Remaining Jubilee Planning Meeting Dates

Jubilee 2010 will be held Saturday, September 18 from 10 am to 3 pm. Please visit http://www.jubileemn.org/ for more info.

All dates for future Jubilee Planning Meetings are:

Tuesday, August 10
Tuesday, August 24
Tuesday, August 31
Tuesday, Sept. 7
Tuesday, Sept 14

All these meetings will be held at SSEFC in the Journey Room at 7 pm. Please come and be a part of a wonderful outreach event! Jubilee provides great opportunity to serve our surrounding community in need….a phenomenal way to demonstrate the love of Christ and His heart for people. Please come.....Jubilee needs lots of help in many areas.

As you shop in the coming couple months, please purchase extra laundry detergent, diapers and toilette paper. Look for collection areas in the hallway/foyer areas and Fellowship Hall at SSEFC.

3 Opportunities to Reach Out

• Vacation Bible School starts this week! Monday-Friday, July 26-30 from 6 to 8:30 pm. It's never too late in the week to come and bring a friend! Please be praying for this outreach event. Thank you!
• Next Jubilee Planning Meeting: Tuesday, July 27 at 7 pm at Christ Church in Apple Valley (12925 Johnny Cake Ridge Rd.). Please come and check out much-needed ways you can help out with this huge outreach opportunity. Don't forget to purchase extra bottles of laundry detergent to give away at this event. Collection areas in the hallways and foyer at SSEFC.
• Park Days will meet this Wednesday the 28th at 11 am at Farquar Park in Apple Valley. Come play with other parents and their children....pack a lunch and stay awhile! Invite a neighbor or two and their kids! Remaining meeting dates: Wednesdays, August 11 & 25.

VBS almost here!!!

Hero HeadQuarters is coming this next Monday, July 26 - 30 from 6 to 8:30 pm! Are you registered yet? Please do so online or at the registration table in the foyer on Sunday the 25th. Everyone who registers receives a FREE VBS songs CD. VBS itself is FREE which is one of many things making it a great outreach opportunity soooo....don't forget to bring a friend or two with you and enjoy a great time together! If you are serving at VBS and have pre-school age children, please be sure to register your children as well.

Also at the registration table, be sure to pick up a bright green prayer bracelet. Each bracelet has the name of a child or helper involved in VBS. The bracelet is a reminder for you to be praying for that person throughout the week of VBS. VBS leaders appreciate your prayers!

A BIG thank you to everyone who went door-to-door handing out VBS fliers to our neighbors. And many thanks to the huge crew we had to help decorate! The HHQ set is awesome and we are all ready for a great time with stories, music (some live!), crafts, snacks, drama,....and MORE! God is good and we are excited to have fun and minister to the children He brings to us. See you at VBS!

3 Important VBS Announcements!

1. We will be setting up our Hero HeadQuarters Wednesday, July 21 beginning at 9 am. Come when you can, leave when you must. We will be ordering pizza for lunch. Decorating and getting the HHQ set ready is a great opportunity to serve in VBS even if you are unable to be there during the week. See you Wednesday morning!

2. VBS registration continues this coming Sunday the 18th at the table in the foyer! Remember to be a Hometown Hero and bring a friend who needs to hear the gospel message. You can register online as well. All who pre-register will receive a FREE CD of the Hero HeadQuarters songs we will be singing. Start listening and learning the songs today!

3. Calling all prayer warriors! Beginning Sunday, July 18, you can join forces with God by committing to pray specifically for one person attending Hero HeadQuarters. How? Stop by the registration table and pick up a prayer bracelet with the name of a child or staff member and wear it as a reminder to pray for that person each day through Friday, July 30, the end of VBS.

Next Park Days, Wed. July 14 @ 11 am

Park Days meets this Wednesday, July 14 at 11 am. Park Days is a fun time to meet with other parents and their kids to play and fellowship at Farquar Park in Apple Valley. Parents and kids meet at 11 am to whenever you need to leave. Pack a lunch and stay awhile! Park Days also provides the perfect opportunity to invite friends and neighbors who are not from SSEFC to a casual and fun setting. So mark your calendars, invite some friends and see you at the park the remaining meeting dates: Wednesdays, July 14, 28, August 11 & 25.

Look What's New with Jubilee!!!

Jubilee has a new look! We have a new logo and a new website! The website is still under some slight edits but it's almost to the finish line! Please check it out: http://www.jubileemn.org/

Are you new to Jubilee and what this wonderful event is? Jubilee is a one-day celebration honoring members in our community who are in need with a day filled with fun, hope and encouragement. Through donations from churches, individuals, corporations and other organizations, Jubilee offers the blessings of food, merchandise and services all in a fun, festive atmosphere. It’s all done in the name of Jesus and it’s all FREE!

The Next 8th Annual Jubilee will be held: Saturday, September 18 from 10 am - 3 pm at the Apple Valley Water Park parking lot. Visit the website for a cool promotional video that offers a fantastic look at what Jubilee is all about.

Will you serve? Jubilee takes many hands to serve and encourage those in need in our community. It is a phenomenal outreach opportunity. It's a chance to demonstrate God's heart for people...To live out our appreciation for the mercy we have so freely received from Christ and to freely give (Matthew 10:8). Jubilee is a crucial demonstration of churches coming together to be the CHURCH. We can do so much more together than we could ever accomplish on our own. Jubilee simply demonstrates God's love and His desire for UNITY. Please pray and get involved. There are many areas for service and leadership that need filling. Contact Susan at spholmen@comcast.net if you are interested and want to know areas that need you.

The Next Jubilee Planning Meeting is set for Tuesday, July 13 at 7 pm in the Journey Room at SSEFC. Please join us!

P.S. We are collecting bottles of laundry detergent and paper grocery bags for Jubilee. Look for collection boxes in the foyer areas at SSEFC.

Register for VBS and Get a FREE VBS Music CD!

A VBS registration table will be in the foyer area at SSEFC this Sunday, July 11. Please come and register kids after the church service if you haven't already. You can also register online or by filling out a form. Forms are available at the Welcome Desk and the VBS table for you to fill out and/or take as invites. All families that have registered already or that register on the 11th will receive a FREE VBS Music CD. So stop by and register and then start listening to and learning the songs even before VBS! Cool! Thanks for registering....and don't forget to be a Hometown Hero and bring at least one child per family that needs to hear the gospel message. VBS is ALL about OUTREACH!

Hero HeadQuarters VBS is July 26-30 from 6:00 to 8:30 PM. It's FREE!

Go Door-to-Door for VBS this Sunday the 11th!

Attention Ladies! Since most of us tend to be the keepers of the family calendars, here's a great service opportunity that you can do as a family: Please come and hit the streets with other Hometown Heroes this coming Sunday, July 11. We will walk door-to-door in our SSEFC surrounding neighborhoods and invite our neighbors to Hero Headquarters Vacation Bible School. We will meet in the quad area by the East entrance at 1:30 pm to pray and receive the VBS invitations then go out to distribute them in teams. We will return for ice cream sundaes at 3:30 pm. Yum!

Maybe you can't help out with VBS this year? Going door-to-door this Sunday the 11th is a great way to still be involved and help out. Maybe you don't have children going into grades 1-6....or grandchildren or nieces and nephews.....? Please consider taking some fliers from the VBS table in the foyer and inviting kids in your neighborhoods. And, go door-to-foor with us this Sunday!

Another way to help is to PRAY. Pray for fun, safety and learning. Pray for lives to be changed as the result of the great truths kids will learn. Please pray that many families embrace the VBS Challenge and invite at least one child who needs to hear about Jesus. Your prayers are so appreciated!

Reminder: Dates for HHQ VBS are July 26-30, 6-8:30 PM. Contact Jeff Larson or Stephanie Buckland with questions.