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Work as Worship Retreat 2019
 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22nd, 2019 • 7:30 AM - 2:30 PM www.workasworshipretreat.org
You’re invited to the 2019 Work as Worship Retreat, where influential business leaders and pastors will discuss what it looks like to connect faith and work. Taking place as a 1–Day Local Church Retreat on February 22, 2019, the live event in Dallas will be web-streamed to over 2,000 churches around the world. Christian Fellowship will be the satellite site for this area. Cost: $30 (includes lunch). |
"Rock (Jesus) Around the Clock" 12-Hour All-Church Prayer
 ALL CHURCH PRAYER
"ROCK (JESUS) AROUND THE CLOCK" 12-HOUR PRAYER
FOR PASTOR TIM, PASTOR BRIAN, ELDERS AND STAFF
Prayer Day: January 7, 2019 • 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM Everyone, please sign up by January 4, 2019.  (You can sign up for as many 15-minute slots as you like, but please do not double up until all time slots are filled) Following are some suggestions, but please pray as the Spirit leads for the Spirit, Soul and Body: For Protection from Satan In light of the challenges of ministry especially when moving in to the calling God has for CF concerning the 400, there has been some attacks that need prayer. Especially for the Pastors, but also for the elders and staff. As the word says in 1Peter 5:8 we need to be praying for protection from Satan in such a time as this more than any! “Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour”. And we all know,he comes to kill, steal and destroy Spirit, Soul and Body. Father, please protect our pastors, elders and staff from the attacks of Satan. Give them the strength to endure temptation and stand firm against the accusations Satan loves to whisper in their ears. Help them to stand firm in your service, always fighting for the faith and for the church body. Please Pray For A Healthy Physical Body But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified (1 Corinthians 9:27). Ministry can take a tremendous toll on the pastor’s, elders and staff’s body in this time of change. Yes, our bodies are temples,but they are often broken temples. Long nights at the hospital, high-stress situations, and ever-present discouragement can quickly lead to burnout and body betrayal. Not only do we need spiritual strength, we need physical strength as well. Pray for your pastors, elders and staff that they would be sustained in body and mind.
Father, please give my pastorals supernatural strength. Protect them from sickness and disease. Give them your energy to keep serving faithfully. Help them to find periods of rest and recovery. Guide them to still waters. For A Strong Marriage and Family Therefore, an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God’s church(1 Timothy 3:2-6) Church history is littered with the skeletons of pastors, elders and church staff whose marriages and families fell apart under the strain of pastoral ministry. Especially Pastors, and as 1 Timothy states, if a pastor can’t manage his family, how can he manage the church of God? Satan loves to sabotage a pastor’s family, and your pastor needs prayer that God will give him a healthy marriage and family. Father, please give our pastors, elders and staff supernaturally healthy marriages. Strengthen the bonds between them and their wives. Encourage them all in ministry. Give them all wisdom to manage their family and to keep you at the center, not ministry. Also pray for their children that you would let them know you and follow you. Sustained By Prayer 1Thessalonians5:25 “Brethren, pray for us”. In some ways, pastors are sustained by the prayers of their people. Obviously, God is the one who ultimately sustains pastors, but one of his primary means is through the prayers for pastors. When it comes to why you should pray for your pastors, take the words of Charles Spurgeon to heart: No man can do me a truer kindness in this world than to pray for me. Do your pastors and their families a true kindness today! And please also pray for the elder board and staff. PASTORS Pastor Tim & Annette Rice Pastor Brian & Sandy Erickson ELDERS Duane & Lorraine Lindsay Lonnie & Linda Perrine Bruce & Mary Beckman STAFF Cory Oswald Sally Stiele |
Dinner in December
 Saturday, December 1st, 2018 6:30 p.m. Event 34 in Detroit Lakes You are invited for a evening of fun and fellowship featuring a catered dinner and variety show. Cost: $20/person Tickets must be purchased in advance.
Presented by Cowboy Church and Christian Fellowship |
Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Gift Outreach
 Operation Christmas Child Please return filled boxes by this Sunday, November 11th! Fill a box with gifts to bless a child, and return with $9 to cover shipping costs.
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"Network" Spiritual Gifts Study
 Wednesdays 6:30-8:00 p.m. Discover your spiritual gifts, personal style, and God-given passion for serving in the body of Christ. All Welcome! |
C.F. Movie Night: "This Day Forward"
 Saturday, September 22nd, 2018 Reserve your tickets now for the "This Day Forward" movie event at CineMagic Washington Square 7 in Detroit Lakes on September 22nd, 2018. $10 package deal includes movie, small drink & small popcorn; and a meet & greet and Q&A time with Brian Ide, the director of the movie and actress Jennifer Jensen, on whose family the movie is based. “This Day Forward” tells the true story of a wife and mother of three, struggling to keep her family and her faith intact after her husband is diagnosed with a stage three brain tumor. The event at CineMagic Washington Square 7 in Detroit Lakes includes a meet & greet and Q&A time with Brian Ide, the director of the movie, and actress Jennifer Jensen, on whose family the film is based. |
Feed My Starving Children Event
 C.F. is now raising funds for the F.M.S.C. “MobilePack”happening in Detroit Lakes in September. Funds raised will go toward buying supplies for the MobilePack event coming up at the Community Center in Detroit Lakes on September 15th, where volunteers from our community will pack 100,000 meals to be sent around the world to those in need. Please give and volunteer today here: |
"Higher Ground" Summer Church Meetings
 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Everyone is Welcome! See you at the church on the hill! |
Ladies "Lighten Up" Exercise Group
 Women's walking exercise group, utilizing Leslie Sansone videos. Ladies of all ages are welcome!  30-day Ladies’ Lighten-Up Challenge II Starts Monday, September 17th Need a little motivation? Come join us Tuesday evenings at the Christian Fellowship Church.
Questions? Contact Wendy Wallace, 701-212-9726 |
Church Security Seminar
 Saturday, April 28, 2018 Time: 8:30 am to 12:30 pm Where: Christian Fellowship Church, Detroit Lakes Cost: $45 individual or $150 per church Each individual payment includes the book, “Countering the Mass Shooter Threat” ($35 value) or one book included with each church purchase. 
 Presenter: Kevin L. Norton has been a chaplain with the St. Louis County Law Enforcement Chaplaincy (SLCLEC) since 1993, and in 2012 was appointed to serve as the SLCLEC Executive Director, managing 15 chaplains and connecting with multiple law enforcement agencies in the largest county in the USA east of the Mississippi. His membership and training is with the International Conference of Police Chaplains. Kevin has been ordained with the Christian & Missionary Alliance since 1982, and has served churches in Bena, MN; Sisseton/ Peever, SD; and Duluth, MN; and has been with the Hibbing Alliance Church since 2003. |
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