have to worry about going too far on winter roads. We’ll discuss it.
A Mystery … Who Could It Be
Who could it be? When you think you’ve fig-
ured out who the mystery person is, ask
them if you’re right.
Our last Mystery Person was
Tessa Kus
Here are the clues for this month:Here are the clues for this month:Here are the clues for this month:Here are the clues for this month:
• Always a bridesmaid, never a bride...as not
yet anyway
• Ba da ba ba ba
• Children are my specialty
• I am a diet coke junkie
• My cat is named after a vampire
• My family has attended this church for four
generations.
Who do you think I am?
Here we grow again… We welcome Dave & Becky Peruski who were immersed Sunday evening, October 3rd. Dave and Becky live at 3288 Warner Road. On Sunday evening, October 24, Nick & Judy Romzek were immersed into Christ. They live in the Argyle area. Pray for these new Christians as they walk with Christ. Seek them out, get acquainted, and welcome them into our church family. Please pray for others that need to make similar decisions and remember to invite friends, neighbors, and family to our services. We also have many op-portunities for Bible study and fellowship.
EVANGELISM MINISTRY The Evangelism Ministry is anxious to reach out and help people better understand who we are at Novesta, and why we do what we do. If you have been attending and would like to know more about what the Bible says about who the church is or the plan of Salvation per the Bible, feel free to let either of the Ministers know, or contact Skip Speirs for further infor-mation. If you know somebody who is asking questions concerning The Church, we would appreciate you helping us help them.
PLEASE NOTE: Fellowship Potluck
CANCELED Due to the low attendance at our potluck, it has been decided to cancel unless there is someone who would like to take charge of getting it going again. If you are interested in doing that, let the office know.
ANNUAL REPORTS
ATTENTION MINISTRY LEADERS:
I will be compiling the Annual Reports
for distribution before the Annual Meeting.
Please have your reports in ASAP as I will
be working on them all month as they come
in.
CALENDER PLANNING:
We will be scheduling events for the year
2010. Please let us know if you are plan-
ning something for a certain date so we can
put it on the calendar. This eliminates the
problem of having more than one thing
scheduled at the same time. Always check
the calendar book in the office to make sure
your date is open. Also remember to reserve
the van when needed by marking it on the
wall calendar in the office.
HUNGRY? Then come and eat☺
Sunday November 14th, right after the service, your Haiti Mission Team will be hosting a Baked Potato Luncheon. It is a free will offering and all are invited. So bring your
family, your friends, your neighbors, and your appetite and enjoy a deli-cious baked potato meal to support sending your team overseas to “make disciples of all nations.”
Bible Bowl Update
Our Bible Bowl teams had their first monthly competition on October 9th. We had two teams that did great! Novesta Drumline (Luke & Alison) finished 1st, and Novesta Lifeblood (Sarah & Kayla) fin-ished 2nd. On the test, Sarah finished 1st, Luke 2nd, Alison 5th, and Kayla 6th! We’re really proud of our kids and their ef-forts and we ask that you continue to pray for them. Our next meet is November 6th.
LONG TERM
PRAYER LIST
**Member ** Lee Nicol - (Irene's son) Linda - MS (Lena Teller's daughter) Heather Fisher - seizures (Eric & Wendy’s daughter) Chris Klco - (Amy Peters' brother) updates www.chrisklco.com Quinton Simpson - in a coma (Dena Anderson's nephew) Carol Hartman - awaiting heart transplant (friend of Pat McIntosh) Brennen Pitcher - leukemia (USA High School student) Bill & Josephine Richardson - (Carol Gaszczynski contact) Shirley Zellar - (Pat McIntosh’s mother) Lester O’Dell - Emphazema Maynard Stine - cancer (Marie Peasley contact person) Shirley Turpin - (Carol Gaszczynski’s sister) Andrew Teller - cancer (Lena Teller’s grandson) Don Buehrly - Tendercare - stroke ** Roy Evans - heart issues Wally Wojtaszke - cancer (Ann Hartel contact person) ** Lena Teller - aneurysm Lynn Fish - (Carolyn Mittlestat’s father) Katherine Groulx - cancer (Grace Nellett’s sister-in-law) **Tim Blehm - hearing loss Wendy Lester - cancer Julie Smithson Patterson - cancer (Pat McIntosh contact) Harland Lounsbury - stroke (Pat McIntosh contact) Lisa Starr - brain tumor (Nev’s cousin) Melissa Bills - cancer (friend of Pat McIntosh & Randee Speirs) Ken Babich - brain tumor (Marie Peasley contact) Garrett Roberts’ mother & brother - cancer Families in our church & community without work Ashley Patrick’s mother Aneita Denhoff - Carrie Gilley’s mother ATTENTION: If you know any of these on this list that are well and can be eliminated from it, please let the church office know.
PRAYER
MINISTRY
SPEAKS “I tell you, nay but except ye repent. Ye shall
all likewise perish” Luke 13:3
Spend time in prayer and please make these your Prayer requests for November 2010:
• Pray for our church family to realize how our
Father wanted us all to find the perfect mate and our children. Mark 10:6-9
• Pray for us to keep forgiving as our Father for-gives us. Ephesians 4:31-32
• Pray for us to know our Father will punish the wicked and we will be delivered. Proverbs 11:21
• Pray for us to keep the wisdom of God and un-derstanding always in focus. Proverbs 3:13
• Pray for us to keep in mind daily about the de-ceptions that Christ warned us about. Matthew 24:23-24
• Pray for us not to be blinded about the return of our Lord, we need to hear more about His return. II Corinthians 4:4
• Pray for us to remember the words of Christ about the Sabbath day for we live in an intense age. Mark 2:27
Remember,
Guardian Angels, This is our church family, we should all
pray every day for all of God’s children, be
faithful.
Community Prayer Topic: Pray for the brothers and sisters in Christ Je-
sus to be there for our Community projects …
for us to be that shining light for Jesus … to
always keep a smile for others to realize that
Jesus lives us all.
A special note from me to you: Stay strong in your family for we know how impor-tant family is with our Father. If a family member needs to hear about our Fathers Word in their situa-tion, for us to be ready to give them God’s Words of
wisdom and understanding.
Smile, Jesus Loves You and So Do ISmile, Jesus Loves You and So Do ISmile, Jesus Loves You and So Do ISmile, Jesus Loves You and So Do I Bernie Wutzke
SAGINAW SOUP KITCHEN November 19 ~ 8:50 a.m.
Novesta helps prepare and serve food on the third Fri-
day each month. If you would like to help, you are en-
couraged to sign up on the board in the middle hall-
way. It is a great opportunity to
serve and there is great fellow-
ship as you work together to
help others in need. It’s very
rewarding.
FAMILY GAME NIGHT November 19 ~ 6:30 p.m.
Come join the fun, food and fellowship as we meet for Family Game Night. Bring a dish to
pass (we eat first and then bring out the
games).
Most of us play Euchre but we also have
games going for those who don’t play. (Last
month, Tom Stimpfel, Sr. was the winner with
the most points.)
The kids enjoy getting together to play in
the gym or at video games. Most
of all, everyone enjoys the
fellowship.
COME JOIN US!!
HIS HOUSE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP His House has remained steadfast in its mission to share the Good News with university students for the past 41 years. His House is adjusting to the changing times that the ministry faces in the year 2010 and beyond. There has been some changes in staff this fall. Pete Elenbaas will join Sam Galvin in Marquette. Pete has served as associate campus minister at MTU in Houghton for the past four year and will also
lead the students at LSU in Sault Ste. Marie. Scott Crary, formerly working at LSSU in Sault Ste. Marie, moved to Mt. Pleasant to become the campus minister at CMU. Scott is continuing in the footsteps of 19 year veteran campus minis-ter, Matt Schantz who joined the National Nail Corporation in Grand Rapids as Director of Organizational Develop-ment. Matt’s role will be to help transform the culture of the company by hiring and developing people around eight principles including, dependence on God, integrity, servant leadership, generosity and trust. The Fall “His House” newsletter has featured three students from SVSU—check them out on the Mission Board. C.R.A.M. (Christ Reaching Asia Mission) CRAM Worldwide Inc. has two new flyers. One on their work in China and another on their work in North Korea. Check them out on the Mission Board. NEW CHURCHES OF CHRIST EVANGELISM The ministry of NCCE is to plant new churches so that people who are far from God can be reached. NCCE desires your prayers for a new church in Pittsburgh. Church of the Hills was begun 10-10-10. The South Hills area of Pitts-burgh is growing and there are very few Bible believing, evangelical churches in the area. Soon they plan to transform a movie theater into an assembly space that honors God. On 10-10-10 a new work also began in our region. The Southpoint Community Christian Church started a new ministry in Allen Park. This is a suburb just south of Detroit. We area looking forward to more information on this new work. Good news on the Canadian front. Church planters, Jose and Regina Fernandez, just received clearance from the Canadian government to enter the country to begin another new work! PIONEER BIBLE TRANSLATORS Matt & Shelby Honig and their five children have been blessed the past three years to have a nice apartment in the middle of Salekhard close to most of the stores and some of their friends from church. Unfortunately they have out-grown this two bedroom apartment. They have made the most of their space by purchasing loft beds for the boys and Matt & Shelby sleep on a pull-out couch in the living room. In this small space this family of seven live and do homeschool. Last Spring because of a large one-time gift, Matt & Shelby were able to purchase some land. They are hoping to raise the funds needed to start building their home in June or July after they return to Salekhard following a six month trip home to the States. We are looking forward to hearing about their work while they are home.
Christmas
Program Practice
Schedule Christmas program practice for age 4 & up will
start November 14 @ 5 p.m. We will be handing
out parts and learning Christmas carols for the
performance of “The Best Gift” on Sunday, Dec. 19
at 6:00 p.m. Practices will be on Sundays at 5:00
p.m. and starting in December, during Junior
church...(2 & 3 year olds will be included in pro-
gram with separate practice time). If you have
questions or if your child can’t make it to 1st prac-
tice and wants to participate, contact Jodie Mika
at 551-9809 or Marilyn Lester at 872-9876.
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
Prayer Time 10:00 a.m.
C.E. Ministry
Meeting 6:00 p.m.
2
Ladies Bible Study
10:00 a.m.
Men’s Bible Study
7:00 p.m.
3
Bible Bowl 3:30 pm
4 Lunch Bunch
outing—5 p.m.
Finance Ministry Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Basketball in our gym—7:00 p.m.
5
Reserved for Home School 2:00-4:00 p.m.
6
Bible Bowl Competition
Scavenger Hunt
3:00 p.m.
7
Daylight Saving Time ends—2 am
8
Prayer Time 10:00 a.m.
9
Ladies Bible Study
10:00 a.m.
Men’s Bible Study
7:00 p.m.
10
Bible Bowl 3:30 pm
11
Mission Ministry Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Basketball in our gym—7:00 p.m.
12
Movie Night “Fireproof” 6:30 p.m.
13
14 “7 on Sunday”
8:00 a.m.
Baked Potato Luncheon
after church for Haiti 2011
Mission Trip Fund raiser
15
Prayer Time 10:00 a.m.
Deadline for
T-shirt/sweat shirt orders
16
Ladies Bible Study—10 am
Men’s Bible Study—7 pm
Finance Ministry Meeting—7 pm
17
Bible Bowl 3:30 pm
18
Basketball in our gym—7:00 p.m.
19 Saginaw Soup
Kitchen—8:50 am
Reserved for Home school
2-4 pm
Family Game Night—6:30 p.m.
20
Jr. Worship room reserved
21 22
Prayer Time 10:00 a.m.
23 Thanksgiving Baskets items
deadline—noon
Ladies Bible Study—10 a.m.
Men’s Bible
Study—7 p.m.
24
Bible Bowl 3:30 pm
25
Reserved by Speirs/McConnell
families
26 27
28 29
Prayer Time 10:00 a.m.
Elders Meeting
7:00 p.m.
30
Ladies Bible Study
10:00 a.m.
Men’s Bible Study
7:00 p.m.
SUNDAY SCHEDULE
9:30-10:15 a.m. - Bible School
10:30 a.m. - Worship
5:00 p.m. - Junior Choir
6:00 p.m. - Shine
7:00 p.m. - Adult Choir