Good morning church family,
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* Greg Cerminara spoke with his friend Ken Bruno whom we have been praying for. Ken is doing much better and he wanted to thank everyone for their prayers.
* Nadine’s second opinion at Yale went well this past week. The prognosis for her Multiple Myeloma dropped from 10% to 4% which is good news. They will be keeping on top of the bloodwork and the team at Yale will continue monitoring her over the next year.
* Thanks to the Young Adult group for having volunteered for the Spooner House last Sunday. Thanks to them all for serving others! See photos below which will give everyone a glimpse of inside the Spooner House where they store the food.
There will be a young adult Christmas gathering at 5:30 pm next Friday, Dec 13th at the church building with pizza, hot chocolate, a Christmas movie and more! Please see Zach or Tori for more details.
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b7094372-b740-e8aa-04f1-e43dea96baf6@yahoo.com>”>PRAYER REQUESTS:
* Jay updated us that his brother in Christ Joe Saint Clair passed away, as well as his friend Andre. Prayers for both families at this difficult time.
* Greg Cerminara was admitted to St. Vincent’s Hospital on Thursday night. Prayers for both Greg and Linda as they struggle with many health challenges.
COMING UP:
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27ea06f1-b2fe-6041-205b-830e9905ebe4@yahoo.com>”>TUESDAY, December 10th at 9:30 a.m. will be the next zoom mid-week ladies bible study lead by Lisa and Mary Lou Saracino. Next lesson is chapter 9 in the book. Please see Lisa or Mary Lou if you would like to join the study and need a book.
0966e91f-fe50-33be-3a8c-5e96b2221995@yahoo.com>”>FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT – LIVING BEYOND YOURSELF – Galatians 5:22-23 Ladies bible study continues on the second Saturday of the month. The next class will be December 14th 10:00-12:00 Tammie Carey will be leading us in the next fruit of the Spirit – “THE JOY OF THE LORD IS OUR STRENGTH”. If you are unable to make these studies and wish to participate in the benevolence – “Adopt a senior”, including our shut-ins, please see Paula or Lisa.
518c327b-a368-1c3c-776a-c72767ff1bca@yahoo.com>”>THIS MORNING….There will be a men’s breakfast held here at the church building December 7th at 9:00 a.m. Zach Saracino will be leading the devotional and Dennis Turner is slated to cook some mean pancakes! All men are encouraged to come and bring a breakfast food to share.
GLOW WILD IS TONIGHT!
Families with young children are encouraged to join in on the fun at the GLOW WILD exhibit at the Beardsley Zoo tonight – December 7th at 6pm. Tickets can be purchased on the Beardsley Zoo website. Thanks to Derin & Kristen Wilson for organizing this!
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COMING UP IN 2025…
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Saturday, January 4th at 5:30 pm – An evening of sharing your testimony! How did you come to Christ?
Bring a sandwich and desert to share and enjoy an evening of fellowship.
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“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
He was with God in the beginning.
Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
There was a man sent from God whose name was John.
He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.
He himself was not the light;
he came only as a witness to the light.
The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.
He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.
He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.
Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God – children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision, or a husband’s will, but born of God.
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.
We have seen his glory,
the glory of the one and only Son,
who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
Jesus Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created, and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth.
Jesus Christ is the source of all we know. He upholds all things. As we read in Hebrews 1:3, everything is sustained by His powerful Word.
JESUS is the exact imprint of God’s nature and representation of God’s being.
HE is the radiance.
HE is the reflection, the shining reflection of the glory of GOD.
Colossians 1:15
“He is the image of the invisible God,
the firstborn over all creation.
For by him all things were created things in heaven and on earth,
visible and invisible,
whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities;
all things were created by him and for him.
He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.”
JESUS demonstrated agape love, justice, mercy, goodness and truth, perfection, and power as He walked this earth.
JESUS was fully man, and fully GOD. Colossians 2:9 “For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority.”
PRAISE GOD that HE loved us enough to send his Son to leave heaven to become human flesh, so that we may experience his Grace and His Glory to save mankind from sin. John 3:16
Taking time to read, and re-read the Word of God, puts everything into perspective. It brings us from this fractured sinful, crazy, mixed-up world, directly to the eternal throne of God. To dwell on what was long before life began as we know it, is difficult, but God’s word helps us to focus our minds on just that! Before time began, God, …the great….I AM… knew we would need a savior, and sent Jesus to become human, and show us THE WAY.
7f9f15f9-b2a3-57b2-7a8a-c6aee392355c@yahoo.com>”>God’s Glory was revealed in His Son Jesus Christ. John 1:14 “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
JESUS CHRIST, Immanuel, God with us.
“The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” which means, ‘God with us’.” Matthew 1:23
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“For by grace you have been saved through faith.
And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works,
which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”
TRUTH
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“I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
Man has the option daily to choose to think about empty, evil or negative thoughts, OR look to the fullness and deity of God who holds ALL of LIFE by the power of His WORD.
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“Therefore do not be partakers with them; for you were formerly darkness,
but now you are Light in the Lord;
walk as children of Light (for the fruit of the Light consists
in all goodness and righteousness and truth),
trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.
Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness,
but instead even expose them; for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by
them in secret.
But all things become visible when they are exposed by the light,
for everything that becomes visible is light.
For this reason it says,
“Awake, sleeper,
And arise from the dead,
And Christ will shine on you.”
ffaa1f8f-4491-6a8d-d5ac-a11e9b759f51@yahoo.com>”>How blessed we are to have the LIGHT of GOD’S WORD lead us to the eternal, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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How blessed WE ARE to BE the LIGHT! GOD LIVES IN US!
02a7129d-8530-c44f-aed2-d4d52a7317c6@yahoo.com>”>GOD’s MERCY & GRACE are upon us through JESUS CHRIST.
Ephesians 2:4-5
“But because of his great love for us, God who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions – it is by grace you have been saved.”
KEEP SINGING:
HOLY, HOLY, HOLY
Isaiah 6:3 “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty“
Holy, holy, holy!
LORD God Almighty
Early in the morning, our song shall rise to Thee.
Holy, holy, holy!
merciful and mighty!
Who wast, and art, and ever more shall be.
Holy, holy, holy!
all the saints adore Thee,
Casting down their golden crowns around the crystal sea;
Cherubim and seraphim,
falling down before Thee,
Who wast, and art, and ever more shalt be.
Holy, holy, holy!
tho’ the darkness hide Thee,
Tho the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see;
Only Thou art holy! There is none beside Thee,
Perfect in power, in love and purity.
Holy, holy, holy!
LORD GOD ALMIGHTY,
All Thy works shall praise Thy name,
in earth and sky, and sea;
Holy, holy, holy!
Merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons,
blessed Trinity.
OH GLORIOUS DAY!
One day when Heaven was filled with His praises,
One day when sin was as black as could be,
Jesus came forth to be born of a virgin,
Dwelt among men, my example is He,
Word became flesh and the light shined among us,
His glory revealed…
Living, He loved me,
Dying, He saved me,
Buried, He carried my sins far away,
Rising, He justified freely forever,
One day He’s coming,
OH GLORIOUS DAY, OH GLORIOUS DAY!
One day they led Him,
Up Calvary’s mountain,
One day they nailed Him,
to die on a tree,
Suffering anguish,
despised and rejected,
Bearing our sins, my Redeemer is He,
Hands that healed nations,
Stretched out on a tree, and took the nails for me….
Living, He loved me,
Dying, He saved me,
Buried, He carried my sins far away,
Rising, He justified freely forever,
One day He’s coming,
OH GLORIOUS DAY, OH GLORIOUS DAY!
One day the grave could conceal Him no longer,
One day the stone rolled away from the door,
Then He arose, over death He had conquered,
Now is ascended, my Lord evermore,
Death could not hold Him,
The grave could not keep Him,
From rising again…
Living, He loved me,
Dying, He saved me,
Buried, He carried my sins far away,
Rising, He justified freely forever,
One day He’s coming,
OH GLORIOUS DAY, OH GLORIOUS DAY!
One day the trumpet will sound for His coming,
One day the skies with His glories will shine,
Wonderful day, my Beloved One bringing,
My Savior Jesus is mine,
Living, He loved me,
Dying, He saved me,
Buried, He carried my sins far away,
Rising, He justified freely forever,
One day He’s coming,
OH GLORIOUS DAY, OH GLORIOUS DAY!
375b6f57-1113-2f31-532b-0778a83cf22a@yahoo.com>”>May Jesus’ name be hallowed in all the earth.
a0dd532a-7c5b-6e16-c77c-3a942a8d6201@yahoo.com>”>May we walk confidently in knowing He upholds ALL THINGS by HIS POWERFUL WORD. As we follow Him, we will never walk in darkness but have the LIGHT OF LIFE!
To God be the glory – GREAT THINGS HE HATH DONE!
Bruce & Paula