Spencer B's Birthday ~ December 10
Mit P's Birthday ~ December 12
Will G's Birthday ~ December 13
Lisa P's Birthday ~ December 16
Jessee T's Birthday ~ December 17
Sally W's Birthday ~ December 17
Stella S' Birthday ~ December 20
Steve F's Birthday ~ December 21 Christmas Caroling/Soup Delivery to Shut-ins ~ Dec 21 Youth Christmas Party @ Chris & Sally's ~ December 21
** Please be sure to inform us if we missed your birthday or anniversary -
And remember - we post for 2 weeks, not the the whole month**
~~~~~~~~~~~~ Save the Date
Christmas Eve Service ~ December 24 @ 6:00 p.m.
January 20 ~ Breakfast - Fundraiser for Haiti Trip
February 16 ~ Annual Soup & Sing
March 9-16 ~ Haiti Mission Trip
July 15 - 19 ~ Summer Youth Camp (N.C.)
Home Mission Project Addressing Christmas Cards for Shut-Ins
Last Sunday we had a great time of fellowship addressing Christmas Cards to shut-ins, enjoying pizza & snacks, and making plans for future youth activities. Here's the picture for this year's Addressing Christmas Cards to Shut-ins... ~ Chris & Sally ~
Lottie Moon Offering
Ocean Park's Lottie Moon Christmas Offering was taken after
the Behold the Lamb Advent Music Presentation...but..
..it will also be accepted for the entire month of December.
Want to know more about this offering taken every Christmas Season?
Click the below links.
Mission House Christmas Project We are still collecting personal items for our friends at the Mission House. (Remember the recipients do not have a place to store anything so items should be for immediate use only.)
Wash cloths/Towels, White Ankle Socks (for men & women), Gloves, Hats, Women's Underwear & Men's Boxers
Candy, Protein or Breakfast bars, Snack packs of cookies or chips
$5 gift card to McDonalds or a similar local place
Please bring your items to the collection basket located in the Nursery hallway and we will deliver the items the 2nd week of December.
Thank You and MerryChristmas!
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FYI... Ocean Park is a monthly donor to the Beaches Mission House on Shetter Avenue. For those unaware of the Mission House - it is a place for those in need to have a meal, take a shower, see a doctor, etc.
Christmas Caroling/Soup Delivery to Shut-Ins
photo from 2017
We need folks to join us ministering to some shut-ins this Christmas Season. And, we promise, you don’t have to have a great singing voice. These folks are just so happy to see us, that they not only think our singing is great, but they love to join in the singing too.
December 21 - Friday
Meet in the Youth/Awana Room NO later than 4:00 p.m.
Please RSVP so we will have enough vehicles.
Youth Christmas Party
Youth Christmas Party
After Christmas Caroling ALL youth will meet at the home of their leaders ~ Chris & Sally ~
for food, fun & fellowship!
Be sure to bring a wrapped exchange gift.
Haiti Mission Trip
Pastor Chris and Jerry & Linda Benton will be heading to Haiti (March 9 - 16, 2019) with a team of eight. They will be ministering at the Cabaret Baptist Children's Home which houses 53 youth & children. Please keep this mission team and the children at the home in prayer and consider if:
1. You would be able to support their trip financially.
2. You would help in collecting items that the team will be sharing with the children.
Items being Collected
blue pens
black pens
pencils – presharpened
pencil sharpeners – little ones you hold in your hand
square or rectangular pink GUM erasers
rulers – must have metric and inches
book bags
socks
There will be a collection box at the stairs by the water fountain (across from the nursery)
** Thank you to all who participated in our
Spaghetti Fundraiser for our Haiti Trip **
Books of the Month - December
Hidden Christmas by Timothy Keller
Even people who are not practicing Christians think they are familiar with the story of the nativity. Every Christmas displays of Baby Jesus resting in a manger decorate lawns and churchyards, and songs about shepherds and angels fill the air. Yet despite the abundance of these Christian references in popular culture, how many of us have examined the hard edges of this biblical story?
In his new book Timothy Keller takes readers on an illuminating journey into the surprising background of the nativity. By understanding the message of hope and salvation within the Bible’s account of Jesus’ birth, readers will experience the redeeming power of God’s grace in a deeper and more meaningful way.
The Dawning of Indestructible JOY
by John Piper
The Christmas season is one of the busiest times of the year. But it is also a season of reflection and preparation for that special day when we mark Immanuel’s coming―the arrival of our eternal God in our own frail humanity.
This is the greatest of history’s many wonders, something too stupendous to celebrate just on one day. Advent is a way of lengthening and intensifying the joy of Christmas.
These 25 brief devotional readings from John Piper begin on December 1 and carry us to Christmas Day. Our hope is that God would use these meditations to deepen and sweeten your adoration of Jesus and help you keep him at the center of your Christmas season.
How Can We Pray for You?
“And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.” - Acts 2:42
Families for week of December 9 - 15
Burkart
Castle
Currie
Church and Nation to pray for week of December 9 - 15
Church: Mars Hill Community - Matt Russell - Powder Springs, GA
Nation: Serbia
Sunday's Sermons
December 16th Sunday Morning Matthew 13:44
"The Light of Joy"
44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
Sunday Evening
Sermon Series: "Pilgrims Progress"
Session 5: The Hill Difficulty
Nursery Rotation
(Morning Services) December 16 - Sally Williams, Denise Partyka, Angelina Proia December 23 -Spencer & Melissa Brogden, Donna Proia December 30 -Charlie Hiles, Mit Pendergraft, Brooke Bruski January 6 -Jane Hatfield, Linda Benton, Sidney Moore January 13 -Mike & Laurie Burns, Annabelle Partyka January 20 -Sally Williams, Denise Partyka, Angelina Proia January 27 -Spencer & Melissa Brogden, Donna Proia
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