“Lifesong”

Welcome and Friendship Time

Dedication of Alexa Read and Dax Almond

Worship Through Scripture Proverbs 22:6

Worship Through Song “My Savior Lives” “My Redeemer Lives” “How Great Thou Art”

Preparing Our Hearts for Prayer “Potter’s Hand”

Worship Through Prayer

Worship Through Giving Amy Kelly

(Please sign the Friendship Book and pass it down your pew)

Worship Through the Word Pastor Joni Real “Teaching Tender Hearts”

(Deuteronomy 6:1-7; Proverbs 22:6)

Benediction

NEXT WEEK’S CHILDREN’S WORSHIP WORKERS

Petting Zoo (newborn-toddlers)

Noah’s Zoo (2-4 year olds) Marsha Florey & ??

Rachel Dugger & Becky Vaughn

PLANNING AHEAD

EVENTS GriefShare—January 9 at 7:00 PM Ladies’ Bible Studies Resume—Jan. 10 (#8) & Jan. 11 (#9) at 6:30PM Prime Time Breakfast at Shirlene’s—January 13 at 9:00 AM Youth Group Winter Retreat—January 13-15

MEETINGS Men’s Ministry Leadership Meeting—January 4 at 5:30 PM Church Leadership Team Meeting—January 10 at 7:00 PM

THIS WEEK’S ACTIVITIES

If this is your first visit, our greeters have a gift for you.

If there is any need or special prayer request you wish to communicate to the office staff, please fill out one of the white cards in the pew rack and give it to an usher or put it in the offering plate.

Welcome to Midland Nazarene!

Order of Worship

Go...“Be and Do Jesus Christ in every way, every day!”

TODAY NO EVENING ACTIVITIES

MONDAY, JANUARY 2 Office Closed

TUESDAY, JANUARY 3

10:30 AM—Moms’ Book Study in Town Hall room 6:30 PM—Refugee Life Group at Jacobson’s (987 S. Pinecroft)

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4 5:30 PM—Men’s Ministry Team Meeting 6:30 PM—Praise Team Practice in Sanctuary 6:30 PM—Bible Study and Prayer—Town Hall 6:30 PM—Men’s Bible Study—David’s Recording Studio 6:30 PM—Marketing Team Meeting

THURSDAY, JANUARY 5 6:30 AM—Men’s Coffee Club at Tim Horton’s 6:30 PM—Fellowship Team Meeting 7:00 PM—Prayer Life Group at Walkers (4004 Sharon Road)

FRIDAY, JANUARY 6 6:00 PM—Walk the Mall

SATURDAY, JANUARY 7 8:00 AM—Men’s Breakfast here in the Town Square (sign up in foyer)

SUNDAY, JANUARY 8 8:20 AM—Praise Team Practice 9:30 AM—Sunday School for all ages 10:45 AM—Morning Worship Service

6:00 PM—Threshold Life Group in Town Hall room 6:00 PM—Youth Group 6:00 PM—Sanctuary Life Group

HOPE HOUSE UPDATES

Renovations of the Hope House are complete. If you have any tools that you left there, please pick them up!

On Friday, December 30th, we welcomed our first tenant, Tana, as she moved in with her daughter, Tabitha. Tana is expecting her baby in May and appreciates us giving her this chance to improve the quality of life for her family.

The 2012 Offering Envelopes are in the foyer

They are in numerical order, so look for your number.

If you currently do not have envelopes, extras available on the table. Please sign the form so we know the envelope number you have.

SAVE the DATE Friday, January 27, 2012

At 7:00 PM (doors open at 6:30 PM)

Once again Brad Stine will be coming to Midland Nazarene for our

Diaper Drive to benefit the Pregnancy Resource Center.

Admission is a pack of diapers!

GriefShare Monday, January 9 from7:00-9:00 PM

Town Hall Room in the education building

GriefShare is a special weekly seminar and support group for people who are grieving the death of someone close to them. Each of the 13 weekly lessons is self-contained so you don’t have to attend in sequence.

Please register by January 2nd by calling Jan Fryman at 989-631-1789 or 989-859-0669

Men’s wild-game dinner

Saturday, January 21 at 6:00 PM

SUPER BOWL PARTY Sunday, February 5th

5700 Jefferson Ave Midland, MI 48640

www.midlandnaz.org • 989-631-4620

Government & Community Leaders

Military Personnel in Combat: David Noakes (Doreen Boyer’s nephew—Afghanistan) Jesse Dunham (Rhonda Bonham’s nephew—Afghanistan) Richard Hamilton (Ed’s brother—Afghanistan)

New Requests:

Continued Prayer: Kay Baker; Perry Cunningham; Sandy Eddy; Patty Fick; Lizzie Hamilton; Betty Holey; Phil & Shirley Holzschuh; Marge Palmer, Kim Stellmacher; Dona VanSteinburg

Ongoing Illness: Bob Austin (Martha Roy’s brother-in-law); Arthur Beach (Dorothy Wilke’s brother); Julie Creaseman (Myra Saylor’s niece); Harold Dopp (Kay Baker’s stepfather); Addyson Laplow; George Pierce (Tenia Carter’s father); Paul Walker; Donald Youmans (Chloe Buck’s father)

Our Homebound: Esther Call; Vi Freudenmuth; Ray Laplow; Elsie Morse; Vernie Riggie; Bob Williams; Betty Zahm

Indian Lake Campers: Amber, Charles, and Dominic. Please pray that they will be covered in the full armor of God during the year.

Beyond Our Congregation: Darlene Bischoff (Jeff Jewell’s sister); Brett Romo (future grandson of the Prestons); Linda Simmons;

PRAYER REQUESTS

DANIEL BIBLE STUDY (by Beth Moore) Tuesday at 6:30pm—No Ladies’ Bible Study until January 10 Wednesday at 6:30pm—No Ladies’ Bible Study until January 11 T-Shirts are still available for purchase at $12.00. See Kristine Dana (check out the t-shirt on the Women’s Ministry bulletin board)

Women’s Ministry News

January 1, 2012

Our mission is... CONNECTING PEOPLE to GOD, CONNECTING PEOPLE to PEOPLE,

as we grow together in BEING and DOING JESUS CHRIST in every way, every day!

Make attending a Life Group one of your New Year’s Resolutions

A Life Group is a small group of people that meet on a regular basis. They are a way of getting to know others in the church in a smaller setting.

Sunday Mornings at 9:30am weekly: Children & Youth Sunday School Classes meet in various rooms in Town Square Young Adults in David’s Recording Studio—Jerry Schalau Koinonia in Town Hall—Ruth Lafevor (Exodus) Real Life in Crossroads Chapel—Doug Suderman (Chasing Daylight) Come Join Us in Sanctuary North—Dorothy Pinner (Exodus) The Way in Cornerstone Room—Pastor Dave

Sunday Evenings: 6:00pm: Radicals (1st Sunday at Swaneys—2727 W. North Union)—Hukills/Swaneys (3rd Sunday at Woods—3788 Old Pine Trail) 6:00pm: Threshold (2nd & 4th Sunday at the church in Town Hall Room—Royaltys 6:00pm: Sanctuary (every week in the sanctuary)—Bill Lowe/Ted Fuhs/Jim Real

Tuesdays: 10:30am: Mom’s Book Study (weekly in Town Hall Room)—Joni Real 6:00pm: Refugee (1st & 3rd Tuesday at Jacobsons—987 S. Pinecroft)—Jacobsons 6:30pm: Ladies’ Bible Study Group 2 (weekly in Daniel’s Sports Den)—Jan Fryman

Wednesdays at 6:30pm weekly: Keepers of the Faith (for children Ages 2 through 12th Grade, as of Sept. 1st, 2011) —meet in various classrooms in the Town Square Bible Study & Prayer in Town Hall—Bill Lowe Men’s Bible Study in David’s Recording Studio—Jim Real/Steve Wellman Ladies’ Bible Study Group 1 in Cornerstone Room—Kristin Anderson

Thursdays: 6:30am: Men’s Coffee Club (1st & 3rd Thursday) meets at Tim Horton’s on S. Saginaw 7:00pm: Prayer Life Group (weekly) meets at rotating houses

Fridays: 9:00am: Prime Time Breakfast (2nd Tuesday of month) at Shirlene’s Cuisine 6:00pm: Walk the Mall (weekly) meets at the Midland Mall Food Court

Saturdays: 8:00am: Men’s Ministry Breakfast—first Saturday of the month—sign up sheet in foyer

LIFE GROUPS—A GREAT WAY TO GET CONNECTED!

2012 2012