December 2011

Don't forget there is only 1 service on 1-1-12 at 11:00AM. We look forward to seeing you there!

You can drop off end of the year giving in the church office no later than 5pm on December 30th. Office hours this week are Monday, December 26th closed. December 27 - 30th 8:30am to 5:00pm, closed from 12-1pm. You can also give online.

There are a few more volunteer positions still needed for our Christmas Eve Services. Our biggest need is help with parking Dec 24th at both the 4:15-5:15 pm shift and the 5:45-6:45 pm shift! If you can help click here and fill out the volunteer form. Thank you everyone for stepping up and making these Christmas Eve Services...

Have you wondered what was going on in Isaac Watts heart as he wrote Joy to the World?

I want to think his first draft was personal and intimate.  What if his thoughts began What joy I have found!  The Lord Jesus has come to rescue and live in me!  (emphasis on "me!")

What a radical thought that is.  Joy to the world is out there - non...

"The word trust is the heart word of faith.  The word "faith" expresses more the act of the will, the word "belief" the act of the mind or intellect, but "trust" is the language of the heart.

Trust sees and feels, and leans upon a Person, a great, true, living heart of love.  So let us trust in him through all the delays, in spite of all the...

Thank you to everyone who participated in the HAM collection this Sunday. Heading into Sunday we were over 80 hams short of our need for our Christmas food distribution. At the end of Sunday Services we had collected over 100 hams and reached our goal! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

S  "...I thank God, whom I serve...with a clear conscience..."  2 Timothy 1:3

O  Here we have Paul, the Apostle, writing perhaps his final letter to his young protege Timothy.  Pregnant words.  Lasting words.  Encouragement and principles to love, live, and lead by.

A  What got a hold of me in today's reading [2 Timothy 1-4] was that Paul had...

Help!  Our SHARES Food Program had a church-wide collection goal of 100 hams.  Unfortunately, they have only received 18!  These hams are to be part of next Tuesday's SHARES Christmas Food Distribution for families in need.

Our emergency ham collection will be this Sunday, December 11th at the main building entrances.  Thank you for partnering...

Join us for the Children's Musical "The Christmas Box", a sweet story about tradition and what matters in our lives.  Saturday, December 10th at 3pm in our Multi-Purpose Building here at Rolling Hills.  There's no admission, so bring the whole family!

Each Christmas Season we take a break from writing Sermon Discussion Guides and this year is no exception. 

January 8, 2012 Sermon Discussion Guides will return!

Most  groups take a winter break during the Christmas Season.  What this can mean is:

1. Meet 1 or 2 times during December
2. Plan a fun group "Christmas Pot-Luck" and invite friends...