Here's what you will find in this issue:
- Sunday Worship Information and Links
- May's Church Council Meeting Minutes
- Links to watch worship from home
- Worship Series
- Calendar Link
- Upcoming Events
- Pastor Owen's Ponderings
- A Note from Nate
- Committee Updates
- Online Giving Upgrade
- Birthdays and Anniversaries
- 2022 Leadership
- Prayer information
- Online Giving Link
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Sunday Mornings
10:00 am Worship
11:00 am Fellowship
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Worship services will continue to be live streamed on Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. You can either use the Facebook Link or the YouTube Link to see the live feed, or even worship a little later if you need to. Use the buttons below to choose which link fits your needs best.
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Reminder: If you are not feeling well, please stay home and participate in worship online. The COVID task force would also like to encourage all of those who are eligible to get vaccinated. |
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"By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things."
-Galatians 5:22-23
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July 3rd "Intentional Faith Development"
Galatians 6: 1-16
July 10th "Williamson Branch-Worship through music"
July 17th "Passionate Worship"
Luke 10:25-37
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New Series Beginning July 24: |
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‘Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.
- Matthew 7:7-8
Whether you travel far away or see your local surroundings as if for the first time, pilgrimage has long been a spiritual practice, and “journey” a deeply-felt metaphor for our spiritual lives. “Quest” comes from the Latin root meaning “ask, seek.” This four week worship series will encourage us to open ourselves more fully to the curiosity and wonder, reflection and transformation that travelers–not merely tourists–experience when they choose to immerse themselves in soul-widening adventures.
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July 24 - "Leaving Home" - Exodus 13:17-22
July 31 - "The Encounter" - Parts of John 4:7-40
August 7 - "The Reflection" - Mark 9:38-41
August 14 - "Returning Home" - John 15:1-17
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Williamson Branch
July 10, 10 am Worship
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On Sunday, July 10, we will receive a free will offering for Williamson Branch as they lead us in worship filled with music! |
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Being a disciple of Jesus Christ is as much about action as it is about belief. That is not to say belief is entirely unimportant; however, someone would not be an electrician if they just believed certain things about electricity. The key word is “being” and being is a verb. Someone will recognize us as a disciple of Jesus more because we practice certain things than because we proclaim a certain thing. I offer some practices of being a disciple of Jesus.
Disciples of Jesus…
…practice their discipleship in everyday ways. Great deeds of power are wonderful, even attention getting, but they do not sustain. Discipleship and faith are lived out in daily life…every day! By practicing discipleship, it becomes a part of you and in ‘doing’ discipleship, we often find we have become disciples.
…make a difference in people’s lives. The kid in school who is lonely and gets made fun of probably doesn’t need to be cleansed of leprosy. However, she may need a smile, a hug, and a friend: and what a difference that may make in her life. The question we ask ourselves is, “Is my neighbor/the checkout girl at the grocery story/ the man filling his tank of gas next to me/the waiter at the
restaurant/the hungry person at the homeless shelter/etc. finding their life better because I am a disciple of Jesus Christ?”
…give others glimpses of the Kingdom of God. We are reminded as we pray, “thy Kingdom come…on earth as it is in heaven,” that the Kingdom of God is not just something in the far off future, but is something to work toward now.
When we welcome those who are not welcome, identify people’s needs and meet them, give up our security and come into contact with the riff-raff of the world – people desperate to pay their electric bill, for companionship, to know that there is more to life – we give people glimpses of the Kingdom.
…care for each other. How in the world can we expect to care for others on the outside if we don’t care for those in our midst? Disciples don’t always agree on everything, but then agreement between disciples was never the point. Disciples have not always been friends with one another, but being friends is not a requirement for practicing care. We care for one another because we are each called by Jesus to be disciples and we have each responded, however perfectly or imperfectly. We are one and care for each other because we follow Jesus together.
…worship God. Jesus gather with his community of faith to worship God.
In fact, he even taught in the synagogues. The early church would gather in the synagogue on the Sabbath and then gather together on the first day of the week. It is important that we as disciples worship together as a community of faith. It is
from worship that our ability to be disciples in other ways flows. I encourage you to find a place of worship wherever you might be on Sunday morning. If you are away and can’t be at Ankeny Christian Church, try to be somewhere with a gathered community of faith. You can always pop in on ACC on Facebook or YouTube as well!
…pray. Jesus is often found in prayer. He prays for his companions and
even teaches us to pray. A life of discipleship is a life marked by prayer.
Shalom,
Pastor Owen
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Greetings Ankeny Christian Church!!
Now that I’ve had an opportunity to share some music with you in worship, I’d like to share a little bit of my vision. Just as Ankeny Christian Church’s vision is POSITIVE PEOPLE DOING GOD’S WORK, it is my personal vision to “Change the lives of others through positive interactions.” Musically my vision is to “Change the lives of others through the art of music.” I am blessed to have the opportunity to do God’s work through my musical vision with you all.
I would really like to form a vision around how WE can DO GOD’’S WORK THROUGH the art of MUSIC as a community. This includes everyone in the community. In order to build this vision together I have developed a small survey that I would love to have everyone fill out. This will help me get to know you.
You can find the survey here:
I will have printed copies at the church during the month of July, for anyone who is more comfortable with filling out the form that way.
You don’t have to be a musician to fill this out. You can be a part of the vision even if you aren’t a praise leader, choir member, singer, instrumentalist, etc. Everyone is a child of God and everyone is a part of my vision, whether they know it or not.
Blessings,
Nate Green
Musical Director Ankeny Christian Church
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Exciting news! We have another game night coming up! |
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A Special Thank You from Vox Infinitus
Vox Infinitus would like to thank Ankeny Christian Church for allowing us to host a concert at the church with our friend from Remedy and Tapestry. We had a wonderful afternoon of sharing music together with the community. We look forward to seeing you all again soon. You can learn more about us here: https://www.facebook.com/voxinfinitus/
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COVID Committee
Recently, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) has updated their covid recommendations due to an increase in transmission levels, hospitalizations, average daily cases as well as continued increase in vaccination levels specifically for Polk County. The ACC covid committee continues to meet on a monthly basis monitoring and making recommendations in our ACC response based on information from the CDC and Polk County Health. With those meetings, we have recommended that we make some slight modifications to our services.
Communion servers will be required to continue wearing facemasks and gloves.
We continue to encourage members to not attend if they are not feeling well.
Remember that we’re still in the influenza season as well as covid!
We continue to utilize air purification units in the fellowship and sanctuary areas.
We encourage vaccination, hand washing, and mask wearing if that is your comfort level.
Our on-line worship services will continue to be available for those who choose to attend in that
manner.
Arnie Porath chair
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July Birthdays
6 Linda Clapper
Lucas Neitzal
9 Evan St. Clair
14 Nichoel Church
Tarah Widaman
15 Mattai Cayton
Sophia Neitzal
17 Erica Channels
18 Katelynn Boger
19 Chance Schroeder
21 Crystal Ross
Lisa Vroegh
22 Alyssa Argetsinger
24 Langley Vroegh
26 Maegan Serrano
27 Ashley Magnuson
30 Jackie Black
Alexis Hathaway
31 Melissa Serrano
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July Anniversaries
1 Thomas & Tanya Cox
12 John & Kayla Harris
16 Steve & Georgene Raver
23 Sarah & Greg White
28 Chuck & Karen Fausch
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2022 Leadership
Officers
- President – David Rawson
- President-Elect – Open
- Past President, Chair Personnel Committee – Emily Porath
- Secretary – Shanon Buckroyd
- Treasurer – Jackie Black
- Member at Large – Jennifer Koehler
- Check Writer – John Lee
- Chair of PRC – Darin Leach
- PRC Members - Sarah Wright, Terri Ostrem, Darin Leach, Randy Wehofer, Frank Prowant, and Di Mathis
- Nominating Committee - Annette Hunter, Rob Duffy, and Lori Leach
Current Committee Chairs
- Christian Education – Cathy Helmke
- Stewardship and Finance – Curt Narwold
- Property – Tom Murphy
- Worship – Karen Fausch
- Social Life – Open
- Evangelism – Open
- Missions – Chuck Fausch
- Endowment – Dorothy Mathis
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Do you have a Prayer Request? |
If you have a prayer request, please email Laura at:
dolley0808@gmail.com
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If you would like to continue (or begin) to contribute to the work of the church financially, you can mail in a check to
2506 SW 3rd Street, Ankeny, IA 50023
or you can give online by clicking the link below.
There you can set up one time or recurring donations.
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Pastor Owen Cayton, Senior Minister
pastorocayton@gmail.com
Nathan Green, Music Director
nategreenaccdoc@gmail.com
Kasey Romano, Office Manager
ankenyccdoc@gmail.com
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Ankeny Christian Church
2506 SW 3rd Street
Ankeny, IA 50023
515-964-1083
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