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
abundantlife@alfchewelah.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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Abundant Life Fellowship is open for business and we have already begun having our Sunday services. If you plan on attending our services we ask that you comply with the following guidelines:
  • Wear face masks while you are attending, for the sake of others.
  • Households please sit together.
  • Maintain three chairs between households.
  • Traffic flow: up (toward the platform) the middle aisle and down the outer aisles.

Verse of the Month

Do not call to mind the former things, or ponder things of the past. Behold, I will do something new.
~ Isaiah 43:18-19a ~ 

Our Latest Message
"The Big Question"
   Pastor Brenda Nagunst / Matthew 16:13-20
   August 23, 2020

A Word From the Pastor - January 2021

Well, here we are in a new year, 2020 is behind us. Some people might be thinking “good riddance” and are glad to have 2020 in the rear view mirror. Remember how we entered into last year? It was a year full of hope and excitement, especially with the idea of 2020 and perfect vision. We had no idea what we were facing, the things we would be going through as individuals, a church body, a state, nation, and world. Yes, it hit us hard on all levels. Let’s pause a moment and think about it. We experienced loss of loved ones and dear friends in our church. Several in our church family faced serious illness (and still are), and many had surgeries for various reasons. We’ve experienced a virus that caused the church to be shut down, schools shut down, business shut down, isolation, the rise of depression, substance abuse, and violence. We were also, faced with the ugly reality of discrimination by the riots that sprang forth out of that. There was rebellion against the government and against the police, the creation of sovereign states and their demise. We have a presidential election that still isn’t settled. These are just a few things I can think of off the top of my head, I’m sure there are many more.

In all that we were also reminded that God is in control. “God has made everything fitting in its time, but has also placed eternity in their hearts...” Ecclesiastes 3:11a. Some of the other things we experienced in 2020, strange as it may sound, greater unity among God’s people. We’ve seen our church family pull together as many families experienced loss or other needs. Let’s not forget the seven people who gave their lives to Christ in the first 10 weeks of this year. Let's pray that God uses us to bring more people to him. There is also the blessing of the thrift store. We don’t know what God has for it in the future, but we do know that he has used it and is still using it even though we have no building. God has used this past year to open our hearts to more of him. He’s caused us to rethink how we are loving him and loving others. He’s caused us to ask the question, “How is my relationship with God making a difference for eternity?” We are taking in more of his Word through the abundance of services online, through discussion groups, daily biblical reading, prayer groups meeting in alternative ways such as phone or video chats. Our church’s weekly impact has increased to all over the country, and even parts of the world.

​It took those hard things of this past year to bring up the good. God has placed eternity in our hearts. We’re reminded that there is more than just the here and now. Let’s continue to be open to the good God is doing and wants to do in us and through us as we step into 2021. 
Pastor Brenda

 SMALL GROUPS

Brown Bag Bible Study
Wednesdays at noon
​​Men's Breakfast
The first Saturday at 8:00 am
​CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Messianic Dance Class
Fridays at 1:30 pm
​​​CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
​North Care Group
Thursday nights at 6:00
​ON HIATUS
​Soul Formation Care Group
Tuesday nights at 5:30
​CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
South Care Group
Tuesday nights at 7:00
​ON HIATUS
​Women's Ministry Luncheon
The first Thursday at noon
​CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
​Yada Yada Care Group
Tuesday mornings at 10:00