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FALL 2020 HEARTBEAT SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER/NOVEMBER Quarterly News Publication from Jamestown First Assembly
C O N T E N TCONTENTS:
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4 Pastor’s Pen 4 Pastor’s Pen
6-7 Music & Tech
6 Music & Tech 8-9 Grow Groups
8 Birthday’s & Anniversaries
10-11 Kidz Konnect & Emerge Youth
12 Birthdays & Anniversaries
9 Missions Convention/”Ignite”
13 Fall Happenings
14-15 Calendars
10 Fall Quarter Happenings
16 Calendars
11 Grow Groups17-18 Something to Think about
19 Missions Focus
12 Children’s Ministries
20 Map of Facility
13 Student Ministries
14 Missions Focus
16 Calendars
19 Some Thing to Think About
20 Map of Facility
SAVE THE DATE
SEPT 2 Labor Day –Church Office Closed
Sept 7 Labor Day—Church Office Closed Nov 7 Kids Service Project
SEPT
Oct 1-2
5 District Women’s Conference
Hymn SingNov@ Ava Maria
15 Family Movie Night
SEPT
Oct 15
6 BGMC Family
Primetimer’s Hymn Sing @ Heritage Center
Movie Night
Nov 19 Primetimer’s Hymn Sing
@ Edgewood
Oct 16 Emerge Youth Fifth Quarter
SEPT
Oct 18-25
10 Missions Convention
Worship/Tech meeting
Nov 26 Thanksgiving-Office
closed
SEPT 14
Oct 22-24 Youth Convention
BGMC Move-a-thon
Oct 31 Harvest Celebration
SEPT 29-1 RANDY RUIZ-”Ignite” Meetings
OCT 13 Pastor Appreciation
OCT 17 Hymn Sing @ the Heritage Center
OCT 20-27 Missions Convention
NOV 14 Hymn Sing @ Eventide
OCT 31 Harvest Celebration
NOV 17 Family Movie Night
NOV 28 Thanksgiving– Office
Closed
Come Join us for The Great Adventure, Fall 2020!
September 6th Re-launch of Kidz Konnect and Nursery for Sundays!
September 8th Junior Bible Quiz at 3:30pm-5:00pm on Tuesdays!
September 13th Middle School Mania at 3:30pm on Wednesdays!
Emerge Youth, Awanas, Men’s & Women’s Studies at 6:30pm on Wednesdays! Grow
Groups at various locations
Kidz Musical—Sunday evenings at 6:00 pm
I was looking through some old messages the other It means when we are uncertain about the future, and we
day and came across a message I shared the summer are worried and afraid, God’s power will come into our
of 2012 when we first landed in town as your pastors. A lives and give us peace. It means when we think we are
lot has transpired these past eight years; weddings, living life at the highest level possible; God will add His pow-
funerals, graduations, outreaches, church picnics in er to our life, and He will help us live life at an even greater
the park and a few of them in the church, and now level. You see, this is the Power of a committed life, that
pandemics. I was drawn to one particular message God has promise to bless us with His strength. The choices
that I want to highlight some of it here, because I still we make have a profound effect upon our future.
believe it!
“How to Gain, Retain & Maintain God’s Favor”
Do you want to gain, retain and maintain God’s Blessing in
2020 has been an unpredictable year to say the least. our lives? Let me give you three areas that I shared back in
With all the volatility in today’s market, with all the ups the summer of 2012 to pursue in your life.
and downs and wild swings that dominate the head-
lines. With the COVID pandemic that has forever Purity
scared us. We are living through the ongoing riots in
It says in 1 John 3:2-3 (NIV) “Dear friends, now we are chil-
many of the large cities across our nation. The Bakken
dren of God, and what we will be has not made known.
pipeline shut down and now on top of all that an im-
But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him,
portant election season that is shaping up to be less
for we shall see him as he is. Everyone who has this hope in
focused about the American people and the real is-
him purifies himself, just as he is pure.” In Matthew 5:8 (NIV)
sues as ever. All of this has made it seem like very un-
Jesus said, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see
stable times. Many Wall Street investors are desperately
God.”
trying to figure out how to invest their money in order to
maximize their return on investment. So, they pull out And then in Psalm 73:1 (NIV) “Surely God is good… to those
of one fund and place it in another. They pull out of who are pure in heart.” If God is going to bless you contin-
Pastor’s Pen
the stock market and put their monies into the bond uously year after year you have to be consistent in the little
market, or into commodities like, gold, or silver. things. You can’t take things for granted like a daily time
with the Lord, like your moral integrity, or making sure your
However, when talking to investment counselors and
walk is right with your spouse. The personal purity issues are
those who have succeeded in building up their financ-
very important as we walk with the Lord.
es, they basically give the same advice, “Ignore the
daily ups and downs and commit to the long term.” The Bible make clear how important this is. In 1 John 2:16-17
And while they are talking about the financial markets, (NKJV) it says, “For all that is in the world—the lust of the
this advice can just as easily be about life. flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the
Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away,
Long-term commitments pay off.
and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides
The sad thing, however, is that technology is speeding forever.” John warns us here, that the three biggest sins are
up the pace of change so much that people are re- the lust of the eyes – (covetousness), lust of the flesh – (evil
luctant to make any commitments. We don’t want to desire for things of the flesh), and the pride of life – (Pride of
commit to a long-term career, a long-term investment, life shows up in power plays, the idea that no one is going
or marriage. We don’t want to commit to anything, to tell me what to do – it shows up in stubborn mindedness,
including church. in gossip, and it shows up in a judgmental spirit).
This attitude may best be summed up in this statement, We read in Joshua 7 is the story of the Battle at Ai. This is
“I want to keep my options open.” Most people don’t the next battle after Jericho. But at Ai Joshua’s army is de-
want to feel tied down by making a long term commit- feated. They had just finished the battle at Jericho and
ment, because to them, life is one big buffet, and they won decisively. They had defeated the most fortified city
don’t want to get to the end of the line with their plate in the world, Jericho. They get a little self-assured coming
filled with the wrong stuff. This is a tragic philosophy to to the next city of Ai. They assumed that God’s blessing
live by, because life cannot be lived without making was upon them so they decided we don’t need to send
commitments. You can’t buy a house or rent an apart- out the entire army this time, this will be a piece of cake.
ment without commitment. . You can’t even get a What happens? They get their fannies kicked. They get
driver’s license without making some sort of commit- whooped on bad! Joshua falls down flat on his face and
ment. cry’s out to God – what is going on? God tells Joshua to
stop praying because there is sin in the camp! God tells
Nothing great in life happens without making a com- him to go and find it and get it out of the camp. Then the
mitment. Commitments give our life direction and blessings will return.
purpose, and if we choose not to make commitments,
we’ll find ourselves drifting with our live off purpose and As you read through Joshua 7 you will remember, He found
out of focus. that Achan was the one who had broken covenant and
had stolen from the plunder of Jericho. So, Joshua has to
If we will fully engage as a church and as a people, in administer swift discipline to Achan and his whole house-
the commitments God has called us to-we can wholly hold and then the blessing of God returns to the camp.
expect the hand of God and the Blessing of the Lord They had to root out the sin. The little things matter! We’ve
on our lives and the church. Doesn’t that sound like a all heard “It’s the small foxes that spoil the vine.” Meaning
good deal? it is the little things that turn into big things if they are ig-
It is recorded in 2 Chronicles 16:9(NIV) “For the eyes of nored. This matters in our walk with the Lord as well. What is
the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen the Holy Spirit convicting you over? Put it to death so the
those whose hearts are fully committed to Him.” Peo- blessing of God returns.
ple who are fully engaged, sold out, passionate about Why is this story in the Bible? Because one person can
the will of God, this is what God is looking for. Notice keep the blessing of God from blessing an entire group of
what He will do-He will strengthen us. That is a timeless people! God held back His blessing from the entire nation
truth! But some people are missing out on God’s power of Israel because of one man’s sin. One man’ impurity. We
and blessing in their lives . When we are committed to have to deal seriously with the pride of life, the lust of the
the Lord: It means that when we go through problems, eyes and the lust of the flesh in our life. If we don’t, we will
God will be there at our side, and He will empower us not have the blessing of God! If we want God’s blessing on
through those problems. It means when we face dis- our lives, we must maintain purity before Him!
appointment, God’s strength and power will come into
our lives and lift us up and help us make it through.
I’m glad we live under the New Covenant instead of the Old one, I Purity brings God’s blessing. Maturity brings God’s blessing. He is
am so thankful for the cross, I am so glad for the work of Christ in us, looking for a pure church, He is looking for a mature church, and
1 John 1:9 (NIV) says, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just he is also looking for a unified church. Colossians 3:14 (NIV)
and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” As “Over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together
we repent and acknowledge our sin before God, he forgives us and in perfect unity.” Paul is telling us that, genuine love brings unity!
empowers us by His Spirit to overcome every sin and temptation. AMEN!
Galatians 5:24-25 (NIV) says we who belong to Christ Jesus have
crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Ten times in first five chapters of Acts the Holy Spirit uses the
Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. phrase: one another, of one accord, all together, all in one
place. What is the idea: unity! Ten times in five chapters it says
We are facing many trials in our day and will continue to as we get they were one. It would seem then that a church that has the
closer to the Lords return. Let’s keep ourselves pure before the Lord unity of the book of Acts should also have the blessing of the
because it is His favor, we need more than anything. book of Acts.
Maturity God may be able to overlook a lot of things, but He will not over-
look a lack of unity. God blesses unity! Psalm 133:1-3 (NKJV)
God blesses us in our life and ministry as we keep maturing! If we
“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell
don’t get stuck or stay stuck! Hebrews 6:1 (NIV) “Therefore let us
together in unity! For there the LORD commanded the blessing—
leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity,
Life forevermore.” God is about life! We as a church want to be
not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead
a life-giving people! Unity brings the life and blessing of God!
to death, and of faith in God…” Also notice, Hebrew 5:13-14 (NIV)
“Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted It is interesting to me that unity in the body of Christ is so im-
with the teaching about righteousness. But solid food is for the ma- portant that Jesus on the night he is going to the cross he prays
ture, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish His heart out over us. In John 17 He does not pray about the cross.
good from evil.” The Hebrew writer addresses the idea of Solid food He does not pray about going to Calvary. He doesn’t pray about
is for the mature – let me give you some solid food today. The way the suffering. He prays for the unity of the church. John 17:9-11
we want to mature by reading a book, or going to a seminar, taking (NIV) “I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those
bible study course. All those are good and add to our development, whom You have given Me, for they are Yours. And all Mine are
But God has a different way to maturity for us; the way to more fruit- Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them. Now I am
fulness is through pruning. no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to
You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have
The classic chapter on maturity in the Bible is John 15. In this chapter
given Me, that they may be one as We are.” He prays that they
Jesus goes into great detail about the “vine and the branches.”
would be ONE. “Of all the things He could have prayed for – He is
John 15:1-8 (NIV) "I am [Jesus] the true vine, and my Father is the
praying that believers (you and me) would be one – we would be
gardener.
of one mind, of one spirit, of one purpose. That the local church
He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every would walk in unity!
branch that does bear fruit, he prunes so that it will be even more
There is a price of commitment. There is a price to this commit-
fruitful… Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear
ment we make to Jesus. This commitment will cost all of us. Jesus
fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit
said, in Matthew 16:24-26 (NKJV) “If anyone desires to come after
unless you remain in me...I am (Jesus) the vine; you are the branch-
Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me…
es. If a man remain in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit, and
For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses
apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not remain in me,
his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?”
he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches
Who will we serve? Jesus is talking about commitment! This is
are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. If you remain in me
about the Lord and what He wants to do. This is about His bless-
and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be
ing flowing through our lives. You will notice as you study scripture
given you. This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, show-
- when a people moved away from God, away from God’s ways,
ing yourselves to be my disciples.” Jesus says, “I’m the vine you
He in turn removed his blessing from their lives. Friends we need
are the branches apart from me you can do nothing,” then He also
the favor and blessing of God on us.
says, “He who He loves He prunes.” He cuts it back. A lot of times
we think pruning means cutting back the dead wood, We can walk in his blessing! And His blessing is GOOD! Purity,
Maturity and Unity will maintain the blessing of God on our lives—
Pruning is also true in the believer’s life. Sometimes you have to
even in these crazy turbulent times that we live in. So, if we stay
prune for greater fruitfulness. We go through these times of pruning.
bless-able before God – He will bless us more then we could ever
Why? The Lords purpose is for greater fruitfulness. Here is what I know
think or imagine.
about this process—pruning is painful! The problem is we want to
have the ministry without the maturity. We want the produce with- We are anticipating a great outpouring of the Lord’s presence
out the pruning. We want the blessing without brokenness. In God’s over Jamestown First Assembly. We are believing for a revival
Kingdom it just doesn’t happen that way! There are seasons of and awakening if you will in the City of Jamestown. Let’s lead the
growth and then there are seasons of pruning, to prune for is for way with our commitment. “For the eyes of the LORD range
greater fruitfulness. Jesus said in John 15:2 (NIV) “Every branch that throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully
does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.” Are committed to Him.”
you feeling the pinch someplace in your life? It might be the Lord
leaning you up, pruning for great fruitfulness. We will see greater In our prayers,
effectiveness and blessing on our lives as we let the Lord prune us.
He will prune something out of your life so that you can go to the
next level of maturing and development. Pastor Jeff Wiedenmeyer
UNITY
Why is unity such an important commitment to make?
Romans 15:5-6 (NIV) tells us “May the God who gives endur-
ance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among
yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus, so that with one heart and
mouth you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ.” God wants unity among His church. It’s the culture in
which His glory and blessing comes. Unity brings the blessing of
God.
Worship & Production I just want to take a moment to thank our Worship and Production Teams! They are really amazing! As we moved into Summer these teams jumped into action to get us back and run- ning with our on Campus services. They have flexed with ever changing circumstances and are working each week to create as great an experience as possible for everyone watching online and on campus. Over the Summer we have seen some tremendous growth online. We launched daily Devos in July. Over the Month of July the Daily Devos have been watched over 4,600 times. Our Weekend services since May have been watched online over 23,500 times. God has really been up to something incredible. I can’t wait to see what He does this Fall. Not only that but we have been able to see people meet Jesus online. We’ve seen some of these stories come from Oregon and from Illinois. Because we have seen all this growth online we are looking at how we can improve our online services. To do so we desperately need your help. Would you consider being a part of the Media Team? No training or experience is required. Really! No one that helps with the production right now had any formal training before being involved. You can be a part of this team too! Help us reach the next 20,000 people this fall! We can’t do it without you! If you sing or play an instrument we need you more than ever! There is a place for you on the worship team. If you are interested in learning an instrument let me know I’d be happy to teach you or to connect you with someone who can. You can write me at Jamesh@daktel.com -Pastor James.
New This Summer!
We have some really great online resources to help you. This Summer we built and released
our Jamestown First Assembly App, Daily Devos, Online Resources and Facebook Livestream-
Jamestown First Assembly App
This summer we released our Jamestown
First Assembly App. On our App you can get
notifications from Pastor Jeff on important
upcoming events, receive the weekly e-bulletin
and even give. If you haven’t downloaded our app
yet it is available on iOS and Android devices.
Go to OurHeartIsPeople.Com/App to download it
now!
Daily Devos
In July we added “Daily Devos” on
OurHeartIsPeople.com, Instagram and
Facebook.
These short 3-5 minute devos will encourage
you and help you to grow in discipleship
during the week.
Start a Watch Party Online Resources
Watch Parties are an easy way to invite If you are looking for ways to
friends to watch our livestream each Sun- grow in your walk with God we
day. When you see the Livestream on face-
have added some resources for
book just click “Share” then click “Start a
you! Just go to OurHeartIsPeo-
Watch Party”. Your friends will be notified
and be able to watch the livestream with ple.com and click on resources in
you! the menu. There you will find a
prayer guide, bible study tools
and more.
7:00 pm Mondays
Led by Curt & Loree Hill at Curt
& Loree’s
860 Riverside Dr,
Mondays
Valley City
PH. (701) 845-4584
Singles Small Group
6:30pm Tuesdays Led
by Pastor Andrea
Tuesdays
Sermon Based
Mathison at her
house :
1513 3rdAve. NW,
Jamestown
PH. (701)210-2306
8:30 pm Wednesdays at the Slater
Center
Wednesday
Led by James Hennessy
6:30 pm Wednesdays at the church
Wednesday
Led by Pastor Jeff Wiedenmeyer
6:30 pm Wednesdays
Wednesday
Led by Joe & LeAnn Beck-
strand at Gordy & Marva
Entzminger’s , 1116 Western
Park Village, Jamestown
PH. 269-9662 (Joe) or
269-2856 (LeAnn)
Wednesday
6:30 pm Wednesdays at the church
Led by Pastor Tamra Wiedenmeyer
7:00pm Thursdays Led by
Thursday
Mark & Julie Olson @ Sara
Schmuhl’s house :
405 4th Ave SE Jamestown
PH. (701)269-4036
Bible Classes- 9:30am Sundays
From nursery, children’s classes, young adult and adult classes, there’s a class for everyone!
The current classes for young adults and adults are as follows:
Young Adult Class: “Foundations in Christ” - Taught by James Hennessey
Young Families Class: “How’s Your Soul” - By Judah Smith, this helps you find your way through
the emotional roller coasters of life and to discover healing thru rest, responsibility, restraint, and
in our relationships. Also, “His Need, and Her Needs” will be the next topic. You won’t want to
miss it!
Adult 1 Class: A study taught by Bill Hruska- “Why We Need the Bible”, also “Christ in Revelation”
Adult 2 Class: A Study through the book of 1 Peter, a verse by verse study taught by Curt Hill
September
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Christmas Musical Premier
August 30th
This year’s musical is “Good News
Ahead...The Signs of Christmas!” We will be
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watching the musical on August 30 @ 6:00
pm. We will be having auditions for speaking
parts and solos. Auditions will take place on
Sunday evening September 13th.
Musical practices will be Sunday nights
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6:00-7:30 pm @ the slater center
September 20th–December 6th.
Harvest Party
October 31st @ Jamestown First
Assembly 4:00-7:00 pm
Let’s celebrate harvest together with fun
Backyard Movie carnival games for the whole family. It
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will be loads of fun for everyone and
Night there will be lots of candy.
September 11 @ 7-9 pm
There will be a family
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movie night in Pastor
Andrea’s backyard. KOTM truck will be there
to watch the new “Lion King” Popcorn will be
served. Please bring your own drinks & chairs
& blankets to sit on.
November
JBQ
Starts September 8th
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JBQ is a fun way to learn
God’s word and compete
with other students from ND.
Practices will be Tuesday afternoons
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4:00-5:00pm @ the church. Snack will be
provided and if a ride from school is needed
please see Pastor Andrea.
Service Project
November 7th
AWANA
Starts September 9th
The greatest show Awana officially begins HERE on
Wednesday September 9th @6:30 pm. For kids age
C Kids Konnect kids will be serving those
that need help with Fall clean-up jobs
on November 7th from 10:00 am-
noon. A sign-up sheet will be in the
kidz konnect room.
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3-through 5th grade. Cost is $45.00 please see
Pastor Andrea to register. Don’t miss out on an
amazing time of discipleship. September 2nd is
meet & greet night. Come meet the teachers and
talk about the year ahead.EMERGE YOUTH
This fall is going to be amazing!! We can’t wait to get it all kicked off! It almost makes going
back to school worth it… almost… Wednesday Nights are back starting each week at 6:30PM.
5th Quarter Events will be back once again! Youth Convention, See You At The Pole, and so
much more! Here are some upcoming events.
September 11, 2020—Game Night
September 23—See You at the Pole
October 16th—Fifth Quarter
Youth Convention—October 22-24
November 20th—Emergegiving
SEE YOU AT THE POLE
See you at the Pole is September 23.
Pastor James and other Youth Staff will Nove
meet up with students at Jamestown
Middle School and Jamestown High
School. You can follow us on Instagram
@EmergeYouth401 for more
information.
YOUTH CONVENTION
This year’s Youth Convention is going to
be awesome! Youth Convention will be
from October 21-23rd and will be in
Bismarck this year. Students can go to
OurHeartIsPeople.com/Emerge to find
out more information.AT A GLANCE…..
September October November
02 Joe Weltzin
03 Denise Waldie 03 Lance Savage
03 Josh Wolff
10 Jesse Casavant 04 Judy Vilhauer
06 Elsie Liechty
13 Arianna Fadness 07 LeRoy Kirschenmann
07 Jordan Simpson
19 Alea Wolff 12 John Schaller
09 Sara Hegerle
20 Lindsay Hoff 13 Gemma Schaller
10 Bill Hruska
22 Lee Marshall 13 Dennis Hofmann
Birthdays
10 Gina Jones
22 Christy Meza 15 Amanda Hofmann
11 Lisa Scheer
17 Shirleen Pettet
12 Jared Curtis
23 Brileigh Gahner
17 Emery Wolff
25 Carol Hollaar
19 Darcy Harr
28 Jon Hegerle
20 Marby Weltzin
29 Terri Marshall
24 Blake Hillesland
30 Janna Robinson
25 Clare Sandland
27 Lynn Kylmanen
30 Leona Deutscher
30 Nicki Mirzadeh
September October November
01 Handa & Brittney Lanwe 05 Austin & Marissa Gahner 21 Bill & Janette Hruska
01 Bonnie Delair 16 Curt & Rachel Liechty 24 Jon & Elsie Liechty
Anniversaries
23 Dennis & Evelyn Hofmann 28 Ray and Carol Elhard
03 Jim & Pattie Casavant
29 Bill & Sibyl Hines
06 Amanda Hofmann
12 Joe & LeAnn Beckstrand
25 Shawn & Becky O’Neill
26 Mike & Bethany Hillesland
FALL BACK: Sunday, November 1ST, 2020September Missions convention
Fall Kickoff! Ted & Carolyn
Our Fall Kickoff for Kidz Connect will be
Sunday, September 6th and Bible Clas-
ses will start September 13th, Youth Min-
Heaston
istries, College Small Groups, Wednes-
day Family Night Classes, and Grow Ted & Carolyn Heaston, missionaries with Global
Groups start back the following week University, will be sharing their ministry in the
Services on Sunday, October 18th at the 8am &
(September 15).
10:30am services.
Bob and Jennifer
Frith
Missionaries to Uruguay. They will be
sharing their ministry on October 18th
at the 6pm service.
OCTOBER
Randy Hahne
Membership Class Rev. Randy Hahne and wife, Anne, are
If you would like to become a Member of planting a life-giving church to reach the
Jamestown First Assembly, come to our growing population of Fargo. Their focus is
Membership classes on October 4,11,18, and to make disciples, build healthy families
and to serve their city. They will share their
25th. We will meet at 9:30am on Sundays in ministry Sunday, October 25th at 8am &
the Auditorium. 10:30am.
Peter & Kaela Olson
Rev. Peter and Kaela work in Ethiopia.
They will share their ministry Sunday,
Convoy of Hope
October 25th at 6pm.
The week of October 5th, Convoy will
have a semi-truck here for non-
perishable meals for 500 families in
need.
NovemberSeptember 2020
JAMESTOWNFIRSTASSEMBLY
1720 8TH Ave SW www.ourheartispeople.com phone: 701-252-4092
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 7 am Deacon Prayer 3 4 BGMC FNT at 5
Pastor Andrea’s Tech practice at
house 10:15am
10:30 worship prac-
tice
6:30 pm Awanas meet &
Greet
6:30 pm Emerge Youth
6 Kidz Konnect & 7 8 9 7 am Deacon Prayer 10 JAMA 11 12
Nursery start Tech practice at
8am & 10:30am 10:15am
Kenneth Curtis Labor Day 10:30am worship
practice
6:30 pm Awanas BGMC
4-5 JBQ 6:30 pm Emerge Youth 6pm Deacon Mtg Move—a –thon
13 am Pastor Jeff 14 15 16 7 am Deacon Prayer 17 18 19 10:15am Tech
Bible Classes & practice
Grow groups start 10:30am worship
6:30 pm Ladies
8am & 10:30am practice
Evening Break
6:30 pm Men’s 318 Club
6:30 pm Awanas
6:30 pm Emerge Youth
6 Pm Musical Prac- Grow Groups 4-5 JBQ
tice Grow Groups Grow Groups Grow Groups
20 am Pastor Jeff 21 22 23 7 am Deacon Prayer 24 25 26
8am & 10:30am 10:15am tech prac-
6:30pmMens318, La- tice
dies Evening Break 10:30am worship
Awanas– , Emerge practice
Youth
6 pm Musical Prac- 4-5 JBQ
tice Grow Groups Grow Groups Grow Groups Grow Groups
27 am Pastor Jeff 28 29 30 am Deacon Prayer
BGMC Sunday
8am & 10:30 am
6:30 pm Men’s 318, Ladies
Evening Break, Emerge
and
Awanas
Musical Practice 4-5 JBQ
6PM Grow Groups Grow Groups
Grow Groups
~ Sunday ~ Tuesday ~ ~Wednesday~ Thursday Grow Groups at various
7 :00 p.m. locations
8:00am Early Service 7 am Deacon Prayer at the church
9:00 am Small Groups meeting at various locations
Coffee Connect For more info contact 252-4092 6:30 p.m. Saturday ~
9:30 a.m. Ladies Evening Break Bible Study 10:15 am Tech/Music Practice
Men’s Bible Study
Bible Classes
Awanas
Emerge Youth at Slater Center
10:30 a.m.
Small Groups meeting at various locations
Celebration Service For more info contact 252-4092
Nursery & Kidz KonnectOctober 2020
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class JEMA 10:15am tech practice
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Pastor Jeff
Evening Break tice
8am & 10:30 am
6:30 pm Men’s 318 Club
6:30 pm Awanas
4-5 JBQ 6:30 pm Emerge Youth
6pm musical prac-
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Class 6:30 pm Ladies timer’s Hymn Sing 10:15am tech practice
Pastor Jeff Evening Break and Lunch 10:30am worship prac-
6:30 pm Men’s 318 Club tice
8am & 10:30am
6:30 pm Awanas
6:30 pm Emerge Youth
4—5 JBQ Grow Groups
6pm Musical Prac- Fifth Quarter–
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class Ted Heaston – 6:30 pm Ladies 10:15am tech practice
Global University— Evening Break 10:30am worship prac-
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8am & 10:30 am
6:30 pm Awanas
Missions Convention 4-5 JBQ
6:30 pm Emerge Youth
Musical practice Grow Groups
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class 6:30 pm Ladies 10:15am tech practice
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Randy Hahne
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8am & 10:30am
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9:00 am
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Coffee Connect
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9:30 a.m.
Bible Classes Men’s Bible Study
Awanas
Emerge Youth at Slater Center
10:30 a.m.
Small Groups meeting at various locations
Celebration Service
Nursery & Kidz Konnect
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6:30 pm Awanas
6:30 pm Emerge Youth
6pm Musical prac- 4-5 JBQ
tice Grow Groups Grow Groups Grow Groups 6pm Deacon Mtg
15 am Pastor Jeff 16 17 18 7 am Deacon Prayer 19 10:30 am Prime- 20 21
8am & 10:30am timer’s Hymn Sing 10:15am tech prac-
6:30 pm Ladies and Lunch tice
Evening Break 10:30am worship
6:30 pm Men’s 318 Club practice
6:30 pm Awanas
6:30 pm Emerge Youth
6Pm Worship night 4-5 JBQ
Musical practice Grow Groups Grow Groups Grow Groups Grow Groups
22 am Pastor Jeff 23 24 25 7 am Deacon Prayer 26 27 28
8am & 10:30am Thanksgiving Day 10:15am tech prac-
tice
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BGMC Sunday
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9:00 am Tuesday ~ ~Wednesday~ Thursday~ Grow Groups at various locations
7 :00 p.m. 7 am Deacon Prayer at the church Saturday~
Coffee Connect
Small Groups meeting at various locations 10:15 am Tech and Music practice
9:30 a.m.
Bible Classes For more info contact 252-4092 6:30 p.m.
Ladies Evening Break Bible Study
10:30 a.m.
Men’s Bible Study
Celebration Service & Awanas
Kidz Konnect & Nursery Emerge Youth at Slater Center
Small Groups meeting at various locations
For more info contact 252-4092Something to Think About: WHY THE CHURCH IS DIVIDED:
by Gene Roncone
I can’t recall a time in recent history when the evangelical Activists want the church to lead them in social justice. Their
church has allowed culture to divide them more than now. prevailing passion is focused on red hot social topics like
The Coronavirus, social unrest and politics has fractured the racial equality, human rights and the resistance of oppres-
church into a million islands of unyielding conviction. Over- sion. Their hearts are rightly broken over the injustice that
night pastors and churches are expected to be Hollywood exists in our communities, nation and world. Yet, they seem
producers, social justice gurus, community leaders, real to have forgotten, or at least minimized the fact, that with-
time commentators and a spiritual version of the CDC. Ex- out spiritual salvation, redemption and transformation of
pectations are hyper-charged by people with unyielding the human heart through Jesus Christ, social justice is merely
convictions, passion and logical sentiment. As independent a band aid in a nuclear blast zone. The sheer volume of their
expectations these beliefs seem reasonable. However, voice for social justice drowns out the message of salvation,
their convergence upon the local church is casing polarizing weeping for lost people, evangelism, the mission of the local
division, mission creep and irrational expectations. church and Kingdom building. To them, soul winning, evan-
gelism and spiritual warfare cannot be relevant until social
Jesus taught us saying, “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God justice is achieved. Their time, social media posts, conversa-
and His righteousness and all these things will be added tions and focus is more likely to be spent on the need for
unto you.” (Matt. 6:33). But the church seems to lack the political reform than on the spiritual hope of mankind. Be-
single-mindedness that Jesus required of his followers. cause they are activists firsthand, disciples second, they have
Why? sold their soul to making earth better instead of heaven
Patriots want the church to lead them in civic dissent. In more populated . They have forgotten that “the anger of
addition to their faith, these honorable believers bleed red, man does not produce the righteousness of God.” (James
white and blue. Their passion is driven by all the noble 1:20) To them Matt. 6:33 is better understood as, “seek ye
things that have made America one of the most righteous first social justice and all these other things will be added
and prosperous nations on earth. They fear our civil rights unto you.”
are being trampled upon and Coronavirus is being lever- Medical professionals want the church to lead them in pub-
aged to silence the church. However, they usually can’t be lic safety. These individuals have learned first-hand that the
found voicing their opinions in city hall, to their county su- contagion of COVID-19 is a real and present danger. Their
pervisors or even start or federal representative. If you
work in the medical field or experience with infected loved
track the history of their passion they are more prone to
ones has both of them face to face with the realities of this
bring fully briefed on ballot initiatives than Scripture, soul
international pandemic. They know all too well that people
winning, community outreach or serious discipleship. Be-
die, and that this kind of death is most often lonely, hopeless
cause they are serious patriots first and Christ-followers and horrible. In the light of their own experiences, any sug-
second, they have subconsciously subcontracted their civic gestion that this crisis is a hoax is offensive and arrogant.
duty to their local church and are waiting for their pastor to Because they are health professionals first and Christ-
lead the charge. followers second, their fear has blinded them from the pow-
Fear makes them expect their church to provide the civic er of God and made them willing to suspend the mission of
leadership they are unwilling to demonstrate themselves. the church . They want their pastor to be as knowledgeable
They have forgotten that even scripture recognized that as doctors, their church as sanitary as a lab and life as risk-
faith and government can’t exist in seamless harmony. It free as fixed interest rates. They have lost sight of sover-
was Jesus who said. ‘Give back to Caesar's what is Caesar's eignty, miracles, faith and the fact that we live in a broken
and to God what is God’s. (Mark 12:17) Their prevailing and imperfect world. They have forgotten that Jesus, the
passion seems to suggest they would prefer Matt. 6:33 to disciples and Christ-followers have healed the sick, engaged
read, “seek ye first patriotic conquest and all these other human suffering and been boots on the ground in pandem-
things will be added unto you.” ics for centuries. as a result their prevailing passion seems to
suggest that Matt. 6:33 should read, “seek ye first a vaccine
and all these things will be added unto you.”The indifferent want the church to lead them back to
5. We live in a world full of conflict, unrest and division.
normalcy. For the apathetic, their sense of balance,
How might the peace of God (Philippians 4:7 and Romans 5:1)
security and peace are found in predictability and com-
give us an opportunity to make Jesus more inviting as the
fort. They long for the church to “get back to normal”
provider of real peace, eternal hope and true joy?
and have forgotten that the Bible promises us that this
world is broken and will only get worse, and not better, 6. In Acts Chapter 11 a prophet named Agabus prophesied
the closer we come to the second coming of Christ. that a severe famine would spread over the Roman em-
They have forgotten that the book of Revelations pire. As a result of that prophecy, the early church began
shows us the world will change and this change will to mobilize relief efforts before the famine ever arrived.
require extreme faith, resiliency and perseverance. For When the famine came, they were immediately relevant.
them, faith is more like an extreme hobby than a world Not because they were smart, woke or popular. They
view. As the world will change and this change will were relevant because the Spirit led them to be preemp-
require extreme faith, resiliency and perseverance. tive in solution. How might the Holy Sprit lead us in our
As a result, they are frustrated and even angry with own cultural relevance in these troubled times?
their church, pastor, and like in general for depriving 7. How has Christianity’s history of compassion during pan-
them of normalcy, predictability and a life absent of demics, famines and suffering given us direction in our
inconvenience. They have forgotten the parable of the current crisis?
unwise virgins (Matt.25:1-13) and would prefer that
Matt. 6:33 read, “seek ye first convenience and all 8. If my time, talents, conversations, finances and energy
these other things will be added unto you.” could be quantitatively measured, would “seeking the
Kingdom” (evangelism, discipleship, service and worship)
But as a Christ-follower, I am not a Republican, Demo- outweigh all others?
crat or Independent. I am a child of the living God and
citizen of an eternal Kingdom. That means my passion “Seeking first the Kingdom” means there is no honor before
for patriotism, social justice, social health and normal- the Lord in me allowing my patriotism, political affiliation,
cy must pale in comparison to my passion for the social wokeness, or traditions to judge a brother or sister in
Kingdom. That means when I leave the presence of Christ. It means my prevailing passion, my entire focus and
others they should be able to unequivocally and unde- my over arching world view is Christ-centered, Kingdom-
niably come to the conclusion that I am a Christ follow- focused and salvation-driven. Anything less is a departure
er more than be able to identify my political lean. from goodness.
A more focused pursuit of a “Kingdom first“ should By; Gene Roncone, Supt. Of the Colorado district of
lead us to more productive questions. the Assemblies of God/RMMN Network Pastor
1 Are there other good but competing passions that
are overshadowing my pursuit of anything more
strategically aligned with “seeking first the King-
dom?”
2 What unique opportunities does our culture of
social unrest provide for evangelism in our local
communities?
3 How might the political gridlock in our nation give
Christ-followers an opportunity to make Christiani-
ty more inviting to non-believers?
4 How can ethnic division and conflict provide an
opportunity to present Christianity as a faith that
unites instead of divides. (Galatians 3:28-29)Missions In Focus
Greetings from Calcutta!
Tragically, besides the corona virus pandemic, India’s worst cyclone made its land
fall in Kolkata, devastating the city this last spring. The pictures are heartbreaking
showing uprooted trees, windows and large glass panes blown out of buildings,
water covering the airport like a river, and damages to so many buildings. Thanks
to the technology of Zoom, we have talked to Pastor Ivan, also the CEO of our
hospital, Sanjay Prasad, who have updated us and thankfully no lives were lost.
Packaged rations and daily meals have continued to be given to the poor who
suffered the most in Calcutta, India. Thanks for your continued prayers and sup-
port.
Greetings
from the
Lilly’s!
Please keep Steve, Linda and Dakota Lilly in your prayers, they have been Missionaries to
China for more than 3 decades. With the COVID19 epidemic and political developments,
there have been many complications and unrest in China. As they are called to China they
pursue making disciple's. “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations”….Matt. 28:20.
Christ never promised that our mission would be easy. In fact, He gave us a warning of the
trials that would come to his people as they lived in obedience to His call. He did give us a
command, however, and we remain convinced of its validity and His accompanying promise
that He would NEVER leave us or forsake us.
Special note: Dakota is attending the University of Jamestown and playing football. Watch
for him in service.Slater Center MAIN LEVEL LOWER LEVEL
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