Being a mom is hard work! Join us for a time of fellowship and discussion. Moms of all ages and stages are welcome to come! (Sign Up Below) Childcare will be provided.

 

Everyone is invited to attend this night of prayer & worship! 

Come join the Missions Team as they interview short-term/ long-term missionaries & missions teams as they return from their assignments to hear stories & updates on how God used them to advance the gospel. We will hear from Sydney Reber (Wyoming & Costa Rica), Ashley Steiner (Cameroon), & the  missions team who served in Kenya.

Join us in supporting the PCC by picking up a baby bottle at the table in the foyer. Fill it with coins, bills, or checks to help them meet the needs of many families in our community. Bottles are due back to the table by June 21.

Are you a person in business who's also passionate about the gospel? Business as Mission, a para-church ministry, seeks to have you join their monthly gatherings on the 4th Tuesday of each month at Fairlawn from 7-8 am. They are also considering additional avenues to serve those in business and are requesting your feedback. Please click the link below and share your insights by May 17th.

All Fairlawn men are invited to join us! The purpose is to encourage believers to see their work as worship and align their careers with their spiritual calling to impact society for Christ. Contact Chris Clark with any questions 330-391-4614.

If you are thinking about being baptized or becoming a member of Fairlawn Church, this class is the first step in that process. No sign up is necessary. 

Greetings to you all family & friends,

We pray this finds you doing well and enjoying the blessings of the Lord in your lives. We have so much to be thankful for! As we look back over the past six months, we are overwhelmed by all that God has done in our lives.

At the beginning of 2026, we were blessed to welcome a team of men from our home church, Fairlawn in Ohio. They gave a week of their time to travel to Montana—suitcases full of work clothes and tools in hand—to help us complete our base kitchen project. In just seven days, every detail was finished! The result is a beautiful, fully functioning kitchen that will host many—young and old alike—as we continue to serve the Lord here on the Flathead Indian Reservation.

We began this undertaking in the fall of 2024, and we’re so grateful to report that the project is now complete.

2026 also brought another most beautiful blessing into our lives with the birth of our first grandchild. Tavita Jr. was born on February 3, 2026, to Tiana and Tavita, who are currently living in Winnipeg, Canada. Rita was able to spend almost a month with them in preparation for little Jr.'s arrival. What a blessed time we had together. Our hearts are experiencing a new type of love, and it is the best!

In February, Sika had the opportunity to preach on a Sunday at Fairlawn and share the vision for a new church building project in Samoa called Build My Church. This project will focus on remodeling and repairing our village church—especially the roof—while also adding walls, windows, and dedicated space for children’s ministries, which is so greatly needed.

Because our time was short, we weren’t able to connect with all our friends and family as we had hoped. If you haven’t yet heard about this project, we would truly love to share more details, including the vision and timeline. Please feel free to reach out—we’d be happy to connect with you!

On our way home from Ohio, we made a special stop in South Bend to spend Parents Weekend with our daughter Leina. She is currently finishing up her junior year at University of Notre Dame and is doing so well!

It’s hard to believe that this time next year—Lord willing—she will be graduating with a degree in Political Science and a minor in Japanese language. We are so proud of her hard work and dedication.

We’re already looking forward to spending some good, quality time with her this summer!

Last July 2025, we attended a missions gathering in Honolulu called Moana Gathering. During that time, alongside a close group of missionary colleagues, we felt deeply challenged—how can we see more islanders trained and sent out to the nations with the love of Christ?

We sensed the Lord leading us to join forces and be part of a combined DTS (Discipleship Training School) hosted here in the islands of Hawaii—because together, we are stronger. Sika and I, along with our dear friends Tua and Patty Meafua, set aside three months from church and our YWAM responsibilities to come to Honolulu and staff the All Nations DTS in April 2026.

In the midst of this, our son Uriah—who had just turned 20—felt the Lord calling him personally to step out in faith and join the DTS. This has truly been an answer to prayer, and we are so grateful to see him say yes to this season. We’re now in our fourth week of lectures, and already the growth we see in him is life-changing. Topics so far have included Hearing God’s Voice, Bible Overview, Fear of the Lord, and this week: Our Identity in Christ.

We’re nearing the halfway point, and on June 20th, the students will head out on outreach—spending one month in Tonga and one month in Samoa. They’ll be working with churches, village and youth ministry, as well as serving and encouraging YWAM bases in both nations. One of the exciting parts of the Samoa portion of the outreach will be in Sika’s birth village, what a blessing!

Uriah is still raising funds for his airline ticket and outreach fees, totaling $4,500. If you feel led to partner with him in this important season of his life, we would be so grateful. Please see the options below for giving.

Thank you so much for your prayers, encouragement, and support! We feel now more than ever that the Lord’s return is near, and with that comes a deep urgency to finish what the Lord Jesus has called us to do.

We hold onto this promise:
“Being confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” — Philippians 1:6

We are so grateful to be on this journey together with you.

With all our love,

Sika & Rita Ulutoa

Donations can made out to:                        

YWAM Tribal Waves

PO Box 784 Ronan, MT 59864 

Paypal- ywamflathead@gmail.com

Venmo- @Rita-Ulutoa

 *please note the destination of donation

Are you curious about the mission & core values of Fairlawn?  Do you have questions about what we believe? Are you interested in ways to get involved? Plan to attend a Discover Fairlawn class. A pastor will lead this class to give basic information about Fairlawn & give space for questions to be answered. No sign up is required and everyone is welcome to  attend! 

Remy and Rachel Perrin will be serving with AIM Air in Nairobi, Kenya. As a pilot, Remy will be using aviation to serve and support missionaries in remote areas in order to see Christ centered churches among all African peoples. They must have all their funds raised by August 1st. They have 91% raised so far! Would you consider partnering with them in this ministry? The link to give is below.

Join us! The back doors of the church open at 6:30pm. Follow our instagram page @alive2shine.

A core value we have here at Fairlawn is Gospel-Rooted Families, passing the faith on to the next generation. We love the children we have here. Child dedication is a great way to communicate to the church that parents are committing to discipling their children and desire the church to come along side them in the task. As a way to commemorate that time, we will give each child being dedicated a blanket from the church. 

 

There is an additional private nursing mother's room located in the nursery. 

Every person at our church has free access to biblical resources on many topics! RightNow Media is an amazing, impactful resource your families are going to love! Check it out!