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Announcements - November 20, 2016

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Announcements - November 20, 2016

  • Advent 2016—New Year’s 2017 Worship Schedule: You’ll find a copy of the worship schedule for the upcoming Advent season in the bulletin today. Extra copies of the schedule are available on the information table. Feel free to hand out to those you invite this holiday season to our services. 
  • Ladies’ Retreat Fund Raiser: Handmade items will be available for sale today and Sunday, December 11th. Proceeds will help with expenses for the retreat. If you have items to donate for the sale, talk with Susan Fergus. 
  • Service Project — Samaritan's Purse, Wednesday, November 23 from 3-7:00 p.m. Students and adults age 12 and up are invited to a service project on Wednesday, November 23. We will be going to the warehouse in New Hope to pack shoeboxes for shipment. This work is a part of the Operation Christmas Child initiative through Franklin Graham. If you are interested, please notify Pastor Kevin today. 
  • Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes Collection: We are collecting boxes for children ages 2-4, 5-9, 10-14. We are asked NOT to include anything that will melt, break, or are war-type items. Items suggested: hygiene products, paper, pens/pencils, scissors, tablets, playing cards, stickers, gum, hard candy, t-shirts, wash cloths, bar soap that is not strongly scented, dolls, stuffed animals. We will be collecting Shoeboxes as a church on the following Sundays – November 20, 27, and December 4. We will take the boxes to the processing center December 5 or 6. If you have any questions please contact Brett or Julie Springfield. 
  • Wednesday Morning Prayer Meeting: Anyone who would like to join in corporate prayer may do so. The prayer time is 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. at the church office.


Next Week’s Fighter Verse
Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion,
which cannot be moved, but abides forever.
As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
so the LORD surrounds his people,
from this time forth and forevermore.
Psalm 125:1-2



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