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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Upcoming Schedule for Worship and Study

We are approaching the end of the church’s liturgical year. The final Sunday of each year is known as Christ the King Sunday. The last week of the Christian year is meant to focus worshipers on the sole source of divine power and reign. Christ the King Sunday is a day in which the people of faith are invited to the throne room where Christ is exalted and worshiped; it is the New Year's Eve of the Christian year, the day we come full circle and end a journey that began with the first Sunday in Advent.

This year, we are in the midst of a sermon series about worship…why we do what we do each week. This coming Sunday, Nov. 15th, Jim will preach on prayer in worship. The following week is Christ the King Sunday and we will conclude our worship series with a look at why and how we seal the Word of God and bear it into the world. I’m still trying to figure out how to add in dimensions of Christ the King Sunday into the final worship study of the sacraments, which are the ways we seal God’s word.

What we want to draw your attention to is our schedule of events for the Advent season. We will be teaching our traditional advent study at noon on Thursdays beginning on December 3rd and continuing for a total of three weeks. This year’s topic, called Preparing the Way, is a study of Isaiah 40:1-11. We hope you all can attend. Feel free to bring a sack lunch.

Because we have enjoyed preaching several sermon series this fall, we are planning a new series for the Advent season called The Gifts of Christmas. We will continue to send out a weekly email with a focus scripture and questions to ponder for those who enjoy preparing and studying ahead of worship, but thought it might be helpful for some of you to have a brief outline of the series and events early:

November 29th - The Gift of Anticipation Isaiah 25:6 - 26:6 [Dedication Sunday, First Sunday of Advent]
December 6th - The Gift of Patience Romans 8:25
December 13th - The Gift of Hope 1 Peter 1:3 [Children and Youth Christmas Play/Church Breakfast]
December 20th – Our Youth and Children will present a Christmas Play
December 24th - The Gift of Joy Isaiah 12:3ff

Monday, November 2, 2009

November 2009 Dates & Events

Sunday, November 1
  • Communion

Tuesday, Nov 3, 10 & 17

  • Elementary After School Program, 3:30-5:00 PM

Wednesday, Nov 4, 11 & 18

  • Youth Group, 5:30-7:00 PM

Saturday, Nov 7

  • Men of the Church Breakfast, 8 AM

Tuesday, Nov 10

  • Presbyterian Women, 9:45 AM
  • Session Meeting, 6 PM

Saturday, Nov 14

  • Rocksprings PC 100th Birthday, 2 PM

Sunday, Nov 15

  • Care Center Worship, 3 PM

Sunday, Nov 22

  • Hanging of the Green, 6 PM

Thursday, Nov 26 ~~ HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Sunday, Nov 29

  • First Sunday of Advent