This week in worship:
Date: 27-Dec
Theme: Develop Disciples to Serve
Plan: Howard Baldwin
Speak: Lois Nelson
Piano: Heather Featherstone
PA: Eldora Engebretson
Acting Deacon: Kyle Brittan & Dean Speer
PPT: Heather Featherstone
Greeters: Donna Hill & Kathrine Ramey
Nursery:
Worship Schedules can be found here.
Planners/Presiders: Please send copies of your worship services to Eldora Engebretson (elnjoeng@cox.net) , Heather (heather.featherstone1972@gmail.com), and the person scheduled to do your PowerPoint (check the schedule) as soon as possible. This is especially important if you are doing new hymns that are not as familiar to the congregation.
Information for the 2016 Church Directory needs to be given to Eldora Engebretson (elnjoeng@cox.net) – please make sure your most current information is what she has and if you are willing to share a birthday, share that as well.
Wednesday, December 30 to Friday, January 1 – Whispering Pines Campground: Winter Youth Retreat open to Junior high and Senior High Youth  Cost: $55. Contact Jason Berg (koivunie@gmail.com). Registration will begin at 4:00 PM on Wednesday and campers will need to be picked up by 12:00 noon on Friday.  Don’t forget to pack your warm clothes, boots and winter coats just in case we get snow!
Hymn Practice Videos:
There are no new songs this week, but I found this video that I thought was cute and a good reminder that remembering to do the things you love is important no matter how busy life gets. Enjoy – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qehqv13PJwI
This is a leftover from last week, worth the read if you didn’t last week. The title of the article is called “Just Drop the Blanket: The Moment You Never Noticed in “A Charlie Brown Christmasâ€. http://www.crosswalk.com/special-coverage/christmas-and-advent/just-drop-the-blanket-the-moment-you-never-noticed-in-a-charlie-brown-christmas.html
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