You Are Invited

It is with joy that we announce another graduating high school senior. Aaron Nisley is graduating and you are invited to help celebrate at an open house given in his honor on Sunday, May 29, 4:30-7:30 p.m. at Journey North Church, 840 Main Street South, Pine City.

Congratulations to Our Grads!



On Sunday, we recognized our graduates in our morning worship gathering. It was with joy that we honored Jeremy Biesiada, Britt Gonyea, Kim Shuey and Kylie Harer. Aaron Goodenow, Student Ministries Director, presented them with the Quest Study Bible (NIV), shared a few words and prayed for each one, dedicating their lives to the Lord Jesus Christ. What a great service! Congratulations, graduates (and parents)!

We’re Lovin’ On Our Grads

This Sunday, May 22, we will recognize our grads at a Senior Breakfast at 9:30 am. Then, at our worship gathering, we will honor our graduates with a picture presentation and gift presented by Aaron Goodenow, Director of Student Ministries. Please join us on this very special Sunday.

Grads... we love you!

Papers are finished, presentations are done.
Grades have been submitted, now it's time for the fun!
Please join in celebrating the accomplishments
of our following grads...


Kim Shuey

Friday, May 27, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Dave and Joanne Shuey Residence, 32020 St. Croix Rd.

Jeremy Biesiada

Saturday, May 28, 2:00-6:00 p.m. at the home of Jim and Ellie White, 5440 Raspberry Rd., Pine City

Kylie Harer

Sunday, June 5, 3:00-6:30 p.m., Rock Creek City Center, 1080 State Highway 70, Rock Creek

Britt Gonyea

Sunday, July 24, 1:00-5:00 p.m., Rock Creek City Center, 1080 State Highway 70, Rock Creek

Our desire for all of our graduates is in the following passage of scripture... “Follow the Lord your God and fear him; keep his commandments, listen to his voice, serve him, and cling to him.” Deuteronomy 13:4

Don't Miss Out...

Ladies, this one's for you! Bring your favorite soup, salad,or dessert to share! If you don't have time to make something, come anyway! Come ready to laugh and have a great time! Invite a friend or two! We'll watch Christian comedian, Chonda Pierce... she's sure to bring a smile to your face! You won't want to miss… so, mark your calendars NOW! This all takes place on Friday, May 20, 6:30-9:00 p.m., PCEFC, Lighthouse.

We Love You, Mom


This Sunday we want to honor all Mothers at Pine City EFC! We will have a gift for all moms, some other special gift giveaways and a special message called "Mom: A Woman to be Praised". Bring your mom to church or come with her this Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m.! See you there!

TrueU for Sr. High

TrueU is an apologetics training series primarily geared to help prepare high school students for the rigorous challenges and attacks that will confront them on the university campus.

Dr. Stephen Meyer plays a “philosophical survival game” pitting four worldviews against one another in the quest to decide which one gives the best answer. Dr. Meyer helps you examine the evidence and provides the tools needed to defend your faith and become world changers in an increasingly hostile culture.

Why would you want to do this?

Because you will be faced with questions for the rest of your life about God, and every time that happens is an opportunity for you to share the love of God with someone. This small group series will help you learn how to answer with wisdom, knowledge, and love, so that others will see and desire the truth.

Who, where and when?

This is for all high school aged youth.

We will be meeting at Kylie Harer's home, ask her for directions!

We will meet every Sunday night at 6:30 pm

Questions?

Check out TrueU’s website, or contact Kylie!

The National Day of Prayer

Please join with other Christians and pray for our community, state, nation and world on Thursday, May 5.

This year’s theme is, “A Mighty Fortress is Our God”, based on the verse from which states: “I will say to the Lord, my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust.” -Psalm 91:2

On Thursday, May 5 the doors to our church, Pine City Evangelical Free Church, will be opened from 6:30 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. We invite you to stop in, pick up a prayer guide and pray. We encourage all those who can, to come to the South Building, and spend some time in concentrated prayer in the sanctuary .

God wants us to talk to Him. Prayer is how we communicate with God. Prayer has the power to change lives. Personal prayer and individual time with God form the foundation of our communication with Him. As our individual petitions are joined together and transformed into a mighty chorus across America on May 5, we have the power to usher in a revival that will sweep through our nation.

Baggage: It's Time to Let Go!

May Sermon Series – Baggage: It’s Time to Let Go

People have issues – all people. Christians are no different. Every relationship we enter into causes us to realize that many of these issues are unresolved. I call these unresolved issues “Baggage.” As a result, our relationship with God and others suffer and we never become all that God intends us to be. Why? We refuse to deal with our baggage.

In Psalm 139, David openly (and I might say dangerously) invites God into his life to deal with his baggage. While David never became perfect, He did become a man after God’s own heart.

Do you want to go to the next step in your relationship with God? Then, like David, we must invite God into our lives to deal with our baggage.

Join us for the following Sundays, 10:30 a.m. at Pine City EFC, Lighthouse:

May 1 – Baggage Check: Discover What’s Inside

May 8 – Mother’s Day “A Woman to be Praised”

May 15 – Emotional Baggage

May 22 – Overcoming Addictions

May 29 – Released from Depression

Celebrate Easter in a New Way!

On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb so that they might go to anoint Jesus' body. They were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other, "Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?" But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed. "Don't be alarmed," he said. "You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him.

Jesus lives and reigns for eternity. He has reclaimed life for all those who believe in Him. Through God's work on the cross, we may have eternal life as well. "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live" (John 11:25). Death is not the end. And the resurrection of Jesus Christ proves it.

If you put your faith in Christ, then Easter means that you will live forever in the presence of God. Consider Him Today!

We warmly invite you to our Easter Celebration this Sunday at 10:30 a.m.

Ladies' Morning Out


Hey, gals... we're grinding up the coffee beans and steaming up the espressos as we look forward to the next “Ladies Morning Out” on Saturday, April 30 at 10:00 a.m. at Jenine Preston’s home. Come on out for a wonderful time and a "latté" love!