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December 2016
THE APPLE
PRESS
Youth Group meets Wednesdays in the Activities Center at 6:00 PM. Contact Pastor Alan at 970-242-7380, or 928-580-9856 cell, or [email protected]. We won’t meet December 7, but we’ll have an overnight lock-in December 9-10 for our end-of-the-year event. We’ll resume after the first of next year. See inside for info regarding SNOWBLAST! The Friday morning Ladies Prayer Group meets from 6:45 to 7:45 in the Activities Center foyer. Questions—call Karen Vejraska at 970-242-8904 or email [email protected]. Discipleship groups are in full swing here at ACC. Currently, there are six groups meeting at various times during the week. If you’d like to join in, please contact Pastor Dan. CHRISTMAS SHOPPING! GO ONLINE—Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to Appleton Christian Church. Check it out here: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/84-0804641. Our new website launched the end of October. Did you know that you can listen to sermons and view the PowerPoints? Did you know you can TITHE online? You can even set up a recurring offering! Check it out at www.appletonchristian.org. Our Annual Meeting will be Sunday, January 15. We’ll have a fellowship meal at 12:30 PM, following second service and then meet in the Worship Center for our annual meeting. Want to vote on important elections/changes of this church body? Place your membership before January 15th. See inside for more upcoming events.
Re-Gifting When I was in North Carolina, my college-aged group would have a
Christmas party every year. There were three traditions we developed. First,
everyone would bring their favorite Christmas dessert and/or snack food. Second, I
would have them help me put up my outdoor Christmas lights (not their favorite).
And finally, we would have a gift exchange. But their gift exchange came from
something they were given last year at Christmas and didn’t use or used very little.
We called it a re-gift exchange.
This re-gift exchange was a lot of fun, and we combined it with the Mean
Santa option of grabbing someone else’s gift if you liked theirs better rather than
opening a new gift. It worked out well because college students don’t usually have
a lot of money and giving a gift they already had was…well, economical.
The Biblical model is a little different. You really shouldn’t give a gift to
someone that didn’t cost you anything. (I am not saying if you get something free
that someone else can use that you wouldn’t give it to them; it really isn’t a gift
from you in a sense.)
In King David’s life, there was a time when he really messed up with God
and knew that he had to offer a sacrifice to the LORD. We see in 2 Samuel 24 that
the LORD shows him this threshing floor owned by Araunah is where he needs to
build the altar. When David asks Araunah to sell it to him, Araunah offers it to the
King as a gift, but David replies, “However, the king said to Araunah, "No, but I
will surely buy it from you for a price, for I will not offer burnt offerings to the
LORD my God which cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and
the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. David built there an altar to the LORD and
offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Thus the LORD was moved by
prayer for the land, and the plague was held back from Israel.” (2 Samuel 24:24-
25)
As we think to give back to the LORD, the Biblical model applies to us as
well. Our gift should cost of something, please know however, that the Lord will
be honored by it.
There is one gift that we can give to others that did not cost us anything.
In fact, for many of us, it is basically a re-gift item. I am not saying the gift wasn’t
paid for, it’s just that you didn’t pay for it.
My sisters and brothers in Christ, this Christmas season, give the gift of
Jesus Christ to someone who doesn’t have Him as their Savior. God has given you
the gift of Jesus and has told us to give Him to others as well. A God ordained re-
gift.
Remember, we have two great opportunities this month to invite people
(other than to church, of course). Our kid’s Christmas pageant and fellowship
dinner is a great opportunity to invite someone to come see the program and share a
meal.
The second opportunity happens on the night when the most non-Christian
people attend a church service…Christmas Eve. Our Christmas Eve service of
giving gifts of talents back to each other is a great opportunity to invite an
unbelieving friend, (or friend that has been away from church for a long time.)
Give someone the best gift you have ever been given, give the gift of Jesus
this Christmas Season.
I love you all,
Pastor Dan
Please have bulletin items to the office by 11:00 AM on Wednesdays . You can either call (242-7380) or email ([email protected]).
At A Glance
Our Mission To grow fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ.
Matthew 28:19-20
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IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUTH!
11/23 - NO YOUTH GROUP
11/30 - Regular Youth Group, 6:00 PM
NO WEDNESDAY NIGHT YOUTH IN
DECEMBER
12/9-12/10 - Youth Overnighter (Cost: $20,
which goes towards Bananas. Bring a snack
item to share.)
12/14 - Preregistration for SNOWBLAST
Due ($60 deposit & registration form)
1/11/2017 - Wednesday Night Youth Group
Resumes
1/27-1/29/2017 - Snowblast ($125; See
poster for details; Scholarships may
be available.)
If you have any questions please call (928-580-9856) or
email ([email protected]) Pastor Alan.
Christmas Pageant at 4:00 PM followed by
Fellowship Meal. Church will provide meat,
please sign up to bring side dishes and desserts.
Contact Phyllis Bolsinger, 216-8258, to sign up
children to be in the pageant or to help.
An Encouraging Word from Scott Thompson Just watching the news and social media it’s apparent all across country there are mixed feelings about the outcome of the election. No amount of logic or reasoning seems to making a difference. As I was praying, a couple of thoughts came to mind of past times. One was a time shortly after I went to work on the railroad. We had to use a “snow cat” to get around in the winter. I was a young Signal Maintainer and often got called for problems that turned out to be broken rails. When that happened I would have the Track Maintenance crew called to change the broken rail, but I had to stay with them to verify that was the problem. This meant I often helped Track Crews lift and maneuver rail by hand. We used two-man tongs to move a piece of rail that could weigh 5,100 pounds, and usually there were only five of us. It required all of us pulling and lifting at the same time to move the rail into place. One older fellow from Old Mexico would say “iguales” right before we lifted or pulled. It’s a Spanish word that means “same,” so he was saying “everyone at the same time.” Another time on a whitewater raft trip, we were instructed to pull the oars when the guide pointed at the right side or left side of the raft; it’s how we steered. This was the only way to stay out of the bad places in the river—steering together. I know as a country we will all never be on the same page at the same time. There are simply too many different opinions. As members of the body of Christ shouldn’t we at least try to be? Ephesians 4:10 talks about the Pastor’s responsibility, which is to equip the church and continues to say in Ephesians 4:13-15, “This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ. Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be influenced by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth. Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church.” Some of the issues we face on ballots and day-to-day conversations, Christians have different opinions about. Let’s all remember a couple things; God’s opinion is the only one that matters. It is found in His Word. Our understanding of His Word requires prayer and God has given us a Pastor to help equip us with the tools we need. I encourage you to pull together for Christ—”iguales”—and make every effort to remember Ephesians 4:3 which says, “Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.” We all need to steer the right way and pull together for Christ!
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We have a very BUSY upcoming schedule of events. Please see below and mark your calendars. Hope to see you at as many events as possible.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Men’s Campout @ ACC: Friday, December 2-Saturday, December 3, 6 PM-11 AM. Watch for more details. Contact Brian Waggoner, 683-9019.
Decorate the church buildings, Saturday, December 3, beginning at 9AM. Contact Charlotte Zangerle, 245-8907.
Youth Overnight: Friday, December 9-Saturday, December 10. Watch for more details. Contact Pastor Alan, 928-580-9856.
Christmas Pageant & Fellowship Meal: Sunday, December 11, 4:00 PM. Pageant followed by fellowship meal. Church will provide meat, please sign up to bring side dishes and desserts. Contact Phyllis Bolsinger re: pageant, 216-8258.
Christmas Eve Service: Saturday, December 24, 6:00 PM, a time to “gift back” to Jesus our talents and blessings. Sign-up sheet available in WC foyer. Contact Pastor Dan, 822-2717.
Christmas Day: Sunday, December 25. Breakfast between services served by the Elders.
Fellowship Meal followed by Annual Meeting: Sunday, January 15, 12:30 PM (NOTE: DATE AND TIME CHANGE). Want to vote in important elections/changes made in this body of Christ...place your membership!
SNOWBLAST! Friday - Sunday, January 27-29. Youth groups get-together. Preregister by December 14. Contact Pastor Alan, 928-580-9856.
Valentines Date Night: Friday evening, February 10, 2017, hosted by the Youth. Child Care provided. Contact Pastor Alan, 928-580-9856.
Appleton’s Got Talent Show: Saturday, February 25, 2017, 6 PM, fundraiser for Casas por Cristo mission trip. Contact Aleta Beaslin, 245-5009.
World Mission Conference: Friday - Sunday, March 10-12, 2017. WMC guest speaker followed by fellowship meal. Contact Donna Ward, 623-3665.
Casas por Cristo Mission Trip: March 19-25, 2017, Juarez, Mexico. You need a passport. Contact Donna Ward, 623-3665.
Mission of the Month
Keith and Connie Bradley
Grand Junction Rescue Mission
– Lighthouse Gospel Ministries
550 South Avenue
P. O. Box 3461
Grand Junction, CO 81502
Phone: 970-243-4230
Fax: 970-243-2333
Email:
Birthdays: Keith – Feb. 22,
Connie – March 12
Wedding Anniversary: June 13
Ministry: Lighthouse Gospel
Ministries of Grand Junction has been
operating since early 1980s. A men’s
shelter offering showers and beds for
up to 50 men was built in 2010.
Morning and evening meals are
provided, as well as toiletries and
clothing when needed. A low income
dental clinic is also available.
Attendance at the evening worship/
Bible study is required. Church
services are held at the mission every
Sunday at 10:00 AM.
Prayer Requests: That lives would
be changed by Christ. We are seeking
committed prayer partners. Good
health for the staff and their families.
“And my God shall supply all your
need according to His riches in glory
by Christ Jesus.” (Phil. 4:19)
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December
Jim Rogers
Mark Murrell
Mike Hollermeier
Open spot
(Contact the office to volunteer for this rotation.)
January 2017
Open Spot
Open Spot
Open Spot
Open Spot
(Contact the office to volunteer for this rotation.)
Second Service Greeters First Service Greeters
ways to send Prayer Requests,
Please include on your communication/prayer card on
Sunday; OR email [email protected]; OR call Pam Bourdette @639-9421, OR
Paul Vejraska @242-8904, OR Marcia Williams @639-2359 OR
Eryn Lefler @778-1186.
For shut-in communion, please call 242-7380 during office
hours or contact person listed below:
December 4 Dan Baker
11 Josh Vig
18 Randy Pifer
25 Scott Thompson
Clip and post in your home as a reminder when you serve.
Contact Us:
Pastor Dan Baker [email protected]
Pastor Alan Dyson [email protected]
Elders: [email protected]
Dan Baker 970-822-2717 [email protected]
Tim Hollett 970-376-5521 [email protected]
Merle Miller 242-5057 [email protected] Doug Steiner 250-9900
[email protected] Scott Thompson 644-1242, Chair
Diaconate: Aleta Beaslin 245-5009 [email protected]
Malinda Lyons 245-5632 [email protected]
Ellie Morris 210-0677 [email protected]
Steve Morris 210-5405 [email protected] Jennifer Murrell, Board Rep.
434-6613 [email protected] Mark Murrell 434-6613 [email protected]
Dave Sloan, Presiding Deacon 778-9033
[email protected] Craig Spoering 623-2311 [email protected]
Charlotte Zangerle 245-6907 [email protected]
First Service Communion Servers
December
4 Steve & Ellie Morris
11 Scott & Connie Thompson
18 Randy & Crystal Brew
25 Doug & Jan Steiner
January 2017
1 Randy & Beth Pifer
8 Jenny Nichols
15 Steve & Ellie Morris
22 Scott & Connie Thompson
29 Randy & Crystal Brew
December
4 Doug Steiner
11 Dave Sloan
18 Josh Vig
25 Dan Baker
January 2017
1 Merle Miller
8 Dave Sloan
15 Scott Thompson
22 Doug Steiner
29 Josh Vig
First Service Communion
& Offering Meditation
December
4 Doug Steiner
11 Malinda Lyons
18 Josh Vig
25 Dan Baker
January 2017
1 Merle Miller
8 Jenny Nichols
15 Scott Thompson
22 Doug Steiner
29 Josh Vig
December
4 Charlotte Zangerle
11 Steve & Peggy Moseley
18 Mark & Jennifer Murrell
25 Charlotte Zangerle
January 2017
1 Joel & Marcia Williams
8 Steve & Peggy Moseley
15 Mark & Jennifer Murrell
22 Charlotte Zangerle
29 Joel & Marcia Williams
4—Steven & Sue Casebolt Randy Cloyd & Maria Kelley
11—Debbie Coffing Andy & Desirae Collins
18—Jack & Carla Costello Michael & Kami Costello
25—Judy Dauer Tim Dauer
December Prayer Families Second Service Communion
& Offering Meditation
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December 2016
Guided by Scripture
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