October 12th 2015

COMMUNITY
FREE CHURCH

WEEKLY

HELP!
What do we need to make the Fall
Festival happen? LOTS and LOTS of
Candy! There will be a collection bin
at the church starting NOW!
Please pick some up and drop it
off at the church.
The Fall Festival continues to be
CEFCMs largest single night
outreach to kids. Last year we saw
over 100+ kids come and play
games, collect candy, and have a
great time in a fun safe environment.
This year we will be using some
great resources from SpreadTruth
Ministries to share The Gospel at
the Fall Festival!

TUESDAY:

Bridges meets you where you are. The teaching

found in Bridges is easy to understand even if you
dont have much prior knowledge of Islam. The
material is also valuable to those seeking to build
on what they already know about Muslims.
Bridges is practical and biblical. Bridges allows you
to gain biblical insight into Islamic history and
Muslim beliefs, while providing useful next steps
and stories that help you put the teaching into
practice.
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Tuesday October 6th, 13th, 20th, and 27th

6:30-7:45pm with Darla Wilson

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CEFCM Upper Class Room

$10 As always if the cost is an issue please

come, attend and we will care for the cost.

miniPrayer
Retreat
Where:

Lake in the
Woods Park

When:
October 17th
9am to 12pm
(Lunch provided
afterwards)

We will be having our first mini prayer

retreat at Lake in the Woods park where
we will worship, pray, seek God, and
together see what He is saying to us.
During this time we will listen and craft a
prayer that will be impactful for our
church in the months to come. Will you
come out, pray, and seek the Lord on
behalf of YOUR church?

For the first time a study on the entire Book of

Revelation will starting in mid September 2015
through May 2016.
Mens Bible Study Fellowship will start
September 14th, 6:45pm, at First Baptist Church
of Savoy. There is a program for kids 1st grade
through High School.
Womens Bible Study Fellowship will start
September 15th, 9:10am, at First Christian
Church in Champaign. There is a childrens
program birth through preschool.
This is an excellent FREE opportunity for the
whole family to study through a book of the
Bible together every week!

Thursday and Fridays 1:00-2:00pm

Sign up online at: https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/
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Our weekly newsletter that comes out

on Tuesday contains a copy of
sermon scripture outline along with
any quotes and references.
It is my hope that this helps you in
reflection on the work that God did
through his Word.

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Mens Bible Study Fellowship
6:45pm First Baptist Church Savoy
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9:10am First Christian Church, Champaign

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6:30-7:45pm Cost: $10

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Youth Group 6:00pm

Elders Meeting 8:00pm
40 Days For Life Prayer 1-2:00pm
302 Stoughton St. Champaign, Illinois

Worship Practice 7:30pm

40 Days For Life Prayer 1-2:00pm
302 Stoughton St. Champaign, Illinois

Painting Bathrooms and Hallway

6-8:00pm - We Need Your Help!
Act Like Men Coffee 7:00am
Basketball 8:30am
Mini Prayer Retreat 9-12:00pm
Lake in the Woods Park

Bundy Wedding 2:00pm

Christian Education 9:30-10:30am

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Sr. High School Jake Barrett
Jr. High School Ronda Ekberg

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Isaiah 43 Pastor Jason

AWANA 6:00pm
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Each outline is broken down into the

introduction and exposition to
highlight that we are a church that
takes great care to exposit the Word.

Isaiah: The King and His Glory

Introduction:

10/11/15 An Idol, A Servant, and A Song

The purpose of all redemptive

history is to establish Gods glory
as our highest joy and Christ as our
deepest resource and defining
confidence.

Exposition:
Isaiah 41:21-29, 42:1-13
Ezekiel 14:1-11
Exodus 32:1, 2 Kings 21:1-9
Romans 3:23
Galatians 4:8-10
1 Corinthians 10:7,14
(referring to Exodus 32)
1 John 5:21
Colossians 3:4, Jude 1:21,
Romans 3:10
Servants Songs of Isaiah:
Isaiah 42:1-4, 49:1-6, 50:4-9, 52
and 53
Matthew 12:18-21
Amos 5:24
Luke 4:18
Sharing the hope that is in
Christ is about helping people
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in Christ.

**Sermon Excerpt on Page 5

NURSERY REMODEL
at Community Free
Church of Mahomet
What is the full scope of the project?

As many of you have already seen via

Facebook, email, and at church on Sunday the
nursery construction is progressing along. If you
havent had a chance to see it stop in because
its exciting!
Dont forget to continue to pray for the ways that
the space will bring Glory to God as they grow in
grace. With over 98 kids in AWANA and new
families in the church with children I believe that
God is giving us a taste, just a taste, of what is
to come!
I want to thank every one of you who came and
and shared in painting, pulling up carpet, laying
concrete and loving one another in service.
Thank you to ever one of you that pray, and
continue to pray for the ways Jesus will be found
in the hearts of kids through this revitalized and
re-engaged ministry.

- We will be adding glass doors between the

foyer and the worship center. The reason is
two-fold. First it will make a huge visual impact,
but more importantly it is for safety as the solid
metal doors have caused quite a few accidents.
- We will be re-carpeting the worship center this
week. This will make a major difference as our
carpeting is 20 years old and starting to show
heavy wear.
- The nursery area is becoming a bright,
transparent, safe environment for kids to learn
about Jesus. Some additions are:
- Appealing and visible foyer area to safe
dedicated kid check-in.
- Lots of windows and bright colors!
- New door to an outside play yard.
- Cry room with windows to allow parents to
stay in service with a crying infant.
- New heavy padded carpeting.
- Flatscreen TV mounted in the room.
- New hallway upstairs to adult classrooms.

Look for great ways that you can share what God is doing at CEFCM with others!

heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.

6And he burned his son as an offering and used
fortune-telling and omens and dealt with mediums
and with necromancers in the house of the Lord.

From the message An Idol, A Servant, and a New Song 10/11/2015

If idols are only images and trinkets, statues and

lucky charms, and figures promising good fortune
then Isaiahs message to us is antiquated and of little
or no interest. But the Bible knows better.
See idols dont have to be actual images for us to
take them into our hearts. Because it isnt the idol
that is the problem - it is the heart.
The same heart that struggles with the sovereignty
of God, struggles to understand and embrace how
we can be so infinitely and eternally loved, is the
same heart that seeks to give power and hope to
smaller and lesser things. John Calvin famously
said: the human heart is an idol factory, and that
claim has as much weight today as it did in Calvins
day. Martin Luther said: Your God is that to which
your heart clings and entrusts itself to, yes I say
THAT is REALLY your God.

Its very easy to read this and think sheesh!, shake

our heads, and think those Israelites once again
they have lost the plot. But is it really that far
fetched an idea?
This past year a number of denominations have
confirmed openly practicing same sex attracted
individuals to major positions of leadership within
their denominations. Now please understand me,
God loves the same sex attracted, just as He loves
all those who have sinned and fallen
short (Romans 3:23). But that decision is wrong.
Because it attempts to sanctify within the church an
alien worldly ideal of self defined sin. It brings
something self-centered NOT God- centered into
the temple.
Likewise, the New Testament is absolutely vigilant
on the topic of idols.
1 Corinthians 10:14
(referring to Exodus 32: the infamous golden calf)
14 Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

You see an idol, biblically speaking, is anything that

we take as a heart level substitute for God.

1 John 5:21
Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

If this is true then Idolatry is far more than just a

pagan problem, its a human problem, past, present
and future. The Old Testament continually calls the
covenant community of God to resist the allure of
idols and repent of them.

Galatians 4:8-9
Formerly, when you did not know God, you were
enslaved to those that by nature are not gods.
9But now that you have come to know God, or
rather to be known by God, how can you turn back
again to the weak and worthless elementary
principles of the world, whose slaves you want to
be once more?

Ezekiel 14:2-3, 5-6

2And the word of the Lord came to me: 3Son of
man, these men have taken their idols into their
hearts 5that I may lay hold of the hearts of the
house of Israel, who are all estranged from me
through their idols. 6Therefore say to the house
of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: Repent and turn
away from your idols, and turn away your faces
from all your abominations.
Even the temple (supposed safe place) wasnt safe
from idolatry:
2 Kings 21:1-9 (of Hezekiahs son Manasseh)
And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of
which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will I put
my name. 5And he built altars for all the host of

Elementary (small, simple) because its not how

big or small the idol is....it is the ONE who is sinned
against. Now, I dont say this to be legalistic or one
of those fundamentalists who are no fun, but I want
you to see God first and foremost. So that you dont:
turn back again to the weak and worthless
elementary principles of the world, whose slaves
you might become once more (Galatians 4:9)
Isnt it comforting that these words by Paul to the
Galatians are the very words God Himself speaks
through Ezekiel. They are timeless, true - and for
each of you. Amen.

The Elders of CEFCM have been very busy

behind the scenes meeting, praying, discussing,
and discerning Gods leading in the life of our
church. In addition we have been repenting and
looking at ways that we have not led well enough
and can lead and love people better.
On October 25th and November 1st, at 10:45am,
we will be taking a short break from the Prophet
Isaiah, and presenting two messages which will
clarify the vision and mission of our church going
forward.
The Elders want to encourage you to be there for
both services so that you can hear and see what
God has been birthing. We are praying that
together we will see God grow His vision in
greater and greater ways.

In Addition...
There will be an
Elders Meeting on October
14th at 8:00pm. If you need
prayer or an opportunity to
discuss an issue with the Eldership please feel
free to attend this meeting by emailing the Elders
at: communityfreechurchofmahomet@gmail.com

The Armor of God with Pricilla Shirer

Starting Wednesday, Oct 14th and
Thursday, Oct 15th at 7 pm at 1705
Oakwood Dr, Mahomet at Lois Reeds home.
Meetings will be every 3 weeks, and the cost
is $15 per book. The books will be available
at the first meeting. Email Lois Reed at
lreedtj@aol.com for more information or to
sign up for this GREAT study!

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New Members
This past Sunday Kay Elmer, the Helbling
Family (Dave and Laura), the Elliott Family
(Matt and Jamie) and the Vohs Family (Devon
and Sandi) attended the New Member
Luncheon and indicated their desire to become
members of CEFCM.
As listed in our bylaws, their names are to be posted to
the congregation for 2 weeks in the event that there is
something that the Elders missed as we discussed
membership with these families and individuals. If you
have a concern please contact one of the Elders.

Did you know we have a Faith

Community Nurse here at CEFC?
Himy name is Lois Reed and I am the Faith
Community Nurse here at CEFCM! What is
that, you say?
I am specially trained through a nationally
recognized program and here to be a resource
and support to you, yes, YOU! In all the stages
of life there are challenges that come upon us;
they can be financial, relational, spiritual and
related to our physical and emotional health.
God has given me the privilege to have access
to resources to help our congregation and
communityto pray for you, to direct you to
supports that can help.
So far I have been blessed to give out
resources to parents navigating adolescence,
people facing new diagnoses, found resources
for families who are impacted by substance or
domestic abuse, sources of free health care for
those without insurancethese are just a few
things that can possibly help.
Please, if I can aid you or your family in anyway,
email me at LReedtj@aol.com. And PLEASE
come up and say Hi on any given Sunday!
I am excited to serve you and your family.