Starting A New Relationship With God

Denver First Church of the Nazarene May 31, 2009 - Totals Giving

Orlando Missions Parent/Student Meeting TONIGHT

This Week’s Need:

Very important parent/student meeting for those participating in the Orlando Mission Trip. In the Rock Room from 5:00 - 6:00 pm tonight. Please bring twin sheets and a blanket (that you are willing to leave in Orlando). Please note: your final payment for Orlando is due TODAY!

$ 57,457 May Tithe Monthly Goal: $ 320,500 To Date: $ 235,402 May Faith Promise

Evening Service

Monthly Goal: $ 32,725

Don’t miss out! Dr. Bob Huffaker will be speaking tonight in our evening service. The service starts at 6:00 pm in the Diehl Chapel.

To Date: $ 20,061 YTD Tithe YTD Goal: $ 3,486,232 To Date: $ 3,088,708 YTD Faith Promise YTD Goal: $ 490,045

Support Group for Caregivers

To Date: $ 363,195

Join us on Monday, June 8th at 6:30 pm in the Community Room. This monthly support group is for those providing care to an aged or chronically ill loved one, while losing sight of themselves. For info: Linda at 303/948-8244.

DFC (Main Campus) Ministerial Staff College Ministry Opportunity We are in the process of building a ministry that will reach out to college students and young adults in our community. There will be a vision-casting and brain-storming meeting this Wednesday, June 10th at 6:30 pm in the Fellowship Hall. For more info, please call Pastor Stephen at 303/806-2605.

Stephen Abbott

Bob Huffaker

Young Adult & Family Pastor

Interim Pastor

Rich Cantwell

Scott Nauman

Business Administrator

Pastor of Worship & Arts

Bud Curry

Jerry Nelson

Hospital Chaplain

Minister of Instrumental Music

Tina Hayhurst

Randy Smith

Student Ministries Pastor

Christian Education Pastor

Free Family Movie Night on the East Lawn Please join us on the East Lawn this Friday, June 12th at 6:30 pm to watch “Snow Buddies.” Bring your lawn chairs and extra money for light concessions. Bring your family and friends! Questions: call Gwenda at 303/806-2612.

GPS Class Potluck Join us Sunday, June 14th. Meet after the morning service in the Fellowship Hall. Bring a dish to share. Contact Debbie Andrews at 303/961-8830 for more info.

3800 E Hampden Ave Englewood, CO 80113 303/761-8370 www.DenverFirstChurch.com June 7, 2009

June 7, 2009

Ephesians 4:17-24

Starting a New Relationship with God So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more. You, however, did not come to know Christ that way. Surely you heard of him and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. Ephesians 4:17-24

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Relationships The relationships that we have with people determines the joy, happiness and fulfillment we have in life. Broken relationships bring heartaches, grief, pain, depression, sorrow and stress. A broken relationship with God brings hopelessness and unfulfilled lives. We should never allow misunderstanding, disappointments or disagreements to break our relationships with friends, family or God. We should make an effort to start new relationships with new friends and acquaintances because they will enrich and fulfill us in the days and years to come. You never know when you may be entertaining angels! Pastor Bob

Lord, please make us aware of your great love for us. “And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.” Ephesians 3:17-18

Singles Concert in the Park Join us Sunday, June 14th. Meet at DFC at 5:00 pm to carpool to City Park. There is a free concert near Ferril Lake. Bring $2 for gas, a chair, sack dinner and drinks. For more info: Karen at 303/367-8647. Tour the Molly Brown House The IN Group invites you on a tour of the Molly Brown House on Wednesday, June 17th. Vans will leave DFC at 9:30 am. Tickets are $6.00 each, plus the cost of lunch at Piccolo’s (your expense). We are limited to 30 people! Buy tickets at the IN Group Booth (south entrance). Navajo Mission Trip Informational Meeting If you are interested in going to Chilchinbeto, NM on July 18-26, or if you just want to find out what’s happening, come to this meeting! Join us on Sunday, June 14th, right after the morning service. For more info: call Steve at 303/349-0609. District Assembly, July 19-21 If you are interested in being a delegate to the Colorado District Assembly, please call Angie at 303/806-2603 or email [email protected]. Singles Go To The Rockies Game Meet on Saturday, June 20th at the Englewood Light Rail station at 5:00 pm to head down to Coors Field for the 6:10 pm game. Sign up by June 13th and pay $15 for your ticket to ensure your spot in the stands! Contact Randy at 720/771-0414 for more info. Youth Albuquerque Mission Trip Our Youth (7th - 12th grade) Albuquerque Missions trip is right around the corner, July 12-17. Cost is $265 if registered and paid in full by June 29. After June 29, the cost goes up to $300. We will be doing VBS, light construction and working with the homeless in the community. Partial scholarships are available, please turn in scholarship form no later than June 29. Please pick up paperwork in the Rock Room or at the Student Ministries Booth. Palomas Mission Trip, June 4-14 Please be in prayer for our mission trip participants as they journey to Palomas, Mexico to work on construction of a multi-use church facility, medical clinics and VBS children’s ministry.

____________ should I start a ______________________ with God? A. My sin _____________________ I need God. B. My _______________________ tells me to get right with God. C. A relationship with God is ____________ desirable.

II. ____________ can I start a _____________ relationship with God? A. It begins with _______________________. B. Put your ___________________ in Christ alone. III. _____________ does it ______________ to start a new relationship with God? A. _________________ is removed. B. _________________ are forgiven. C. We are ___________________. D. A _____________ life begins. IV. _____________ should I _____________ my relationship with God? A. While you have _______________. B. While you have _______________________. C. While God ________________.