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First Federated ChurchSunday, November 23, 2008
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WelcomeGuests!
Please
see page two
 for important informationabout today’s service andhow to get the most out of your visit with us.
Volume 10 Number 27
By Mike Rose, Senior Pastor
We are excited that you chose to join us for our 2008
Thanksgiving Celebration
! Although it is commonlyaccepted that the first Thanksgiving celebration was in1621, it was not until 1863 that President Abraham Lin-coln proclaimed the last Thursday of November to be anational day of Thanksgiving. According to History.com,website for The History Channel, during the early twenti-eth century, Thanksgiving Day became more focused onsports and leisure than its name would suggest. In fact,it became the start of the Christmas shopping season. Soimportant was this month-long shopping extravaganzato the nation’s retailers that in 1939 President Franklin D. Roosevelt hadThanksgiving moved from the last Thursday to the third Thursday of Novem-ber to extend the shopping season an additional week. This change created agreat deal of controversy. In 1941 Congress settled the dispute by declaringthe fourth Thursday of each November to be Thanksgiving Day.Regardless of when Thanksgiving Day is, I think it’s great that our nationhas officially set aside a day to give thanks for the blessings we enjoy. Wetruly are a blessed people! I realize with a war going on and our economy inserious trouble, we may be tempted to think that we have little to be thankfulfor. However, if we each take time to consider the reality of our lives, I believewe would agree that despite difficulties and trials, we have much to be thankfulfor. It is my prayer that today’s service will cause you to take stock of thetremendous blessings that God has bestowed upon you and your family. Thatevery day, but especially on Thanksgiving Day, you will pause to recognize thewonderful benefits that are yours because of God’s grace to you. James 1:17,NKJV says;
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comesdown from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.”
May your Thanksgiving be filled with many remembrances of God’sblessings to you and many offerings of thanks for His tremendous blessings.
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is novariation or shadow of turning.”
James 1:17 (NKJV)
 
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WELCOME TO FIRST FEDERATED CHURCH!
Have Questions?
If you have any questions, simply ask someone wearing aname tag with “Here to Help” on it or visit the Welcome Centerin the foyer.
Guest Reception
If you are visiting with us for the first time or have justrecently started attending First Federated Church, we cordiallyinvite you to a reception in the foyer immediately following theservice. We would love to have the opportunity to meet you, getto know you better, and answer any questions you may have.
Fill Out the Care & Communication Card
If you have never completed a Care and Communication Card,please take a moment to do so. This allows us, as a church family,to better know your needs and how we can serve you. The Careand Communication Card is located inside this newspaper. Just fillout the card completely and leave at the end of your pew, give to anusher, or hand it in at the Guest Reception.Thank you for taking the time to visit First Federated Church.If you are not presently a member of a Bible teaching church, weinvite you to join our church family.
If You Have Children Visit the Children’sMinistry Registration Station
Trust your children to the care of our dedicated, lovingChildren’s Ministry staff. Our children’s programs provide qual-ity care and learning for kids of all ages.If your child has not already been enrolled in our Children’sMinistry, a quick visit to the Children’s Ministry RegistrationStation will provide you with temporary security tags and give usthe information we need to effectively minister to your child.
Infants & Preschool Children
Childcare and teaching are available during the 9:15 hour and 10:45 worship servicesin the Nursery and Preschool Departments.
Kindergarten–4th Grade
During the 9:15 hour,
K–4th graders
meet in graded classroom groups for Biblelearning and fun.
K–4th graders
attend the rst part of the 10:45 worship services with their familiesand then are dismissed to attend their own age-appropriate children’s church, calledKZ Church. Parents, we encourage you to go with your children the rst time they visitKZ Church in Room 240.
Xtreme AM (5th & 6th Grade)
Our preteens meet in their own Xtreme spot, Room 205, at 9:15 for a time of Xtremelearning, Xtreme prayer and Xtreme relationship-building, then join their families forthe 10:45 worship services.
Youth (Grade 7–12) & Adults
Groups for ADULTS
and activities for
YOUTH
begin at 9:15
AM
. Stop bythe Welcome Center to nd out about each of the groups and how to get there.
Thank you for choosing to worship with us this morning!
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GuestReceptionResourceCenterKZ Church2nd FloorGuestReception
 
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Shoes for Christmas
Our tree is trimmed…withpaper shoes…and waiting foryou today in the foyer. Stopby and select the name of achild for whom you are willingto provide new shoes. Thesechildren all live in the Homesof Oakridge right here in DesMoines.There will be volunteersat the tree to help you registeryour selection. Then you mayeither purchase tennis shoesyourself ($15 or less) or simplydonate money for us to pur-chase shoes for the child. Theshoes should be returned to thechurch by Monday, December15 (in the shoe box, but NOTgift wrapped, please).The shoes will be distribut-ed at a reception for Oakridgefamilies after our Christmascelebration on December 21.
“Then the righteous willanswer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed  you, or thirsty and give yousomething to drink? Whendid we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothesand clothe you? When did wesee you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ Then the Kingwill reply, ‘I tell you the truth,whatever you did for one of theleast of these brothers of mine, you did for me.’”
Matthew 25: 37-40
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