On the Lord’s Day:
9:15 am — Sunday school classes for all ages: Classes for graded age groups meet to learn from the Scriptures. To see Sunday school classes, ages and meeting locations, click on the red “Ministries” button under the category “Pages” (to the right).
10:30 am — What a wonderful time as we celebrate the birth of the Savior. During this advent season, we’ll look at these words: Christ the Savior is Born (taken from Luke 2:11.) Let your heart and mind dwell richly on these words in preparation for the worship of the Incarnate King!
During the Week:
- >Bible Studies and Awana will not meet December 26 thru January 11th. Our Ten-thirty Tuesdays Bible study will resume on January 12th at 10:30 am, resuming our chronological look at the Old Testament. The Thursday Night Toolkit Bible study will resume on January 14th at 6:30 pm, beginning a new survey of the New Testament, “Knowing Jesus and Living Like It.”
- Awana Clubs will NOT meet on December 30th, but will resume on January 6th!
Upcoming and Ongoing:
- All families with teens are invited to a special New Year’s Eve party here at the church building. The party begins at 7 pm on December 31st and lasts until 12:30 am on New Year’s Day. There will be Wii games set up, as well as board games and lots of activities for everyone in the family. Beverages will be provided, but each family should bring snack foods to share.
- Starting on the third Saturday morning of this month (January 13th), Elim will be hosting a monthly “prayer breakfast”. Yes, there will be coffee, juice, some donuts—maybe a song of praise or two—but most of all a study on the topic of prayer and a time of prayer together for our pastor, the work and ministry of our church, and the needs of the body. This gathering is for all individuals and families of Elim. It will start at 9:00AM and wrap up by 10:00AM each month.
- Please plan NOW to attend the Annual Meeting of the Congregation on Sunday, January 24th. Immediately after he morning worship service, we will meet downstairs for a Love Feast. (Each family should bring a hot dish and a cold dish to share.) Afterward, we’ll be blessed to hear a presentation of new directions in Missions, a report on increased ministry, a presentation of the budget, and an update on the Elder process. ALL who attend Elim are encouraged to attend!
From the Pastor’s Recent Reading:
Everywhere, everywhere, Christmas tonight!
Christmas in lands of the fir tree and pine,
Christmas in lands of the palm tree and vine,
Christmas where snow peaks stand solemn and white,
Christmas where cornfields stand sunny and bright.
Christmas where children are hopeful and gay,
Christmas where old men are patient and gray,
Christmas where peace, like a dove in his flight,
Broods o’er brave men in the thick of the fight;
Everywhere, everywhere, Christmas tonight!
For the Christ child who comes is the Master of all;.
No palace too great, no cottage too small.
—from the poetry of Phillips Brooks
Posted on December 26th, 2009 by Janet
Filed under: This Week @ Elim