Copy
Welcome to our eNews letter.
View this email in your browser

Quicklinks


Live Streaming
View the live streaming of the Sunday morning services here.

Guest Lunch Out
Are you new to EvFree? We’d love to have you join us for a free lunch on Sunday November 23 where you can get to know some of our more seasoned church members. On that Sunday, stop by the Commons lobby at 12:15 pm to pick up your boxed lunch and find out ways that you can get connected here at EvFree. Please RSVP to Alise Ramseyer, 714.257.4391.

Remember & Celebrate
EvFree Kids invites everyone to join us for a Remember & Celebrate experience on the Plaza after each morning service on November 23. We will be remembering God as Redeemer and celebrating with thanksgiving for all that God has a redeemed us from. We hope to see you there!

Feast and Family
Here at EvFree, we believe that no one should have to spend Thanksgiving alone. Various families from our church community are opening their homes to folks to join them for Thanksgiving. If you have room in your table for a few more guests, or if you’d like to be a guest in someone's home for this Thanksgiving, please contact Bambi Encarnacion, 714.257.4314, no later than November 24 to be matched.

Thanksgiving Offering
This year, our Thanksgiving Offering will be used for refurbishing the loft offices on north campus for our Peer Counseling Ministry, as this program has grown and needs dedicated space for counselors. If you can give a Thanksgiving gift toward our Peer Counselor ministry, just mark your donation “Thanksgiving.” Thank you for your support. 

Volunteers Needed
We’re currently growing our Parking and Communion teams and need over 100 new volunteers. If you can give 50 minutes on a Sunday for two Sundays each month, text PARKING or COMMUNION to 714.222.9494 and a staff member will contact you.

Library Holiday Hours 
The Library will be closed November 24–28 for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Regular hours are: 
Sun: 7:45 am–12:30 pm & 4:30–6:30 pm
Mon–Fri: 10:00 am–2:00 pm 
Wed (additionally): 6:00–9:00 pm

 

Financial Update


November Giving Goal
$665,000

Received through November 16
$411,560

Annual (May–Apr) Budget
$8,700,000

Annual (May–Oct) Budget
$3,866,750

YTD (May–Oct) Received
$3,806,064

Shortage
$60,686

Sunday Service Times


Worship Center
8:00 am, 9:30 am, 11:00 am

Commons
9:30 am, 11:00 am, 5:00 pm

 


Go Into Their World as a Missionary

Follow—Connect—Go


For three weeks, we are exploring our mission statement and church organization. 

Ongoing mission of EvFree Fullerton: To develop, empower and release kingdom people and kingdom communities into missional engagement in their spheres of influence. 

Last week we looked at Connect and now, let’s examine Go.

To accomplish the mission, every participant in our church community is invited to:
•  Follow Jesus as a disciple.
•  Connect with others as part of a spiritual family.
•  Go into their world as a missionary.

The Go really starts with Jesus. Philippians 2:6-8 says:

Though Jesus existed in the form of God, He did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped, but emptied Himself by taking on the form of a slave, by looking like other men, and by sharing in human nature. He humbled himself, by becoming obedient to the point of death—even death on a cross!

Jesus is our model of serving God, walking through life with others as we disciple them. As it says in Matthew 28:19-20:

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.

The Go begins in our areas of life, the people that we see everyday—friends, neighbors, people in the workplace and around town. Go extends to the world beyond our personal borders. As with Follow and Connect, we have many great teachers, leaders and servants in the Go area.

So you can better know the pastors and directors of this area, here are those who lead us. The mission of Go has various areas: 

•  International MissionsDan Crane is our pastor of this area. It includes missionaries, international students and mission awareness.

•  Global InitiativesDan Crane is our pastor here. This area has key teams that oversee work in Africa, Tai Lue people, Ensenada, North Africa and Ukraine.

•  Local InitiativesJay Williams is our pastor that oversees the ministries of sports, local projects and Maple School tutoring.

•  Go GroupsJay Williams is our pastor here as well and oversees these groups of people who want to focus on missional living.

•  CompassionJay Williams also oversees teams of people who help with the needs of people in our congregation and community. This includes the Compassion Fund, Good Sam Center and disaster relief.

•  OC UnitedJay Williams continues his great ministry with this new organization. This will be our arm into the local community. We have found that other churches, civic groups and donors (such as area merchants) will partner with a non-profit organization on community projects.

•  TrainingDavid Robles is our pastor over training. This area includes the oversight of our twenty interns and a future training center for biblical instruction.

In these last three weeks, we have explored our mission statement. We have also looked at the staff pastors and directors who oversee these areas. There are thousands of people involved as leaders, servants and participants in Follow, Connect and Go.

It is so exciting to see our church live out its mission statement!

David Fletcher
Executive Pastor

P.S. Be encouraged by the story below about one of our own who is living out the Go mission by loving on kids in her community.

Go Into Your Community... 


It’s Monday afternoon in Anaheim. Children gather on patchy grass. Run down apartments and cars line the block, and litter blows back and forth. Between the sirens sounding in the distance, the food truck generator buzz and the taunts of young gang members nearby, Peggy Westerfeld has a hard time keeping the kids’ attention. But she persists, and they hear the story of the Israelites crossing the Red Sea. They spread out to gather items to build their own altar like the Israelites did.

Peggy spends all her Monday afternoons in this neighborhood block, hosting a Bible Club for these at-risk kids. Many of the kids have social workers, parents in jail, or siblings active in gangs. Some kids aspire to join a gang themselves one day. 

“This is third world,” Peggy describes. “This is a drive by off State College that contains a forgotten people group. This is a part of Orange County most never see or know exist…There is a downward spiral that is happening in this neighborhood, and I have a vision to stop the cycle and give them a vision for better goals.”…

Read the rest of Peggy's story here

Thanksgiving with our Neighbors

Thursday November 27, 10:30–12:30 pm at
Maple and Valencia Park Elementary schools


Praise the Lord—most of our serving opportunities have been filled! There are just a few spots left here. If you picked up a food box to fill, please return it to the Plaza on Sunday or to the modular office before Wednesday November 26. 

KINGDOM COME – Christmas 2014

Join us in these upcoming events as we celebrate together the true meaning of Christmas: God’s kingdom has come…for everyone. 

Angel Tree
Angel Tree is a ministry of Prison Fellowship that provides gifts for the children of inmates. Tags with specific requests are available on the Plaza. The limit for each gift is $20. The wrapped gifts need to be returned to the Angel Tree tables by Sunday December 7. Come get one before they are all gone!

Christmas PEP TalksNovember 22 (Sat), 9:00–11:00 am, Commons
Get your soul prepped for Christmas THIS Saturday. Don’t let Christmas get the best of you. Enjoy coffee and a simple breakfast while listening to brief, 10-minute “TED Talk” style presentations on topics such as: 
What Kids Really Need—David Robles
Tradition—Jacque Coulombe
Sharing Your Story—Amanda Young
Difficult Families—Jan Frank
Simplifying Christmas—Jenni Key
Finances—Dr. Peter Robbins
Reaching Neighbors—Kimberly Long
Childcare will provided for children through 6th grade. Please come join us!

Christmas Tree LightingNovember 30 (Sun), 6:30 pm, Plaza
Welcome Christmas with this festive, family-friendly evening! We’ll light the big tree together, sing carols, enjoy s’mores, see Santa, and partake in other treats. The fun will continue into neighborhood caroling, Christmas movies and more surprises. Don’t miss it!

Tru Family Night—'Tis the SeasonDecember 5 (Fri), 6:00–8:00 pm, Gym and D-amp
Join us as we gather together to kick off the Christmas seasons with a family night filled with food, fun, and festivities! It’s easy to get caught up in the busyness of this season. So, come join families in our faith community to pause and focus our hearts and minds on the arrival of the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Register here.

Cleaning Out ChristmasDecember 6 (Sat), 8:00 am–12:00 pm, north campus parking lot
Make Christmas a little more peaceful by clearing out your old stuff. If you bring it, we’ll collect it and make sure it goes to those in need.
 
The Sweetest Christmas EverDecember 7 (Sun), 6:00 pm, Worship Center
Our Special Needs ministry proudly presents the Christmas Story like you’ve never seen it before. From lollipops to baby Jesus, you’re sure to leave with a tear in your eye and a smile on your face.

See the full schedule of events HERE
 
Copyright © 2014 Fullerton Free, All rights reserved.


unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences 

Email Marketing Powered by Mailchimp