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Wednesday 11/5Student Ministry 6:00pm6th grade through High School

The Book of John

Community Group 7:00pmEichstedt HomeEveryone is Welcome!

Thursday

11/6

Worship Practice 7:00pm

Saturday 11/8Mens Breakfast 7:00am

Jim Woods Move 8:30-12:00pm

Meet at church - Lunch served!

Sunday 11/9Christian Education 9:30am Womens Study Group

Jeremiah Study

Jr and Sr High School

Childrens Church 10:45am

Worship Gathering 10:45amBrent Ressler, Small World MinistryDont forget your Devotional Guide

Proctor Baby Shower 2:00pm

AWANA! 6:00pm

Monday 11/10

Womens Bible Study 9:00am1&2 Thessalonians

Martial Arts 6:00pmFree - See Bob Tompkins!

BSF Mens Group 6:45pm

Tuesday 11/11

BSF Womens Group 9:10amFirst Christian Church, Staley Road

Community Group 7:00pmWright Home: Studying LukeSchifo Home: Studying the ExodusEveryone is Welcome!

November 5th

COMMUNITYFREECHURCH

WEEKLY

..and he is coming soon!

We are having a baby shower forChristy Proctor on Sunday, Nov. 9th

at 2:00 p.m. at Community EvangelicalFree Church of Mahomet.

They are registered at Amazon.com andWalmart.

We are having a baby shower for Christy Proctor,Sunday, November 9th at 2:00pm in the foyer ofCommunity Evangelical Free Church of Mahomet. Thisis an open invitation to ALL the women and friends ofCEFCM.

Christy is registered at Amazon.com and Wal"Mart.

there is more happening in this than just money raised.It has given us a place to hear and answer Gods call. Ithas also allowed us #and others$the honor to pray andwatch the spectacular work of God unfolding!

Also here is a reply from their attorney....

So far, the Rochester AdoptionFund has raised over %5,620. PraiseGod for His glory! This is such apractical grace that will work tocover the costs of the adoption, but

That is truly unbelievable. I received your !1000 today and Iknow that was a gi"#om your church, but an additional!5000?? How wonderful and rich a blessing! It makes m$think we can get this adoption accomplished. Thank yourchurch for their generosity. I am rea&y happy for the girls andfor your family. Of course, as an attorney, I'm happy to b$paid, but mostly I'm just happy for the girls and relieved foryour family.

God is strengthening and encouraging many throughthis !

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Thanksgiving Dinner!

November 23rd - 12:30pm

Israel Trip 2014On Thursday morning, November 6th, at 5:45amPastor Jason and Mark Burns will be leaving Mahometwith 22 pilgrims for Israel. The group would appreciateprayers for safe passage, no distractions, and deeptimes of encounter with the Lord. Also, please prayagainst the desire to be tourists, and instead, may thegroup see itself as pilgrims pursuing Jesus for His gloryand their joy. The trip will be November 6th"15th.

Pastor Jason will return Sunday, November 16th wherehe will share with us out of Hebrews 12 The GreatCloud of Witness.

Its that time! Thanksgiving dinner! June Sanders islooking for those who want to be a part of making agreat meal great! There are 2 opportunities to servein this meal. First, this Sunday sign up to bring anitem to share. Second, invite 1"5 friends to come that

weekend to hear about the Gift of Life and enjoy agreat meal with us.

Turkey !sliced and ready to serve"

1.

2.

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Ham !cooked and sliced"

1.

2.

Dressing/Stu#ng !9x13"

1.

2.

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Gravy for the Turkey and Stu#ng

1. Penny Thompson

Mashed Potatoes

1. Kay Elmer

2. Tasha Schifo

3.

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5.

Sweet Potatoes

1. Mindy Rife

2. Kay Elmer

Green Bean Casserole

1.

2.

Hot Rolls #5$150 total

Desserts #Lots!$

Misc sides and salads #8$

We also need folks to help cleanup.

Glenwood Estates 11/16On Sunday, November 16th Pastor Jason will be backsharing with us a message out of Hebrews 12 TheGreat Cloud of Witness. Afterwards we ALL have an

opportunity to go to Glenwood Estates and honor oursenior saints with your support. We will also bebringing them flowers to brighten their day and lifttheir spirits! Your smile can be an infectious reflectionof the love of Jesus to those who have come before us.Please plan on joining us!

Need lunch? We will have chips and sandwiches at theSchifo home from 12:00"1:45pm "ALL are invited!

The Woods Are Moving!Can you help the Woods move Saturday morning?8:30am"12:00 noon. Lunch will be provided. Come to

Mens Breakfast

at 7:00am, and then

head over to help

with the

move!

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We received this update from our friend, William K.Koffa, the Pastor of Oldest Congo Town First BaptistChurch via Dean Ekberg.

After arriving home William saw that the Ebola crisishad spread, and for safety sake it was not possible tohost a clinic within the church, so they partnered withE.L.W. Hospital. Also, one of the Elders of OldestCongo Town FBC contacted Ebola and needs ourprayers.

From William...

On behalf of my family and the First Baptist church ofOldest Congo, Monrovia, West Africa I extend ourthanks and appreciation to you, Pastor Jason and theentire Membership of Free Evangelical Church ofMahomet and all those who contributed medical itemsand funds to fight against Ebola.

Most importantly, I am grateful to God for using you allto buttress the effort of the international community infighting against Ebola. The medical items, includingmineral water and crates of juices, were presented

today at the front of the E.L.W. Hospital. Below is thebreakdown.

Other items presented include 10 sacks of mineralwater and 4 crates of extra juices. I was also able to buy25 bags of rice and that will be distributed on FirstSunday in November by the Grace of God. When that isdone, I will also send you more information

Please remember us in your prayers for total deliveringfor the eradication of the deadly Ebola disease, financialbreakthrough, and total delivering for my Daughter,

Williette.

Reverend William K. Koffa

Lets continue to lift up our brother William, his family,the Elders, and people of Oldest Congo Town FirstBaptist Church. Ask for Gods protection, His comfort,and His guidance in the church.

Also pray for the open doors that will be created toshare the Gospel as William and the church reach outin love during this difficult time.

You can be a powerful voice of encouragement to

William and the people of FBC Oldest Congo Town sending a simple letter or card to:

William K. Koffa, Jr. (Rev.)

Pastor

First Baptist Church

Oldest Congo Town

P.O.Box 4285

Monrovia,Liberia, West Africa

from Liberia

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We wi!love as we have been loved.Jesus is alive and His love isliving.

John 3:16For God so loved the world, that he gav$

his only Son, that whoever believes i'him should not perish but have eternal life.

This is the AWANA and SundaySchool verse that almost everyoneknows. In fact, all my kids that canspeak #Samuel gets o&on this one...$can recite this verse. Thats soimportant because it is the heart ofthe Gospel.

God so #and his so is so muchbigger than ours$loved the world#this is not just limited to creation

but also to the creatures, us, and inparticular, you$that He #seeing thedesperation of or sin$sent His Son #atreasure to behold$that whoever#again thats you, and your neighbor,and their neighbors, neighbor$believes in Him should not perish#death in sin$, but have eternal life#with Him$.

Its glorious, its magnanimous, andits our mission where others areconcerned.

1 Peter 4:18

Above a&, keep loving one anotherearnestly, since love covers a

multitude of sins.

Peter tells us that above all else,which means above and over allother motivations, we are to loveeach other earnestly. Notice thathe says earnestly, and not out ofobligation. Often, I have heard

people say, pertaining to toughpeople, that they have to loveothers, because Jesus commandsus to love. This is the wrong

motivation for loving.

1 John 4:7; 4:19

Beloved, let us love one another, forlove is#om God, and whoever loves

has been born of God and knows God ;We love because he first loved us.

What is so interesting in 1 John isthat we are told that foundationof love comes from God, and was

evident prior to the action of itfor us in Jesus.

Love comes from God. It isdefined by God, and a gift fromHim to us that is most evident inthe person of Jesus Christ. If welove from anywhere other thanour tenacious pursuit of Him wewill grow weary and love out of aplace of having to rather thandesiring to.

Thankfully, we can never get pastGods love for us in Christ. Whilewe were still sinners He was afterus. While we were at our worstHe still desired communion withus, and our truest response to thatcomes from how we love andcommune with each other.

Now, I dont want to act likeeverything is unicorns and

rainbows, because we have toughpeople in our lives whom we arecalled to love.

So years ago when I read thatverse in 1 Peter, it frustrated me. Ihad always thought the answer totough people in my life was grace,mercy, and ultimately, forgiveness.But those things, while good,never drew me back to thosepeople. It was only after reading 1

Peter that I realized the only wayto get past others faults and myown sinfulness was love.

Not my own brand of lovethough, that is jaded by past hurtand frustration, but the lovedisplayed on the cross as the Sonof God asked for the forgiveness

for those who were crucifyingHim. Thats the kind of earnestlove that results from our sincereand intense conviction that Jesusis better.

I can write this not because inarrogance I am claimingperfection, but because I still fallinto the trap of my own costlylove at times, rather than Hissacrificial love. Thats the lovethat Peter is calling us to comeunder the power of. I love howPaul #under that power$describesthat power...

1 Corinthians 13:4"7

Love is patient and kind; love doesnot envy or boast; it is not arrogant orrude. It does not insist on its own way;it is not irritable or resentful; it does

not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices(ith the truth. Love bears a&things,believes a&things, hopes a&things,endures a&things.

How has God been patient withyou this week? How has He notinsisted in His own way evenwhen its clear His is better? Howhas God not rejoiced in yourfailure? How has God bore allthings on account of you?

If He has done that for us on amajestic, grand, and eternal scale,then why cant we seem to do itwith one another? Well, we can,but not alone and apart fromChrist. Our lives and love leftalone leads to death, but in Christwe are made alive and His livinglove resurrects and brings forthlife in love!

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Friends and Family,

This past weekend at the 10:45am service the Eldership of Community Evangelical Fre$

Church shared the unique needs that Julie and John Rochester are facing as they fo&ow Gods

leading to adopt Abigail and Savannah. In looking at the journey that brought them to this place,

(e believe that God is at work here. We also are encouraged by John and Julies wi&ingness to come beneath th$Elderships authority. They have asked us, the Elders, to walk with them in this because they trust we wi&do soin love and prayerful wisdom.

In service to Him and you,The Eldership of Community Evangelical Free Church of Mahome)

Bruce Henrikson *Chair+, David Eichstedt, Skip Doval, Mike Piasecki, and Pastor Jason Schifo.

This letter was shared with the congregation on Sunday, October 26th and we wanted to forward it to you for yourcelebration and consideration...

Dear Friends and Family,

To say that life never does follow the rules is an understatement.

To say that despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ who loved us is the truest testimonyof our faith. #Romans 8:37$

One of the hardest parts of having Savannah and Abigail in our lives these last few years, has been learning that victorydoesnt always mean I win, or I get my way. We have gone through many phases of what we felt was a victory,though many ended up being mere illusions: they were self"focused, instead of God"focused. They brought satisfaction,but they did not bring joy. Raising someone elses children challenged every part of our definition of love, patience,doing it for God, and feeling like God was calling me to do this. Any pride of being a great person to take onsomeone elses children, is humbling, because behind these children there is a trail of broken people and homes.

As we have progressed through the levels of responsibility, from babysitter to legal guardians, and now pursuingadoption, I am more and more aware of the pain and heartache that trails behind the limelight of the best interest ofthe children. I used to see the girls parents as the enemies I needed to conquer in order to protect them. I havelearned, that it is the sin of this world that is the true enemy, but that #sin$has already been conquered! For everychild of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through faith. #I John5:4$The victory has alreadybeen gained, we just need to follow the breadcrumbs to see where God will take us. Everything that we have seen is

directing us to pursue adoption.

There have been so many that have faithfully stood beside us and supported us in prayer to get to this phase, bothphysically and spiritually. I am asking again for support. We need a lot of prayers as this is no easy task to accomplish.

We are looking at immense legal fees that, frankly, we do not have. What I do have is complete faith that God willprovide. If He can change hearts and forgive sins, I am sure He can help us pay our court fees. We need %3,000 to file,and it could go to as much as %20,000. Please pray for us, and if God leads you to support us financially, thank you. Notangible gift or moment of prayer will go unnoticed. In all things God will receive the glory!

As you pray for us, please remember to keep Mica, their mother, in your prayers as well. Pray that she can findcomfort in knowing that she is a child of God, and by knowing that, she also may defeat the evil world and achievethis victory through faith #I John 5:4$

Sincere Thankfulness, John and Julie Rochester, on behalf of Savannah and Abigail

You can make a donation by dropping a check into the church o&ering box made out to the Rochester AdoptionFund.

You can also go online at anytime and make a one time or ongoing donation at:

https://fundly.com/rochester"adoption"fund

A&donations wi&be held in an account at Fisher National Bank. Any donor at anytime can request the record of use of funds#o,the Elders. A&donations are to be used solely for the legal expenses in th$adoption of Savannah and Abigail.

Follow the journey on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rochesteradoptionfund