Keith's Quill

It is a must that I begin this piece with a big “thank you” to all of you here at the church for the great gift at Christmas time and the wonderful “treats” that were brought by the house. You are an amazingly generous group of people.

We have an exciting, growing and challeng-ing year ahead of us as a church family. We have accepted a 5% increase in our budget this year. The increase is the $10,000 that we have pledged for Moab Young Life. What better way to extend ourselves than to do so for the hearts and minds of our young people? Young Life and those we have hired to be our representatives here in Moab are determined and focused on win-ning young people to Jesus. Hopefully that is this church’s focus also. Please pray for this ministry and pray that we as a church will be willing to make the additional sacrifices necessary to support this wonderful ministry opportunity. Giving to our church’s General Fund will help us to reach this additional budgetary commitment. If you would wish to support Young Life as an individual donor it would be best to do so directly to Young Life. I will put information elsewhere in this news-letter for those who might want to do so.

It is also my desire that this year, in our church, to be a time that we refocus our reliance on prayer. To begin this emphasis I have asked Kathryn Burke to guide us through six weeks of prayer on six con-secutive Wednesday nights. We are set to begin on January 11th and we will conclude this segment on February 15th. I am believing that there is a significant number of us in the church who believe in the power of prayer and will support the church by coming and praying. Kathryn is uniquely gifted and called to this ministry and you will be blessed by her as she facili-tates our prayer journey. This will not be a typical Bible study and prayer routine! For many of us, and I include myself, prayer has become a some-what dry and rhetorical experience. We could all use some stimula-tion in this amazingly important area of our spiritual lives. Please consider being a part of what is going to be a new launching point for this ministry. If you would like to see a revival in your life and in our church and community it will begin when we commit to prayer. Why not now and why not us? I love you all.  -PK

YOUNG LIFE NEWS!

Weekly Meetings for the youth are as follows:

Girls are meeting: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Mondays at Kate and Eric Smith’s house...311 Opal Avenue

Boys are meeting: 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Fridays at Eric and Kate Smith’s house...311 Opal Ave. Contact Silas or Sarah Rappe, YL Directors for more information Silas: 435-260-0285 Sarah: 435-260-0249

For anyone who is up early and would like to join the YL Prayer Group...they meet every Wednesday morning at 7:00 a.m. In the First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. Konnie Pacheco and Deb Rappe are leading.

There are lots of activities being planned for Moab Young Life. Call Sarah or Silas Rappe or you may contact our Church Office if you want to help in any way.

If you wish to help our church support Young Life, please give to the General Fund. If you wish to do something in addition to what our church is doing, please give to Young Life directly. Their mailing address is:

Young Life, P. O. Box 520, Colorado
Springs, CO 80901-0520
or online at: www.younglife.org (Use Fund Code: UT23)

Also coming Next Sunday: All Church Pot Luck Meal

It has been a long time since we have had an old fashioned Pot Luck here at The Community Church...so we are going to have one! On Sunday, January 22nd, after our morning Worship Service, we will have this meal in our Fellowship Hall. Please bring a covered dish or two to share. We have two ovens so if you need to keep food warm, our ovens will be available. There is plenty of refrigerator space too, so bring your food with you when you come to church. The church will provide the beverages and the tableware.

After we eat, we will then meet for our Annual Business Meeting to go over the Annual Reports and pass out the new Church Directories. We encourage all members to attend. (No Discipleship Classes on the 22nd)