ECC-Evangelical Covenant Church
Wonder and Awe: Connection
This fall, ECC is launching LifeGroups as a key component in our spiritual growth and in our life together as sisters and brothers in Christ. We will be looking at Acts 2.42-47 and other passages as we explore the nature of transformation at the intersection of intentionality, connection, and community. Join us! We worship together each Sunday morning at 10:30am on YouTube, on our Worship page (ecclife.net/worship), or in person.
Locations & Times
Evangelical Covenant Church
3600 S 9th St, Lafayette, IN 47909, USA
Sunday 10:30 AM
Downloadable Bulletin
https://ecclife.nucleus.church/download/d3ddbcd507c5941af0aeadea6eaba077c42dbb01.pdf
Communication Card
Let us know you attended today's service! You can also sign up for newsletters or prayer. https://ecclife.net/commcard
How to Connect at ECC
Click below to explore many opportunities get connected.<br>https://www.ecclife.net/connect
Adult Christian Formation
Sunday mornings at 9:00am in person in the Great Room. The Adult Sunday School Class is starting a new 8 week study titled "Is the Bible REALLY the word of God" this Sunday.
LifeGroups
Our LifeGroups page is up and running. You can go there now to read about what LifeGroups are, to sign up to express your interest in taking part in a LifeGroup this fall, OR--and this is important--to let us know if you are currently part of a small group that could become a LifeGroup in the fall.<br>https://ecclife.net/lifegroups
CHOSEN: A World Vision Event
ECC currently sponsors 114 children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) through Covenant Kids Congo powered by World Vision. We'd love to add many more children to that list later this month. On Sunday, August 28, we will host CHOSEN, a World Vision event inviting us to prayerfully consider sponsoring a child in the Congo for $40 a month. Plus, in the past, we have been given pictures of children whom we chose. This time, however, the children of the Congo will choose us! We invite you to partner with World Vision to support comprehensive and sustainable development that is already leading to holistic transformation for children and their families in the Congo.
Youth
<b>Ice Cream Night:</b> Students entering 6th-12th grade (and their families) are invited to join us for ice cream on Thursday night, August 25, from 6:30-8:00pm. We’ll be at Budges in Lafayette. Come and have an ice cream treat on us!
Landscape Adoption
If you enjoy making outdoor areas look beautiful, we would love your help. ECC has several landscaped areas that are maintained by ECC attenders. If you are interested in adopting one or more of these landscape areas, please email Pastor Kurt for more information.<br>kkincanon@ecclife.net
Moving Up
Incoming 1st graders are welcome to join our older Kids Out Loud group, beginning this Sunday! We know that students have started or will be starting school, so we’re excited to have our 1st grade students join their families in worship, and then head to the Life Center for a kids class mid-way through our worship service. If you have a 3-year-old who is ready to join the preschool group, we’d love to have your student move up as well!
Landscape Work Day
ECC needs your help cleaning up our campus! We have scheduled our Landscape Work Day for August 27 starting at 8:00am. We will be tidying up around ECC. Please sign up below if you can help out!<br>https://ecclife.net/landscape
MOPS and MOMSNext Open House
The MOPS and MOMSNext group at ECC will host an open house on Tuesday, August 23, in the Great Room from 9:30-11:00 am. Expectant mothers and mothers of children of all ages are invited to come meet the MOPS team and learn more about our ministry. MOPS and MOMSNext is open to any mom in the community, so we encourage you to invite neighbors and friends who might be looking for a place to connect!
Purdue International IFP
In a few short weeks, 2,200 new international students will join Purdue’s campus. If you have a heart to make a student feel welcome in our country, Purdue International Friendship Program is looking for host families, singles, and couples to participate! Hosts meet monthly with their students for friendship and conversation during the semester. They will have a fall mixer on Wednesday, August 31 at 7pm to meet the students. Sign up today at https://www.purdue.edu/ippu/apps/ifp/Hosts/HostSignupLogin!
Community Picnic
Join us on Sunday, August 28, after the worship service for a Community Picnic! We’ll have lunch, a corn hole tournament, pony rides, shaved ice, and fun for everyone. This event is free and open to our whole community. We encourage you to invite your friends and neighbors! RSVP here: https://ecclife.net/community-picnic-2022.
Women's Ministry
Join us at one or more of the options below!<br>• <b>Kingdom Encounters:</b> Join us for a celebration among women of our Living God in song, scripture, and stories. We will gather on August 20 from 9:30 - 11:30am for food, fellowship, worship and testimonies! Advance registration is greatly appreciated:https://ecclife.net/kingdom-encounters.<br><b>• Women’s NET: </b>Join the ECC NET community and Kelly Minter in this 7-session Bible study as we unpack the biblical foundation for practices that lead to a vibrant spiritual life along with approachable ways to practice sacred habits like prayer, study, worship, rest, simplicity, generosity, celebration, and many more. You can get more information and register here: https://ecclife.net/netampm.<br><b>• Women’s Retreat:</b> Ladies, this year, our Women’s retreat will move to the second weekend of November. Mark your calendars for November 11-13 and watch for more information to come soon.
Men's Ministry
• <b>Wednesday Morning Men's Fellowship:</b> Men, please join us each week at 6:30am. The ECC Wednesday Morning Men’s group starting a new study using the book Vanishing Grace by Philip Yancey. This group is currently meeting via Zoom. For an invite, please email Ken Ritchey. (mailto:kritchey@tds.net) We'd love to see you there!<br><b>• Wednesday Evening Study: </b>Pastor Kurt’s weekly study will be restarting next week, August 24, 6:30pm.<br><b>• Men's Monthly Meal:</b> Men of ECC, join us for our monthly meal on August 15 at 6:30pm at Teays River (3000 S 9th St) for good food and conversation
Assistant to Financial Secretary
ECC is looking for someone to serve in an “as needed” volunteer position to assist our Financial Secretary with receipt counting. The volunteer would assist our volunteer Financial Secretary with the counting process and serve as a backup for the position at various times throughout the year. Please contact Pastor Kurt at the church office or ecc@ecclife.net with questions or to express your interest.
Missions Lunch
We are delighted to announce that the luncheon with our friends in mission, Travis and Sharon from West Asia, has been rescheduled for today at 12:00pm. They will be sharing a more detailed update on their mission experiences.
Giving Online
You can give your offerings here. You can also give to special areas by commenting in the memo line. https://ecclife.net/giving
August 14, 2022
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
Pastor Stacey Littlefield
If you had 6 Lego bricks, each measuring 2x4 dots, how many different combinations of those bricks could you possibly make of those 6 bricks? Write your estimate below (Googling is cheating!)
Has the practice of "connecting with God" been a part of your life? If so, in what ways do you best "connect" with God?
If such things are new to you, what do you think of when you hear that phrase?
Re-read the Apostle Paul's words in Philippians 3.4-6, below. What reasons do we Christians sometimes have for placing "our confidence in the flesh", in our own abilities and "righteousness"?
Philippians 4.4-6
If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless.
What do you think the Apostle Paul means when he speaks of his desire to "gain Christ" (Philippians 3.7-11)? What might that look like, practically speaking? For Paul? Or for you?
I pray for the following grace: to know Jesus more intimately, to love him more intensely, and to follow him more closely.
What Are Life Groups?
Follow the link below to read a one-page definition of LifeGroups.
https://ecclife.nucleus.church/download/df2b1251b8f60f13070ec136bb3ca6c01864c182.pdfLifeGroups Interest Portal
If you are currently in a small group at ECC that could become a LifeGroup, or if you are interested in joining a LifeGroup this fall, follow the link below, let us know your preferences, and hit the "submit" button when you're done.
https://al60uw2t8dh.typeform.com/to/uSVeiBEPDeeper Water: Eyes on the Prize
In October of last year, Pastor Stacey preached on Philippians 3 in more depth. Follow the link below if you would like to listen to or watch that sermon/service.
https://ecclife.net/media/playlist/deeper-water/deeper-water-eyes-on-the-prizeGrant to us, Lord, we pray, the spirit to think and do always those things that are right, that we, who cannot exist without you, may by you be enabled to live according to your will; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.