Please send an email to WCOCNEWS@aol.com if you have any questions regarding the announcements.
Baby Showers:
Brandyn Bascone’s shower will be on Sunday January 14, 2007 from 1-4 at the SDA Building
Tamara Cullen’s shower will be on Sunday, January 21, 2007 at the PNI Club. More information to follow.
Kids Kingdom: Six more teachers are needed for the Jan-May rotation. Please contact Pat or Kate if you are have a heart to serve with the children. pjbars@myibocs.com, katebars@hotmail.com or 1-866-203-8319
Marriage Getaway: "Stand by Me" with the North Region is scheduled for Fri - Sunday, February 2-4, at the Sheraton Harborside Hotel in Portsmouth, NH. Mike and Janet Hammonds are the guest speakers and Rick and Ann Luz will be doing a special class for newly married couples (0-5 years). Our own Rich and Jennifer Evans will also be sharing. There are 3 options for the weekend: All options include Saturday morning coffee and Saturday lunch. (There is no breakfast included in any of these rates): 1) Saturday Night Stay: $138.00; 2) Friday and Saturday Night Stay: $243.00; 3) Saturday Only $53.00.
We need to have a commitment of who is coming and a $25 deposit by January 10th Please let Sandy Meindersma know if you are coming, and for how many nights, as soon as possible. Invitations are available from Sandy. New at the Worcester County Church of Christ Book Table: UNDERSTANDING SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN CHILDREN -CD-SET Price: $12.00. Also, I will be taking orders for the newest book-SECURE IN HEART: OVERCOMING INSECURITY IN A WOMAN’S LIFE. Author Robin Weidner offers help for women to overcome insecurity in their lives and to claim their rightful heritage as daughters of God. Price: $15.00. If you would like to place an order, please send an email to wcocnews@aol.com.
Baptisms:
Christine Friend, Paul Lavallee
Prayer Requests:
Genny West: Is recovering after recent surgery. Please keep her in your prayers.
Mary Parker-Plummer: Is recovering after recent surgery. Please keep her in your prayers.
Michelle Waire: Is doing better after being in the hospital. Please keep her in your prayers..
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Summary of a Person on a Cross
1. Only Looks in One Direction 2. Cannot Come off the cross alive 3. Doesn’t make plans of their own 4. Appreciates every breath of life God allows 5. Can’t kick others back when feel kicked in the stomach 6. Can’t slap others back when the feel slapped in the face 7. Can’t pat themselves on the back for anything 8. Is doing something they wouldn’t want to do if God’s will was not involved 9. Can’t meet their own needs 10. Depends solely on ultimate help from God 11. Has been exalted over the ways of the crowd 12. Can’t cover their face in shame 13. Can’t put their arms around their own little world and protect it 14. Truly appreciates their close friends around them and reaches out to them 15. Sees life through sweaty tears mixed with blood 16. Cries out to God in their darkest moments 17. Familiar with suffering and a person of sorrows 18. Understands the suffering of others around him 19. Considers the thorns in the flesh of his scalp NOTHING compared to the agony of crucifixion itself 20. Considers the agony of the crucifixion nothing compared to the joy set before him 21. Sees even those who nailed him to the cross, and who beat him up as fulfilling God’s Sovereign will 22. Knows that the trials of this life matter little to eternity 23. Longs to be in God’s House more than he longs to get off the cross 24. Understands why darkness comes over the whole land 25. Knows that "Sunday’s comin’" It’s just around the corner
Please send an email to WCOCNEWS@aol.com if you have any questions regarding the announcements.
Christmas Eve Service: We will be having a special service on Christmas Eve at 10:30 am. This is a great opportunity to invite our friends and family!
Comfy Cozy Devo Night Thursday Dec. 21: kids should come dressed in their pjs with their blankets and stuffed animals, if they’d like, and enjoy a holiday movie and snacks. Preteens will be in the devo with their parents
Baby Showers:
Brandyn Bascone’s shower will be on Sunday January 14, 2007 from 1-4 at the SDA Building
Tamara Cullen’s shower will be on Sunday, January 21, 2007 at the PNI Club. More information to follow.
Kids Kingdom: Six more teachers are needed for the Jan.-May rotation. Please contact Pat or Kate if you are have a heart to serve with the children. pjbars@myibocs.com, katebars@hotmail.com or 1-866-203-8319
Marriage Getaway: "Stand by Me" with the North Region is scheduled for Fri - Sunday, February 2-4, at the Sheraton Harborside Hotel in Portsmouth, NH. Mike and Janet Hammonds are the guest speakers and Rick and Ann Luz will be doing a special class for newly married couples (0-5 years). Our own Rich and Jennifer Evans will also be sharing. There are 3 options for the weekend: All options include Saturday morning coffee and Saturday lunch. (There is no breakfast included in any of these rates): 1) Saturday Night Stay: $138.00; 2) Friday and Saturday Night Stay: $243.00; 3) Saturday Only $53.00.
We need to have a commitment of who is coming and a $25 deposit by January 10th Please let Sandy Meindersma know if you are coming, and for how many nights, as soon as possible. Invitations are available from Sandy. New at the Worcester County Church of Christ Book Table: UNDERSTANDING SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN CHILDREN -CD-SET Price: $12.00. Also, I will be taking orders for the newest book-SECURE IN HEART: OVERCOMING INSECURITY IN A WOMAN’S LIFE. Author Robin Weidner offers help for women to overcome insecurity in their lives and to claim their rightful heritage as daughters of God. Price: $15.00
Prayer Requests:
Genny West: had emergency surgery last Sunday night (Dec 10) for her appendix. She is at home and healing nicely. Mary Parker-Plummer: is recovering from recent surgery.
Volunteer driver needed to bring the Angel Tree gifts to Home for Little Wanderers in Boston. The gifts would need to be there by Thursday or Friday anytime between 9 am-6pm. Please contact Chris or Michelle Charon ASAP at 508-845-5399.
Thanks! Chris & Michelle via Jayne Please reply to the Charon’s at CCharon1@hotmail.com
Genny West had Surgery for Appendicitis Sunday night and is in Leominster hospital room 314 through Tuesday. She will need help with meals and childcare, and house cleaning for the next 3-4 weeks.
Please contact Christine Arsenault if you are able to assist in any way. Her phone number is 1-978-840-1634. Her email is down so she will not be able to gain access to emails so please call.
Please send an email to WCOCNEWS@aol.com if you have any questions regarding the announcements.
Welcome to Tom and Sydney Caswell: Tom and Sydney are here today to preach and meet with the church and to apply for the positions of evangelist and women’s ministry leader. They will be meeting with the congregation after church today at 12:30.
Church Banquet: The Church Banquet is scheduled for Friday, December 15th at the Leicester Knights of Columbus. Cost is $7.50 for children 7-12, $15 for teens through adults. Under 6 FREE. Let Lori Maday know soon if you are coming, so that we can reserve a place.
Christmas Eve Service: We will be having a special service on Christmas Eve at 10:30 am. This is a great opportunity to invite our friends and family!
Congratulations to Gerry and Paula Brady! Their first grandchild was born on Wednesday, November 29th! Emma Grace Bullock weighed in at 6lbs 3 oz, 18 3/4 inches! Rachel, Adam and baby Emma are doing great!
Kids Kingdom: Six more teachers are needed for the Jan.-May rotation. Please contact Pat or Kate if you are have a heart to serve with the children. pjbars@myibocs.com, katebars@hotmail.com or 1-866-203-8319
Angel Trees: Gifts for children from the Home for Little Wanderers in Boston need to be placed under the tree with the Angel securely attached today. We will be dropping off the toys to the Home this week. Please see Chris or Michelle Charon if you have any questions.
December Birthdays:
Pat Mullaney Dec 1 Tamara Cullen Dec 5 Cheryl Jobe Dec 5 Gary Orr Dec 6 Lowell Hoover Dec 11 Gerry Brady Dec 13 Mary Plummer Dec 13 Brunni Semidei Dec 13 James Waire Dec 13 Brian Lazzarra Dec 14 John Vicaire Dec 16 Diane DeLong Dec 17 Steve Contois Dec 22 Jason Bried Dec 24 Jose Rivera Dec 24 Carol Bellisle Dec 26 Ely Torres Dec 27 Tracy Reynolds Dec 28 Jen Evans Dec 29 Linda Clement Dec 3
