Seid nüchtern und wachet; denn euer Widersacher, der Teufel, geht umher wie ein brüllender Löwe und sucht, welchen er verschlinge.  1 Petrus 5:8

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.  1 Peter 5:8 King James Version

Encourage Our Missionaries: 

Jonathan & Fiona Thiessen serve with Operation Mobilization.

Welcome

At the back of the sanctuary is a nursery for young children and parents. Feel free to make use of this resource.

9:10  PRAYER MEETING. Meet in the small room off the boardroom. Everyone welcome.

9:30  CHRISTIAN EDUCATION: Sunday School, Firm Foundations, Christian Life class (baptism)

9:25  DEUTSCHER GOTTESDIENST

Versammlunglieder

Einleitung, Beten, Kollekte

Special Music: Bruno Funk

Predigt: Prediger Ervin Funk

Versammlungslied

Segenspruch

10:45  ENGLISH SERVICE (babysitting provided up to age 3)

Hymns

Announcements & Offering

SCHS info - JoAnne Friesen

Praise & Worship

Message by Pastor Art

Kneel for silent prayer

Closing hymn

Benediction

This Week’s Calendar

MONDAY, 6:00 p.m.  Golden Agers potluck & program. Please bring a dish. The program will start at 7:00. There will be music by the Goodwill Singers and a message by Pastor Ron Friesen. Everyone is welcome.

TUESDAY, 9:00 a.m.  The Mission Sisters will make blankets for MCC.

TUESDAY, 7:00 p.m.  PULSE Sr.

WEDNESDAY (Mittwoch) ACTIVITIES: 

8:00 a.m.  Prayer meeting for Low German radio ministry

2:30 p.m.  Deutsche Bibel stunde

7:00 p.m.  PULSE Jr.

7:00 p.m.  Bible study, both German and English

8:00 p.m.  Chor Praxis

THURSDAY, 9:00 a.m.  Women’s DVD Bible study begins with coffee fellowship

THURSDAY, 7:30 p.m.  Movie night for the guys!

FRIDAY, 7:00 p.m.  Bibel Studium, FLETP 

Movie night for the guys!

Mark Thursday, February 2, 7:30 pm on your calendars. We will be watching “Courageous”. Feel free to bring your buddies. We are planning on doing the study guide for the following four Wednesdays (Feb. 8, 15, 22, 29). We would love to see you there. For more information talk to Pastor Stan.

Women’s Bible study begins on Thursday, February 2. This will be a 10-week DVD study on the book of Ruth, taught by Beth Moore. The Bible study will begin at 9:30 a.m., but come early for coffee and fellowship. Babysitting provided.

Bishop installation

Next Sunday at 3:00, Pastor Dave Reimer will be installed as our new bishop. Pray for Dave and Shelly and family as they make this transition.

Office hours change

Pastor Stan will be out of the office on Wednesday mornings until April 18. He is taking a course at SBC.

Bibel Studium beginnt Februar 3,  7:00 pm.

Es wird gelegenheit gegeben teil zu nehmen an einen Bibel Studium der jeden zweiten Freitag Abend hier wird stattfinden. Der Ehpeserbrief in Lehre und Praxis. FLETP. “Mit Christus Verbunden” Um mehr informationen darüber bitte contact Prediger Leonard Funk oder Prediger John Hildebrand.

Last week’s offering

The offering for Sunday, January 22 was $4,392.50. The amount needed to reach our budget per week is $8,602.42.

Donation Receipts for 2011

The income tax receipts have been prepared and are in your mailboxes. If you don't have a church mailbox, it will be mailed out to you. Please see Dennis Friesen if you have questions.

Advisory Board meeting

Due to the German Deeper Life meetings, the date for February’s Advisory Board meeting has been changed to February 13. Please take note.

Pick Up & Walk

We participated in the Pick Up & Walk event last spring to help clean up the city of Steinbach. We are looking for someone who would be willing to be the contact person for our church. If you are interested, please talk to Pastor Stan. It is not a lot of work, just passing information along and some organizing of those who are coming. This year’s event be on April 28. 

Mitgliedschaft-sitzung, Am 6. Februar, 7.00 uhr abends

Tagesordnung: 1) Wahl zur Bestätigung für das Diakon paar Diedrich und Helen Hildebrand. 2) Missions Komitee Neues mitglied. 3) Erklärung über die verschiedenen Kirch-komitees und wahlprozesse. Alle Mitglieder sind Herzlich eingeladen, um zu kommen und an dieser Sitzung teilzunehmen. Es wird auf Deutsch sein. Bitte kommt Betend.

A German-language membership meeting will be held on February 6, 7:00 p.m. Agenda: 1) Confirmation for Deacon couple Diedrich and Helen Hildebrand. 2) New Mission Board member approval. 3) Explanation about the different church committees and election processes. All members are encouraged to come and take part in this meeting. Please come prayerfully

Dishes

A number of empty dishes have been left behind in the church kitchen after various events. They have been placed on a table in the back. Please check if one of them is yours. Any dishes not claimed today will be donated to the Thrift Store.

For sale: wooden chairs

We have replaced the old wooden chairs in our dining area in the basement. That means we have lots of the old chairs that we would like to move out. For $2 a chair, you can buy as many as you like. Many are still in good condition. Please speak with Ed Kehler regarding purchasing these chairs.

Youth Calendar 

• Every Tuesday, 7-9 pm PULSE Sr.
• Every Wednesday, 7-9 pm PULSE Jr.
• CMC Conference Youth retreat February 17-19 at Camp Cedarwood with speaker Mike Fast.

The Transportation Committee invites you to call them if you need a ride to church or if you can give a ride to church: Art & Helen Kornelsen, Dave & Maria Doerksen, or Peter & Linda Hildebrand.

Listen to Dee Harrlijche Botschaft on CHSM Monday evenings at 9:30, or online at www.radio.chortitzer.com. Each week’s program becomes available on Saturday.

Community Events

Deeper Life meetings are planned for February 5-8, 7:30 p.m. nightly, at the New Bothwell Sommerfeld church. The speaker will be Rev. John Klassen from the Altona Sommerfelder church. All are invited.

Vespers service

Next Sunday 7pm at the museum. Come for a time of sacred choral music and Scripture. Admission is free. An offering will be taken to cover expenses.

The Rosengard Church invites us to a retirement celebration!

Pastor John and Margaret Rempel of the Rosengard Church are formally retiring as a pastor couple. A retirement celebration is being planned. Circle March 4^th on your calendars, 3:00 p.m. at the Rosengard Church. There will be a program and a fellowship luncheon to follow. Anyone who wishes to join us is welcome.

Music Night and Auction Fundraiser for Abe & Nettie Dueck will be held on Friday, February 3 at 7:00 p.m. at the Mitchell Seniors Centre, with coffee and dainties  to follow.

“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”

SCHS invites you to come out and enjoy their presentation of this musical classic from February 9–12. There will be three evening performances and a Sunday afternoon matinee.  Reserved seating. Tickets are $10 and are available at the SCHS office during regular school hours or online at www.schs.ca (poster).

SCHS Information evening

Steinbach Christian High School would like to invite you to the SCHS Information Night on Thursday, February 16th at 7:00PM in the SCHS Chapel. This evening event is for anyone interested in finding out how they can "Get Plugged In" to SCHS. There will be an opportunity to meet teachers, tour the facilities, and have questions answered while enjoying light refreshments.

“But there seemed small need for watching in the days of our prosperity,

 and the guards were made over comfortable, perhaps –

otherwise we might have had longer warning of the coming of the dragon,

and things might have been different...”

from The Hobbit

Getting complacent?

It is so easy to forget that our adversary, like our Advocate, neither slumbers nor sleeps. With relentless, unslacking energy he’s on the  prowl, “seeking someone to devour.”

He’s been at it for centuries. By means of a brilliant strategy, an insidious scheme, he takes advantage of our mental dullness. Surprise attacks are his specialty.

Small wonder Jesus kept urging His followers to “be on the alert,” to “watch,” to “resist,” to keep a clean crop, free of stuff that “chokes the word, making it unfruitful.”

Why? Because you never know when you are in the cross hairs of the enemy’s high-powered rifle. It could be today that you will be the target. When you least expect it...in the lazy days of summer, in the cool days of autumn, in the fog of false security, under the frost of a laid-back lifestyle.

He’s looking for you. He’s primed and ready to fire. And he doesn’t wait for hunting season. In fact, as far as Satan is concerned, it’s always open season on Christians.

—Chuck Swindoll, “Day by Day”