Akron First Assembly

Good Morning AFA Family,

Cullen Jarvis' memorial service is being streamed on our youtube page at the below link.

Cullen Jarvis Memorial

Hello AFA Family,

We wanted to make sure that everyone had the details about Cullen's Memorial Services.

Calling Hours: Thursday Aug 29th, 5-7 PM at AFA
Funeral: Friday Aug 30th, 10 AM at AFA
Internment and meal to follow

You can also read his obituary at the below link:

Cullen Jarvis Obituary - Akron, OH Celebrate the life of Cullen Jarvis, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Rose Hill Funeral Home & Burial Park.

Missed today's service? You can watch the LIVE stream of today's service on our YouTube and Facebook channels!
YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh7xHvqN8Ok
Facebook : https://fb.watch/tLG6PVSpcq/

Thanks to everyone who donated!

A huge thank you to Dale and Akron First Assembly Church! Your collecting and donating food, dental hygiene kits, personal care items., clothes, school supplies, and lamps to Haven of Rest is an example of how much you care for our community. We also thank you for your love and prayers. You are gratefully appreciated!🥰💗

Join us for an uplifting Sunday Service with worship, heartfelt prayer, and empowering teachings from the Word of God!

We're sorry for any inconvenience this may cause!

Join us today in Prayer and Fasting as we lift up John Wootton, the Ohio Ministry Network Superintendent. We believe in a God of miracles, and we believe that God can move mightily through these circumstances for His glory.

Earlier this week, at Network Conference, our Superintendent, John Wootton, shared a recent health update.

Pastor John and Brigette have been processing the very recent news that he has been diagnosed with cancer that started in the lungs and has spread to several organs.

While this is a very serious blow to the Wootton family and to all who love them, we know that our extended family of faith-filled believers will bombard heaven for a miraculous healing and provision on their behalf.

Currently, the medical plan is for him to begin three months of targeted chemotherapy and immunotherapy every few weeks, starting in early June, and then evaluate with scans at the end of the summer to monitor his progress and take additional steps at that time to consider the best future phases of treatment.

UPDATES & COMMUNICATION
Your participation in prayer and support is both needed and appreciated! In coordination with the Executive Presbytery, we are making sure that routine updates on John’s health will be provided over the summer so our OMN family is kept apprised.

As we believe together for his healing, there are three key things we can all do to help: Pray, Protect and Provide Support.

1. PRAY: On May 15 our Executive Presbyters and Leaders joined with our Drivers for a day of fasting and prayer, and we prayed over them Monday at Network Conference. Now, we're asking you to join us again on WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 for another day of prayer and fasting as we believe for this mountain to be moved in Jesus' name.

2. PROTECT: We have encouraged Supt. Wootton to guard his health and energy during this season. So, if you know you're not feeling well, we kindly ask that you do not hug him or shake hands if you see him. The last thing we want is for him to get a cold or virus.

As you might appreciate, we also want to protect him from getting overwhelmed with personal texts and phone calls. If it is a ministry-related issue, nothing has changed. Please be reminded of his assistant, Jan Mason, who remains ready to process emails and schedule his appointments, calls, etc. She may be reached or cc’d at [email protected]. For personal notes of encouragement to Pastor John & Brigette, we ask you to use [email protected].

3. PROVIDE SUPPORT: Although he is still working and serving our Network, we're helping him cut back on the extras and some of the additional travel, so we appreciate your understanding.

If you'd like, you can also support the Wootton family tangibly by sending notes, cards, or gifts to the Network Resource Center, and we will ensure they reach them.

Thank you for your understanding and for your continued support.

As a reminder to everyone, Bible study today is canceled. We will pick back up our Bible study next Thursday.