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DECEMBER

22^nd – Bible Class – 10:00AM – In Person & Zoom

22^nd – Worship Service – 11:00AM – In person & Zoom

22^nd – Food, Fellowship – 12:300PM - @ the church building

23^rd – Zoom Bible Reading – 7:15PM

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

24^th – Christmas Eve Dinner – 5:30PM - @ the church building

26^th – Zoom Bible Reading – 7:15PM

29^th – Bible Class – 10:00AM – In Person & Zoom

29^th – Worship Service – 11:00AM – In person & Zoom

29^th – Food, Fellowship – 12:30PM - @ the church building

- 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!

Thank you for joining us this day as we’ve gathered to worship. It is the last Sunday of Advent and we will be talking about the JOY of finally receiving Him, our Savior, Emmanuel, God with Us! Did you ever look forward to an event and could hardly wait in expectation but then when it happened you felt a bitter-sweet type of feeling? Excited that the event was here but yet sad because you knew it would be soon over? Well, this is not like that. Christmas comes and goes each year and we celebrate the event that shook the heavens and the earth, except that what it brought, it never ended. The joy of Emmanuel. The joy of God with us! This never ended and it is why we can have joy amidst trials and tribulations. Jesus came and although physically He left, He gave us the Holy Spirit so we will be in Him and He in us. Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel!

This Wednesday – No events – Merry Christmas

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

Bible Break – No class this week

Every Tuesday morning, a group of ladies from different congregations joins a group of our ladies for a Bible class. Currently studying Romans. Please invite any of the ladies you know.

Zoom Bible Reading – Monday & Thursday from 7:15PM

Please plan to join our Bible Reading group. This session they will be reading through the New Testament. You can use the same Zoom link as you use to join the services on Sunday morning.

Church of Christ Care Center – January 5th.

Our next service date for the Church of Christ Care Center is January 5^th. Please plan on attending and please let Pat or Manu know if you would like to be involved in any capacity. You can lead songs, lead prayers, lead Communion, etc. This is a great way to be of service and to love on Jesus by loving on His people.

Christmas Eve Service & Christmas Dinner

Please make plans to attend our Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at 4:30PM on the 24^th. The service will be followed by our Christmas Dinner. A BIG THANK YOU to Charles & Maureen who have agreed to facilitate this year’s Christmas Dinner yet again. If you want to help, please get in touch with Charles.

Offering

This morning besides the offering plate, you can as always have the option to make your contribution online at https://troychurch.net/give

If neither one of these options are suitable, please send a check to Lisa Jones. Her address is in the directory. Thank you.

We bring our requests to you O Lord:

For those who have suffered loss: Bobby Westerby’s family; Dick Martin & Family; Tomes Family, Agustin & Ambrosio Families; Oja & Pryludko families.

For those healing: Fran Birdwell, Kenny Burtch, Karl Randall, Nancy Schroeder, Diane Flatt; Kerry Appolson, Pat Zurlinden, Landon Oja

For the people of Ukraine, Russia, Israel & Palestine

"The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God."—C.S. Lewis