Meet & Treat is THIS Saturday!

The big event is this week! Reminder to be extending a personal invitation to a neighbor or friend to our neighborhood Meet & Treat!

This year all the activities will be on the large parking lot, with carnival games, prizes, an inflatable obstacle course, as well as the hotdogs and a trunk or treat. Thank you to all who have helped with the preparations and signed up to serve together! We'll be setting up on Saturday during the day; if you don't have a role yet please come and connect with our neighbors while the kids are out having fun!

And thank you for praying over the many details yet to come together, for our guests who will be coming, and for good weather that evening.

Unified Service this Sunday

This Sunday we start a new month, which brings us to another Unified Service! We are looking forward to worshiping together as one church family. Join in for Butler Cafe at 9:30AM; the service will be at 10AM in the main Worship Center. To continue get to know each other better, optional nametags will be available again as you walk in.

During the service, we’ll hear highlights from our neighborhood carnival and welcome guests, sing in multiple languages, and share communion together. Pastor Connie will be bringing the message and Tomas will provide Spanish translation. See you Sunday! 

Time Change Sunday

Who could use an extra hour of sleep? Good news - you get one this coming Sunday. Take the opportunity to turn in at the ‘regular’ time and get some extra rest! Or skip changing your clocks, and arrive to church extra early for Butler Cafe and our Unified Service! :)

Church Business Meeting this Sunday

Following our Unified Service this Sunday November 1st, you're invited to stay afterwards to learn and discuss updates on topics regarding our Butler Transition. (Childcare will be available for those staying after the service.) Our moderator and council will explain exciting news about a co-pastor position, our 2027 unified budget, Amor y Fe updates, as well as openings on our Council in the year ahead. We are excited at the momentum we're beginning to feel as we look with anticipation at what God is drawing us toward in 2027.

Endurance Series: Personal Reflections

Pastor Connie shares: Our "Endurance" series through Philippians wrapped up last Sunday in our English-speaking congregations. From this letter by the Apostle Paul, our focus for the series was to learn how to find joy even during seasons of suffering.

I am grateful for Eddie Morgan, Amanda Beaulieu, Edd Russell, and Beth Stephens for providing mid-week discussion questions to further our study and reflection for our 8-week study through Philippians. If you want to read through these or use them again in your personal study of Philippians, the discussion questions are available online here. I am also grateful for three guest preachers: Tim Geddert, Justin Goble, and Beth Stephens. I expected to preach for the duration of this series, but with the passing of my mom, these three stepped in to gift me with space to grieve and support my family.

What a timely series this became for me as I experienced so many of you care and love my family and I. I discovered how our suffering is eased and joy is found in one another. Paul's joy was not in his circumstances, but in his love for the people in the Philippian church, just as my joy has been found not in my situation, but in all of you. I am grateful for this series and especially grateful for the many people who have given me reasons to be joyful during this season in my life. Thank you.  

Missions Sunday Coming Up

As we look toward opportunities to connect with people in our southeast community this weekend at Meet & Treat, we also support the work of our missionaries locally and abroad as they bring the Good News of Jesus to a variety of people and places. Our special mission focus Sunday will be on November 15.

Since we have monthly United Services, this missions Sunday we'll gather together in an expanded indoor Butler Cafe to taste, see, and hear how ministry is happening around the world! For more on this special Sunday, visit our Missions Page, or watch your mailbox for a letter and info on how to give to our missions offering. Our missions offering goal this year is $21,000 which will go to support our Butler missionaries (including an addition!) and local initiatives in the coming year. We're thankful for the ways we have seen God's faithfulness at work, and for the opportunity to partner in the work the Holy Spirit continues to do!

Missions Highlight from Naomi House

Another missions update from Thailand! Earlier this summer, in July, the Naomi House community came together to plant rice as an income source for the ministry and families. Now it has been harvested & Carmen writes:

"Praise the Lord of the Harvest! Over 5 tons and 161 bags of rice were harvested from the Naomi House land this week. God has abundantly provided for all the families, for the Sunday church meals, Thursday night Bible study and meal, and for many community families! Praise God for His storehouse of provision! One fun “glimpse of glory” is that there are currently 13 sewers/workers employed at Naomi House. To feed one family rice for 1 year is about 12 bags of rice. The total of 161 bags of rice harvested would feed 13 family units exactly 12 bags of rice in one year. What a big smile from a Good Father! Even though they could keep it for their own provision, they will be sharing it among the church body and local community. They will be able to plant another crop of rice during this coming year. Pray for a harvest of souls as bodies receive food!"

Men's Camp

A group of men from Butler will be attending the men's fall retreat at Calvin Crest, November 6-8. Men, if you’d like to join THIS is the week to complete your registration! Scholarships are available; don't let cost hold you back from this great time of connection and renewal. For more details, contact the church office or Eric Pauls. 

Come Pray with Us!

Butler Church has a team that meets once a week to pray over our church. The purpose of our prayer group is to pray for the health of Butler Church itself– for its leadership, ministries, staff, facilities, transitions, and future. We partner with the Holy Spirit as we pray and seek God’s vision for our church. If this is something you’d like to be part of, this group is expanding! We are now meeting on Wednesdays at 5pm in covering the campus and ministries through a different gathering room each week (watch for the signs). Come and pray with us!

Missions Highlight from Thailand

Our missions Sunday is coming up on November 15; watch for more details to come! This week, our missionary, Sara Kumrod in Thailand, shared an encouraging update following a recent ministry trip, and about an upcoming women's retreat. Let's praise God with her for how He is continually at work! 

Sara writes: "Ozz, Elijah and Zekie just returned from a five day ministry trip where they shared the gospel and distributed glasses. Seven people prayed to believe in Jesus! Hallelujah! I'm so thankful that our two older boys could join Ozz. And I'm thankful they are home safely. We pray for wisdom as the local believers follow up and trust God to have a Bible study that leads to a multiplying house church in that community.

    Currently we have a week break at Grace International School, and this weekend I will go to an MB Women's Camp on Oct 23-25. We are trusting God for safe travels (it's a 9-hour drive away for our north Thailand group!) and for mutual encouragement and fellowship. We are expecting 100 women from MB Churches all over Thailand. Praise the Lord for how the church is growing! We appreciate your prayers for this camp."

Assistance Donations

Through the Butler Church Benevolent Assistance Fund, we have been able to help with several time sensitive needs recently. Given the upcoming cuts in SNAP funding even more requests may be coming in soon. Please consider making an additional donation to the church benevolent fund , by designating for this in the offering or through giving online. We also work with partner agencies like MB Foundation and Everence to expand our capacity through matching grants. 

Another way to donate is by contributing to our food pantry. Non-perishable goods can be dropped off on Sunday mornings in the sanctuary foyer. Canned goods like pasta sauce, chili, and chicken are especially helpful.

If caring for needs of folks in our community in very practical ways is something close to your heart , please also talk with your pastor or contact the church office. We would like to build a social action response team that can respond to needs as they are made known. If you have a personal need, please also talk with a pastor.