Good Afternoon,
We're just a week away from celebrating the wondrous birth of Jesus! What an exciting, anticipation filled time of year. We are offering two worship opportunities on Christmas Eve. The first will be at noon, for those who prefer to worship in the daylight. Our second worship will be a candlelight service beginning at 11:00pm and will include Communion. Come join us.
Here's What's Happening around Good Shepherd Church . . .
Sun. Dec 21-Connection Café begins at 8:30am with Worship starting at 9:00am with new members received and membership renewal
Sun. Dec 21-The second December Manna card orders will be delivered today!
Sun. Dec 21-The Church Council will be meeting beginning at 4pm
Wed. Dec 24-Christmas Eve Worship at 12:00 noon
Wed. Dec 24-Candlelight Worship Service with Christmas Communion at 11:00pm
Thur. Dec 25 – M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S ! Happy Birthday, Jesus
Sun. Dec 28-Connection Café at 8:30am with Worship at 9:00am
Sun. Dec 28-Following Worship we'll have our 2014 Annual Congregational Meeting
New Members and Renewal of Membership on Sunday
A message from Pastor Suzanne and Council President, Carrie Worthington: In our continuing efforts to get our "ducks in a row" and records in order, we will be offering a special time of receiving new members and renewing "old" memberships this Sunday, December 21 during our Sunday morning worship. This is your chance to officially join our church or, if you've been a member for a while, renew your membership and commitment to our church. As part of our church's constitution, all those desiring to be members are supposed to be "approved" by the Church Council. So, everyone who participates Sunday morning will have their names recorded in the minutes of the Council's meeting on Sunday evening as official members of the church. If you are already a member and are not able to participate on Sunday, DON'T PANIC. You'll still be a member and we give thanks for your walking with us. As we look to 2015, we're excited about the new faces and the not-so-new-faces that we see every Sunday and are hopeful that committing and recommitting ourselves to Good Shepherd will help all of us refocus, renew, and re-energize as we continue to serve God and others with the love of Jesus. Questions? Please contact Pastor Suzanne or Carrie.
Our 2014 Annual Congregational Meeting date of December 28th is fast approaching, and folders for the meeting will be passed out to everyone on Sunday (one per family please). Be sure to look over all of the information you'll be provided so that we can make knowledgeable decisions about the future of our church. Feel free to contact any Council member with your questions, concerns or if you need clarification. It is important that all communing members attend the meeting on December 28th and bring their folder with them.
Manna order part 2 just arrived and your cards will be available in church on Sunday. Thanks to the $6,021.00 total of December orders, we realized a profit for Good Shepherd of $358.67! Your continued support of the Manna program is certainly appreciated.
Christmas Eve Worship
Pastor Suzanne will be offering two services on Wednesday, December 24 to celebrate the birth of Jesus. She'll be holding a service at noon for those celebrating with family in the evening or those who prefer not to be out at night. And, she'll be having our traditional candlelight service at 11pm, which will also include the first Communion of Christmas and a special time of transitioning to Christmas "morning." We hope you'll be able to join us for one of these special services.
Storage Item needed
Pastor Suzanne is organizing our various worship banners and is in need of some kind of box or container at least 4' tall or wide in which to store them. If you have a sturdy box that you aren't using or know someone who does and would be willing to donate it to the church, please get in touch with Pastor Suzanne. Thanks!
Cleaning help needed
One of the responsibilities of our Reignite Space Team is to keep the church clean, scheduling people to clean, etc. We're looking for a few people to help clean the church before we welcome guests for our special Christmas Eve services. If you have time between this Sunday and Christmas Eve to clean - the bathrooms, floors, counters, dusting, etc., please contact Dave Darguzis, Pat Hurdle, Lynne Hurdle, or Allen Kirkland. They will make arrangements with one of our Council members to let you in the facility. Thanks, in advance, for your help.
Prayers
Some of our family members will remember the Deegan family, long-time members of our church who moved away several years ago. We received word that Dianne passed away this past weekend. Please pray for her husband, John and their three sons and their families. John and Dianne served our church faithfully for many years in a variety of capacities and we pray God's comfort can be with Dianne's family in this difficult time.
I'm wishing peace, hope, love, faith, grace, health, warmth and a Merry Christmas to you all.
Pastoral Assistant
Good Shepherd Church
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