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(1) Please pray for Carol. She's the wife of one of Don's former co-workers. She's just been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Pray that God will bring her healing. Pray too, that God will give her family, her friends, and her strength and encouragement.
(2) We will worship together tomorrow morning at 10:00AM. We'll celebrate the Fourth Sunday in Advent.
(3) We'll gather at 7:00PM tomorrow night for our annual Christmas Eve Candlelight Worship celebration. This is a wonderful service and there will be some special music provided for us by Amy and Jane. (Thanks to all of our musicians, who have great things planned for the coming year!)
(4) There will be no GoDeep Saturday worship today or next Saturday. But we'll resume these wonderful worship gatherings on January 6. Those services start at 5:30PM.
(5) The first and only look at this Sunday morning's Bible lesson can be found here.
(6) For your offerings on Christmas Eve night, I'm going to ask you to choose between one of the following benevolence causes:
(7) We won't have the usual Sunday 9:00AM gathering that looks at the Bible lesson this Sunday or next Sunday. That will resume on January 7.
Finally, please know how deeply grateful I am to the people of Friendship and for all the blessings that go with being your pastor. You've done some fantastic things in 2006, including smashing the goal, set in late June, of amassing 500-outside-of-Friendship-service-hours by the end of the year.
I'm excited about the coming year of 2007, which I believe will be a time of great numerical as well as spiritual growth. Thanks again and God bless you with a wonderful celebration of Jesus' birth and a fantastic new year!
(2) We will worship together tomorrow morning at 10:00AM. We'll celebrate the Fourth Sunday in Advent.
(3) We'll gather at 7:00PM tomorrow night for our annual Christmas Eve Candlelight Worship celebration. This is a wonderful service and there will be some special music provided for us by Amy and Jane. (Thanks to all of our musicians, who have great things planned for the coming year!)
(4) There will be no GoDeep Saturday worship today or next Saturday. But we'll resume these wonderful worship gatherings on January 6. Those services start at 5:30PM.
(5) The first and only look at this Sunday morning's Bible lesson can be found here.
(6) For your offerings on Christmas Eve night, I'm going to ask you to choose between one of the following benevolence causes:
- ELCA World Hunger Appeal [The hunger relief efforts of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is the single most effective ministry of our denomination.]
- CASA for Clermont Kids! [This is the organization that provides advocacy and duffel bags for children taken into foster care.]
- Boys and Girls Club of Clermont County [This effective youth services organization, now working in two county communities, is looking to expand in 2007, and could use your help.]
(7) We won't have the usual Sunday 9:00AM gathering that looks at the Bible lesson this Sunday or next Sunday. That will resume on January 7.
Finally, please know how deeply grateful I am to the people of Friendship and for all the blessings that go with being your pastor. You've done some fantastic things in 2006, including smashing the goal, set in late June, of amassing 500-outside-of-Friendship-service-hours by the end of the year.
I'm excited about the coming year of 2007, which I believe will be a time of great numerical as well as spiritual growth. Thanks again and God bless you with a wonderful celebration of Jesus' birth and a fantastic new year!
posted by Mark Daniels at 10:45 AM
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