Welcome to EFC-ER's Weekly Encourager. We trust that this will become a bright spot each week in your emails. The purpose of the Weekly Encourager is to provide up-to-the minute information about region-wide events, prayer requests and helpful resources from the local churches. We will close each email with a quick quote and/or survey to gather helpful resources from leaders to share with our wider Friends family.

Thank you for a wonderful Yearly Meeting !

This week's Weekly Encourager will be brief:

1 - Wayne and the EFC-ER team want to thank

all who attended Yearly Meeting

and contributed to making it a success.

2 - The World Office will be closed July 24-25th.

Copies of the Outgoing Epistle, photos of Yearly

Meeting, Board updates & new opportunities and

much more will be added to the

website early next week.

3 - If you'd like to watch the complete videos of the

Yearly Meeting sessions,

everything is posted on-line...

http://new.livestream.com/maloneuniversity/ym2014

4 - It was announced Monday afternoon that

Duane Rice, EFC-ER pastor & retired Area

Superintendent was promoted to heaven on

July 21, 2014.

We extend our love and prayers to wife, Carol and son Greg (wife, Pam) Rice. Greg & Pam serve as pastors with EFC-ER.

A Personal note:

* Our sympathies to the family of Duane Rice, former Area Superintendent, who passed away Monday afternoon. Below are the details for viewing and funeral:

Viewing: 5- 8 p.m., Thursday, July 24th

Viewing: 12-1 pm , Friday, July 25th

Funeral: 1 pm, Friday, July 25th.

All services will be held at Reed Funeral Home in North Canton, Ohio

Address: 801 Pittsburg Ave., NW

North Canton, OH 44720

Weekly Encourager for July 23, 2014

Yearly Meeting Updates

Office closed July 24-25, 2014

Duane Rice funeral details

World Outreach Center

5350 Broadmoor Cir., NW

Canton, OH 44709

1-800-334-8863

Donna Neff, Editor

[email protected]

LET'S MOVE INTO THE DIGITAL AGE... but not leave behind those without digital skills.

Please be sure to print out copies of this newsletter for those without access to a digital copy. Printable pdf versions of this are available at our website:

http://efcer.org/weekly-encourager

Moving into the

Digital Age... means keeping current with the EFC-ER website.

* Invite your church to go to the website, bookmark it, and sign up for the Weekly Encourager. www.efcer.org

A Little Extra.... QUOTE FOR THE WEEK:

What a great time at the EFC-ER's Yearly Meeting

May Dr. Wayne's Monday evening's question continue to challenge us:

Are we 'passively pursuing God '

or are we enthusiastically, whole-heartedly

IN PURSUIT of His presence and His transforming will?

We hope you've enjoyed catching up with news from the EFC-ER office.
More information and news will be coming each week.
Please send Donna any of your suggestions and/or ideas for this weekly encouragement.
Stay tuned.... we've just begun!