December 21, 2017 Issue

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John 8:12

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light

of life.”

He is the light of the world. He came into a world of darkness leaving

behind a heavenly temple of endless light. He is the manifestation of truth,

justice and grace. The darkness He came into had sunk so far into depravity it

was unable to behold and comprehend the significance and power of this light. In

a world of racism, hatred, and greed He shone forth compassion, love, and

holiness. The darkness rejected His light and murdered Him. After conquering

death He promised to return and left the world in darkness again except for a

small band of followers who had seen what the rest of the world did not.

Matthew 5:14-16

“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it

gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your

Father who is in heaven.”

Now you are the light of the world. Having tasted His goodness, His faithfulness, and His forgiveness, you now possess this light. God now manifests truth, justice and grace through YOU. Now the darkness opposes YOU. Compassion, love, and holiness still shine in this world but it is through YOU because of Him. Through these holidays and on in to 2018 let your light shine before others that we may all give glory to our Fa-ther who is in heaven.

Justin

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Called to Serve in January 2018

Leading Worship: Steve Burks, Cassidy Standridge, Jerry Hughes

GREETERS DOORHOLDERS

1/7 Galen & Marge McLaughlin AC Hays.-N; Pat Crawford-S

1/14 Coy & Roberta Eskew Ron Wood-N; Sherry Holder-S

1/21 ToBeAnnounced TBA

1/28 TBA TBA

Communion Thoughts Offering Thoughts

1/7 Howard Victery Ron Wood

1/14 Jared Standridge AC Hays

1/21 Danny Chaney James Tarbox

1/28 Shawn Jantz Galen McLaughlin

SERVING THE LORD’S SUPPER/PASSING PLATES

1/7 Coy Eskew, Joe Boley, Norman Fritz, Jason Nickels

1/14 Roy Graham, Anthony Hart, Galen McLaughlin, James Tarbox

1/21 Howard Victery, Ron Wood, Jared Standridge, AC Hays

1/28 Danny Chaney, Pete Cozzitorto, Ethen Plemons, Robert Martinez

Nursery PRAYER WARRIOR(S)

1/7 Therese Hall 1/1-7 Jason & Keri Len Nickels

1/14 Tonya Martinez 1/8-14 Mary Sill

1/21 Retta Woods 1/15-21 Rosa Lea Morris

1/28 Amy Wilson 1/22-28 Charlotte Brooks

1/29-2/4 Keith Singleterry

CHILDREN’S WORSHIP

1/7 NO Kids Worship Today

1/14 Joseph & Rose Woods

1/21 Amanda Nickels and Jennifer Spray

1/28 Jared Standridge and Retta Woods

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

1/1 Teresa Foster

1/13 Ruth Kennedy

1/24 Debbie

Ketchum

1/24 Meili Peterson

1/27 Ashlyn Wilson

1/27 Chelsey Pifer

1/30 Suzanne

Singleterry

1/31 Paula Veach

1/31 Ranee’ Hayes

HAPPY

ANNIVERSARY

1/1 Jared & Cassidy

Standridge

1/28 Jayson & Paula

Veach

The Parkview Office

will be CLOSED Monday, Jan. 1st

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One of the many things I’ve found enjoyable about ministry is going through the books that have

been passed down from my father to me. A man named Robert Schuller has written one of my favorites. His

book is called “The Greatest Possibility Thinker Ever” ($2 on Amazon!). It’s a tiny book. Thirty-two pages

total. It can be read in not much longer than five minutes. And you won’t find much about Jesus in this book

that you didn’t already know. But it will be a good reminder for you of who Jesus is—a man who believes in

the possibilities of God.

Nearly half the book is a reminder of why Jesus should have been an “impossibility thinker.” Jesus

was obnoxious to many of his fellow Jews. He was a nobody to the Romans. He lived in a time of

oppressive taxes amongst cynical people. He was uneducated; his family had no prestige; he had no friends

of power or influence; he lived in poverty and often times in isolation with no one to encourage or comfort

him. The list goes on. Everything about his life suggests that here is a man who should be jaded, cynical,

downcast, negative, bitter—a man who focused on all the reasons why something couldn’t be done or why

someone’s life couldn’t be changed for the better.

And yet his was a message of good news. Jesus’ message was one of possibility. “With men it is

impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.” “All things are possible to him who

believes.” “Father, all things are possible…” Those are just a few of the things Mark records; the other

gospels are full of this same kind of thing. Possibility must have been on Jesus’ lips often if it impressed the

gospel writers enough to record it so frequently all those years later. Everything that man views as a

problem Jesus sees as a possibility. Sin is an opportunity for forgiveness, sorrow is an opportunity for

compassion, discord is an opportunity for love, dissention is an opportunity for unity.

How is it that Jesus could think this way, to the point that his actions matched his thoughts? Because

he knew who he was. Because he knew from where he was sent and he knows the One who sent him.

The new year will provide us with many opportunities at Parkview to be possibility thinkers—to

look to the future and consider what God can do through us and in us. The new year will provide us with

many opportunities in our homes, neighborhoods, workplaces, and schools to be possibility thinkers. To

look beyond the brokenness of people and see their possibility in Christ, like Jesus did with Peter or Paul.

Of course, the new year will provide us with many opportunities to be impossibility thinkers as well—to

focus on why things can’t change or why this or that can’t be done.

So how will we be like our Lord and be possibility thinkers? We will be like our Lord if we will be like our Lord, knowing who Jesus really is, knowing from where Jesus was sent, and knowing the power of possibility held by the One who sent him.

Joseph

Parkview Christian Church

2828 S. 9th Street, P. O. Box 279, Chickasha, OK 73023

405-224-3027 www.parkviewcc.com

parkviewchristian@sbcglobal.net

facebook.com/PVCCOK

Sunday School at 9:30am Sunday Worship at 10:30am

Sun. 6pm Jr & Sr High at Parkview

Small Groups Begin Again 1/7/18

Wednesday 6:30pm Adults, Youth & Kids Meet

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Elders & Deacons Meeting

Monday, Jan. 15th at 7pm

GREETER

TRAINING

MEETING

If you’re currently

serving as a Greeter

or Doorholder

OR if you’d like to

start, PLEASE

MAKE EVERY

EFFORT TO

ATTEND THE

UPCOMING

TRAINING

MEETING

WED, JAN 17th

5:30 PM

@ PARKVIEW

Area Men’s Meeting Mon., Jan 8th at Harmony Christian Church

7100 S. Choctaw Rd, Choctaw, OK

Dinner at 6pm

Menu: Homemade soups & stews; salad, desserts

Speaker at 7pm

Wes Lane, two decades as OK County Prosecutor, Pres. of Burbridge Foundation, a Christian foundation

dedicated to solving problems impacting families/culture. Founder of SALT & Light Leadership

Training, author of Amazingly Graced, 2011-12 Chairman of Board of the Department of Human

Services.

Sign up in front foyer; they need our count.

Ladies Group January FUN

MOVIE NIGHT

Hostesses: Rosie, Mary,

Glenda, Sherry

Monday, January 8th

Time: TBA