THIS WEEKS EVENTS

MONDAY December 17 7:00 pm Mens Open Gym Basketball (AU) TUESDAY December 18 7:00 am Intercessory Prayer (Trinity UMC Prayer Rm) 7:00 pm WMF Meeting at the home of Vivian Moser (4148 Twp. Rd. 144 ~ Cardington)

DECEMBER 23rd OUR BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN WILL BE JOINING US IN SERVICE to perform some Christmas songs. The kids have been hard at work during the Planet Zero hour practicing their songs. Be sure to bring your camera on the 23rd! JOIN US FOR CHRISTMAS SERVICE HERE AT GILEAD. Christmas Eve service will be Monday, December 24th at 7:00 pm in the Auditorium. Come, bring your family and friends to celebrate Christs birth! WMF WILL BE MEETING at the home of Vivian Mosher Tuesday Dec. 18, 2012 at 7:00 pm. Ladies please bring cookies or candy for the gift exchange. We will be picking a gift for the Friends Mission from the Christmas Catalog that was in the bulletin a few weeks ago. On behalf of the 4819 boys and girls who were reached with the gospel through the ministry of Child Evangelism Fellowship of MARCK Morrow, Ashland, Richland, Crawford, & Knox Counties (including 343 salvation decisions) during this past year, CEF wants to Thank You Gilead Friends Church for your part in the Coins 4 Kids project. We praise the Lord for the $9643.12 we received from the 31 churches involved as of Nov. 26th and for your contribution of $229.89. WE HAVE SOME EXCITING THINGS COMING UP! Dont miss these opportunities to get involved and help with the planning or implementing the great ministries of our church. Contact the church office today! December 23rd Childrens Christmas program January 12, 2013 Family Pizza & Movie Night January 19 & 26, 2013 Hoops for Him Sign ups February 9, 2013 Valentines Dinner

Welcome to Worship
Gilead Friends Church
3613 Twp. Rd. 115 Mount Gilead, Ohio 43338 www.gileadfriendschurch.org 419-946-1100 Senior Pastor Brian Mosher

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Sunday December 16, 2012

Advent Family: Dean and Beth Jagger
9:30 am SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR ALL AGES 9:30 am YOUTH GROUP (6th-12th grade) in the Chapel Balcony 10:30 am WORSHIP - Nursery provided for newborns to age 2 in Rm. 101 - Stars (ages 3-5) meet in Room 102 - NO PLANET ZERO TODAY, Kids please stay in worship with your family and enjoy the cantata.

Presenting: And on Earth..Peace In the beginning was the Word. The Word Holy, Sacred. Just. Eternal. God in Christ. Christ in God. In the beginning. And suddenly the Word was Flesh. Incarnate. Human. Breakable. Common. Morning light into darkness. And that life-light blazed out of the darkness and the darkness could not put it out. Redeemer, Savior. Messiah, Lord!. His name Jesus. This is the story of the birth of the Prince of Peace. - Narrators, Dean and Beth Jagger, - Mary: Hannah Serafino - Joseph, Tim Serafino AS WE ENTER THIS SEASON OF THANKSGIVING AND GIFT GIVING, please consider making a year-end charitable gift to Gilead Friends Church. Your taxdeductible donations will help us meet our 2012 budget and enable us to enter 2013 on stronger financial footing. [Note: IRS regulations require all 2012 year-end donations be received in the church office by December 31st. Back dated checks received in 2013 cannot qualify as 2012 contributions (of record).]

$55,000 Income required in December $ 8,400 December 2 offering $10,250 December 9 offering $36,350 Remainder needed by December 31 .
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CHILDRENS Suspendisse CHURCH potenti. Planet Zero is our children's worship time for grades
K-5. The children are usually dismissed to go up to the chapel after the opening musical numbers and greeting time. We enjoy fun worship music of our own, along with lessons, skits and sometimes games and snacks. Parents then pick children up after the worship service is over. - NO PLANET ZERO TODAY Stars is a class for children ages 3-PreK. The preschoolers are dropped off in the Stars room next to the nursery at the beginning of worship. We offer lessons, crafts, games and snacks. Children younger than 3 or those not able to handle a story time or working on small projects should be taken to the nursery. - Teachers: Lexie and Kelly Hinkle

SERMON NOTES

UPCOMING EVENTS
December 14 Christmas Caroling th December 16 Christmas Cantata rd December 23 Childrens Christmas program January 12, 2013 Family Pizza & Movie Night th January 19, 26 Hoops for Him Sign ups February 9, 2013 Valentines Dinner
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ADV ENT WEEK 3 THE SHEPHERDS CANDLE reminds us of the joy and celebration of the shepherds, as they shared in Christs birth. Luke 2:1-7, 15-20 Two violet candles and one pink candle.