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Dec. 18, 2011
Bulletin Announcements
Wed Night Bible Study
Begins Jan. 4, 2012
Can you believe Thanksgiving and Christmas have come and gone and
it's time to complete the Wed. night Bible study already? Hope you
all have had a blessed holiday season. I don't know about you, but
I'm ready to get back into some Bible study and lively discussions.
We will meet next Wed. night Jan 4 at 7:00 at the church. We are
ready for chapter 8, which is titled "The Prodigal Who Stayed Home".
Perhaps we'll get some of our questions answered we came up with
when we first discussed the Prodigal Son story. We have three more
chapters after this one.
You are all welcome to attend even if you weren't able to attend
last fall. I know some of you had conflicts, so if your schedule has
cleared out a little, please come join us.
From the Pastor Nominating Committee
Latest update from the Pastor Nominating Committee
We have received a total of 48 Personal Information Forms (PIFs)
from possible candidates! The PNC committee met last week to begin
the process of reading each one of these resumes giving them careful
consideration. There are many amazing candidates who have been
matched as possible choices for our next pastor. We have 8
individuals who have sent their PIFs to us directly, which is also
very exciting. We will be meeting weekly as we read through the PIFs
and listen for the Holy Spirit’s guidance. Please continue to raise
up the PNC and all of these candidates in your prayers. (Kathie
Bush, Elder Mike Cooper, Jeannine Fancher, Beth Harmon, Tom Jackson,
Jeanette Krohne and Matt Tingle)
PARENTS!
We have a new Sunday School curriculum this year!! It’s called
DWELL and we are excited about the opportunities your kids will
have to dwell in God’s word! Plant to join us!
Click here to find out more about Dwell.
Current Events
Preparing and Sending Spirit-Filled Disciples
Adult
Coffee Conversations: 9:40-10:20 am
 Experiencing
Your Life in God’s Story
Did you ever wonder how your life
story connects with the story of the Bible? Coffee Conversations
begins a new series that connects your personal story to the
ancient, life-giving story of the Bible. The Bible invites us to
come know God through stories of His people—warts and all. These
stories help us understand who we are and the relationship of our
stories to each other’s experiences within our faith journey.
The Book that Understands You is our
text. Produced by Faith Alive Christian Resources, which is also
the source for our children and youth curriculum, the author Kevin
Adams takes us on a jaunt through some of the major events in God’s
story. Each lesson contains a few pages that introduce the
scripture text and major theme in God’s drama. There is a
bio-sketch on a person who has lived within God’s story—some of whom
you may never have heard of. Study a Song of Faith from the psalms
before digging into some very thought-provoking questions that
challenge us to think both contemplatively and contemporarily about
the lesson.
If you would like to be part of this
fascinating Coffee Conversations study, books can be obtained from
Ginny Sheets. A free will donation of $8 for the text enables the
Adult Discipleship Ministry Team to bring you other studies during
the year.
December 18: “The End: From Hope to Home
Strength to Wait
Our author Kevin Adams
states: “Today everyone knows our world is a fixer-upper. Its
brokenness sometimes makes us melancholy. But hope in God and in
his power to finish his story helps us imagine.” At last, can we
fully experience the blessings promised to Abraham when we started
this journey last September?
December 25:
Merry Christmas. No class
Come as you are to worship. The coffee pot will be on for those who
wish to visit and share in the wonders of the holiday season.
Tuesday Daytime Advent Study
Group
December 20 From Nazareth
to Bethlehem
This group will finish up their
study this week. No class through the holidays. You will be
notified when a decision is made as to when the class begins
again.
We begin with lunch at noon following Tuesday Prayers at 11:00.
We end around 1:30.
 160
Anniversary Cookbook
Our church is celebrating its 160th anniversary
this year and what better way to create a lasting memory than a
cookbook. The cookbooks may be purchased for $10.00 and are
available now. See Al Boulanger,
NURSERY
The nursery is
available during 10:30 worship service for infants through age 3.
Parents take turns serving in the nursery. For parents who wish to
keep their children with them during worship activity bags can be
obtained from the Greeters. A special section of the sanctuary is
reserved for families with young children which allows for a quiet
exit if needed.
YOUTH CLASSES
In addition to the
nursery, there are classes for three age groups as listed below.
Each age group has a coordinator to help facilitate the youth
classes on the 1st, 3rd and 4th Sundays of each month.
- Nursery - infants through preschool - no room change We will
be introducing some music and scripture to the nursery.
- early elementary (kindergarten through third grade) - in
room # 4 (previously the preschool & kindergarten room)
- tweens (grades 4-7) - in room # 2 (previously the elementary
room)
- teens (grades 8-12) - in room # 3 - no room change
MIDDLE &
HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH
The middle
& high school youth will have classes every Sunday
following the Children's Story.
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