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Freshwater Church
December 18, 2016
Tell us about You! Please fill out, tear off, and place in baskets at back door.
Share Your Christmas: Thanks! Thanks to everyone who helped with Share Your Christmas. We had about 2,000 people from our community collect gifts. Our church alone served over 100 teens. A special thanks to Sandy Duffield for all of her organization and time, and Dustin and Rebecca during distribution!
Name: _______________________________________ Age: _________ Married / Single Children: Yes / No List children's names and ages: _____________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ Phone number: ________________________________ Email: _______________________________________ Address: _____________________________________ ______________________________________ • How long have you been coming to Freshwater? • How can we serve you today?
Bolivar Middle School Christmas Break and Beyond We have been asked to contribute what we can to help with food items for Bolivar Middle students Christmas break. We will take whatever items are collected this week and the church will donate money to help with buying whatever remains. If you have items you would like to donate, bring them by this week. Thank you! These are the items we need: Ramen Noodles, Crackers, Snacks, Breakfast, Fruit, Canned Protein, Peanut Butter The next long weekend will be MLK and we will be taking donations January 14 for that Monday.
Luke Reading Plan To follow along with our Luke reading, you can view or download the PDF on our website at Freshwaterchurch.tv under announcements or under the ‘sermons’ tab.
• I would like prayer for: • I am interested in: Following Jesus / Being Baptized / • Getting Connected with Freshwater / Serving at Freshwater • Comments: Announcement Response:
End of Year Giving We will be mailing out giving statements for 2016 at the beginning of January. Any giving you would like to go toward your taxes must be given by December 31. If there are any changes to your address, please contact the office. Here is what we sang today: “O Come, Let Us Adore Him” “Angels We Have Heard On High” “Come Thou Long Expected Jesus” “Emmanuel (Hallowed Manger Ground” by Chris Tomlin
Today is Dollar Day! Dollar Day funds our benevolence offering that helps meet the physical needs of our community. We ask for just $1 above your normal tithe. Reminder: Nursery and HisKids No more HisKids (Wednesday or Sunday) until January 25. There will be no PreK on Christmas Sunday. Everyone is welcome in worship! Fight Club All men are welcome at Burger King on Fridays at 6:15 AM. A time of fellowship for all men interested. We will not be meeting the 23rd and 30th. Greeter Schedule Greeters, please be here by 9:45. Today’s Greeter: Jake & Claren Ryan Next Sunday: John & Jill Porter Dump The Debt Freshwater family we have been blessed by some very generous families here at Freshwater with the opportunity to pay down a substantial portion of our retrofit loan through a matching donation. We are currently on track to make our goal of $12,500 by the end of the year. Please continue to pray about what God would have your family do in order for us to maximize our opportunity to pay of $25,000 of the retrofit loan at the end of the year.
Giving Report December Total: $6,722.43 December 4: $3,634.43 December 11: $3,088.00 Dump the Debt December 4: $726.54 December 11: $295.00 Total from August to Now: $8,788.79 Amount left to reach $12,500 goal: $3,711.21
NOTES:
One of the lessons I learned early in fatherhood is how personally humbling it is to have a child. There is a certain perspective that you gain when you realize that your life has to be entirely reordered around someone who is just so little. Parenting will teach you servitude. I realized just how small I actually was in the grand scheme of things when I had to drop everything “important” going on in my day to change that diaper blowout, or how little my schedule meant when it came time to rock the baby an extra hour or two. We go to great lengths for our children and while the four year old who can barely spell his name shouts from the backseat questioning if you do in fact actually know the way to grandma’s house, we learn something - we’re little too. Now, imagine if you found out that your kid was going to be the Savior of the whole world, how would you feel about that? For Mary it was almost too good to be true, and that’s why in Luke 1:46-56 we see Mary’s song of praise - The Magnificat. Mary realized quickly that her child was big and she was small. The God of Israel was coming into the world as a baby to save the world by his strength, right the world with his justice, and keep his promises to Abraham and his global family. This week as we look at Mary’s Magnificat I hope that you will follow her lead in allowing the promise of God incarnate, come as a sweet baby, reorder your life. May we take the time to get small, to be humbled, by our great God and King, Jesus Christ. In love, Dave Prayer: My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior for you have looked upon my humble estate and come for me in your love; for you are mighty and have done great things for me, and your name is holy. Jesus be the constant center of my life and when I wander bring me back, and when I forgot help me to remember, and when I think that I am big and you are little help me to see you as you are. Amen. Scripture: Luke 1:46-56
December 18, 2016
Tell us about You! Please fill out, tear off, and place in baskets at back door.
Share Your Christmas: Thanks! Thanks to everyone who helped with Share Your Christmas. We had about 2,000 people from our community collect gifts. Our church alone served over 100 teens. A special thanks to Sandy Duffield for all of her organization and time, and Dustin and Rebecca during distribution!
Name: _______________________________________ Age: _________ Married / Single Children: Yes / No List children's names and ages: _____________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ Phone number: ________________________________ Email: _______________________________________ Address: _____________________________________ ______________________________________ • How long have you been coming to Freshwater? • How can we serve you today?
Bolivar Middle School Christmas Break and Beyond We have been asked to contribute what we can to help with food items for Bolivar Middle students Christmas break. We will take whatever items are collected this week and the church will donate money to help with buying whatever remains. If you have items you would like to donate, bring them by this week. Thank you! These are the items we need: Ramen Noodles, Crackers, Snacks, Breakfast, Fruit, Canned Protein, Peanut Butter The next long weekend will be MLK and we will be taking donations January 14 for that Monday.
Luke Reading Plan To follow along with our Luke reading, you can view or download the PDF on our website at Freshwaterchurch.tv under announcements or under the ‘sermons’ tab.
• I would like prayer for: • I am interested in: Following Jesus / Being Baptized / • Getting Connected with Freshwater / Serving at Freshwater • Comments: Announcement Response:
End of Year Giving We will be mailing out giving statements for 2016 at the beginning of January. Any giving you would like to go toward your taxes must be given by December 31. If there are any changes to your address, please contact the office. Here is what we sang today: “O Come, Let Us Adore Him” “Angels We Have Heard On High” “Come Thou Long Expected Jesus” “Emmanuel (Hallowed Manger Ground” by Chris Tomlin
Today is Dollar Day! Dollar Day funds our benevolence offering that helps meet the physical needs of our community. We ask for just $1 above your normal tithe. Reminder: Nursery and HisKids No more HisKids (Wednesday or Sunday) until January 25. There will be no PreK on Christmas Sunday. Everyone is welcome in worship! Fight Club All men are welcome at Burger King on Fridays at 6:15 AM. A time of fellowship for all men interested. We will not be meeting the 23rd and 30th. Greeter Schedule Greeters, please be here by 9:45. Today’s Greeter: Jake & Claren Ryan Next Sunday: John & Jill Porter Dump The Debt Freshwater family we have been blessed by some very generous families here at Freshwater with the opportunity to pay down a substantial portion of our retrofit loan through a matching donation. We are currently on track to make our goal of $12,500 by the end of the year. Please continue to pray about what God would have your family do in order for us to maximize our opportunity to pay of $25,000 of the retrofit loan at the end of the year.
Giving Report December Total: $6,722.43 December 4: $3,634.43 December 11: $3,088.00 Dump the Debt December 4: $726.54 December 11: $295.00 Total from August to Now: $8,788.79 Amount left to reach $12,500 goal: $3,711.21
NOTES:
One of the lessons I learned early in fatherhood is how personally humbling it is to have a child. There is a certain perspective that you gain when you realize that your life has to be entirely reordered around someone who is just so little. Parenting will teach you servitude. I realized just how small I actually was in the grand scheme of things when I had to drop everything “important” going on in my day to change that diaper blowout, or how little my schedule meant when it came time to rock the baby an extra hour or two. We go to great lengths for our children and while the four year old who can barely spell his name shouts from the backseat questioning if you do in fact actually know the way to grandma’s house, we learn something - we’re little too. Now, imagine if you found out that your kid was going to be the Savior of the whole world, how would you feel about that? For Mary it was almost too good to be true, and that’s why in Luke 1:46-56 we see Mary’s song of praise - The Magnificat. Mary realized quickly that her child was big and she was small. The God of Israel was coming into the world as a baby to save the world by his strength, right the world with his justice, and keep his promises to Abraham and his global family. This week as we look at Mary’s Magnificat I hope that you will follow her lead in allowing the promise of God incarnate, come as a sweet baby, reorder your life. May we take the time to get small, to be humbled, by our great God and King, Jesus Christ. In love, Dave Prayer: My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior for you have looked upon my humble estate and come for me in your love; for you are mighty and have done great things for me, and your name is holy. Jesus be the constant center of my life and when I wander bring me back, and when I forgot help me to remember, and when I think that I am big and you are little help me to see you as you are. Amen. Scripture: Luke 1:46-56
