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<![CDATA[Cody Nazarene - Updates]]>Tue, 29 May 2012 14:56:11 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[News for 5.27.12]]>Sat, 26 May 2012 17:54:31 -0700http://www.codynaz.com/1/post/2012/05/news-for-52712.html__3 Week Calendar

This Week
Wednesday—5.30.12
6:00pm
Sunday Morning Worship Practice
Wendy Knight 250-7143

7:00pm
Youth Group
Kim McJunkin 250-2201

Faith & Formation Meeting
Pastor Brian 250-7257

Thursday - 5.31.12
7:00pm
Critterland/Nursery Meeting
Marlane Borger 250-0109

Next Week
Sunday—6.3.12
9:30am
Children’s Sunday
New Summer Schedule Begins
Sunday Worship Service
Big City & Critterland in Adult Service

Wednesday—6.6.12
6:00pm
Sunday Morning Worship Practice
Wendy Knight 250-7143

7:00pm
Youth Group
Kim McJunkin 250-2201

Thursday—6.7.12
7:00pm
Early Church
Pastor Brian 250-7257

The Week After That

Sunday—6.10.12
9:30am
Sunday Worship Service
Pastor Brian 250-7257
Big City Studios
Keri @ 899-0764
Critterland
Marlane @ 250-0109

After Service
Teen Fundraiser Dinner
Kim McJunkin 250-2201

Tuesday—6.12.12
7:00pm
Missionary Service
Howie & Beverly Shute
Pastor Brian 250-7257

Wednesday—6.13.12
6:00pm
Sunday Morning Worship Practice
Wendy Knight 250-7143
7:00pm
Youth Group
Kim McJunkin 250-2201

Thursday—6.14.12
7:00pm
Early Church
Pastor Brian 250-7257

Submit calendar items to staff@codynaz.com. Please submit all items by Tuesday 1 week prior to event.

Prayer Requests and Praises
Prayer - Jeanne Orkney - Diagnosed with Pneumonia and very high liver levels. Will be taken off several medications. Pray for a quick recovery.

Prayer - Linda Gicrist’s mother (Agnes) - Passed away this week. Pray for the family during this time of transistion.

Prayer - Howie & Beve Shute - They have served on the Africa region since 1997. As we prepare to hear from them on June 12th let us set our hearts on praying for God’s work in Africa and their message for us as we prepare to reach our community.

Help us better communicate the needs and praises in our community by sending them to staff@codynaz.com

Summer Schedule
Starting June 3rd our Sunday morning worship service including Big City & Critterland will start at 9:30am and will end around 11:00am.

Early Church
Starting June 7th a new service will be offered at 7pm. This service is meant to provide another option for those who are unable to attend on Sunday. We are trying to develop the worship gathering around relationships.

We are currently looking for local missionaries for this service.
We need people who will attend on a regular basis; help support a part of the service which could include childcare, music, setup and take down, communion prep, group leaders, and more.

Please contact Pastor Brian if you are willing to help.

The Shutes are coming
June 12th!
Who are Howie & Beverly Shute? The Shutes have been missionaries in Africa since 1997. During their time in the Horn of Africa the church grew from less than 200 to more than 200,000 people. Howie is currently serving as the assistant to the African Regional Director and Beverly is serving as the Regional Personal Coordinator.
What can we do? Let’s start by attending the service so they know that we support them as they represent us in the global
mission field. Let’s continue by showering them with blessings both financial and spiritual. Let’s commit to honoring their ministry in prayer.
Why do we need the Shutes? We have been called by God to make disciples of Christ and the Nazarene church in America is beginning a concentrated focus on planting churches. The Shutes have a solid background in this area and can provide us some great insights in the process of making disciples of Christ.
What can we do? Let’s start by attending the service so they know that we support them as they represent us in the global
mission field. Let’s continue by showering them with blessings both financial and spiritual. Let’s commit to honoring their ministry in prayer.

Children's Sunday
Sunday, June 3rd
All of the children from Critterland and Big City Studios will join the adults to celebrate the work that God has been doing in our children. Join us as we encourage our children to follow God and as we give thanks and encouragement to the leaders of our children’s ministries.
I have been told that there will be a special guest in attendance this Sunday. Make sure you don’t miss it!

You Heard it...... Now what?
If you haven’t noticed our church has recently made a concentrated effort on learning how to make disciples of Christ. We believe that as a church our focus should be loving God, loving people, and making disciples of Christ.

Our first job in learning how to do this is to learn how to build relationships. We can accomplish this through Connect groups such as Women’s ministry events, hiking trips, youth outings, church potlucks, Fun & Faith Groups, and so forth. The main thing is to simply get out there and get involved in someone’s life. As we learn how to live in relationship with others we begin to learn how to live in relationship with God.

As we grow in relationship we begin to address our need for accountability and continued spiritual growth. Many in our church have just recently started getting involved in what could be called Life Transformation Groups. These groups consist of a meeting between 2-3 people who commit to meeting on a regular basis and to love and support each other. In these meetings life is discussed and evaluated. God’s direction is sought and lives are being transformed.

As we grow in our relationships we begin to reproduce ourselves and learn to lead others in new Life Transformation groups, along with teaching and leading others into a saving relationship with Jesus Christ.

In short, we are learning how to change the world one person at a time.

Interested? Contact Pastor Brian or Kyle.

]]><![CDATA[News for Week of May 20th, 2012]]>Sat, 19 May 2012 11:25:11 -0700http://www.codynaz.com/1/post/2012/05/news-for-week-of-may-20th-2012.htmlUpdates

Thank you to everyone who participated in Clean Up day last Saturday!

This Sunday
During Service—Graduation Sunday
4:00pm—Puppets on Parade Practice

Monday—May 21st
6:00pm—Nazarene Missions Meeting (Local & Global) @ Linda Gilcrist’s House. All who are interested are invited. Contact is Wendy Siegfried (wendysiegfried@codynaz.com)

Tuesday—May 22nd
7:00pm—Steward Meeting @ Church. All who are interested are invited. Contact is Pastor Brian.

Wednesday—May 23rd
6:00pm—Worship Team Practice
7:00pm—Youth Group

Saturday—May 26th
7:00am—Ladies Walk & Talk @ Beck Lake (Informal Gathering)
6:00pm—Pentecost Tailgate Party
Bring your tents, your RV, or just yourself. Hang out for a while or spend the night. Bring your own supplies and games.

Leadership Teams
Our leadership teams are starting to meet. If you have any interest in the areas they serve please feel free to attend. You don't have to commit to anything at this time; you are invited to attend to find out more information if you like. Participants in these teams are not required to be board members or church members.

Pentecost Tailgate Party
This is something that Marlane and I started last year at our previous church and we enjoyed it so much we thought we would share it with you. I don't get the opportunity to attend many sports events where I can tailgate and I thought "Why not tailgate Pentecost?". What do you do? Anyone who wants can brings games and food. You hang out together. You can bring tents or RVs and stay the night or you can go home when you get tired.
It is a casual get together where there is no schedule and no one is in charge. This is simply the Borger's letting you know that on May 26th they will be hanging out in the church parking lot with their RV and if you want to join in, then please do so.

Children's Sunday - June 3rd
Everyone will be in the service this Sunday. It is also the start of our new summer schedule so be aware of the new time at 9:30am!

Early Church
Begins June 7th @ 7pm. For more information see http://www.codynaz.com/early-church.html

]]><![CDATA[News for April 29th]]>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 11:37:15 -0700http://www.codynaz.com/1/post/2012/04/news-for-april-29th.htmlSunday
Ladies Scrapbooking will be after the service at about 1:00pm
Monday
Women's Dinner @ Pearsons at 6:30pm.
Thursday
National Day of Prayer - There will be a sign up in the morning service for half hour time slots. Please consider participating in this event as we join our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ in focusing on prayer this day.
Ministry Schedule
I have attached the ministry schedule for May & June. Please take a moment to review it. There are a couple of places that continue to need help. If your ministry area is not listed it is because the leader of that area was unable to turn in their list before today. Check with your team to make sure that your ministry is being covered. Please Note that the schedule for June has been altered to accommodate our new summer schedule which begins June 3rd.

How should we communicate?
Have you ever noticed that it seems like no one at church really knows what is happening? Here are some of the ways that we are currently attempting to provide you information. Weekly bulletins, announcements during service, occasional mailed letters, weekly e-mail, website updates, online calendar, Facebook, and Twitter.

What is the best way to provide you information and have you actually read it? Would you consider answering a poll? Please go to http://www.codynaz.com/communication-survey.html I know that having an electronic poll that is being communicated via e-mail is going to skew the results towards electronic communications, but as you can see there are multiple ways to communicate electronically as well, so once we nail down which electronic form of communication is best we can then poll to find out if another form of communication is better than the electronic form.

Did you Know?
Pastor Brian will be at graduation on May 5th to receive his Master's Degree. Please join me in congratulating Pastor Brian. In return I know that Pastor Brian would want me to thank you for all of the assistance you have provided him the last couple of years. ]]><![CDATA[News for 3/18/12 - 3/24/12]]>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:07:03 -0700http://www.codynaz.com/1/post/2012/03/news-for-31812-32412.htmlThe biggest news is of course that Hal Perkins is here! Well, almost here. Don't forget the parenting workshop on Saturday at 9:00am at Grizzly Hall in the Library. If you want a book the cost is $10.00. Hal will be speaking Sunday morning at 9:45am in the adult class, at 11:00am in the morning service, and at 6:30pm Sunday Night. He will also be speaking Mon-Wed at 6:30pm. There will be child care each time he speaks.

The worship team will meet at 5:30pm on Wednesday. There will not be teens or kids quizzing as our hope is that you will bring them with you to hear Hal Perkins speak.

There is a Ladies Coffee Break at the Borgers (2966 Sheridan Ave) Saturday the 24th @ 9am. My son and I are always gone during this event so I can't tell you what happens at these things. I think it is some secret women's meeting. My wife however claims it is just a fun time where women can talk about what God is doing in their lives. She wants me to tell you that it will be about Spring Cleaning your soul and heart and that it is based on Psalms 51:10. I still think it is an excuse to drink fancy things and eat fancy cookies. Oh well, since there isn't any meat being served it probably isn't my kind of meeting.

The teens will be on their way to Billings on Friday for District Main Event (used to be Rejoice). Keep them in your prayers. Pastor Brian and I also have to make our way to Billings for separate meetings. We won't be joining the teens since we have to be back for Saturday's workshop. Pastor Brian is attending an SDMI district meeting and I am doing my district license interview. Since Friday is also the 16th wedding anniversary for Marlane and I, we will take a little bit of time to hang out in Billings after the interview. The internet suggests a gift of peridot or using 16 as a theme. Never heard of peridot before. I wonder if she would go for a 16oz steak?

Prayer Requests
Mac Cameron seems to be recovering ok after surviving kidney stones. His son Dillon will be having tubes put in his ears on Friday morning.
I (Kyle) recently shared that I wanted prayer that I would invite a co-worker to lunch. I know that might seem trivial, but I haven't always been good at doing things like that with people I don't know real well. I didn't make it happen the first week but this last week I did. Just wanted to let you know that your prayers worked. It was a good lunch that will hopefully lead to a good friendship.
Melissa Crow - I shared my request a few days ago and gave more information. She is undergoing a lot of medical problems and is in a great deal of pain.
It is never easy to know what to pray for in a situation like hers. I know that sometimes we wonder what it means if we pray for healing and the person isn't healed. The most important thing to me is that the person being prayed for and the people around them are where God wants them to be spiritually. I pray for their souls to be comforted and for God to provide them peace. There are times I pray for healing knowing that God desires that we would all be healed and that none would suffer, but also knowing that sometimes that isn't what happens. It doesn't lessen who God is or mean that God doesn't love us. It just means that in this instance the physical situation wasn't meant to be changed. God's love is demonstrated through our soul and our relationship which are eternal while this physical world is temporary.May God bless you and keep you. ]]><![CDATA[Ashes to Fire Discussion Group]]>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:28:48 -0700http://www.codynaz.com/1/post/2012/03/ashes-to-fire-discussion-group.html

This upcoming Sunday a discussion group for Ashes to Fire will meet in the Sanctuary at 9:45 am. We will focus on week 2 of the Ashes to Fire material which can be found at http://www.codynaz.com/ashes-to-fire.html .The primary purpose of this group is to1. Build relationships2. Care for and pray for each other3. Learn more about preparing for the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Child Care will be provided as needed.
The scripture that we will focus on is...Mark 8:31-38 New International Version (NIV)
Jesus Predicts His Death
31 He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again. 32 He spoke plainly about this, and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. 33 But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. “Get behind me, Satan!” he said. “You do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”

The Way of the Cross
34 Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 35 For whoever wants to save their life[a] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it. 36 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?37 Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? 38 If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”

Questions not in the material
Jesus took time to prepare for the task that God was calling Him to do. What task is God calling to you do and how are you preparing for it?Jesus suffered greatly in preparation for the task and during the task. Are you willing to suffer for God?

]]><![CDATA[E-News 2/26 - 3/3]]>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:05:00 -0700http://www.codynaz.com/1/post/2012/02/e-news-226-33.htmlDon't forget Family Movie Night! __
Upstairs - Showing Not A Fan - The Movie
Downstairs - Showing VeggieTales Robin Good + an encore showing of another VeggieTale Movie.Snack Potluck will be held after the first VeggieTale movie downstairs. (Not a Fan movie will be paused for intermission).
This Sunday the last of the Not a Fan discussion groups will meet at 9:45am in the Sanctuary. The following Sunday a discussion group for Ashes to Fire will be held in the Sanctuary at 9:45am. Study materials are available online @ http://www.codynaz.com/ashes-to-fire.html. Paper copies will also be available during the meeting.Don't forget you can find the current bulletin online @ http://www.codynaz.com/bulletin.html
Join us this Sunday for the First Sunday of Lent.
What is Lent?Lent is a spiritual focus that has been practiced by Christians formally since the 4th Century. Many hear about Fat Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, and Maudi Gras, and that is about all we know about it other than the fact that people who are in church try to give up something.While the secular activities that we hear about the most do come out of Lent, they don't really resemble the activity or celebration used within the church. Lent is primarily found in more liturgical churches. (Who knows what liturgical means?) Liturgical is basically worship that is planned either for one Sunday or for the year. The purpose of liturgy is to help lead the church through a process that will take the focus from themselves and point it toward God. A liturgical church plans or scripts their service and church year, a non-liturgical church believes in non-preparation so that the Holy Spirit will speak and provide the direction one should go. Our church could be seen as a mix. Some churches follow a denominational liturgy or plan and do not stray from it. In the Nazarene church each church creates its own calendar and structures its own service. However each Nazarene church usually has some structure or organization to their service to provide consistency and direction for those participating in the service. Some Nazarene churches are beginning to follow a liturgy calendar for the year which helps the pastor make sure that important spiritual truths are covered on a regular basis. In our local church we believe that being prepared each Sunday and preparing for future Sunday's allows us to better respond to the movement of the Holy Spirit and adapt as the spirit guides us.The primary purpose of Lent through various prayers, scripture readings, Bible Studies, and church services is to help us focus on Jesus during a specified time that leads to the celebration of the Risen Savior on Easter!
More will be explained this Sunday! If you are curious to know more about Lent and how it came about make sure you are there on time!
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]]><![CDATA[E News for 1/29 - 2/4]]>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:12:52 -0700http://www.codynaz.com/1/post/2012/01/e-news-for-129-24.htmlFAMILY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES IS THIS FRIDAY AT 7PM @ CODY NAZARENE!_
Courageous is showing this Friday in the sanctuary.
Lord of the Beans & Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 will be showing this Friday downstairs.
Snack Potluck will be held in the downstairs foyer. Bring your favorite movie snack to share! For this event we ask that all snacks be enjoyed downstairs.
NOT A FAN
Not a fan continues. Each Sunday a sermon is presented based on the information that will be covered in the discussion groups.
Discussion Groups are Wednesday nights @ 7pm at Pastor Brian's house & Sunday Mornings @ 9:45am in the sanctuary.
Books & Journals can still be ordered for $10.00 each. Contact Pastor Brian if interested.
ASHES TO FIRE
We will be using Ashes to Fire to help us participate in Lent this year. If you would like to order a book please let Pastor Brian know. We are ordering early this year because they ran out last year. It is a different book than it was last year. The cost is $15.00. There is a kindle version for $8.00 on Amazon.com.
This is a great way to learn more about Lent and have a resource that helps guide your family through this wonderful season of spiritual growth.
The weekly schedule is unchanged.
Puppets, Kid's Quizzing, Teens, Worship practice are as scheduled.
Parents' Heads Up!
Rejoice is now called the District Main Event. It will be held March 16 - 18 in Billings MT. The youth leaders are currently putting together a complete list of events and costs and will be providing the information very soon. The District Main Event is an opportunity for teens from across the Rocky Mountain Nazarene District to get together, build relationships, showcase their talent and athletic abilities, and worship.Many friendships are developed during this time that often continue on through college and into their adult life. I encourage all of you with teens to give serious consideration to allowing and encouraging your teen to attend.

PRAYER & PRAISES
Praise - Souls Saved
“Souls were saved from demonic powers,” said the JESUS Film team member in Zimbabwe. “The
first time we showed the JESUS Film, it was well received. The village is well known for
witchcraft, and the people did not think we would stay more than a day. However, God had
mighty plans, and many people became believers in Christ and a preaching point was
established.” Praise the Lord that His plans prevail over the forces of darkness.
Prayer - New Ministry in Nepal
Please pray for the Pokhara area of western Nepal and the people who live there. Leaders are
planning to start a new ministry within the next month in this area. Pray that the Lord will open the
door for His work to be expanded in Pokhara.

This list does not contain every prayer concern in our community. It is meant to help you update your personal prayer list. Help us know how to pray for you and your family by providing us updated information including praises of answered prayers.

Can you help?
We are looking for musical instruments for people to use during worship. We are looking for help to purchase instruments or to borrow them. If you can help please let Pastor Brian know. We are looking for a saxophone, bass guitar, and drum set.

]]><![CDATA[E-News for 1/22 - 1/28]]>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:37:45 -0700http://www.codynaz.com/1/post/2012/01/e-news-for-122-128.htmlTOP THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW FOR THIS WEEK____

This Friday (1/27/12) we will be showing "Courageous" in the sanctuary. We will show a Veggie Tales movie downstairs for the kids. You can find more information on "Courageous" @ http://www.courageousthemovie.com/.
Youth Group will be at 7pm on Wednesday.
Kid's Bible Quizzing will be Wednesday night at 7pm.
Not a Fan is starting this week! First Discussion group will be Wednesday night @ 7pm. Another discussion group will meet during the Adult class at 9:45am on Sunday. If you need another date and time, let us know. There will be a sign up sheet on Sunday to let us know what groups you are interested in and give you the opportunity to sign up for books.
We will be going through Ashes to Fire for Lent. There will be a sign up sheet if you would like a book. An example copy will be available for preview on Sunday.

PRAYER & PRAISES UPDATES
Prayer/Praise - Allen Moore's mother is now home.
Prayer - Travis Claus - Having back surgery on Monday.

Can you help?
We are looking for musical instruments for people to use during worship. We are looking for help to purchase instruments or to borrow them. If you can help please let Pastor Brian know. We are looking for a saxophone, bass guitar, and drum set.

]]><![CDATA[E-News for 1/15 - 1/21]]>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:09:19 -0700http://www.codynaz.com/1/post/2012/01/e-news-for-115-121.htmlTOP THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW FOR THIS WEEK

Youth Group will be a split night at 7pm on Wednesday.
Kid's Bible Quizzing will be Wednesday night at 7pm.
Not a Fan is starting this week! First Discussion group will be Wednesday night @ 7pm. Another discussion group will meet during the Adult class at 9:45am on Sunday. If you need another date and time, let us know. There will be a sign up sheet on Sunday to let us know what groups you are interested in and give you the opportunity to sign up for books.

PRAYER & PRAISES UPDATES
Prayer - Naomi Siegfried - Just found out she has diabetes. At the moment they are treating with diet and medicine.
Prayer - Continued healing from surgery for Allen Moore's mother.

Personal Update from Pastor Kyle
Today our house in Idaho will be sold. The bank is forgiving over $68,000 through the short sale. This has been a long and difficult journey that has been full of challenges and blessings. The primary lesson God is teaching me is that if you aren't willing to suffer and do the hard stuff you will never ever get to experience the best stuff. When we take the easy way out and avoid allowing God to discipline us we fail to allow God to prepare us to experience the blessings he has waiting.

Living through suffering for God is so much better than having a suffering life because of not living. Now instead of seeing what I don't have, I see all the little things each day that God has blessed me with. This week I had the honor of praying for Allen's mother. What a blessing I received!

I took my wife on a date to McDonald's Wednesday night. You can get two pies for $1! While there a teen who had previously attended our church sat down and talked to us. I had the honor of participating in life with that teen. We discussed personal relationships and numerous other topics. I didn't do everything right that night as a pastor. I forgot to pray with him when we left. I interrupted a conversation to greet his mother and completely ignored the other couple. There are still a lot of things I am working on, but I accepted an opportunity to be a servant of Christ that night and was greatly blessed in spirit.

I encourage you to accept God's blessings by giving your entire life to God. Give up control. It is then and only then that you really begin to see just how incredible our God is. God isn't going to call all of you into staff ministry and require you to quit your jobs and leave your homes. But what he will do is ask you to life every minute of every day for him. Trust me. When you do that your life and life of others around you will be infinitely better than what it had been. Are you satisfied being a fan and telling others that you like Jesus? If not, then join us the next 6 weeks as we learn how to become totally committed to Jesus.

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