SUNDAY AM READING Advent Reading by the Dickinson Family SUNDAY AM MESSAGE TITLE “The Test of Authenticity” SUNDAY AM MESSAGE TEXT I Corinthians 9 SUNDAY EVENING Due to the special children’s program this afternoon, there will be no evening service. Join us next week at 4:30 PM on Sunday for a Christmas party at the Homchuck’s. THURSDAY EVENING The Book of Ezekiel 6:00 PM at Morton Avenue ANNOUNCEMENTS Friday Night Fellowship Opportunity: Gene and Brenda Avey have offered to have a fellowship time on Friday nights at their home in Dexter. Feel free to stop by after 6:00 PM. Gospel For Asia Christmas Gift: We will be collecting financial gifts toward a “Jesus Well”. There are envelopes available on the offering box table for your donations which can be placed in the offering box. Donations were due by this Sunday; if however we have not reached our goal of $1000, we will plan to present this gift when we do. Thank you for your generosity! Checks should be made out to Calvary Chapel. Sunday Children’s Ministry: 0-3 years of age will be in the nursery, and 4-9 year olds will be dismissed for Sunday school after worship. Ages 10 to 12 will remain in the service until Dec. 30th. Don’t forget to sign your child(ren) in before church. Please come to the classroom after church as children will not be released from Sunday School until signed out. The sign-in form is located on the resource table. Sunday School Christmas Party & Christmas Caroling: Today! We will be serving sandwiches, veggies, juice, cake and snacks after the morning service followed by a visit to Pleasant Meadows at 12:30 to sing Christmas carols and to pass out ornaments to the residents. Pleasant Meadows Ministry: Join us at Pleasant Meadows at 12:30 today. WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS Minimizing Distractions: To the extent possible, please stay seated once the teaching begins; and please turn off or silence all communication devices. Tithes & Offerings: We do not pass an offering plate during our services, but encourage all who attend regularly “whose hearts are stirred and everyone whose spirit is willing” to place your offerings in the dark walnut box on the back table. (Exodus 35:21; Malachi 3:10) Pastor Dave’s Recommended Reading List Abraham Lincoln: A Man of Faith and Courage by Joe Wheeler Against the Wind by K.P. Yohannan Are These the Last Days? by Greg Laurie Faith Undone by Roger Oakland Faith, by Chuck Smith Inside the Revolution by Joel C. Rosenberg Life in the Spirit by A. W. Tozer Living Water: The Power of the Holy Spirit in Your Life by Chuck Smith Mornings With Tozer by A.W. Tozer My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers Pathway to Freedom by Alistair Begg Pilgrim's Progress, by John Bunyan Prayer: Our Glorious Privilege by Chuck Smith Reflecting His Image by K.P. Yohannan The Final Act by Chuck Smith The Making of a Man of God: Lessons from the Life of David, by Alan Redpath The Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis Touching Godliness by K.P. Yohannan Under His Influence by Lloyd Pulley What in the World is Going On? by Dr. David Jeremiah |