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December 20, 2009
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Gathering
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Opening Songs
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Carols requested
by the congregation
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Advent Reading
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Micah 5:2-5a
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Advent Candle Lighting
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Hymn
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WB # 191
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O little town of
Bethlehem
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Welcome and Announcements
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Special Music
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Sunday School Choir
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O Come, Little
Children
The Virgin Mary
Had a Baby
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Sharing and Prayer
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Tithes and Offerings
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Offertory
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Jingle Bells
Dradle Dradle
Mary Ann
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Noah Thiessen
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Hearing the Word
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Children's Story
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Nancy Peters
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Birthday and Anniversary Offering
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Scripture
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Luke 2:1-20
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Hymn
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WB # 195
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It came upon a
midnight clear
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Special Music
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Lully,
Lullay
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Austen Haake, Emily
Nitzsche, Lydia Troyer
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(younger children may be dismissed to the
nursery)
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Sermon
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Not As They Had
Planned
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Responding to
the Word
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Hymns
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WB # 206
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Infant holy, Infant
lowly
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WB # 318
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Joy to the world
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Benediction
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Assisted listening devices and large print hymnals are
available at the audiovisual desk.
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Worship Leader:
Kevin Troyer
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Music Leaders:
Wanda Stauffer & Wade Thiessen
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Greeters: Marlin
& Betta Kym
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Children's Story Next Sunday: Donna Yost
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Drivers Next Sunday:
Gerry & Mary Cooney
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Nursery Today:
Evrett Lunquist & Ruth Chantry
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Nursery Next Sunday:
Brenda & Megan McLey
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Snacks Next Sunday:
Stan & Jeanette Harder
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Birthdays and
Anniversaries
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Friday, December 25 - Tim Balzer
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Saturday, December 26 - Amanda Balzer
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Saturday, December 26 - Marc Schlegel
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Calendar
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Thurs. Dec. 24, 7:00 pm
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FMC Christmas Eve Service
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Record for
December 13
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Attendance: 112
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Offering $2,953
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Dec. Budget $8,564
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Dec. Offerings
$4,334
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YTD Budget
$107,050
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YTD Offerings
$106,556
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4th Qtr. Building Offering $4,014
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Building
Loan Report
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YTD Building Offering
$23,189
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Monthly Mortgage Payment
$1,101
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YTD Mortgage Interest Paid $9,380
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YTD Principal Paid
$20,387
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YTD Normal Principal
$3,378
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YTD Additional Principal
$17,009
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12/31/08 Mortgage Balance
$141,979
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12/31/09 Mortgage Balance
$121,592
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Building Payment Fund
$18,000
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The additional principal paid in 2009 has shortened the
life of the 20-year loan by 4.25 years.
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Announcements
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DAVID AND SHARON ORR - The Orrs will be leaving for a week
of vacation immediately after the Christmas Eve service. They will return late on January 3. Contact Brenda McLey, our congregational
chairperson, with any pastoral care needs.
MARCUS SCHLEGEL - Marcus will be our special speaker next
Sunday. He is the son of Dallas and
Barb Schlegel and is currently a student at Associated Mennonite Biblical
Seminary in Elkhart, IN.
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CHRISTMAS SINGING - The Sundays of Advent will begin with
your favorite Christmas songs. Come join in the joyous Christmas
singing each Sunday morning at 10:40 a.m.
CHRISTMAS EVE - Our family Christmas Eve service will be
held at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 24.
Come for a short, informal celebration of Jesus' birth.
SAVE DATES FOR ALL-CHURCH RETREAT - An overnight retreat
is coming soon, full of fun, laughter, relaxation, and food. You won't want to miss it. The retreat will be at the Aurora
Leadership Center on February 12 and 13 (Friday and Saturday). Details coming so save the dates now!
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BIRTHDAY AND ANNIVERSARY OFFERING - Our offering meets the
$70 monthly cost of sponsoring education and vocational training for
Krishnendu, Payel, and Suraj in Calcutta, India. Your gifts, sent through Mennonite Central Committee's Global
Family Program, pay for scholarships, books, and school supplies.
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GREAT CHRISTMAS GIFTS - The First Mennonite Youth Group is
proud to offer fairly traded products from Equal Exchange to support youth
activities and the youth group's National Conference trip. You can purchase these products in the
Fellowship Hall. You can give twice
by buying fairly traded gifts!
NEED A GIFT IDEA? - We still have copies of the FMC Cookbook and they make a wonderful
Christmas gift. You may purchase them
in the fellowship hall, with proceeds going toward the building fund.
MISSION TRAVEL CONTRIBUTIONS - Jim Janzen and Carol
Knieriem are joining with a team to build a Habitat house in Feira Nova,
Brazil, January 29 - February 7.
Carol will be returning to the States soon after the project
ends. Jim will spend another week
making connections with the Mennonites who are doing work in the Recife area
and visiting friends and neighbors from 1977-1980 when he served in Brazil
with Mennonite Central Committee.
Nurture Commission has agreed to help Jim and Carol with
the $6,500 cost of their trip through the First Mennonite Church Mission
Travel Fund. To make this possible,
contributions designated "Mission Travel Fund" are requested. Gifts may be received through the morning
offering.
NO DECEMBER POTLUCK - We will not have a potluck meal this
month but will resume our regular third-Sunday potlucks in January.
SNACK SCHEDULE - The schedule through February is posted
on the bulletin board near the kitchen.
All Sunday schedules (greeters, drivers, nursery, etc.) may also be
viewed online in the Member Information area of the website. Go to www.fmclincoln.org/Sunday_Personnel.htm.
FOCUS IN 2010 - Votes are in and "ECONOMIC
JUSTICE" won! The congregation has voted to focus on
Economic Justice in 2010. Our youth are selling "Fair
Trade" products. We support "The Mission," "Habitat for
Humanity" and other organizations that minister to the poor. We're
looking for a few people who are interested in taking our congregation to the
next level and helping us plan more activities and educational opportunities
to address this topic. If you are one of these people please contact
Carol Knieriem or David Orr.
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COME LET US REASON TOGETHER - This is the theme of the
Central Plains Mennonite Conference Congregational Leaders Seminar to be held
in Des Moines, Iowa, January 8-9. The
focus of the seminar will be on "common understandings for discerning issues
of faith and life." A flyer is posted
on the church bulletin board. Full
details may be found at www.centralplains.mennonite.net/Events/Leaders_Seminar. We will send in our congregational
registration on December 24. Let
David Orr know if you are interested in attending.
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