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Weekly Update for Sunday, December 17, 2023

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Youth Group (6th–12th) Join us for our Christmas party this Sunday evening from 6:00-7:00 PM!

Bible Explorers (3’s–5th) Join us Wednesday night from 6:15-7:30 for our last gathering before we break for the holidays.

Deacons Meeting Today after the worship service in the BYKOTA classroom.

Candlelight Service Our Candlelight Christmas Service will be this Friday, December 22 at 6:30 in the church sanctuary. The sanctuary will be dimmed and lit with candles, and Christmas carols will be sung to the accompaniment of classical guitar. Pastor David will bring a PowerPoint message with the theme “Christmas Is Christian!” Every child present will receive a bag of chocolate coins. Some of the adults may receive a lump of coal.

Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve There will be no Evening Worship Services on Christmas Eve or New Year’s Eve in order to allow families more time for holiday gatherings.

2024 Children’s Ministries If you’re interested in serving in the Nursery, in the Little Sprouts, in the Elementary Sunday School class, or in the Treehouse, please sign up at the Welcome Center. See Pastor Bobby with any questions.

Couples Getaway We have several couples planning an overnight getaway to McCormick’s Creek State Park from January 30 through February 1. They’d love to have you join them for a time of fun and fellowship. If you have questions about making your own reservations or anything else, please see Connie Liechty or Barbara Hohmann.

Lottie Moon Offering Envelopes for the annual Lottie Moon Christmas offering for foreign missions are available at the Welcome Center.

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Glory in the Highest

Written by David Tyra

I have loved Christmas lights from the time I was a small boy. Whether they were on my family’s Christmas tree at home, or adorning various houses on the drive home from my grandparents’ house, it was always a thrill to see Christmas lights. Sometimes my Dad would take the long way home just so we could see more Christmas lights.

Back in the late fifties we always had real a Christmas tree with those big, colorful, tear-shaped lights, the same kind you see on Ralphie’s Christmas tree in A Christmas Story. Then sometime in the 1960s Mom got tired of cleaning up pine needles and we got an artificial tree. For a while we used the old lights, but by the 1970s we had changed to the smaller, brighter lights shaped like tiny eyedroppers.

And the artificial trees were different in another crucial respect: the branches didn’t go all the way to the ground. (I guess that was to make room for more presents…?) That key difference made it possible to do something my brothers and I had never done before: we could lay under the tree and look up at the lights through the branches…at least until the presents crowded us out. I always thought it was especially beautiful, seeing the lights that way. Even as an adult from time to time I have laid down with my head under the tree to see the lights (when no one was looking).

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Weekly Update for Sunday, December 10, 2023

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Youth Group (6th–12th) Join us Sunday evenings from 6:00-7:00 for Rooted Youth Group! Come spend time with friends as we have fun and explore the Christian faith. Our current study is looking at truths from Jesus’s birth.

Bible Explorers (3’s–5th) Join us Wednesday nights from 6:15-7:30 for our midweek children’s discipleship program. We’d love to have you with us for engaging Bible lessons, Scripture memory time, and fun games.

Candlelight Service Our Candlelight Christmas Service will be Friday, December 22 at 6:30 in the church sanctuary. The sanctuary will be dimmed and lit with candles, and Christmas carols will be sung to the accompaniment of classical guitar. Pastor David will bring a PowerPoint message with the theme “Christmas Is Christian!” Every child present will receive a bag of chocolate coins. Some of the adults may receive a lump of coal.

Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve There will be no Evening Worship Services on Christmas Eve or New Year’s Eve in order to allow families more time for holiday gatherings.

2024 Children’s Ministries If you’re interested in serving in the Nursery, in the Little Sprouts, in the Elementary Sunday School class, or in the Treehouse, please sign up at the Welcome Center. See Pastor Bobby with any questions.

Couples Getaway We have several couples planning an overnight getaway to McCormick’s Creek State Park from January 30 through February 1. They’d love to have you join them for a time of fun and fellowship. If you have questions about making your own reservations or anything else, please see Connie Liechty or Barbara Hohmann.

Lottie Moon Offering Envelopes for the annual Lottie Moon Christmas offering for foreign missions are available at the Welcome Center.

Church Secretary Position We will have an opening in January for the position of church secretary. Please contact the church office or any trustee if interested.

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Weekly Update for Sunday, December 3, 2023

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Youth Group (6th–12th) Join us Sunday evenings from 6:00-7:00 for Rooted Youth Group! Come spend time with friends as we have fun and explore the Christian faith. Our current series explores God making us whole.

Bible Explorers (3’s–5th) Join us Wednesday nights from 6:15-7:30 for our midweek children’s discipleship program. We’d love to have you with us for engaging Bible lessons, Scripture memory time, and fun games.

Annual Meeting (Dec 3) Our annual business meeting is today. After the morning worship service, we will share a meal together, and then hold our annual meeting. At this meeting, the church will approve next year’s budget and the new slate of officers and committees. We welcome anyone to attend, though only church members will be allowed to vote on items presented.

2024 Children’s Ministries If you’re interested in serving in the Nursery, in the Little Sprouts, in the Elementary Sunday School class, or in the Treehouse, please sign up at the Welcome Center. See Pastor Bobby with any questions.

Church Secretary Position We will have an opening in January for the position of church secretary. Please contact the church office or any trustee if interested.

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Weekly Update for Sunday, November 26, 2023

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Youth Group (6th–12th) There will be no Youth Group this Sunday night. We’ll be back together next week!

Bible Explorers (3’s–5th) Join us Wednesday nights from 6:15-7:30 for our midweek children’s discipleship program. We’d love to have you with us for engaging Bible lessons, Scripture memory time, and fun games.

Annual Meeting (Dec 3) Our annual meeting will be next Sunday. After the morning worship service, we will share a meal together, and then hold our annual meeting. If your last name begins with A-M, please bring a side. If your last name begins with N-Z, please bring a dessert. We welcome anyone to attend, though only church members will be allowed to vote on items presented.

2024 Children’s Ministries If you’re interested in serving in the Nursery, in the Little Sprouts, in the Elementary Sunday School class, or in the Treehouse, please sign up at the Welcome Center. See Pastor Bobby with any questions.

Church Secretary Position We will have an opening in January for the position of church secretary. Please contact the church office or any trustee if interested.

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Weekly Update for Sunday, November 19, 2023

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Youth Group (6th–12th) Join us Sunday evenings from 6:00-7:00 for Rooted Youth Group! Come spend time with friends as we have fun and explore the Christian faith. Our current series is learning about the goodness of God.

No Wednesday Services (Nov 22) There will be no Bible Explorers or Adult Bible study and prayer meeting this week to allow families more time to prepare or travel for Thanksgiving.

Annual Meeting (Dec 3) This year, our annual meeting falls on Sunday, December 3. After the morning worship service, we will share a meal together, and then hold our annual meeting. We welcome anyone to attend, though only church members will be allowed to vote on items presented.

Official Board Meeting There will be an Official Board meeting this afternoon at 4:30 in the church library.

OCC National Collection Week National Collection Week finishes up tomorrow. Thank you to all those who volunteered their time and energy to help receive boxes! We pray these boxes will allow for many gospel conversations to come!

2024 Children’s Ministries If you’re interested in serving in the Nursery, in the Little Sprouts, in the Elementary Sunday School class, or in the Treehouse, please sign up at the Welcome Center. See Pastor Bobby with any questions.

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Weekly Update for Sunday, November 12, 2023

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Youth Group (6th–12th) Join us Sunday evenings from 6:00-7:00 for Rooted Youth Group! Come spend time with friends as we have fun and explore the Christian faith. Our current series is learning about the goodness of God.

Bible Explorers (3’s–5th) Join us Wednesday nights from 6:15-7:30 for our midweek children’s discipleship program. We’d love to have you with us for engaging Bible lessons, Scripture memory time, and fun games.

OCC National Collection Week From the 13th through the 20th, our church will serve as the drop-off location for Greene County during National Collection Week. Please be in prayer for our volunteers and for the hundreds of shoeboxes that we will help collect!

Operation Christmas Child OCC items for November are postage and prayer.

College Care Packages We have several young people away at college. We’d love to bless them with a box of goodies as a reminder that they are loved! Please drop off your items at the desk near the church offices by tomorrow evening.

2024 Children’s Ministries If you’re interested in serving in the Nursery, in the Little Sprouts, in the Elementary Sunday School class, or in the Treehouse, please sign up at the Welcome Center. See Pastor Bobby with any questions.

Trustee Meeting The Trustee Board will meet following the morning service this Sunday in the JOY classroom.

Official Board Meeting There will be a meeting of the Official Board at 4:30 pm next Sunday, Nov. 19 in the Library.

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