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Loving and Leading People to a Life Changing Relationship with Jesus Christ www.wscoconline.org

December 2014 Find Us Online:

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Mark your calendars because all West Side Christians, friends, family, and guest are invited to join us for our Christmas Sunday on December 21st! On Christmas Sunday we will be having a special service to celebrate our Savior’s birth! We will also be having one service starting at 10:30 a.m. with Sunday school beginning at 9:30 a.m. We look forward to celebrating our Savior’s birth with you and your family and friends.

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Volume IV. Issue 12. Page 2 December 2014

Inside this Issue: Page Announcements 2 Christmas Events 3 Youth Group News 4 Ministers Thoughts 5 Sermon Schedule 5 Missions News 6 Recipe 6 Women’s Ministry 7 Prime Timers 7 College Student Prayer 8 Church Calendar 9 Serving Schedule 10

Church Leadership Sr. Minister – Michael Dawson Sr. Min. Emeritus – Dr. Marty Egelston

Elders Eric Meilstrup Lew Rainey Scott Williams Robert Wright Jr.

Administrative Assistant – Emily Parks

1000 Franklin Rd Lebanon, Ohio 45036

Phone: 513-932-3045 Fax: 513-932-8121 Web: www.wscoconline.com

Potatoes Box

Sugar 5lb

Flour 5lb

Bisquick/Pancake

Syrup 24oz

Vegetable Oil 32oz

Jelly 32oz

Peanut Butter

Spaghetti

Spaghetti Sauce

Mac & Cheese

Can Vegetables

Can Fruit

Cereal Box

Soups Can

Crackers 16oz

Toilet Paper

Bar Soup

Toothpaste

Shampoo

Quote of the Month

"We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God." ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer ~

Our desire is to support Interfaith Hospitality for Christmas. Partnering with this mission will allow us to help give gifts to two families this Christmas. We will be collecting money donations that will go toward children’s Christmas gifts. Interfaith will assign us a few families. We will be collecting money donations through December 9th. Please give all money donations to Charlotte Peek. If you have new toys or home furnishing you would like to donate please see Melody

Ashby. Once donations are collected, we will receive our families that are in need, and then go shopping. Anyone is welcome to join us on the shopping outing once we have a date set!

Barb Grever will be collecting coats for the Dayton Christian Mission over the next few weeks. If you have any gently used coats that you would like to donate please leave them in the marked bin in the coat closet. Barb will be picking up all coats on December 8th. Thanks!

The season of the year has arrived where we focus

on giving. West Side Christians have always been a

part of providing food baskets to needy families

both within the church and within the community.

Christmas baskets are provided to those within the

community in a shared effort by all the churches of

Lebanon. If you would like to donate food items,

please see the list of requested items to the right;

and bring your donations to the church throughout

November and in December prior to the

distribution. If you would like to help with the

distribution, please see Larry or Charlotte Peek. We

say a great thank you for everything anyone does.


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Come enjoy an evening away for our annual Adult Christmas Party! It will be held at the church on December 13th at 6:00 p.m. We ask that you please bring a finger food and desert to share. We also ask that you please bring a $5 gender natural gift for our gift exchange! We hope to see you there!

Children’s Christmas Play

Everyone is invited to join us on December 7th at 6:00 p.m. to enjoy an evening of great entertainment! Our kids will be performing this year’s Children’s Christmas Play, “Meet Me at the Manger: Wise Men Still Follow Him Today!” They have been working very hard the past few months and would love for you, your family, and friends to come out and support them! We will also be having a small mingle time after the play. We ask that you please bring Christmas cookies and a finger food dish to share! We hope to see you there!

6:00 p.m.


If you have any questions or would like to become a youth sponsor please see

Emily and Jeremy Bosdell or Emily and Courtney Parks. Thanks!

TCTC TCTC is around the corner! We had a blast last year and know it will be even better this year! TCTC is held annually in Gatlinburg, Tn. from January 9th –11th. We will be meeting at the church on January 8th at 4:30 p.m. to begin our travels to Tn. If you have not yet signed up, but want to go it’s not too late! Registration is $60 until December 8th and then goes up to $70 till January 4th. There is a detailed letter on the West Side Youth’s Facebook page and we encourage you to check it out!

We would like to invite all grades 7th -12th to join us on Sunday nights at 5:30 p.m. for Youth Group! You will experience a great night of fun, fellowship, great devotion, games, and so much more. We hope to see you and your friends there!

Youth Christmas Party Come and learn what itThe Youth will be having their

Christmas Party on December 14th. We will meet here at the church at 5:30 p.m. and start our evening adventures! Please keep your eyes open for more details!


I sit here writing this with the house quiet and everyone still asleep in their beds. In a few short hours we will all gather around the table to eat the traditional Thanksgiving meal. I began this quiet morning reading from the Bible. My reading today was from Exodus 32 where God establishes the Passover Feast. This Festival week marked God’s deliverance of Israel from the slavery they found with the Egyptians. It was very timely that I read this passage on Thanksgiving morning. As we read through Scripture we find that God believed pausing to remember significant milestones in life is important. As Christians and Americans we find ourselves doing this as well. We have holidays to remind us of so many achievements in American history. These might remind us that men and women fought and died to protect our freedoms, or those who fought to put an end to racial divisions, or to celebrate the workforce that makes our country great. Celebrating is an essential part to remembering who we are as people, and building upon our ancestor’s foundation. As we transition from our season of Thanksgiving we start to tell the greatest story ever told … the story of Jesus Birth. While this season seems to have started all the way back in October, it is only now that everything really begins. With Christmas parties, Carriage Parades, Live Nativities, and so much more it is easy to get caught up in the busyness of the season and forget the true reason to celebrate. Let me encourage you this Christmas season to make it like no other Christmas season. Pause and find time in silence to reflect on what Christ’s birth means to you and your life. Make it a point this Christmas season to connect with family and restore relationships that you have allowed to crumble. Most of all, let me encourage you to seek out one person that you will invite to join us in worship on Sunday December 21st at 10:30 a.m. in one combined service or for our Christmas Eve Candlelight Service on December 24th at 6:00 p.m.. This past year we have begun a process of becoming an intentional church. We have been led by our leadership coach, David Vaughan, to focus on five areas we believe need emphasis. As we seek to be an intentional church, we do so with the desire of loving and leading people to a life changing relationship with Jesus Christ. Christmas is a great time for you to be intentional and tell the greatest story ever told. In Christ’s Service ~ Michael Dawson, Senior Minister

We’re Glad You Came

December 7 Jesus Wasn’t a Mistake

December 14 Be the Reason they Come

December 21 We’re Glad You Came

December 28 Marty Egelston

Beginning in the Garden of Eden when the first man disobeyed God and sinned against Him, God went to work putting in motion our salvation from sin. Our salvation was ultimately realized in the death burial and resurrection of Jesus. For there to be a death, there first had to be a birth. This birth we will celebrate as we lead up to Christmas Sunday. Jesus, We’re Glad You Came. We ask you to invite those you love to join us as we celebrate our savior’s birth.


Christian Children’s Home of Ohio

Christian Children’s Home of Ohio is a home for neglected and

abused children located on a 175 acre site just north of

Wooster, Ohio. The home provides a loving and caring

Christian environment for children of all ages. A significant

part of the home’s ministry is the placing of children in

Christian foster and adoptive homes.

A worship and retreat center has recently

been constructed. It will be used for worship

services for the children, retreats and

seminars, training for the CCHO staff and

overnight housing for groups who come on

short term mission work projects. In the past

West Side has sent work groups to help with

one day projects.

Why not take time today to write a note of

encouragement to the staff for this vital

ministry to children. Or why not plan on

maybe taking a day or even organizing a work

day trip next summer?

Monthly Recipe

Slow Cooker Chex Mix

Pinterest Recipe: Emily Parks

1 tsp garlic powder, 1 cup peanuts, 9 cups chex cereal, 2 cups pretzels, ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce, 1/3 cup

butter, 1 tbsp seasoned salt, and 1 cup cheerios.

Mix everything into crock pot and slow cook it for 3 hrs. and 10 min.


Mission Project Interfaith Hospitality

Our desire is to support Interfaith Hospitality for Christmas. Partnering with this mission will allow us to help give gifts to two families this Christmas. We will be collecting money donations that will go toward children’s Christmas gifts. Interfaith will assign us a few families. We will be collecting money donations through December 9th. Please give all donations to Charlotte Peek. If you have new toys or home furnishings you would like to donate please see a JoyBelle’s Officer. Once donations are collected, we will receive our families that are in need, and then go shopping. Anyone is welcome to join us on the shopping outing once we have a date set!

Please join us on Friday December 5th at 6:00 p.m. for our annual Homespun Holiday. This year we will be having a Country Christmas. Come enjoy dinner, 5 crafts, a time of worship, and of course a delicious dessert bar. The cost is $20 per person. We ask that you please bring non-perishable food items for the Lebanon Food Pantry; each item will give you one entry into a drawing for a gift card. If you have concerns about driving at night please see Crystal Dawson or Gina Wright and we will make arrangements for you to be transported to and from the church. Please sign up by Sunday November 30th. We are looking forward to this evening of fellowship, fun, and crafting.

All Ladies are invited to join us, here at the church, for our Christmas Party on December 9th at 7:00 p.m.! We ask that everyone who participated in the 2014 prayer pal gift and card exchange to please come to the party with a small Christmas gift for your prayer partner and be ready to reveal to them who you are! We will also have the prayer partner papers ready for 2015 prayer pals if you are interested in participated this year.

We are making and donating Love Pillows to the women's shelter. We need the following items to put in the pillowcases; hair brushes, combs, training pants, coloring books, crayons, books, barrettes, toys, cars, trucks, and white socks of all sizes. Thank you for your donations!

The Elizabeth New Life Center is a crisis pregnancy center that we partner with to help the women and families in their time of need. We are once again collecting change in the baby bottles for the center. There are still a few baby bottles left if anyone would like to participate. We will be collecting the bottles in January.

Prime Timers will be taking a break during the months of

November & December.

The ladies fellowship breakfast will meet at the Frisch’s in Lebanon on December

5th at 9:00 a.m.

Women’s Ministry: JoyBelles Officers

President: Melodee Ashby 932-7943 Treasurer: Charlotte Peek 937-866-0410

V. President: Debbie VanHarlingen 932-4147 Devotions: Kay Weisbrodt 513-934-0470

Secretary: Laura Williams 398-3723 Publication Secretary: Jan Hollingsworth 405-4418

JoyBelles Loving & Leading Women to a Life Changing Relationship with Jesus Christ.

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Thanks to everyone who has volunteered to be a prayer partner to a college student this school year. All of the college students have been paired with at least one West Side Christian who is dedicated to praying. It is never too late to become involved. If you haven’t signed up, but would like to, please contact the church office or Kristy ([email protected] or 513-932-1818). We are excited to share with you that we will be highlighting a college student’s current life each month!

Thank you for praying for all of us while we are in school! It really helps, of course! This year, I am a senior at UC and in May, I will graduate with my Bachelors of Science in Signed Language Interpreting (along with my BA in Psychology which I have already earned). The highlight so far is getting to actually interpret for real people. In the past, it's always been in safe classroom settings but now we are allowed (and encouraged) to interpret for real clients. It adds the pressure I need to push myself! Also, I have the opportunity to interpret for a church under the supervision of a certified interpreter. I am so excited to have the opportunity to serve God through my work. Thanks again for praying for all of us! God is doing great things!

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If you notice a mistake in a birthday please let the office know. We are continually trying to correct information.4

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1

Revelations 1

2

Revelations 2

3

Birthday Arretta Rainey

Revelations 3

4

Birthday Russ Jones

Revelations 4

5 Ladies

Fellowship Homespun 6:00

p.m.

Revelations 4

6 Volunteer @ Matthew 25

Ministries

Birthday Michael Bastin

Psalms 133-135

7 Breakfast

Sunday

Children’s Christmas Play

at 6:00 p.m.

Psalms 136-137

8 Coat Donations

Due

Revelations 6

9 12:30 Lew’s

Small Group FH

JoyBelles Christmas Party

7:00 pm

Revelations 7

10 Men’s Prayer

Breakfast 8am Bible Study

6:30pm

Revelations 8

11

Revelations 9

12

Birthday Judy Hudnot

Revelations 10

13

Birthday Drew Philippo

Psalms 138-139

14

Psalms 140-141

15

Birthday Emily Bosdell

Revelations 11

16 12:30 Lew’s

Small Group FH

Revelations 12

17 Men’s Prayer

Breakfast 8am Bible Study

6:30pm Birthday

Dawn Harris

Revelations 13

18

Revelations 14

19

Revelations 15

20

Psalms 142-144

21 One Service at

10:30 a.m.

Psalms 145-146

22

Revelations 16

23 12:30 Lew’s

Small Group FH

Revelations 17

24 Christmas Eve

Service 6:00 p.m.

Birthday

Tim Hill Don Land

Matthew 1:1-2:12

25

Merry Christmas

Luke 1:26-2:20

26

Revelations 18

27

Birthday

Halee Wright

Psalms 147-148

28

Birthday

Gina Wright Anna Ball

Debbie VanHarlingen

Psalms 149-150

29

Revelations 19

30 12:30 Lew’s

Small Group FH

Birthday Sam Cox

Revelations 20

31 New Year’s Eve

No Evening Serices

Birthday

Lauren Allen Laura Williams

Revelations 21


Position 12/07/14 12/14/14 12/21/14 12/28/14

9:00 a.m. Communion and Offering Schedule

Communion Jeremy Bosdell Eric Meilstrup One Service

Offering Marty Egelston Rob Wright One Service Don Land

11:00 a.m. Communion and Offering Schedule

Communion Meditation/Prayer

Scott Williams Eric Meilstrup Courtney Parks Lew Rainey

Offering Med/Prayer Marty Egelston Rob Wright Don Land Tim Coriell

Pete Reams Don Tennyson Brian Hill Bob Worthington

Barry Whalen Scott Williams Jim Fries

Brian Hill Tim Coriell Eric Meilstrup Rob Wright

Marty Egelston Barry Whalen Scott Williams George VanHarlingen

Bob Worthington Bill Murvay George VanHarlingen Jim Ashby

Rob Wright Jim Ashby Lew Rainey Pete Reams

Basement Prayer Mike Fox George VanHarlingen Barry Whalen Barry Whalen

Benediction Scott Williams Eric Meilstrup Courtney Parks Marty Egelston

Home Communion Lew Rainey Don Land

Eric Meilstrup Bud Baker

Rob Wright Tim Hill

Rob Wright Larry Peek

Elder on Call Scott Williams Eric Meilstrup Rob Wright Lew Rainey

Special Music

Greeters 9:00 A.M. Bobbie Vires Bobbie Vires One Service Bobbie Vires

Greeters 11:00 A.M. Betty Wright Bobbie Vires Ann Downing Bobbie Vires

Sound 9:00 A.M. Rob Wright Rob Wright One Service Mike Kinsworthy

Computer 9:00 A.M. Cheryl Fox Emily Parks One Service Cheryl Fox

Sound 11:00 A.M. Bud Baker Cheryl Fox Mike Kinsworthy Bud Baker

Computer 11:00 A.M. Cheryl Fox Crystal Dawson Jeremy Bosdell Gina Wright

Communion Preparation ~

Song Leader ~ Larry Peek, Tim Hill, Greg Fisher, Brent Wright

9:00 a.m. & 11:00a.m. Nursery & Extended Worship Team Members

Nursery

9:00 A.M. Jim Ashby Kathy Weatherwax One service Gina Wright

Sunday School Jim Ashby Kathy Weatherwax Kim Baker Gina Wright

11:00 A.M. Kathy Weatherwax Gina Wright Kim Baker Lori and Emily Reese

Extended Session Crew Members 9:00 A.M.

Laura Williams Tracy Egelston

Halee Wright Mady Hollon

One service Leslie Bowerman Kim Baker

Extended Session Crew Member 11:00 A.M.

Gina Wright Diana Jones Debbie VanHarlingen Barb Grever

Service Times

Sunday: Wednesday: Contemporary Worship 9:00 AM Bible School 10:15 AM Bible Study 6:30 PM Traditional Worship 11:00 AM Choir Practice 7:45 PM Evening Worship 6:00 PM

Church Office Hours - Monday – Thursday 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM 1000 Franklin Road, Lebanon, OH 45036 * Phone: 513-932-3045 * www.wscoconline.org

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