online - everettfamilychurch.org | mail - 2413 98th ST SE, Everett, WA, 98208 | phone - 425 387-1975 Dear EFC, I want to welcome you to the sixth year of Everett Family Church! We are in a new season of ministry and I anticipate fresh encounters with God and renewed vision as we strive to be Jesus with skin in this new year. Thank you for your encouragement and presence in this journey! Over the Labor Day weekend in September I began the EFC ministry year with a “State of EFC” sermon. In it I shared what was ahead for our church. Over the summer months of prayer I, with the Community Pastors, had a clear sense that we were to re-commit as a church to living in God’s frontier of faith. We began to trust Him with the impossible and make ourselves available to share His love in our spheres of influence. It included a challenge to pray, give generously, and go on mission someplace outside of our culture. Since September we have seen His work in some tangible and awe- inspiring ways. The latest challenge I have shared with many of you is trying to make sense of our call to be involved on a cross-cultural mission trip. While there are many opportunities to participate in an international mission trip, there has not been the right fit for EFC just yet. It has been hard to be patient and wait for what I sense is the right timing and right place to go. But the discouragement I was starting to feel several weeks ago has been replaced by excitement as a new opportunity has risen to locally “go on mission” in our spheres of influence. The Community Pastors have been in discussion for the past six weeks about what we can do to remove hindrances from people connecting with EFC and experiencing the life changing work of Jesus Christ. We have made the decision to move ahead with changes that will effect the whole church. They will disrupt the routine we have become comfortable with but we all believe that these will result in our reaching more people with the gospel message! The biggest change will be related to our Family Gatherings, our worship services. We have decided to move to a weekly Family Gathering. This means we will be adjusting the times and formats of our Community Groups and more information will come on this. The entire church is invited to join us any and every Saturday for worship, teaching, and fellowship. Our hope is this will make it easier for you to invite others to attend and make ourselves more available to those looking for a church. Beyond the weekly Gathering we will be seeking to initiate purposeful conversations with those in our spheres of influence, serve the marginalized in a new way, pray as a church, improve the children’s ministry, and disciple all ages in a more effective way. Year six will bring fresh opportunities for us to be Jesus with skin in Everett, Snohomish County, and the world! For His Glory, Pastor Mike EFC FOCUS APRIL2012 FAMILY GATHERING SATURDAYS AT 5:00pm You’re invited to our Family Gathering where the EFC Community Groups gather to know Christ through the Holy Spirit’s ministry. All ages are welcome to the family worship time and preschool childcare is provided for little ones. Following our family worship there is a breakout time for elementary-age children and middle schoolers. We are continuing in our study of the Bible book of Genesis as we meet the source of all things! 4:30pm, Prayer time - all are invited 5:00pm, Family worship 6:00pm, Sermon & children’s breakouts 7:00pm, Fellowship & refreshments where? 11329 23rd Dr. SE, Everett, WA 98208 EFC CHURCH PRAYER SATURDAYS @ 4:30-4:50PM TUESDAYS @ 6:45-7:45PM All invited as we meet at the church building for prayer and intercession on behalf of EFC and community beyond. Prayer requests can be emailed to the Community Pastors or turned into the prayer box at the Family Gatherings. EFC Management Team Dan Bell, Janine Ripley, & Mike Wright The Management Team has watched God’s work through the generosity of EFC families since September. There have been several significant one time gifts given and some have increased their tithes. It has resulted in a growing surplus since November. As we have sought to discern God’s purpose for these funds we have determined to adopt a budget that will support our regular expenses, and officially include the youth pastor salary, greater mission support, a raise for Pastor Mike. It is a bold, faith-filled step of a $10,000/month budget! we will evaluate this in the upcoming months so we encourage you to continue in your generosity and enjoy this sacred act of worship! ..................... Monthly operating budget $10,000 ............... Total Joy Box gifts in February $18,224 ................. Total EFC spending this month $5,529 Everett Family Church is a non-profit, 501(c)3 organization. Tax Identification # 71-1025722