Women, if you got tickets for the Christmas Tea, remember it’s tomorrow night at 6:30 at the Calumet Club! Our women’s ministry team and hostess’ are looking forward to spending this wonderful evening with you!
CHRISTMAS SERVICE
Our Christmas service will be at our normal 10:30 time on Sunday morning, December 25th. It will be a one hour service so, no need to worry, you should still be able to make it to your family lunch gatherings on time 🙂 It will also be a family style service with families worshipping and celebrating together Christmas morning. We will be giving all of our forKids volunteers a break that day as we want everyone to be able to be a part of the service!
MEN'S RETREAT
There are only a few spots remaining for the Men’s Retreat!!
It will be Jan 25-28 in Florida!
The cost will now be $275 per person which will include lodging, and meals. Please do not let the cost keep you from going. If you need help paying for the trip, scholarships will be available. Anything that you already paid for the men’s retreat can either be refunded or applied to the new retreat. Spots will be limited, so sign up as soon as possible!
A basic schedule is to leave Indiana early am Jan 25th, spend the night of 25th-27th, return home from Florida early am Jan 28th.
FRIENDS FOREVER FUND
Pastor Neil talked this past Sunday about a Friends Forever Fund that we’re starting. If you missed the sermon, you can check it out through our website, Youtube and Facebook. To summarize, we will have a year end Friends Forever Fund ceremony on Christmas Day. Please be praying about how you can be a shrewd manager of what God has given to you, in order to make a generous gift to this fund. You can begin giving immediately if you’d like. You can go online, click giving, click on “FFF” in the dropdown menu to designate the giving, and start giving today. Or you can choose to save up/raise money and give it all as one sum on Christmas Day. On Christmas Day, we will celebrate what God has done and is doing through the generous hearts of His people!
- Goal is to raise $100,000
- $90,000 will directly pay down the mortgage debt
- $10,000 will be sent to RIP Debt to pay off an estimated $1 Million dollars of medical debt in our area!
- Moving forward, 100% of all money donated to the Friends Forever Fund will pay down debt until the mortgage is paid off.
Get Connected
Connect with the Women of Forward and keep up with upcoming events through the Band app!
You can click the button below to get the app and join our ‘Women of Forward’ group!
Book of Acts led by Dave Hollander. This is open to everyone and meets every Sunday. If you have any questions about this group you can contact Dave at 502-645-4051 or by e-mail at dgchollander@yahoo.com
Childcare:
Childcare is offered for these classes. You can sign up for childcare at the Welcome Center or contact Shawn Neal at shawn@forwardchurchfamily.com
COMMUNITY CORNER
We have a “Community Corner” that’s to the right of our coffee area. This is a place to post community events or service and job opportunities. Be sure to check it out Sunday to look for upcoming events and opportunities within our community.
If you have something you would like to post on the Community Corner wall you can contact Brittany at brittany@forwardchurchfamily.com to get the application form.
WANT TO BECOME A MEMBER?
If you are interested in becoming a member of Forward, contact Pastor Neil at neil@forwardchurchfamily.com!
Live Stream
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!
Chest Of Joash
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.
Volunteer Opportunities
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
- Starting Point Guides
- Security Team
- Tech Team
- Outreach Team
- Prayer 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!
