March 9 – March 15, 2025

Abounding Hope…! Romans 15:13

Loving God Together

Sunday

9:00-10:15 A.M. – First Service: No Nursery.

Parents, please feel free to take your children into the nursery where you may sit with
them and listen to the service if you like.

10:45-12 NOON – Second Service w/ Nursery & Sunday School

Investing in Each Other

Sunday
6:00-8:00 P.M. – NO Youth LIFE Group

Tuesday
10:00-11:00 A.M. – Harvest Prayer Partners
12:30-2:30 P.M. – Women’s LIFE Group: Hebrews
6:00-8:00 P.M. – Genesis LIFE Group

Wednesday
7:00-8:30 A.M. – Men’s LIFE Group: Revelation
6:00-8:00 A.M. – Awana: Awana Store (Bring all your Awana Bucks)

Thursday
2:00-4:00 P.M. – Grief Share LIFE Group
6:00-8:00 P.M. – Comfortable & Uncomfortable Topics
6:00-8:00 P.M. – 1st Peter LIFE Group

Today
Daylight Saving
Cabin Fever Church Picnic: Palm Desert Civic Center Park at 1:30 P.M.

Sunday, March 16th
Pastoral Search Update Meeting: right after 2nd service

Tuesday, March 25th

Youth Group Evening of Fun

Friday– Sunday. March 28th–30th

2025 Spring Men’s Retreat

April 27th-May 18th

Baby Bottle Boomerang

Sunday, May 11th

Mother’s Day

Pastor Search Weekly Prayer Focus

Week #3

Our weekly prayer focus this week will be that God instills in us a deep burden for prayer that permeates the church, not only as we seek God’s will for a pastor, but also as we seek God’s vision for the church.

Jeremiah 33:3 – “Call to me and I will answer you and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.”

Cabin Fever Church Picnic

We hope you can join us for the IBC Cabin Fever Church Picnic TODAY, March 9th,
meeting at the Palm Desert Civic Center Park at 1:30 pm. We will be across from the
Amphitheater and Holocaust Memorial. Bring lounge chairs or a blanket for your
comfort, volleyball, baseball equipment, bikes, or any other sports equipment for
games you’d like to play. IBC will be providing fried chicken, lemonade, and water.
Please sign up to bring salads: potato, pasta, greens, etc., side dishes, and desserts
on the back table.

Bridal Shower

Ladies of IBC, you are invited to a Bridal shower for Michelle Gilmore to celebrate
her upcoming wedding. The shower is Saturday, March 15 @ 11:30 am. Lunch will
be provided. She is registered at Amazon, you can search Michelle Gilmore and
Josh Gray in the wedding registry. Hope to see you there! Please contact Cholena @
951-439-1138 Or Julie @ 909-223-1028 if you have any questions.

IBC Youth Evening of Fun!

The IBC Youth are invited to an evening of fun, food, and fellowship on Tuesday, March 25th, 5 pm-7:30 pm at Idyllwild Pines. The cost is $20 per student and dinner will be provided. This event is open to all youth 6th-12th grade so remember to invite a friend! Parents, RSVP at idyllwildbiblechurch.org/rsvp/ or click on the QR code no later than March 16th to let us know if your child will be attending.  

2025 IBC Men’s Retreat

This year our annual spring Men’s Retreat will be held Friday, March 28-Sunday
March 30. It will be held in our own mountains located just 15 minutes from here
on Highway 243 at Alpine Cabins at Lawler Lodge. Plan on arriving by 4:30 pm on
Friday and dinner will be served at 5:00 pm with the first session at 6:00 pm. The
last session will be on Sunday morning after breakfast and checkout is at 11:00 am.
The cost, which includes lodging in the cabins and 5 meals, is $89 per person. Make
your check payable to the Idyllwild Bible Church and write “Men’s Retreat” in the
memo. See Scott Drake or Wayne Clark for details.

Finding A Place to Serve

If you have been attending IBC regularly for at least six months and are
looking for a place to serve, contact the church office at 951-659-4775
for more information.

  • Sunday Cookies: Once every month or two. See Barbara Maring.
  • Open Arms Ministry: Help reach and feed the unsheltered. Contact Susie Hampson at 951-970-7916
  • Children’s Ministry: If you have been attending IBC for 6+
    months, love Jesus, and love our kids, please see Kelly Stewart
    for information on joining our team.

Enlarging God’s Kingdom

Birth Choice of Hemet (click to read the update)
Prayer & Financial Support

Thank you for your support of Birth Choice of Hemet! These are exciting times as we are currently in the process of moving to a new, larger facility. We are moving a mere 4 miles from our current location and much closer to our local abortion clinic; making our reach to abortion-minded clients and ability to serve them much easier. We are anxious to re-open our doors, but until then we are serving our clients through the Temecula location (which is currently open 4 days a week).  

Birth Choice is making an impact for life! Last year, we served 4,700 clients!!  We have also provided 205,600 baby items to local families in need. People are finding us for Abortion Pill Reversal; with over 40 women aided in receiving this life-saving treatment. We are also seeing an uptick in dads getting involved, with 3 times as many men involved in the Fatherhood Project.

Because of you, people in our community are experiencing the love of Christ in one of their greatest times of need. Thank you for loving life and loving the clients we serve.

I have also attached flyers of our upcoming events in March and April.  Please let me know if you need more information. 

Thank you again for all of your support and love for our BCC family!