UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
FOUNDATIONS SCHEDULE FOR DECEMBER
Dec 09 — No Adult Foundations (children and youth still meet)
Dec 16 —Ministry Focus: Emergency Residence Project
Dec 23 — No Foundations
Dec 30 — No Foundations
ADVENT SERMON SERIES: CHRISTMAS LETTERS
Dec 09 Ephesians 2:11-22 Christmas Letters: Jesus Is Peace for the Hostile
Dec 16 Romans 5:1-5 Christmas Letters: Jesus Is Hope for the Hopeless
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
LESSONS & CAROLS: Sunday, December 9, is our special Lessons & Carols Christmas worship service at 10:30 AM.
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
THANK YOU: Dear Grand Family, I want to thank you for the love and concern you’ve show to me since the passing of my mother and brother. Your cards and words of encouragement have meant so much to me. Thank you also for the plants. They are are wonderful reminder of not only my loss but also of your kindness and care during this hard time. I am very grateful to God for you all. With love, Dianne Jensen
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 9-15, 2018
Hospitality Team: TBD
Nursery: Dixie Carpenter, Allison LaBorde, Duane & Danelle Jensen, Tim Thorsbakken, Adina Harris
Wednesday: Youth group……………………………………………6:30-8:00 pm
NEXT SUNDAY – December 16, 2018
Hospitality Team: TBD
Nursery: Brad & Emily Jensen, Michael & Kyndal Bartels, Johanna Sulc
2018-2019 CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
December 9 – Lessons and Carols Worship Service
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