NON-PROFIT

ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT #116 ROLLA, MO

1608 N Oak St Rolla MO 65401-2342 573-364-1266 www.rolla-firstassembly.org [email protected] MAY 2013

Chuck Whitmire
Lead Pastor
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Spotlight on . . .

MAKING EVERY CHRISTIAN A MISSIONARY

Lance & Sarah Langenberg

their two sons, Lane and Michael. Sarah loves being active and spending time outdoors. She will always make time to be with family and goes out of her way help anyone who needs it. Lance and Sarah were introduced at First Assembly God in Washington. They were married in May 2009 and were blessed with Lane in September of 2010. Lance worked as the General Manager of Jimmy John's in Washington until he joined the Army in 2011. In February of 2012 Lance was called to active duty for 12 months. During this time Sarah was pregnant and was due to give birth while he was gone. However, God blessed them and provided a way for Sarah to go to San Antonio where Lance was stationed so he could be there when she gave birth. Mi(Continued on page 6)

Ray Cook
Associate Pastor
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Dalton Avery
Youth Pastor
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~ Weekly Schedule ~
Sunday Morning Worship Contemporary: 9:15 am Traditional: 10:45 am Christian Development 9:15 & 10:45 Sunday Evening Service - 6:00 pm Everdeep for Youth Wednesday Evening - 7:00 pm Prayer Service Girls Ministry Classes Boys Ministry Classes The Forge Youth Church
Nursery provided for Sunday morning & Wednesday evening services

Brian Feller
Childrens Pastor
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Prayer Meetings Sunday: 9:00-9:15 am MondayFriday: 7:00-8:30 am Tuesday: 12:00-1:00 Second Fridays Monthly: 8pm-3am Saturday: 6:00 pm Bible Studies Men: Tuesdays 6:30 am Ladies: Thursdays 9:30 am
Youth Girls: Thursdays 7 am at Panera

Sam Parker
KCA/TSC Director
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Additional Staff
Karen Turner
Administrative Assistant [email protected]

Lance was born and raised in Washington, MO. His family became members of First Assembly of God in Washington when he was 3 years old. That is where he was saved and baptized. Lance is currently the General Manager of Jimmy John's in Rolla. He is also a Combat Medic and an Eye Specialist for the Army Reser v e. Lance has had a life long fascination with animals and loves to learn all he can about God's creations. He also enjoys playing basketball and sand volleyball. Sarah was born and raised in Rolla, MO. She is the daughter of Lee and Kathy Collins. Sarah began attending First Assembly of God in Rolla in 2006. She left a year later when she moved to Washington, MO to attend East Central College. Sarah is currently a homemaker and spends her day raising

Mark Berry
Custodian

~ Office Hours ~
Monday-Friday 8-12 and 1-5

Pansy Bingham
Business Administrator [email protected]

Inside:

This month:

Coming Up:

Abby Swearingen
Media Assistant [email protected]

Mission Trip recap National Day of Prayer Where Did Cain Get His Wife?

National Day of Prayer Stewardship Sunday Mothers Day School is out

Youth mission trip to Denver Patriotic musical VBS & camps

Pray for America

Thursday, May 2
Sunday Monday

In His name, the nations will put their hope. Matthew 12:21 (NIV)
Rolla Mayors Prayer Breakfast 6:30 7:45 a.m. in the B&C Ballroom, Havener Center, MS&T Breakfast Tickets: $12 each or $125 to sponsor a table that includes 8 tickets Contact Emily Barnes, 364-3292, for tickets. Tickets must be purchased before April 29. Special Music by Pam Widener Speaker Stanley A. Bower is the St. Louis Area Director of Christian Businessmens Connection. CBMC has 18,000 members and 700 teams across the United States and is active in over 70 countries with over 50,000 total members. Their purpose is to evangelize and disciple business and professional men for Christ. National Day of Prayer Evening Service 6:30-8:00 pm, First Assembly of God, 1608 N. Oak St., Rolla (FREE and Open to the community) 6:30 7 p.m. Concert prior to service by All Nations Christian Fellowship 7 8 p.m. -- Service Local people will say a prayer for: government/military, media, The Next Generation (children and youth), businesses, churches, healthcare, families, education and community. Special music by Beverly Feller, and short messages by Erin Davis and Chuck Whitmire. Speaker Erin Davis is passionate about pointing young women toward God's Truth. She is the author of several books and a frequent speaker and blogger to women of all ages.

May
Tuesday 1 Wednesday Thursday 2 National Day of Prayer 3 Friday Saturday 4 On call this weekend: Pastor Chuck 341-8086 5 Missions Sunday 6 Stewardship Sunday 7 Mens Bible Study 6:30 am 8 Boys Ministries, Girls Ministries, The Forge Youth Church 9 Board meeting 6:00 am Womens Bible Study 9:30 am All Nations Christian Fellowship Mens Night All Night Prayer 8:00 pm 17 18 On call this weekend: Pastor Dalton 202-4208 Youth car wash 10 11 On call this weekend: Pastor Ray 578-7609

But may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. Galatians 6:13
With every victory over sin Ive experienced in the past 41 + years I've had the tendency to believe Ive arrived. Until I remember that my heart is still desperately wicked beyond belief (Jeremiah 17:9). If I were to come before God in His glory this moment I must fall speechless (Matthew 22:12) on my face before Him. I could never stand before God apart from the righteousness I have in Jesus Christ. Thank God for His amazing grace to me! For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, evil, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, and folly. All these evils come from within and defile a person." (Mark 7:21-23 from The NET Bible) ~ Eddie Perkins

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A friend posted the above excerpt on Facebook, and it made me think of the song, "In Christ Alone." As I reflected on these thoughts and on the lyrics to that

wonderful song, I began to get a sense of the power of God that works in us when we come to prayer and trust in Christ alone. Somehow, in the prayer room, we are surely shown our terrible state. But most importantly we see how we are covered by his grace. When He exposes us, it is not to hurt us, but to remove from us that which keeps us from being effective. It is sort of like groping around in a dark room, and then someone turns the light on. It startles us, and we wince as our eyes begin to adjust to the bright light shining in. For the brief moment of distress, there comes an empathetic exchange of emotion, as we see in front of us the gauntlet of pain that we were about to enter in. And we understand. The light of Christ also reminds me that I can only boast in Christ. I can never say I am any better than anyone else, because I see that if it were not for God's grace, I would be still groping in the dark, and likely bumping into many things that would hurt. The intensity of His love draws me, and exposes the darkness around me; and I know that my glory is truly in Christ alone. So, I boastin Christ alone. Carol Hudler

14 Mens Bible Study 6:30 am

15 Family Feast Missions Committee Meeting Boys Ministries, Girls Ministries, The Forge Youth Church

16 Mens Breakfast 6:30 am Womens Bible Study 9:30 am All Nations Christian Fellowship 23 Womens Bible Study 9:30 am All Nations Christian Fellowship

No evening service 19 Building Fund 20 Baptism Sunday Recognize high school graduates Home Fellowship 26 Combined service No evening service 27 Church office closed 28 Mens Bible Study 6:30 am 21 Mens Bible Study 6:30 am

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Leadership meeting Boys Ministries, Girls Ministries, The Forge Youth Church 29

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Last night of Boys and Girls ministries for summer

Calendar updates at www.rolla-firstassembly.org/aboutus/calendar

As a church, we have committed to planting churches where we arein homes, workplaces, or public venuesin response to 1 Corinthians 9:22.
The Redeemed Christian Church of God (Covenant House) in Springfield MO was planted on April 21, 2012. Covenant House has a vision to reach out and minister to the fast growing African community in Springfield. The African Christian attributes we hold strongly are holiness, prayerfulness, strong faith, deepness of worship, proclaiming the good news of Jesus Christ to every soul, and hand of fellowship. We integrate these attributes with a view of not limiting fellowship to Africans. We have seen Gods divine provision and His unending faithfulness to His children. The testimonies of changed lives by the power of Gods word and the workings of The Spirit stirs in us the courage to take our next step of faith along the journey God has called us to. The first service started with 4 people from the Springfield area, 9 from First Assembly of God in Rolla, and 3 from Lebanon. In the last one year, we have grown to a weekly attendance of about 40 people from the Springfield area. Love, support, encouragement and prayers continue to pour in from First Assembly of God in Rolla. We have outgrown our present place of worship and are currently looking to Gods provision for a bigger place of worship. To God be all the glory, great things He has done!

Apologetics 101
When we have a question such as this, where do we go first? We go to the Word of God! Lets look at some clues and see what we can discover. Clue #1: Acts 17:26 From one man [Adam] he [G o d ] m a de ev e r y na t io n of m en .. . Therefore, Cains wife had to be a descendent of Adam. Clue #2: Genesis 3:20, Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living. So Cains wife had to be a descendent of Eve. Clue #3: Genesis 5:4 After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. More sons and daughters? Wait a minute! Are you suggesting that Cain married (gulp!) a sister? Yes. Objection! But isnt marrying a close relative incest? Again, we go to the Word of God first to find the answer. When were the laws against marrying a close relative given? Not until about 2500 years later. Leviticus 18:6 says, No one is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. . . Verses 7-18 define that prohibition further. Remember that Abraham, who was born approximately 2000 years after Creation, was married to Sarah, who was his half-sister (Genesis 20:12). Isaac married his cousin Bethuels daughter, Rebekah (Genesis 24:15). Jacob married his cousins, Leah and Rachel. Laban, their father, was Jacobs uncle (Rebekahs brother). (Genesis 24:29). Why was marrying a close relative forbidden in Leviticus (and in our current laws against incest)? Close relatives are more likely to have similar genetic mistakes which mean that their offspring have a greater likelihood of being deformed. However, initially when God created everything, it was very good. (Genesis 1:31) Adam and Eve were created perfect with no defects. Mans choice to disobey God brought a curse into the world, and one of the ways this was manifested was mistakes in the genes. The early generations did not have as many genetic mistakes, so it was not a problem to marry a close relative. As the centuries went by, later generations had more and more genetic mistakes, so God finally forbade marriage with a close relative.
References: Ken Ham, Where did Cain get his wife? booklet; Mike Riddle, Apologetics 101 DVD

Beverly Flori

Theresa Odun-ayo
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Pastor Dalton and Sylvia will be leading #theNOWproject youth and young adult missions trip to inner city Denver, Colorado July 13-21. Minimum age is 14. Cost is $300 and will cover food, travel and hotel. We will be ministering to homeless, doing acts of service in the inner city, evangelism, and helping Pastor Isaac and Jamie (Lister) Olivarez with an upcoming church plant. If you would like to know more about the ministry, go to www.lovedenver.org Please contact Pastor Dalton for more information on how to pray, give or go. Signup deadline and informational meeting is May 19th in Room 200 after the second service. Dalton Avery

chael was born in August of 2012. Lance came home in February of 2013 and was moved to Rolla by Jimmy John's. Lance and Sarah have been attending First Assembly of God in Rolla since they moved here in February. They look forward to becoming members and are very thankful to have found a wonderful place to worship God and spend time with other believers. Lance Langenberg

Using the Beatitudes of Jesus can help in lifes everyday struggles, whether family, financial, or spiritual. Join the study of John Bakers book Lifes Healing Choices, Freedom from Your Hurts, Hang-ups, and Habits. Everyone is welcome to attend. Class meets Sundays at 9.00a.m in room 108. For more information contact Steve Merz at 573-202-9098.

Upon arriving at Mount Grace Teen Challenge Center in Winnfield, Louisiana in the spring of 2012, we discovered they were in great need of an electrical upgrade. Their existing electric was run to the kitchen, one classroom, and the trailer with essentially heavy-duty extension cords bringing electric to the others. They were running lights, fans, hair dryers, heaters, etc. off this electric, and therefore they were continually throwing breakers. We did extensive trenching, running 2 PVC electrical pipe to two different central locations. From there we fed each individual building with a separate pipe. We installed wire to each one except for three of the buildings. We also set them up with a temporary panel to better supply electrical service for the camp. That spring trip, we also poured concrete sidewalks to some of the main buildings, re-leveled the kitchen and public bathroom jacking them up, we trenched in and installed water lines to the front office building and the building across from it, we built a wooden deck from the deck in front of the dining hall to in front of the public bathrooms and up to their laundry, installing the ice machine we brought with us under a lean-to we built beside the kitchen. When we came back down in the fall of 2012, we tore out the kitchen floor and walls, drywalled the ceiling and walls, and put down ceramic flooring. We redid plumbing and drain lines in the kitchen and installed a wash sink. We rewired the kitchen for air conditioning and installed receptacles were they requested. We also poured sidewalks for the rest of the buildings. This spring, we were finally able to install a new 400

amp panel inside the storage room supplying electric to five of the buildings and having available electrical service for their future administration buildings. We installed a 600 amp outside panel (mounted on poles we put in) which supplied electricity to nine buildings with an additional panel for RVers to hook up to. This upgraded the electrical service to what was needed. Previous teams between our spring 2012 trip and this last trip had installed the new panel boxes in the buildings around the camp and we hooked them up and installed outlets in the dorm rooms for future air conditioning units. We finished trenching for the restroom and the electrical lines to the last buildings and installed new electrical meters. We also painted the exterior of the storage buildings, installed some guttering on the same, and put in a laminate floor in one of the dorms. We installed ceramic flooring and a ceramic vanity in the bathroom of the counseling cabin and installed carpet in its main room. We recovered a chair for the cabin to match the furniture in it, and Kalise Garner worked on a painting for that room to match the dcor. We brought with us a washing machine, sectional couch, two lawn mowers, and other miscellaneous donated material. The people that volunteered each trip always ended up being people with the exact ability and skills we needed for jobs we were asked to do, even though

sometimes we had no idea ahead of time that we would be needing those specific skills. And we even had some people that were open to do special, extra jobs that were on their hearts that turned out to be a special blessing to the center and the girls. Thank you for the opportunity to be able to bless this group of women. Lee Collins

Projects At A Glance
March 2012 Reinforce main lodge floors Electric phase 1 Landscaping Minor roofing 2 sidewalks Upgrade and repair plumbing Fall 2012 Remodel kitchen Concrete sidewalks Electric phase 2 March 2013 Cabin flooring replaced Plumbing repairs Shed guttering and painting Electric panel replaced in kitchen Electric phase 3 Flooring in counseling cabin Redecoration of counseling cabin Plant garden

Sunday, May 5 will be Mens Night at First Assembly, with special speaker Darin Poe. Darin has been in ministry for 25 years ministering to youth and youth pastors. One of his passions is raising money for missions. He attended Evangel University. He is married to Heather and has 2 children, Megan, 18, and Gavin, 16. They live in Springfield, MO and attend James River Assembly when he is not traveling and speaking.