Announcements: December 18, 2011

Class News

• There will be NO LJG this Sunday, December 25th (Christmas Day) or the following Sunday, January 1st (New Year's Day). Please note that ETC (nursery) will not be offered for children of any age these two Sundays also. There will be one Worship Service on December 25th and January 1st, at 10:30am.
• Happy Birthday to Nathan Wallace, this Sunday, December 25th!
• Come ring in the new year with our LJG. Click here for all of the details! If you would like to come, but have not signed up, please e-mail Melissa so she can add you to the list and keep it up-to-date (this will help the Martin's know how much pizza to order).

LBC News
Lawndale's Website

Activities Ministry
Valentine Banquet: The church-wide Valentine Banquet will be Sunday, February 12th, at 6:15pm in the CLC. Tickets will be $9 for adults/$3 for children and will go on sale January 1. Entertainment will be provided by Steve Brogan, ventriloquist.

Children's Ministry

Holiday Reminders: On Sunday, December 25th and January 1, there will be no LJG or ETC for any age group. Only one service will be held at 10:30am on those days. No Wednesday evening programming on December 21st or December 28th. All Wednesday evening Mission Education programs will resume January 4th.

Married Adult Ministry

Upcoming Men's/Women's Bible Study: Plan ahead to participate in the follow up study to the Courageous movie. The Resolution for Men will be led by Rodney Navey and The Resolution for Women will be led by Donna. Classes begin February 12th at 5pm as a part of LifePlus discipleship.

Worship & Music Ministry
Upcoming Christmas Programs:
-December 24: Christmas Eve Candlelight service at 4pm and 11pm.
-December 25: Christmas Day Service at 10:30am
-January 1: New Years Day Service at 10:30am
-January 6: Recording artist, Ronnie Freeman, in concert at 8pm.

New Year's At The Martin's!

New Year's Eve Social

December 31st @ 7:00pm
The Martin's House
(3303 Cheswick Court)

Pizza will be ordered and the cost will be split between all couples attending. Please add what snack or dessert you will be bringing beside your name.

• Pearman + 2 kids: Cheesecake
• Lindley (may get a babysitter): Chocolate pretzel snacks
• Sigmon: ?
• Martin + Izzy: ?
• Elliott: ?

Announcements: December 11, 2011

Class News

• This coming Sunday, Billy will teach the December 25th lesson out of our Leader Guide. The title of the lesson is, The Messiah Has Come! The background passages are Numbers 24:15-19; Matthew 1:1-2:23. The lesson passages are Numbers 24:17; Matthew 1:16-21; 2:1, 7-11. Before Sunday, please take a moment to prayerfully read through the passages to prepare for the lesson.
• There will be no LJG on Sunday, December 25th and Sunday, January 1st. There will be one Worship Service both days, at 10:30am. From what I understand, there will be no ETC for children. All children of all ages will have to attend the service.

LBC News
Lawndale's Website 

Children's Ministry

Holiday Reminders: On Sunday, December 25th and January 1, there will be no LJG or ETC for any age group. Only one service will be held at 10:30am on those days. No Wednesday evening programming on December 21st or December 28th. All Wednesday evening Mission Education programs will resume January 4th.
Follow the Star: A special Christmas book for Preschoolers will be presented on December 18th to all our preschoolers in Life Journey class.

Married Adult Ministry
LifePlus: Plan ahead to be involved in next semester's LifePlus classes for Married Adults: The Resolution for Men and a separate class for women, The Resolution for Women. These classes will begin February 12th at 5pm.

Worship & Music Ministry
Upcoming Christmas Programs:
-December 18: Voices of Experience Christmas program at 4pm
-December 24: Christmas Eve Candlelight service at 4pm and 11pm.
-December 25: Christmas Day Service at 10:30am

Numbers 24:17;

Numbers 24:17

17 “I see him, but not now;
I behold him, but not near.
A star will come out of Jacob;
a scepter will rise out of Israel.
He will crush the foreheads of Moab,
the skulls[a] of[b] all the people of Sheth.[c]

Matthew 1:16-21

16 and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah. 17 Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Messiah.

Joseph Accepts Jesus as His Son

18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about[a]: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 19 Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet[b] did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.

20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,[c] because he will save his people from their sins.”

Matthew 2:1

The Magi Visit the Messiah

1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi[a] from the east came to Jerusalem

Matthew 2:7-11

7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.”

9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 11 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.

Announcements: December 4, 2011

Class News

• The title of this Sunday's lesson is Stay on Track With God's GPS. The background passage for the lesson is Numbers 9:1-10:10. The lesson passages for Sunday are Numbers 9:1-11a, 15-19. Before the lesson, please take a moment to prayerfully read through the passages to prepare for Sunday morning.
• Happy Belated Birthday to Priscilla Martin on Sunday, December 4th!
• Welcome to our visitors, Jeff & Tara Chandler. We enjoyed having you with us on Sunday!
• The outreach team will be collecting money this coming Sunday for the family we are adopting from Joyner Elementary. The money will help provide gifts (mainly for the children) for Christmas. There is no set amount to give... Give what you can, and certainly keep the family in your prayers.
• There will be no LJG on Sunday, December 25th and Sunday, January 1st. There will be one Worship Service both days, at 10:30am. From what I understand, there will be no ETC for children. All children of all ages will have to attend the service.

LBC News
Lawndale's Website

iBelieve!: Tickets on Sale in the Lobby, Online, and in the Church Office. Have your ticket order form filled out and ready! Saturday, December 10th at 2pm and 6pm and Sunday, December 11th at 4pm.

Children's Ministry
Holiday Reminders: On Sunday, December 25th and January 1, there will be no LJG or ETC for any age group. Only one service will be held at 10:30am on those days. No Wednesday evening programming on December 21st or December 28th. All Wednesday evening Mission Education programs will resume January 4th.
Follow the Star: A special Christmas book for Preschoolers will be presented on December 18th to all our preschoolers in Life Journey class.

Married Adult Ministry
LifePlus: Plan ahead to be involved in next semester's LifePlus classes for Married Adults: The Resolution for Men and a separate class for women, The Resolution for Women. These classes will begin February 12th at 5pm.

Worship & Music Ministry
Upcoming Christmas Programs:
-December 10 & 11: The Greensboro Christmas Spectacular, iBelieve
-December 18: Voices of Experience Christmas program at 4pm
-December 24: Christmas Eve Candlelight service at 4pm and 11pm.
-December 25: Christmas Day Service at 10:30am

Numbers 9:1-11a, 15-19

The Passover

1 The LORD spoke to Moses in the Desert of Sinai in the first month of the second year after they came out of Egypt. He said, 2 “Have the Israelites celebrate the Passover at the appointed time. 3 Celebrate it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with all its rules and regulations.”

4 So Moses told the Israelites to celebrate the Passover, 5 and they did so in the Desert of Sinai at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD commanded Moses.

6 But some of them could not celebrate the Passover on that day because they were ceremonially unclean on account of a dead body. So they came to Moses and Aaron that same day 7 and said to Moses, “We have become unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be kept from presenting the LORD’s offering with the other Israelites at the appointed time?”

8 Moses answered them, “Wait until I find out what the LORD commands concerning you.”

9 Then the LORD said to Moses, 10 “Tell the Israelites: ‘When any of you or your descendants are unclean because of a dead body or are away on a journey, they are still to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, 11 but they are to do it on the fourteenth day of the second month at twilight. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
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The Cloud Above the Tabernacle

15 On the day the tabernacle, the tent of the covenant law, was set up, the cloud covered it. From evening till morning the cloud above the tabernacle looked like fire. 16 That is how it continued to be; the cloud covered it, and at night it looked like fire. 17 Whenever the cloud lifted from above the tent, the Israelites set out; wherever the cloud settled, the Israelites encamped. 18 At the LORD’s command the Israelites set out, and at his command they encamped. As long as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle, they remained in camp. 19 When the cloud remained over the tabernacle a long time, the Israelites obeyed the LORD’s order and did not set out.