Christmas Eve

Join us for our Christmas Eve Service, tonight, at 7:00 p.m.

Worship

In the Christmas movie, Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, there is a scene where Hermey and Rudolph march off singing…

Fame and Fortune, Fame and Fortune
They will be ours someday.

Does Mary’s journey from the unexpected, to the unscripted, to the unfamiliar lead at last to fame and fortune?

Come, worship with us, as we conclude our series...The Life of Mary.

Most Americans Believe in Christ's Virgin Birth

www.crosswalk.com

The Christian Post reports that the majority of Americans believe the Biblical story of Jesus Christ being born to the virgin Mary literally, according to a survey released Monday by the Barna Group.

Three out of four adults said they believe in the gospel narrative of the birth of Jesus Christ. Even among atheists and agnostics, 15 percent said the event happened literally.

Surprisingly, a solid majority of self-described liberals on political and social issues (60 percent) believed in the biblical view of Christ's birth. The Christian polling organization surveyed over 1,000 adults on a half dozen biblical stories to find out if they view those stories to be factually accurate.

New Giving Rules

Rev. David Bennett
Director of Missions & Development
Growing Healthy Churches

The holiday season is under way and we have a unique way of supporting the ministries we love in greater ways than we will ever be able to again. Here are some new federal tax rules you should know about before you make a donation.

Finish the article at: http://www.growinghealthychurches.org/art/art_419.shtml

Worship

God doesn’t always lead us in a straight line. Sometimes there are twists and turns along his pathway. He may give us a vision of the future and that may change a little as we follow.

Come worship with us, Sunday, as we learn how to follow God through the unfamiliar.

1 Corinthians 13 - Christmas Version

If I decorate my house perfectly with plaid bows, strands of twinkling lights and shiny balls, but do not show love to my family, I'm just another decorator.

If I slave away in the kitchen, baking dozens of Christmas cookies, preparing gourmet meals and arranging a beautifully adorned table at mealtime, but do not show love to my family, I'm just another cook.

If I work at the soup kitchen, carol in the nursing home, and give all thatI have to charity, but do not show love to my family, it profits me nothing.

If I trim the spruce with shimmering angels and crocheted snowflakes, attenda myriad of holiday parties and sing in the choir's cantata, but do not focus on Christ, I have missed the point.

Love stops the cooking to hug the child.

Love sets aside decorating to kiss the husband.

Love is kind, though harried and tired.

Love doesn't envy another's home that has coordinated Christmas china and table linens.

Love doesn't yell at the kids to get out of the way, but is thankful theyare there to be in the way.

Love doesn't give only to those who are able to give in return but rejoices in giving to those who can't.

Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Love never fails.

Video games will break, pearl necklaces will be lost, golf clubs will rust.

But giving the gift of love will endure.

Merry Christmas!

A Christmas Thought

"I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys."

~Charles Dickens

Get Wrapped-up In Acts of Kindness

Literally....

Join us at K-Mart, Saturday, December 15, from 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., and help wrap presents. It is a great way to serve and fellowship.

Call the church office, Shell Hoskinson, or Donna Tassos for information or to sign up.

If you forget to sign up...no problem. Come anyway.