City Church 2010 Men's Retreat Oct 29-31 Wasilla

Come for a great weekend of fun, food, fellowship, worship, prayer, personal ministry, teaching, discussions, and messages on topics related to men. If you like to have fun, be encouraged, get refreshed, learn, and get connected to other men, this will be a great weekend.

FOCUS: The anticipated focus is on “Seizing the Moments”. God has called us to be men who have been impacted by Him and men who impact others for the Kingdom. Life is full of moments, or opportunities, to let God work in our lives and to be used to deeply touch others. However, it’s easy to get caught up in being busy and tired and miss those moments. These include moments where we hear from God, where we can touch the heart of our wife and our kids, where we can come along a friend in need, or encourage a coworker. The retreat will have a mixture of teaching, small group discussions, small group prayer, and free time to relax and connect. If there are some guys you’ve wanted to connect with, feel free to get together and fill up your own 6 or 8 person cabin.

COST: The cost is $110 ($105 via the ACC website) and includes six meals, warm cabins, and use of dining, chapel, and Rec rooms. Payment can be made in advance at the information station or on line at the City Church Website. Please sign up before Oct 24^th. Contact Jim Lamson at 242-4617 about scholarships or if you’d like to fund one. If you can only come for part of the weekend, costs are less. Make checks to Anchorage City Church.

SCHEDULE:

• Friday check in starts at 4pm
• Friday last car-pool group leaves ACC at 5:30pm
• Friday dinner at Laverne Griffin Camp at 6:30pm
• Friday night service 8:00ish
• Sunday leave Camp after lunch and clean-up

FREE TIME ACTIVITIES may include pinochle, hiking, ping-pong, foosball, Frisbee golf, napping, fishing, canoeing, and other card and board games.

DIRECTIONS TO THE LAVERNE GRIFFIN CAMP: Take the Glenn and Parks Highways through Wasilla and turn right on Pittman Rd which is about 6.5 miles past Wasilla. After about 1.3 miles, turn right on Beverly Lakes Rd (You’ll see Laverne Griffin sign) and proceed about 1.8 miles to Kalmbach Rd where the pavement ends. Keep going straight and after a mile, the road curves to the right into Windy Bottom Rd. Proceed another 0.7 miles to the camp turnoff and you’re there. If you stay on the main traveled way, you’ll get thereJ

What to Bring: Most important is to bring a heart open for God to move in and testimonies to share. Most cabins have 3 bunk beds and sleep six and a bath house is close by. You’ll need to bring bedding, changes of clothes, coat/hat, toiletries, flashlight, towel, snacks, bible, paper, pen or pencil, musical instruments, and favorite games.

Questions? Call Jim Lamson at 242-4617.

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Men's Ministry at ACC, Fall Opportunities

Men's ministry at ACC is in full swing for the fall! Just this last weekend, over 40 men gathered together at Laverne Griffin Camp in the Wasilla for an amazing time of deepening personal connections, sharing struggles,and praying for each other (as well as having fun!).

If you're a guy at ACC and you're looking to connect with God and with other guys, you are invited to join with the men on Wednesday mornings at 6am for the Men's Prayer Breakfast. Also, on Wednesday night, October 21st, we kick off the our Men's bible study series "The Quest for Authentic Manhood". It's a well developed study that deals with issues men face and is a balance of teaching, small group discussions, and prayer. If you're not connected, or are looking for a Bible study with other guys, this is a very good thing to consider. We'll be in room 207 from 7-9. Contact Jim Lamson for more information: jimlamson@yahoo.com

Men's Activities Heat Up for Fall

We're getting in gear for an eventful fall/winter/spring with Men's Events. We want to highlight three for you here. We'll have more info at the Men's Ministry booth at this coming weekend's services.

• Mens Retreat: Oct 16th-18th at LaVerne Griffin Camp in Wasilla this year. Cost is $100 which includes all meals, snack, meeting rooms, and a warm dry place to sleep. You can sign up on line now at the City Church website. The theme will be regaining vision, facing the battles, and experiencing victory. Contact Jim Lamson at 242-4617 for more info or if you'd like to help with planning.
• Men's Fraternity Bible Study on Wed nights 7ish to 9ish at ACC. We expect this to start 9/23. It's a systematic Bible study that focuses on issues very relevant to men. Other Anchorage churches have used it for years and men have found it very fruitful. If you'd like to help with planning this, feel free to join us next Wed, 9/16/ at ACC around 6:30pm. Call Jim Lamson 242-4617 or JD Fuller at 351-9154 if you'd like to join us then.
• Men's Prayer Breakfast continues every Wednesday at ACC. Some of us meet to cook about 5:15am, we shoot to eat about 6am. After eating and sharing what God is saying and doing, we break into small groups for prayer 7ish. Just show up and use the mountain side "back" entrance of the City Church building.

Men's Night Out: Monday June 29

Calling all guys, teens and up: You're invited to our June 29th Men's Night Out from 6pm to 9pm at ACC.

Join us for a dinner and a great time of food, fellowship, sharing, prayer, and discussion on "Why Men Need Wisdom". We'll be sharing our own stories, video clips of dumb things guys do, and look at God's Word on Wisdom. Cost is $5.

Sign up at the information desk or by calling Jim Lamson at 242-4617.