Reach Missouri / Reach Arkansas

The EFCA St. Louis/Eastern Missouri Ministry Community will take place on January 21st from 11:30 am-1:30 pm at St. Pauls EFC, 9801 Olive, St. Louis, MO  63141.  This will be a “working lunch” to facilitate a discussion of ways in which EFCA churches can work together to “multiply healthy churches among all people”.

Each pastor attending is asked to complete a 10-question survey on church planting – Click here to take survey

The Central District is hosting a meeting of EFCA pastors in Arkansas on Wednesday January 20th from 10:00 am – 1:45 pm. The gathering will take place at Petit Jean State Park, 1285 Petit Jean Mountain Road – Morrilton, AR 72110 / Phone: (501) 727-5441.

We will gather in the Arkansas Room for a meeting, and then adjourn to the Mather Lodge for lunch. All EFCA pastors, missionaries and church planters in Arkansas are invited to attend. The Central District will be represented by your hosts, Dr. Cal Swan (District Superintendent) and Richard Schumacher (Associate Superintendent/Church Planting Missionary).

On April 23-25, 2010 the EFCA Central District Women’s Ministry retreat will take place in Branson, Missouri.  If you have questions about the retreat, contact Virginia Ashpole at mark_and_va@yahoo.com or 314-729-1566 or refer to the retreat brochure:

EFCA Central District Women’s Retreat Brochure

First Free of Warrensburg is offering about 65 charis to a needy church plant or congregation. The chairs are 20+ years old but still servicable according to the church. No picture of the actual chairs is available, but they are similar to this internet picture (except the metal is silver tone). Contact me if you are interested.

First Evangelical Free Church will sponsor a children’s ministry training event on October 18, 2009 from 5:00-8:00 pm.  The church is at 1375 Carman Road, Manchester, MO  63021.  An RSVP is required – please refer to the full brochure available at the link below.

FEFC Children’s Ministry Training Brochure

St. Louis based Covenant Theological Seminary offers 20 free seminary classes through its Worldwide Classroom.  For a list of the classes and to register go to http://worldwide-classroom.com/courses/.

The 2009 Missouri-Arkansas Fall Retreat is coming on October 11-13 in Osage Beach, MO.  The hotel has asked us to release unneeded rooms.  To ensure you have a place to stay wil you please send in your registration form ASAP!  If you need the form, you can download it at the Retreat tab of this site.

On Sept. 17th, pastors, church planters and friends of the EFCA gathered for a program and luncheon focused on The Church and Israel.  The audio recordings of William Koenig and Dr. David Chapman are available at the Ministry Community tab of this site. Read the rest of this entry »

The St. Louis/Eastern Missouri Ministry Commuity program and luncheon focused on Engaging God’s Mission Regionally and Globally.  Links to the video and PowerPoint presentations that were used or referred to at the meeting can be found on the Ministry Commuity tab.  In addition to hearing from Richard Schumacher and Rick Burke, the 35 attendees were introduced to the EFCA missionaries currently candidating with Reach Global and SIM.  We also heard from a representative of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship about the upcoming Urbana ‘09 Student Missions Convention.  Again, links are under the Ministry Community tab.

Dear Pastors, Church Planters, Ministry Leaders, Seminarians, Friends of the EFCA and Spouses:

Please mark your calendars and plan to join us October 11-13 for the EFCA Missouri-Arkansas Fall Retreat in Osage Beach, Missouri.  The retreat will begin with an informal dinner Sunday evening, and will conclude midday Tuesday.  This year, our Read the rest of this entry »