Unlimited Realm 10 – March 12th – 14th, 2010

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The Church Alive proudly presents our annual Unlimited Realm Conference on March 12th – 14th this year.  Our guests will include Karen Wheaton, Chosen Generation, and Damon Thompson.

Unlimited Realm Lodging Information:
Mention “The Unlimited Realm” for Special Rates

These are at exit 125:

• Quality Inn – 501-329-0300
• Holiday Inn Express -501-450-9112
• Candlewood Suites – 501-329-8551
• Super 8 – 501-505-8880
• Fairfield Inn -501-505-8034
• Microtel – 501-327-0898

At exit 127:

• Comfort Suites – 501-329-8548

Warrior Men’s Prayer & Bible Study

Upcoming Bible Studies

• Feb. 23rd @ 7pm
• March 9th@ 7pm
• March 23rd @ 7pm

In the News…

Pastor Long was recently featured in the Log Cabin newspaper, below you will find the article in it’s entirety:

The Church Alive is celebrating Pastor Randy Long’s 25th anniversary with the church.

Long moved from St. Louis to Conway in 1984 to become the pastor, which was then Harlan Park Assembly of God on Dave Ward Drive. In 1999, the church moved to its location on Highway 65.

Long said the church had 50 or 60 members in 1984.

“There are over 500 now, and about 1,000 people call that their church home," Long said. "It’s come a long way for us."

He said he was 23 years old when he became pastor. Before that he had been an associate pastor in St. Louis for three years.

"This is my first church to be a senior pastor. They took a big chance," Long said. "Conway has been good to us. We have had three children born here, two that graduated high school here. Our son (Ryan) graduated from UCA. Our youngest one is in sixth grade."

Long and his wife, Patty, have three children, Ryan, 24, Vanessa, 22, and Michael, 12.

He added, "I had no idea we would come to Arkansas. When the call came for us to interview the moment we drove into the city, we knew we were coming here."

He concluded, "It feels like to me that I’ve only been here a few months. I can’t believe where the 25 years have gone. The opportunity and the mission, the vision is greater than ever before. I still feel fresh. I feel like I have more than ever to do. This week I traveled out of state. I always look forward to coming to Conway."

On Sunday, the church will recognize Long’s accomplishments in the morning service, and a lunch in his honor will follow the service.

TheCabin.net ·· Long celebrating 25th year with Church Alive 04/25/09

Video: Honoring Pastor Gebhart – 97 Years

We were so blessed to have Pastor Gebhart share with us during Sunday Evening Service.  Pastor Gebhart recently turned 97 years young.  We are so honored to have him as a vibrant leader in our ministry!  Rock on Pastor Gebhart!!!

Live Broadcast by Ustream.TV

Prayer Requests

If you would like to Request Prayer, please comment using the form below, and we will be happy to agree with you in prayer. If you would like to remain anonymous and not have your request posted here, please send an email to: pray@thechurchalive.org or use your initials when posting your message.

Home Worship & Communion

HOME WORSHIP AND COMMUNION
“Worship comes out of communion”

1. Set up a communion table in your home that is available for each member of your family to take communion daily!
2. Set a time weekly for family/home worship.

Ideas for home worship:

• Short Devotion
• Family Prayer
• Family Communion
• Candle Light
• Worship Music

The heart behind home worship and communion can be heard in the sermon series “40 Days of First Fruits”.  You can download these messages from our podcast/media library.  click here…

Order Online: Unlimited Realm 2009 DVD’s (Full Conference)

We are offering the entire Unlimited Realm 2009 Conference featuring Damon Thompson, Karen Wheaton, and Chosen Generation on DVD for $80 (plus $3 shipping & handling). To order your copy, click on the “add to cart” button below…

Warriors of God Breakfast (Feb. 15th, 8am)

Attention Men & Boys.
Join us Sunday, February 15th at 8am for a Biscuits & Gravy Breakfast as we embark on our new Men’s Ministry Focus, “Warriors of God”.  Come be a part!!!

Jeff Deyo at The Church Alive (Feb 22)

Jeff Deyo will join us at The Church Alive on February 22, 2009 (Sunday Morning Service Only). For more information on Jeff Deyo, please visit his website: jeffdeyo.com or see his bio below:

God continually unveils his glory to those who seek Him. For worship leader, songwriter and modern worship pioneer Jeff Deyo (pronounced: ‘DEE-oh’), seeing God’s glory revealed has become his life pursuit, his life’s passion. Now, with UNVEIL, his third studio album and first venture in a new partnership with Indelible Creative Group, Deyo’s music takes on a more organic rock sound, and an urgent, amped-up reflection of personal as well as musical transparency. Eleven powerful anthems that move beyond where 2004’s acclaimed Light left off: a bold statement about determined seeking in order to know God more.

“The whole idea behind this record is that unveiling our hearts is a process,” he says. “It’s a personal journey that never ends. This past year, the journey has been especially intense as I’ve intentionally pursued the vision of God for my life. You can’t chase after that unless you’re willing to get real. And the more you learn, the more you realize you don’t know.”

Produced by newcomer Josh “The Kurnoll” Deane, UNVEIL marks a fresh beginning for this founding member of SONICFLOOd, a Dove Award-winning, Grammy nominated group with more than one million albums sold.

“I was looking for something fresh, a completely different take,” Deyo says of the approach to UNVEIL. “I wanted someone who could understand the parameters of modern worship but with no preconceived notions beyond that. The Kurnoll had produced mostly independent music, so he came to this project with more of a rock edge than would normally be expected of me. What he brought melded more of a modern electric guitar sound with the ambient pop/rock I’m accustomed to.” The result, Deyo says, is definitely his most musically ambitious release thus far.

UNVEIL also reveals Deyo’s most personal worship lyrics to date. Powerful yet simple and singable, the lyrics reflect his personal journey and desire to see others intentionally pursuing God. “I’ve wrestled with these songs for two and a half years, just really wanting to communicate what I’ve experienced on this journey,” he says. “We started with 40 or 50 songs and, over time, whittled it down to those I felt would best help connect people to God. I really love it when people approach me and say, ‘When I worship God with your songs, you help me say things that I have wanted to say but didn’t know how to say.’ So when I write, I try to ask the questions and share the emotions that we often can’t find words for. The things we try hardest to hide.”

Deyo penned “Unveil” at a time when he was struggling to find an answer to the question, “What next?” “I’d been fasting and praying for a week,” he says, “just trying to get some clarity on the road ahead when God reminded me of ‘Unveil,’ a song I had co-written with fellow worship leader, Jonathan Lee a couple years back. It was His way of saying, ‘This is what I want to do in your life, to begin unveiling you, and then through you to help people seek me more deeply.”

“It’s my way of asking just as Moses did, ‘God I want to see your glory; I want to see who you are. As much as you will allow me to handle today, as much as I can take, I want to see you. I feel like the closer we can get to that place with God, the more understanding we will have of His desires for us in this world.”

“Glory,” an anthemic look ahead to the day when the final veil will be lifted, is a song that holds special meaning for Deyo. Looking for something that would encapsulate the other songs on UNVEIL, he wrote this simple, childlike anthem in 15 minutes, playing the upright piano his wife had given him as a birthday gift. “One day, every knee will bow, every tongue will confess and at that moment, nobody is going to care about radio singles or success or money or fame. The absolute greatest thing on earth will not matter. Only God will matter. This song is about that day, when heaven and earth collide, where the reality of the spirit realm suddenly and violently comes crashing into our reality and we stand completely unveiled before a holy God. I want to live in the knowledge of that day now, seeing the glory of God in my life now, knowing that He is the ultimate reason why I, why we, get up in the morning.”

For Jeff Deyo, that is the focus of life—even beyond the music. A former Youth For Christ missionary in Singapore, Deyo’s Worship City Ministries is the umbrella under which he creates, serves and participates in a plethora of ministries worldwide. From teaching at conferences to leading worship for crusade events with Josh McDowell, Luis Palau, John Bevere, John Maxwell, Max Lucado, Louie Giglio, Tommy Tenney, Willow Creek, Saddleback and others, Deyo’s music exists to serve his ministry and God’s purpose for his life.

“I am crazy enough to believe that if I can get people into the transforming presence of God, their eyes are going to be unveiled,” Deyo says. “That is my gift and the favor of God on my life. But at the end of it all, the goal is to truly help people in this unveiling process, to see themselves and their purpose on this earth as God sees it. UNVEIL is a huge part of that.”

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