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October 2011 Cowboy Fellowship News October 2011 E-News Issue 29 Inside This Edition: Word From The Pastor ..................\.........Flying Solo Covered Facility Update Camo Men’s Handgun Event Winners The Navigators Discipleship Ministry Ministry Updates And lots more! Cowboy Fellowship & Area Churches Present Fall Festival 2011 October 31st
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Transcript of October 2011 E-Newsletter
October 2011
Cowboy Fellowship News
October 2011 E-News
Issue 29
Inside This Edition:
Word From The Pastor..................\.........Flying Solo
Covered Facility Update
Camo Men’s Handgun Event Winners
The Navigators Discipleship Ministry
Ministry Updates
And lots more!
Cowboy Fellowship
& Area Churches
Present Fall Festival 2011
October 31st
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Word From The Pastor
I took my first flying lesson when I was 16 years old. I was hooked from day one! To this day the scariest flying experience I ever had was the day I first flew solo. The sky was blue and a calm wind out of the south blew straight down the runway. These were perfect conditions for my first solo flight. The instructor had accompanied me on several landings and then said, "you're ready to solo." I was so excited as I dropped him off near the hanger and began to taxi away by myself for the first time. When I got to the end of the runway and started going through my checklist the excitement grew even stronger. I was so ready! I made the radio call and on to the active runway I went. As I pushed the throttle all the way down and started to roll down the runway I was smiling so BIG and almost overcome totally with joy. However, something very strange happened as I left the ground. All of a sudden it dawned on me, I was all alone! My excitement and joy quickly turned to a very nervous anticipation. What if something went wrong? What if I could not land? What if I mess up? There was no longer the accountability, security, and safety of having someone else in the plane to ensure I would survive. While I was confident in my ability to fly, it was a nerve-wracking experience to be alone. It is acceptable to fly solo as a pilot, however, flying solo spiritually will always lead to certain disas-ter. I am always astonished and amazed when I take a close look at the lives of the Biblical heroes we all admire. One thing they all have in common is that they did not fly solo. Take Paul for example: few would argue that he was one of the greatest evangelist, missionaries, and church planters the world has ever known. He traveled over 10,000 miles, visited over 50 cities, planted countless churches, debated some of the smartest people in the world, and won so many to Christ. How much of this did he do by himself? None of it! When he met Christ on the road to Damascus he was blinded and from his first moments as a believer had the help of others who led him by the hand into the city. Later Barnabas, Luke, Timothy, and many others would help him in various ways to accom-plish the ministry God had laid out for his life. Even in the last days of his life as he awaited death in a Roman jail he wrote in 2 Timothy 4:11 NIV Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is helpful to me in my ministry. Paul was constantly surrounded by others because he knew it was foolish to try and fly solo spiritually. Take time today to make a list of those you are fly-ing with. Send them a card, or email thanking them for their partnership in ministry. If you are flying alone, form or join a team soon! If Paul, Peter, Moses, and Jesus needed others in the cockpit surely you and I do as well. 1 Corinthians 12:27 says “Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.” There is no part of your physical body that is not dependent on other parts of your body. The same is true for each of us spiritually as well. We are united as one body of Christ and we are all dependent on others. Spiritual growth, and success are impossible if we choose to fly solo.
There has definitely been some progress on the covered facility this past month! I hope you all are taking time to come out and check it out. The East side is done and the West side is about 1/4 done. Thank you for your donations and for continuing to support this vision for Cowboy Fellow-ship! If you would like to make a donation to our building fund you may do so by clicking here:
Covered Facility Update Page 3
John 15:13
Greater love hath no man than this,
that a man lay down his life
for his friends.
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Cowboy Fellowship Welcomes American Hero Corporal Chris Williams Home!
Chris, a local young man, was deployed to Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan just 8 days after his
wedding to Mystle Williams in September 2010. He will be flying from Camp Pendleton into the
naval base at Corpus Christi on Saturday, Oct. 1st where he will be greeted with a heroes welcome
by his loving wife, family, and friends.
Cowboy Fellowship would just like to say, “Welcome home Chris!
You are a true American Hero in our eyes!
The Acts Report
Matthew 25:35 In September the
Matthew 25:35 minis-
try was able to pro-
vide a ramp for Lester
Evans who has Dia-
betes and Meso-
thelioma. The pictures
below show the work
in progress by this
great team and the
finished product. God bless you all. For more information, to ask for help, or to volunteer to help:
Please call
Odis White at
(210) 275-9800
Jerusalem ~ Atascosa County
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Matthew 25:35
Facebook Link
(Must log in to access)
See more Acts Report from
the Ends of the Earth
on page 20!!!!!
*The following are reoccurring
events that take place each
week/month at the same time
unless otherwise denoted:
Church Services - Sunday: @
10:45 AM
Discipleship Classes - Every
Monday - 6:30 PM ~ New se-
mester begins Sept. 12 @ 6:30
Children’s Play Group Every
Tuesday from 10 - 11:30.
CFY R.E.A.L.M. - Every
Wednesday @ 7:00 unless
otherwise noted.
Pre-Teen Ministry—Every
Wednesday @ 6:30—Bldg C
Living Hope - Every Thursday
@ 7 PM Call Paul @
830-570-4301 for more info.
2nd Saturday Clean Up @ 8:00
Breakfast Provided
Men’s Fellowship Breakfast
Every 3rd Saturday
@ Stage Stop - 8:00 AM
Please Go To Our Website For
Times And More Information!
www.cowboyfellowship.org
Schedule
Of Events
October 2011
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SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
Discipleship Classes 6:30 PM
Play Group 10:00 AM
Share The Harvest 5:00 PM
CFY 7:00 PM
Living Hope 7:00
1
2 Services 10:45 AM Baptisms Potluck
Called To Love Tour Concert 6:00 PM
3
Discipleship Classes 6:30 PM
4 Play Group 10:00 AM
5 Share The Harvest 5:00 PM
CFY 7:00 PM
6
Living Hope 7:00
7
Men’s Fishing
Trip Calaveras
Lake
8
2nd Saturday Clean Up 8 AM
Men’s Fishing Trip Calaveras Lake
9
Services 10:45 Saddle Up After the service!
10
Discipleship
Classes 6:30 PM
11
Play Group 10:00 AM
12
Share The Harvest 5:00 PM
CFY 7:00 PM Pre-Teen Ministry
Meets 6:30
13
Living Hope 7:00
14
15 Men’s Fellowship Breakfast
16
Services 10:45
17
Discipleship Classes
18 Play Group 10:00 AM
19
Share The Harvest 5:00 PM
CFY 7:00 PM
Pre-Teen Ministry
Meets 6:30
20
Living Hope 7:00
21
22
23
Services 10:45
24
Discipleship Classes
25
26
Share The Harvest 5:00 PM
CFY 7:00 PM Pre-Teen Ministry
Meets 6:30
27
Helping Hands
10:30 AM
28 29
30 31
Fall
Festival
Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt,
that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
Colossians 4:6
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CAMO Holds Handgun Event
Cowboy Fellowship’s CAMO (Christian Alliance of Men Outdoors) ministry held a handgun competition at the Atascosa Gun Club on Saturday, Sept. 10th. 35 men partici-pated in 2 categories, Law Enforcement and Civilian, and 2 events. Spectators watched as the men competed in an accuracy competition and a timed event. The accuracy compe-tition consisted of 6 shots from 15 yards and the timed event was 15 still targets from 15 yards with 18 shots allowed. Legend Tack & Silver buckles were given to the winner from each category. The winner for the Law Enforcement was Pierce Ruple and for the Civilians Chuck Hannah took the prize. In the timed event several people hit 10 to 13 of the targets but Chuck hit all 15 with ammo left over! The men also enjoyed some great food provided by Larry Asbury and everyone reported they had a good time. CAMO would like to thank the Atascosa Gun Club for partnering with us to hold this event. CAMO is open to all men in the community. If you are interested in participating in future events such as fishing, golf, and archery tournaments, please contact Scotty Smith at [email protected]. Thanks to everyone who came out for this event and we look forward to seeing you at the next one!
Winners Pierce Ruple and Chuck Hannah
holding their Legend Tack and Silver Buckles
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Ministry Photos
The kitchen team
always has a cup of
coffee and a donut
ready for the
parking team!
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Ministry Updates
By Lay Pastor Michael Dickmann
This is long overdue. As a Lay Pastor over several ministries, I want to
write a little about them. Over the next several months I plan to highlight
each of these ministries in detail.
With over twenty-five ministries at Cowboy Fellowship, I have direct re-
sponsibility to seven of these ministries. These ministries and their lead-
ers are as follows: Clean Up – Rick Thayer, Connection Partners - Vacant,
Helping Hands – Liz Crabb, Kitchen – GiGi Manning, Matthew 25:35 –
Odis White, Parking – Bill Mangum and Share The Harvest – Ty Keeling.
God has blessed us with great leaders for each of these ministries and
they do a great job leading their teams. But, each ministry is a team and
that team is made up of volunteers of the congregation. In other words
YOU!
The leaders are only as strong as the volunteers that help out, and each
ministry team could use more help. Not just these seven teams but all the
ministry teams of the church. The more members on a team, the easier the
work is for everyone. With more members on a team each person may
only need to work once or twice a month. With as many people as we
have that attend each Sunday, I am surprised at the few that actually vol-
unteer. I know it is not possible for some and I believe for most it is be-
cause you do not really know what the ministries do. Please take time to
speak with the leaders of the ministry teams to find out what they actu-
ally do.
Search you hearts and pray about it, if the Lord so leads you, please con-
sider volunteering your time to one of the ministries of the church. On
the next page there is a listing of the various ministries at Cowboy Fellow-
ship. All could use more help and none of them are strenuous or time
consuming. You are working for the Lord and His house. Pray about it.
Michael Dickmann
Lay Pastor
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Team Name: Mission Resource Team
Contacts: Joy Hindes [email protected]
Team Name: Matthew 25:35
Contacts: Odis White [email protected]
Team Name: Media Ministry
Contacts: Barbara Dickmann [email protected]
Team Name: Kitchen Crew
Contacts: Gigi Manning [email protected]
Team Name: Cowboy Fellowship Youth (CFY)
Contacts: Tanner Butkay [email protected]
Team Name: Nursery
Contacts: Frankie Ellis [email protected]
Team Name: Play Group
Contacts: Stephanie Brown [email protected]
Team Name: Children's Church
Contacts: Adam Shelburne [email protected]
Team Name: EMS (Emergency Ministerial Services)
Contacts: Kevin Martin [email protected]
Team Name: Adult High School Diploma Program - Inactive at this time.
Contacts: - Sue Johnson [email protected]
Team Name: Music Ministry
Contacts: Lil' Roy Hindes [email protected]
Team Name: Clean Up
Contacts: Rick Thayer [email protected]
Team Name: Greeters
Contacts: Stuart Knowlton [email protected]
Team Name: Audio/Sound
Contacts: David Engberg [email protected]
Team Name: Video
Contacts: Bryan Crouch [email protected]
Team Name: Set Up
Contacts: Jackie Qualls [email protected]
Team Name: Restroom Clean Up
Contacts:(No leader at this time)
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Team Name: Connection Partners
Contacts: (No leader at this time)
Team Name: 2nd Saturday Clean Up
Contacts: Philip Yarbrough [email protected]
Team Name: Play Day
Contacts: Jennalea Hill [email protected]
Team Name: Roping
Contacts: (No leader at this time)
Team Name: Advertising
Contacts: Lynse Pawelek [email protected]
Team Name: Discipleship (Ministries within Ministry)
Contact for all Discipleship Ministries - Adam Shelburne [email protected]
Team Name: Discipleship Kids
Contacts: Christy Reed [email protected]
Team Name: ACOM (Atascosa County Outreach Ministry)
Contacts: (No leader at this time)
Team Name: Helping Hands
Contacts: Liz Crabb [email protected]
Team Name: CAMO
Contacts: (No leader at this time)
Team Name: Parking
Contacts: Bill Mangum (Please call the office if interested in joining this team)
Team Name: College Care
Contacts: Pam Hindes [email protected]
Team Name: Concessions
Contacts: Arch Stockton III [email protected]
Team Name: Prayer
Contacts: Brad Bradshaw [email protected]
Team Name: Share The Harvest
Contacts: Ty Keeling [email protected]
Team Name: Church Historian
Contacts: Phyllis Weatherston [email protected]
Team Name: Arena
Contacts: D.R. Powell [email protected]
PRAY FOR PASTOR RICHARD PRAY FOR VERNA AS SHE IS
HAGOOD & HIS WIFE LAURA. MINISTERING WITH MISSY OUR
THEY HAVE COMPLETED THE 4 YEAR OLD BEAGLE THAT SHE
LOA. STUDIES WITH THEIR TRAINED FOR MINISTERING TO
CONGREGATION AND ARE ALZHEIMER PATIENTS. PRAY START-
ING BOOK 1 OF THE 2:7 ALSO FOR AN OPENING TO THE
SERIES. PRAY THAT THIS WILL CHILDREN IN SCHOOL HAVING
HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT HERE PROBLEMS READING. THE USE
IN ATASCOSA COUNTY AND OF DOGS IN THIS MANNER IS A
THROUGH OUT TEXAS PROVEN AID TO CHILDREN.
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THE NAVIGATORS BOB AND VERNA BYRD PLEASANTON, TEXAS
ByrdTracks MINISTRY REPORT
OUR DISCIPLESHIP TEAM AT HOSANNA
PASTOR JUAN FLOREZ SPEAKING
GOD IS AT WORK IN THE HEARTS OF THE DISCIPLES. WE ARE STUDYING
BOOK 2 IN THE 2:7 SERIES AND OUR LAST SESSION ON EVANGELISM CHALLENGED US TO WORK ON DEVELOPING FRIEND-SHIPS WITH NEIGHBORS, WHERE WE WORK, EMPHASIZING BEING SALT AND LIGHT IN A WORLD OF DARKNESS. IT WAS APPARENT THIS CONCEPT OF RELATIONAL EVANGEL-ISM HIT HOME AND REVEALED NEEDS IN OUR OWN LIVES TO BE AUTHENTIC AND DEVELOP AREAS OF COMMON GROUND AS WE MODEL CHRIST.
PRAISE THE LORD
FOR ANSWERED PRAYER, EXTRA FUNDS TO ATTEND OUR STAFF CONFERENCE PLUS MINISTRY EXPENSES WERE MET. WE DO HAVE A DESIRE TO RECONNECT WITH OLD FRIENDS. PRAY
FOR A REFRESHING TIME.
JERRY LISHMAN GUEST SPEAKER
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The Navigators
of South Texas
Discipleship Ministries
WHO ARE THE NAVIGATORS?
We are an International Organization with over 4000 Staff ministering in 110 foreign coun-
tries. There are different entities in the organization, Military, Collegiate, African American,
Hispanic, Business and Professional, Metro Ministries which includes the Church Discipleship
Ministry of which I am a part. As part of CDM, my focus is to help local churches develop a
discipleship ministry that is reaching out to the community and seeing converts and disciples
being produced.
ATMOSPHERE OF OUR MINISTRY
“Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so, that whether I come
and see you or remain absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with
one mind, striving together for the faith of the gospel.” RECOGNIZING
CHRIST IS HEAD OF THE BODY
THE WORD OF GOD IS OUR AUTHORITY
OUR MISSION IS THE GREAT COMMISSION
EMPHASIS OF OUR MINISTRY
DEVELOPING SELF-FEEDING CHRISTIANS
DEMONSTRATING SPIRITUAL REPRODUCTION
COMMITMENT TO INTENTIONAL DISCIPLESHIP
MATERIALS & METHODS
LESSONS ON ASSURANCE
COLOSSIANS 2:7 SERIES
TOPICAL MEMORY SYSTEM
SMALL GROUPS
ONE ON ONE
SEMINARS
CONFERENCES BOB BYRD 830-281-2328 or 210-896-5525
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P.O. Box 68
Pleasanton, TX 78064
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