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Weekly Newsletter                                             January 6, 2016
January

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Call To Prayer, 4:30 pm
Prayer 'N Praise, 6:30 pm
Bible Max for Kids, 6:30 pm
The Life of Moses, 6:30 pm
Celebrate Recovery, 6:30 pm
The Go Culture Student Ministry, 6:30 pm 
Praise 'N Prayer, 6:30 pm
Stepping Up Men's Study, 6:30 pm

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Upward Practice, 6:30 pm
Children's Council Meeting, 7:00 pm
Ladies Bible Study, 7:00 pm 

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Upward Games
Teen Bible Quiz at HFN, 10:00 am
Church League Basketball

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Family Worship Service, Discipleship Classes, 9:15 am
Family Worship Service, Discipleship Classes, 10:45 am
Kids Bible Quiz Practice, 4:00 pm
One Accord, 6:00 pm
epoch Small Group, 6:30 pm

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PrimeTimers Breakfast Fellowship at Downtown Sampler, 8:00 am
Church League Volleyball, 8:45 pm

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Ladies Bible Study, 9:00 am
Upward Practice, 6:30 pm
Please Pray For: 
 
  the Compassion Conference Global Gathering that will be held in Illinois in July, 2016. 

  the Ovilla Road Church of the Nazarene, Dallas District, as their church building and parsonage received significant damage from a tornado on December 26th.

  Janet Miller, elderly aunt of East Ohio District NMI President Mark Miller, has been missing since Christmas Eve. She lives in Brookhaven, Georgia, is 78 and in advanced stage of dementia.

  Will and Diana Haworth as she battles cancer.

  "Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.
O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen.
-- St. Francis of Assisi
Quick Links

 

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Sunday Worship
Family Worship Sunday, January 10th
Family Life Pastor, Mark Hall, will share a special message entitled Aha! taken from Ephesians 4:32 this coming Sunday as we observe Family Worship Sunday. Please note that there will be no Kids Church this coming Sunday. Children's Activity Bags are available at either Welcome Center. Nursery is available for children 3 years and younger. We look forward to fellowship and worship with you! 
star 9:15 am Worship Service, Discipleship Classes
star 10:45 am Worship Service, Discipleship Classes
Upward Basketball & Cheer 2015-16
Games for the 2015-16 Upward season will begin this coming Saturday in the Lewis Family Life Center. Click here to view the season's schedule. Swing by some Saturday morning and encourage these young athletes as they participate in Upward! Your support is appreciated!
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Next Monday, January 11th
Downtown Sampler Restaurant
Our 55+ crowd is some of the funnest and most interesting folks you'll ever know! You are sure to be blessed by the fellowship and enjoy sharing breakfast together this coming Monday, January 11th, beginning at 8:00 am at Downtown Sampler Restaurant. For more information contact Pastor Bones Nay at 620.708.1642.
Tell THE Story Seminar
Sunday, January 17th, 6:00 pm
star What: Tell the Story is a dynamic way of telling Bible stories in such a way as the hearer can easily enter the story, pull truth from it, apply it, remember it and share it again. 
star Where: This 90 minute teaching session will be presented at Hutchinson First Church on Sunday, January 17th at 6:00 pm.
star Who: Tell THE Story is for everyone who teaches, preaches or tells stories for children's church, VBS, Bible Studies or just wants to share the Bible with friends and neighbors. If you have the blessed responsibility of sharing the gospel, or have ever wanted to know how you can, you'll be glad you came to this event. 
star Seminar Leaders: Pastor Gary and Pam Worthington, pastor at Hutchinson New Life Church of the Nazarene, will be leading and sharing how Tell THE Story has helped them in their local ministry. They have received extensive training for this system, and have used it with great success. 
star Register: Please contact the Church Office if you plan to attend the Tell THE Story Seminar. Your response will help us to plan appropriately for the number attending.
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star Children's Clothing Now Accepted
Our NMI Council is now accepting all seasons of Children's Clothing, sizes 5T - 16 for the next School Clothes Give Away. This clothing may be newly purchased or gently used and clean with no holes/tears or repairs needed. We are at this time only accepting shirts/tops or shorts/pants (please no undergarments, shoes or socks). You may leave your contributions in the Garden Foyer (by the West Entrance) or South Foyer at your convenience.
star Kansas District Missions Website: To keep informed of all the Kansas District Missions news items log onto their recently updated web page. You will find this website helpful and encouraging as you browse through it. Up to date information is also included about the mission trips to Dominican Republic and Nicaragua here.
star JESUS Film Harvest Partner Mission Trip Opportunities
Dominican Republic Team Leader: Ken Willard
Dates: April 28 - May 3, 2016
Signup deadline: January 30, 2016
Payment due: February 15, 2016
Cost: $825/each* (airfare not included)
*Price may be subject to change
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star New Bible Studies Beginning in January
Thursday Evenings Beginning January 7th:The Joy of Encouragement 
by David Jeremiah will equip us to be become an encourager. This 10 week study begins tomorrow, January 7, 2016 and meets from 7:00 - 8:00 pm in Room 309. For more information or to order a $3.00 book, please contact Jan Clark at 727-7607.
Tuesday Mornings Beginning Next Tuesday, January 12th: Believing Jesus: A Journey Through the Book of ACTS, by Lisa Harper, is an 8-session dvd study that retraces the steps of the apostles in the book of Acts. Sessions begin Tuesday, January 12th, at 9:00 am in the Fireside Room. Childcare is provided for preschool children. For more information or to register for this study please contact Ashley Gage.
Tuesday Evenings Beginning January 12th: The Armor of God, by Priscilla Schirer, is a 7-session dvd study. All day, every day, an invisible war rages around you. Sessions begin Tuesday evening, January 12th at 7:00 pm in Room 107. For more information contact Shanna Woodcock.
star IF Gathering February 5-6, 2016: The world round us feels like it is crumbling and almost nothing seems certain, until we look to Jesus and see that our Hope is very clear and certain. He didn't just give us salvation-Jesus is our salvation and the example of what it means to live in the fullness of grace and truth. This February 5-6, join this global gathering of women across denominations, generations, and cultures as we come together in the name of Jesus.

Auction Fundraiser
Save the Date: Sunday, March 13, 2016
Our 2016 Auction is quickly approaching!!! Students who have finished collecting their items can begin turning them in this Sunday! Auction Packets are still available at the Check-In Desk in the East Foyer and there's still plenty of time to participate. Students who earned all four shares in this past year's auction earned around $500 to help pay for camp, mission trip, MAX, Xtreme, etc. 
Dates and details:
... Sunday, January 10th - The Auction Items Committee begins accepting auction donations.
... Sunday, February 7th - Early Item Submission Deadline #1 (Bonus = $50).
... Sunday, February 14th - Early Item Submission Deadline #2 (Bonus = $25).
... Sunday, February 21st - High Value Item Bonus & Early Item Submission Deadline #3 (Bonus = $15), Auction Ticket sales begin.
... Sunday, February 28th - Final Item Submission Deadline
... Saturday, March 5th - Silent Auction Set-up.
... Sunday, March 6th - Silent Auction Opens.
... Saturday, March 12th - Live Auction Set-up.
... Sunday, March 13th ... Final Live Auction Set-up 3 pm ... Dinner 5 pm ... Live Auction 6 pm ... Tear-down/Clean-up 7 pm.
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Winter Retreat Information
star Equipment Fitting: All students going on Winter Retreat need to meet in Pastor Josh's office at 6:00 pm TONIGHT to be fitted for skiing/boarding equipment.
star Retreat Payment: Anyone still owing money for the trip will need to pay TONIGHT.
star Event Dates: January 15-18
Please contact Pastor Josh if you have questions.
Dillon's Card Fundraiser
We've just begun a new calendar year and that means its time to login to your Dillon's Shoppers Card Account online and re-designate HFN as the beneficiary of your Community Rewards. 
To do this, go to www.dillons.com
 login with your username and password, click the "community" tab near the top
select "Community Rewards." On the page that comes up, either use our "Organization Code" which is 10140, or simply type in "First Church of the Nazarene".  A list of organizations should appear, and choose the one with the address of "4290 N. Monroe". 
After you've done this, you're all set and you can know that for the remainder of 2016, a portion of what you spend at Dillon's on qualifying purchases will benefit HFN's Middle and High School Ministry!
Middle School Kick-Off Party
This coming Sunday, January 10th, from 5:00-7:30 pm, all Middle School students are invited to our Middle School Ministry Kick-Off Party in the Youth Chapel! Bring a friend and join us for an evening of food and games!
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All High School students are encouraged to join us on Saturday, February 20th, for Dinner & a Movie. We will leave the church parking lot at 5:30 pm to go to dinner and then the movie afterward (around 7:00 pm). $20 per student will cover the cost of the meal and movie. Our restaurant and movie will be announced in the next couple of weeks. We'll return to the church by 9:30 pm.
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Upcoming Events
... Auction Fundraiser ... March 13
... Jr./Sr. Spring Break Mission Trip ... March 21-25
... Kansas Xtreme ... April 1-2
... MAX @ MNU ... April 21-23
...High School Camp...June 3-6
...Middle School Camp...August 1-4
News You Can Use

Christmas Tear Down January 7th & 8th: Our Christmas decorations have been beautiful and have added to the festivities of the Christmas season, but it is now time to take them down and pack them away. We will be undecorating the facility on Thursday, January 7th from 1:00 - 4:00 pm and Friday, January 8th, from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm. Your help for the day or an hour or two would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much.

Festival Choir and Orchestra will resume next Wednesday January 13th.

Dear Church Family, Thank you for your thoughts, prayers, cards, visits and concern for me during my recent hospital stay. I thank the Lord for all of you! Sincerely, Pat Thompson

Dear Friends, We want to thank you for letting us play handbells during your Season of Light performance. We really enjoy playing for the Lord. Thank you for your friendly reception and kindness shown to us. Your program was wonderful to see. May God Bless you all. Heavenly Bells for Jesus