November 6, 2019
Please pray for the EFC-NA leaders and EFM Board members as they participate in meetings at Twin Rocks Friends Camp in Oregon this week. Pray for Tom Crawford, Rusty Savage, Marva Hoopes, and Matt Bradbury as they attend.
Missional Engagement Grants Available
Missional Engagement Grants provide EFC-ER churches with financial resources to expand their outreach through current projects or new ventures to influence others with the love of Jesus Christ.

Grants are available to churches with a budget of less than $100,000, who wish to reach out to others through revivals, VBS, a clothing boutique, community garden, tutoring program or other missional outreach projects.

Churches may apply   here . Grants of up to $500 will be provided based on the availability of funds.
sepia_stacked_hands.jpg
Church Health Assessment
Many of our churches have received tremendous benefit from utilizing the Church Health Assessment created by Natural Church Development. The assessment takes the overall pulse of a church by measuring eight critical areas, such as inspiring worship, leadership empowerment, and loving relationships. A trained member of the Church Health Team will review the findings with your church leaders and provide resources for next steps to greater health.

EFC-ER will cover 50% of the $320 total cost. The church is responsible for the remaining $160. Please contact Marie Hagin to utilize this valuable tool.
Christmas at Malone University
Friday, December 6, at 7:30 pm
Saturday, December 7, at 7:30 pm

Usher in the holiday season as the Department of Music presents Christmas at Malone: Peace on Earth. This much-loved concert combines Scripture and music in a joyful celebration of the Lord’s nativity. All proceeds from ticket sales go to support music scholarships. Tickets available here .
Evangelical Friends Mission Christmas Catalog
Our Lord Jesus says to us, “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing” (John 15:5).
 
When we are connected to Jesus we become connected to other people as well. That’s the nature of bearing fruit. People whom we have met and sometimes people we will never meet this side of heaven are blessed by our fruit. This includes fruit in the form of gifts, like the gifts you see in this year’s Christmas Catalog from EFM.
 
As you look through the catalog I encourage you to think about how your connection with Christ can be a blessing to someone else during this Christmas season. You have received so much from the vine! What fruit does He want you to produce through this opportunity to give?
 
Your fellow branch,
Dan Cammack, Executive Director of EFM
Visit the events calendar on our website at www.efcer.org/events .

* November 4-9 - EFC-NA & EFM Fall Meetings hosted by Northwest Yearly Meeting.
* November 15-17 - Youth Explosion at Friends Church: Willoughby Hills. Info here .
* November 28-29 - Evangelical Friends Headquarters Closed
* December 6-7 - Christmas at Malone University . Tickets and details available here .
* December 24-25 - Evangelical Friends Headquarters Closed
* January 1 - Evangelical Friends Headquarters Closed
* January 24-26 - Youth Awakening Retreat at New Life Community Church in Ridgeway, VA. Find out more at  nlccalive.com/youthawakening .
* March 2-5 - Pastors Conference at Exponential 2020 in Orlando, Florida. Details at www.efcer.org/pastorsconference .
Quote for the Week

"We tend to use prayer as a last resort, but God wants it to be our first line of defense.
We pray when there's nothing else we can do, but God wants us to pray before we do anything at all." - Oswald Chambers