Archive for July, 2008

Notes on a Bulletin…

July 27, 2008 · Filed under Notes on a Bulletin · Tagged , , , , , , , , , , ,

It was a great day at the Heatstroke Open yesterday. The folks at the Superstition Springs Golf Club were terrific, and Jason Geroux did a GREAT job putting it all together. If only my golf game was as good as the event…

There were 12 new people from Mesa at Connect to EVBC today. All indications are that EVBC is going to be growing in the months ahead. Are we ready?…

Lots of new babies born recently, and a lot on the way!…

Mike & Debbie Frazey, who have been Home Group Shepherds for EVBC for many years, have “retired” from Home Group leadership, and will be attending San Tan Bible Church. They did a wonderful job as shepherds, and will be sorely missed…

Hard to believe the Ecclesiastes study on Sunday mornings is over. What a great study! Here’s praying that Tom and Susan Shrader have a wonderful vacation in August…

The summer Bible study at our home is going strong. This week, we’ll talk about how our relationship with God was never meant to be solo, but it a team effort. Join us Thursday night at 7pm if you’d like…

My daughter goes back to school in 10 days! Where did the summer go?

Luke Simmons will be planting a church in the Williams-Gateway area in the next several months. If you are interested in seeing what’s happening with this project, see SecondMilechurch.com…

Consistent intercessory prayer is a difficult discipline to master…

All EVBC Home Group Shepherds are meeting on Saturday night, September 6th. This will be an important meeting as we put our hearts and minds together for a busy fall season. Take a moment right now, and pray for your Shepherds, will you?…

I wish you all could get to know the EVBC staff better. What a great bunch of people!…

The Fourth Seed blog (4thseed.worpress.org) has more readers than ever. Have you checked it out yet? Make sure you bless us with your comments…

Rick and Ellen Marrs are moving to a new home during the next few weeks. Ellen has become indispensable to our area ministries, and has helped us all in countless ways. Please help the Marrs during in the days ahead by keeping them in your prayers…

God’s best to you all,

Bill

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Summer is half over!…

July 15, 2008 · Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , ,

I looked at my calendar today, and saw that my oldest daughter begins school in only 23 DAYS! This summer seams to be zipping by, and the fall will be upon us in no time.

With that said, a few summer reminders for you:

HEATSTROKE OPEN – JULY 26th

Here’s a great chance to enjoy the full brunt of summer by playing a round of golf with great friends on a great course. Golf, prizes and a lunch – all for the single price of $70. Mesa Area Ministries is hosting this event, so please do what you can to be a part! You can register on line (evbc.org site).

SUMMER BIBLE STUDY – “Genuine Worship”

We’ve had a great turnout for our first two weeks of studying Genuine Worship together on Thursday nights. The Hartley home is located at 9458 E. Impala Ave. in Mesa, near Crismon & Baseline. Each week will feature a new hallmark of genuine worship, so even if you know you’ll have to miss a study or two, please come! If you have childcare needs, contact the Hartleys at 480.986.2850.

4th Seed Blog: 4thseed.wordpress.com

Join our Men’s Ministry 4th Seed blog this summer for more on the topic of genuine worship!

HOME GROUP SHEPHERDS MEETING – Saturday night, September 6th

More on this in the days to come…but, Shepherds, please plan to join us! We’re encouraging everyone to grab some dinner at The Commons, then join us for a fall kick-off leadership event, featuring leaders from all five of our Areas. Exact time TBD, but rope off 5:00-8:30 (childcare will be provided).

ALSO: If you’re interested in Home Group leadership, please contact Bill Hartley at billhartley@evbc.org. New groups will be forming this fall, and new leaders will be needed. Thanks for prayerfully considering this ministry opportunity.

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Happy 4th of July!

July 4, 2008 · Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Greetings, and a happy 4th to all of you.

First, apologies once again for the lack of blog updating! For those of you who check in faithfully, thank you. For the next several weeks, you can expect significant bloggage…it will be on the Men’s Ministry site, however (4thseed.wordpress.com). Here’s why:

4th Seed Men’s Breakfast…Tomorrow morning!

The men of Mesa will be having our next 4th Seed breakfast on Saturday morning, July 5th, 7am at the Superstition Springs Golf Club. The topic of the morning will be worship, and will feature some singing, and some sharing from Word by myself, Joel Holsinger and Aaron DeCorte. This should be a rich time…though I’m afraid it might be slimly attended on the holiday weekend. I do hope you’re reading this before the breakfast, and will choose to attend (and invite a friend!).

Summer Bible Study @ the Hartleys – Thursday nights this summer

Last night, we began a 9-week summer Bible study, also on the topic of worship. Over the next two months we will be looking closely at the scriptures, and what they say about how we are to carry out our loving relationship with God, both individually and corporately.

To accompany this study, I will be blogging on the topics on the 4thseed site. My hope is to blog daily…we’ll see how well I do! I would encourage you to make it a habit, to interact over the material with your comments, and help turn this into a community-wide season of growth for our Area.

Heatstroke Open – July 26th

We are only three weeks away from the Heatstroke Open, hosted this year by the Mesa Area, and being held at the Superstition Springs Golf Club. Here’s the link to sign up, and get more details:

http://www.sporg.com/registration?form_id=109745

There are still spots available, so sign up soon!

A quote for you..

Here is a good word for you about worship, from Warren Wiersbe:

“God wants to transform us. He also wants to work through us to transform the people and circumstances that make up our lives. Every Christian is either a “conformer” or a “transformer.” We are either fashioning our lives by pressure from without, or we are tranforming our lives by power from within. The difference is – worship.” (Warren Wiersbe, Real Worship, p. 31).

Do you believe it? Join us as we explore it further…and God’s best to you all,

Bill

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