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30037 Red Arrow Highway
Paw Paw, MI 49079
269.657.6500
Freshwater Church
Worship Gatherings
Sundays 9:15 AM & 11AM
....Connecting real life and authentic faith...
Current teaching series...
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If your wallet could talk, what would it tell you?
Gods desire is that you would have a happy wallet
Over the next three weeks well uncover what it means to have a happy wallet...
What's Freshwater?
We're a church that places high value on relationships - both with God and others.
We value being real - each person should feel welcome and loved for who they are.
We value being relevant - a place where Sunday's teaching makes sense in our Monday-Saturday life.
We desire to be reaching, to impact our community with the good news of Jesus.
You'll find a church where there is no dress code, where it's okay to laugh, where questions are encouraged. We're a church that speaks in everyday language, where you're accepted even if you're not sure where you stand spiritually. We dont claim to know it all and we certainly are not perfect.
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Daily _ 11 am, 7 pm & midnight (for you late-nighters)
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Our Mission, Vision and Values
Who we are
Where We've Been...
God wants our lives to be transformed. We believe He does that primarily through relationships - with Him and others.
There are two ways to experience deeper relationships at Freshwater: serving in ministry and joining a Community Group. We encourage you to check out both.
If you're new to Freshwater, the place to start is LINK 101, where you'll find out a little more of what we're all about. Our online directory can also help you learn names and faces, as well as quickly contact others.
Our Mission is to encourage unchurched people to become fully devoted followers of Christ in the Paw Paw area, through the sharing of the Gospel of God and our lives as well
Our Vision is to be a growing community of Christ followers who connect real life and authentic faith
Our Values
Real... Ok to be authentic about where we are.
Relationships... with God and others
Relevant.... Sundays's experience makes sense with Monday through Saturday life
Reaching... share the good news of God with others
Freshwater kicked off in the fall of 2005, but it started long before that, in the heart of a boy named Troy.
In 2004,Troy and Carrie began to think about creating a new church - a church that was passionate for those new to church or had a previous bad experience with "religion" - a church that would connect with this group. So after lots of prayer and struggle., they moved to Paw Paw. Between 2004-2005 they spent time connecting in the community. On October 9th, 2005 the doors opened and to their surprise many people showed up and church began to form over the next few years God brought many people who have found Freshwater home.
Freshwater is a collection of people, young and old, single, married who are all on spiritual journey. Freshwater does church a little differently. We're not different just for the sake of being different, but because we think many churches have lost track of what's important - relationships.
We are a church that places high value on relationships - both with God and others. We also value being real - each person should feel welcome and loved for who they are. We also value being relevant - a place where Sunday's teaching makes sense in our Monday-Saturday life. Finally, we desire to be reaching, to impact our community around us with the good news of Jesus.
Youll find a church where there is no dress code, where its okay to laugh, where questions are encouraged. We're a church that speaks in everyday language, where you're accepted even if you're not sure where you stand spiritually. We dont claim to know it all and we certainly are not perfect.
Freshwater Staff
Troy Gentz
pastor to the stars
Beth Adriance
Admin staff
Jason Bull
Executive Pastor
Collin Moeller
Associate Pastor
Drink Addiction: If I don't have a coffee drink in my hand you probably saw me on the way to the coffee house... about 6 shots of decaf espresso over ice, with a splash of nonfat milk & a pump of chocolate will make me happy. I'm not asking much....
Things I Enjoy: acting crazy, laughing, reading, singing, mission trips, & driving new places
Random Favs: sunny spring days, flip-flops, pottery, giggling chubby babies, the smell of fabric softener on my sheets, organizing anything I can get my hands on.
Family: I have the best husband ever, Tom, and we have two awesome adult kids, Meg & Andy
Favorite Freshwater Things: our spirit of unity, being able to come-as-you-are, and the laughter!
Former CIA operative, fluent in 11 languages
What I do: Whatever needs to be done.
About me: My wife, Cheryl, and I have 3 kids Elliott, Clayton and Josie. I love nachos, movies, politics and racquetball in that order. And the Final Four. My favorite color is light tan.
Thoughts on Freshwater: I feel super privileged to be a part of a place where God is changing lives, including mine!
About MI
Born and raised in Parchment, MI.
US Army Reserve Veteran. Lucky man, got the girl of my dreams.
Loves working and learning under the great Troy Gentz.
Totally in love with Freshwater Church and its Mission/Vision/Values to reach out.
Wanna give a shout out to the amazing Beth Adriance, the best admin-person on the face of the universe.
Well I just want to do God's will, even though I've screwed that up before.
I just pray God keeps using me to further His Kingdom and Glory
Things I like:
the Bears
Good hotdogs (Vienna Beef, Best Kosher, Hebrew Nationals)
Funny movies - like Nacho Libre, Napoleon
Watching sports, lifting weights and cycling
On my faith - God has done some
amazing things in my life and I love sharing about Jesus - I love hanging with people and having fun
I've a great family with 3 kids and
one really pretty wife
I drink too much diet coke and I hate coffee
That is all.
Freshwater Leadership Team
1st Peter 5:2 Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under
compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eager;
not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock.
"I can't write two of these, see staff page."
Hobbies include Hunting, liquid chromatography and
cleaning toilets
Hobbies include
youth ministry, sports,
Diet Coke and daycare
Hobbies include whipping mashed potatos, being
a buckeye fan, a techie
and drinking Pepsi
Tom Adriance
Dan Fields
David Wait
Community Outreach
Church Planting
We strive to be a church that's not just about what's inside it's own four walls. We know that Jesus never sat around a church waiting for broken people to find Him. We do know that he was constantly on the move seeking the lost and broken, and reaching out to those who many would overlook.
Freshwater is commited to spreading the good news of Jesus Christ. As a church plant ourselves it is easy to get a glimpse of what God can do through grass roots ministries and inter-connectedness of church bodies.
We are currently researching and praying about a possible location in the town of South Haven, MI, which is located in the NorthWest corner of Van Buren County.
Reach 70
When you hear a statistic like "Seventy percent of all Americans have no meaningful relationship with the church", how does that make you react? For Freshwater it is the entire reason it exists. Check out this video, by Justin Van Ferrari
Freshwater Community Church
P.O. Box 235
269-657-6500
Email us:
Office_freshwatercc.org
Locate Freshwater Church
We're located at the corner of 30th Street and Red Arrow
Highway 3 miles east of Paw Paw, just past the High School.
New to Freshwater?
If you're new to Freshwater, the place to start is LINK 101, where you'll find out a little more of what we're all about. LINK 101 is an informal hang out at Troy and Carrie's house where you can ask questions and learn more about Freshwater. LINK happens on the first Sunday of every month following the 11am gathering.
Be sure to stop by our Connection Center on Sunday & pick up more info on Link 101, including directions to Troy & Carrie's house.
Ministry Main
Kid's Community
Worship
Party crew
Sacred space
H20
TidalWave
Tech
Ministry Team Contacts
Serving at Freshwater
We believe there is a place for everyone to serve at Freshwater.
Jesus said, "It is better to give than to receive."
- that's why we believe serving in ministry is so important.
It is one of the two key ways through which people can
experience deeper relationships at Freshwater.
It also gives each person the opportunity to experience
God's blessing in their life as they give their time and
energy to others.
Listed here are some places you can jump in and serve.
Feel free to contact the ministry leaders for more information on how to join their team.
Kid's Community:
Beth Adriance - 269.668-4649
decafonly_verizon.net
Kid's Community Craft Team:
Shelly Todd - 269.624.4914
Worship Team:
Collin Moeller - 269. 598.0118
collinmoeller_yahoo.com
Party Crew:
Kerry Burkhart - 269.978.3995
kbpartycrew_gmail.com
Leadership Team
Troy Gentz - 269.326.1111
Sacred Space
Collin Moeller - 269.598.0118
H20 High School Ministry:
Justin Van Ferrari -
269.329.9830
justin_mylifeinamovie.com
Tidal Wave Jr. High Ministry:
Tech Team:
Lukas Enciso - 269.655.0780
lenciso_dps.edu
Video Team:
Justin VanFerrari -
Prayer Team:
Susan Rall
269.521.4106
Care Corp:
Bonnie Simon/Becky Acar
269.668.2387
Girl's Night Out:
Carrie Gentz - 269.657.2620
Men's Ministry :
Brian Schupbach -
269.978.6797
schupbachb_yahoo.com
Ministry Leader: Collin Moeller
We believe God cares about every detail of our church. From the spiritual talks to the music, and from the kid's community all the way to the building maintenance. We want to show people we care about their experience at our place of gathering and worship, as well as to give God our praise and respect for the building He chose for us to worship Him.
Ministry Leader: Beth Adriance
Freshwater's Kids' Community provides a safe and loving place in which children can learn about and experience God through songs, games, crafts, and Bible stories geared to their age levels.
Our well-trained staff take the utmost care in serving the church in this way, providing the opportunity for birth through 5th graders to hear God's word.
Important:
Kid's space is back in full swing, with some slight
alterations designed to make our system more secure and
manageable.
Tidal Wave
Ministry Leader: Justin VanFerrari
Is Freshwater's 6-8th grade ministry which meets Thursday Nights at 7:07 at the church. If you have loads of energy, like to have lots of fun and good teaching, Tidal Wave may be for you!
Contact Faith Wolbers 269.341.0017
Justin VanFerrari 269.329.9830
H20 is our high school youth ministry designed to reach out to unchurched youth in Van Buren County. H20 is a place where high schoolers can come, be real and talk about what's really going on in their day to day lives.
Contact Justin VanFerrari 269.329.9830
Mandi Schupbach 269.978. 6797
This weekend : FIRE & ICE _
Center Lake Bible Camp!
Worship Team
Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes!
Praise Him with loud cymbals;
Praise Him with clashing cymbals!" Psalm 150:3-5
"Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet;
Praise Him with the lute and harp!
Praise Him with the timbrel and dance;
We don't have a trumpeter or a harp player etc... However, we do have a great group of what we like to call "Garage Band Worshipers". We strive for a well organized arrangement of songs, with room for each instrument to be creative, with the intent of making a joyful noise to the King of Kings.
This is Collin...
affectionately known as Coller, If you
have any questions for him regarding the
Worship Ministry at Freshwater,
or about the time he bought a KISS
poster, feel free to call or email.
269.598.0118
Since this is a performance-related ministry, there is a low stress try-out involved...this guy almost made it.
Freshwater's band generally consists of a variety of guitar-sounds, drum-sounds, piano-sounds, and we're still searching for a qualified accordianist and kazoo player.
Party Crew!
Ministry Leader: Kerry Burkhart
Party crew exists because although it's a tough job, somebody has to serve coffee, Sweetwater donuts and have fun every Sunday morning! Seriously though it's intent is to be sure people are welcomed at the door when they come in and address any hospitality needs before, during and after services.
Tech/Video Team
Ministry Team Leaders: Lukas Enciso/Justin VanFerrari
The Tech and Video teams are responsible for a wide variety of electronic, digital, sound, video, slideshow, monitors, battery, wind-up toys, knob turning, mouse clicking functions.
The Video team is responsible for the recording of each 11am gathering so the good people of Paw Paw can view Freshwater on Channel 12! They are responsible for the Media content on this website as well.
(It seems like there should
be an informative video here, being the
video team and all.)
Youth Group Stuff!!!
January 29th - 31st- This weekend is FIRE AND ICE '10 at Center Lake Bible Camp!!!
WITH MUSICAL GUESTS FROM FRESHWATER CHURCH!!!!!
February Are you smarter than a 5th grader? series
4th- Gossip- Linda Teaching
11th- Friends- Pete Teaching
18th- Me, Myself and Christ- Dan Teaching
25th- NO REGULAR TIDAL WAVE
26th-27th- 30 Hour Famine at Freshwater
March God.com series
4th YOUtubed with Mock Youtube Dan Teaching
11th Facebooked Dan Teaching
18th Twittered Tom Teaching
25th- Technology TBA Pete Teaching
April How to Tame your Dragons series
1st- GAME NIGHT AT CHURCH
8th- How to Tame Your Dragons Lying/Stealing Part 1 Dan Teaching
15th- How to Tame Your DragonsLying and Stealing Part 1 Linda Teaching
22nd - How to Tame Your Dragons Cheating/Blaming Part 2 Pete Teaching
29th - How to Tame Your Dragons Cheating/Blaming Part 2 Dan Teaching
May Oh the Things You Can Do That Are Good For You! Dr. Seuss Series
6th Oh the Things You Can Do That are Good For You! PEACE Tom Teaching
13th- Oh the Things You Can Do That are Good For You! LOVE Justin Teaching
20th - Oh the Things You Can Do That are Good For You!HOPE Dan Teaching
22nd 23rd Rock The Coast
27th - Oh the Things You Can Do That are Good For You! JOY Dan Teaching
H20!
Tidal Wave!
Another Video from the good people at David
Crowder Band.
