Christmas Candles

LAGBC
MidWeek E-Newsletter
Issue: # 254       
                                   December 19, 2013
IN THIS ISSUE
MINISTRY QUICK LINKS
CHOIR CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS
LAGBC Choir On Sunday, our Choir lead our worship time focusing on the name of Jesus! What a joy to hear and participate with them worship Jesus who is the reason for the season!!

You can listen into one of the feature songs from the Musical on our website:  "Wise Men Still Seek Him,"  performed by the Los Altos Grace Brethren Church Choir.   

Directed by Carleda Hutton 

Accompanied by Tom Dunn 

Narration by Wes Tyvog 

Lead Vocal by Mike Rawlins


Pastor Phil closed out the morning with a 5 minute Christmas thought on What's In A Name? -- Listen to it online

The kids had a great time at their Happy Birthday Jesus party as well! 

May we continue to celebrate the Christ of Christmas!

DELIVERY ANGEL TREE GIFTS THIS SATURDAY!
AngelTree
Give Joy to a Prisoner's Kid this Christmas.  When mom or dad is in prison, it's the children who do hard time. But you can let them know they are not forgotten. You can give them a gift on behalf of their imprisoned parent and in the name of Jesus.

We are so glad to be a part of the Angel Tree outreach this Christmas season. We will be delivering these gifts on Saturday Dec 21st. More deliverers NEEDED. 
If you can help, contact
our church coordinator Pete Anderson by email.   
Newsletter
DECEMBER NEWSLETTER    
Table of Contents for this month's newsletter:  
  1. Celebrate Christmas With Us! 

  2. Long Beach Rescue Mission 

  3. Patty Morris Praises and Prayer Requests 

  4. Happy Birthday Jesus Christmas Party 

  5. Christmas Choir Musical 

  6. Women's Spring Retreat 

  7. Supper for 6 

  8. TruthQuest 

  9. Please Pray 

Don & Danka Zellmer    Zellmers  
We just received the latest newsletter from the beloved Zellmer family.  
Read their newsletter online here

If you would like to financially support the ministry of Don & Danka Zellmer, you are welcome to do so through your regular offering, or you can use the Donation button above to do so online!

Women's Retreat 2014
WOMEN 'S SPRING RETREAT
A challenging and RELAXING weekend together.  You can Design your own retreat with 2, 3, or 4 friends in your room plus free time and our program will be worth your time! 
With Special Guest Carol Hopson and located
at the Ayres Hotel in Costa Mesa
For all the details go to our webpage 
MISSIONARIES OF THE MONTH:
RAY & CHAR HAUSER


How do you expect the unexpected when the unexpected is expected?
That was my opening "hook" last week when I was asked to speak for the Evangelical Women of the Chapel's (EWOC) Thanksgiving Celebration on "Praising God Through the Unexpected".  In a room full of young military wives, I used a picture of an older woman, in the winter of her life, looking into a pond which reflected a much younger woman, in the spring of her life.  That is how the older woman sees herself....younger, usable, relevant, a mentor, one of them.  We expect to grow older, but we don't expect to be unusable by the young, with nothing to offer from many years of life and experience.  I think we can put ourselves into that mentality by getting so focused on ourselves and ignoring others around us who want to be mentored but don't know how to make it happen. 

God is taking Ray and I through some deep waters on this earth, but it is an incredible joy to be able to talk about the journey with each other and others and look towards arriving in heaven and living with Jesus for eternity.  We have Hope!  Yesterday was one of those "deep water" days as we kept an appointment at the local mortuary... Read the Rest

 
If you would like to financially support the ministry of Ray & Char, you are welcome to do so through your regular offering, or you can use the Donation button above to do so online!
   
PHILIPPINES: TYPHOON RELIEF UPDATE   
Our partners in ministry, Dan & Tori Beaver to continue their ministry in the Philippines:

"Imagine vast stretches of towns and cities having been obliterated off the face of the earth.  A sight so devastating and unfathomable that one can not understand exactly the brevity of such destruction, until one personally beholds it . . .
 
Press on!

Los Altos Grace // Mike Jentes
Los Altos Grace Brethren Church