Announcements for 25 December
Hi Everyone,
This Sunday Pastor Goligher will preach for both services for this last Sunday of 2022.
Plan to attend the Christmas Eve service of lessons and carols, tomorrow, Saturday, 24 December at 5 pm.
Reminder to all: Please use cups/bottles with lids when in the Worship Hall or nursery. And please only have food in the Fellowship Hall.
Sincerely,
Elder Lemen
The Lord’s Day
Sunday school is on recess the next two weeks and resumes on 8 January 2023.
The morning service is at 11:00 am. The sermon will be "A Treasure in the Heart" from Luke 2:8-21.
The evening service is at 5:00 pm. The sermon will be “A Sword to the Heart" from Luke 2:34-35
Offerings: December 25 is the last Sunday in which offerings collected in the worship services will be recorded for the year 2022. If you are mailing in your contribution, it must be postmarked by December 31, 2022. Tax receipts are scheduled to be distributed in person on January 22 and January 29, 2023. If you do not receive yours in person, it will be mailed to you on January 31. Please contact Deacon Stan Liao (stan.liao@acm.org) if you have any questions.
Through the Week
Prayer Meeting will not be held this week.
Ladies’ Bible Study is on recess until 12 January 2023. See the note below about getting a book for the upcoming study.
Men’s Book Study is on recess.
The Lord’s Supper will next be celebrated next Sunday, 1 January 2023, and an offering will be taken for the work of the Deacons.
Looking Ahead
Sunday School Vacation: There will be no Sunday school classes on 25 Dec. or 1 Jan. Sunday school classes resume on 8 January 2023.
Women’s Bible Study
The women’s Bible study will resume on Thursday, 12 January 2023. Please pick up a copy of the book, “The Son of David” by Nancy Guthrie, from the red basket (and sign your name when you do so).
Teens Sunday School Class
Starting 15 January, Pastor Goligher will begin teaching a Sunday School class for teens. We will study sections of the book of Romans together, in order to discover the Bible’s biggest doctrines, and apply them to our lives. As Paul said, we aim to be “obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which [we] were committed” (Romans 6:17). All teens are welcome to join. Speak to Pastor Goligher if you have any questions.
Snow Rally
All teens (ages 12-18) are invited to the presbytery’s Snow Rally at Oak Hill Presbyterian Church in Sonora. The event starts on Friday afternoon, February 24. On Saturday the 25th, the teens will go snow-tubing at a nearby mountain. Teens may return home on Saturday evening, or stay over for Sunday worship at Oak Hill. The speaker this year is Rev. Gene Crow, the pastor of Redding Reformed Fellowship. More details will be announced soon, but mark your calendars now if you are interested in joining.
Message from the Mercy Committee
Sally Jo Reich would love cards and encouraging messages from church families. She had a surgery last month due to a fractured femur. If you are able, please send her encouraging messages to lift her spirits and let her know we are praying and thinking of her.
Her address is: 1224 Devonshire Ave., Manteca CA 95336