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DECEMBER 2011 ACTIVITIES
December 4 - Sword of the Spirit All Michigan Communities Gathering (4PM-6PM) Please join our brothers and sisters from different Sword of the Spirit communities in Michigan for a night of worship and fellowship. It will be held at Work of Christ Community Center (4828 S. Hagadorn Rd. East Lansing, MI 48823). Childcare (age 5 and below) and refreshment will be provided. December 10 - CADA Annual Christmas Gathering (6PM-11PM) Join us in our annual Christmas gathering. This year Christmas celebration theme is "Patience, People, For the Lord is Coming.". We will start the Lord's Day celebration followed by praise and worship and then dinner. After dinner, we will have some games, presentation, gift giving and fellowship time. It will be a potluck activity so please don't forget to sign up for the food you are bringing at www.SignUpGenius. com/go/christmas 1441/1771946. Attire is Sunday's best. We hope to see you all. God Bless. December 25 - Birth of Jesus Christ In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to their own town to register. So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them. And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."
Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests." When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about." So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told. (Luke 2: 1 -20 NIV) |