YF Christmas Caroling this Friday (17th) +LRetreat Form
Friday we started a series on the teachings of Christ beginning with the Beatitudes, thanks for your thoughtful participation and discussion. It's amazing how Christ calls us to see the world (and life) in a radical new way. In sunday school, we encountered Rahab the prostitute who was credited for her faith for sheltering the spies.
This Friday (17th) YF and Pure Energy have the opportunity to share the joy of Christmas with our neighbors at 100 Empress! Our children's ministry has prepared crafts to distribute and some of you have volunteered to bake cookies to distribute next week as we sing carols. If you are able to bake cookies, we need a few more people helping with that and even if there are leftovers I'm sure we can take care of it during our refreshment time :) Speaking of refreshments, we'll head to Rm. 202 after the caroling (9ish) for some refreshments/gift giving and Ugly Sweater judging. Songs: Away in a Manger, Silent Night, O Little Town of Bethlehem, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Joy to the World etc. I'll have the lyrics provided for each group.
Gift giving: We had people draw names last week to be a secret "gift giver" to others so remember to buy a gift $5-$10 limit. If you missed last week and would like to give/receive a gift, then let me know and maybe we can get even number matches ;)
Ugly Christmas Sweaters: Rae-Anne mentioned that Value Village has already sold out of ugly Christmas sweaters, so they are in HIGH demand.. if you have an ugly Christmas sweater you are extremely lucky! haha
I've also attached this year's Leadership Retreat form (in your e-mail) which will be held on January 7th and 8th at the Cheng residence! Please commit to serving on leadership and returning the form as soon as possible so that numbers can be prepared for food. Reminder: This Sunday's Christmas service is at 10am, praise the Lord that many children and youth will be baptized this Sunday! Come and support/encourage your brothers and sisters in Christ!
This is from the devotional that I really love for this week
PSALM (to read each morning): Ps 1
PRAYER (for the week): Use your prayer this week to affirm that your deepest desire is to know Him and to serve Him. Seek Him first and believe that all the other things that you need will be added to you.
Monday: (you can read for yesterday + today) Philippians 3:7-11
Tuesday: Ps 63:1-8
Wednesday: Luke 9:46-50
Thursday: John 12:1-8
Friday: 1 Pet 2:1-10
Saturday: Romans 8:18-25
Sunday: John 7:37-44
See you all on Friday!
posted by YF @ 12:42 PM
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