The King is Coming
Helping People Find and Follow Jesus
“The King is Coming” Biblical Text: Isaiah 40: 1-11
THIS WEEK 10
11
12
WELCOME! We are so glad you could join us today! We’d like to get to know you better. Please take time to fill out one of our Connect Cards found in the pews and drop it in the offering bag.
• 8:30 am - Prayer time • 9:00 am - 1st service • 10:45 am - 2nd service • 7:00 pm - Young Adults
LAST SUNDAY Thank you for your faithfulness and generosity in your financial support of RRCC!
• Middle School Youth @ 7:00-9:00
Elf Christmas Party
Church Ministries
• Mommy and Me @ 9:00-11:00 am
Other
$0.00
Facility Fund • High School Youth @ 7:00-9:30 pm
14 Living Room Christmas Party
17
$18,014.35
$100.00 $18,114.35
Total Received Attendance:
387
NEED PRAYER?
• One Service at 10:00 am
A chain of prayer, connecting with other prayer warriors. Call Doreen Froese by phone or email.
FINANCIAL UPDATE Operating Budget Total Nov/Dec. Income Target $180,000
Received To Date $89,763
Remaining Target to Meet Total $90,236
Last Week’s Attendance 387
Facility Renewal Fund Facility Renewal
Received To
Remaining Target
Target $100,000
Date $75,365
to Meet Total $24,635
E-Transfers Now Available- You are now able to use e-Transfers as a method of giving. Use your online banking to send a donation to [email protected] using Interac e-Transfer. Don’t forget to include your offering envelope number.
For more information, please check out our website at www.rossroadcc.ca.
MINISTRY UPDATES Nursery Volunteers: Today: 1st service: Rhonda & Allie Janzen 2nd service: Linda Mills & Karissa Stobbe
Dec.17, 2017 (one service): Danika Wittenberg Monika Thiessen
Reminder: December 16, 2017 is the Christmas Play Dress Rehearsal. It will take place from 9:30 am to 12:00 pm. A special thank-you to our quilters who made the beautiful blankets for this child dedication! Thank-you Julie Schellenberg, Edna Sawatzky, Nearissa Kasper and Heidi Giesbrecht!
Youth Ministry:Attention Youth! This week is our CHRISTMAS PARTIES! Then we break until January! So you’ll not want to miss out! For Middle School our theme is ELF! If you have never seen the movie, then dress up as anything Christmas related! For High School, we are having a cozy living room-Christmas morning party! So dress in whatever you would wear Christmas morning! Pjs, ugly Christmas sweater, etc. Monday; 7:00-9:00 pm, and Thursday; 7:00-9:30 pm!!
Young Adults: We will meet again December 10th at 7:00pm to continue our Doctrine series. If you are interested in more information about Doctrine or Young Adults, feel free to checkout our Facebook at https:// www.facebook.com/groups/rrccyoungadults/
Women’s Ministry: Join us for Mommy & Me program on Tuesday mornings from 9:00-11:00 am. in the Preschool Big Room.
Men’s Ministry: Please stay posted as to when our next event will take place.
Encore Ministry: Please stay posted as to when our next event will take place.
For more information, please check out our website at www.rossroadcc.ca.
SERMON NOTES The King Is Coming Isaiah 40:1-11 In the context of exile, Isaiah 40:1-11 begins a new section about the coming King, who is also the Suffering Servant. In prophecy there can be multiple layers of meaning and fulfillment. Language and Translations Facts 7,099 active first languages 3,312 languages with some Scripture 670 languages with a complete Bible 1,521 languages with New Testament and some portions 1,121 languages with one or more Bible books 2,584 Bible translations in progress 1,636 more languages targeted for Bible translation (114 million people) For more info and FAQ , see Wycliffe Global Alliance—http://www.wycliffe.net/statistics In 4 Proclamations, Isaiah speaks God’s words of Comfort. First Proclamation of Comfort—40:1-2
Second Proclamation of Comfort—40:3-5
Pioneer Bible Translators Facts 643 adults and 267 children Translating in 84 languages For 42 million people In 18 countries World Bible Translation Goals 2015 PBT Goal—300 languages 2050 All Agency Goal—Bible translation complete
Third Proclamation Comfort—40:6-8
Fourth Proclamation of Comfort—4:9-11
Three images: • Herald • Sovereign LORD • Tender, loving Shepherd
Sermon In Action: With what experience of “exile” (challenge, difficulty, trial, pain, or suffering) do you currently need God’s comfort? What role does the Bible have in your life personally when you are seeking comfort? How would your life be different if you did not have a Bible in your language to read? How could you pray so as to be helpful to Bible translators you know?
For Next Week, 3rd Sunday of Advent: Our Advent text next Sunday is Isaiah 61:1-4; 8-11. Prayerfully read the text, asking God to show you what the text says about Jesus (see Luke 4:14-21) and what it could say about you as Jesus’ servant. While we will meditate on our Advent text next Sunday, the main feature will be our Sunday School Christmas program. Pray that God will use it in the lives of kids, RRCC family, and guests. Use our beautiful invitation to invite a guest!
CHURCH UPDATES Meal Ministry: If you or someone you know is suffering illness or bereavement and would benefit from our Meal Ministry, please speak to Sam Hayashida. If you’re interested in volunteering with the meal ministry please contact Sam for more info. Thank-you to everyone who volunteered to bake for our Christmas Tea, happening December 17 after the Children’s Christmas Program. Baking can be dropped off during regular church office hours Monday-Friday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, or on Sunday, December 17, 2017 before 9:30 am.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Please note that the following dates December 17, Christmas Eve morning, and December 31 will be a Celebration style service with one combined service at 10:00 am. You are invited: The Bakerview Fellowship Choir will perform “Rejoice and Sing Noel!”, a selection of Christmas songs and Carols, on Tuesday, December 19 at 10:00 am at Bakerview Church (2285 Clearbrook Road). Free admission with an offering will be taken for the Abbotsford Food Bank.
Listening Does Help Are you someone who cares for people feeling down? Are you a good listener? Telecare Crisis & Caring Line is having an information evening on Thursday, January 18, 7:00 pm at New Life Christian Reformed Church (35270 Delair Road)m. If you are interested please contact either [email protected], 604-852-4058 or visit www.telecarebc.com.
LIBRARY BOOK OF THE WEEK We were created for deep connections. When people have deep connections, says John Ortberg, they win in life. When they don’t have deep connections, they cannot win in life. I’d Like You More if You Were More like Me offers help in overcoming one of the biggest obstacles to making deep connections: the fact that we’re so different. The good news is that there is a solution!
For more information, please check out our website at www.rossroadcc.ca.
MISSIONARY OF THE WEEK Otto & Marjorie Ekk in Portugal with MB Mission Hi Ross Road Church, What a blessings it has been to be reminded again on how you as a church have stood by this ministry over all these years. As you think of us during this Christmas season, remember that this ministry of various churches, and very impactful social ministries, have been made possible only by the grace of God, and you have stood firmly with this ministry. Hundreds of people’s lives have been changed forever, and the Good News of a loving / forgiving Jesus and the power of the His Spirit continues to flow. Marjorie and I are so very thankful for the wisdom of the leadership and the Ross Road church body for staying committed to us. Please pray for the various Christmas programs at the various churches. One will be this coming Sunday, Otto was asked to give a 15 minute challenge. Pray that the message of salvation may be declared and received very clearly. Blessings, Otto and Marjorie
CHURCH PRAYER & PRAISE Carolina Alexander Walt Letkeman Grace Rude Dale Schellenberg
3160 Ross Road, Abbotsford, BC V4X 1G4 Phone: 604-856-2024 Fax: 604-856-9601 Email: [email protected] Web: www.rossroadcc.ca Office Hours: Monday – Friday 8:00am – 4:00pm
Find RRCC on:
“The King is Coming” Biblical Text: Isaiah 40: 1-11
THIS WEEK 10
11
12
WELCOME! We are so glad you could join us today! We’d like to get to know you better. Please take time to fill out one of our Connect Cards found in the pews and drop it in the offering bag.
• 8:30 am - Prayer time • 9:00 am - 1st service • 10:45 am - 2nd service • 7:00 pm - Young Adults
LAST SUNDAY Thank you for your faithfulness and generosity in your financial support of RRCC!
• Middle School Youth @ 7:00-9:00
Elf Christmas Party
Church Ministries
• Mommy and Me @ 9:00-11:00 am
Other
$0.00
Facility Fund • High School Youth @ 7:00-9:30 pm
14 Living Room Christmas Party
17
$18,014.35
$100.00 $18,114.35
Total Received Attendance:
387
NEED PRAYER?
• One Service at 10:00 am
A chain of prayer, connecting with other prayer warriors. Call Doreen Froese by phone or email.
FINANCIAL UPDATE Operating Budget Total Nov/Dec. Income Target $180,000
Received To Date $89,763
Remaining Target to Meet Total $90,236
Last Week’s Attendance 387
Facility Renewal Fund Facility Renewal
Received To
Remaining Target
Target $100,000
Date $75,365
to Meet Total $24,635
E-Transfers Now Available- You are now able to use e-Transfers as a method of giving. Use your online banking to send a donation to [email protected] using Interac e-Transfer. Don’t forget to include your offering envelope number.
For more information, please check out our website at www.rossroadcc.ca.
MINISTRY UPDATES Nursery Volunteers: Today: 1st service: Rhonda & Allie Janzen 2nd service: Linda Mills & Karissa Stobbe
Dec.17, 2017 (one service): Danika Wittenberg Monika Thiessen
Reminder: December 16, 2017 is the Christmas Play Dress Rehearsal. It will take place from 9:30 am to 12:00 pm. A special thank-you to our quilters who made the beautiful blankets for this child dedication! Thank-you Julie Schellenberg, Edna Sawatzky, Nearissa Kasper and Heidi Giesbrecht!
Youth Ministry:Attention Youth! This week is our CHRISTMAS PARTIES! Then we break until January! So you’ll not want to miss out! For Middle School our theme is ELF! If you have never seen the movie, then dress up as anything Christmas related! For High School, we are having a cozy living room-Christmas morning party! So dress in whatever you would wear Christmas morning! Pjs, ugly Christmas sweater, etc. Monday; 7:00-9:00 pm, and Thursday; 7:00-9:30 pm!!
Young Adults: We will meet again December 10th at 7:00pm to continue our Doctrine series. If you are interested in more information about Doctrine or Young Adults, feel free to checkout our Facebook at https:// www.facebook.com/groups/rrccyoungadults/
Women’s Ministry: Join us for Mommy & Me program on Tuesday mornings from 9:00-11:00 am. in the Preschool Big Room.
Men’s Ministry: Please stay posted as to when our next event will take place.
Encore Ministry: Please stay posted as to when our next event will take place.
For more information, please check out our website at www.rossroadcc.ca.
SERMON NOTES The King Is Coming Isaiah 40:1-11 In the context of exile, Isaiah 40:1-11 begins a new section about the coming King, who is also the Suffering Servant. In prophecy there can be multiple layers of meaning and fulfillment. Language and Translations Facts 7,099 active first languages 3,312 languages with some Scripture 670 languages with a complete Bible 1,521 languages with New Testament and some portions 1,121 languages with one or more Bible books 2,584 Bible translations in progress 1,636 more languages targeted for Bible translation (114 million people) For more info and FAQ , see Wycliffe Global Alliance—http://www.wycliffe.net/statistics In 4 Proclamations, Isaiah speaks God’s words of Comfort. First Proclamation of Comfort—40:1-2
Second Proclamation of Comfort—40:3-5
Pioneer Bible Translators Facts 643 adults and 267 children Translating in 84 languages For 42 million people In 18 countries World Bible Translation Goals 2015 PBT Goal—300 languages 2050 All Agency Goal—Bible translation complete
Third Proclamation Comfort—40:6-8
Fourth Proclamation of Comfort—4:9-11
Three images: • Herald • Sovereign LORD • Tender, loving Shepherd
Sermon In Action: With what experience of “exile” (challenge, difficulty, trial, pain, or suffering) do you currently need God’s comfort? What role does the Bible have in your life personally when you are seeking comfort? How would your life be different if you did not have a Bible in your language to read? How could you pray so as to be helpful to Bible translators you know?
For Next Week, 3rd Sunday of Advent: Our Advent text next Sunday is Isaiah 61:1-4; 8-11. Prayerfully read the text, asking God to show you what the text says about Jesus (see Luke 4:14-21) and what it could say about you as Jesus’ servant. While we will meditate on our Advent text next Sunday, the main feature will be our Sunday School Christmas program. Pray that God will use it in the lives of kids, RRCC family, and guests. Use our beautiful invitation to invite a guest!
CHURCH UPDATES Meal Ministry: If you or someone you know is suffering illness or bereavement and would benefit from our Meal Ministry, please speak to Sam Hayashida. If you’re interested in volunteering with the meal ministry please contact Sam for more info. Thank-you to everyone who volunteered to bake for our Christmas Tea, happening December 17 after the Children’s Christmas Program. Baking can be dropped off during regular church office hours Monday-Friday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, or on Sunday, December 17, 2017 before 9:30 am.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Please note that the following dates December 17, Christmas Eve morning, and December 31 will be a Celebration style service with one combined service at 10:00 am. You are invited: The Bakerview Fellowship Choir will perform “Rejoice and Sing Noel!”, a selection of Christmas songs and Carols, on Tuesday, December 19 at 10:00 am at Bakerview Church (2285 Clearbrook Road). Free admission with an offering will be taken for the Abbotsford Food Bank.
Listening Does Help Are you someone who cares for people feeling down? Are you a good listener? Telecare Crisis & Caring Line is having an information evening on Thursday, January 18, 7:00 pm at New Life Christian Reformed Church (35270 Delair Road)m. If you are interested please contact either [email protected], 604-852-4058 or visit www.telecarebc.com.
LIBRARY BOOK OF THE WEEK We were created for deep connections. When people have deep connections, says John Ortberg, they win in life. When they don’t have deep connections, they cannot win in life. I’d Like You More if You Were More like Me offers help in overcoming one of the biggest obstacles to making deep connections: the fact that we’re so different. The good news is that there is a solution!
For more information, please check out our website at www.rossroadcc.ca.
MISSIONARY OF THE WEEK Otto & Marjorie Ekk in Portugal with MB Mission Hi Ross Road Church, What a blessings it has been to be reminded again on how you as a church have stood by this ministry over all these years. As you think of us during this Christmas season, remember that this ministry of various churches, and very impactful social ministries, have been made possible only by the grace of God, and you have stood firmly with this ministry. Hundreds of people’s lives have been changed forever, and the Good News of a loving / forgiving Jesus and the power of the His Spirit continues to flow. Marjorie and I are so very thankful for the wisdom of the leadership and the Ross Road church body for staying committed to us. Please pray for the various Christmas programs at the various churches. One will be this coming Sunday, Otto was asked to give a 15 minute challenge. Pray that the message of salvation may be declared and received very clearly. Blessings, Otto and Marjorie
CHURCH PRAYER & PRAISE Carolina Alexander Walt Letkeman Grace Rude Dale Schellenberg
3160 Ross Road, Abbotsford, BC V4X 1G4 Phone: 604-856-2024 Fax: 604-856-9601 Email: [email protected] Web: www.rossroadcc.ca Office Hours: Monday – Friday 8:00am – 4:00pm
Find RRCC on:
