Weekly Bulletin - December 18, 2022

Sunday, DECember 18, 2022

  • Welcome | Greeting | Announcements

  • Call to Worship: Colossians 1:15-20

  • Songs: O Come O Come Emmanuel, Light of the World, What a Beautiful Name It Is

  • Family Prayer

  • Sermon

  • Song: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

     

    Songs Used by Permission - CCLI License #356753

What’s Happening at CVBC

  • Christmas service times:                                                                                  

    Saturday, Dec. 24 Christmas Eve - 3:30 & 5pm (nursery at 3:30 only)
    Sunday, Dec. 25 Christmas Day - one service at 10:30am (nursery)

  • Sunday, January 1 New Year’s Day - one service at 10:30am (nursery)

  • The Adult Sunday School class continues the series called One Another - Building Christian Community. Join us at 9:00am in room 50 as Mark Wathke and Mike Blake lead a discussion on how we can love and build up the body of Christ together. December 18: Building Up and Letting Go - Encouraging, Sharpening, and Forgetting.

  • Ruby’s Pantry food distribution program is this week. Join us Tuesday, December 20, from noon to 6 as a volunteer, or go as a food recipient! Food distribution begins around 2-2:15pm and lasts until approx. 5pm. First time volunteers: https://www.rubyspantry.org/become-volunteer.

  • DISTRICTS Youth Conference still has a few spots left. Brochures are in the lobby; for Grades 7-12. Contact Alan as soon as possible.

  • Women’s Mentoring: We are gearing up for our 2023 program and are excited for new and continuing pairings. We mentor because there is unmistakable evidence in Scripture to the call to mentor the next generation. Be a mentor OR a mentee! Applications (due January 8) are in the lobby or can be found, along with more information on mentoring for women, on the women’s ministry page of our website: cvbc.net.

  • ·A Guatemala mission/work trip is being planned for March 18-25, 2023. For High School students and adults. There are brochures with more information and registration forms in the lobby.

  • FREEDOM Recovery meets 3x weekly: Tues.-1pm, Thurs.-7pm, and Sat.-8am. We use the Life Recovery Bible 12-Step Program. Join us! Contact Jerry at (715) 379-0200 or email solfestjerry499@gmail.com.

BE LIKE MARY

Luke 1:39-56   

Mary's life is a great reminder that God exalts the humble and humbles
the exalted.

A Humble View Of God

A Humble Response To God

Ministry Highlight: MISSIONS & OUTREACH

If you are a Christian, then missions/outreach is your calling! Jesus has called us to go and make disciples of all nations and has entrusted this to churches like ours. At CVBC, we seek to proclaim the message of Jesus to those near and far.

Missions:

· We currently support 19 missionaries globally. These missionaries serve from Minneapolis to the Middle East. Our missions committee stays informed of all the updates and needs of our missionaries. You can receive these updates and information  in 2 ways:
* Read the personal letters at the Missions wall in the lobby.
* Join the missions e-mail group by texting CVBC to 84576 and choose the cvbc-missions group from the list.

· Pray: Pray for the lost in your life and all of the requests from our missionaries! The Lord loves to hear the prayers for salvation for those near and far.

· Give: By giving regularly to CVBC, you are giving directly to these 19 missionaries and their ministries around the world!

Outreach ministries:

· Freedom Recovery Ministry: Meets 3x per week at CVBC Tues—1pm, Thur—7pm, Sat—8am | Life Recovery 12-Step Bible

· Ruby’s Pantry Food Distribution (3rd Tuesday of each month)  2-5pm food distribution to the community, volunteers welcome noon to 6pm. $25 donation gets you 2 big boxes of food.

For more details about these ministries and others, visit our website at cvbc.net.
For materials regarding missions and missionaries, check out the CVBC Library!

Libby Krause2020