Tuesday, December 2--Common Threads
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
At the home of Sue Peterson
Common Threads is a group at the ECCLT who meet weekly to knit and do other sorts of handwork. Gatherings begin with sharing a meal. Please bring something to share! All are welcome and you don’t have to know how to knit! We have lefties and righties who can teach you. If you are new to knitting, we have supplies to share to get you started.
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Friday, December 6-- Men’s Morning Fellowship
7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
Hat Creek Burger
1602 RR 620 S. in Lakeway
Gather for fellowship, to share a meal, and dwell in the scriptures.
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Sunday, December 8, 2024
9:30 AM Worship and Children’s Ministry
18101 W. Highway 71, Suite 120
Sunday, December 15, 2024
9:30 AM Worship and Children’s Ministry
18101 W. Highway 71, Suite 120
During worship, we'll hold our annual Come-As-You-Are Christmas play!
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Tuesday, December 24, 2024
5:00 PM Christmas Worship and Children's Ministry
18101 W. Highway 71, Suite 120
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Round 1 of Fellowship Supper Groups is Complete!
Fellowship Suppers are gatherings of eight to twelve people in a host family’s home to share a meal, be in one another’s presence, and enjoy conversation and fellowship. Everyone is welcome, including the kids, and everyone brings a dish to share. So we are all invited to come along and share a meal and fellowship with old friends and new!
Participants report that the three group gatherings were a great success in November, and another round is being planned in January-February 2025. We will create new groupings of the current participants, and all are welcome to join in this fellowship activity, even if you did not participate in Round 1.
Please sign up to be part of a Fellowship Supper Group by E-mailing Leigh Cariker at [email protected], and also let him know if you are willing to host a fellowship supper group at your home. He will include all of the current participants in the new groups unless you indicate otherwise.
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Daily Scripture Readings
Sunday, December 1:
Morning Psalms: 146, 147 Evening Psalms: 111, 112, 113
Isa. 1:1-9; 2 Pet. 3:1-10; Matt. 25:1-18
Monday, December 2:
Morning Psalm: 1, 2, 3 Evening Psalm: 4, 7
Isa.1:10-20; 1 Thess. 1:1-10; Luke 20:1-8
Tuesday, December 3:
Morning Psalm: 5, 6 Evening Psalms: 10, 11
Isa. 1:21-31; 1 Thess. 2:1-12; Luke 20:9-18
Wednesday, December 4:
Morning Psalm: 119: 1-24 Evening Psalms: 12, 13, 14
Isa. 2:1-11; 1 Thess. 2:13-20; Luke 20: 19-26
Thursday, December 5:
Morning Psalms: 18: 1-20 Evening Psalms: 18: 21-50
Isa. 2:12-22; 1 Thess. 3:1-13; Luke 20: 27-40
Friday, December 6:
Morning Psalm: 16, 17 Evening Psalms: 22
Isa. 3:8-15; 1 Thess. 4:1-12; Luke 20: 41--21:4
Saturday, December 7:
Morning Psalms: 20, 21: 1-7(8-14) Evening Psalm: 110: 5(6-7), 116, 117
Isa. 4:2-6; 1 Thess. 4:13-18; Luke 21:5-19
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3 prayers for Advent
Advent O God, we thank thee for the coming of thy Son Jesus Christ into our world and into our lives. He comes as a gift for which we are joyfully thankful, Help us to prepare ourselves for that second coming when he comes looking for the fruits of the Spirit. We ask this in the name of Jesus, our Lord, our Judge and our Friend.
O God, may we simplify our lives that we be not so concerned with unimportant things that we miss the real thing. Open our eyes to him who is already among us, and who will come again into our midst on Christmas, that we may see his brightness, even in the dim surroundings, and recognize his greatness even in his weakness. Give us this second sight, O God, that our lives may be saved from meaninglessness and sin.
O God, who hast put a restlessness in our hearts and a thirst for thee in our very nature, turn us now in the right direction. Give us the grace to realize that there are no easy answers to our questions and no shortcuts to our goal. As we move toward Christmas, help us to search our own hearts and look at the life of the church and ask if there be an evil way in it, so that we may be ready to receive the new life that is coming.
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