Sunday, December 12, 2021

 Sunday Blessings!
 

 Our gift of a Christmas tree from Walmart.  

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Please pray for our country, our leaders, and our church.

Praise and Prayer Requests:

 

Don Shipley, Marge Bennett, Patric Breekbill, Andrew Heuberger, Curtis Weston, Mike Gordon, Stacey Snapp, Don Baker, the family of Judy McElroy, silent prayer requests.

 

Thanks to Walmart for our lovely Christmas tree.

Praise to the new Bartlett church.

 

December Birthdays:   5th Marcia Little, 18th Gary Sherwood, 22nd Jerry Birkby.   Anniversaries:  2nd Jerry and JoAnn Birkby,  18th Mel and Nancy Hurst, 19th Jan and Mary Zach.

 

Third Sunday of Advent

 

Candle of Joy 

Sermon:  "The Window of Obedience"

Today's Songs:

It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

Away In A Manger

We Three Kings

Oh Come All Ye Faithful

 

There will be a Christmas Eve service with Communion at 4 pm on Friday the 24th of December.

December 26th there will be the usual Sunday service.

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The Zach family had a weekend filled with dance on December 4-5.  Grace had her Christmas dance recital on Saturday.  Then Sara, Grace, and Mary went to see "The Nutcracker" at the Orpheum Theater on Sunday.  Two amazing shows on one weekend!

 What a fun weekend, thanks for sharing Mary!

 

 

 

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 Old churches must not simply stand as monuments to the past but as spiritual grandparents that have invested in the future by passing on their life to others and releasing their offspring to form new congregations. ~ unknown

 

 Today's Sunday Church Share... 

 

 Picture via Pinterest

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Percy's Tidbit

 The best Christmas gift is to realize how much you already have.

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Have a great week!