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Communion ut the service
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The presentution of the SirI
Scout's SiIver Awurd is ufter
the service on December 4
th
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Everyone is invited to stuy for this short
ceremony, There wiII be cuke & punch
served ufterwurds,
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December 7
lh
.Vucky Vednesduy meels ul
5:30 pm.; lhe cholr reheurses ul
7:00pm.
Cn Thursduy December 8
lh
lhe Sunshlne 8oxes vlll
be pucked ul I:00pm. Luch clrcle ls lo provlde I2
doz. cookles or cundy lndlvlduully vrupped. If you
huve u nume lo udd lo lhe llsl cull Mlrlum ul 528-
4473. College sludenls und uny mllllury
personnel numes ure needed.
December 11
th
is the ChiIdren's Christmus
Progrum: "The Light efore Christmus",
It wiII be performed during the service,
There wiII be u meuI served ufterwurds
for u free-wiII donution,
Drtrnhrr 13
th
.Trnstrrs i|| nrrt at 7:00 n.
December 14
th
.Wacky Wednesday meets at
5:30 (last meeting until February
15th); at 6:45 Christian Ed. meets
and at 7:00 the choir will hold
rehearsal.
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arc havin a Card Showcr lor
him. Plcasc scnd cards |o: 5025 Rivcr Vallcv Road
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CreeLlngs
AdvenL ls here! Lach Sunday ls looklng aL
Lhe sub[ecLs of hope love [oy and peace before we
geL Lo ChrlsLmas Lve and ChrlsLmas
When l was growlng up we would go Lo Lhe
llbrary abouL every week lL was a small Lown
llbrary so Lhere was only sLreeL parklng 1hls
meanL LhaL someLlmes we had Lo park across Lhe
sLreeL and walk across Lhe road Lo geL Lo Lhe fronL
door
1he road LhaL Lhe llbrary was on was a quleL
road away from Lhe maln drag of Warsaw buL l can
sLlll remember my moLher Lelllng us Lo sLop and
look boLh ways before we crossed
1hls ls klnd of whaL AdvenL ls abouL Lach
season we look back aL Lhe evenLs leadlng up Lo
ChrlsL's blrLh We read Lhe sLory of !ohn Lhe
8apLlsL's blrLh and Lhe Lrek Lo 8eLhlehem 8uL Lhls
ls only half of Lhe sLory We need Lo look Lhe oLher
way as well
!esus blrLh was Lhe fulflllmenL of a promlse
from Cod Lo lsrael 8uL anoLher promlse was
made 1hls was Lhe promlse LhaL !esus would
reLurn ChrlsLmas ls Lhe Llme LhaL we are Lo look
noL [usL aL !esus' blrLh ln 8eLhlehem (Lhe
lncarnaLlon) buL also Lo !esus' reLurn (Lhe
parousla)
l have sald a number of Llmes LhaL
ChrlsLlans are noL a goodbye people We never
have Lo say goodbye because we belleve ln Lhe
resurrecLlon We say only See ya laLer" 8uL Lhls
means LhaL we as ChrlsLlans are also always ln a
poslLlon of anLlclpaLlon We llve ln an awkward
Llme beLween ChrlsL's vlcLory over deaLh and sln
and ChrlsL's comlng agaln
1he easlesL Lhlng Lo do here ls slmply Lo
walL lL ouL We can slmply go abouL our llves and
walL for Cod Lo do whaL Cod wlll do buL LhaL
would fly ln Lhe face of some of !esus' Leachlngs
WalLlng ls noL Lo be a passlve Lhlng
WalLlng ls acLlve lL would probably be more
accuraLe Lo say LhaL we do noL walL we prepare
1hlnk of lL ln Lerms of ChrlsLmas mornlng We do
noL walL for ChrlsLmas mornlng Lo arrlve we
prepare for lL Laklng care of Lhe house and
plannlng meals and shopplng !esus' sLory of Lhe
servanLs and Lhe LalenLs (MaLLhew 231430)
lllusLraLes Lhls very well
Looklng lnLo Lhe pasL shows us whaL !esus
has done for us already 8y looklng forward we
prepare ourselves ln anLlclpaLlon of whaL wlll be
AdvenL ls abouL preparaLlon lL looks backwards
and forwards So should we
Pappy AdvenL and Merry ChrlsLmas







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1ennlfer Mubeus-Ceers
Thunks uguln.

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!ruyer chunges lhlngs: !leuse cull Sue
Vulson ul 528-4494 or lhe church
offlce ul 528-4465 vllh uny pruyer
concerns. Ve ure pruylng for:
!ully Dochlermun Tony Hueffner
Chrls 1uckson Cluylon Vhllmursh
Lvu 8euch 8ob & Helen Mupes Merle
Husenclever Ron Leuse The
Fumlly of Mlldred Mlller Mlke
& Curol Smllh