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3rd Week of Advent December 11, 2016
Call to Worship: Psalm 2 Opening Prayer #102 “What Child is This?“ (vs 1 & 3) “Here I Am to Worship” Greet One Another ADVENT MEDITATION Carol: #92 “Joy to the World” Worship the Lord through Tithes and Offerings Offering/Offertory *“Doxology” (with chorus) Children Dismissed to Kids Church MESSAGE: “Christmas Dreams“ Closing Carol: #95 “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear” Closing Prayer
ANNOUNCEMENTS
UPDATED CHURCH DIRECTORY – We need your help! Please check the information on the back table and update, delete, add any information you would like listed in a forthcoming directory.
MINISTRY HELP NEEDED! Please see the insert in today’s bulletin for ways that you can help in our regular weekly ministries. A sign-up sheet is on the back table if you’d like more information.
CHRISTMAS CANTATAS – Saturday, December 17th at 7pm, members of our church will join others from our community to perform “Then Came the Light” Christmas Cantata at Trinity UCC in Tower City. ALSO, Calvary UMC (also involving people from our church) will have their Cantata on Sunday, December 18th at 7pm.
CHRISTMAS CARDS – We want to encourage each other throughout this season with Christmas Greetings. A “Christmas Card Box” in on the back table for your convenience. Cards that are dropped in the box will be distributed after our worship service on December 18th.
CHRISTMAS MORNING – Combined Service Because Christmas Day is a Sunday this year, we will be not be having our regular worship or Sunday School on that day. However, we will join with our sister church, Good Shepherd EC at their building in Gratz for a combined service at 10am. All are welcome to attend this special celebration!!
SPECIAL THANKS For November & December, we are celebrating Claudia Maffei for her service and use of her God-given gifts at our church. Please take some time to thank her and send a note of encouragement. (628 S. Second St, Lykens, PA 17048, [email protected] (717) 809-4546)
COMMUNITY RESOURCES
SUPPORT OUR FOOD PANTRY – Each month we collect non-perishable items to help local families. For DECEMBER we’re collecting Shampoo.
We are glad you are worshiping with us today! Please take a moment to let us get to know you by filling out a
“connection card” (inside cover of the hymnal or on the back table) Then place it in the offering plate or give to an usher.
Your children are important to us. We have several resources to serve their unique needs -- Activity Packets are on the back table to use during the service; our Nursery is available for children from birth to Kindergarten. Kids Church (K-6
thgr.) will take place
during the second half of our service.
SERMON NOTES
“Christmas Dreams” Matthew 2:12-23
KINGDOMS IN CONFLICT
EGYPTIAN DELIVERANCE
FINDING JOY IN THE BIG PICTURE
Actions Steps: _____________________________________
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Next Sunday: ADVENT: Week 4 -- “Worship of the Wise”
Happy Birthday! Nicole Autry (12/11); Deb Autry (12/12); Dione Sowers
(12/13);Chris Klinger (12/16); Bob Hoffman (12/16)
S UNDAY SER VAN TS
Today December 18th
Greeter: Gina Deb R. Prayer Leader: Dolly Leona Nursery: Joyce & Jenn S.
Sun. 12pm – Pathways Youth Ministry
3pm – Cantata Practice Tues. 7pm – Prayer Group Sat. 7pm – Community Christmas Cantata (Tower City) Sun. 9:30am – Sunday School 10:30am – Kids Christmas Program 12pm – Pathways Youth Ministry 7pm – Calvary UMC Cantata (Wiconisco)
UP C OM ING EVEN TS
Men’s Breakfast December 10 Community Cantata (Tower City) December 17 Sunday School Christmas Program December 18
PRAYER CONCERNS
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O U R M I S S I O N
“to know Christ and to make Him known”
F I N A N C I A L S T E W A R D S H I P R E P O R T
Budgeted Monthly Income $6,317 ($1,458 per week) November’s Collections $4,290 ($1,230 weekly ave.) Last Week’s Offering $2,071
C O N T A C T I N F O
Church Office (717) 453-9012 [email protected]
www.wvfaith.org Pastor Kyle Roth (717) 269-3899
[email protected] Youth Pastor Tom & (717) 648-3656 Robin Moulfair [email protected]
Find us on Facebook as “Faith EC Church”
“God in Christ has taken into Himself the brokenness of the human condition. Hence, human woundedness, brokenness, death itself are transformed from dead ends to doorways into Life. In the divinizing humanity of Christ, bruises become balm.” ― Martin Laird
“Evil is but the shadow, that, in this world, always accompanies good. You may have a world without shadow, but it will be a world without light - a mere dim, twilight world. If you would deepen the intensity of the light, you must be content to bring into deeper blackness and more distinct and definite outline, the shade that accompanies it.” -- Frederick W. Robertson
WILLIAMS VALLEY
Faith Church E V A N G E L I C A L C O N G R E G A T I O N A L
543 Center Street Wiconisco, PA 17097
www.wvfaith.org
December 11, 2016 “The Christmas Dream”
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