Longtime church member and friend David Kerr passed away on Friday.
Please keep his wife Deb and their family in your prayers.
The church is invited to the memorial service:
Friday, February 7th, at 11am, at the church building.
David Kerr
Guest Speaker Billy Wagler
Our friends Billy and Brooke Wagler and their family will join us this weekend.
These two just ooze love for Christ and a passion to live for Him.
They have compelling life stories of how God rescued them from their past lives and brought them where they are today: a strong marriage, growing family, successful business owners, and serving in prison ministry and many other ways.
Billy will share from the Bible this Sunday.
School of the Spirit
When Jesus was walking here on earth, he said, “It’s good that I go, because I will send a Helper to you.” He was talking about the Holy Spirit.
Who is this Holy Spirit? What does He do?
This weekend we will spend time digging into this topic with a guest speaker, Fred Herzog. Fred is a veteran church planter and leader from Minnesota.
- May 18, Saturday, 6pm
- May 19, Sunday, 10:15am
This would be great for you if:
- You are interested in embracing more of the Holy Spirit in your life.
- You are skeptical of this stuff but open-minded.
More About Fred Herzog
Fred Herzog is a sought-after church mentor and trainer. He has had the opportunity to plant and develop more than 50 churches around the world. His lifelong focus of seeing the Gospel reach the ends of the earth is shared by International Christian Leadership Connections (ICLC), a global network of churches that he helps oversee as a part of the North American apostolic team.
After nearly 60 years of ministry, Fred has become a specialist in counseling, deliverance, healing, and spiritual warfare. His prophetic words and wisdom have brought release to thousands of individuals in both church and business settings. A perceptive pastor once remarked, “Wherever he goes, people are set free.”
Fred and his wife Karen have recently started a new church network called Bridge Network. It consists of starting micro churches in various communities.
Ukraine 🇺🇦
Pray for Ukraine
We are in touch with our friends Mike and Emily Rudolph who are serving as missionaries to Ukraine. They have evacuated to Poland and are helping with the huge influx of refugees fleeing the violence.
They have put together this prayer guide:
Support Ukrainian Refugees
Financial support is one way we can support those who are suffering. Mike and Emily are working with Ukrainians who have evacuated to Poland. They are requesting funds to help support these refugees. It’s a small way we can help!
Let’s keep praying and giving!
Ethan to Be Lead Pastor
Reposted from Pastor Marks’ blog:
Ethan Anderson became lead pastor of the Church of the Living Water on August 9, 2020.
This fulfills Kari’s and my hopes and dreams for Ethan and the church.
This process has been going on for at least 20 years. Probably before—since his birth. At times we were not aware of God’s plan. At other times we lost sight of God’s plan. But in recent years it became most evident to us and to the congregation that Ethan was the man to take leadership in the church.
Ethan has served as youth leader, “intern,” missionary, and most recently as associate pastor. God called him into ministry at a young age. This calling was confirmed by prophecy in Goshen, Indiana at a ministers’ conference in about 2000.
He was ordained into Christian ministry at the Church of the Living Water on July 19, 2020.
At the time of his ordination, Ray Oehme (Vineyard Christian Fellowship, Muscatine, Iowa) informally representing pastors and churches of our city, gave a stirring accolade to Ethan, his character, and ministry.
Ethan will become the senior pastor of the church, but more than senior pastor. He will become point man of a team that will continue to lead the church forward. I will continue as a teaching pastor on the team. Current and future elders, deacons, interns, in fact, all the congregation will serve as members of the team to reach the community and bring the Kingdom of God.
A Leadership Team ministry carries several advantages over the single leader model. It avoids a “one man show.” It blends the strengths of several leaders. It brings diversity. It allows for leaders to travel and minister in a wider circle. It fulfills the New Testament vision for multiple leadership.
As such we are submitting to the Holy Spirit and building His vision to become a New Testament Church.
I encourage you all to pray for Ethan, Bethany and their family. Let’s all encourage Ethan and support him as he enters a new leadership role.
—Mark
Ethan’s Ordination
Last Sunday we officially ordained Ethan as a pastor.
Ethan has been working alongside Pastor Mark for many years and recently “applied” to become ordained.
Congratulations, Ethan!
