Cherry Tree Alliance Church

640 Cherry Tree Lane Uniontown, PA 15401

(724) 437-6850

email: ctallch@verizon.net website: www.cherrytreealliance.org

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December 13, 2015 10:00 AM

SUNDAY SERVICES 9:00 AM Sunday School

10:00 AM Worship Service

GIVING

Operating Fund Giving for December: $7,508 (Amount needed monthly: $20,599)

Last Week’s Great Commission Giving: $1,083

LAST WEEK’S ATTENDANCE 9:00 AM Sunday School: 48

10:00 AM Worship Service: 112 10:00 AM Children’s Classes: 22 Total 10:00 AM Attendance: 134

WEDNESDAY ACTIVITIES 11:00 AM Morning Prayer Time

6:30 PM AWANA Clubs, Women’s Bible Study,

and Youth Group

WINTER SCHEDULE

Exalting Jesus Christ!

Today’s Message:

The Birth Announcement

A Message from Luke 2:8-12

Speaker: Rev. Stan Sanger

WELCOME ON THIS 3rd

SUNDAY IN ADVENT

As we celebrate the Advent or “coming” of Jesus Christ, on this

third Sunday of Advent we light the third candle of the Advent Wreath

and we think about Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called

Christ (Matthew 1:16).

Christ has offered us redemption from our sins. The church is His primary channel of taking this

Gospel or “good news” of salvation to the world.

We are a part of The Christian and Missionary Alliance, an expression

of Christ’s church world-wide. The Lord is working through Alliance

missions to minister to people in situations that have been featured in

the international news in 2015:

Human needs have been met among Syrian and Ukrainian

refuges.

Medical care has been given in Ebola-ravaged West African

countries.

Gospel ministry has taken place among ISIS-threatened people of

northern Iraq.

Jesus, who is called Christ, is touching lives through the ministry of Cherry Tree Alliance Church as

we partner with The Alliance through giving to The Great Commission Fund. In this way, we share the

Advent or “coming” of Jesus Christ with people in need around

the world.

10:00 AM

WORSHIP SERVICE

December 13, 2015

Mary’s Boy Child

Prayer of Invocation

Friendship Greeting

Hope for Hope –

CAMA in Guinea video

Welcome & Announcements

Lighting of the Advent Candle /

Children’s Story

Offertory Prayer

Giving of Tithes & Offerings Angels We Have Heard on High

(Piano solo by Anna Cully)

O Little Town of Bethlehem

God With Us Glory in the Highest

(Kids are dismissed to Children’s Church)

Pastoral Prayer

Message: The Birth Announcement

Prayer of Commitment

Hark, the Herald Angels Sing

Benediction

Dec. 20 Children’s Christmas Presentation during worship service

5:00 PM Christmas Caroling 6:30 PM Youth Christmas Party Dec. 22 7:30 AM Men’s Breakfast at Eat’n Park 8:30 AM Seniors Breakfast at Eat’n Park Dec. 24 6:30 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service Dec. 25 Christmas Day (church office closed)

COMING EVENTS

THIS WEEK

Today 11:30 AM Rehearsal for Children’s Christmas Presentation 6:00 PM The Best Christmas Pageant Ever performance

Tues. 7:30 AM Men’s Breakfast at Eat’n Park 11:45 AM Seniors in Service Luncheon Wed. 11:00 AM Morning Prayer Time 6:30 PM AWANA Christmas Party Women’s Small Group Youth Group Thurs. 6:00 PM Ladies’ Cookie Exchange & Fellowship Fri. 10:00 AM Salvation Army Volunteer Day

Please pray for Jose & Melanie Chinchilla (and children Josiah & Ian), Alliance missionaries serving in Germany. They are currently in the United States on their home assignment & plan to return to Berlin in late spring of next year, where they have a special project they hope to begin. They write in their online newsletter: “As we have shared in person with many of you, God is calling us to start a multi-cultural church planting network in Berlin,

beginning with a German-Spanish multicultural congregation. This is truly a God-sized vision, we have prayed over it and are so excited to see how God

is already opening doors, networking, and providing!” Please join them in praying for this wonderful new ministry! Please also keep them in

your prayers as they carry out their very busy travel schedule during their home assignment.

Missionary of the Week

“Hark now hear the angels sing, a king is born today… And man will live forever more because of Christmas Day!”

(lyrics from Mary’s Boy Child)

Please take time today and throughout this holiday season to praise the Lord for the miraculous reason that we celebrate: unto us, a Savior was born! “Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you;

he is the Messiah, the Lord.” (Luke 2:11)

Prayer of the Day

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Premieres Tonight! Please join us tonight for a special performance of the play

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Popcorn will be available in

the foyer between 5:30 - 6:00 PM, with the performance beginning promptly at 6:00. Please come support our kids & youth

who worked so hard preparing this special presentation!

Children’s Christmas Presentation Rehearsal The children will perform a Christmas program during the worship service next Sunday, December 20th. We will be

having a short rehearsal time in the sanctuary TODAY

after the morning worship service. All children who are participating in the program are asked to attend this rehearsal. If you have any

questions, please see Lori Page this morning. Thank you!

We hope you will enjoy the children’s presentation next Sunday! Many thanks to Lori Page for organizing & directing this program

again this year!

Seniors in Service Luncheon All seniors, ages 50+, are invited to the Seniors in Service

Christmas Luncheon on Tuesday, December 15th at

11:45 AM. The meal will be catered. Please bring a wrapped gift...nothing new, but something you have and no longer want or something homemade. Please sign up

on the church bulletin board if you plan to attend. If you have any questions, please speak with Cindy Trimmer. Thank you!

AWANA Christmas Party Attention AWANA Club Members! You are invited to

our Christmas Party this Wednesday, December 16th.

We’d like to ask that you bring a snack to share with your AWANA friends. Cubbies Club: please bring a drink (2-liter

bottle of pop, juice, etc.). Sparks Club: please bring a bag of chips or other snack item. T & T Club: please bring cookies or

another dessert item. Thank you, and we’ll see you at the party! Merry Christmas!!!

(Please note that there will be no AWANA Clubs

on December 23rd and December 30th.)

Christmas Poinsettias 2015

In Memory Of Given By Joseph & Pearl Bala Louis & Sylvia Goodwin Elmer & Clara Balza Pastor Stan & Cheryl Sanger Mr. & Mrs. BC Bell Ted & Sharon Genovese Charles Forcheck (husband) Harriet Forcheck Mr. & Mrs. Ted Genovese, Sr. Ted & Sharon Genovese Edger & Francis Ruth Goodwin Louis & Sylvia Goodwin Barbara J. Gordon Kenneth Gordon & Brenda Fike Alvin Kizina Ted & Sharon Genovese Laura Kurutz (grandmother) Bethany & Alli Thomas Mr. & Mrs. RJ Lance Ted & Sharon Genovese Josie & Michael Miller Ted & Sharon Genovese Nancy Porada & Linda Porada Novak Family Evelyn & Wilbur Sanger Pastor Stan & Cheryl Sanger Kraig Douglas Sholtz (brother) Taylor, Vicki, Marissa, & T.E. Gall Kraig Sholtz (son) Andrew Sholtz Family Jackie Smalley George Smalley Nellie Smalley George Smalley Burton E. & Betty Tarr Jill King Ken & Dorothy Trimble Gayle & Karen Trimble, Barb & Bill Rockwell Chuck Wolfe Jr. Chuck, Christy & Eli Wolfe Tom & Betty Zimmerlink (parents) Teresa Berenbrok

In Honor Of Given By Alex & Jen Genovese Ted & Sharon Genovese Brenna, Ethan, & Elliot Genovese Ted & Sharon Genovese Ted Genovese II Ted & Sharon Genovese Vin & Lisa Genovese Ted & Sharon Genovese

Please pick up your poinsettia(s) following the Christmas Eve service or anytime after that, including Sunday, December 27th.

Salvation Army Volunteer Day Our next day to volunteer at the Salvation Army

Soup Kitchen will be this Friday, December 18th from

10:00 AM - noon. Please see the sign-up sheet on the bulletin board if you would like to help out.

Christmas & Christmas Eve Offerings Please note that all monies collected in this year’s Christmas offering will be split evenly between the

Center of Hope crisis pregnancy center in Uniontown and the Alternatives-Yes crisis pregnancy center in

Connellsville. All money received through the offering in your colored “Christmas” envelopes (along with those clearly labeled “Christmas offering”) and all donations given at our Christmas Eve

offering will go to support these organizations.

Christmas Card Exchange Are you planning to send Christmas cards to your friends

who attend our church? If so, please feel free to save a few stamps by dropping off your cards for your church friends in the plastic boxes on the table in the foyer. Please sort your

cards by the first letter of the recipients’ last names and place them in the appropriate folders in the boxes. Please

be sure that your recipients attend services here regularly as you may wish to mail cards to friends who might not be here in time to pick up their cards for the holidays. Also, please be sure to check the boxes

yourself periodically to see if there are any cards waiting for you!

Ladies’ Cookie Exchange & Fellowship We are pleased to be once again hosting our ladies’ cookie

exchange & fellowship this Thursday, December 17th at

6:00 PM. Please join us as we celebrate Christmas with delicious treats & wonderful conversation with our sisters in Christ!

Please bring three dozen of your favorite cookies...two dozen to exchange, and one dozen to share during our fellowship time.

Christmas Caroling Let’s spread some Christmas cheer together!

Join us for an evening of Christmas caroling next Sunday, December 20th at 5:00 PM. We will plan

to meet here at the church to break into groups.

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

Thursday, December 24th at 6:30 PM

Please join us for a time of worship to celebrate our Savior’s birth!

Our Faith Promise Goal for 2016 We join hands with C&MA missionaries by giving to the Great Commission Fund. We indicate our

commitment by completing a Faith Promise Card. As we total our Faith Promise commitments,

we discover what we are trusting the Lord will do through us as a congregation over the next year to support C&MA missionaries. So far

$10,611 of Faith Promise commitments have been made for 2016. Extra Faith Promise Cards are available on the information table in the

foyer. If you choose to complete one, please turn it in to the church office before the end of the year. Thank you!

Women’s Small Group - New Study in January The Women’s Small Group that meets on Wednesdays at 6:30 PM will be starting a new Beth Moore study on the book of Daniel, beginning in

January. If you are interested, please sign up on the church bulletin board so we will know how many books to order. Please see

Cindy Trimmer with any questions. We hope to see you there!

New Offering Envelopes Offering Envelopes for 2016 are now available

in the foyer. If you do not see a set prepared for you and you would like one, please contact Andrea

in the church office. Thank you!

C&MA Year-End Offering Last Sunday, we introduced the C&MA Year End Offering brochure,

We Will Love. If you would like more information, extra brochures

are available on the literature table in the foyer.