February News & Notes

Honor Banquet February 17
We will be having a banquet on the 17th to encourage, uplift and honor one another. We’ll enjoy a carry-in dinner, and you can sign up to bring some food or drinks at the bulletin board.

Freshwind Payment #5 Due
Payments for Freshwind are due on February 17th. Checks can be made payable to ODCF. FINAL payments for Freshwind are due March 17. Make sure you have your passport!

Soul Pardon Band Practices
The Soul Pardon band will be leading worship on Sunday, March 8. For those in the band, we will be having two practices. The first one will be on Saturday, February 14 from 12:30 to 3:00 p.m. The second practice will be on Saturday, March 7 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Both practices will be held at the Worship & Ministry Center. If you cannot make it, please let Kate know ASAP.

Bible Studies for February
N.I.C. (9th Grade & up)
February 3 1 John 3-4
February 10 1 John 5-2 John
February 17 3 John-Jude
February 24 Exodus 1-4

Virus (6th-8th Grade)
February 3 Titus
February 10 Matthew 5
February 17 Matthew 6
February 24 Matthew 7

Bummer.

We're gonna have to cancel Soul Pardon tonight due to the bad weather. We are gonna miss you guys tonight!

Bummer.

We're gonna have to cancel Soul Pardon tonight due to the bad weather. We are gonna miss you guys tonight!

TruRaw '09

Tuesday, January 27 @ 7 p.m.
Open Door Christian Fellowship
51586 CR 5 N, Elkhart


Presented by Soul Pardon

Let's Party!

The Soul Pardon Christmas Extravaganza has been rescheduled to next Tuesday, December 23 @ 7--rain or snow!!! Don't forget to bring your white elephant gift and a snack. Matt will be wearing a suit. Or at least a tie. Don't miss it!

Word.

Here are some of the words given Tuesday at Body Life for Soul Pardon:

From Kyle~
"This is a picture I received during worship Tuesday. It was all dark except for two guys, one had his shirt off and the other was leaning over him. The guy leaning over was giving him a tattoo, but he was using a homemade tattooing machine, it looke like it was stuck together with duct tape. He was not doing it the normal way either, he wasn't going slow and meticulous, but rather was scrawling upon him in Hebrew. The scripture that kept coming to mind was the one that says my name is tattooed upon your heart. As I was thinking about the picture I kept being drawn to his homemade tattooing machine. It reminded me of the early church and how it had been really raw and underground. And that as Christianity has become more and more mainstream we've tamed down Jesus until [we've perceive that] He is nothing more than witty sayings and zen stories. So this brought me to another word, we are called to be a generation of moles, like the mole people. When moles inhabit the land you may not see them, but you know they are there, because they leave ripples in the ground. Not in a bad way, where we are not seen, but we are to leave "ripples" in society."

From Calli~
"I feel like the Lord is calling us to battle. But we don't need to get prepared, we just need to have faith in Him bacause the battle is already won. We just need to declare it."

Logan is here!

Logan Nicolas Chaput was born today at 4:40 p.m.
He weighed in at 8 pounds, and is 21 1/2 inches long.

Pictures coming soon! Check out our blog for updates...www.thepodjans.blogspot.com

Small Group Coming Soon...

DOHARDTHINGS

a 14-week look at a teenage rebellion against low expectations

Wednesdays from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

September 17-December 17

at the Podjan home

You will need to purchase a copy of DO HARD THINGS by Alex & Brett Harris and bring it with you to the study each week.

To find out more information about the REBELUTION, visit http://www.therebelution.com/ or http://www.dohardthings.com/.

Sign up to join the study at the bulletin board.

Matt's Recommended Reading

I just finished an amazing book titled, Serve God, Save the Planet by J. Matthew Sleeth. It's about a wealthy ER director who had everything; a large house, luxury vehicles and financial abundance, etc. After treating many patients who were ill and some who died from environmental elements, he decided to give up his job and pursue a mission to save the planet.
As an evangelical Christian, he draws from Scripture to point out God's call on our lives to be better stewards to His gift of creation. He shares from personal experiences of how he sold his big house and moved into a smaller one, cut his annual energy cost to a third of what it used to be and his trash producing to almost nothing. Sleeth also gives us simple, practical tips on how we can do the same.

For me, this book really spoke to my spirit. We have a responsibility to examine the way we live, what we use and what and how much we consume and to try to reduce, reuse and recycle. The "Green" movement is upon us, and this book shows us how to be better caretakers of the beautiful, precious, dying planet.

Also, see Sleeth's website, http://www.servegodsavetheplanet.org/ for more valuable info.

SNL Pool Party This Saturday!

7-10:30 p.m. @ the Sollowumps.