What’s Happening 8/15/25

Congratulations to Ezekiel Brown and Lilly Baker on their baptisms this past Sunday! What beautiful testimonies given on what it means to make Jesus Lord and Savior of your life. Forward Church Family, please pray for and encourage these two precious young believers.

“For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.” Galatians 3:27

Membership Class THIS Sunday, August 17th immediately following the service in the Propel/Dig room. A light lunch will be provided.

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

Ladies, it’s not too late to join us Wednesday evenings at 6:30pm at the church. We are doing the Adorned: Living Out the Beauty of the Gospel Together Bible study by Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth.

Description: “Titus 2 is more than a checklist. It’s a plan for thriving in Christ, experiencing true community, and making the gospel beautiful to a watching world. Be invited into God’s good and beautiful plan for discipleship through this book and the companion resources.”

Contact Lisa Sutherland with any questions at lisa@forwardchurchfamily.com.

Forward Church Family, we are working with Choices Life Resource Center again to raise money for this year’s Walk for Life! Would you please help us? We’d love to have you join our team to help support this awesome organization. The walk will take place at Sam Peden Community Park on Saturday, September 20, 2025. Registration for the walk starts at 9am, the walk starts at 10am.

If you’d like to join us in walking, please visit our Team Page using the link below.
Team Page: https://secure.qgiv.com/event/choices2025walkforlife/team/999989/
Team Name: Forward Church
Team Captain: Charlotte Betche

Online registration is easy – it only takes a few minutes! Paper forms will also be available at the Welcome Desk if you prefer to donate that way.

If you aren’t able to participate, but still want to donate, you can choose to give to the event or choose a participant to sponsor.  If you’d like more details about the event, please visit Https://secure.qgiv.com/event/choices2025walkforlife/. You can also email to bristerc@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Thank you – we hope to see you there!

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:
August 17
September 14
October 19
November 16
December 14

Our Women of Forward Fall Retreat is November 6th-8th in New Harmony, Indiana. The total cost of the retreat is $240. The deadline for for full payment is September 28th. If you have any questions, please reach out to Lisa Sutherland at lisa@forwardchurchfamily.com.

Women of Forward, are you a mother of a middle school child and could use some parenting encouragement? We understand the challenges of this age group and we want to help support you! We will have a day of encouragement coming this fall. We will have a panel discussion with wise mothers who have already walked this journey and will help by pouring out their wisdom, guidance and love for you. As we are getting the date nailed down, please go ahead and send in any parenting questions you may have. You can submit your questions to Lisa Sutherland at lisa@forwardchurchfamily.com. More info to come.

Thank you to all who have stepped to serve! We’ve had so many of you reach out for the first time to help. We still need more help in the greeting team, parking team, forKids team and for those with an ear for sound – the Tech team.

If any of these teams sound like a fit for you, then go online to forwardchurchfamily.com and fill out the online form to volunteer or stop by the Welcome Desk after the service and fill out a connect card and we will get you connected to a team leader.

Open to all and meets Sunday mornings from 9-10am in the classroom behind the Worship Center. 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

Our Propel Middle & High School Ministry meets every Wednesday evening at the church from 7:00-8:30pm. For our teens, this is a great environment to build community and sit under solid Biblical teaching. Come out and invite a friend!

Contact Pastor Blake Belles at blake@forwardchurchfamily.com with any questions.

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

Next meeting, Monday, August 18th at the church. Dinner begins at 6:30pm. Bible study starts at 7pm.

NO MERGE on Labor Day, Sept. 1st.

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.

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!