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DECEMBER

19^th – Bible Classes – All Ages – 10:00AM – in person & Zoom

19^th – Worship Service – 11:00AM – in person & Zoom

22^nd – Family Time – 6:00PM @ Troy Church

22^nd – Class with Caleb on Suffering – 7:00PM – in person & Zoom

24^th – Christmas Eve Candlelight Service – 4:30PM in person & Zoom

24^th – Christmas Eve Family Dinner – 5:30PM – in person

26^th – Bible Classes – All Ages – 10:00AM – in person & on Zoom

26^th – Worship Service – 11:00AM in person & on Zoom

- New items added to the calendar will appear in red font when first added

Minister’s Corner

Shalom aleikhem! שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם Peace be upon you!

We are officially entering the Christmas Week and as we approach the celebration of the birth of our Lord, I hope you start to feel true joy and excitement. Thank you for being with us this morning to kick off this magnificent week. Today we will be lighting the candle of Joy, the symbolic prayer of thanksgiving we raise to God for the joy He has placed in our hearts through the birth of our Savior. In John 1:4 we are told that “In Him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.” Imagine John’s world where the ONLY sources of light were fire and the Sun, moon and stars. Nothing else. No electrical lights, no flashlights, nothing!  There was nothing more important than light. Without light nothing could exist or survive. Do we feel today the same importance for Jesus’ life as they did in the 1^st century? Is Jesus’ life, life giving to us? Is it what makes life for us possible and without which life would be unbearable?

This Wednesday – December 22^nd – Family Time & Bible Study

On Wednesday, we will meet in person for our Family Time at 6:00PM for those of you who want to bring their meal and eat it in the company of other brothers and sisters. This is our weekly fellowship meal.

From 7PM, we will continue the new study on the subject of suffering lead by Caleb Simmons. Please join us in person and on Zoom for this insightful study.

Anniversary this week: Manu & Leslie Florescu (22^nd)

2022

Thank you to all who have reached out with corrections and additions for the 2022 calendar. Please keep them coming.

Jon Balun

Based on your feedback we’ve decided to ordain Jon Balun as a Chaplain.  We will have an ordination ceremony on Sunday, December 26^th immediately following the sermon after which Jon will lead us in Communion.

Offering

This morning you can make your offering online at https://troychurch.net/give

Or, by sending a check to Lisa Jones. Thank you.

Christmas Candlelight Service – 4:30PM

Thank you for your RSVPs. As we will have quite a number online for the Candlelight service, we will broadcast it on Zoom. For those attending in person there will be a Family Dinner after the service. .

We bring our requests to you O Lord:

For those who have suffered loss: Lora Price, Nancy Schroeder, Mary Alice Cowie, Alanda Slusser, Dennis Setter, Karl Randall; Wright Family

For those healing: Fred Oja, Barb Oja, Lauren Birdwell, Linda Palmer, Roxy Morrice, Kerrie Birdwell, Dorel Burtoiu, Pat Zurlinden, Diane Flatt, Fran Birdwell, Joanna Diehl, Brad Imhoff, Landon Oja; Volodya Pryludko

"God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supplies." - Hudson Taylor (missionary to China)