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119 Humbert Road
Markleton, PA 15551
814-926-4429
www.kingwoodchurch.cggc.org
December 15, 2024
The Words of Welcome
Items in the Life of the Church
The Prelude
The Call to Worship
* The Songs of Praise
“I Will Enter”
#184
“God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen”
Verses 1, 3 & 5
#202
“We Three Kings”
* The Prayer of Invocation
The Advent Reading and Candle Lighting
The Ministry of Music
The Morning Offering
* The Doxology
* The Offertory Prayer
* The Expression of Friendship
The Sharing of Joys and Concerns
* The Prayer Hymn
“Cares Chorus”
* The Time of Prayer
The Scripture Lesson Matthew 2:1-12
The Morning Message
“Gifts of Christmas: The Gift of Joy”
* The Closing Hymn #173
“Joy to the World”
* The Benediction and Postlude
* Please stand, if you are able.
Our Staff
Will Miller – Senior Pastor (814-926-4428)
James L. Monticue – Visitation Pastor (814-233-6076)
Carey Beth King – Secretary (814-233-0053)
Our Thanks to the following for their services today
Downstairs Nursery: Georgiann Knepper, Bev Pletcher & Brandy Rogers
Sunday, December 15, 2024
11:30 a.m. – Cookie Walk at New Centerville COG until 2:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m. – Christmas Caroling
No Youth Group
Monday, December 16, 2024
8:00 a.m. – Walk Fit Exercise
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
12:30 p.m. – Pickleball
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
8:00 a.m. – Walk Fit Exercise
7:00 p.m. – Midweek Services at FC
Friday, December 20, 2024
8:00 a.m. – Walk Fit Exercise
Sunday, December 22, 2024
8:30 a.m. – Youth & YA Christmas Party at FC – Come in your pjs for breakfast & games then we’ll go to 10:30 worship.
7:00 p.m. – “Mary, Mary, What Do You See?” at FC
Offerings needed weekly to balance our budget… $5,748.65
Offerings received last Sunday…………. $5,261.00
Church Projects Offerings……………….. $377.10
Last Sunday’s Attendance……………….. 159
Last Sunday’s SS Attendance…………… 79
There is a container for money gifts to the Romesberg Family in the vestibule. Please make checks payable to Kingwood Church of God.
The Helping Hands Prayer needs for December are the Helping Hands Prayer Needs list. Copies can be found on table in the vestibule. Please send a Christmas card to our Dear Brothers and Sisters on the list. Share some Christmas love and joy with the
The wreath on the Honor Roll was donated in memory of Blair E. Younkin Jr.
There is a sign-up sheet in the vestibule for anyone who is willing to assist in the Jr. Church PreK/Kindergarten class. The responsibilities would include crowd control, assisting children in the classroom, and taking children to the restroom.
Would you like to help with our A/V ministry? There is a sign-up sheet in the hallway for anyone willing to help from January through April. We need people to run the computer, soundboard, or cameras for both morning worship services. Just mark the box on the sign-up sheet for any part of the A/V ministry with which you are willing to help. (If needed, training will be provided.) Please list Sundays you can’t serve in the “Scheduling Requests” box. There is also a box to mark if you want to be removed from the A/V schedule. If you are currently helping with our A/V ministry and don’t want anything changed, you don’t need to sign up again unless you need to list Sundays you can’t serve. Contact Vince Show for more info. Last day to sign up is December 22.
Come watch our youngsters perform Mary, Mary, What Do You See? and act out the birth of Jesus! The Children’s Christmas Program will be held December 22nd, 7:00 p.m. at the Fellowship Center. Light refreshments will be offered afterward. If you are interested in making cookies for after the play, please sign up in the vestibule. Thanks in advance for your support of our most valuable resource—-our youth!!
Poinsettias are on sale for $8.50. Please sign up on the sheet in the vestibule. See Jenn Gross for payment.
Youth Group Schedule
12/22 – Youth & Young Adult Christmas Party at the FC at 8:30 a.m.
12/29 – No Youth Group
There are a few unbaked apple dumplings left over from Applefest in the chest freezer that is in the classroom adjoining the kitchen in the basement. The apple dumplings are 3 for $12.00, 6 for $22.00 or 12 for $44.00. Please put the money in the chest on the kitchen table, or if writing a check, make it payable to Kingwood church of God and give it to Cheryl Pletcher.
Thank you to all who served in the Downstairs Nursery this past year! What a blessing! If you would like to serve in the Downstairs Nursery during the 10:30 Worship Service next year, please sign up and if you have any preferences or weeks to avoid. Volunteers typically serve once a month. Clearances are needed to serve. If you have any questions, please see Hillary Whaley (814-352-3081).
Are you looking for a way to help out with our young ones in church? We are looking for 5 couples to be ministry partners for the Jr. Church opening. As a couple, you would lead them in songs, and give a short introductory lesson, for example an object lesson. This all should last between 20 and 30 minutes. Then you would be able to come up for the adult worship service. If we are able to get 5 more couples, you would only be responsible for 2 months out of the year. And the older children, starting in January, will only be in Jr. Church the 2nd, 3rd and 4th weeks. So, this will only be 3 weeks out of the month. Your months can be consecutive or spaced out. If this ministry speaks to you, there is a sign up sheet in the vestibule. If you have any questions, see Larry or Melissa Vough.
The church council has approved adding a part-time paid position as a Children’s Ministry Director. This will be a 15 to 20 hour per week position that will co-ordinate and oversee all that is involved with our children, birth through grade 5. There is a job description in the vestibule for anyone who is interested. If you would like to apply, please submit your resume to either Larry Vough or Pastor Will, or place it in their church mailbox.
There will be a short congregational meeting on Sunday, Jan. 5 after both morning worship services. The purpose of the meeting is for the church members to vote on the council’s recommendation to retain Karey Vough as Youth and Young Adult Pastor.
There are copies of the Church Constitution and Bylaws on the table in the vestibule. Please feel free to pick up a copy.
$1,511.00 was mailed to Camp Sonrise Mountain for the envelopes that were completed for this fundraiser. There are still envelopes available in the vestibule if you wish to participate. Make checks payable to: Kingwood Church of God
There is a can on the table in the vestibule to contribute to the costs of Rockwood Good News Club’s snacks and take home candy. Thank you for your prayers and support for this Club!
Here are the clothing sizes for the local family who suffered a fire.
MAN – 3X shirts & coats, L or XL sweatpants, 12 ½ shoes
WOMAN – M or L shirts, L or XL coats, 8 or 10 pants, 7 or 7 ½ shoes
*Any questions, see Debbie Ogline.*
SERMON NOTES
Gifts of Christmas
The gift of Joy
December 15, 2024
Mathew 2:1-12 1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi[a] from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”
3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. 5 “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:
6 “‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by
no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’[b]”
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. 12 And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.
Other Scriptures: Matt 2:13-22, Isaiah 11:10, 42:1-7, 49:6, 60:1-3
REFLECTION
How have you thought about ____ as a ______________ to worship.
How has God spoken to you about _____ and ________ in our text today?
How will you _______ what you hear God saying to you?
Nurseries
- There is an unstaffed nursery for babies located on the same floor as the sanctuary that may be used at any time.
- There is an unstaffed nursery for children up through the age of 3 located downstairs in room 1.
- Both nurseries have a closed-circuit TV through which you can watch the worship service.
Jr. Church (10:30 Morning Worship Service)
- We offer a Jr. Church program during the entire 10:30 Morning Worship Service downstairs in the social room for children age 3 up to and including 6th grade.
Sunday School (9:30)
- We have classes for children (beginning when they are old enough to walk), youth, and adults. If your child is not old enough to walk, feel free to take him/her with you to your class. For more info, please see either the Sunday School brochure or the Welcome Packet. They are located in the pew rack and on a table in the hallway.
Want to know more about our church?
- There are folders with more info about our church in the racks of each pew and on a table in the hallway. Please take one home with you and check it out.
