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Sunday, December 7, 2025
10:30am – Order of Worship
- Gathering Hymn – Grace Alone
- Lighting of the Peace Candle
- Announcements
- Call to Worship – Psalm 85:8-10
- Invocation
- Hymn – Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery
- Hymn – Come Thou Fount
- Deacon’s Fund Offering
- Prayers of the People
- Nursery Dismissal, Greeting
- Sermon – Luke 2:8-14
- The Lord’s Supper
- Hymn – King of Kings
- Benediction
Prayer List
- Church Family – this week, pray for: MORRIS (Ryan, Joan, Abram, Ruby), MUCHMORE (Josh, Mandi, Caleb), NEW (Lee, Brooklyn, Wilder)
- Officer Elections – As we prepare to elect new elders and deacons, please pray for God’s wisdom and guidance. Ask the Lord to raise up faithful servants who love Christ, His Word, and His people. Pray for unity and humility in our congregation, and that all decisions would be made with a desire to honor Christ and strengthen His church.
- Tyler Puckett – Tyler was recently accepted to Memphis City Seminary with the blessing of our elders to pursue vocational ministry.
- Children’s Communicants Class – pray for the children learning about church membership and the Lord’s Supper.
- Corinna Cosbey – Corinna will be having surgery soon.
- Immigration – There are several families connected to CFC that are legally seeking residence in the US. Pray for this process.
- Expecting Moms: Caitlyn Harris
- Seriously Ill: Jeff Brady, Virginia Gardner, Ángel Pérez
Announcements
- Lord’s Supper – Today
- Christmas Fellowship – Today, 5-8pm
- Women’s Advent Study – Dec 8, 6pm
- Family Night – Dec 10, 6pm
- Children’s Church – Dec 14
- Congregational Meeting – Dec 14
- Women’s Christmas Fellowship – Dec 17
Join us as we seek to serve families in our community by providing gifts and essentials for Christmas. Take a tag from the Giving Tree at the back of the sanctuary, purchase the indicated item, and drop your wrapped gifts (with tags attached) off at the church by Monday, December 15.
Join us TONIGHT from 5:00-8:00pm for a Christmas Fellowship at the Winebrenner home.
Ladies: Join Melissa on the four Mondays in Advent at 6:00pm for a special study time. Also, the Women’s Christmas Fellowship will be held Wednesday, December 17 at Melissa’s house. Bring 3 of the same gift, individually wrapped (not to exceed $25) that lets people know more about you.
Family Night is Wednesday at 6:00pm. Join us for dinner, fellowship, games, and programs for all ages! This week the topic is “Evangelism”. Register here for pizza-by-the-slice.
We will have a Congregational Meeting on Sunday, December 14 after worship for the purpose of officer elections: Joel McClure and Kyle Routh for Elder, Lee New and Chasen Stout for Deacon.
Please remember to check in your nursery-aged children as soon as you arrive to church! You may check in using the Church Center app and scan your check in QR code to print your child’s name tag!
Caleb is working on a new Church Directory. Look for an email or update your photo and information on Church Center.
Join us every Sunday at 10:00am for Coffee & Treats in Bay 5! If you would like to volunteer to bring treats and help host, use this link.
The Church Calendar is moving to the Church Center app. Use this link to download.
To better serve Desoto County, we created a brief Gift Survey. Help us do our job “to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ…” (Ephesians 4:12) (www.cfpca.org/serve)
We provide a Weekly Devotional using the sermon manuscript: (www.cfpca.org/devotional) We also have a Book Table! Prices are suggested donations.
Giving to the church is an act of worship. “Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” (2 Cor. 9:7) If you are committed to this church and would like to support the ministry financially, there’s an offering box on the entry table. You may also give online (www.cfpca.org/give) or text GIVE and any dollar amount to: (833) 789-8739
| Financial Snapshot | Year to Date | ||
| Year to Date | Better/(Worse) | ||
| Oct ’25 | Jul-Oct ’25 | than Budget | |
| Expenses | $ 22,865 | $ 101,083 | 4,347 |
| Offerings | 21,888 | 73,800 | (26,200) |
| Net Surplus(/Deficit) | $ (977) | $ (27,283) | $ (21,853) |
| Outside Giving/Interest | 3,310 | 6,317 | 1,317 |
| Total Surplus/(Deficit) | $ 2,333 | $ (20,996) | $ (20,536) |
| Ending Church Balance | $ 104,232 |