What’s Happening 10/17/25

Mark your calendars for our Fall Family Fun Day! We will gather at the REMC building out back by the lake on Saturday, October 25th. The address is 7810 IN-60 in Sellersburg. The event starts at 2pm and we will eat dinner at 5:00pm.

For those of you who are good on a smoker or barbeque grill, go ahead and get your recipes ready to compete in our barbeque cookoff!! Contestants may arrive morning of to begin smoking or grilling. Bring the whole family, a dessert if you’d like, and join us for lots of fun! Register online today to let us know you’re coming.

As you’ve probably noticed if you’ve been attending Forward for some time that we are growing quickly. We are so grateful and praise God for this exciting time in the life of our church.

With that, we’ve had many of you wanting to know more about the church and asking how to become members, so we will be offering another Membership Class on Sunday, November 16th, immediately following the church service. During our class we discuss our church beginnings, leadership structure, beliefs, and more. This is your time to ask questions, or, if you are ready, to become part of the Forward Church family through membership.

Lunch and childcare will be provided, but we need everyone to register. Registration is now open!

Reach out to Tanya Crouse at tanya@forwardchurchfamily.com with any questions.

Women of Forward, we are so excited that so many of you are joining us for this year’s fall retreat! This is our biggest attendance yet! We look forward to seeing all that God is going to do.

Details for this year’s retreat:
Start time: Thursday, November 6th. First session begins 7pm
End time: Saturday, November 8th @ 3pm
Location: New Harmony Inn Resort & Conference Center
504 North Street
New Harmony, IN, 47631
Arrival details: You may arrive at the conference center any time after 5pm to sign in and get situated in your room. If you have the opportunity, come out earlier in the day and stop to see the historical sites around town.

Please make your final payments now. The total cost of the retreat is $240. Stop at the Welcome Desk this weekend with any questions. You may also reach out to Lisa Sutherland at lisa@forwardchurchfamily.com.

Interested in sharing the love of Christ! Join us once a month as we share a meal with the ladies residing at The Breakaway Recovery House. These ladies are our neighbors just across the alley from Forward Church. We want these ladies to feel welcome to come and worship at Forward if they do not have a church home.

Volunteers from our church will prepare a meal and fellowship with the ladies living there. Women of Forward, if you would like to help or if you have an questions, email Tonia Hatfield at Hatfield912@gmail.com.

Upcoming dates:
THIS SUNDAY – October 19
November 16
December 14

Young adults ages 18-29, single or married, we would love for you to join our community we call Merge. If you are interested in meeting others your age who love Jesus and genuinely care for each other, then please come check it out.

Next meeting, Monday, October 6th at the church. Dinner begins at 6:30pm. Bible study starts at 7pm. We will be starting a new study, so this is a great time to jump in if you’ve been thinking on joining.

To get connected, sign up to join our app. Go to Stack Team App and search for Merge@Forward. Then request to join our membership. Reach out to Tanya at tanya@forwardchurchfamily.com with any questions.

Open to all and meets Sunday mornings from 9-10am in the classroom behind the Worship Center. Join us as we start the book of James.
Contact Dave Hollander at dgchollander@yahoo.com with any questions.

Men, if you are hoping to connect with other men in the church, this is a great group to be a part of! Forward’s Tuesday evening men’s group is a place where guys can study God’s Word and take time to build friendships with other Godly men. Jump in any time. The men meet at the church starting at 6:30pm.

Please reach out to Vince Garmon at vinceg0710@gmail.com with any questions.

All men are welcome to join! Every Tuesday morning from 7-8am at Panera Bread on State Street. For any questions, reach out to Brent Kulwicki at brentkulwicki@gmail.com

If you are interested in becoming a member of Forward, contact Pastor Neil at neil@forwardchurchfamily.com!

The Chest of Joash provides an opportunity to give above and beyond the normal tithe. The money from it goes directly to work needed done on our building.

In 2 Chronicles 24 we find Joash repairing the temple and a chest was set outside of it for people to bring a tithe that was used to pay the workers restoring the temple. Verse 10 says, “And all the princes and all the people rejoiced and brought their tax and dropped it into the chest until they had finished.”

A huge THANK YOU to all of you who have joyfully donated just as the Israelite officials and people did!

You can give to the Chest of Joash by clicking the button below and selecting “Chest of Joash” in the drop down menu.

We want you to know that you are not giving TO Forward Church, you are giving THROUGH Forward Church! Our commitment is to stewarding every dollar that God entrusts to us for the advancement of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Join us online from anywhere every Sunday at 10:30am! You can stream our services here on our website! Just click “Watch Live” at the top of any page!

1 Peter 4:10, “As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace:”

We’re encouraging and challenging everyone to take the step to get connected in serving on a team with us at Forward! We have many opportunities to serve:

• forKids (Nursery, Toddlers/Twos, The Clubhouse/Pre-K, God City/K-1st, The Dig/2nd-5th)
• Propel Middle (meets Sunday mornings) and Propel High (meets Wednesday evenings)
• Greeters and Ushers
• Parking Team
• Tech Team

For any area you may be interested in or want more information on, click the “Serve With Us!” button below and we’ll get you started!