December 2024

Hello Parents and Friends!

Advent Season is upon us! I love Advent so much!!

In Sunday School we are taking a short break from our Trekking Through the Testaments for an Advent study. The younger students are looking at the birth of our Savior in the Gospels, while the older students are digging a little deeper into what it means that Jesus is Immanuel, God With Us. We are also taking some time to talk about the Advent candles that Pastor Israel lights each week.

We have also begun the transition to a new group of teachers. I am so thankful to have so many volunteers so they can rotate duties and have a chance to attend adult discipleship too! There is always room for more, if you would like to join our teaching team we would love to have you!

Our Children's Christmas Party will be Sunday, December 8. After the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols you can grab a quick lunch (or pack a lunch to eat in the Fellowship Hall) and then meet in the Firm Foundations classroom at 1 pm. We will be packaging gifts for some of our homebound and nursing home members and then delivering them. The plan is for our last delivery to be at Legacy Oaks Assisted Living in Midlothian by 5:45 to join the caroling group, and then return to the church for the Cocoa and Cookies Fellowship.

Our Kid's Worship Choir will be participating in the special Four Songs and Carols service on Sunday, December 15 at 6 pm. This service will focus on the four songs in the first few chapters of the Gospel of Luke leading to the birth of Jesus. There will be a dress rehearsal on Saturday, December 14th at 10:30 am. Dress rehearsal just means they will practice all of their songs and carols in the Sanctuary, they don't need to wear anything special. And just "Sunday best" for Sunday evening.

We will take a break from Kid's Worship Nights on Wednesday, December 18, and then there will be no Wednesday evening activities the following two weeks on December 25th and January 1st. Kid's Worship Nights will resume on January 8th at 7 pm.

I hope everyone can join us December 24th at 5 pm for our Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, it's always a special night!

Sunday, December 29th will begin our next Unit of Trekking Through the Testaments during Sunday School. We will also have 5th Sunday Fellowship Pot Luck Lunch and Afternoon of Worship. And then a whole new year will be upon us! I love new beginnings. They are a beautiful reminder that the Lord's mercies are also new every single morning! The Lord has been faithful this year, and we can look forward to His faithfulness in the coming new year as well. Hallelujah and Amen.