Please pray

Please remember to pray for all of the students and teachers who today are beginning a new school year. The students will be experiencing new classroom environments, new teachers, new classmates and lots of new stresses on their little hearts and minds. That's a lot of changes for one day, that can take weeks for them to settle in. These changes will also have a direct impact on the dynamics of the whole family. Please pray as God leads. Have a blessed week!

September Birthdays & Anniversaries

Birthdays

Bethany - Sept 2

Trish - Sept 3

Tabitha - Sept 4

Meghan - Sept 23

Jenny - Sept 27

Anniversaries

Jomar & Tab - Sept 22

Congratulations to you as you celebrate your special days. May His love & the blessings that only comes from heaven be yours & absolutely overwhelm you.

September Nursery & Children's Ministry Schedule

Nursery

Sept 6 - Liz

Sept 13 - Meghan

Sept 20 - Jeannita

Sept 27 - Jenny

Children's Ministry

Jenny &

Kristi - last Sunday of the month

God bless you for pouring the life of Jesus Christ into these precious young hearts. If you're reading this and you have a desire to join the Nursery or Children's Ministry teams, please contact Jenny at grammyjenny@gmail.com or 780-2885.

Breakthrough happenings

• Prayer and Worship - Every Thursday night at 6:30pm at the church. If you cannot make it, please feel free to call Pastor Jason at 321-5646 with your request(s) and we will lift your request(s) up to our Faithful God on your behalf.
• Adult Bible Study - Adult Bible study resumes Thursday night, 8/27 at 7:00 pm at Tim & Meghan's home. Please contact 500-9731 for details and directions.
• The other small groups are gearing up to begin real soon. More details to follow.
• Pre-service Prayer - every Sunday morning - 10:00am
• Thank you for your prayers for Susan as she deals with a broken foot. It's slowed her down quite a bit, and she cannot get around as well as she'd like. She welcomes calls and visits. If anyone would like to drop by a meal or snacks or offer a ride or pick up something at the store for her, I know she'd be extremely blessed. Susan can be reached at 463-5531. God touch you mightily Susan for a speedy healing!
• Nursery workers are still needed to help with the ministry to our new borns to three years. If this is your heart, please contact Jenny at grammyjenny@gmail.com or 780-2558.
• School starts next Monday, Aug 31. We ask God's blessings as our precious students as they embark on a new school year. We also ask God's blessings and anointing for Andrea as she begins her first year as the new Math teacher at JDHS. You go girl!! We're proud of you!
• Jomar and Tabitha says hello and wanted everyone to know that they miss their Juneau family. God has tremendously blessed them & shown much favor since arriving in Anchorage. They were able to move into their new home on Elmendorf Airforce Base within days of arriving to the Anchorage area. Jomar has been at his new duty station and loving it. Amar & Aimee are enrolled in and have already started school on base. Tab is enrolled in college and begins soon. They recently committed to a new church home-Divine Harvest Worship Center-and are having a wonderful time. They said the church reminds them so much of Breakthrough Church. Their new home number is 929-3703, and even have voice mail now! Their cells numbers and email addresses are the same. They said they'd love to hear from us and if you're ever visiting Anchorage, please let them know.

That's all for this week. If you have any announcements you'd like to share, please let us know and we'll get it posted for you. God bless you richly and have a wonderful weekend. There's soooo much more!

Dedicated workers needed

Breakthrough Church is in need of some dedicated committed adults to help out in nursery. You would be responsible for one Sunday a month, usually the same Sunday each month so that it would be easier to remember your time to minister to the children. You would be asked to prepare a lesson, songs, games and snack for the children ages newborn to three years. Some Sundays we may have five or six children and other Sundays, only one but they all need ministry. After church you would be asked to vacuum and pick up the nursery so it would be clean and ready for the next Sunday.

Nursery is a vital ministry as parents need to trust the workers to care for their child so they can relax and allow God to minister to them in the service. Currently, we only have five regulars to do nursery so the children grow to know you and trust you and want to join in the fun you plan for them on your Sunday. Children are already gifted and assigned by God to be our next leaders, pastors, teachers, nurses, mayors and the like.

You get to touch their lives in the early forming stages. If interested in joining our team to minister to the Tiny Tots, please Email Jenny at grammyjenny@gmail.com or call and leave a message at 780-2558 so she can include you on the schedule for September. Thank you for considering this often overlooked ministry of the church.

Swine Flu Update

I’m sure most of you have heard that the H1N1 (Swine) Flu is continuing to spread throughout Juneau, Alaska, the Country and the World. With school starting in a week I wanted to remind you of the steps you can take to protect yourself and your family from the H1N1 Virus and recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) if you do come down with flu like symptoms. This information is helpful both with H1N1 and for the “seasonal” flu.

H1N1 Flu Virus
The H1N1 flu virus is causing illness in infected persons in the United states and countries around the world. The CDC expects that illnesses may continue for some time. As a result, you or people around you may become ill. If so, you need to recognize the symptoms and know what to do.

Symptoms—similar to the symptoms of seasonal flu
ü Fever
ü Cough
ü Sore throat
ü Runny or stuffy nose
ü Body aches
ü Headache
ü Chills
ü Fatigue

Avoid contact with others
ü If you are sick, you may be ill for a week or so. You should stay home and keep away from others as much as possible, including avoiding travel and not going to work or school, for at least 24 hours after your fever is gone except to get medical care or for other necessities. (Your fever should be gone without the use of fever-reducing medicine.)
ü If you do leave the house to see medical care, wear a facemask, if available, and cover your coughs and sneezes with a tissue.
ü In general, you should avoid contact with other people as much as possible to keep from spreading your illness, especially those at increased risk of severe illness from influenza (pregnant women, elderly & children).

Emergency Warning Signs—if you become ill and experience any of the following warning signs, seek emergency medical care.
In Children, emergency warning signs that need urgent medical attention include:
ü Fast breathing or trouble breathing
ü Bluish or gray skin color
ü Not drinking enough fluids
ü Severe or persistent vomiting
ü Not waking up or not interacting
ü Being so irritable that the child does not want to be held
ü Flu-like symptoms improve but then return with fever and worse cough

In adults, emergency warning signs that need urgent medical attention include:
ü Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
ü Pain or pressure in the chest or abdomen
ü Sudden dizziness
ü Confusion
ü Severe or persistent vomiting
ü Flu-like symptoms improve but then return with fever and worse cough

Lastly, Protect Yourself, Your Family, and Community
ü Stay informed. Health officials will provide additional information as it becomes available. Visit the CDC H1N1 Flue website: www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu
ü Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.
ü Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. Alcohol based cleansers are also effective.
ü Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth. Germs spread this way.
ü Try to avoid close contact with sick people.
ü If you are sick with a flu-like illness, stay home for at least 24 hours after your fever is gone except to get medical care or for other necessities. (Your fever should be gone without the use of fever-reducing medicine.) Keep away from others as much as possible. This is to keep from making others sick.
ü If you are sick and sharing a common space with other household members in your home, wear a facemask, if available, to help prevent spreading the virus to others.
ü Learn more about how to take care of someone who is ill in “Taking Care of a Sick Person in Your Home” available at: www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/guidance_homecare.htm
ü Follow public health advice regarding school closures, avoiding crowds, and other social distancing measures.
ü If you don’t have one yet, consider developing a family emergency plan as a precaution. This should include storing a supply of extra food, medicines and other essential supplies. Further information can be found in the “Flu Planning Checklist” available at: www.pandemicflu.gov/plan/individual/checklist.html

New Look of Emails & Updates

Hello everyone!

This is Jason, and I just wanted to let you know that from here on out, the emails you receive from Breakthrough Church will look a little different but should be a whole lot more effective. Instead of a blog and emails, there will be a wonderful consolodation of the information into one source which means no multiple emails with the same stuff and less work for Sherry.

The blog will still be there and will still carry the most up-to-date information, but every time there is something new as far as events or notices, it will go out the following morning.

So you know...

Here are some things to remember about updates and emails that Sherry and I have been talking about.

• Prayer requests & other time sensitive requests will go out as soon as humanly possible. These are the only things that may come in a separate email depending on the nature of the prayer request. If it's not time-sensitive, it will go to the blog or in the weekly announcements.
• If you have events, notices, or requests you submit, they may be edited to make them as concise as possible or if errors are found.
• Everyone is encouraged to submit announcements for the weekly or for the blog. This could include community events, something your family is involved with, something that would be great fun or education, etc. Anything you want to share is just fine!
• If you want something included in the weekly, please be sure to submit it by Wednesday evening.

Take a look at the new layout and see everything is there handy for you. A link back to the blog so you can leave a comment, link to Connecting to Impact blog and our church messages, a place for you to update your info, or forward an announcement to a friend--it should all be a little easier to find and cut down on the extra work (win-win!).

Blessings to you all and thank you for being such an amazing church family and a part of this community that is seeking to make a difference. God is at work and He will not be stopped. There is more!

Multiplied blessings,

Pastor Jason

Breakthrough Happenings

Congratulations to Nate, Sarah, Aaron & Allison at the arrival of little Amelia on Tuesday, Aug 18th. Mom & baby are doing well and were released from the hospital on yesterday. A sign up schedule for meals for the family will be started soon. We thank God for this miracle of a new life and for a safe delivery.

Prayer & Worship tonite and every Thursday night at the church at 6:30pm

Small Groups are gearing up to begin soon. A schedule of groups and meeting times will be announced. Our first round of meetings was blessed and we’ve heard many testimonies of how lives were touched. These groups are designed as an outreach to our families, friends & acquaintances or maybe even the person standing in line with us at Freddy’s. Start praying now as to how you will get involved and who you can invite and bring with you! He’s the God of this city and there is so much to be done. Let’s get involved!

Ministry Need - Breakthrough Church is in need of some dedicated committed adults to help out in nursery. You would be responsible for one Sunday a month, usually the same Sunday each month so that it would be easier to remember your time to minister to the children. You would be asked to prepare a lesson, songs, games and snack for the children ages newborn to three years. Some Sundays we may have five or six children and other Sundays, only one but they all need ministry. After church you would be asked to vacuum and pick up the nursery so it would be clean and ready for the next Sunday. Nursery is a vital ministry as parents need to trust the workers to care for their child so they can relax and allow God to minister to them in the service. Currently, we only have five regulars to do nursery so the children grow to know you and trust you and want to join in the fun you plan for them on your Sunday. Children are already gifted and assigned by God to be our next leaders, pastors, teachers, nurses, mayors and the like. You get to touch their lives in the early forming stages. If interested in joining our team to minister to the Tiny Tots, please Email Jenny at grammyjenny[at]gmail.com or call and leave a message at 780-2558 so she can include you on the schedule for September. Thank you for considering this often overlooked ministry of the church.
Pre-service Prayer – every Sunday morning 10am – join us as we ask God’s blessings & anointed upon the service that chains be broken, breakthrough comes and lives are changed forever.

Carolyn wishes to express her heartfelt thanks to everyone for the cards, flowers, prayers and kind words in the loss of her Mother a few weeks ago.

Susan has requested effective immediately, that her home email address be used when sending her personal email at innkeeper[at]beachsidevilla.com. Susan can no longer receive personal emails to her work email. Please delete the lynden address from your address book.

Back to School Fair – Sponsored by Tlingit & Haida of the city of Juneau and the Central Council T & H Indian Tribes of Ak. Backpacks filled with basic school supplies will be distributed on a first come first served basis to all tribally enrolled school aged children K – 12 on this Saturday, August 22 noon to 2pm at 3235 Hospital Dr (T&H Bingo Hall by the hospital). Parents or guardians must have a completed application submitted to THICBC or your case worker by Friday, August 21. You must attend the fair in order to receive a backpack. Hotdogs & juice will be served. A contact number was not included in this announcement, but it was submitted by Trish.

God’s richest blessings to you! There’s more! See you soon.

Prayer for Sherry

You may have heard already but I wanted to pass this along to as many as possible so we can stand with our sister, declaring God's faithfulness and best. Below is a copy of the email Jenny sent out this morning.

Good morning,

Sherry drove herself to ER around 5:00AM this morning having back pain, chest pain. Her ER doctor, Nathan Peimann, said her enzymes are borderline, meaning she may or may not have had a heart attack. They have admitted her in the hospital for monitoring and also to take more blood tests later to follow up on her enzyme levels. Please keep her in your prayers. This is scary for anyone and she needs us - her family and friends. Her birthday is Friday and this is not the prelude she wanted.

Please pass this prayer request on to all who will pray.

Living in the Promises,

Jenny Geary

Thank You, Church

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has prayed and helped make this camp possible for our youth. Shelly and I counted yesterday and we have enough for everyone to go!

Through fundraising, sponsorships, and your faithful prayer, I believe there will be a tremendous return on our investment as God touches and transforms lives in this coming weekend. This is not to say we should let up! Keep praying and declaring the Now season into Juneau and Sitka and the youth of this generation. We are trusting that this will be a moment of destiny as God’s fire and passion meets us in Sitka.

Thanks also to our youth leaders: Bethany, Kaleigh, and Jesse. I appreciate your hearts and willingness to run with what I felt God is saying and help make this camp happen.

I was telling Andrea last night that I so appreciate our church. There is an amazing sense of God’s love and we are a welcoming, accepting place for people to experience God and His truth. We may not be the biggest or most financed. We may not do everything perfectly, but we are making an impact, each one of us and all together. How we’ve rallied to make sure everyone can go to this camp is just evidence again of your hearts to serve as well as God’s wisdom in giving us community.

Before this gets too long, I just wanted to say thank you. It is a privilege to serve and seek God with you. The coming months and years will be the most powerful of our lives as we continue to surrender to Him. Multiplied blessings to you!

Jason Stasyszen

Next Sunday night Aug 9th

Hello to you all this sunny Sunday afternoon,
I hope you all had a great week-end. Jason, Andrea and the youth are traveling to Sitka this Thursday along with youth and youth leaders from Oklahoma. I will be keeping the Stasyszen kids - along with Nana and Pappy's expert help. The group all returns to Juneau on Sunday evening at 5:30. We are planning a spaghetti/salad/pizza supper at the church Sunday night at 6:00PM so we can meet-greet-and hear what God did in Sitka during the youth retreat.
First, I want to invite you to come to our Sunday service at 7:00PM and I also want to ask if you would be willing to bring some of the following food to share with a big bunch of hungry kids and workers;
Pizza
Spaghetti
Salad
Desserts
Drinks!
Please let me know what foods you plan on bringing so I can coordinate what we are serving the kids - and us too.
Come hungry - come with food and come ready to be blessed as we witness our kids on fire with the awesomeness of God and all He did in Sitka, on the ferry ride and in the kids hearts. It's a great send off for the kids before they begin school the end of the month.
Thanks so much for replying on how you want to help get this delicious meal together for us all.
Again - it's this coming Sunday at 6PM. Thanks for already planning on coming and thanks for cooking food - or ordering pizza to feed the hungry. It's going to be a great Breakthrough for our youth - our city - our families and our church! Be sure you add all this to your prayers this week too! You want to be part of something great that God has on His heart to pour upon these kids lives. Invite friends and neighbors to come along and enjoy some good food and hear what God is doing as He makes Himself known in all our hearts.

-- Living in the Promises,Jenny Geary