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WEEKLY BLURB
DECEMBER 23, 2011
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Welcome to First United Methodist Church
of Michigan City
Greetings!
Happy Birthday Jesus!
Jesus said to let the children come to me. Please watch the video that the children have put together about His birth.
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Merry Christmas!
Tricia
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Christmas Eve Services
We will have two services on Christmas Eve. The first is a family service and will be at 7 p.m. The second is the Candlelight Service and will begin at 10:00 p.m.
Please join us at 9:30 for Christmas music before the Candlelight service.
Please note: There will be NO services on Sunday morning. Also, the office will be closed on Friday, December 23 and Monday, December 26. |
| Adult Bible Study
Once you've seen God at work, there's no turning back!
You're about to be transformed...to see the world through new eyes. To experience God--EVERY DAY!
We are starting a 52 week Bible Study! Over the next 52 weeks we will use this God Sightings Companion guide to...
- Engage with the Bible in a fresh way--looking past the pages to God himself.
- See practical ways God is expressing himself in your world--and your life.
- Capture your thoughts, feelings, and insights--and build your faith.
- Grow closer to God as you grapple with eye-opening, life-changing questions.
Join us beginning January 8 during the Sunday School hour to be transformed. Please see Tricia at the Scrip table to order your books today! The suggested donation is only $15 per person and includes the God Sightings Bible and the Companion Guide. Please sign up this Sunday!
We've ordered some books and they are here! We will start distributing them this Sunday. This is going to be an amazing study, please join us.
ATTN Choir members: Please let us know if you are interested in joining us...we will amend our meeting times to allow you to get to rehearsal on time :)
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| Prayer Corner
Please continue to pray for the following people:
Shirley Aigner, Gene Bancroft, Michelle Brown, Brigitte Coan, Pastor John Hall, Alyssa Jenks, Ressa Golding, Ed Helmken, Dennis Hippensteel, Pam Jenks, Mike Kallahan Jr., Becky Kammeyer, Bill Staples, Karen Vander Wagen and Ray Warren.
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Year End Donations
Please have all 2011 donations in the church office no later than December 25 if you wish to have it included in this years year end reports. |
Flower Calendar 
The new Altar Flower calendar for 2012 is in the Narthex. If you wish to provide flowers for our services on any Sunday, please sign your name by the date you want. There are two calendars so if the date you want is taken on one calendar, please use the other calendar. We can accommodate two arrangements on each date. If two people are signed up for the Sunday you want, contact the office and we can make arrangements for an additional flower arrangement. For more information, please see this weeks bulletin.
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| Offering Envelopes
Boxed envelopes for 2012 weekly offerings have arrived. They are labeled and ready for pick up on the table in the narthex. If you do not currently have a box of offering envelopes and would like one for next year please let the church office know by calling (219) 872-7200 or sending an email to mcfirstmc@sbcglobal.net.
If you pick up the box we have prepared for you please wait until January to turn in the Initial Offering Envelope. Thank you.
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Sunday Services:
There will be no services on Sunday, December 25, 2011
8:15 Contemporary Worship Service 9:00 Children's Choir 9:30 Children's & Adult Sunday School 10:45 Worship Service |
Strategic Planning Meeting
The entire congregation is invited to join the STRATEGIC PLANNING TEAM!! We meet every Monday at 6 p.m. in the church!! OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE JANUARY 2, 2012!! SEE YOU THERE Please email Lance Domke at ljdomke@comcast.net for more information and this weeks "homework" assignment
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