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DECEMBER

17^th – Bible Class – 10:00AM – in person & Zoom

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

17^th – Lunch & Fellowship @ the building – 12:30PM

20^th – Family Time – 6:00PM @ Troy Church

20^th – Christmas Experience – 7:00PM – In person @ Troy Church

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

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

24^th – Christmas Agape Dinner – 5:30PM @ the 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!

Good morning and a blessed 3rd Advent Sunday to you and yours. This is a day of Advent for sure, but it is also a day of rejoicing, of JOY. Christmas is only one week away. ONE WEEK AWAY, can you believe that? I don’t know about you, but for me, with no snow on the ground and temperatures in the 50s it hardly seems real. And yet, IT IS! We don’t know when our true advent will be over. I wish we did. How joyful would your heart be today if you knew for certain that a week from now, a mere week from now,… 7 days… and Jesus will return? Would you contain yourself? Would you still gather or would you just find rest in God, in His Word, in prayer, as you prepare to welcome Him, to meet Him in the sky? Remember, 37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.” – Matthew 24:37-39

This Wednesday – December 20^th – Family Time & Christmas Experience

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 bi-weekly fellowship meal.

From 7PM, We will continue the series called “The Christmas Experience” from Kyle Idleman.

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

Online Bible Reading – Paused until after the new year.

We want to thank all of you who have been taking time to log online and read the Bible together in a practice that I am sure, greatly pleases our Lord.

World Vision Christmas Bake Sale – THANK YOU

Thank you to Nadya and all our bakers for making such delightful goodies. Thank you for your generous support of World Vision as we raised more than $800 to bless needy families through farm animals to provide an income and food. .

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: Oja & Pryludko Families, Clary Family; Timmy Price’s Family; Bruce Baker, Mary Alice, Schroeder Family, Dick Martin, Lisa Jones

For those healing: Kirk Imhoff, Diane Flatt; Fran Birdwell, Kerry Appolson, Linda Palmer, Pat Zurlinden, Landon Oja

For healthy pregnancies & babies: Leslie Florescu.

For the people of Ukraine, Russia, Israel & Palestine

10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people.- Luke 2:10