Abundant Life Fellowship - Life Begins With Christ

Pastor Brenda Nagunst

Sunday Services at 10:00
Sunday School at 9:00

PO Box 74, Chewelah, WA 99109
203 North 2nd Street East
​(509) 935-8029
abundantlifechewelah@gmail.com
Welcome to Abundant Life Fellowship. We are a Free Methodist church located in lovely Chewelah, WA. As a body of believers, we strive to advance the good news of Jesus Christ, to reach out to the lost and wounded among us, and to make our church a safe place for people to experience God's love and to be empowered for service through being conformed to His image. If you are ever in the heart of Stevens County, please stop by and worship with us and discover what the Lord has in store for you.

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Verse of the Month

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit with me.
~ Psalm 51:10 (NSAB) ~
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Fellowship Time

Please join us for some refreshments and pleasant company in the fellowship hall following the worship service. Please bring finger foods for everyone to enjoy. We hope to see you there!

A Word From the Pastor - January 2022

As I was thinking about what to share this month with all of you the word “renewal” came to mind. It seems like a strange winter word, but it does make a little sense for this time of year too. John Wesley often held a renewal service on New Year’s Day or on the first Sunday of the new year. It was a time to renew a person’s commitment to the Lord I wasn’t so sure about how that fit in biblically so I decided to do a little research on the word “renewal” in the Bible.

In the Old Testament, it was often connected to the idea of strength being renewed in connection with listening to or seeking the Lord. In essence, it was regaining something that was lost; in most cases, that something was strength. In the New Testament, it had to do with an ongoing transformation of a person’s mind by the Holy Spirit. For John Wesley, renewal was to renew one’s covenant to serve the Lord. In each case, renewal is something that is taking place, it’s a process.

Renewal of your strength is a process. Your strength doesn’t become renewed by sitting on the spiritual couch eating spiritual bon bons all day. Strength comes by waiting on the Lord, listening to the Lord, seeking the Lord. If we want to be strengthened by the Lord, we need to spend time with God.

Renewal of our mind, the way we think, also takes some effort on our part. This renewal is a process that takes time, well at least for most of us. It takes time to get rid of our stinkin’ thinkin’. The Holy Spirit is there with us. He goes through the process with us, to actually transform our minds so our thoughts are a blessing to God. In order to work with the Holy Spirit in that we need to change the things we let into our mind, what we listen to, watch, and read.

Finally, is the renewing our covenant with the Lord. Of course, God doesn’t ever have to renew His covenant with us. But, it’s good for us to take the time once in a while to be reminded of what it means to truly be committed to the Lord. We can ask ourselves how well we’ve been doing at that. If you’ve been doing well you can commit to continuing to do well. If you’ve fallen short, commit to make the changes you know you need to make. This is between you and God, it’s not
what other people think, it’s what God thinks that matters.

All three of these aspects of renewal are a good thing for us to think about at the beginning of a new year. As men and women of God, it is important that our strength, our minds, and our commitment to the Lord be renewed on a continual basis.
Pastor Brenda
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 SMALL GROUPS

Brown Bag Bible Study
Wednesdays at noon
Chewelah Prayer Walk/Ride
First Thursday at 8:30 am
​North Care Group
Thursday nights at 6:00
​ON HIATUS
Rarrick Prayer Group
Mondays at 4:00
Barbee ​Prayer Group
Wednesdays at 3:00
South Care Group
Tuesday nights at 7:00
​ON HIATUS
​Yada Yada Care Group
Tuesdays at 12:00