Upcoming Events
Sunday, December 3
9:00 A.M. Traditional Worship (Sanctuary)
10:00 A.M. Adult and Youth Advent Activity
Kids Sunday School
10:00 A.M. The Hearth Worship (The Hearth)
2:00 P.M. Packing for Operation Christmas
5:00 P.M. Installation Service for Pastor Siang Hup
Monday, December 4
9:00 A.M. SCHA (Rooms 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Library)
5:00 P.M. ICC (Room 1)
7:00 P.M. Personnel Committee (Library)
7:00 P.M. Scrap n Stitch
Tuesday, December 5
9:30 A.M. Fall Women’s Bible Study (Room 1)
1:00 P.M. Staff Meeting (Library)
1:00 P.M. WCF to State Museum
7:00 P.M. Facilities Meeting (Library)
Wednesday, December 6
5:00 P.M. Christmas Pageant Rehearsal (Sanctuary)
5:00 P.M. Community Meal (Fellowship Hall)
6:00 P.M. Mom to Mom (Library)
6:45 P.M. Prayer Group (Prayer Room)
Thursday, December 7
9:00 A.M. SCHA (Rooms 1, 6, 7, 8, 10)
9:15 A.M. Precept (Room 9)
11:30 A.M. SCHA (Room 7, 9)
6:00 P.M. Praise Band Rehearsal (Sanctuary)
6:15 P.M. Jubellations (Room 7)
7:15 P.M. Choir Practice (Sanctuary)
Friday, December 8
9:00 A.M. Woman to Woman (Library)
Saturday, December 9
7:00 A.M. Men’s Accountability (Prayer Room)
10:00 A.M. Christmas Pageant Practice (Sanctuary)
Sunday, December 10
9:00 A.M. Traditional Worship (Sanctuary)
10:00 A.M. Adult LIFE Groups
Youth and Kids Sunday school
10:00 A.M. Worship @ The Hearth Senior Living
Kids to sing at The Hearth Service
11:00 A.M. Contemporary Worship (Sanctuary)
Please remember to read all the way through! There are lots of things going on in December; don't miss out on all the great activities!!
Service Assistants serving on December 3:
9:00 Service
Peggy Zehr
11:00 Service
Darcey Johnstone
Christmas Eve Service Times: The following are the times for this year's services.
Christmas Eve Day- 9:00 A.M.
Christmas Eve Night- 4:00 P.M.
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service- 7:00 P.M.
We hope that you will join us for one or all of our very special services.
Centerings are Here! Pick up your copy of the December Centerings at the Welcome Center Sunday, December 3. You won't want to miss it!
Hanging of the Greens: Thank you to those who stayed to help decorate last Sunday! We appreciate your help and it went very quickly!
No Download During the Month of December: Just a reminder that there will not be a Download session during the month of December as we participate in our special Advent activities. Please join us after the first on the year to restart our Download sessions.
Operation Christmas: Join us on Sunday, December 3 from 2-5 P.M. as we pack supplies and go Christmas caroling to our shut-ins. Then we will return for snacks and hot cocoa. Items to donate include: yellow #2 pencils, pink erasers, composition books, crayons, pencil sharpeners, wash cloths, tooth paste, tooth brushes, travel soap (not liquid), combs/brushes. We CAN NOT send anything with characters printed on it. Thanks in advance for your help in sending much needed supplies to this part of the world!
Installation of Pastor Siang Hup: CGC will be hosting the installation of Siang Hup, this Sunday, December 3, and is being installed as a pastor for the CRC. The service will begin at 5:00 in the Sanctuary with a pig roast to follow. We will have visitors from Pathway CRC and the Crosspoint Network. Pastor Siang lives in Bargersville, IN, with his wife Thawng. This is open to anyone who would like to attend.
Sunday School During Advent: During the Advent season we will be doing a special project/study with all adult classes and youth middle thru high school. On December 3 and 10 we will be making Jesse Tree ornaments. Please plan on attending these sessions during Advent. Both days will be held in Fellowship Hall.
On December 17, there will be NO adult or youth Sunday school as we will be supporting the children in their Christmas Pageant. This will be held in the Sanctuary during the regular Sunday school hour.
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Advent Devotionals: Adult devotionals are available and located at the Welcome Center. Please pick up one per family. The studies are built around the Jesse Tree. Jesse Trees are a very old Christmas tradition first started in medieval times based on Isaiah 11:1-2. They are used to help tell the story of the Bible from creation to the Christmas Story. The name comes from Jesse who was the father of the great Jewish King David. These devotionals were written by members of the First Reformed Church in Lynden, WA for the December 1998 issue of the
Church Herald, Reformed Church of America.
1-2-3 Serve: "No one is useless in this world that lightens the burdens of another", Charles Dickens. This month's 1-2-3 serve project is about lightening someone else's burdens. Find a neighbor, elderly person, family member or friend and offer to rake leaves in their yard or help with another project around their home. Afterwards, leave them a note of encouragement that will be provided and found on the table next to the Family Ministries kiosk. Remember to take a picture and post on our Facebook page with the tag #CGCburdenbearers.
Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: At CGC, the second part of our mission statement is "...Where Friends Become Disciples..." Are you ready to move from friend to disciple, while growing immensely in your walk with Christ? If so, please plan to join us for our next EHS discipleship course, beginning January 8. This 8-week course will be led by Andrea Culver on either Monday or Tuesday night, whichever works better for potential attendees. Cost for materials is $25 per person. Please contact Heather Hayden at
heather@dhayden.com or 317-797-0738 to sign up or to ask questions.
Kroger Community Rewards:
CGC earns about $150+ every quarter and you can now help earn money for the church while purchasing your groceries! Simply log on to krogercommunityrewards.com, have your Kroger Plus card number handy, and register your card with organization number 34609. If you are not already an online Kroger customer, you will need to sign up as a new customer with your Kroger Plus card. Then, to verify you are enrolled correctly, make sure you see our church's name on the right side of your information page.
Prayer Requests: Do you have a prayer request that you want people to pray for, but you'd like it done before Sunday morning? Send a message to our new
Twitter account with the hashtag #prayer. Follow us on Twitter to get those updates and pray for others! Prayers will also be sent to our
facebook account. Like us on facebook too!
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