Summer Months

 

 

 

 

HOT!  We are in the midst of some hot summer months.  Lots has gone by since my last blog post.  Let me catch you up...

• Easter Sunday Weekend.  Great outreach ministry on Saturday with our Egg Hunt event and two exciting services on Easter Sunday!  This was the first Sunday we revealed all the changes in our Renovation Campaign project.
• Servolution Saturday.  We hosted our second community event with five focuses of ministry.  It affords us the opportunity to share and show the love of Jesus with tangible acts of kindness to the people in our area!  We almost hit 100 servolutionaries on that day...awesome!
• Mother & Daughter Tea.  Our sanctuary was transformed into an amazing round-table setting and was filled up with mothers, daughters and friends. 
• Graduation.  We celebrated the high school graduation of our third son, Devon.  He is set to begin his college education this fall at Evangel University.  
• Family Vacation.  We packed up the van and headed out for our family vacation the end of May.  Loved having everyone together and visiting some spectacular locations too!
• Weddings.  It was an honor to officiate in two weddings this summer.  The joy of witnessing the two lives becoming one in Jesus Christ!
• Softball Team.  We had a tough men's softball team season this year.  However, our team is on a roll and knocked off the #1 team last night.  They continue playing in the playoffs as long as they keep winning!  

 "A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit."
Proverbs 15:13 

Love to all!

Spring Forward

Fine Arts Students from Encounter Student Ministries

Pastor Clint was MC for the Night

Ruth

Percussion Group

Maddie

Jon & Tori

Cortney

Devon

Arnelle

Jordan

Human Video group

Worship Team tops in the State...headed to Nationals!

Fine Arts group headed to District Competition in Joliet

Rev. & Mrs. Howard Cummings with Tammy & I

Painting in our Renovation Campaign

Old carpet has been taken up...

New carpet squares going down!

Mike & Rich laying the tile down

Andreasen LIFE Group members

The first quarter of 2012 has been a blurr....lots of great ministry activity...plus the renovation project for the foyer and halls is almost finished!

Last night our Fine Arts Students shared their ministry presentations with us...WOW!! O'Fallon Assembly has long been a strong proponent for students discovering and using their spiritual gifts. During the Fine Arts Showcase last evening our students were involved in:

• Human Video
• Sign Language Solos
• Female Vocal Solo
• Vocal Duet
• Saxophone solo
• Short Sermon
• Song Writing
• Percussion
• Worship Team
• Art
• Poetry

We are proud of all of our Encounter Students! They did such a fantastic job. Many of them will be advancing to the National Finals in Louisville, Kentucky in early August.

LIFE Groups started in the month of February and will have four meetings in the first semester of 2012. Eight groups have formed and encompass the entire church fellowship! Great times of relationship building, group discussion, fellowship and interaction.

The New Members Class was initiated in early January and concluded the second week of February. We recently brought in a large group of new members here @ O'Fallon Assembly. Each new member comes with many wonderful spiritual gifts to be used in advancing the Kingdom of God in our community, county, state and world!

Recently we were privileged to have Howard & Margie Cummings as our pulpit guests. They served for over 27 years as Lead Pastors of Aurora First Assembly in Aurora, Colorado. Currently, Howard is the President of Global Mandate, a missions consulting and speaking service. We enjoyed a wonderful time of ministry and fellowship with this gracious couple!

There are less than two weeks left till the greatest event in Christianity: the Resurrection! We are planning a great Easter Weekend with lots of prayer, outreach and victorious ministry!

Let me invite you to attend one of our worship experiences. We would love to have you join us. Plus, I would love the chance to meet you!

Love to all!

Activity in November & December, 2011

Happy New Year!

Looks like I've gotten behind on posting pictures from some of the events in the past couple of months. Before they get outdated here they are:

• The Andreasen Family Christmas Pic - Dec.2011
• The Andreasen Kid's Home for Christmas - Dec.2011
  
• Servolution Outreach Group Pics - Nov.2011
• Pastor's Staff & Board's Christmas Party - Dec.2011
• "We Like Sheep" Children's Christmas Program - Dec.2011
• "Christmas Through the Ages" Adult Christmas Program - Dec.2011
  

Lot of excitement these past 2 months. Looking forward to what will unfold in 2012!

Love to all!