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There will be no Evening Service this Sunday in order to allow more time for families to gather on New Year’s Day.
Fifth Sunday Special OCC Offering: January 29, following the morning service, at the Welcome Center.
January OCC items: Stuffed animals and games.
🎄 Merry Christmas! 🎄
On the Welcome Center there are envelopes for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions. Lottie Moon was a single lady missionary to China over 100 years ago. She wrote letters challenging American churches to send more support and workers to mission fields. After her death, an annual offering for world missions was named in her honor. This is a free will offering, and every bit of the money raised goes directly to the support of international missionaries. Donations for the Lottie Moon Offering will be collected through today, Christmas Sunday, December 25th.
There will be no Evening Service this Sunday in order to allow more time for families to gather on Christmas.
This Wednesday, December 28th at 6:30 pm our normal Bible Study and Prayer time will resume. Come and bring your baby.
New Year’s Day is on Sunday this year. Sunday School and Morning Worship will be held as usual, but there will be no Evening Service on New Year’s Day to allow more time for family gatherings.
On the Welcome Center there are envelopes for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions. Lottie Moon was a single lady missionary to China over 100 years ago. She wrote letters challenging American churches to send more support and workers to mission fields. After her death, an annual offering for world missions was named in her honor. This is a free will offering, and every bit of the money raised goes directly to the support of international missionaries. Donations for the Lottie Moon Offering will be collected through Christmas Sunday, December 25th.
There will be a brief Deacons meeting after the Sunday morning service.
This Wednesday, December 21st at 6:30 pm we will have our special Candlelight Christmas Service at 6:30 pm in the church sanctuary. This will be in lieu of our regular Wednesday Bible Study and Prayer Time. The sanctuary will be dimmed and lit with candles, with the Christmas carols projected on the screens. All the Christmas carols will be accompanied by classical guitar. Pastor David will also be telling how the story of how St. Nicholas began and giving chocolate coins to any children present.
Christmas Day is on Sunday this year. Sunday School and Morning Worship will be held as usual, but there will be no Evening Service on Christmas to allow more time for family gatherings. And chances are good that Pastor David will still have chocolate coins for any children present on Christmas morning, too.
In your bulletins this Sunday and on the Welcome Center there are envelopes for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions. Lottie Moon was a single lady missionary to China over 100 years ago. She wrote letters challenging American churches to send more support and workers to mission fields. After her death, an annual offering for world missions was named in her honor. This is a free will offering, and every bit of the money raised goes directly to the support of international missionaries. Donations for the Lottie Moon Offering will be collected through Christmas Sunday, December 25th.
On Wednesday, December 21st at 6:30 pm we will have our Candlelight Christmas service in the church sanctuary. This will be in lieu of our regular Wednesday Bible Study and Prayer Time.
Christmas Day is on Sunday this year. Sunday School and Morning Worship will be held as usual, but there will be no Evening Service on Christmas to allow more time for families to gather.
This Sunday after the morning worship Service we will be having our Annual Business Meeting in the Fellowship Hall. A light lunch will be served first, then the meeting will begin. It is at this meeting that the church approves next year’s budget, and the new slate of officers and committees for the coming year. Everyone is welcome to eat lunch in the Fellowship Hall, even if you’re not staying for the Annual Business Meeting.
On Wednesday, December 21st at 6:30 pm we will have our Candlelight Christmas service in the church sanctuary. This will be in lieu of our regular Wednesday Bible Study and Prayer Time.
Christmas Day is on Sunday this year. Sunday School and Morning Worship will be held as usual, but there will be no Evening Service on Christmas to allow more time for families to gather.
There are sign-up sheets for Nursery, Bereavement, and Hospitality committee volunteers on the Welcome Center.
On October 23rd, the church gave a Pastor Appreciation Dinner for Rae Anne and me (also known as the Glorification of the Worm Ceremony). After the dinner, our Chairman of Deacons, Wally Liechty, made a presentation to me on behalf of the church. He handed me a gift bag containing an insulated coffee tumbler with Isaiah 41:10 (one of my favorite verses) printed on the side. And down in the bag there was a generous gift card for me to spend at the Open Door Christian Bookstore. It was in the amount of $250, in honor of the twenty-five years we have been together as pastor and church.
And I admit that my heart fell inside of me when I saw the gift certificate. The first thing that flashed into my mind was the six stacks of books I have sitting around my study, that I have absolutely no room for on my bookshelves. I thought, “What am I gonna do with more books?”
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