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9:00 am      Sunday Worship: also live stream

10:30 am    Sunday School: in person only

6:00 pm      Evening Worship: at FEFC

6:45 pm     Missionary Reception (Loudenslager)

No Sr High Youth Group tonight

 

No activities   

 

6:30 am    Corporate Prayer: at FEFC

 

12:00 pm   Men’s Discipleship: FEFC Library

6:30  pm    Adult Bible Study: at FEFC

AWANA is not meeting tonight

Youth group is not meeting tonight

 

6:15 am       Men’s Discipleship: at FEFC

 

5:00 pm      Christmas Eve service

Office closed

 

Merry Christmas!

 

9:00 am      Sunday Worship: also live stream

 

 

We welcome these new members: Amanda Bettinger, Nick Bettinger, Bonnie Carlson, Rick Carlson, Elena Cook, Shannon Cook, Beth Dryden, Will Drzycimski, James Groskopf, Cindy Heiberger, Keith Heiberger, Anna Herrmann, Brad Herrmann, Edison Hopfenspirger, Betsy Larson, Astor Oygard, Lucie Oygard, Amy Sharp, Drew Sharp, Andrew Thomas, Bianca Thomas, Elizabeth Wieler, Emily Wieler, Linda Wieler, Ray Wieler, Ken Wong, and Ruth Wong.

 

 

Thursday Mornings from 9-11 AM starting January 6th. We will be studying Zeal – A Bible Study on Titus for Women by Keri Folmar.  Cost is $10. Childcare provided to age 5.  You may register by emailing Mary Lynne. Please consider joining us for  learning, fellowship, and prayer.

 

 

For our record keeping we appreciate all credit card and online donations to be made by Dec 26, 2021. We record them in our books on the date they are deposited to our account. Questions—call Rita at 605-338-2077. Contributions sent through the US mail must be postmarked by December 31, 2021. That is true regardless of the date on the check. All check requests and accompanying receipts for 2021 must be turned in to the office by December 31 to be reimbursed for 2021. Thank you.

 

 

As a church, we have a tradition of taking a special Christmas Eve offering to support Compassion Childcare. Compassion exists to strengthen working poor families. They have a two-prong approach to preaching and teaching the Gospel. First, to the children each day through worship and bible reading and secondly, to the parents through resource classes, housing programs, and meals. Compassion has expanded a preschool inside of our church walls which provides Christian teaching daily to preschoolers who may not otherwise be able to afford it. Please consider giving on Christmas Eve to this special organization.

 

 

Congratulations to Brad & Anna Herrmann on the birth of their twins, Oliver Michael and Charlotte Eleanor, on December 12, 2021.  Oliver  weighed 7 lbs 14 oz, and was 21” long,  and Charlotte weighed 6 lbs 6 oz, and was 20” long.

 

 

Please see the bulletin board across from the library for pictures of the children’s Christmas program. The bulletin board near the nursery shows Christmas shoe boxes being collected and loaded in Sioux Falls for delivery around the world.