Rose Breakfast; Discipleship Kick-Starter; Faith conference; Libertyville reading program

Rose Breakfast set Thursday

The annual Rose Breakfast will be 9 a.m. Thursday at First United Methodist Church.

Herb Shafer will present the program ?For A Time Such as This: A First Person Narrative.?

Reservations should be made with Bernita Pettit at 472-5286 or dbpettit@lisco.com.

Discipleship Kick-Starter begins Wednesday

First Baptist Church is offering a Discipleship Kick-Starter beginning Wednesday.

Running for eight weeks ? skipping July 13 for vacation Bible school ? the program will meet from 6-7 p.m. each Wednesday.

Participants will learn what elements of life go into a plan for ongoing growth as a disciple of Jesus.

Southeast Iowa Faith Conference starts Sunday

MT. PLEASANT ? Faith Christian Outreach Church?s 2016 Southeast Iowa Faith Conference, with the theme ?Unshakable Faith,? is Sunday through Wednesday, and is free of charge.

Sam Carr will be guest speaker at 7 p.m. Sunday. As founding pastor of Word of Life Center in Shreveport, Louisiana, Carr is an international speaker, well known as an anointed teacher and minister. Author of several books, he challenges and equips others to face obstacles in life with faith and hope.

Mark Brazee will be ministering at 7 p.m. Monday. For more than 30 years, he and his wife, Janet, have shared the truths of faith and healing in more than 50 nations. They pastor World Outreach Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The couple has founded DOMATA School of Ministry, a training school for ministers, in Tulsa. Their broad scope of media outreaches include books, teaching CD?s, music and television.

Mark Barclay will be speaking at 7 p.m. Tuesday. He is the founding pastor of Living Word International Church in Midland, Michigan. He is a well-known author and is reaching millions of people through his national telecast. He is a leader and mentor to ministers, and president of Supernatural Ministers Training Institute, with locations nationwide and around the world.

The guest speaker at 7 p.m. Wednesday will be Rice Broocks, co-founder of the Every Nation family of churches. He is author of several books, including ?God?s Not Dead,? the book that inspired the movies. He is senior minister of Bethel World Outreach Church in Nashville, Tennessee.

Also on Wednesday evening, youth in seventh- through 12th grades will enjoy the ministry of Christian hip hop artist Jarrell, founder and CEO of Freedom Music Group, an independent record label that continually strives to impact today?s culture with a voice of truth.

For children in preschool through sixth grade, the church welcomes back John Tasch. Tasch has over 35 years of experience in ministry to children and families. He will be ministering each evening of the conference.

Childcare will be available for children 6 weeks to 3 years of age at all services.

For information, contact the church at office@fcoc.net or 319-986-5377.

Reading program begins Wednesday in Libertyville

LIBERTYVILLE ? The congregation and youth of Faith United Methodist Church will offer a summer reading program beginning Wednesday for the youth of Libertyville and surrounding areas.

The program will be offered 7-8 p.m. Wednesdays through July 27 at the church.

?The community has generously donated an entire bookshelf of books to support this program,? said Bonnie Hilger, summer reading program coordinator. ?It?s exciting. We?ll be able to give kids free books, encourage families to get outdoors and read together by visiting our Little Lending Library, and have weekly story times to read, make reading crafts, and hear stories together at the church. Our goal is to get more books in the homes of children in an effort to improve their reading proficiency. We?re off to a good start.?

FaithUMC will kick off its summer reading program today with a freewill spaghetti supper served from 5:30-6:45 p.m. Donations for the meal will support the reading program and youth missions.

The ribbon cutting for the official opening of the church?s new Little Lending Library also is set for 7 p.m. today.

Everyone is invited to attend.

To learn more about the FaithUMC summer reading program, contact the office at libertyvilleumc@gmail.com or 641-693-3341. To learn about Change a Child?s Story, visit www.changeachildsstory.org.