The Pastor’s Blog
December 09, 2019 Update
Ladies Annual Ornament Exchange
Ladies, invite a friend and join us Friday, December 13th at 6:30 p.m. for a celebration of Christ’s Birth! Share in the joy & laughter as we fellowship together, interact with the story of the First Christmas and exchange ornaments. Everyone bring a wrapped ornament and finger food for sharing!
Sunday, December 22nd we look forward to a fun Christmas program
“A Super Hero Christmas”. There will be a time of fellowship following the program, please bring a holiday favorite finger food to share. We will not have Sunday School that morning.
Christmas Eve Service Please join us in the sanctuary Tuesday, December 24th at 5 p.m. For our “Come As You Are Family Celebration.”
“Abiding in the Gift” EFM Christmas Catalog for 2019
We have an opportunity to make a difference and help with family needs in a way you might not thought of before. There are 2019 Christmas Catalogs on the usher’s table in the foyer or go online to friendsmission.com/Christmas.
Our White Elephant Gift Exchange that takes place on December 31st is without a coordinator this year. If you are interested in making this event happen contact the church office soon, so an announcement can be made.
Our dear friend Jack Hamilton went to be with Jesus on Sunday, December 1st. A Celebration of Life is planned for later in January. Please remember Sue Hamilton and family in prayer at this time.
We have lost another precious member of Medford Friends. Please be in prayer for Dick Krupp and the entire Krupp family, Anne joined a heavenly choir Friday, December 6th, 2019.
Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Gifts
This year we sent 46 shoebox gifts, thank you to everyone who gave to this ministry to help bring joy and the message of Christ to children in need.
It’s time to update our birthday file and directory information. If you are new to MFC within the last year we would like to have the birth dates of those in your family. Please list the month & day on the back of your Information Sheet. (Adults are not required to list the year however, it is helpful for children!) If you have moved or have new phone numbers or a new email address, please fill out the top of the Information Sheet and place it in the box on the table in the foyer. Thank you.
Pastor Jesse & Emily are out of town December 25th through January 1st. If there is a pastoral need please contact one of our Elders. A contact list of MFC’s Elders can be found on the usher’s table in the foyer.
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December
Psalm 130 – “1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord! 2 O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy! 3 If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? 4 But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared. 5 I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; 6 my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning. 7 O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption. 8 And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.”
Longing for the Lord’s redemption in our lives is not something new! God’s people have longed for Him to take action for them since the beginning. We have a sure hope in the Lord. Those who wait on Him will not be disappointed. Waiting is not a passive thing for us though. We continue to give up our fears and frustrations to the Lord. As we wait we hold on to the promise of God’s steadfast love. In this season of Advent as we wait for the second coming of Christ and celebrate His birth so long ago we continue to hold on to what God has done for us and look forward to what He will accomplish when He comes again.
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December 04, 2019 Update
Jack Hamilton went to be with Jesus on Sunday, December 1, 2019 there is viewing at Memory Gardens, 1395 Arnold Lane in Medford on Thursday, December 5, from 3 to 6 p.m. A Celebration of Life is planned later in January. Please remember Sue Hamilton and family in prayer at this time.
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December 03, 2019 Update
Ladies Annual Ornament Exchange Will Be Held the Second Friday of December This Year! Ladies, invite a friend and join us Friday, December 13th at 6:30 p.m. for a celebration of Christ’s Birth! Share in the joy & laughter as we fellowship together, interact with the story of the First Christmas and exchange ornaments. Everyone bring a wrapped ornament and finger food for sharing!
Sunday, December 22nd we look forward to a fun Christmas program “A Super Hero Christmas”. There will be a time of fellowship following the program, please bring a holiday favorite finger food to share. We will not have Sunday School that morning.
Christmas Eve Service Please join us in the sanctuary Tuesday, December 24th at 5 p.m. For our “Come As You Are Family Celebration.”
“Abiding in the Gift” EFM Christmas Catalog for 2019 We have an opportunity to make a difference and help with family needs in a way you might not thought of before. There are 2019 Christmas Catalogs on the usher’s table in the foyer or go online to friendsmission.com/Christmas.
It’s
time to update our birthday file and directory information.
If
you are new to MFC within the last year we would like to have the birth dates
of those in your family. Please list the month & day on the back of your
Information Sheet. (Adults are not required to list the year however, it is
helpful for children!) If you have moved or have new phone numbers or a new
email address, please fill out the top of the Information Sheet and place it in
the box on the table in the foyer. Thank you.
Pastor Jesse & Emily are out of town December 25th through January 1st. If there is a pastoral need please contact one of our Elders. A contact list of MFC’s Elders can be found on the usher’s table in the foyer.
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