UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
FOUNDATIONS SCHEDULE FOR DECEMBER
Dec 16 —Ministry Focus: Emergency Residence Project
Dec 23 — No Foundations
Dec 30 — No Foundations
ADVENT SERMON SERIES: CHRISTMAS LETTERS
Dec 16 Romans 5:1-11 Christmas Letters: Hope for the Undeserving
Dec 23 Philippians 2:5-7 Christmas Letters: Jesus Is Fullness to the Empty
Dec 24 Ephesians 6:10-20 Christmas Letters: Jesus Is Victory for the Defeated
CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHT SERVICE: December 24, 6:00 pm — Join us as we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ in a service of carols and songs, Scripture readings, a children’s story time, and a Christmas devotion.
GABC WOMEN: Join us during the month of January as we read Contentment: Seeing God’s Goodness by Megan Hill. We will gather together for brunch and a book discussion on the morning of February 2nd. A limited number of books are available at the Welcome Center. More details will be available soon at gabcames.org/women.
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
REMINDER FOR END OF THE YEAR CONTRIBUTIONS: A contribution is effective when delivered; this means that a check deposited in the church offering in January of 2019 cannot be included in 2018 even if it is backdated to 2018. There is one exception – checks that are mailed and postmarked in 2018 are deductible in 2018 even though not received until 2019. Non-mailed end of year contributions need to be in the church office by midnight on December 31st.
SCHEDULE – December 16-22, 2018
Hospitality Team: TBD
Nursery: Brad & Emily Jensen, Michael & Kyndal Bartels, Johanna Sulc
Wednesday: Youth group Christmas Party……………………………………………6:30-8:00 pm
NEXT SUNDAY – December 23, 2018
Hospitality Team: TBD
Nursery: Luke & Becca Jensen, Emily Vardeman, Tomas Hernandez-Mowen, Jenny Schumacher, Tamra Call
2018 CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
December 19 – Youth Group Christmas Party
December 24 – Christmas Eve Service
December 25 – Christmas Day, GABC Office closed
December 26-28, 31 – Abbreviated GABC Office hours
January 1, 2019 – New Year’s Day, GABC Office closed
January 2, 2019 – Missions Team Meeting
January 9, 2019 – grow 252 Resumes