THE CALL TO ACTION

January

2007

A Publication of Columbus Koinonia

2006-2007 Columbus Koinonia Continuance Board Members

Deb Allen Tom Marshall Felix Huertas

Music Coordinator Warden Coordinator Facilities Coordinator

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Karmel Yelle Cindie Galloway Lovell Harper

Kitchen Coordinator Pre K Coordinator Spiritual Director

Connie Pridemore Jim Roberts Gene Tolliver

Secretary Treasurer Communications

Randy Menges

Post K Coordinator

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UPCOMING EVENTS FOR COLUMBUS KOINONIA

February 12th – 6:30 Board Meeting @ Gene Tolliver’s

February 12th – 6:30 Prayer Meetings @ North Side Fellowship

February 17th – Koinonia Day of Renewal

March 10th – 6:30 Square Dance @ Trinity Family Life Center

March 12th – 6:30 Board Meeting @ Lovell Harper’s

March 12th – 6:30 Prayer Meeting @ North Side Fellowship

April 14th – 6:30 Reunion @ TBA

May 12th – 6:30 Reunion/Support Party @ TBA

May 18-20 – CK115 @ Friendly Hills

Up coming COLUMBUS KOINONIA weekends for the year 2007

CK 115-- May 18, 19, & 20 @ Friendly Hills – Zanesville

February Weekend Cancelled

We regret the February Koinonia weekend had to be cancelled due to a number a factors not the least of which was, we had no participants.

CALL TO SERVICE

Please prayerfully consider becoming a sponsor; applications are available on our web site. Also, prayerfully consider whether you would like to serve on a team or perhaps your talents are more administrative and you would like to be considered for a board position. The nominating committee will be forming soon to nominate board members for the next biennium. Board members serve for two year and half the board is replaced every year. This year the committee will be selecting nominees for Spiritual Director, Treasurer, Pre-K, Facilities, and Warden Coordinators. The nominations will be voted on at the June Business meeting.

HELP NEEDED

1. Prayer is needed for the upcoming Day of Renewal.

2. The kitchen trailer needs food items such as coffee. Contact Karmel Yelle if you can help with any of these items.

3. After putting on a weekend you’re tired and it makes for an even longer day if you have to pack the trailer and clean up also. The Warden coordinator needs a few “Good Men or Women” who could commit to attending the closing and help breakdown and clean up after the weekend. With enough volunteers this should not take over an hour. Prayerfully consider this and call Tom Marshall to help.

4. Prayerfully consider being a sponsor. Koinonia exist to serve the Christian community by sharing God’s love and grace with others and to raise up individuals who can energize their local church.

Koinonia Day of Renewal! In response to the desires of the Koinonia Body, we are pleased, (and excited), to hold a special Day of Renewal and Restoration! Have you ever felt like you need a day to just get away from the world, and spend time with your Lord and with your spiritual family and friends? Are you searching for the “more” in praise and worship? Longing for a deeper relationship with Jesus, longing to get to know Him better? Do you feel called to prayer and intercession with the body of Christ? Would you like to party and revel in His love with abundant joy? If so, then we have the Party for you! Please join us for a….. Count It All Joy Party! Saturday ~ February 17, 2007 11AM To 8PM Berlin Presbyterian Church 5175 South Old State Road Lewis Center, Ohio 43035-9254 Pastor Rick Negley Bring your flags! Bring your musical instruments! Wear your dancing shoes! Come expecting! Cost: $15.00 per person RSVP: Please call Deb Allen if you are interested in attending or have any questions. 614-861-3062 Sorry, no childcare is available for this event.

So you are wondering, what is a Count It All Joy Party? Well, I will try to explain. James 1: 2-3 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 1 Peter 1:8-9 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls. Joy is described as: the emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune or by the prospect of possessing what one desires, the expression or exhibition of such emotion, a state of happiness or felicity, a source or cause of delight Therefore, we will rejoice in our salvation! A Count It All Joy Party is a journey! Imagine going on a journey as a corporate body of believers, together in unity. Together we will swim in the River of Life which flows from the very Throne of our Heavenly Father. Together we will drink from the Cup of Life, and stop to rest in green pastures. Together we will climb the Mountain of the Lord. Together we will ascend to the Throne Room where we will “tabernacle with our Lord”. Together we will seek His Face, and in the stillness of His presence, bask in His Glory. Together we will dance and rejoice in His Love. Together we will descend in intercession and warfare. Together we will “experience His Freedom” from the bondages of humanity! I am at a loss to describe A Count It All Joy party any other way. As our sister Aggie Long says, “if we will just be there, God will show up”! Unlike a weekend where we must adhere to a schedule, this event will be a little different. At times it will seem as if we turn a page, and nothing is written. No instructions, just the leading of precious Holy Spirit. After much prayer, those who have been laboring over this event all know the Lord has something very special planned for us. So please join us, bring a friend, and invite your pastor! Abundant Shalom! Deb Allen 10:30-11AM Sign in 11-4PM Praise and Worship ~ The Key of David The Bride of Christ ~ Lovell Harper Worship and Warfare 4-5 PM Dinner (Pizza, Subs and Salad) 5-8 PM Count It All Joy! 8 PM Leave refreshed, renewed, and full of the Joy of the Lord! Come expecting!

Directions to Berlin Presbyterian Church:

From Columbus:

From I-270 take I-71 north to the Polaris Parkway exit, then West (left) on Polaris to S. Old State Road, turn right and proceed north past Lewis Center Rd to Berlin Presbyterian Church on the right.

From Worthington take Route 23 north to Lewis Center Road, turn right and proceed east to S. Old State Road, turn left, and proceed north to Berlin Presbyterian Church on the right.

From the North:

From Mansfield take I-71 south to Route 36, turn right and proceed west on Route 36, turn left on Old State Road, proceed south to Berlin Presbyterian Church on the Left.

From Delaware take Route 23 south to Lewis Center Road, turn left and proceed east to S. Old State Road, turn left, and proceed north to Berlin Presbyterian Church on the right.