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FIREPROOF YOUR MARRIAGE: Never Leave Your Partner Behind
Fireproof Your Marriage is founded on Biblical
principles for strong, God-centered, lifelong marriages.
Engage in a 6-session study using video clips from the
movie FIREPROOF, along with thought-provoking discussion
questions and individual and couples' devotions.
Sunday, January 4 at 10:00 a.m.
Meeting for all couples interested in "Fireproof"
Gather in the Son Room at 10:00 a.m. to sign up and get books
information meeting in the sanctuary
childcare is available in the nursery and children's Sunday school classes
Monday, Jan. 5 - Friday, Feb. 13
40 day study on the book "The Love Dare"
For couples at home , cost for The Love Dare book is $9.00
can be done along with the study on Wednesday nights
or at home for couples who can not come to the Wednesday night study
(couple's kit is available for couples who want to do the study at home - $25.00)
Wednesdays, Jan. 7, 14, 21, 28, Feb. 4, 11
Small group study for couples
Leaders: Steve and Diane Austin, Rev. Alice MacKeil
Location: in chapel from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
6 Sessions
He Said/She Said - appreciating the God-designed differences
between men and women
He First Loved Us - God's love for you and how it enables
you to love others
Love for a Lifetime - marriage as a lifelong covenant
Breaking Free - freeing yourself from temptations that
can destroy a marriage
Forgiveness - offering and receiving forgiveness
A Better Way of Loving - unconditional love
Cost - $8.00 for workbook, $9.00 for The Love Dare book, Childcare is available
Friday, January 9 at 7:00 p.m.
Showing of the movie "Fireproof"
In the Fellowship Hall for anyone interested in seeing the movie.
Optional donation of $5.00 per person to cover costs - childcare available.
Even if you have seen the movie, plan to watch it again.
Saturday, February 14 at 6:00 p.m.
Valentine Dinner and Marriage Vow Renewal
Candlelight dinner at 6:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall followed by
Marriage Vow Renewal Service in the Sanctuary for those who have done the study at home or at church.
Childcare available, cost $5.00 per adult and $2.50 per child
Call Rev. Alice MacKeil at 288-4728 ext. 137
or email her at alicemackeil@charterinternet.com for more information
Spirit Center Construction Progress - December 2008
Finally all of the major underground utility work has been completed. And thank goodness it was ahead of all of this rain. The alley work is underway and should be completed after the first of the year.
The power outage was scheduled prior to Thanksgiving and was completed without any major problem and all heating equipment came back on line and the elevator also came back on line without a problem.
Footings and foundations are being installed between the rain storms to prepare the way for steel erection. Steel erection is scheduled to begin about the first of the year and when the steel is erected the size and scope of the building will begin to be apparent.
Brick for the building has been placed on order and is scheduled to be installed early in March, 2009.
Our Woodshop has been hard at work. They have about completed the cabinet work to be installed in the third floor kitchenette for the youth. Seventeen cabinets were built for the youth room kitchenette.
The Woodshop's next project will be the cabinet work for the classrooms on the second and third floors. There are 11 classrooms and each will need a cabinet for storage that is on casters. The design of this cabinet was done by the Furnishing Committee staff.
Most of the floor covering, colors and moveable partition selections are nearing completion by the Furnishing Committee.
The house that is behind the new Spirit Center, that was our Youth House and is now the construction office, will be acquired by the Church of God Home for Children and will be moved to their site by them after we complete the construction. This area can then become an additional parking area.
We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year!
Nov
19
"SMOKE SIGNALS"
From the Desk of the Pastor
At this season of stewardship, in the midst of economic
woes, with Thanksgiving and Christmas just around the corner,
the following story, told by Evelyn Smith in Reminisce magazine,
is too good to miss.
"Mother had a lot of faith in God, which she truly needed
in 1933. My sister was a baby, and I wasn't old enough to go to
school. Dad had left us, and the Great Depression was at its
worst. Mom took in washing to make a living...
"[A radio preacher] asked for food donations to be set out
so that his truck could pick them up. Volunteers, he explained,
would sort it all out and deliver baskets to the poorer sections of
town the night before the holiday.
"When Mom heard the request, she immediately strode
into the kitchen and took a jar of home-canned peaches from the
pantry, then set it out on the front porch for the truck to pick up.
The neighbors who saw this told Mom she was too poor to give
away that jar of peaches... But Mom held her ground, and the
peaches stayed on the porch... They were finally picked up a
few days before Thanksgiving.
"On Thanksgiving Eve, as we were getting ready for bed,
there was a knock on our door, and we heard footsteps quickly
leaving. When Mom opened the door, she found a box of food
on our porch. . . There was a freshly dressed chicken, some potatoes,
dried beans, rice, flour, canned pumpkin and - you
guessed it - the jar of peaches Mom had canned herself and
given to [the ministry]. She sat on the floor and cried...
"You can't outgive God, Mom said as she prepared our
meal. You reap what you sow."
Especially at this season of the year, may you and I give
thanks for God's abundant blessings. And may we sow seeds of
compassion, generosity, and
kindness.
Grace & Peace,
Smoke Kanipe
Minister
