Nativity Scene by Macy O Neal age 7

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1 Nativity Scene by Macy O Neal age 7 Isaiah 9:6-7 NIV 6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this. P. 1 Rev. D. Jeff Gage P. 2 Children & Students P. 3 Music & Worship P. 4 Upcoming Events P. 5 Birthdays P. 6 Mission Opportunities

2 Chancel Choir The Chancel Choir is open to anyone who enjoys singing praise to God. You do not need to know how to read music to participate. The chancel choir meets each Wed. from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the worship center and child care is provided. We need YOU! We sing hymns, praise and worship music, contemporary music as well as gospel and southern gospel. We are currently rehearsing Service of Remembrance, Veteran's Sunday and Advent music. If you like to sing and want to connect with a fun, enthusiastic, great group of folks - Join us!! Children s Music Children's graded choirs meet each Wednesday from 6 to 6:45 p.m. Grace Notes, Half Notes and Whole Notes will be singing for the Christmas program on Dec. 14th during worship service at 10:00 am and their Christmas program at 5:30 pm. Sweet Hope Singers Do you enjoy southern gospel? Do you enjoy the old time favorite songs of the church? Can you sing with gusto and joy? That's all it takes to be a part of this group! We will meet first and third Tuesdays from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. in room 217 after the first of the year. Contact Melody Hughes at melody@laneschapel.com. if you are interested. Music Opportunities If you know of a musical group you would like for us to host at Lanes Chapel, please give contact information to Melody Hughes. She is currently scheduling for If you would like to be on the Music Prayer Team, please send your address to Melody at melody@laneschapel.com. Nov. 30th This first Sunday of Advent is a time of expectation and waiting. We will light the first Advent candle of Prophesy and will celebrate the sacrament of Holy Communion. Our pastor s worship messages in December are based on Do You Hear What I Hear? The first of the series is The Bridal March. Join us as we usher in the Advent season and as we anticipate the coming of the newborn King. Dec. 7th On this second Sunday of Advent we light the candle of Joy. The second sermon in Advent is called A Song. Dec. 14th Our joyful children s choirs will bless us with music in the 10 a.m. worship service. The third sermon is entitled, All Creation. Don t miss this powerful, Spirit filled day! Then at 5:30 p.m. we will have a churchwide celebration with our children s program and a Birthday Party for Jesus. Dec. 23rd On the fourth Sunday of Advent, we light the candle of Proclamation. Pastor Jeff will speak about the The Message. Our magnificent Music Team will present the Christmas cantata. Dec. 24th The Christmas Eve service begins at 5:30 p.m. Bring your families to hear lessons and carols. We will hear the Christmas story highlighted with our favorite Christmas carols. Pastor Jeff will preach the last of the sermon series entitled The Noise. 3

3 Sunday School & Children s Church PK-5: 9:00 in Room 109. Focus: Why do they call it Christmas. Key Verse: Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. Luke 2:11 Ages 0-3: 9:00-Rooms 104, 105 and 106 Focus: Jesus is God s Gift. Thank you to Tonya Morrison for volunteering to teach our PK Sunday school class!! Pre-K and K: Meet in room 109 following the Children s Sermon every Sunday. Puppet Sunday December 14 All children may join us in room 109 after the children s sermon for a short time of worship. Then we will move to the FLC for the puppet theater. You may pick children up in the family life center after worship. Wednesday Nights Children s choir: All choirs meet first in room 109 to warm up with a couple of fun songs. They will then divide into age groups. Grace Notes in room 109 from 6-6:20, Half Notes will remain in room 109 until 6:30 and Whole Notes meet in room 201 until 6:40. We are practicing for our Christmas musical, Tails From the Manger. It s very important to have your children here every week. There will be an extra practice on December 7 from 3:00-5:30. Adventure Kids: Follows choir and lasts until 7:30. K-2 Bible Study: Why do they call it Christmas? 3-5 Bible Study: Why do they call it Christmas? DON T FORGET: December 6: Breakfast in Bethlehem 9-11 December 7: Choir Practice from 3-4:30 in FLC December 13: Salvation Army Bell Ringing December 14: Children s Christmas Musical at 5:30 followed by birthday party for Jesus and a visit from Santa December 17: Children s choirs sing at Meadow Lake 6:00 Love & Prayers, Mrs. Viki December Volunteers: Luisa Brown Sharon Duran Laura and Peyton Lamb Karen Christopher THANK YOU!! It is beginning to feel a lot like Christmas The weather that we had in the middle of November was crazy even by Texas standards, but it helped to get me in the mood for the Advent season. Christmas tunes have already started playing in my office and car. I am ready to celebrate the season of Christ s birth. Hopefully the things that we having going on in our Student Ministry will help you to get ready as well. A Busy Month We will be really busy in December. Here are some highlights: Wednesday December 3 rd We will have dinner at 5:45 and then head over and help decorate the church for Christmas. This is a fun way that we show we are a part of the Lanes Chapel family each year. December 4 th -6 th (Shameless Plug) Macy (my daughter) is performing in the Pollard Theatre Center s presentation of A Christmas Carol. It is a musical interpretation that would be fun for the entire family. Grab some tickets and enjoy the show. Wednesday December 17 th Ugly Sweaters and Christmas Pajamas will the uniform of choice at our last Wednesday night meeting of the year. Come to play some Christmas games and have a Bible study based on our Advent Devotionals Friday December 19 th It is Christmas Party time. More details to come, but mark your calendars. It will be a fun evening celebrating a two-week vacation from school and the coming of our King. An (Extra)Ordinary Christmas During the season of Advent each of our students has been given a 25-day devotional. Please pray that they stay faithful to the devotions. The devotions will help inform both our Sunday morning and Wednesday evening times together. Confirmation Congratulations I want to give one more shout out to the nine students that participated in our confirmation class this fall. Rachel Audrey Humphrey, Ryan James Humphrey, Elijah Morris Gage, Riley Nicole May, Cheyenne Marie Lawlis, Dakota Fay Lawlis, Peyton Stuart Lamb, Jenna Mae Woodard, and Rachel Elizabeth Labat. It was truly a joy to teach these students. I am proud of the fact they all remained faithful throughout the ten weeks. For more information about our ministry please check out Grace and Peace, Stephen 2

4 Sunday, November 30th First Sunday in Advent Wednesday, December 3rd Decorate the church 5:00PM Saturday, December 6th Breakfast in Bethlehem 9:00-11:00AM (bring diapers size 2 & up) Saturday, December 13th Children s Ministry ringing bells for Salvation Army 10:00-1:00 Sunday, December 14th Children singing during worship/children s Christmas Concert 5:30PM (bring diapers size 2 & up) Sunday, December 14th Deadline for Food Pantry turkeys!!! Wednesday, December 17th Deadline for Christmas Family Giftcard donations Wednesday, December 17th Student Christmas PJ & Ugly sweater party (last night for Wednesday night activities until after the new year) Children sing at Meadowlake at 6:00 PM Friday, December 19th Student Christmas Party at the O Neal s home 6:00PM Sunday, December 21st Christmas Choir Cantata!!! Monday, December 22nd-Tuesday, December 23rd Church office open 9:00-12:00 only Wednesday, December 24th Christmas Eve Service 5:30PM Church office closed Thursday, December 25th Our Savior is born!!! Church office closed Monday, December 29th-Wednesday, December 31st Church office open 9:00-12:00 only Friday, January 9, 2015 Our FIRST Friday Fun Night of the new year! 6:00-8:30PM Sunday, January 11th YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE sermon series begins. First title: PRAY Saturday, January 17th Lanes Chapel Committee Leadership Training 10:00-11:30AM Sunday, January 18th YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE: SERVE Monday, January 19th Church office closed in observance of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. s Birthday Sunday, January 25th YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE: WELCOME Saturday, January 31st 24 Hour Prayer Vigil 8:00AM Saturday to 8:00AM Sunday, February 1st 4

5 Cancer Mary Chadrick (Sharon Duran mother) Sonja Cleveland (Ronnie Pyron s Sister) Beth Condry Will Frazier (Rochelle Russell s nephew) Peggy Hughes (Johnice Weisinger s s-i-l) Joe Landers Caleb McMinn (Friend of Amber Thomas) Suzie Oden (Patricia Bajali s sister) Jesse Oller Karen Stephenson LaQuita Stewart (Shirley Stewart s d-i-l) Erin Timme Christa Weisinger (Johnice Weisinger s Niece) Stacey Weisinger (Johnice Weisinger s Niece) Chris Young (previous church member) Incarceration Jory Brown (Frances Brown s Son) Kenneth Turner Churches Southside Baptist Noonday UMC Health Melissa Beard Alana Cooper Jan & John Ellis Justin Goble (Cathy Ford s grandson) Richard & Car Lyn Ivy Meredith Kirt Karleen Pape (Amber Thomas Friend) Merritt Stinson Andi White Pastors & Staff Jeff Gage Bob Green Stephen O Neal Melody Hughes Amber Thomas Viki Skinner Jo Ann Hall Bekah Marshall Carl Sadler Healing Brenda Higginbothom (Kim Dickson s Cousin) Karen & Lee Jones Carol Lee Blair Lamb Maggie Lockwood (Linda Lockwood s Daughter) Donna Permenter Bill Ricks (Brenda Thomas Father) Kevin Tate (Cathy & Claude Ford s son-in-law) Grief Ed Norris Family Military Robert Ellis- Air Force Brandon Griffin- Army Danny Laastad- Marines Nate Phillips- Air Force Wes Shivers- Army Samantha Thedford- Marines God Knows Their Needs Claude and Cathy Ford Steve Fugler Lexi Newman Penny Waggoner Madeline Seals Sterling Trzcinski Jackson Blackmon 12/1 Doug Findlay 12/3 Darrell Chase 12/3 Melissa O'Neal 12/3 Nikki Evans 12/5 Wesley Lawliss 12/5 Jerry Murphy 12/6 Peyton Marshall 12/6 Desi Gage 12/6 Jonn Thompson 12/8 Patricia Bajali 12/8 Carl Sadler 12/11 Sean Blackmon 12/12 River Tomlinson 12/12 Travis Sims 12/13 Ashley Nieto 12/16 Joyce Cavanaugh 12/17 Colton England 12/17 Billie Findlay 12/19 John Ellis 12/19 Michael England 12/19 5 Kelli Carpenter 12/21 Sophie Christopher 12/22 LaNell White 12/23 Kyle Stacy 12/26 Jenna Woodard 12/26 Blair Lamb 12/27 Meredith Kirt 12/29 Dennis Pridgen 12/30 Gary Priest 12/30 Margaret Murphy 12/30

6 Dear Lanes Chapel Family, Well I guess I live in a land of ideal expectations. As the years pass, more and more I am saddened by the commercialism of Christmas and how it encroaches on Thanksgiving. I have long felt that we as a nation need to spend more time being thankful for what we have before we start asking for more. Although I understand Black Friday, I am not a huge fan. I have never understood the fascination of going to a store at 4 in the morning. In my naivete, I assumed all of this started in my lifetime. I assumed that prior to my life that everyone did take the whole Thanksgiving weekend to be thankful and then gear up for Christmas starting soon that next week. Boy was I ever wrong. Late Wednesday, Thanksgiving Eve, I was watching a program on the history of Thanksgiving when the narrator began to tell about the first Thanksgiving Day parades. The first parade was in 1920 in Philadelphia and was sponsored by Gimbels Department Stores. The first Macy s Thanksgiving Day parade was soon after in 1924, and was actually called Macy s Christmas Parade. A Christmas parade on Thanksgiving Day! Both were started in an effort to kick of the Christmas shopping season. AND THIS WAS IN 1924! This consumerism reaches almost 100 years ago! BAH! I guess, though I shouldn t be surprised. Because of our sinful natures we have always been prone to covetousness, to want more. To see this played out as a nation, 1 though, is very disheartening for me. It leaves me feeling very unsettled. So what am I to do? First, I have to remind myself to not depend upon the world to point to the wonder and beauty of true meaning of Christmas Jesus Christ, the son of God, came into the world and was born the son of a poor carpenter and his wife. The world is going to continue to overlook the importance of giving thanks all while extolling the virtues of more and more stuff. Second, I have to be even more diligent to hang on to the wonder of the manger on my own and recall the two-fold message of the angels who proclaimed the birth of the King. Glory to God and peace to men. To soothe my unsettled spirit I must remember that I will find peace only through my savior, Jesus Christ. I should not be shocked that the nation has been looking past Thanksgiving for a long time now. I should remember that man will continue to be driven by his sin nature. I should know the only place I can find true peace is through Jesus Christ. So this year I will do my best to move through the season with that message on my heart, Peace to men. I pray I can live in that peace and that you can, too. Glory to God and Peace to Men, Rev. D. Jeff Gage Senior Pastor

7 Mission & Giving Opportunities It s getting to be that time again! We have families in our church who are in need of clothing and gifts for Christmas. We decided to ask for giftcards this year because many of the families would like to do their own shopping & wrapping. If you, your family, your Sunday School class, or your Ministry would like to donate giftcards to go to our Christmas Families please contact me. Thank you and many blessings to you all, Amber Thomas Office Cell amber@laneschapel.com Lanes Chapel Food Pantry is asking for you to bring frozen Turkey s for the Annual Holiday Baskets. We will be collecting them through Sunday, December 14th. Please bring them to the FOOD PANTRY in ROOM 115. ***New address to mail Nate Phillips*** AIRMAN PHILLIPS, NATHANAEL I Avenue Unit 2489 Sheppard AFB, TX Please bring paper and plastic bags for our Food Pantry!!! You can drop them off in the church office or at the Pantry (room 215) at your convenience. Join the Food Pantry Team TODAY! There are MANY ways you can help. Contact Jesse Oller at to find out HOW! THANK YOU! No Wesley Meals this month. Please keep all the students in your prayers as they travel home during the holidays. I am so blessed to be involved in this ministry. Thanks to all of you for your support. A special thanks to Margie Free for her continued help each month. Our next meal will be January 20, 2015! Have a blessed & merry Christmas!!! God Bless, Johnice Weisinger Psalm 100:4 Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and praise His name. The church has been blessed with 18 people to join Lanes Chapel in the last couple of months including 9 students to go through confirmation. The Basket Ministry has been so thankful to participate in these blessings. During the holiday season let us know of someone who will benefit from receiving a basket AND remember the Basket Ministry in your end-of-year giving. Forms to complete for a basket are at the Welcome desk in front of sanctuary. If you would like to know more about the Basket Ministry, Contact Jan McLarty with any questions! janmclarty@att.net Luke 6:38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured in your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. 6

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