Ekklesia Church This Week

A NEW CHURCH FOR NEW PEOPLE IN A NEW COMMUNITY
May 19th, 2017
 

May 19th, 2017 - In This Issue:
Prayer Needs
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Tiny Cottage Painting Party
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House Churches You Can Join
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Aaron Hanson's Blog



A New Church That Meets In the Community to Share the Love of Jesus

Sunday Gathering 
May 21st

 Parkwood Club
3045 Madrona Dr. 

10:00am Coffee and Juice
10:25am Worship & Sharing

We will spend some time following our 
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Up Coming Dates
May 20th  Tiny Home Painting Party
May 21st  Gathering w/ Sharing time
May 21st  Coffee Oasis dinner
May 22nd Bell/Hanson Group
May 25th  Ehlert Group
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Prayer Needs

Holly and Scott Waite's friend- Diana- struggling with cancer
The Waite family- have made it back to their home in Alabama and will need time to settle in. Pray for their transition to life back home!
David McKee- Lisa Blair's brother- who has been diagnosed with an optic nerve tumor. Dave began undergoing treatment in September.
Bell's renter- Roy Eagan who has cancer, a wife and two children
Scott Wallis- is still in Swedish hospital but is doing much better. His body is recovering from the paralysis.
Alicia Wainwright- is doing much better but still in St. Anthony's Hospital Pray for a continued recovery- She has three young children 
Those looking for jobs. Several members of Ekklesia are in need of work. Pray for open doors. 
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House Churches You Can Join
Mon. 6:30pm Bell/Hanson
Thurs. 6:30pm  Ehlert/Blair
Sat. 6:30pm  Youth group

For further information call: 
360-801-0012 or e-mail us at 
ekklesia.kitsap@gmail.com
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Aaron Hanson's Blog 

Christian Apologetics- Theology & Philosophy
https://fortheloveofreason.wordpres
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Blessing the Homeless- Tiny Cottages Built
Ekklesia Church has been called to serve the homeless in our community. Last Saturday was a great day where multiple churches, Kitsap County officials, Kitsap County Commissioner, Port Orchard Mayor, City Councilmen, and many other local residents came together to work on a project close to our heart. The opportunity to help the homeless strikes deeply in many of our hearts. It was so encouraging to hear the supportive statements, curious questions and genuine support by so many who stopped by our construction site. We were actually able to accomplish much of the work in just one day. Thank you to everyone who worked, brought water, food, or just stood and watched and cheered the workers on. Later in the afternoon an elderly couple approached our lead Ekklesia builder, Rick Bell, and offered a check for $1750.00 which will build another tiny cottage. Then on Thursday of this week I (Tim Blair) received a phone call that the Grace Bible Church was wanting to partner with us and build two more tiny cottages. The number of sponsored cottages stands at eleven as of today! It seems every few days we receive more commitments to partner with us and support this effort to serve the homeless. May God continue to bless our efforts and open doors of opportunity to lead in serving our community. 
Let's remember... the mission of Ekklesia is this: "To be the hands and feet of Jesus, sharing his message of life, hope and transformation."

  Workers flipping a new Tiny Cottage foundation after construction


Tiny Cottage Painting Party  
Ekklesia will be hosting a community painting party as we finish our three tiny cottages and paint their exteriors. This Saturday at the "That One Place" restaurant parking lot our community has been invited to help paint the three new tiny cottages. We will begin painting at 10am. Everyone involved should bring their own paint brush or paint roller. We are very grateful to the generous donation of paint given to us from the local Sherwin Williams company. We will also have "Homes For All" t-shirts available on Saturday for $10.00. We will have a limited number of sizes, 20 M, 20 L and 20 XL. 
  The "Homes For All" t-shirt $10.00     #1 Cottage almost  completed and ready for paint

Thank you to everyone who has worked so hard over the last week constructing the cottages, helping with incidentals and just being encouraging. This is truly a group effort with the Ekklesia team and so many other churches!

Contact: Tim Blair or the Ekklesia Church at -  360-801-0012

Donations may be made online at:  www.ekklesiakitsap.org

or mailed to:  P.O. Box 601, Burley, WA 98322

Thank You!  
The work of Ekklesia is to make the name of Jesus active and alive in our community. Thank you to all our supporters who have helped make this possible. God is truly opening doors for us and creating great favor regarding our work in this community. Thank you for supporting our efforts as we seek ways to serve and lead others into a life of following Jesus. 
Tim and Lisa Blair