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October 2014
BETHANY ALLIANCE CHURCH
October 2014
Blessing Our Community
What does the community think of when
they hear about Bethany Alliance Church?
It is an important
question to consider
as we wrestle with
what it looks like to
be a Christ-centered,
Acts 1:8 family right
here where God has
planted us. Does our
love for Jesus Christ
spill out of our corporate worship and
touch lives? Does
this community feel
like we are a part of it
and that we love our
city? Are we known
for Jesus Christ or for
other things? Yes, it
matters!
One of the things
God has been stirring
in me is a need for
our church to be a
leader in this community. What I mean is
that we are not just
sitting on the sidelines hoping for a
place to share our
faith, but we are
building bridges to
our community. We
cannot be content
with just going
through the motions
of what churches do,
we must constantly
look outward, pray,
and then respond to
the needs of people
we see every day.
There are people
right in front of us
that we need to be
intentional about
reaching with the
Gospel because they
need to know the
truth. That is our
mission and our joy
in Christ.
To that end I propose
the month of November be devoted to
blessing our community with no strings
attached in as many
ways as possible. The
goal would be to
have every person
who calls Bethany
Alliance Church their
church to be involved
in some way. It
could be that we help
someone in our
church with something they need done,
or it might be something to someone
who is not a part of
our church. It could
be that we thank our
city leaders by baking
something for them,
or we offer to do
some form of community service for
our city. There are
many residents at the
Good Samaritan center that could use
simple expressions of
love. We have
school teachers who
would certainly appreciate small encouragement from us.
We have neighbors
right around us that
we could simply
thank for being good
neighbors. Again, we
are looking for ways
to show the love of
Jesus to our community with no strings
attached. Let’s see
how many lives we
can touch in one
month.
I would ask you all to
be thinking and praying about what this
might look like for us
and then let us know.
I don’t know what all
the ideas will be, but
what I do know is
that God has blessings in store for us as
we reach out to others. We are here to
be a light to the darkness, to offer hope to
the hopeless, to love
those who just don’t
feel loved. Let’s rise
to our call and start
looking outward to
see more people
touched with the love
of Jesus Christ
among us.
Pastor Derek
Maves Prayer Update September 2014
Five months ago we left Mongolia to
Personal Requests
as they parent their girls. JoAnna and
begin our Home Assignment. While we
1. Pray for the continued healing of
Trevor and their family are in St. Paul,
have been gone, short term teams have
Dennis’ cornea. We are so thankful that
MN. Trevor is teaching High School
come to help in summer ministries and
his eyesight continues to improve with
Social Studies, JoAnna continues her
building projects, another year of church
each Dr’s visit. He just had his 4 month
nursing at Fairview University Hospital.
leaders training was completed, another
checkup. The doctor snipped open some
Silas (7 1/2) is in Grade 2, Katherine
semester of English classes were
of his eye that was partly stitched shut.
(almost 6) is in Kindergarten, and Calvin
completed, and our team had their
He hopes to continue to snip open the
just turned 2. Pray for strength for them
annual Field Forum at the beginning of
eye, and then soon to begin taking out
in their work, that they will be lights for
this past month.
the stitches around the cornea over the
Him in their workplace and that God will
Mongolia Prayer Requests
next 8 months. Pray for healing for the
give them great wisdom with their kids.
1. Please pray for the Field Director,
problem with double vision and that his
Joy and Aaron and their boys are still in
Pieter Theron, and Field Leadership
body will not reject the new cornea.
Kansas City, MO. Aaron and his
Team in Mongolia as they lead and make
2. Pray for our upcoming tour ministries.
brother, Luke, opened up a Pizzeria
strategic decisions for the team.
We will be in the North Central District
called Providence Pizza just 4 months
2. Pray that the papers that are being
from September 12 to November 3,
ago. Joy has begun singing again at the
submitted to the government for the
ministering in 17 of our C&MA churches.
International House of Prayer. They have
reorganization of CLTC, our leadership
3. Pray for Dennis’ Dad and Marilyn’s
two little boys, John (almost 3) and
training program, as a new Mongolian
Mom who are both having health issues.
Dominic (1). Pray that God will bless
NGO (registering as Kingdom Leadership
Pray for God’s healing touch on their
their new business, anoint Joy’s ministry
Training Center) will be accepted by the
bodies.
in music, and give them His wisdom as
government.
4. Pray that we will continue to grow in
they raise their boys.
3. Pray for the start of English classes in
our intimacy and walk with the Lord.
Ulaanbaatar. Praise the Lord for the
Family Update
Thank You
arrival of Chelsea Buchwalter, an
We are so thankful that we have had
apprentice who has come to Mongolia for
opportunities to be with our children this
We are blessed by those of you who faithfully
pray for us, our family and the ministry
2 years. She will be teaching with
summer. We were recently able to spend
Christina Wahlen.
some time with Jonathan, Rachael and
For the first 3 months after Dennis’
the girls. They are still living in Santa
through your sacrificial giving to the GCF that
we along with 700 others are able to
surgery on May 7, he was not permitted
Rosa, CA. Jonathan continues to work at
minister in 54 countries around the world.
to travel. Our first flight was to CO for the
the Alliance Redwoods Conference
Home Assignment Ministries Seminar.
Center and Campgrounds. Rachael is
THANK YOU so very much for your partnership
with us and prayerful support of us,
Praise the Lord for a great HAMS
the principal at the girl’s Christian school.
conference. It was a great time of
Eva (8) is in Grade 3, Marah (6) is in
debriefing, spiritual refreshment and
Grade 1 and Nadia (4) is in preschool.
fellowship with other C&MA IWs from
Pray that God will continue to lead and
around the world who are also on HA.
guide them in their work and ministry
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in Mongolia. Thank you especially for giving to
the Great Commission Fund. It is
our ministry and our family. God Bless You!
Dennis and Marilyn
“...I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until
now…” Philippians 1:5
O C T O B E R 20 1 4
September 2014
S&K
Creative Access Workers in the
Middle East
Hey Kids!
Hello all the way from the sunny Middle East! We have had a very hot summer
(sometimes getting as high as 110 degrees!), but we are looking forward
to some cooler weather coming soon. With the cooler weather also comes
the start of school. We have a small school here that is very special because
we have teachers who volunteer to come here from the U.S. and teach our
kids so they can have an education at the same level as you! Our oldest
son starts first grade next week. Please pray for him that he would learn a lot
and that he would be the light of Jesus to all those around him. Please also
pray that more teachers would come and serve at our school. We also just
started some new classes at our adult language center. Through these classes
we get to meet many new people and build deep friendships with them. Pray
that the Lord would help us to build these friendships with people whose
hearts He is preparing for His good news. We also have a lot of people
around us that have had to move to our part of the country because of some
bad things that are happening in their home towns. Please pray with us that
Jesus would open their hearts through these hard times so that they would
know joy and hope that can only come through our heavenly father. Thank
you so much for doing the hard work of praying! We are seeing how God is
using those prayers all the time. Please keep it up, even when you don't always
get to hear how God is answering.
Doing the Work Together with You,
S&K and family
cmalliance.org/kidz
Undercover Workers
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Dan & Katie Kolins, in Terrassa, Spain ~ daniel.kolins@gmail.com (repeat Request)
• Pray that we would be able to connect with many new people in the community and that God would give us wisdom
and boldness in how to be witnesses for Christ here.
• Pray that we would be disciplined in studying Spanish and that God would bless our efforts.
Mark & Leah Long, Ségou, Mali ~ mark@markandleahlong.com (Anastasia & Simon)
• Praise God that our former language teacher, Abdoula, has made significant improvement from his stroke.
• Pray that Mark will meet Malians with a heart for evangelism.
• Pray for our continued good health during the malaria season.
S & W in Eastern Europe ~
• Praise God for the faithful attendance of a person in our group that is not a Christ-follower.
• Pray for the salvation of the one lady who comes regularly but still is not ready to give her life to Christ.
• Pray for a peaceful solution to the unrest that is going on in the Ukraine. We are a long ways from the fighting and
are safe.
David & Chris Manfred, Phnom Penh, Cambodia ~ davechrismanfred@gmail.com
(Joshua, Joel, Janelle, & Jenna)
• Praise the Lord that the draft of the New Testament in Bunong is now complete. Pray for the review process that
should lead to a finished book by February 2016.
• Pray for discernment of our team to know what tools/practices will be most effective in regards to discipleship.
Dennis & Marilyn Maves on home assignment from Mongolia~ mavesdm@gmail.com
• Praise God for the opportunity to travel and visit each of our 3 children and their families.
• Pray for Dennis’ dad and Marilyn’s mom who are both having some health issues. Pray for God’s healing touch on
their bodies.
• Continue to Pray for healing of Dennis’ recovery from eye surgery and his double vision.
Valary & Mally McLoughlin (Mullenix), France ~ rivergirl007@hotmail.com
• Praise God for good connections we had with our neighbors at a picnic. Thank you for praying!
• Pray for our family as we start back into school and work routines.
• Pray that I would be able to get caught up with my work as I have been traveling much of the summer.
Tony & Raeni Roos, Paris, France ~ roos@roos4paris.com (Fayth & Hannah)
• Praise God for great conversations with others who are not believers.
• Pray for Fayth and Hannah as they prepare to head back to school.
• Pray as fall ministries in local churches start that God would shine His light brightly in the city.
James & Lisa Schuenke, San Salvador, El Salvador ~ j.schuenke10@gmail.com (Skyler, Raeleigh, Makai)(repeat request)
• Praise God that our family has sustained good health over these past few months.
• Pray that God would provide funds for our last payment of the center.
Valerie Stellrecht, Dominican Republic ~ vstellrecht@yahoo.com
• Praise God for the Mission’s Congress held in Quito, Ecuador and for the missionary vision and growing involvement
in missions of churches throughout Latin America.
• Pray for safe travel as I spend time with my family in Wisconsin this September and for God to guide as I speak at
my home church in Shell Lake, WI.
Sam & Jen Stemple, BFA in Germany ~ bfastemples@gmail.com (Jordan, Noelle, Matthew & Katrina)
• Pray for Sam and his new role. Pray for decisions that he makes with this team and for wisdom.
• Pray for our family as we again have a senior in high school, and for Ellie as she starts her last year here.
• Pray for the transition for the students as they adjust to life here again, for goodbyes with family that they leave
behind.
B&M, J&D, E&C, S&K, and T&H, Creative Access Workers around the World
BABY News
Congratulations! Nathan
and Amber Swan on the
arrival of their daughter,
Emerson Jeannine at 10:30
Tuesday morning. Emerson
is 6 lbs. 15 oz. and 19"
long.
Also Congratulations to
Scott & Chris Swan on
their new Granddaughter!
Update on Ministries in the Church
MOPS
AWANA
We currently have 8 mom’s and
11 moppets. There is potential
for 10 mom’s and 15 moppets at
our next meeting!
Awana is off to a great start! With 16
T&T and 15 Sparks.
We are still in need of a Game Leader
and male listeners. Please contact Kristina at awana@bethanyalliancechurch.com
We are still looking for just the
right person to lead our moppets,
we have 4 committed helpers
already!
How you can Serve
Think of someone who has a
hard time getting out and
around. Wouldn’t it be a blessing for them to have a visitor or
a card sent with a word of encouragement.
Visit Remona @ Good Sam, Rm
202 bed 2.
Board Meeting Highlights
1) Plans are underway to address
some of the building needs. We
have been gathering information to
have two stair lifts installed on the
entryway stairs. The cost will be
about $14,000 to have this project
completed. We are also looking at
the basement floor and the best
plan for that. IT was going to be
completed this year, but we have
not had the money for it. That cost
is about $11,000. The board is
looking at some grant money from
the Western Great Lakes District
called "Breaking the Barrier" money. It is intended to help a church
get over the barrier to the next level
of ministry. We will be submitting
our proposal to them. However, we
will not get any money from that
until June 2015 at the earliest. Help
us move this project along with your
contributions marked as "Building
Fund" We will have detailed proposals for the members at the Annual Meeting.
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BETHANY ALLIANCE CHU RCH
Bethany Alliance Church
1155 Jackson St
Fennimore WI, 53809
608-822-6946
bcma@tds.net
www.bethanyalliancechurch.com
“We Proclaim Him…”
Colossians 1:28
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