Wednesday Night November 23rd @ 7pm

An Evening of Praise and Worship with a time of Thanksgiving.

You don’t want to miss this unique time together!

THE UNOPENED GIFT Featuring Guest Speaker and 

“Writer of “Aunt Tracey’s Walk” on Facebook”

What Is It?  Essential Women presents an evening of encouragement for women as they fellowship with one another through fun, food and worship.  “Aunt Tracey”, Will Norton’s Aunt from Joplin, Missouri Tornado Tragedy will share an inspirational look at finding God’s hope in suffering.

When & Where Is It?  Friday, December 2 from 6:30PM – 9:00PM here at Essential Church!!

Who Is It For?  This is a special event just for women.  Feel free to ask a friend(s) to attend.

How Much Does It Cost?  Tickets are $10 each and can be purchased on Sunday mornings in the Foyer.  They can also be purchased online through the Essential Church website. click here

What Is Included?  Dinner and dessert will be served.

No Child Care 

What’s happening at Essential

Christmas Eve Service – An Unexpected Christmas
Our Sunday, December 25 service has been moved to Saturday, December 24.  Service times will be 2, 4 & 6 pm.  Childcare for birth—4 years old will be provided at the 2pm & 4 pm services. Tickets are available today at the Greet Center for all 3 Christmas Eve Services to ensure adequate seating.

Essential Cafe
We have service opportunities in our Cafe.  From 8 – 9:30 we need helpers to brew coffee, heat water, heat cocoa, and cider.   Food needs to be put out, and also need to make sure all cups, sugars, etc are stocked.

At 9:30 a volunteer needs to make sure there is food and drink available for the 2nd service attenders.

At 11 pm the cafe is cleaned up.

We ask that you help in the cafe once a month.

Contact Laura Wayland at laura_wayland@yahoo.com to sign up or for more information.

Children’s Ministry
We always have positions available for volunteers in our classes for birth – 5th grade, 1st or 2nd service.  A background check is performed on all volunteers in our children’s ministry.  We ask that you work once a month in the Children’s Ministry.  If you would like to find out more about working with our children, contact Sherry Brunner at sherry@essentialchurch.tv.

Sometimes it takes courage to be a man. Sometimes it takes courage to choose to do what’s right:at work . . . at home . . . even at church.

Come and spend a weekend outdoors camping, shooting, and discussing the new movie Courageous which comes out Sept 30th. (view the trailer at bottom)  This means that you need to go see the movie Courageous before you come to the camp out.

Details

Date: Friday, October 7 through Saturday, October 8th.
Location: 797 Manning Bridge Road, Suffolk.  Click here  for a map.
Time: Begins Friday evening  & concludes Saturday at 10 pm
Cost: $20 includes meals & skeet shooting
What to bring: It is a camp out… Bring camping stuff: Comfortable clothing, sleeping bag, pillow, gun (bring your own ammo), tent (if you have one), bug spray, and what ever else you need for a night in the wilderness!
Activities: Yes, bring a gun if you want, there’s a firing range at the campground as well as a place for skeet shooting.
Hunting: The camp out will be during bow hunting season.  There’s enough places on the property where we are camping for 10 guys to go hunting Friday afternoon (First come, First serve, so get your registration in).  You’ll need to show up between 4-5:30pm on that Friday to get set up.  If you are interested hunting, there will be a meeting at 10:30am (in between 1st and 2nd services) on October 2nd with the property owner.

Schedule

FRIDAY
5-7pm: Arrive and Set Up Tents
7-8pm: Dinner: Wild Game Soup & Chili
8pm: Campfire Discussion

SATURDAY
Morning: Breakfast & Campfire Discussion
Afternoon: Lunch, Skeet Shooting, Target Shooting
Evening: Dinner & Campfire Discussion
10pm: Return home a changed man

Are You Ready for some Football?
 

Whether you’re an armchair quarterback or a weekend warrior, Essential Church’s Coed Flag Football is for you!  Join dozens of EC football fans for some great  gridiron fun.

The  2011 Coed Flag Football league will be played on Saturday mornings beginning September 24th at 10am.  All games will be played at Essential Church. 4020 Ware Neck Drive.

These are pick up games. No teams! Just show up and play.
Bring some water, a pair of cleats, a light and a dark shirt, a great attitude, and your “A” game.
 

I am so excited to announce that Essential Student Ministries will be going to Knoxville, TN from July 24th – July 30th to participate in Operation Backyard.

Operation Backyard provides free home repair services for low-income homeowners. Youth teams with adult supervision provide work, so everyone benefits. Volunteers experience the reward of helping those less fortunate, and find they have been ministered to as well. The entire community grows closer and stronger in the process.

The plans for the mission trip are to leave from the church Sunday July 24th by 9am and arrive in Knoxville later that evening.. Spend three and a half days working hard with Operation Backyard, followed by a day and a half of relaxation and fun at Bear Ridge. We are trying to lock in a project that we can complete Thursday morning so we can enjoy Bear Ridge Thursday Evening and all day Friday.We will leave Bear Ridge early on Saturday July 30th and return to the church that evening to unload.

While we are in Knoxville working with Operations Backyard (901 East Summit Hill Drive | Knoxville TN 37915| Phone: 865-524-2774), we will be spending our nights sleeping at Central United Methodist Church in Knoxville (201 East Third Avenue | Knoxville, Tennessee 37917| Phone (865) 524-1659). The church has one floor of bunks for boys and one floor of bunks for girls. They also have a fully functioning and stocked kitchen where we will prepare our meals.

We will have two women chaperones (Jaime Borland and Rachel Yurko) and two Men chaperones (Pastor Bobby Brown and Mark Patton). We will also have one additional chaperone that is responsible for shopping for and preparing our food.
Check out Operation Backyard

If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact me by phone at 740-225-3059 or by email at bobby@essentialchurch.tv

The cost per student will be $250.

We all have a mission! In Matthew 28:19, Jesus commands us to “GO and make disciples” and that is exactly what we are going to do.

The Application and a $50 deposit is due by Sunday May 22, 2011. The remaining $200 is due by Sunday June 26, 2011.

Click here to download the Application and Release Forms.

Click Here to Pay online.

Operation Backyard

I am so excited to announce that Essential Student Ministries will be going to Knoxville, TN from July 24th – July 30th to participate in Operation Backyard.

Operation Backyard provides free home repair services for low-income homeowners. Youth teams with adult supervision provide work, so everyone benefits. Volunteers experience the reward of helping those less fortunate, and find they have been ministered to as well. The entire community grows closer and stronger in the process.  After four days of hard work, we will spend a couple of days at Bear Ridge for some much needed rest and relaxation. More details to come!

The cost per student will be $250.

We all have a mission! In Matthew 28:19, Jesus commands us to “GO and make disciples” and that is exactly what we are going to do.

Bear Ridge