YOUR MISSION ROAD HOLIDAY CALENDAR

Monday, December 19, 2016, 10:30 AM – Drop off Shoebox Gifts at Church

If you took a tag and agreed to bring a Shoebox gift for people served by the Central Avenue Center of Hope, the gifts can be brought to the church between 11 AM and 1 PM or between 6:30-7:30 PM. All collected gifts will be delivered to the Center for Hope on Tuesday.

Wednesday, December 21, 2016, 6:30 PM – NO Saints Chorale rehearsal in the Church Sanctuary.

Wednesday, December 14, 2016, 7:00 PM – Prayer Circle meets at the church – note earlier time.

Sunday, December 25, 2016, 8:45 AM – No breakfast and No Sunday School, join us for worship at 10:30 AM.

Sunday, December 25, 2016, 10:30 AM – Karen Birkby will speak on the theme "God’s Love Made Visible" with Larry Birkby presiding. Larry will also serve as the worship planner. The song leader for learning a new hymn in the “Community of Christ Sings” will be Dorothy May. The ministry of music will be provided by the Jean Bink. Jonathan Bacon will provide the PowerPoint slideshow.

Sunday, January 1, 2017, 10:30 AM – New Year’s Day Worship Service. There will NOT be breakfast or classes on this date.

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HONDURAS NURSE PROGRAM PLEDGE GOAL MET!

Thank you congregation for meeting the $5,750 pledge goal for 2017! Our support of the Health Ministries Association’s (HMA) efforts to hire a full time professional nurse to provide health care to villages in the area around the La Buena Fe region is a success.

Those who pledged may wish to write a check this month so that you can use the donation on your 2016 tax returns, or you can wait until January to take your credit in 2017. Please make your checks out to Health Ministries Association (or simply HMA) and give your pledge amount to Paul Bennetts. Please do not make checks out to Mission Road. Thanks again Mission Road Congregation for rising to the challenge!

THE COAT-MITTEN-GLOVE-HAT TREE IS OPEN FOR YOUR DONATION

Got a coat that still has useful life but it is just hanging in your closet? Got an extra set of new mittens or gloves or a hat or blanket? The church is now collecting winter wear for the Central Avenue Center of Hope. Bring your worn but not worn-out winter coats, boots, or new gloves, mittens and blankets to church next Sunday. There are folks in desperate need since the harsh winter weather has arrived.

JANUARY 12, 2017 WILL BE NEXT BOOK CLUB MEETING

The next book selection for the All Good Books discussion group is “The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt” by Eleanor Roosevelt. The book club does not meet in December but will resume meeting on January 12, 2017 at 7 PM in the Church Library. Mark your calendar.

You can always find a schedule of upcoming book discussions at allbooksclub.wordpress.com/meeting-dates-books/ Come join us!

ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS

On Sunday, January 8, 2017, the adult Sunday school class will resume discussion of "The Journey of a People” Volume 3 by former Church Historian, Mark Scherer. Dennis Wood will lead the discussion of Chapter 13 (“Educating for Change”).

DEADINE APPROACHING: 2017 DIRECTORY CHANGES NEEDED!

Please email ( mrcoc ) or provide Clint with a written update to any addresses or name changes for the congregational directory or newsletter mailing list. Certain college students and a few others have moved since October/November of last year and we are getting a number of newsletters returned for incorrect address information. Shortly, there will be a final proof copy of the directory made available in the fellowship hall for you to have one final check. NOW is the time to send Clint any new information that has obviously changed.

MISSED LAST SUNDAY’S SERVICE?

Would you like to hear the message from last Sunday or a Sunday service from 3 years ago? Audio recordings of many of the last several years’ worth of worship services are available online at https://goo.gl/wREl03. Note this is a new shortened URL that will take you to a Google Drive with many of the recordings from the past.

Recordings are located in folders corresponding to the year (2015, 2016, and so on).

If you missed a Sunday, this provides you a way to hear the music and the message.

The beginning numbers of each filename indicate the date of the service.

The first 4 digits represent the year; the next two digits indicate the month and last two digits represent the day of the month.

In most cases, the date is followed by a dash and then the first initial and last name of the speaker. Enjoy!

NOTE: If you experience problems playing these audio files be sure you’re running the latest version of your browser or try a different browser. In some cases, you may be required to download the audio file before playing it.

The following list includes some recent audio recordings:

11 December 2016 message by Steve Holben, filename 20161211-SHolben.mp3

11 December 2016 Charlie Brown video used in Steve Holben’s message, filename 20161211-CBrown.video.mp4

11 December 2016 Vespers Service, filename 20161211-Vespers.mp3

4 December 2016 message by Paul Bennetts, filename 20161204-PBennetts.mp3

27 November 2016 message by Jerry Rushfelt, filename 20161127-GRushfelt.mp3

20 November 2016 message by Dennis Wood, filename 20161120-DWood.mp3

13 November 2016 message by Clint Reine, filename 20161113-CReine.mp3

6 November 2016 message by Jack Cave, filename 20161106-JCave.mp3

CONCERNING PRAYER REQUESTS

Please know that any member of the congregation can post prayer requests or share information about members and events on the Mission Road Members Only Facebook page. You do not need to send the information for approval to anyone. In fact doing so may slow down the dissemination of your request. Be sure to include the person needing prayers and what situation has occurred (if you wish to share that information). If your post concerns an event or news item, be sure to include the basics in your posting (such as who, what, where and when).

For prayer requests, if you do not have access to Facebook, then please call Paul Bennetts or John Trinkl Sr., our Congregational Pastoral Care Coordinators.

IMPORTANT CONGREGATIONAL LINKS

The Mission Road Congregation hosts the following social media sites:

Congregational (public) website at www.mission-road.org

Facebook Page (public) at https://www.facebook.com/MissionRoad.CoC

Facebook Group (open only to congregational members) at https://www.facebook.com/groups/MissionRoad/

The All Good Books discussion group website at https://allbooksclub.wordpress.com/

Visit and "like" each of these sites to keep up-to-date on congregational news.

CONGREGATIONAL NEWS EMAIL

If you have news items and calendar additions or changes that need to be included in the congregational news email please contact Larry Birkby. His email address and phone number are both in the Church Directory.