December 7th , 2008 Worship Service WELCOME AND PRAYER Chairperson- Greg Thiessen
CONGREGATIONAL SINGING ANNOUNCEMENTS & OFFERING LIGHTING OF SECOND ADVENT CANDLE & RESPONSIVE READING #159 Michaela & Katie Hiebert KID’S KORNER Laura Thiessen (next-Betty Koop)
SPECIAL NUMBER Alvin Kroeker (next-Glen Koop)
SCRIPTURE READING Isaiah 40:1-11, 2 Cor. 1:3-11 Tammi Thiessen MESSAGE “The Comforting Face of God” Business meeting today, immediately after church service.
THIS AND THAT Tonight - Madge Lake Dessert Theatre at CBF. Call Don Buhler for information/tickets. Monday - 6p.m. Ladies Salad Supper Wednesday - 2p.m. Sing Song at Birchwood Place. Friday - 7:30p.m. Bible Study at the church. December 14 - Tim & Laurel will be sharing at the morning service . Following Sunday School we’ll continue fellowship over a potluck lunch. - 7:30p.m. CFC Christmas Program. REMEMBER TO PRAY FOR THE SICK -Irwin Plett, Alicia Friesen’s father following surgery -Ray Stringer, Swan River hospital -Willie Nepinak, Randy’s father, may require treatments BULLETIN BOARD -Swan Valley Food Bank is requesting help to provide hampers for needy families in the Valley -PRBI greeting -The School of Writing at CMU, May 4-8, 2009. Cost, $520., includes lunch, coffee breaks, and Friday evening banquet OTHER -“Voices From the Street” Christmas 2008, Union Gospel Mission, in mailboxes. -Inner City Youth Alive “News Flash: December 2008” in the literature rack
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Christian Fellowship Church
YOUTH GROUP Christmas Party Today! 2:30p.m. at Mervin McFadyen’s. Sleigh ride, so dress appropriately.
Advent Wreaths
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO….. Glen Koop (Dec.8)
The Advent Wreath is a Lutheran custom that originated in Eastern Germany. They are round as a symbol of God’s eternity
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and mercy, of which every season of Advent is a new reminder; and it is made of evergreens to symbolize God’s “ever-lastingness” and our immortality. Green is also the Church’s color of hope and new life. Four candles, three purple or violet that represent penance, sorrow, and longing expectation and one rose or pink that represents the hope and coming joy are placed within to represent the four weeks of Advent. They are replaced with white candles for the Christmas season which ends with Epiphany. Wreaths are an ancient symbol of victory and symbolize the “fulfillment of time” in the coming of Christ and the glory of His birth.
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