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A Special Country Christmas Performance
Howdy! It’s that time of year again when we get to invite each and every one of you to our Special Needs Christmas Program on Sunday, December 3, at 6:00pm in the Worship Center. We are looking forward to sharing our “Country Christmas” with you.
All of our students and amazing volunteers have been practicing for weeks, anxiously awaiting the night they get to step on stage and share their individual gifts and skills. Our For God’s Glory group began practicing for Christmas all the way back in August, and they are looking forward to presenting the wonderful Christmas message through song and dance. When I asked a few of our students why they participate in the Christmas program, their responses were “for God,” “to bring all my friends,” and “to tell people about Jesus who don’t already know Him.”
My heart fills with so much joy when I get to see our students with all different abilities, actively taking part in the body of the church, being the hands and feet of Christ. Our families and church community have the opportunity to...
Click here to read more about the upcoming Country Christmas performance from Alise Ramseyer.
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Did You Know That Women's Ministries Has A Blog?
We do! Here's a sample (posted yesterday). We'd love to have you sign up here to receive these, if you don't already.
On Hospitality
By Rhonda Sittig
The year my husband Larry and I lived in Costa Rica, we attended a small church in a village, a bus ride and then a kilometer walk from our home. We loved those people, who opened their church doors and their arms to us.
One Sunday, Eunice asked us to her house for tea after the church service. She stopped by a little roadside market for a couple tea bags and a small packet of soda crackers. We sat in her small home cobbled together from scraps of boards and a tin roof, talked over the tea from chipped cups—and never felt more cared for, more welcome.
I learned a lot about hospitality from dear Eunice. And learned how to meet friends at the door with welcoming hugs from our buddy Jenni. And from Tim and Jill, how to make conversation around the table sparkle. I’ve learned impromptu meals can be the best from Carmen—as we carried the table and chairs upstairs onto the roof on a sweltering summer night to catch the breeze in southern Spain, to sit and talk and sing over plates of simple tapas.
I’ve learned from Jen Hatmaker, who wrote in her book, For the Love: “A shared table is the supreme expression of hospitality in every culture on earth. When your worn-out kitchen table hosts good people and good conversation, when it provides a safe place to break bread and share wine, your house becomes a sanctuary, holy as a cathedral.” (page 116)
There’s a joy to setting plates around a table, anticipating friends in the door, praying for them and the time you will spend together. And also there’s chocolate cake—that’s always good too.
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with God’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.” —Romans 12:12–13
Rhonda is a retired elementary school teacher, a former missionary, wife to Larry, mother of four and grandmother to seven (and counting!). For great recipes (Triple Chocolate Poke Cake, anyone?) and much more, follow her blog: thethankfulheart.wordpress.com.
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Thanksgiving With Our Neighbors
If you picked up a Love Box to fill, please return it by this Sunday, November 19, to the plaza, or to the church office during the week. There are a few volunteer spots left to serve on Thanksgiving at Valencia Park in Fullerton. Sign up via the button below or the EvFree App.
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Thanksgiving Offering
The Thanksgiving Offering for 2017 will go toward the renovation of the room formerly called D-Amp, which has been housing ministry for 40 years. Generations of kids, youth, families and older saints have been there. This is a cash project, no debt. Give as you can and mark your donation with “Thanksgiving Offering” or by texting “thanksgiving” to 714-699-9994. This will be an amazing room . . . ready for another 40 years of ministry beginning in January. Learn more details here.
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Christmas BLVD
December 14–17, 4–9pm
Invite everyone you know to this year’s Christmas BLVD, December 14–17! Pick up invitations to hand out on the plaza on Sunday or in the church office during the week. Click here for all the info. We also need your help to put on the party! Sign up to help via the button below or on the plaza on Sunday.
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