Retreat in Daily Life

Mark your calendars for IAC's 2nd Annual Retreat in Daily Life, February 26 - March 3, 2012.
This is a week-long opportunity for busy people to find spiritual rest and renewal in their daily schedule. This retreat gives you the opportunity to experience a one-week contemplative retreat with daily spiritual direction, without traveling to a retreat center and leaving your daily routine. More details will be coming soon, but for more information, visit www.anamcara.com/iac-rdl.html

Tuesday Night Lent Series

 A Place at the Table: 40 Days of Solidarity with the Poor.
Tuesday evenings, February 28-April 03 from 7:00-8:30PM
Join Mark and Regina Hopewell on a Lenten journey that walks alongside the world’s poor in this 6-week Tuesday evening class. We’ll participate in a 40-day “fast” in which we will eat as the world’s poor eat. We’ll also reflect upon Scriptures that help us discover God’s heart of compassion for the vulnerable, learn about and pray for those living in poverty, and encourage one another on our collective journeys with Christ to be more like Him.

The class will utilize the book A Place at the Table and DVD series and small group resources by Chris Seay. An optional activity will be for group members to donate money saved on groceries to a charity that serves the poor. The group will be encouraged to eat a simple diet mostly comprised of rice, beans, vegetables, and fruit for 40 days.

Purchase of the book A Place at the Table and reading the first four chapters before the first class is strongly encouraged. Entire families are invited to embark upon this journey – resources and ideas will be provided to help your children discover how they can pray for and learn compassion for and faith lessons from the world’s poor. Contact Regina Hopewell at Regina for questions and to express your interest in participating.

Writing Prayers of the People
Tuesday evenings, February 28-April 03 from 7:00-8:30PM
Ever wonder where those prayers come from? They could come from you. Join us for six weeks, through the season of Lent, to give thought and space to writing our own prayers and forming them for use in IAC's worship. We will consider the different seasons of the church calendar, as well as various forms that the prayers can take, and of course we’ll set aside plenty of time for writing.  Please email Erica if you are interesting in attending.

Walking with the Wounded
March 6 - March 27,  7:00 – 8:30 (four week class)
How do we care for those in need?  This four week class will look at how the Church can offer hope and healing to the wounded – those stuck in cycles of poverty, addiction, mental illness, and abuse.  Discussions will focus on the needs and resources specific to our community, the Church’s unique role in addressing those needs, and an exploration of the pathways within our community to serve those in need.  The class is coordinated by Fostering Hope and will include speakers from local agencies, volunteers from Fostering Hope teams, and foster parents.  Please contact Mike Myers with any questions.

Preparing for Lent -- Baptism Class

Are you curious about baptism? Maybe you're a new believer or perhaps you've been a Christian for years, but haven't been baptized. Or, do you wonder why we baptize infants? Perhaps you're even considering baptizing your children.

Historically, Lent has been a time of preparation in the Church for those considering baptism. This journey of preparation culminates when we celebrate the joyous resurrection of Christ and baptize people on Easter Sunday. In anticipation of Easter, IAC is hosting a 4 week class on baptism. Rev. Joel Pinson and Rev. Delrece Moore will team teach this discussion-based class and it will meet before church from 8:30-9:30 a.m. The class begins on Sunday, March 11th, so if you're interested in attending, please email Joel at: Joel@iac-cs.org

Beholding the Face of Jesus in Worship and Prayer

For the month of March only, we will meet on March 06, from 7-9PM, here in the sanctuary. Come and join in beholding Jesus' face and eyes in a time of worship and prayer. Each month we will gather to behold a specific expression of Jesus' face, asking Him to reveal this aspect of who He is to us. This first month we will look upon the face of Jesus as Redeemer.
Regular Schedule: Beginning in April
When: 2nd Tuesday of each month, 7-9pm
Where: SDA Sanctuary
What: Beholding the Face of Jesus
"For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness, made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ."

Catechism Class

Congregational Meeting

On Sunday, March 4th, following our worship, we will have a congregational meeting. In this time we plan to look at where we have come in the last year and also at where we feel the Lord is leading us in the coming year. The meeting will be about an hour, and there will be childcare.