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

breakthrough happenings

Well, it’s gonna be a busy weekend. Here’s what’s up. It’s all about our youth…..

Tonite – Thursday, 7/30 – 6:30 -7:30pm – Prayer & Worship – our prayer focus will be our youth and the upcoming camp.

Saturday – 8/1 - Garage sale & bake sale to help send our youth to camp – 8am – noon at Tim and Meghan’s home located on the corner of Hayes & Tongass in the valley. If you have anything you’d like to donate for the sale, please call Jesse at 723-6576.

Sunday 8/2 after service – Mexican Cuisine Lunch Fundraiser – How convenient to have lunch prepared and served for you immediately following services! Everyone is invited to stay. The price for lunch is your prayerful donation, rather than a set price. Bethany has requested volunteers to setup, serve & cleanup. If interested in helping out, please call her at 209-7760.

If you ordered a sweet potato pie, they will be brought to the church on Sunday. Thank you for your orders. Proceeds are for Youth Camp.

Jesse asked that his thanks to you be conveyed for all you have done and will do in the next days in assisting our youth in their quest to get to Youth Camp. God’s riches blessings to you!

Pre-service prayer every Sunday morning at 10am

August 7-9 – Youth Camp in Sitka

Be reminded that if you have a special date & an event coming up & want to share, please let us know. We’ll get it posted for you.

August schedules, birthdays, etc are posted on the blog. www.breakthroughnews.blogspot.com

Celebrating in August

Birthdays

Aug 4 - George
Aug 8 - Tearzah
Aug 14 - Sherry
Aug 16 - Jessica
Aug 27 - Jacob

Anniversaries

Aug 10 - Bill & Liz