What Do You Have In Your Hand?

Denver First Church of the Nazarene July 12, 2009 - Totals Giving This Week’s Need:

Beau Jo’s A Go-Go!

$ 50,987

TODAY, Beau Jo’s at University Hills is generously donating 20% of meals purchased (with a ticket) to DFC. You must pick up a ticket from Stephen Abbott’s office -- none will be handed out at the restaurant! Sponsored by the Refuge Class.

July Tithe Monthly Goal: $ 203,949 To Date: $ 89,053

Evening Service

July World Evangelism Fund

Please join us for our Traditions Service tonight at 6:00 pm in the Diehl Chapel. Pastor Bud Curry will be speaking on Faith Miracles. Also, please join us next Sunday night, July 26th at 6:00 pm in the Sanctuary for “Youth Missions Sharing Night.” Hear about the experiences of our youth on their Orlando and Albuquerque Missions Trips. Following the service, the youth will be serving ice cream to the congregation in the Chapel.

Monthly Goal: $ 16,916 To Date: $ 6,171 YTD Tithe YTD Goal: $ 331,802 To Date: $ 239,084

High School Senior Trip

YTD World Evangelism Fund YTD Goal: $ 30,919

Our outgoing seniors will be leaving for their Senior Trip to Glenwood Springs this Friday, July 24 and will return Sunday, July 26. Cost is $75. Please turn in registration and payment as soon as possible. Please pick up paperwork in the Rock Room or at the Student Ministries Booth. Call Cara at 303/806-2611 with questions.

Pirate’s Cove Water Park Family Night! Don’t miss the fun! Let’s join together with family and friends on Friday, July 24th at Pirate’s Cove on Belleview, just east of Santa Fe. Bring your $5/per person, or $25/immediate family. Call 303/806-2612 for more info or with questions.

To Date: $ 17,350

Casting Crowns/Matt Redman Concert Tickets for “Until the Whole World Hears” Casting Crowns and Matt Redman concert go on sale to DFC attendees NEXT Sunday, July 26 immediately after the morning worship service in the Bookstore. DFC purchasers will get a discount from July 26th-31st. Tickets will be offered to the public beginning August 1 at full price through our Bookstore and Mardels. The concert is Oct. 2nd at 7:00 pm.

Crocodile Dock Vacation Bible School 2009! We need more classroom assistants and more pre-registrations for our July 27-31 Vacation Bible School. Please log on to: www.groupvbs.com/ webtoybox/myvbs/dfc2009 to pre-register today! Deadline is July 24. Gwenda: 303/806-2612 for more info.

Rock Adventure Trip The Rock Youth Group (incoming 10th - incoming 12th grades) will be taking a weekend camping trip to Steamboat Springs July 31-August 3. Cost is $100. Registration and payment are due in full by Sunday, July 26. Please pick up paperwork in the Rock Room or at the Student Ministries Booth.

Bake Out Sunday Next Sunday, July 26th is Bake Out Sunday. Don’t forget to bring your yummy baked goods to the West Foyer next week to be distributed to local businesses.

Promise Keepers Event - ‘A Time to Honor’ July 31st - August 1st at Folsom Field in Boulder. For the first time in Promise Keeper history, men are invited to bring the women in their lives. The event will be a TIME TO HONOR women and the God-breathed role they play in men’s lives. For more info on this event and the Promise Keepers organizations, please go to www.promisekeepers.net, call 1-866-PROMISE or email Les at [email protected]. Pick up a registration form at the Men’s Booth today!

DFC (Main Campus) Ministerial Staff Stephen Abbott Young Adult & Family Pastor

Bob Huffaker Interim Pastor

Rich Cantwell Business Administrator

Scott Nauman Pastor of Worship & Arts

Bud Curry Hospital Chaplain

Jerry Nelson Minister of Instrumental Music

Tina Hayhurst Student Ministries Pastor

Randy Smith Christian Education Pastor

IMPORTANT UPCOMING EVENTS PASTORAL SELECTION PROCESS Today, July 19, 11:30 am: Video Presentation of Candidate DFC Sanctuary

Monday, July 20, 6:30 pm: Tuesday, July 21, 6:30 pm: Wednesday, July 22, 6:00 pm:

DFC Sanctuary

DFC Sanctuary

Sunday, July 26, AM Service: Congregational Vote

I don’t know about you, but sometimes I get a “little” impatient when I am waiting for something. Waiting is hard for me. When I pray for patience, I want God to give it to me right now! I know that you have been patiently waiting for your new pastor for some time now, and finally, it looks like you will get to meet the candidate on Wednesday, July 22nd. And then you will get to vote on Sunday AM, the 26th of July. The Search Committee and the Church Board have been waiting on the Lord in prayer for just the right person for this church. I believe they have found God’s man for DFC. Continue to “wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” Psalm 27:14. He is more concerned about DFC than you or I could ever be. Patiently waiting, Pastor Bob Official Notification: Next Sunday, July 26th, during the morning service, we will vote on a candidate for the Senior Pastor position. Per the Nazarene Manual, “Only those persons who are active members and have reached their 15th birthday shall be entitled to vote in church meetings. There is no provision for absentee voting in church meetings.”

Lord, thank you for your promises for us now. “I remain confident of this; I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.” Psalm 27:13

Exodus 4-6

What Do You Have In Your Hand?

Corporate Prayer

Wednesday, July 22, 7:00 pm: Family Gathering: Meet the Candidate

Wait on the Lord

July 19, 2009

DFC Ladies Book Club Join us Thursday, August 6th at 6:30 pm. The third book for this summer is As Sure as the Dawn by Francine Rivers. We’ll meet in the Fellowship Hall. The DFC Bookstore has a special price on the boxed set of all the Francine Rivers books we’ll be reading this summer. For more info, call Judy at 303/591-4501 or Merrilee at 303/761-1312.

I. The ____________________of God “...is so that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you." Exodus 4:5 II. The ___________________ for God “...I am slow of speech and tongue.” Exodus 4:10b “...I do not know the Lord and I will not let Israel go.” Exodus 5:2b

MOPS Consignment Sale, August 7-8 DFC MOPS Children’s and Maternity Consignment Sale is coming up on Friday and Saturday, August 7 & 8, 9:00 am - 12:00 noon. Saturday is 1/2 off all marked items! If you are interested in shopping before the public, sign up to work one, 2 hour shift during the sale. Also, it’s not too late to sell your children & maternity items -- earn up to 75% of your sales! Contact Rebekah for more info at [email protected].

III. The __________________ of God

Worship & Arts Round Ups Scott and Lynn Nauman will be hosting several gatherings at their home to introduce the fall plans for Choir, Orchestra and Media Support. This is an excellent opportunity to get acquainted with returning participants, make new friends and get a glimpse of what is in store for the upcoming season. Please RSVP to 303/8062609 or [email protected], if you wish to attend a gathering: they will be Saturday, August 8, Sunday, August 9, Saturday, August 15 and Sunday, August 16 -- all at 6:00 pm. Bring a dessert to share.

IV. The __________________ of God

Powell Potluck Picnic The IN Group invites you to our annual “Powell Potluck Picnic, ” Saturday, August 15, 11:00 am at Camp Eden. Maps are available for those who drive and car pool. Vans leave DFC at 9:30 am. Bring your favorite potluck food. Tableware and drinks are provided. Bring your table games. You must sign up at the IN Group Booth (south entrance). Celebration Choir and Orchestra Fall Season begins August 26 & 27. Registration for the upcoming season will be taken during August. Prayerfully consider if the Lord would have you serve in this ministry. Congratulations Jerry & Ann! The family of Jerry & Ann Challis would like to congratulate them on their 50th wedding anniversary! We feel so blessed to have parents who have set such a great example for us and our kids on how to live out a Christian marriage putting Christ first. We love you!

“But take this staff in your hand so you can perform miraculous signs with it.” Exodus 4:17

“...I am the Lord , and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians…” Exodus 6:6 _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________