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December 14 , 2008

Order of Services Today 9:30 AM Unified Service – Christmas Program 2:30 PM Clinton House Service 4:30 PM Choir Practice 5:30 PM Prayer Time 6:00 PM Evening Service - Pastor Johnson Preaching 7:00 Wednesday - Prayer Meeting and Small Groups

Singers for Today Morning Service — Rachel Stafford Evening Service — John Waggoner Mixed Trio

Upcoming Events Monday Dec. 15th Church Christmas Pitch-In Dinner at the Pitts Building 6: 00 PM Bring your own tableware. Sunday Dec. 21st Choir & Caroling 5PM A special offering will be taken for needy families Jan 20-25th - Midwinter Revival Rev. John Parker, Evangelist

Thought for the Week

―We will never make the most of ourselves by trying to make the most for ourselves.‖ – Herman J. Kregel

Story of the Week On the Sunday before Christmas, Reverend Billy Graham was walking down Highland Street in Mt. Holly, North Carolina on his way to see a parishioner. However, he wanted to post a parcel urgently so he asked a young boy where he could find the post office. When the boy had directed him, Reverend Graham thanked him and said, 'If you'll come to the Church this evening, you can hear me telling everyone how to get to heaven.' The boy replied, 'I think I'll give your sermon a miss. If you don't even know your way to the post office, how will you lead me to heaven?'

GOD GIVES HIMSELF God has given us himself. He is not only mighty over us; he is not only the essentially good; he is not only our complete satisfaction; he has given himself to us. He has graciously turned to us. He has made himself ours. With his divine goodness he has taken up our cause. He is for us in all his deity. Although he could be without us, he did not and does not will to be without us. Although he has every right to be against us, he is not and does not will to be against us. This is the God in whom we may believe. – Karl Barth

NEXT SUNDAY

At 5 PM, the Sanctuary Choir will present ―The Name of Jesus,‖ directed by Dan Martin. Caroling will follow, with refreshments at the Pitts building. An offering will be taken in this service for needy families.