This Week at FCCLW 12/17/17

This Week at FCCLW 12/17/17

Published: Thu, 12/14/17

December 17, 2017

Christmas Eve

This year, Christmas Eve falls on a Sunday. We will gather for a simple worship service on Sunday morning at 10:30 AM and hold our Christmas Eve worship service at 7:00 PM.

Thank You! Thank you for your ministry this week. You showed amazing hospitality to the Lilly family in their time of need by providing cookies, sandwiches, and plenty of hugs. Thank you Richmond, Janet, and Alan for treating us to another great evening of music, drink, and song at our Beer & Hymns Friday night! Christmas Offering This year our Christmas Offering will go to support the Lake Worth Community Dinner. We have been feeding our neighbors almost every Tuesday night for the past seven years. This ministry is sustained by the hard work of our volunteers and by direct financial gifts. General budget dollars are not used to to fund the Community Dinner. This Advent and Christmas please consider giving generously to this important ministry of our church, provided to all who are hungry for food or fellowship. You Oughta Be in Pictures! We are in the process of producing a picture directory to distribute to members and friends of First Congregational United Church of Christ. Instead of engaging with a photography company to do this, we are going to be a little less formal. If you were part of our last directory, we still have your picture. If you weren't, we're asking you to send us a favorite picture of yourself. It can be anything from a selfie to a more formal picture that expresses who you are. Our only request is that it be a picture just of you, because it will appear by your name when we print the directory. If you would like someone to take a picture of you, let Pastor Jason know. Facebook Link As much as we love gathering together on Sunday mornings, there are times when we are out of town or otherwise unable to be there in person. You can now watch our worship service live on Facebook right on your computer, tablet, or smart phone. At 10:30 on Sunday just head over to our Facebook page and join us!		Advent Book Study Rev. Nelson Stone will continue the book study Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time by Marcus Borg during Advent. The group will continue to meet on Wednesdays during Advent at 6:30 in the parlor. Women's Fellowship The Women's Fellowship is in need of the following items for the "toiletry table" at the Community Dinner: tooth brushes, tooth paste, deodorant, wash cloths, tissues, razors, hand sanitizer, and socks. Donations would be greatly appreciated. Online Giving Have you explored the opportunity of electronic giving? You can choose to have a set amount taken from your bank account on a regular basis or you can make a one (or more) time gift by checking account or credit card on our website. Your regular electronic giving means that your gift is available for ministry even when you are away (or forgot your checkbook!). Thank you for your continued support of the ministry of First Congregational Church! Hey, Thanks! You're sharing this newsletter with your friends! More people read (or at least opened) our newsletter than we send out. If there is something here that interests you, it may interest someone else. If a friend sent this to you and you would like to receive it regularly, you can subscribe on our website. Facebook First, go to our page and "Like" us. However, just liking us does not mean that you will see everything we post. Each of our Facebook posts only goes to about 2% of the people who like our page. To make sure you see everything, after you like us, go to the pull-down menu on the "Like" button and click "Get Notifications." This way everything that we post will show up on your own Facebook wall. If you are on Facebook, you can keep up with what is happening "between Sundays" on our Facebook page.