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Wishing You Peace
and Joy
this Christmas!
Advent and Christmas Events
Fourth Sunday of Advent - December 18th
8:30 and 11:00 Services - Christmas Joy Offering collected
6:00 pm - Christmas Caroling! All ages welcome!
Christmas Eve - December 24th
6:00 pm - Family Christmas Eve Service
8:00 pm - A Service of Lessons & Carols
Christmas Day - December 25th
10:00 am - A Combined Morning Worship Service
New Year's Eve - December 31st
6:30 pm - Celebrate the New Year in the Fellowship Hall!
New Year's Day - January 1, 2012
10:00 am - A Combined Morning Worship Service
What is the Christmas Joy Offering?
A cherished Presbyterian tradition since the 1930s, the Christmas Joy Offering is one of the four special offerings designated by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA). Because Advent and Christmas shine a light not only on our world’s greatest hope but also on our world’s greatest need, the PC (USA) provides this timely opportunity for congregations to support causes specifically designed to bring Good News of Great Joy to the poor in circumstance or spirit. Alongside the message of promise and fulfillment in Luke’s Gospel, we also hear the clear call to God’s people to respond in faith as Christ calls us: “From everyone to whom much has been given, much will be required; and from the one to whom much has been entrusted, even more will be demanded” (Luke 12:48).
The Christmas Joy Offering will be distributed equally to the Assistance Program of the Board of Pensions and to support student scholarships at Presbyterian-related racial ethnic schools and colleges.
Saturday Night Worship & Café
Fellowship at 6:30 pm — Contemporary Worship at 7:00 pm
Join us for a Casual Worship in a Contemporary Setting. Please bring a snack to share.
Schedule
January 14, 2012
February 11, 2012
Come and enjoy the music of the POPC Praise Band. Great fellowship, uplifting music, engaging scripture and message, prayers and reflections. Childcare provided.
Hope Garden
The Hope Garden is blooming and adundant with vegetables galore! We have harvested around 300 heads of broccoli, and 100's of beautiful heads of lettuce and cabbage! If you would like to be a part of this important project, please call Bonne & Ernie Svolto (682-3806).