WEEKLY PROGRAM

Christmas Celebration

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

December 24, 2024

6:00 P.M.

Our annual candlelight Christmas Eve service is a seasonal highlight for many families, and we are looking forward to a special time together again this year. We'll end the evening with cookies and hot cider.

Help needed: A team will be needed to help set and light the outdoor luminaries before the Christmas Eve service. Another team will be needed to collect the luminaries following the second service. Please contact Chris Mellon if you can help.

Current opportunities

  • Our Pantry is open on the second Sunday of each month, offering food, household supplies, and personal hygiene items to anyone in need.

    • Pantry - Current most needed items:

      • Household cleaning supplies (dish soap, multi-purpose cleaner, etc.)

      • Laundry Detergent

      • Shampoo/Conditioner

      • Body Wash

      • Deodorant

  • Get the Guide HERE

  • Verse Listeners/other volunteers needed on Wednesday nights
    Our Awana clubs for children have grown again this year, with Cubbies (preschool) and Sparks (grades K-2) both at full capacity. T&T (grades 3-6) numbers have never been higher, yet we have enough small group leaders to take more. Please pray that God would continue to bring us people with a heart for discipling children. If you would like to help in this ministry, but cannot serve every week or full evening, we could still use your help:

    • First, please pray - we need the fruit of the Spirit as we relate to these younger brothers and sisters in the faith and as we witness to those who are not yet in God’s family.

    • Second, we need listeners and people to help children learn their verses with our T&T club (6:45 - 7:15 pm).

    • Third, we are also looking for help in gym time. This is a highlight of the night for many of our students and a reason they bring their friends.

    • Please contact the church office or Pastor Mike Cortez (mcortez@gbclancaster.org) if you are interested in serving in any of these ways.

    •  Thank you for your faithfulness in giving! To have your gift included on your 2024 Giving Statement, please ensure it is postmarked or turned in to the church office by December 31. If you have any questions, please email Jim Teeter: jteeter@gbclancaster.org or call the church office during normal business hours.

  • If you would like to send a note to any of our missionaries, a contact list is available by request from the church office.

Prayer and praise

  • has returned to Abbeyville Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.


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Financial Update: THANK YOU for continuing to generously give to what God is doing!

Attendance 394
Received - $715,145
Budget - $696,379

If you have any questions about giving, please contact the church office.