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

Jesus returned from the Jordan River full of the Holy Spirit and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness.
~ Luke 4:1 ~
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Livestream Our Service

Watch our Sunday Service live via our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/215120366406390

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 - March 2023

Lent started last week with Ash Wednesday. Those who choose to join the journey of Lent will be experiencing that journey this whole month. This year I’m considering Lent as a journey into the wilderness, being led by the Holy Spirit, with encounters from the Father and Jesus. The wilderness is a place where we often find ourselves in life, you know, those times when life feels hard and dry. In those hard times or dry times, while we’re in the desert, it can seem lifeless. At first glance it probably is lifeless. However, as we are led by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness, we can find unexpected signs of life. At first it is hard, and we may fight against being in the wilderness, or at least against the things that brought us here. Then, as we accept the wilderness, we start to see what it has to offer. We can enter the wilderness in different ways. Sometimes we’re forced into the wilderness by circumstances, other times we are led there by the Holy Spirit, and sometimes we run into the wilderness on our own. When we enter the wilderness on our own, sometimes it maybe as an escape in order to get away from our fears. Hagar wanted to get away from Sarai who was being cruel to her. Elijah was afraid of the queen chasing after him to kill him, so he went into the wilderness. Sometimes life seems really hard, and we just want to escape. When we find ourselves in a place of fear it’s an opportunity to invite Jesus into that fear. Someone shared with me a quote by Paula Gamble that went something like this, “allow the love of Jesus to enter into your fear.” That might take a while to learn how to do, you may even need to ask Jesus for his help.

No matter how we get there, God can use the desert to show us who he is and reveal to us who we are. In the wilderness you discover your weaknesses and vulnerabilities. You can also discover God’s strength and his deep, deep love for you. It’s also a place where God can minister to us. In the wilderness both Hagar and Elijah were ministered to by God’s messenger. Jesus was also ministered to in the wilderness. We learn what it means to be a beloved child of God while we’re in the wilderness. In your wilderness ask the Lord to reveal himself to you.
Pastor Brenda
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 SMALL GROUPS

Brown Bag Bible Study
Wednesdays at noon
Chewelah Prayer Walk/Ride
First Thursday at 8:45 am
Rarrick Prayer Group
Mondays at 3:00
Barbee ​Prayer Group
Wednesdays at 4:00
​Yada Yada Care Group
Tuesdays at 11:00