12 december magazine 2013 for web

Welcome! Welcome to Abundant Life! We are glad you are here. We trust that wherever you are on your spiritual jour-ney, that you will find something for you and your fam-ily here at ALCC.

It is our hope that you will join us as we “Do Life To-gether” . Our journey is about knowing who God is, seeking and finding our purpose and His plan for our lives and to live it with passion.

We call ALCC our HOME. We are intentional about relation-ships with God and each other to bring the message of hope to our community.

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Doing Life Together

December 2013

640 Grosvenor St. London Ont N5Y 3T4 519-858-4123

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December Sermon Series

Abundant Life Community Church

The BIG 10, numbero UNO: “You shall have no gods before me.” (Exodus 20:3) When God struck these words at Moses, his jaw probably dropped. I believe Moses knew enough about the people that he was leading and knew the cultures surrounding them. Having gods was something they were use to especially because they came out of

Egypt.

I remember my Ancient Civilization Instructor saying that the Egyptians were easygoing when it came down to adding new gods and giving them divine honor and appointing that god as the provider of a need or as an adviser/overseer of their life choices. How difficult would it be to go from thanking every “tom, dick, and harry” of gods to ONE GOD? (monotheism) Poor Moses, talk about being stretched to urge and uphold this commandment. “NO gods BEFORE ME” . . . just previously, God was reminding them of His great work then He establishes an exclusive relationship. Saying, I’m your Provider, I’m the One who will, I’m all you need. For us and for them, it’s a statement: God doesn't want anyone between you and Him.

As you reflect, I encourage you to think of these questions: Who would people say you are devoted the most to? Who is numbero UNO in your life? Who is your adviser for life choices? Be uplifted! Know that God wants it to be Him and He is the only one and true God. There’s no god BUT GOD. The Next Month: DEUCE. Merry Christmas, Tony Mejia

Christmas is…. Christmas means different things to different people. It’s interest-ing to hear the diverse traditions people practice over the season. Some people put up the tree on Christmas Eve and still others af-ter thanksgiving. Presents are opened in some homes on Christ-mas Eve, still others wait to purchase their gifts on Boxing Day. Personally I love turkey and all the trimmings and others love honey ham and scallops. With all the traditions that surround us,

there is one thing which is still in common. 7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. Luke 2:7 This is our constant. Over the month of December, we encourage you to reflect upon the “First Christmas” as seen in the Bible. We as a staff have been good to not schedule too much activity over the month, so you can enjoy the season of hope. On December 15th, we will take up our heart for our home offering and then in the evening, our Christmas Party will be happening. Otherwise, come and enjoy Church and all the blessings of God’s love and presence. From our family to yours, Merry Christmas! PB and Kathy



Good Morning Café Sunday’s

9:55-10:30 am

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Sunday Mornings 10:40– noon

Good Morning Café 10-10:25 am



Sunday Dec. 22 6 pm

Fun for the whole family

Photo Booth Snacks & Games & Crafts

New Veggie Tale Christmas DVD

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Hot Apple Cider & Cookies



Sunday December 15

Our church is not built on the gifts and talents of a few,

but on the sacrifice of many

You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.

1 Corinthians 9:11



Jeff & Tamara Neely

Samuel and Jaela Consultant and Facilitator of Unreachednations.org

Phil and- Phil & Donna Will Wil- Williams Servant’s

Heart Ministries

Dominican Republic www.servantsheartdr.org/

http://www.servantsheartdr.org/

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Deb Fisher CR Director

2003– 2013

Join us for our monthly

Pot Luck Dinner Dec. 19 6:15 pm

CHRISTMAS POT LUCK DEC. 26


CR STEP 3 – FAITH “we made a decision to turn our lives

and our wills over to the care of God. “

We demonstrate faith just by the fact that we are involved in recovery taking an honest look at ourselves. If we didn’t have faith in the promise of a better future for our self or our family, we wouldn’t put our self through the hard work and pain involved in recovery. But as time passes, we may grow discouraged at the length of the process. We may have our spirits dampened by the ups and downs along the road, feeling our faith ebb more often than flow. For most of us it will take faith and patience to inherit the promise of a new life. Sometimes the insanity of living with our own habits, hang-ups or hurts or with people who are acting in bizarre ways can cause us to become desperate for help. We may feel despair and wonder is there really a way out of the insanity of our current circumstances. Maybe our plight is impossible, at least without God’s help, but faith can make even the impossible happen. Faith is a mysterious commodity. According to Jesus it takes a small amount of faith, real faith, to make a big difference. Faith is so important! Some phases of our recovery are very painful and we will need faith in God’s love for us through other people to help us get through this pain. Recovery is a time of correction, a time of facing problems and character flaws and a time for changing incorrect beliefs. There may be seasons when we do have to pay for our past. God will use these times to redirect our life toward something better. This is where we need to have faith that God knows what he is doing when it comes to the “Big Picture” in our life. To wrap this up, we are running a race. The Race of Recovery. Faith in God can give us the motivation to run the race, with a real chance at winning life’s rewards. Hebrews12: 1b-2 says “And let us run with endurance the race that God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from start to finish.”( NLT )

It is God’s will for us to win the Race of Life. There will be pain from the exertion, but we are told to pace our self and bear the pain with patience. Hebrews 12;1a tells us that there is a huge crowd who have run the same race and finished well waiting to cheer us on. Hallelujah! We are not alone.

A Ministry of self examina-tion based on

the eight principles from the

Beatitudes.

Celebrating 10 Years

Youth Group



A place to

Hang out

Clue in

Let go



Life Lunch We will be joining ALCC Christmas

Party Dec. 15

10|10|10 [Bible Prayer Giving]

After Church


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nursery –11 years

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