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Mar 04, 2010 Financial Peace University-Dave Ramsey Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University Whether you are in debt up to your eyeballs or you’re completely debt free already, Financial Peace University will teach you to beat debt and build wealth, how and where to save and invest, how to plan for retirement and much more. This class will walk you through the process step by step and show you how to get there no matter where you are right now. · Classes at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church – Faith and Life Center; 8300 C Avenue N.E., · Classes meet weekly and will start March 4th at 7:00 p.m. and conclude June 3rd, with a break on Thursday, April 1st. · · For more information, call St. Mark’s at 447-0100 or email goodsense@faith-life.org. Tell a Friend Mar 05, 2010 Habitat for Humanity Auction and Dinner Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity 11th Annual Spring Benefit Auction and Dinner Friday, March 5, 2010 Slife Ballroom in the Commons at University of Northern Iowa 23rd & Campus Street, Cedar Falls, Iowa 6:00 P.M. Silent Auction 7:00 P.M. Dinner 8:00 P.M. Live Auction Gary Kroeger, Celebrity Auctioneer Ron Steele, Master of Ceremonies Limited Seating by Reservation Only R.S.V.P. by February 19, 2010 319-235-9946 or volunteer@heartlandhfh.org Tell a Friend Mar 05, 2010 Come Rest Encounter MARCH REGIONAL COME REST ENCOUNTER!! March 5th 6:30-9:30pm and March 6th 9am-4pm River Of Life 3801 Blairs Ferry Rd Cedar Rapids, IA “THE YEAR OF SWEET RELEASE!” AN OVERWHELMING WAVE OF THE LORD’S PRESENCE IS INCREASING THROUGH THOSE WHO “REST ON HIS CHEST” LED BY DICK AND KIM SPEIGHT WITH STEVE RUSSELL OF FAITH OUTREACH MINISTRIES “TASTE AND SEE THAT THE LORD IS GOOD!” PSALM 34:8& Free Will Offering. Register at door. Free childcare. Tell a Friend Mar 06, 2010 Feeding Your Faith Cabin Fever? Winter Blues? Looking for something to give you a lift? Then “Feeding Your Faith” is the place for you. This concert/dinner event will be March 6, 2010 at Benton Community High School. Christian Recording Artist Jennie Williamson of Arison Records from Nashville , Tennessee will perform a concert at 4:30pm featuring music from Arison’s God is Great Children’s Music Series as well as their Arise in Song Hymns Collection. Following the concert, dinner will include soups, potato bar, dessert and beverages. A free will offering will be collected at the event with proceeds going to benefit Central Lutheran School in Newhall, Iowa. Check out our event website at www.arisonrecords.com/concerts for a preview of the wonderful music that will be shared at this event. It is sure to “Feed Your Faith.” jeffrey_williamson@yahoo.com 513 B Ave. Atkins, IA 52206 (319) 446-7051 http://www.arisonrecords.com/concerts Tell a Friend Mar 06, 2010 Educating for Eternity Please join us in this celebration of Christian education sponsored by Heritage Christian School. This year’s EFE event, located at the newly renovated Sheraton Iowa City Hotel, begins with a Dessert Reception at 6 PM. The main event, featuring Christian comedian Ken Davis, begins at 7 PM. Date:Saturday, March 6, 2010 Time:6:00pm - 9:00pm Location:Sheraton Iowa City Hotel 210 S Dubuque St. Iowa City, IA This is a ticketed event. Please visit the website for more information. http://hcs-nl.com Tell a Friend Mar 06, 2010 Women of Hope Retreat Hear inspirational messages of hope for every journey in life, biblical insight on facing your fears and how God is crazy about you. Ticket includes lunch, silent auction, exhibits, free chair massages and entertainment from Acts of Worship and Dancers Against Cancer. Special guest speakers from Proverbs 31 Ministries: Micca Campbell, Lynn Cowell, and Cheri Keaggy Saturday, March 6, 2010 9am-4pm Hallagan Education Center at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids Tickets are available at Lemstone Parable in Cedar Rapids, by calling 319-329-1794 or by emailing rsmith@basketofhope.org Tell a Friend Mar 06, 2010 Dance for Life On Saturday, March 6th, from 7 pm-11pm, the 21st annual "Dance for Life" will be held at the Knights of Columbus Bldg. at 5650 Kacena Ave. in Marion, Iowa. All proceeds will benefit Birthright of Cedar Rapids, a non-profit pregnancy crisis center. We offer FREE pregnancy tests, maternity clothes, baby welcome baskets. The Dance will include free refreshments, door prizes, entertainment, and a silent auction. For more information please email birthrightcr@inavia.net. Tell a Friend Mar 07, 2010 Cheri Keaggy concert Dove award winning artist Cheri Keaggy will be in concert Sunday, March 7, 10:00 am at Cedar Rapids Family Church. Freewill offering to be taken. Cedar Rapids Family Church 5335 Midway Dr. NW Cedar Rapids, IA 52405 For more information call the church office, (319) 366-0755, or visit them online at www.crfamily.org. http://www.crfamily.org Tell a Friend Mar 12, 2010 Women of Faith-Des Moines-March 12-13 God is not stingy. He does not weigh out his love for us grain by grain; he doesn't squeeze out forgiveness one tiny drop at a time. Not our God—he pours out mercy in a flood. He loves us more than we know. He gives us more than we can ask or dream. He's unrestrained. excessive. outrageous. Over the Top. Women of Faith conference in Des Moines, IA March 12-13, 2010 Veterans Memorial Auditorium Des Moines, IA Friday 10:00am-3:30pm & 7:00pm-9:30pm Saturday 9:00am-4:00pm Speakers, musical guests and drama including: Marilyn Meberg, Anita Renfroe, Patsy Clairmont, Lisa Welchel, Sandi Patty, Mandisa, Steven Curtis and Mary Beth Chapman, Nicole Johnson, and Andy Andrews. Visit the website for more information and registration details. http://www.womenoffaith.com Tell a Friend Mar 15, 2010 Angel Food Ministries Angel Food Ministries is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing grocery relief to families throughout the U.S. This ministry is based out of Monroe, GA and serves about 500,000 families each month and is the largest food ministry of its kind in the country. It works through local church and non-profit host sites, which take the prepaid orders and then help to distribute the food on distribution day. Angel Food Ministries, in return, donates $1 per regular unit to the host site's benevolence fund. Customers receive about $70 worth of quality restaurant grade food for just $30 - this includes fresh meat and fresh vegetables as well as staple items one $30 unit would feed a family of four for about one week or a senior citizen for one month THERE ARE NO REQUIREMENTS! Anyone can participate in this and purchase as many units as they wish. EBT food stamps are accepted. This takes place once a month and the menu changes monthly Additional specials are available, as well as a 'convenience' box that is great for those that live alone. This is a great way for families to stretch their grocery dollars and not sacrifice quality. There are several host sites and a large number of people that could take advantage of Angel Food Ministries. You can view the current menu at: http://www.angelfoodministries.com/menu_0902en.asp http://www.angelfoodministries.com Tell a Friend Mar 15, 2010 Foster parent training Iowa KidsNet to hold orientation in Waterloo. Iowa KidsNet, the statewide organization that recruits, trains, licenses and supports Iowa’s foster and adoptive families, will hold an orientation in Waterloo on February 2nd for individuals interested in becoming foster or adoptive parents. Foster care is the temporary placement of children with families outside of their own home due to abuse, neglect or other family crisis situations. The goal is for loving families to provide children with a safe, stable and nurturing environment. There is no typical foster family—foster families can be single, married, homeowners or renters and can come from all racial, ethnic and religious backgrounds. Orientations are informational sessions that give attendees a basic overview of the process involved in foster care and adoption and an understanding of the characteristics of children in the child welfare system. There is no obligation to continue in the process by attending an orientation. With over 4,000 Iowa children needing a foster home on any given day, there is a large need for foster and adoptive parents. To register for an upcoming orientation session or to learn more, call Iowa KidsNet at 1.800.243.0756 or visit www.iowakidsnet.com. Iowa KidsNet is a statewide collaboration of agencies that utilizes a unique, cohesive approach to provide recruitment, training, licensing and continued support to individuals who wish to become foster and adoptive parents. Iowa KidsNet is a partnership of six Iowa social service agencies, including Four Oaks, Boys and Girls Home and Family Services, Children’s Square USA/Child Connect, Family Resources, Lutheran Services in Iowa and Quakerdale. Since all participants must be registered to attend, families will be given the time and location of orientation when registering for the session. http://www.iowakidsnet.com Tell a Friend Mar 18, 2010 Spirit Skate Night Skate nights will be held at Super Skate 5100 Northland Ave NE Cedar Rapids, IA 52402 March 18th 6:30-8:30 $5 skate rental fee. Bring a Non-perishable food item to donate to an area food bank. Tell a Friend Mar 19, 2010 Women's Seminar in Dubuque Women’s Bible Studies of Dubuque is offering a women’s seminar on March 19-20. The speaker is Helen Ebert and her topic is “Learning to be Content” based on Philippians 4:11. The Seminar begins at 6:30pm on Friday, March 19 and continues Saturday from 8:30am-3:40pm. Location is the Emmaus Bible College Marble Chapel, 2570 Asbury Road, Dubuque, IA. Cost is $30.00. Lunch will not be provided, but many restaurants are nearby. Call Ann Riley at 563-582-3372 or Carol Daughters at 563-581-1755 to register or for more information. Tell a Friend Mar 20, 2010 SHARE Iowa SHARE is a nonprofit community building organization, offering a nutritious food package of fresh fruit and veggies & frozen meat to anyone for $18.00 for a Regular Package and 2 hours of volunteer service in your community. This is not a government-sponsored program. How Does It Work? By Pooling thousands of dollars across the nation, a professional purchasing staff buys the food from growers, manufacturers, and producers at wholesale prices and passes the savings on to participants. Volunteers distribute the food through a network of Host Organizations throughout Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri. Who Participates? SHARE is unique because it includes everyone. People become involved with SHARE to save money and because they enjoy helping others. How Do I Sign Up For A SHARE Package? Call SHARE Iowa at 1-800-344-1104 or visit our website @ www.shareiowa.com http://www.shareiowa.com Tell a Friend Mar 28, 2010 Knights for Christ Knights for Christ Monthly Meeting CMA Event Date: January 24 Location: Bonanza, 16th Ave SW Cedar Rapids, Iowa Contact: Roger Bush at 319-530-3846 bushtroger@yahoo.com Food and fellowship 1 - 2 pm, meeting 2 - 3 pm. All are welcome! Tell a Friend Apr 02, 2010 Good Friday Prayer Breakfast The Good Friday Prayer Breakfast will be held from 7am-9am on April 2, 2010. Visit the website for more information and updates. http://www.goodfridayprayerbreakfast.org Tell a Friend Apr 03, 2010 Eggstravaganza Eggstravaganza is a free Easter event that is open to the community. Children 2 years old through the 6th grade are invited to join us for a children’s program with door prizes followed by an Egg Scramble. (Kids will be divided by age group for the egg scramble.) Saturday April 3rd 10am – 11am First Assembly of God 3233 Blairs Ferry Road NE Cedar Rapids, IA 52402 319-393-6353 Call or visit the website for more details. http://www.lovethischurch.com Tell a Friend Apr 09, 2010 Isaac Newton Annual Banquet The Isaac Newton Annual Banquet featuring Josh McDowell will be held at the Collins Rd. Marriott in Cedar Rapids. Visit the website for more information and updates. http://www.incaonline.org Tell a Friend Apr 10, 2010 Josh McDowell Seminar Josh McDowell will be presenting a three part parenting seminar hosted by Isaac Newton Christian Academy. Josh McDowell - The 411 on Parenting: How to Positively Influence Your Children and Grandchildren Saturday, April 10, 6:15 - 9:00 pm at St. Mark's Lutheran Church (8300 C Avenue NE, Marion, IA 52302) Tickets will be available March 1. Tickets are $5 in advance and $7 at the door. Seating is limited; we recommend purchasing your tickets in advance. You can purchase them online at http://incaonline.org or at Lemstone/Parable Christian Bookstore, at the Isaac Newton office, or at the St. Mark's office. "The 411 on Parenting" will feature three sessions: Relationships that Transform; Bible: Fact or Fiction?; and The Seven Principles of Relationships. http://www.incaonline.org Tell a Friend Apr 15, 2010 Spirit Skate Night Skate nights will be held at Super Skate 5100 Northland Ave NE Cedar Rapids, IA 52402 April 15th 6:30-8:30 $5 skate rental fee. Bring a Non-perishable food item to donate to an area food bank. Tell a Friend Apr 17, 2010 HIS Women Seminar This Year's Seminar will feature nationally known speaker & singer Tammy Trent and recording artist Rhonda Funk. The seminar will be meeting this year at the Crowne Plaza in downtown Cedar Rapids from 9am-2:30pm. Help get the word out to the women in your congregation and we look forward to seeing you on April 17th. Serving the Lord Joyfully for 25 years. Seminar Sponsored by Lemstone Parable Christian Stores. Ticket price of $30.00 includes lunch. More information is available at the website. http://www.HisWomenSeminar.org Tell a Friend Apr 23, 2010 Dallas Holm in concert Sharon United Methodist Church in Cedar Rapids, IA is hosting Dallas Holm in concert. It will be held on Friday, April 23rd, at 7:00pm. Dallas has been in Christian music for more than 30 years, writing, singing and ministering in some 3,000 concerts in every state as well as many countries abroad. His 37 recordings have garnered gold records, multiple Dove awards, Grammy nominations, number one songs, and countless accolades. Contact Sharon United Methodist Church for more information. Tell a Friend Apr 24, 2010 Reaching for the Stars In the hopes of creating a local chapter for the foundation Reaching for the Stars, Inc, a group of parents and volunteers in Cedar Rapids are planning a fundraiser called “Laugh Yourself ‘Blue’ for Cerebral Palsy.” The date is set for Saturday, April 24, 2010, from 6 – 10 pm at the Clarion Hotel. The event will feature an appetizer dinner/dessert, a live and silent auction, comedian Josh Blue (winner of Last Comic Standing 2006 and has Cerebral Palsy), and live music. Special guests for the evening will be Anna Marie Champion, co-founder of RFTS, and Michael Kutcher, twin brother of Ashton Kutcher, who is active in the Cedar Rapids community and also has CP. The goal is to raise $20,000 to further the Reaching for the Stars mission of creating new medicines and treatments for children with Cerebral Palsy. Corporate sponsors thus far are United Fire Group and Justice Electric, and Aerotek. Tickets can be purchased by calling 319-899-1086 or go to their website www.crreachingforthestars.com. http://www.crreachingforthestars.com Tell a Friend Apr 24, 2010 Love Cedar Valley 35 churches......approximately 1,000 people......reaching out in 130 ways with God's kindness into our community. * flood relief work * cleaning vans for Covenant Health Care * planting a garden for one local elementary school * appreciation notes written to teachers at one local school * 500 free hot dogs given out at Lincoln Park * pieces of pie delivered to employees of care facilities as far away as Traer and Reinbeck. * snack baskets delivered to businesses all over the Cedar Valley * treat giveaways * Cedar Valley trails clean- up * work at local non-profits * a blood drive ....and so much more!! Christ's Church praying together....serving together....worshipping together Let's celebrate together again our love for God and neighbor! Mark your calendars: Love Cedar Valley April 24, 2010 http://www.lovecedarvalley.com Tell a Friend Apr 24, 2010 Beth Moore-Live Simulcast "So Long, Insecurity!" Two locations 9am-3pm at: First Assembly at 3233 Blairs Ferry Rd. NE and St. Mark's Lutheran at 8300 C Ave. NE. Cost is $20 ($18 early bird price through March 28th) To reserve your seat call Diana Jackson at First Assembly (393-6353) email diana@lovethischurch.com or Louanne Neville at St. Mark's (447-0100) email bethmoore@faith-life.org. Tell a Friend May 01, 2010 Iron Sharpens Iron MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW! Iron Sharpens Iron National Men's Conferences Men: it's time to put the 2010 ISI conference on your calendar. Get the date to your pastor and men's ministry leader. Get the word out now so your church can plan ahead to join us for another awesome day of worship, training, equipping, and fellowship as men of God. May 1, 2010 - Cedar Rapids, IA (Host Church: First Assembly) Keynote Speakers: Bill Butterworth Vince D'Acchioli CONFERENCE PRICING: Pricing is set to encourage groups of men from your church to attend together. Early Registration: $39 per man (group of 10 or more) $48 per man (individuals and groups up to 9) After Early Registration Deadline: $55 per man Full-time Students (ages 13-22): $29 per man Lunch: $8 per man http://www.focalp.us.churchinsight.com/Groups/1000042888/Focal_Point_Ministries.aspx Tell a Friend May 06, 2010 59th Annual National Day of Prayer The 59th Annual National Day of Prayer will be held at Greene Square Park from 12pm-1pm on May 6, 2010. Millions will unite in prayer at thousands of events from coast to coast. The theme for this coming year is "Prayer for Such a Time as This" and is based on the verse from Nahum 1:7. "The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in Him." Dr. Franklin Graham will join Shirley Dobson to lead the nation in prayer as the 2010 Honorary Chairman of the National Day of Prayer Task Force. Tell a Friend Jun 04, 2010 Relay for Life, June 4-5 Linn County Relay For Life This year's theme is More Birthdays 4 U. Relay will be held at Kirkwood Community College. If you are ready to make a difference with your friends and family become a team captain or join a team for the June 4-5, 2010 event to support the fight for more birthdays. This year will be very special. The Linn Relay has been chosen to host the ACS Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3), one of only two sites in Iowa. It's a national research study being conducted at Relay events across the nation to determine the effects of eating habits, genetics, weight and exercise, and how these affect the probability of getting cancer. Visit the website for more information. http://main.acsevents.org Tell a Friend Jun 12, 2010 Run the Flood The need to rebuild Cedar Rapids still remains, and will remain for years to come. To continue the recovery effort, and to insure flood victims are not forgotten, Run the Flood is coming back in 2010! Visit www.crruntheflood.com to learn about the changes for 2010, including: changes in the course routes the charities who will benefit from race proceeds the upgraded t-shirt option Date: Saturday, June 12, 2010 Time: 9:00am-12:00pm Location: Downtown Cedar Rapids http://www.crruntheflood.com Tell a Friend Jun 16, 2010 Adapted Sports Camp University of Northern Iowa Adapted Sports Camp on the campus of University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa 50614. Dates are usually in June and this year it will be June 16-19th 2010. Cost is $150. We are getting this info out to as many athletes, volunteers or donors around the state and to others nearby. We will bring in volunteers and athletes sometime on a Wednesday in the afternoon at registration time . Athletes stay in the dorms and eat on campus. We will close camp around 2:00pm on a Saturday . The volunteers would be helping in some tasks like transferring athletes into different sports chairs, helping move athletes and equipment around campus, with helping some get their plates to the tables at meals, set up games, help with the games and different sports activities,and many other things as needed during the day. We use volunteers each day and night. Some may stay at night just to be around if needed but most likely will not be up during the night.   One thing about these athletes. They are kids who have a great range of abilities and disabilities and some are in chairs but not all. Most are very independent in most aspects of their daily lives and skills. They just happen to use a chair for each particular sport. And the chairs differ for each sport. The chairs are built specific to the needs of the sport activity. The athletes have mostly lower limb involvement, with good upper body control and good cognitive skills. The athletes can be ones not just limited to a wheelchair but also who walk with crutches, braces, prosthetic legs and feet, disabilities from birth, have had spinal chord injuries, sports injuries, etc. They can be very similar in some disabilities to a lot of the men and women coming back from the war with injuries, but are just younger. These athletes are ones that if they are an elite athlete and take it to their full potential could someday end up in the Paralympic games. This type of athlete most likely not being serviced with sports opportunities right now in the state as there is no where for them to learn and train in many sports. Most may not be doing Special Olympics. They mostly have good cognitive skills, have better upper body strength to push a chair and also have a willingness to explore competitive and recreational sports. They also can't do regular stand up basketball or track and field. Not all will do competitive sports but should want to improve their athletic skills in many areas. But they can be athletic. Most have gone or will hopefully go on to become members of their local track teams and compete with their teammates during the track season. Some have gone to the state boys and girls track meet in past years. We have a few athletes that have gone through this type of program playing on our adult basketball team the Iowa Chairiots located in Waterloo Iowa. This is where some of these athletes may end up if they chose to continue that sport. Our basketball team has contacted some adults as they become injured to help them be able to do various sports also. So you see this type of sports camp can be a learning experience for these kids for some things that could last a life time. Again I can't tell you how important this camp can be for getting some kids a start along that path. We don't have a huge number of kids as we are just in our fourth year and wanted to keep it smaller at first to see what we need to do for future camps. We hope to expand it as we have more experience volunteers athletes and money to grow the camp. I think it would be a great experience for anyone who is interested in seeing how these athletes do. If you'd like to email me on any of it, please feel free.     We usually teach track, hand cycling, basketball, boccia ball, and rugby on Thursday, basketball, football, softball rock climbing, walley ball, weight training on Friday, and track and field and tennis and basketball on Saturday. If we can add other days in the future we will add more activities. We will be doing other fun things also during those days.     We are growing with people who are learning about what we are doing and are constantly exploring ideas with different people in ways to make the camp better. We had a great response from the athletes, coaches and all the volunteers at the past couple of years camps.I know were helping in some small way to make things better for people and athletes with disabilities to become involved in the future. If you have anyone interested in attending, volunteering, coaching, donating, etc. let me know. I can email the forms needed for camp.     Jack Eherenman  Co director UNI Adapted Sports Camp  Co- director YMCA wheelchair basketball clinic  Co-0ordinator Iowa Chairiots  319-493-0978  1102 Eleanor Dr.  Waterloo Iowa, 50701  JEConstruction1@gmail.com  Tell a Friend Jun 18, 2010 9th Annual Bash on the Farm 9th Annual Bash on the Farm is June 18-19, 2010 Friday 1:00-Midnight Saturday 9:30 AM-11:00 PM Free! Who doesn't love that word? With a whole weekend of concerts, a perfect pair is formed. That's right, Bash on the Farm is back for its eighth year and is still going strong. Like in years past, area and national bands get together for a weekend in Garner, Iowa to entertain, share their faith, and praise God. Photos from Bash on the Farm 2009!!! News: Bash Sampler CD Released! Our Mission: * To provide quality Christian entertainment with a focus of youth outreach * To provide encouragement and a venue for unsigned bands http://www.bashonthefarm.com Tell a Friend