7 Dec 2008
Welcome to Our Guests
We extend a warm welcome to our guests today at Canyon Creek. We are honored by your presence, and it is our hope that you will be blessed this morning. We ask that you fill out a visitor’s card located in the card holders on the backs of the pews and place it in the collection plate. Again, we thank you for worshipping with us today.
Information for our Visitors: We have an Attended Nursery located in the Education Building (across the breezeway) for babies through 2½ years. We also have an unattended Nursery at the back of the auditorium off the Foyer if you’d like to stay with your child.
Just before Communion, children 2½ through 5 years will be dismissed for Children’s Church which is held in the Children’s Church Room in the Education Building. You may pick up your child/children from there after the worship service is over.
December Communion Preparation – Bake Bread – Maxine Huddleston
Tray Preparation – Vaughan Family
Just a Reminder:
Today Nursery Attendants Jessica Alvarado & Ayla
Today Children’s Church Kneip & Luke Davis
12/14 Nursery Attendants Grace Matthews & Gloria
12/14 Children’s Church Matthews & Ethan Poulter
12/14 Communion Leader/Servers Youth Group
Wednesday Meal Preparation AND Clean-up
12/10 Hicks & Kneip Lasagna
12/17 Kneip Chili Night
12/24 No meal due to Christmas
Wednesday Evening Devotional Times
12/10 Dinner Theatre – the movie “Flywheel” – movie begins promptly at 6 pm
12/17 Wrapping of Christmas gifts for Christmas Families
12/24 Christmas Eve Service at 5:00 pm
On the Calendar for this coming week:
Wednesday evening: Lasagna, Dinner Theatre, and Family Sharing
Thursday morning: Ladies’ Bible Class – 11:00 am at Fortson’s home
Thursday noon: Ladies’ Bible Class Luncheon for all ladies of congregation – Fortson’s home, 3601 Las Cienega in Temple
Thursday evening: Divorce Care – 6 pm
If you would be willing to be on a rotation to take communion to our shut-ins, please see Joyce or Bill Roberts.
Please remember to bring your food for the families we help at Christmas and Medina Children’s Home to the front of the auditorium. There is a list of suggested items on the back table.
On the back table in the Foyer is an updated page of Nathan Hicks for your Picture Directory. Please pick one up and replace the “No Picture Available” page of Nathan with this new one!
Today, we will continue with our Advent readings. We will have a video to begin the meditation, and then the Shelburne family will share a scripture and thought as we remember the birth of Jesus.
Please be thinking about how you can assist us with our outreach to the families we help at Christmas. You may contribute to the cost of the gifts by giving cash or a check made out to the church to Cathy, Michael, or one of the elders (remember to mark it for Christmas Families!), or you might want to help us shop for those families. Please let us know how you would like to help with this benevolence effort.
Next Wednesday, December 10, we will have a “Dinner Theatre” during our Fellowship meal. We will have Lasagna, salad and breadsticks and enjoy the movie “Flywheel,” the first movie made by the group that produced “Facing the Giants.” Please come and enjoy this special dinner and time
together. Be on time because the movie will begin at 6:00 pm sharp!
Next Thursday, December 11, the Thursday morning Ladies’ Bible Class will meet at the Fortson’s home at 11 am and then host a luncheon for women of the congregation at 12 noon. If you can come to class, please bring a Christmas story, poem or Christmas memory from the past
On Sunday, December 14, we will have our Church-wide Christmas Dinner at 5 pm. This dinner will be an “all-church covered-dish dinner,” so bring two of your favorite dishes, choosing from vegetable, salad, and dessert. The meat will be provided. Please feel free to invite your neighbors and friends to enjoy this evening with us.
Following our dinner, we will have our Talent/Variety Show! Please be thinking about your talents and which of them you want to share!! Zoe Rascoe is our contact person for the variety show, and she has cards on the back table for you to fill out if you want to participate. Please pick one up!
On Monday, December 15, there will be “Love of Christ Day” at Chick-Fil-A! Pick up one of the coupons on the back table, and on that day, at any time during the day, visit either one of the “drive-in” locations of Chick-Fil-A in Temple with the coupon and a canned good, and Chick-Fil-A will give a percentage of your purchase to Love of Christ! Remember, the restaurant in the mall is NOT participating. This is a really easy and delicious way to benefit the Love of Christ center!
On Friday, December 19, from 2-10 pm, the Youth Group will have a “Mini-Retreat” here at the building. The cost is $15, so please give your money to Jennifer and plan to come.
On Wednesday, December 24, we will have our Christmas Eve Service at 5 pm. Please come as we conclude our Advent readings and celebrate Christ’s birth. The service will not be long because we know many of us have family gatherings to attend as well, but it’s always good to focus on the true meaning of Christmas as we enjoy our celebrations with family and friends.
A Look Ahead: In January, we are planning to resume our Old Testament Challenge study group on Sunday evenings. A definite date has not been decided, but if you are interested in that study, keep it in mind!
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