Ekklesia Church News

A NEW CHURCH FOR NEW PEOPLE IN A NEW COMMUNITY
This Week at Ekklesia - December 23rd, 2015

December 31st, 2015 - In This Issue:
Ekklesia Family New Years Party
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Up Coming Dates 
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Prayer Needs
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House Churches You Can Join

Ekklesia: a new church for new people
Ekklesia Worship
Gathering This Sunday
  
Sunday, January 3rd
701 Bay St. Port Orchard
10:00 am Coffee & Juice
10:25 am worship & teaching


Teaching by Tim Blair
"Believing In The Call"

Youth class taught by Ryan Pyke and Sarah Blair

Children's class taught by Katy Stefanoff

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Ekklesia Family New Years Party
Thursday, Dec. 31st
6:30pm
Where: Bell home- 
7800 Square Lk Rd. Port Orchard
Bring: snacks, bingo prizes & lots of games!

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Up Coming Dates
Dec. 31st New Years Eve Party
Jan. 3rd  Worship gathering
Jan. 9th  Leadership meeting
Jan. 10th Church in the Community
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Prayer Needs
Monique Parrys friend-
prayer for friend Mindy and daughter- Mallory
Angela Goodman-  the passing of her grandmother in Portland
Ron Weeks-  wife (Pam) who has is blessed with great news following her cancer surgeries!
Francene and Lee Criswell's neighbor Ron- A father of 4 children dealing with cancer
Elizabeth Herrera - the passing of her father a few weeks ago in Arizona
David Shaw-  needs a place to live 
Conrad and Chanda Hanson  -who were married a few months ago.
Seth Cartwright & Sarah Redding-
wedding this Sunday, January 3rd!
Ekklesia House - pray for a new opportunity that has presented itself for us to build a new homeless shelter community in South Kitsap.
The Pavilion-  as they consider their business options.
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House Churches You Can Join
Mon. 6:30pm Bell/Hanson
Wed. 6:30pm Kenady/Bedford
Wed. 3:30pm Ladies- Grandma Bobbie
Thurs. 6:30pm Ehlert/Blair
Sat. 8:00am Men's group TOP
Sat. 6:30pm Youth group

 

For further information call: 
360-801-0012 or e-mail us at 
ekklesia.kitsap@gmail.com

Ekklesia- Our Purpose  
Ekklesia Church is a community of people who believe that Jesus' church should be a loving, serving, helping and transforming group of people. 
CHURCH- We believe that "church" is about loving people and loving God. It is more than experiencing a worship gathering once a week. 
GATHERING- The "gathering" on Sunday is our half-time at the football game where we plan, encourage, connect and energize each other for another week of service in Jesus' kingdom. 
WORSHIP- The real game or "worship service" is what happens everyday as we live in our community seeking to make life better for others and draw people into a closer relationship with Jesus. We take the words of Jesus seriously when he stated:
"proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind,to set the oppressed free." (Lk.4:18). God also stated to Isaiah the real type of worship He desired,  "to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter - when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?...if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness. (Isaiah 58:6-7,10)
When we bless our community in the name of Jesus...We will all be blessed! This is the purpose of Ekklesia! We are "called out" into our community to be the hands and feet of Jesus making his message of love and transformation real. 
 All the following pictures illustrate ways Ekklesia worships God

Ekklesia girls distributing food for the Helpline Food Bank
Ekklesia men building a new storage building at the Helpline Food Bank

blessing the Georgia's House women's shelter with a carnival

raising money for a future homeless shelter at the annual classic car show

House Churches during the week to eat, pray, study God's Word and serve! 

Ekklesia families gather on Sunday to eat, encourage, worship and praise God

Contact: Tim Blair or the Ekklesia Church at -  360-801-0012

Donations may be made online at:  www.ekklesiakitsap.org

or mailed to:  P.O. Box 601, Burley, WA 98322

Happy New Year!
May this coming year be an opportunity for you to follow God's lead and bless your world. Thank you to our many amazing friends and supporters who have blessed us this last year. Every ounce of energy and work we do comes from God's blessings and your partnership. Thank You!
Tim and Lisa Blair