Attention Men of Edgewater! Mark your calendar now for the 2012 Men’s Father’s Day BBQ sponsored by Alpha Chi for all the men of Edgewater Church!

• Friday, June 15, 2012
• 6:00pm to 9:00pm
• Edgewater Gathering Place
• Cost $5.00

Meat and beverages provided. Please bring a dish to share. Tickets will be on sale at the “Welcome Center” in the lobby after each service, beginning Saturday, May 12, 2012.

• When: Friday, July 13, 2012
• Time: Depart Edgewater Church @ 5:00pm; Game starts at 7:10pm
• Seats: Excellent Press Box Level Seats (See the photo–>)
• Cost: $60 per person

Tickets order must be placed by June 1, 2012, so contact John Delaney if interested.

Telephone: 941-323-4908
Email: jd@alphachi.info

March 30, 2012
6:30 – 10:00pm
Pastor Dan Prine’s Home

Email jd@alphachi.info
for Dan’s address or call
John Delaney at 941.323.4908.

Bring Your Own Food
and Beverage
A Grill will be provided for cooking

Please R.S.V.P. to John Delaney
by Sunday March 25th

Sarasota/Bradenton

Friday, May 4th 2012  |  9 am – 4:30 pm

Bayside Community Church  | 15800 SR 64 East, Bradenton 34212

Registration begins at 8 AM, event begins at 9 AM.

Mark your calendar for Friday, February 3, 2012 for Edgewater’s next dinner & movie, featuring Courageous. Dinner will be served in The Gathering Place at 6:00pm. The movie will be shown immediately after dinner in the main sanctuary.

Filled with action-packed police drama, COURAGEOUS is the fourth film from Sherwood Pictures, the movie making ministry of Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia. Viewers will once again find themselves laughing, crying, and cheering as they are challenged and inspired by everyday heroes who long to be the kinds of dads that make a lifelong impact on their children.

Tickets are available at the Edgewater Welcome Center after each church service beginning Saturday, January 14th, and will also be available Monday through Friday from 9:00am to 4:00pm at the Welcome Center.

Advance Donation: Adults $6.00 – Children $4.00
At-The-Door Donation: Adults $8.00 – Children $6.00

Save the date…

• Sat. September 3, 2011
  
• 12 Noon upstairs in the Youth Hub at Edgewater.

Hot dogs and chili will be provided – please bring a dish to share and a $5.00 donation to go into Alpha Chi’s ministry fund.

This is a great opportunity to invite your male friends to Edgewater. Our goal is to reach out to the men of our community. If you know guys who don’t go to church, this is the weekend to invite them.

Father I lift up our Shepard, Pastor Dan, as he heads out on his sabbatical. Lord I pray that you will guide his every step and that you will send a host of angels to surround him in safety.

God I pray that during these weeks you will fill him up with your Holy Spirit and that you will reveal your majestic plan for him. I pray that during these weeks of restoration Dan will seek you, and that you will give him rest and peace for his soul and his spirit. As he travels from state to state I ask that you send people across his path that will bless him and show your love and grace through their actions.

I pray that you will be present in all aspects of his life over the next six weeks. I ask that Dan would hear your whispers that will call him to continue your ministry and your calling for his life.

Pastor Dan is such a blessing to us, and the Body of Christ called Edgewater lifts Dan up to you, trusting that you will restore him and send Dan back to us to continue his ministry in Charlotte County.

We thank you, Lord, for your abundance of blessings on our Church. We know that you have an amazing plan for us. We want to be a part of your desire to have people Meet, Know and Serve your son, Jesus. Give us the strength and the desire to pray for our leaders every day.

Thank you, God, for your love and your grace. But most of all, thank you for your son Jesus. All this I pray in His precious name. Amen.

In the Hebrew, this “companion and helper” to which God is referring is a “rescuer” in the context of a war! For example, this same Hebrew word is used in the passage from Psalm 46:1-2 to describe God as our rescuer: “God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble.”

So not only are we called to rescue our wives, but they in turn will rescue us. Our wives are a divine combination of strength and tenderness. We must love our wives, fight for their hearts, and call out their inner beauty and glory. And in time we will discover the reason our mission in this war requires engaging with our wives – entrusted to us as a companion, helper, and rescuer!

“You husbands must love your wives with the same love Christ showed the church. He gave up his life for her …” (Eph. 5:25 NLT)