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Here's What's Happening at
Open Bible Fellowship
Upcoming Special Events:
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Peter and Susie Madden from
Australia are coming to minister for three days October 8th-10th at 6:30 PM (and
during 10:30 AM worship service on the 8th) Peter is the world's foremost expert
and author on the famous revivalist Smith Wigglesworth. Sue is gifted in
the prophetic. They have been recommended to us and we look forward to
this special event.
Tom Stamman
comes to our church often and will be here next October 26th at 7:00 PM. Tom amazingly
ministers by the power of the Holy Spirit prophetically to
people. He has effectively reached many skeptics and those who had
dismissed Christ and the church. He also ministers
encouragement and confirmation of what God is saying to the believer. Tom
ministers truth in a gentle and respectful way being very sensitive to the heart
of the Father. His feeding centers for orphans and single mothers in
Honduras has also been a wonderful development in their ministry. Their
help to orphans has reached into Uganda as well. For more information see
www.tstamman.com
Our Regular Schedule:
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Christian Counseling Training and prayer
time at 9:30 AM Sundays
in the sanctuary.
The Bible says that we as Christians can know how to counsel one
another. We are continuing a Christian Counseling Training Course
and a special time of prayer Sundays at 9:30 AM using Competent to
Counsel by Jay Adams. This class is helpful for ALL Christians as well
as those planning to become Christian Counselors or ministers.
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Worship Service
10:30 AM Sundays
Praise and Worship and
Messages to
challenge and inspire you for daily living and beyond. We encourage all
children to take part with us in the service, however a nursery is usually available
for preschoolers.
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Personal Prayer and prophetic ministry
after Sunday worship services.
Do you need healing? Do you need encouragement? Do you need a
touch from the Lord? After each Sunday morning worship service. the Prayer
team is available to pray for you. Prophetic ministry is
also a mark of the prayer team.
There are many who have been healed and helped through the prayers of these
teams.
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Seeking God and Intercessory Prayer
anytime in the
prayer room 24/7.
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Growth Groups
- Small groups meeting during the week (each having its own emphasis) They focus on study, fellowship,
and reaching out to others. (Call 964-8544 or email
pastor@openbiblefellowship.org
for
times and locations). New groups are often formed to meet various interests and needs.
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All Church Prayer Night
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usually on the third Friday at 7:00 PM (July was at KHOP) using a Harp and Bowl style to combine music
and prophetic singing (harp) and prayer (bowl of prayers as found in Rev.
8:3). This is a time to draw near to the Father. There has been powerful time
of prayer and intercession on these evenings. We have adapted Harp and
Bowl for our area using IHOP's (International House of Prayer in Kansas City)
Harp and Bowl model. There has been the sweet presence of the Lord each
month during this evening of "enjoyable prayer."
Other
Opportunities:
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Men's and Women's Events - these give fellowship with our
own gender and many times address our specific areas.
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Youth Events
- Call 964-8544 or email
pastor@openbiblefellowship.org for time and locations.
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How to Live in the Church and Foundational
Teachings are the two required studies for membership. A class is
formed when the study is requested by several people. Everyone is
welcome to attend the class even if they are not requesting membership.
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INSTE
(This is a Theological Education By Extension Accredited Classes) Must
register to participate. Call 964-8544 or email
pastor@openbiblefellowship.org
for more information.
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School of the Prophets -
future time will announced later.
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Past Events (most recent listed
first):
Harp and Bowl at KHOP (patterned after the International House of Prayer
of Kansas City model) is usually the third Friday of the month.
However, for July, we did our Harp and Bowl at KHOP
(Kingdom House of Prayer in Des Moines) on Tuesday evening July 26th sometime
6:00-8:00PM. This event combines worship, prophetic singing, proclamation
of scripture, and praying the scriptures into our present day. The evening
was powerful.
Lakeside Service
June 25th we joined with seven other churches for a special
worship service and baptism at Gray's Lake in Des Moines. Our speaker was be Nick Vendetti, head of INSTE.
Nick gave his message in English and in Spanish. It was a sweet
spirit in the area. One of our friends from the Asian church said,
"It's like the sermon on the mount". People brought blankets and lawn chairs and
we gathered by the waters edge. The Lord blessed with beautiful weather and a
wonderful flow of the Spirit.
It was wonderful to see all the people getting
baptized by their pastors from the different churches lined up in the water at
the same time yet each one going under the water one at a time. Pastor
Wally says one of his favorite things about being a pastor is baptizing and was
excited to be able to baptize one of our own. The potluck
following was a fun time of fellowship. We thank Healing River Church for
setting up this very special event.
Workshop of the Holy Spirit
- This seminar focused on how to
live and minister in the Holy Spirit. It was a experiential training on
the gifts of the Spirit and moving in the Holy Spirit. The last session
was April 27th.
Ministry Mentor - This Special Series of Classes was for those who feel called to
some level of ministry, whether it be more active ministry within the current
church they are in, or full time or part time ministry. This class dealt with the practical issues of ministry
a person will probably not get in Seminary or in Bible School.
Foundational Christian Teachings Class
This class gives the believer a quick and solid skeletal understanding of the
most important Christian doctrines. The last of the series may
be repeated as others sign up for the class.

"Falling In Love With Jesus" Valentines Weekend - February 11 & 12th. Brad Stiles,
gifted musician and worship leader at the large Assembly of God Church in Cedar
Rapids shared music and message at our Saturday night banquet. Brad
also led our Sunday worship and gave the message the next day. The
delicious Meal was catered by Tasteful Dinners of Ankeny.
TOM STAMMAN "School of Prophets"
was Wednesday June 22, 2005 7:00 PM. (This was teaching and
training on how to move in the prophetic). Those
who have come have enjoyed the thrill of faith rising up for the
prophetic and the other gifts as they hear the scriptures which show – It
is God’s will to speak by His Spirit through us!
TOM STAMMAN "Financial Freedom
Seminar" was July 27, 2005 at 7:00 PM.
Tom taught this new workshop to help with this much needed topic.
DON PIROZOK
from Washington state, is a gifted minister of healing, deliverance and the
prophetic. He led a powerful time on April 2, 2005 Saturday afternoon
and evening and April 3, 2005 Sunday morning and evening. Reports are
excellent as to people being set free from
sickness and spiritual strongholds.
SCOTT VOLK, a pastor from the
Charlotte NC area who is a Messianic Jew, was with us for a special evening
service.
Nikki and Doug of Center Cross
Productions led the morning worship service
with testimony and worship. They travel full time in music ministry based
out of Marshalltown, Iowa.
Derk Stevenson
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www.wordsandworks.org Derk Stevenson was with us to lead a seminar on breaking
bondages and demon oppression. We appreciated Derk's balance and gentle
spirit as he ministered understanding in this needed topic.
 
Tom
Scarrella Tom has come to our church a couple of time. He is associated with the
Smithton Outpouring (now the World Outreach Center in Kansas City). His
ministry is to revive churches to their potential in Christ. His ministry is now
based in Florida. www.scarrella.com
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