Senior Pastor, Dr. Sammy Simmons
Student Pastor, Rev. David Seaton
Worship Pastor, Rev. John Odle
Secretary, Jane Lampley
Custodian, Misti Sample
Education Pastor, Rev. Michael Kramer
Visitation Pastor, Rev. Eddie P. Davis
Preschool Director, Alex Glueck
Publications, Victoria Price
516 N. Main, PO Box 664 Benton, IL 62812
Office Hours: Monday - Thursday 8:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. and Friday 8:00 A.M. - Noon
Sunday
Morning Worship…………..……………….……………………..………….….…..8:00 A.M.
Doughnut Fellowship in the Gym…...…………………...…………………....……..9:00 A.M.
Sunday School………………………………………………...……………...…….....9:30 A.M.
Morning Worship………………………………….……….………………………10:40 A.M.
Summer Uganda Team Meeting……………………………………………………..4:30 P.M.
Evening Worship…………..….………………….…………………………………..6:00 P.M.
SLAM & JAM Choir………………………………………………………………….6:00 P.M.
Youth Pie Auction...…………………………………………….…….....After Evening Service
Wednesday
Lenten Luncheon at First Christian Church.………………………………………11:30 A.M.
Adult Bible Study……………………………………………………………………..6:30 P.M.
OutBreak Student Ministry…………………………………………………………..6:30 P.M.
Kidz Zone Bible Study………………………………………………………………..6:30 P.M
Choir Practice………………………………………………………………..……….7:30 P.M.
February Memory Verse
“Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your
requests be made known to God” Phil 4:6
Feb 15: Lev 19-21
Feb 16: Lev 22-24
Feb 17: Lev 22-24
2015 Bible Reading Schedule
Feb 18: Num 1-3
Feb 19: Num 4-7
Feb 20: Num 8-11
Feb 21: Num 12-13
Feb 22: Num 14-15, Ps 90
Feb 23: Num 16-18
Last Week Attendance & Receipts
Morning Worship 8:00AM - 215...Morning Worship 10:40AM - 267
Sunday School - 434 …..Evening Worship - 244
Regular Offering Last Week $17,740.00 Weekly Budget Amount Needed $16,345.02
Total February Receipts $35,470.70
February Building Fund Given $6,627.33 Total Building Fund Received $829,483.85
CHILDREN’S CHURCH FOR CHILDREN GRADES K-2ND
10:40 AM - Clayce Fletcher, Kiersten Owens, & Naylin Ronchetto
Nursery
8:00AM-Babies– Linda Sharp & Deb Kays…….2’s-Pre-K-Kyle & Abby Bacon
10:40AM-Babies-Emily Seaton & Danae McDaniel…..1’s & 2’s–
3 Yr Olds-Paula Elliott & Lisa Price
4 Yr Olds-Jan Johnston & Julie Oxford
6:00PM-Babies-Connie McDonald & Kaye Miller
2-Pre-K-Char & Donna Mumbower
Church Patrol
8:00AM-Mark Kays & Ed Ruffino………..10:40AM– Farrel Lewis
6:00PM-Jim Book & Mike McDaniel…….Mid-Week-Darrell Smith
Ushers
8:00-Wayne Stewart, John Willis, David Allen, Grant Wilson, Dan Horton
10:40-Rod Shurtz, Chuck Horton, Jarrod Calcaterra, Jim Book, Seiger Shurtz
6:00-Youth
FEBRUARY 15TH, 2015
MORNING WORSHIP
Call to Worship..…...………….………….Prepare Our Hearts
Hymn…..…………..………Leaning On The Everlasting Arms
Acts of Obedience………10:40am Service…….…….Baptism
Welcome………......…....…………….……....…Pastor Sammy
Fellowship Song….…………………….………People of God
Choral Praise……………………………….…..Song of Moses
Offertory Hymn….…….…...………...…...….Lord I Need You
Worship through Giving………….……...…..…..Floyd Cairns
Message…...What
What God Requires….....Deuteronomy
Requires
10:12-22
Song of Decision……….......................I Need Thee Every Hour
Announcements………………………….……..Pastor Sammy
Closing Song……………………………..….....He Leadeth Me
EVENING SERVICE
Announcements..……...........................................Pastor Sammy
Hymn……...……....................................Nothing But The Blood
Acts of Obedience………………………………...…...Baptism
Welcome……………………………..………..….Pastor David
Fellowship Song…………..…………………...….The Anthem
Offertory Hymn………………………..….Open Up Our Eyes
Worship Through Giving……………..............…..Youth Choir
Message……......Finding
Finding a Fortune…….....Matthew
13:44-50
Fortune
Song of Decision…………………………...….Jesus Paid It All
Closing Prayer……………………...…………...Pastor Sammy
Please join us for the Annual Youth Pie Auction tonight after our
evening service. The money raised will be used to help students go to
New Camp in the summer.
March 15th-22nd
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Will you clear your calendar and make
this time a priority for yourself and
your family?
Will you begin serious prayer for
personal and church revival? - Seek
God and ask Him what He wants to do
in your life.
Focus over 50 Retreat in Branson, MO
October 12th-15th
Join us for 3 nights at
the Grand Plaza
Hotel, 3 entertainment
experiences, 6 meals
(including one at Lambert’s Café), 4 Bible
Studies (Power Points from the Psalmist),
bus transport, and priceless memories! The
total cost of the trip is $399. If you are
interested in going, please sign-up at
Sign-Up Central and pay the $49 deposit by
today.
Kid Venture Day
On February 22nd, the
Children’s Ministry will be
going to Pirate Pete’s. We
will eat pizza, play laser tag,
and play arcade games. The cost is $13 per
person or $6 just to eat. We will leave the
church after the 10:40am service and return
around 3:30pm. Please sign-up at Sign-Up
Central.
Discovery Zone Event
The Discovery Zone
(Preschool-ages 0-4)
will be going to Heritage
Woods on Saturday
February 28th. We will meet
at the church at noon and have lunch and
then go to Heritage Woods for some
singing and fellowship. We will return
back to the church around 1:30pm. Please
sign-up at Sign-Up Central.
Join us for one of our 3 cottage prayer
meetings as we pray for personal and church
revival. Sign-up for a cottage prayer service
at Sign-Up Central.
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Tuesday, February 17th at 6:30pm
at Don & Melissa Mastri’s home
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Thursday, February 18th at 7pm
at Pastor Sammy & Michelle’s home
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Saturday, February 21st at 6pm
at Larry & Terry Toms’ home
Maybe you would like to host your own
cottage prayer meeting at you home. Invite
some friends, grab some prayer cards, and
join us in praying.
There will be a Men’s Dodgeball Tourney
on February 20th. Registration and food
will begin at 6:30pm with the tournament
beginning at 7pm. This event is open to all
men over 18 years old. To sign-up you can
sign-up at Sign-Up Central, call the church
office, or sign-up that evening.
Lenten Luncheon
Immanuel will be hosting the Lenten
Luncheon on Wednesday, February 25th at
11:30am. We are in need of 25 desserts. If
you are willing to make a dessert, please
sign-up at Sign-Up Central and have the
pies at the church by 9am on the 25th.
Women’s Bible
Study
The Women’s
Bible study that
meets on
Tuesdays will be
starting back up on February 17th at 11am.
They will be studying Gideon by Priscilla
Shirer. The cost of the book is $13.