Child Evangelism Fellowship of the Foothills is providing:
TCE (Training Children Effectively) Level One Course coming to Grass Valley this Fall!
4 Saturdays 8:30 A.M.- 4:00 P.M.
September 18, 25 and October 9, 16, 2010
Nevada County Christian Fellowship
1262 Sutton Way, Grass Valley, CA 95945
Total cost $95 (bring sack lunch, snacks are provided)
Included: TCE 1 student manual
Included: Do What’s Right Curriculum Series
Course Subjects include: The Importance of Conversion, How to Lead a Child to Christ, Encouraging the Newly Converted Child, Bible Lesson Preparation and Presentation, Discipline, Scripture Memorization, Teaching with Music, Teaching Children to Pray and more
*Association of Christian Schools International will give 5 CEUs (continuing education units) toward ACSI certification requirements
Warren W. Wiersbe says, “I highly recommend TCE to any Christian who has a burden to reach lost child and train Christian children to live for Christ. I appreciate the emphasis on a balanced Christian experience that makes Christ preeminent in the child’s personal life, home life, church and school.”
Pre-registration required
Call For more details.
Registration information due by September 1st, 2010
You can contact Pat Brennan:
gdaddybrennan@att.net
530-274-1633
or contact Chelsea at CEF:
CEF of the Foothills PO Box 6056, Auburn, CA 95604
Chelsea’s home: 530-273-8520 cell:530-913-9471
email: cef_foothills@netzero.net
website: ceffoothills.com
This week, NCCF rejoiced to learn that some of our young people had been recognized for two awards. Remington King and the NCCF Youth Group placed second in an area film festival for their dramatic presentation of The Good Samaritan. They also received a cash award of $200. Congratulations!
Tyler Hargrove, a junior at William Jessup University, was awarded the Biblical Studies Award, recognizing the one student who demonstrates the best use of the original languages and the interpretation of the Holy Scriptures. He also received the Hal & Evelyn Martin Memorial Scholarship, which is presented to an outstanding student involved in Gospel ministry. Congratulations, Tyler!
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Friday At Five is our weekly prayer meeting. This is what you can expect when you arrive on Friday evenings. Someone will be at NCCF at 5PM and stay until at least 6PM. Often, the doors will be open before 5 and folks will stay beyond 6.
Usually, we will pray freely. Sometimes, we will pray in a certain direction or for specific occasions and purposes. We will see how the Lord leads.
This will be a great time to bring your prayers of thanksgiving to the Lord. We will want to ask for the resources, strength and empowering of the Spirit to carry out our mission to the Brunswick and beyond. Intercession will play a major part as we pray that people will come to Christ in faith, that others will be healed and that all will grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus.
We could go on, but I think you get the picture. We are coming together at the end of each week to meet the Lord and enjoy His presence.
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Hebrews 4:16
Beginning Sunday, January 31, 2010 we will observe communion every Lord’s Day during our time of praise and worship. Christians have practiced baptism for new believers and the weekly breaking of bread for nearly 2000 years and we want to continue this truly ancient / future tradition. In the Lord’s Supper we remember His broken body and shed blood to cover our sins, celebrate His resurrection and abiding presence in the present, while looking forward to His soon return and the wedding supper of the Lamb.
Our weekly meeting at the Lord’s table will provide us with an endless number of opportunities to remember, reflect, repent and return. It can also be a time of joy, celebration and praise as we experience the Spirit of Jesus in our midst and look forward to that day when He returns for His bride, the church.
We will offer the supper in such a way that each one can take a moment or two, during our worship, time to “examine himself… and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup.” 1 Corinthians 11:28 Communion also provides a wonderful visual aid for instructing children in the Gospel and allowing families to participate according to there conscience. If you are a believer in Jesus Christ, please join us at the Lord’s Table each Sunday.
He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! Revelation 22:20
Join us at our new time beginning January 10, 2010.
We will begin at 8 AM and end at 8:45 AM.
We will be starting a series on Bible Interpretation.
Looking forward to growing in the knowledge and love of our Lord this New Year.
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This Tuesday we will begin reading and discussing Tim Keller’s book, The Prodigal God. It’s a nice change-up from the more technical books we’ve been reading at Java John’s and I think it will be helpful to a wider audience. Please feel free to join us in reading and dialogue online or in our gatherings. Don’t panic if you haven’t gotten a copy yet… we will begin slowly and let everyone catch up. This week, we’ll warm up with the Introduction and The Parable.
From D.A. Carson:
There is more than one way to run away from God and defy him. But there is only one way back: God is so prodigal in his grace that he reaches out to humble and restore and receive both. Few books unpack this theme with greater force than this slim volume from Tim Keller.
This is a book that fits nicely with our Mission and reaching out with the Gospel
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Danny Gramm
A Memorial Service was held for Dan Gramm on Saturday, June 27 2009 with hundreds attending. Dan was remembered as a Christian man who, along with Lindy, provided for his large family and offered his home as a refuge and haven for friends. There was a reception afterwards, where we all got to exchange memories and anecdotes about a truly unique and special guy.
In everything, Jesus was lifted up and God was praised. In summing up Dan’s life:
Colossians 3:23 & 24 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
NCCF Semiannual Congregational Meeting
Sunday, March 29 at 6:00pm
The meeting was well attended and we rolled out our Mission Statement for 2009 and beyond. It was enthusiastically received and you can read about it here.
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. Matthew 28:19 & 20
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Colossians 3:15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful.
On Sunday evening November 16, 2008, we had our congregational meeting. Mark and Tyler were gracious enough to lead us in praise and thanksgiving to the Lord and Jesus spoke a word of encouragement to us, through Jim, from the Scriptures.
Jim led off with a restatement of the direction the Lord gave us two years ago and a recap of His providence in taking us down the road He’s laid out before us, even through a difficult and heartrending year. The following are a few highlights:
Outreach
We were blessed this year to partner with a number of ministries/churches in Nevada County and around the globe, resulting in the gospel being preached, Christians built up in the faith, widows and orphans cared for and solid relationships established. To view most of these ministries, see the Ministry Partners links in the sidebar on the NCCFToday site.
What Others Are Saying About NCCF
Jim pointed out that, through working with others in the community and abroad, we received a lot of positive feedback from visitors, concerning what the Spirit seems to be doing at NCCF. Many of them took note of our love for one another, a welcoming spirit and the fact that NCCF probably has the largest attendance of any church in Nevada County… 30 minutes after the service has ended 
Those unsolicited observations, expressed over and over, have been very encouraging and we thank God for His grace in this area. Our love for one another is crucial to our witness to the watching world (John 17 and John 13:35)
Our Main Objectives
It was very evident to us two years ago that the Lord was leading in a specific direction. Two objectives were at the top of the list.
1) Provide a Sunday morning and Tuesday evening meeting appropriate for the entire church, involving praise, prayer and the proclamation of the Word.
2) Begin forming small groups to strengthen relationships between believers, focusing on specialized areas of ministry, throughout the week.
Tuesdays and Sundays
Our Sunday morning assembly has undergone some very positive change, particularly in the area of praise and worship, as well as corporate prayer. The worship team meets an hour before we begin, for prayer and coordination with Jim, the media team and the Sunday teacher. The result is praise and worship, focused on Jesus, and a time of solid edification for believers. Pat has taken the Sunday School and nursery under his wing and come up with a unified curriculum from CEF. The result is a Sunday School, fully staffed with folks that love to tell children about the love of God in Jesus Christ.
Tuesday nights have been transformed into a celebration of sorts, beginning with a very large group for dinner each week, followed by youth group, Tina’s class for the kids between the ages of 7 & 12, the adult Bible study and, of course, a nursery. The majority of kids are from the wider Christian community and their friends, so we count it a privilege to minister to them and work hard to be faithful to that calling. The adult Bible study has grown substantially, as well. We have also been blessed with special events, featuring Jim Jessup, Joshua Lickter and our missionaries home on furlough.
Of course, we discussed how an attractive facility, as well as a cheerful staff, are vital to effective hospitality. We have been blessed with both. George and Sandy have the building looking beautiful with tasteful landscaping, a newly painted fellowship hall and a finished kitchen, thanks to Ralph and others. Linda keeps the place spotless and running smoothly. Mike is faithful with the coffee and a crew of women, too numerous to name, provide delicious meals, which are obviously appreciated, based upon the numbers of those joining us for supper!
Small Groups
Small groups fall into a number of categories, with the soire´ at the King’s home busting out to become a Big Group. So, we hope to see some from that group go out to plant more small groups. The college and career group meets at the Mack’s for a time of Bible study, prayer and fellowship. The women’s Bible study and fellowship have grown in number, seeing even greater growth in the grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus! The men’s monthly fellowship has grown considerably under Pat’s oversight and we have enjoyed the wisdom of older men in our fellowship, as well as good number of brothers from other churches providing us with a fresh outlook into what it means to be a Christian man. Of course, the men’s theology group continues each Sunday morning and are about half way through Grudem’s Systematic Theology… for the second time.
Finances
Mark Bauman gave us a somewhat surprising financial report. As mentioned, it was a tough year and we saw our giving drop dramatically in the Spring. However, we are finishing the year at the same monthly level of giving we saw back in the first couple months of 2008 and the trend is upward! Praise God for His provision. One new item in the budget is pastoral compensation and we have committed 10% of our budget to that end in 2009 with an adjustment every six months. Our long-term goal is to compensate one or more paid staff within 3-5 years, in faithfulness to God’s Word in 1 Timothy 5 and love for the upcoming generation of leaders at NCCF.
We have so much to be thankful for and we anticipate the Lord’s greater blessing in 2009.
