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Financials from 12-17-17

Sunday School Attendance Worship Attendance

100 unavailable

$5,901.43

$8,549.95

Designated Offering Total Capital Improvement Cooperative Program Music Ministry (IMO Mary Kyzer) KY Club 180 Church Van

$11,210.61 $50.00 $33.50

$100.00 $100.00 $500.00

$10,427.11

Overall Total for the Week $17,112.04

Budget Received for the Year Budget Required for the Year (Week 52) +Over/<Under> for the Year

$425,554.56 $436,047.45

<$10,492.89>

$3,150.00 $6,250.17 $6,650.00

$11,892.11

DECEMBER

Capital Improvement (year to date giving) Operation Christmas Child Postage (year to date) Church Van (year to date) Lottie Moon (year to date)

Budget Received (includes $25 IMO Wilma Berggren and $50 IMO Violet Tudor) [Budget Requirement for the Week]

This Week at Smithwood:

Sunday, December 24, 2017 No Sunday School 10:45 a.m. Morning Worship Service Monday, December 25, 2017 through Monday, January 1, 2018 Church office closed; no Wednesday activities Sunday, December 31, 2017 No Sunday School 10:45 a.m. Morning Worship Service

Sunday AM, December 24 — Philippians 2:5-11

“What Christ Came to Do”

Wednesday PM, December 27 —

No Bible Study

Prayer Concerns:

Prayer Line— Call Bob Lay at 938-9466 Terry Lynn, Bill Roberts, Donnie Beeler, Etta Sands, Rhonda Cecchin, Allen

Hutchison, Nancy Matlock, Catherine Smalls, Jack Bohanan, Harold Bryson,

Bonnie Reeser, Mary Ann Moser, Eloise Rodgers, Paul Caton, GW Norton, Ste-

ve Beeler, Michelle Henry, family of Mary Kyzer, family of Herrell Akers, fami-

ly of Herman Cuberson, family of Barbara Kinter.

Schedule for Sunday, December 24, 2017

Schedule for Sunday, December 31, 2017

Van Driver: Terry Bennett

Ushers: Ray Everett, Mike O’Neil, Don Jett, Jack Holt

Offertory Prayer: Ray Everett

KidsOwn: (through 5th grade) Children will remain in worship

Nursery:

Melissa Watson and Kevin Broyles

Lottie Moon ($450 IMO Wilma Berggren, $100 IMO Pam Nolen, and $50 IHO Charlotte Walton)

December 23 — Edith Hutton December 24 — Shirley Walker December 29—Lisa Moore

FROM YOUR PASTOR…..

This Sunday we will have a special Christmas Eve service during our

normal time of worship. The Choir will be singing a few songs from the

Carols and Classics program, and we will also have a special time of

communion. We encourage everyone to come and bring their families.

Because of the holiday, our service will be a little less formal than usual.

We also will not have Sunday school, but classes are welcome to meet

informally if they would like. I hope that this will be a great time for us

to treasure Christ together. Our sermon will be from Philippians 2:5-11

and we will look at why Jesus came. At Christmas we celebrate the mys-

tery of the incarnation. In Christ, God himself entered our world and

took on human flesh for the sake of our salvation.

It has been a joy to celebrate this season with you! I cannot think of a

better time of year to begin preaching at a new Church. I hope that in this

season you and your family have been able to step away from all the hur-

ry, to slow down and to reflect on Christ. I love these words from Chris-

tina Rossetti’s Hymn In the Bleak Midwinter, “What can I give Him, poor

as I am? If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb; If I were a Wise

Man, I would do my part; Yet what I can I give Him: give my heart.”

Grace and Peace,

Jeff

Women on Mission Projects

Throughout the month of December Women on Mission will be collecting new and gently used socks and gloves for

Western Heights Baptist Center. All sizes are needed, (children through adults), to be given to the cold and homeless who visit the Center. Please leave your donations in the bin marked 'Western Heights Donations' located in the Welcome Center.

Our Church Goal — $14,000 Collected to Date — $11,892

We have almost achieved our goal! Thank you, Smithwood, for your continuing generosity to missions!

The church office will be closed from Thursday, December 21st through Monday, January 1st. We will reopen on Tuesday, January 2nd. Alt-hough the office will be closed between Christ-mas and New Year’s, year-end tithes may be mailed to the church and will be credited to your 2017 charitable giving report. Please be sure to date your check 2017.

“In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.” James 2:17 (NIV)

Do you feel like something is missing when you come to church? Are you just attending service and then returning home? Are you missing out on the fellowship that comes in serving Christ with others? Serving in a min-istry or support ministry connects you with other church members. You need not commit to a weekly ministry. There are several opportunities that are monthly or just occasionally. Listed below are some of the ways that you can serve at Smithwood:

Readers: read Scripture during morning worship. Readers are given the Scripture by Thursday, so there is time to familiarize yourself with the reading. Van Drivers: drive the church van to pick up our members who are una-ble to drive. Many of our faithful widows depend on the van to get them to church on Sunday mornings. You must have a clean driving record. Nursery Workers: minister to our littlest ones during Sunday school and morning worship. You must pass a background check. Office Volunteers: answer phones and greet visitors when the secretary is out of the office due to illness or time off.

For more information about any of the above, contact the church office!

The church office will be closed on Thurs-

day, December 21st through the first of

the year. We will resume regular office

hours on Tuesday, January 2, 2018.

Sunday, December 24th Morning Worship at 10:45 AM

Join us as we celebrate in worship with preaching

from the Word, singing of Carols, special music,

and Christmas communion.

This will be our only service on December 24th.