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January 2012

Digital Communications at Curwensville Alliance

If you are communicating with your friends and family in digital ways, you might want to connect with Curwensville Alliance in those ways. Here are some technologies Curwensville Alliance uses to connect digitally.

  1. The Web Site — Be sure to check www.curwensvillealliance.org regularly.
  2. The Prayer-line Dialer – Fill out a card in church to have your phone number placed on an automated dialer that will call you with any prayer requests. When the dialer calls, you simply need to listen to the request and pray — no need to call another person.
  3. The e-prayerline — Fill out a card in church to be subscribed to this email prayer list.
  4. Announcements via email — Fill out a card in church to sign up to get special announcements regarding last-minute schedule changes.
  5. Facebook and Twitter — Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Everything that goes on Twitter is reflected on Facebook and on the church web site, but the advantage of Twitter is that you are informed immediately.
  6. The Pastor’s Prayer Blog — Occasionally Pastor Steve posts prayer requests and devotional thoughts at his Prayer Blog. You can go there to read and if you like, sign up for email updates on that site.
  7. Laurel’s Women’s Bible Study Blog — Laurel Shields is posting through-the-week devotional thoughts for the women who attend her Bible Study. It’s at Women of Grace. You can go there to read and if you like, sign up for email updates on that site.
  8. Podcasts of Sermons – You can listen to most sermons right from the web site or if you have an mp3 player that receives podcasts, you can find sermons here.

Naturally, you can always get information concerning the ministry of the church in the bulletin. These digital resources are in place for your convenience.

Tutoring Service

As parents and fellow community members, we understand the desire to have our kids succeed in the classroom. Curwensville Alliance is offering a tutoring service for Curwensville students in grades 3-8, in the subjects of Reading, English, Math, History, and Science. If you wish to volunteer in providing such services (clearances required) or if you desire tutoring, please see Josh Tkacik.

Small Group for Women: Made to Crave

Jess Tkacik invites you to join her as she embarks on the emotional, spiritual and physical challenge Lysa TerKeurst unveils in the Made to Crave Action Plan. This six-session video-based study will help you put realistic everyday healthy choices into practice and will encourage you on your journey to healthy living. Please see the Sign-up Sheet on the bulletin board. Questions? See Jess Tkacik.

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SERMON: Taking Faith-Filled Risks– A longstanding core-value of the Alliance

Presented 1/22/2012

You don’t become a leader by playing it safe. Anyone who has ever been successful has decided to take, what appear to be, risks. The Christian and Missionary Alliance is no exception. You don’t become a leading sending agency by staying home and drawing the curtains.

Recently, the CMA has put into words what we’ve always valued and labeled these as our Core Values. As Pastor Steve was preaching through Matthew, the need for us to trust God leaped from the pages, reminding him of the need for all of us to take Faith-filled Risks.

This topical sermon addresses this need, encouraging us all to be willing to trust God by obeying his call — regardless of the risks.

SERMON: Am I Really a Christ-follower?

Presented 1/15/2012

What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus? Does it demand things of us?

The Bible clearly teaches that it costs nothing to have your sins forgiven. Jesus paid it all. He took all the punishment as he hung on the cross. The wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.

But the idea of following Jesus without there being a cost in doing so is completely alien to biblical teaching. The New Testament church would have considered such a concept as nonsense. So would Christ-followers in places like Sudan, Somalia, Pakistan, or Iran.

This sermon speaks about the meaning of discipleship — the reality of being a Christ-follower.