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Unto Us
In a world filled with the forgotten, the forgetful, the voiceless and the vociferous—in a world desperate for significance and meaning—the dividing lines are canyon deep.
Humanity spirals, broken and unable to make itself whole.
That was the scene Jesus entered 2000 years ago in the byways of Bethlehem. And that is the scene Jesus enters today. Unto us, Jesus comes.
Jesus—fully God and fully human—arrives to reconcile and restore. Perfect Light bursts into the darkness of night. Hope cuts through despair.
Full stop. We mark time differently before Christ and after Christ. The spiral changes directions the moment angels light up the sky proclaiming the Savior's birth.
Peace is possible. Hope is here. Salvation is in our midst. Emmanuel—God with us—steps into time, with us and for us. Whoever we are, wherever we are, whatever labels we wear, the gift of grace is being offered to each and every one.
Jesus comes . . . unto us.
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Country Christmas—Special Needs Christmas Program
Sunday, December 3, 6:00pm, Worship Center. Free.
Join us for a delightful evening as our Special Needs groups share with us the true Christmas story through a “Country Christmas.” Expect to see cookies, cowboy boots, puppets, line dancing, a “sweet” magic trick, and of course, the unexpected. All ages are welcome to attend.
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Volunteers Needed—A Walk Through Bethlehem Set Building
Are you looking for a way to serve? Would you like to help behind-the-scenes with A Walk Through Bethlehem for Christmas Blvd? We could use your help in assembling the "town" of Bethlehem December 4–8. Several shifts available. Sign up via the button below or the EvFree App.
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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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Generosity at Year-End
Each year at EvFree, our congregation is especially generous in their year-end giving. This helps further our church’s ministry into the next calendar year. Thank you so much for your part in that.
Our church steps out in faith . . . sending 200 people to Love Europe, Christmas Blvd. & A Walk Through Bethlehem, Special Needs, Kids & Youth, Ears to Hear, and so many more ministries.
Be fully in at EvFree with your time, talents and giving. Especially at year end, your financial gifts are needed to fuel ministry. Celebrate the joy of Jesus’ grain market words that “good measure, pressed down, is flowing over . . .”
For contributions to be tax-deductible this year, they need to be:
- Postmarked by December 30
- Brought to the church upstairs “A” building mail slot by midnight, December 31
- Made online by midnight, December 31
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Nominations for Elders
As announced at the Congregational Meeting on November 5, we will accept nominations for future elders from November 19 to December 31. We invite any member of EvFree to submit names for future Elders to eldernominations@evfreefullerton.com. Paper forms are available at Guest Central on Sunday.
We are moving the nomination process earlier so that we can better get to know potential new elders in early spring. Then, we will affirm our new elders in May 2018.
I Timothy 3:1–6 says the qualifications for an Elder are:
This saying is trustworthy: “If someone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a good work.” The overseer then must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher, not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not contentious, free from the love of money. He must manage his own household well and keep his children in control without losing his dignity. But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for the church of God? He must not be a recent convert or he may become arrogant and fall into the punishment that the devil will exact. And he must be well thought of by those outside the faith, so that he may not fall into disgrace and be caught by the devil’s trap.
Our Constitution says:
The Nominating Committee shall be appointed annually by the Elder Board and shall consist of a chairman, a vice-chairman and five members, including representatives from the Elder Board, the ministry staff and the congregation at large. The committee chairman may ask to increase the size of the committee to help in the workload or to provide knowledge required to fulfill the committee’s charter.
Thank you for your prayerful participation in nominating Elders for our church.
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