Youth address Christmas Cards for Shut-ins & Lunch ~ December 9 (12:30) Behold the Lamb (Advent Music Presentation) ~ December 9 (6:00 p.m.) Lottie Moon Christmas Offering ~ December 9
Spencer B's Birthday ~ December 10
Mit P's Birthday ~ December 12
Will G's Birthday ~ December 13
** 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
December 21 ~ Christmas Caroling/Soup Delivery to Shut-ins
December 21 ~ Youth Christmas Party @ Chris & Sally's
March 9-16 ~ Haiti Mission Trip
July 15 - 19 ~ Summer Youth Camp (N.C.)
Home Mission Project
Addressing Christmas Cards for Shut-ins
This Sunday ALL youth, and anyone who thinks like a youth,
are invited to come to the Youth/Awana Room to address Christmas cards
for shut-ins AND enjoy some delicious pizza. (after a.m. Service) Here's the picture from our 2017 Addressing Christmas Cards to Shut-ins...
We always have a great time. ~ Chris & Sally ~
Advent Music Presentation
Lottie Moon Offering
Ocean Park's Lottie Moon Christmas Offering will be taken after
the Behold the Lamb Advent Music Presentation.
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.
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 2 - 8
Bruski
Brymer
Burns
Church and Nation to pray for week of December 2 - 8
Church: Mars Hill Community - Matt Russell - Powder Springs, GA
Nation: Serbia
Sunday's Sermons
December 9 Sunday Morning John 14:27-31
"The Light of Peace"
27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. 28 You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.29 And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe. 30 I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on me, 31 but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.
Sunday Evening
Behold the Lamb of God
Advent Music Presentation
Nursery Rotation
(Morning Services) December 9 -Mike & Laurie Burns, Annabelle Partyka December 16 - Sally Williams, Denise Partyka, Angelina Proia December 23 -Spencer & Melissa Brogden, Donna Proia December 30 -Charlie Hiles, Mit Pendergraft, Brooke Bruski
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