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Archives for November 2017

Christmas

Repeat the sounding joy!

It hardly seems possible that we’re drawing near to the end of another year. In just a few short weeks, we’ll be deep into winter and a new year will have begun and our lives will continue to move along as they always do. As we grow older, it seems that the time passes ever more quickly and it can be difficult to pause, to savor, to focus.

Advent is a wonderful time to set aside the busyness of life and to reflect on Jesus, our Lord and Savior. This immeasurable gift that we have been given in the birth of a savior who would live and die and rise again that we might have eternal life, suffering no separation from the God who loves us and formed us. The beauty and the awe of this gift – Emmanuel, God with us – can become trite, lost, muted.

Take hold of this season of anticipation and remind yourself daily of the gift of Emmanuel. Use the twenty-four days before Christmas, not merely as a countdown to the holiday, but as a connection to a holy God who loved us so much that He sent His only Son to earth to dwell among us that we might also be called children of God.

One of our favorite Advent resources is the She Reads Truth/He Reads Truth community. With daily scripture readings and devotionals, you can follow along online. There are many Advent devotional books to choose from as well. Some of our favorites are Come Let Us Adore Him by Paul David Tripp or The Dawning of Indestructible Joy by John Piper. Create an Advent wreath with your children and mark each Sunday of December with candle and song and scripture.

During our worship services in December, we will incorporate scripture, songs, and prayers to prepare our hearts to give Him room. On December 17th, our Sunday School children will present a Nativity play and on December 24th, our worship service will be inspired by a traditional Lessons & Carols format.

However you choose to mark the days of Advent, our hope is that you would come to know the Hope of the world in a deeper way. Let us take this month to repeat the sounding joy to a world that is desperate to know the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Jesus.

Ordination

Ordination Service

Port Clyde Christian Church is pleased to announce a special Ordination Service for Pastor Randall.

On November 19th at 3 pm all are invited to enter with thanksgiving and praise as we celebrate the gifts our heavenly Father has blessed His people with. This service of thanksgiving will recognize the call of pastor as one of those gifts. Pastor Paul Munro of Owls Head Baptist Church will bring the message followed by a commissioning of Pastor Randall.

And to begin our service upon a joyful note, we’ll begin with a time of fellowship and dessert pies! Please bring a pie to share and join us for a blessed time.

And He personally gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, for the training of the saints in the work of ministry, to build up the body of Christ, until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of God’s Son…” (Ephesians 11-13a)

Outreach, Youth

Youth Group Christmas Shoeboxes

This year, our Youth Group is packing shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child!

During the Youth Group session on Friday, November 17th, our kids will be packing shoeboxes that will be brought to Samaritan’s Purse for dispersal through the Operation Christmas Child outreach. If you would like to donate items to be packed into the shoeboxes, you may drop them off at the church anytime prior to November 17th. If you would like to pack your own shoebox, you can also drop that off at the church to be included with the Youth Group boxes. Click here for more information on how to pack a shoebox, what items to include in a shoebox, or to learn more about Operation Christmas Child.

Thank you for helping our children learn gratitude and generosity as they reach out to children around the world with the message of Jesus’ love!