Thursday August 16th

Greetings Praise Community Fellowship Family

My fingers are sore from playing the new guitar, but it is a real good soreness!  Thank you. I am still in complete awe and so blessed to have received such a fine instrument. It plays beautifully and it is truly a work of art.

Eden Band had rehearsal last night in the sanctuary to prepare for the service coming up on the 26th of August at 6:30, we dug out some of our old tunes from long ago and it is going to be a very special service. There are a couple songs that haven't been played in probably over 12 years maybe longer, wow we are getting old!

The sermon topic on the 26th will be, "Step Back, Take a Look at Your Life!"   I guess that gives some of you a clue as to one of the songs that will be played.  Our little church is really feeling like home to me, I hope all of you are feeling the same. Praise Community Fellowship is continuing to meet with the Esic Baptist congregation to look at our potential future together.

Personally, I see a lot of opportunities developing for us to share in Sunday morning Sunday school, Sunday morning worship, and of course continuing with our Sunday evening services on the 2nd and 4th Sundays. We will be updating everyone about all these other opportunities as they unfold but in the mean time we are invited to participate in The Esic Baptist services on Sunday mornings at 10:00 am. and they are inviting us with complete love and open arms.

Since pastor Barry Harris has retired as the pastor of Esic Baptist, I have volunteered to be a fill in pastor as needed at their services. I will keep you posted as I learn more about that opportunity.

What I hope everyone who is associated with Praise Community Fellowship understands is, God has put us here in this place, in this time, in these circumstances for a reason. The ultimate reason is always to further His mission on this earth.  We have one responsibility at this junction and that is to continue to pray for God to lead us as to what His will is for this church. In the mean time we will continue to meet, love one another, forgive one another, sing, worship, serve, and be grateful for all that He has already done for us in such a short period of time.

I do hope you mark your calendars and plan to join us on the 26th because I promise it is going to be a very special Sunday. I hope to see all of you then.

PS Music will always be a large part of who we are. God has a plan for you!  Sincerely, and with love,  Kent Schuette  618-334-3575

Monday August 13th

I am blessed and humbled by your generosity!

I am still recouping from the big surprise last night. Wow, what a surprise. To everyone another huge thank you. I have been getting to know my new and fabulous gift this afternoon. It is almost too pretty to play. It sounds amazing.  For those of you who may not know, I am talking about a wonderful birthday gift of a new guitar given by the members of Praise Community Fellowship. It was a surprise that will last my lifetime. Thank you Wilma Jean for the delicious apple pie, what a treat!  I am a very blessed man.

My dream is simple. I want to serve the lord as your pastor. I know that I was put here in this place in this time for this purpose, that I have no doubt. I promise to always do my best to bring meaningful worship to our services. I know I have a lot to learn. Please be patient with me. Every week I critique myself very critically about what I need to do to improve, to make my self clearer, more interesting, more uplifting, but most of all I rely on the Holy Spirit to help me.

My goal is to help bring people into a relationship with Jesus. A relationship that is so real that no matter what one is facing they will know that it is going to be OK. A relationship that removes doubt and fear from peoples lives.  That relationship is possible and real. You don't need me to have such a relationship but if I can be of assistance then I too will be blessed.

So what is on the horizon?  
Raise the Praise Rehearsal starts soon.
Our next service will be on August 26th at 6:30. Eden Band will be providing the worship music.
I look forward to seeing you then.  

God really does have a plan for your life!     Love, Kent

Bluegrass Sunday

Just a reminder, this coming Sunday, August 12th at 6:30 Praise Community Fellowship will be meeting for a wonderful fun filled, good old fashioned Bluegrass Music Sunday. This will also be a communion service. We had a great time at practice tonight, Jack and the girls are wonderful. Come and join us for great fellowship, music, message and communion.   God has a plan for you!  Sincerely, Kent

REMINDER:  We will NOT have service this Sunday. We will meet next Sunday August the 12th. This will be a communion Sunday and we will be starting at 6:30 pm so mark your calendars.

We will be enjoying a bluegrass Sunday with music provided by Jack Tweston and friends. I hope you can come and be a part of this wonderful family of friends. There will be pickin and grinnin  and some real foot stomping gospel music going on.

My  sermon is going to tackle a few tough questions that come up when you read some of the old testament like why did God tell Joshua to go and destroy the inhabitants of the promise land and how in the world can that relate to us today?  Part of the message will cover the salvation message so it would be a good Sunday to bring in friends and family who may need a little "Hope" in their lives. I promise it won't be a Downer message but a message that may change the way you look and think about things in this life.

Then on August 26th I am going to have a very special surprise during the service. It has to do with a special guest and a special message, thats all I am saying for now. 

Hope to see everyone next Sunday at 6:30. Be blessed.  Love, Kent

Monday July 23rd

Good morning everyone,

Announcements:   Our next service will be August 12th!   Please note that the service will begin at 6:30!  We are starting a half hour sooner so those who have children can get home a little sooner with school starting. We will continue with the 6:30 start time for the remainder of the year. Please check our website calendar to stay up on service dates and times.

I want to comment on the sermon I gave last night. I was approached by several people who said that I kind of left them hanging on some of the points I made about the book of Joshua. First I would recommend that all of you take the time over the next two weeks before we meet again to read the book of Joshua. For those of you who missed last night you can hear the sermon on line on our website at www.praisecommunityfellowship.com.  I will cover the points of why God told Joshua to destroy the inhabitants of the promised land in my next sermon. If you have a friend or anyone who wants to understand the salvation plan that God has for us, this would be a good service to attend. Our next service will also be a communion service.

I want to thank everyone who continue to invite friends and family. It seems every week we have a handful of new faces. Remember, we are not trying to replace any ones home church, we are just offering another choice for Sunday evening worship in a very relaxed, informal atmosphere. We do not ask anyone to become a member. If you show up we consider you part of our family. There are no memberships. We just want to be a place of love, peace and hope for all.

Music notes:  Our next service will be featuring a bluegrass country style music with Jack and friends. This should be a fun musical evening.

Praise Community Fellowship's future success as a place where people come to find love and a closer fellowship with God relies on all of us to be welcoming, caring, and most important praying people. We can only do the work of God if God is our leader. He can only be our leader if we stay in a close relationship with Him. We cannot do it by our own design. 

Please contact me or one of the board members if you have a special need. We are here for you. 

If you have not signed up for our blog yet, please do so at our website. That way you will be sure to get all the newsletters that we send out. If you have friends or family that want to know about our church, please end them a link to our website at www.praisecommunityfellowship.com. 

Hope to see you all soon. Love Kent         For special needs call me at 618-334-3575

July 9th 2012

We enjoyed another wonderful fellowship service last night. I saw more new faces which means word is getting out about our amazing family. Bonni and I were talking after last nights service and discussed what a house full of people we will have when everyone shows up. What a wonderful problem to look forward to.

If someone asked me to describe our fellowship family I would say Happy and Enthusiastic! As Rusty Burian said last night during announcements, what was once just a dream is now growing into something amazing. I will continue to pray for Gods guidance as we walk into the future so that we can  fulfill the work that God has set us part to accomplish.

It is my hope and goal  that when a visitor leaves one of our services they walk away feeling happy and uplifted, loved and welcome, and have a desire to seek a closer relationship with our awesome God. I wold ask everyone to help me make sure this happens for everyone who comes to one of our services.

Our current missions:
We are currently collecting food for the food pantry.
Please see our 'Wish List" for Beverly Farm" on our web page look under missions.
We are supporting "The Shoe Man" by collecting wearable shoes that are then sold and the money is used to drill water wells in Africa.

Our Website. If you have not yet signed up for our newsletter, please do so by going to our website at www.praisecommunityfellowship.com and go to blog to sign up.

The next service, Sunday July 22nd, I will be attempting to answer the the questions,"Is God a kind, loving compassionate God, or a vengeful God of judgement?" and "Why doesn't God let everyone into heaven?"

I would like to have any questions that you may have about the bible or life issues that I could use to work into my future sermons. I want to make our services as relevant as possible to life today. You can submit them to me by email at bon-kens@hotmail.com  or you can call me on my cell at 618-334-3575.

If you have any other needs, prayer requests, would like me to visit someone in the hospital or at home you can submit these requests through the website or call me on my cell phone.

You have a very important choice to make each day you wake up. You can take on the day and all of its challenges, responsibilities, and choices on alone, or you can turn everything over to God and allow Him to be in control of everything. My suggestion is to give it all to God and take the load off of your shoulders. It can be done with a simple prayer as long as you are sincere. Just pray, "God I want you to be in control of everything today. I want to give you full reign over every aspect of my life. I am tired of worrying, struggling, and carrying all of my burdens. I need your help. I need your peace. Thank you for your Son Jesus who died for my sins. I accept the sacrifice He made for me which allows me to come boldly before you and make these requests. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.

Till we meet next time.  Love Kent

Praise Community Fellowship Newsletter

Welcome to our new Newsletter format. Thanks Amber for all of your hard work.
This Sunday will be a communion Sunday. The title of this Sundays sermon is "Where is God?"  A question that has been asked through the ages. Sometimes the answer can be quite surprising.

Bonni has put together some wonderful music and will be featuring, Anna Harris, Liz Ahrens, Christy Hurst, and Bonni.

I hope you all can join us this Sunday at 7:00 for a time of worship, fellowship, and communion.

Please keep the following people in your prayers:

Butch Peterson, recovering from heart surgery.
Steve Klingel recovering from shoulder surgery.
Patty Gabel recovering from surgery complications and her son Ben also recovering from surgery.

We are a congregation of unique, loving, forgiving, non-judgmental people who wish to connect with God and His mission for us individually and as a congregation. We encourage everyone to invite people to come to our unique church, to experience love, joy, acceptance and a renewed hope in the reality of God.

I look forward to seeing everyone Sunday, sincerely and with love, Kent