Wednesday, December 7, 2011

December 2011

 
Are you ready for THE GREAT GIVEAWAY? Have I peaked your curiosity? Find out at one of our Christmas Eve services. We will have services at 4:00 pm and 6:00 pm. It'll be like no service you've ever attended!
We will NOT have a Christmas Day service. 
I recently read about a woman who pepper sprayed other shoppers so that she could obtain whatever the most recent electronic "must have" item was on sale. While initially I was only appalled, I then realized I need to pray for her for she obviously does not know Christ. How many people in your life, while not going to those extremes, are stressing out about the finances involved in gift buying, the time & resources it takes to prepare the perfect meal, spotlessly cleaning the house and/or making arrangements to travel out of town? Maybe I'm talking about you. I know this has described me. My daughter presented a solution to this madness last year when she proposed we don't buy gifts at Christmas time. No, we have not become Scrooges! We give our kids and grandkids a big gift on their birthdays and spend Christmas celebrating Christ's birthday. We give to others through the Angel Tree and other mission minded organizations. Our family will have stockings of goodies, but our focus will be spending time together.
 
Keep the family and friends of the following people in your prayers:
Gary Hemmer
Lary Peters
Helen G. Schoeneman
Martin May
Nels Edrup
Valerie Bittner
Penny Hurley
The RESCUE Kidz has become a huge hit with kids age 4 - grade 5! Chase's high energy and creative approach to telling kids about Christ has drawn not only new kids, but they're coming back and bringing their parents, too! Praise for all the people learning what a relationship with Christ is all about!

 
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Merry Christmas!