Sunday 17 December 2017

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1 CARNMONEY.ORG Sunday 17 December 2017 W elcome to worship in Carnmoney! We hope that you will be challenged and moved in our services and that you will be able to participate fully with us in the praise of God. If you are new to the congregation you will find information about our activities at the Reception Desk in the main vestibule /MORNING WORSHIP 11.00/MORNING WORSHIP 18.00/EVENING WORSHIP IKON 2. King - God asserts his rights Micah 5:2-5; Matthew 2:1-12 CHRISTMAS WALK NEW TO CARNMONEY LISTEN... LEARN... LOVE...

2 CARNMONEYCHURCH NEWS, EVENTS & NOTICES 9.30 & 11.00/MORNING WORSHIP LITTLE STARS FOR CHILDREN UP TO NURSERY AGE. CHRISTMAS AT CARNMONEY CHURCH Christmas is fast approaching, why not join us as we celebrate the Christmas story. Invite your family and friends. We d love to see you this festive season. Saturday, 23 December 7.30 pm Lessons and Carols (with food afterwards) Sunday, 24 December am All Age Carol pm Christmas Eve Service Monday, 25 December am Christmas Morning Service Sunday, 31 December 9.30 am and am [No service in the evening] PRAYER MINISTRY is available after all services PODCAST MINISTRY Audio podcasts of Sunday sermons can be accessed on the Media page of our website or at carnmoney.podbean.com or on itunes (just search for Carnmoney ) CHURCH RECEPTION There will be no cover at Reception until Monday 8 January. For access to the halls please telephone INFORMATION The Welcome Desk is open before and after worship. Please use the information cards to keep in touch. Green Cards - to request information about joining and supporting our ministries and activities. Multi-Coloured Cards - to register an interest in using your gifts to serve. Blue Cards - to inform us of pastoral information about yourself or someone else. Michael Wylie will respond to information on the Green and Multi-Coloured cards, and Jean Pillar to the Blue cards. THE GRACE OF GIVING Be Joyful and Generous! Thanksgiving Appeal. 18,809 has been received to date from 106 contributors. Please consider how you can support this. Gift Envelopes available from Information Desk. As you consider your regular giving for 2017 you can help by: Increasing your regular givings to church funds either by standing order or weekly envelope. Please let us know your amount of standing order increase so that we can update our records. Using the link on the Church Website to the Just Giving page To give up to 10 Text CARN99 amount to CHRISTMAS PLANTS FOR DISTRIBUTION Christmas plants will be available for collection by the Pastoral Care Team this morning from the Vestibule for distribution to nursing homes/folds. Thank you. Jean Pillar.

3 NEWS, EVENTS & NOTICES FUSION CAROL SERVICE Everyone is welcome to the Fusion Carol Service at 8.15pm in the Coffee Bar after evening worship. This is an opportunity to celebrate and worship with our young people as they bring us Bible readings, stories drama and more. Please note, for all our young people Fusion will start at 5.30pm on Sunday evening when we will have food together and watch a Christmas movie - this will be our last time together before we return on 7th January. NEW TO CARNMONEY? If you re new to Carnmoney Church and would like to get to know us a little better, we d love to meet you. Today at 10.30am we ll serve tea, coffee and baked goods in the coffee bar and offer you the chance to meet the leaders and ask any questions you may have. For those attending 6.30pm worship we ll provide pizza in the coffee bar after the service. Please contact Michael Wylie or John Dickinson if you re interested in coming along. BEREAVEMENT We regret to announce the death on 10 December of Mrs Clara McComb, late of Whiteabbey Care Home and extend our loving sympathy to the family circle at this sad time. THANK YOU Thank you to the 136 people who attended our over 60 s Afternoon Tea Party in the Templeton Hotel on Tuesday afternoon. The next Monday Coffee Morning will be held in our Halls Complex on 5 February. Thank you. Jean and the Pastoral Care Core Team CARNMONEY.ORG BOWLING CLUB Attention Bowlers. The Bowling Club will resume on Friday 5 January with the postponed Christmas Tournament taking place on Monday 8 January. TRANSFORM//BIBLE STUDY FOR MEN Monday night is our last meeting of the year before we take a winter break for a few weeks through January / Meeting Room at 8.00pm. Contact Tim Manson for more info. Mobile: timmanson@mac.com CENTRAL CAROL SERVICE Our Belfast church plant CENTRAL hosts its first Carol service on Wednesday 20th December at 7.30pm at Redeemer Central, 101 Donegall St, Belfast. This will be an amazing evening with mulled wine, mince pies, festive Carols and an opportunity to explore Peace, Hope & Joy this Christmas. Why not come out and support or invite family, friends and work colleagues to come and be part of things. CENTRAL SUNDAY S Our Belfast church plant CENTRAL is really excited to announce that it will be moving to Sunday gatherings in the new year. From Sunday 11th February we ll be gathering at 4pm every Sunday as a church and we d love you to join us. In order to grow in this next phase as a church we feel it is time to invite some people from Carnmoney in to be part of things and to form part of our team. Do you have a heart for Belfast? Do you live there, work there, study there or find it to be the place you go to for socialising or entertainment? Could you bring some skills that we desperately need (for example children s programmes)? Or has God been stirring in you a passion for church planting or impacting the city? If so, we would love to hear from you! Talk to any of our members of staff (particularly David Dickinson) or drop him an at david.dickinson@carnmoney.org so we can take the conversation forward.

4 NEWS, EVENTS & NOTICES SUNDAY S KOOL! Arrangements for over the Christmas period: 17th December 9.30am and 11.00am services: Parties for all age groups. 24th December No 9.30am service. 11am: All age carol service. No organised kids ministry but toys will be available in the youth space for the Little Stars (i.e. creche). No leaders will be on hand so parents can stay and play or read books with their children. 31st December 9.30am: No organised kids ministry. Toys will be available in the youth space for Little Stars for parents to stay with their children. No other kids ministry will run at this service. If you would like your children to have access to kids ministry please attend our 11.00am service am: Little Stars returns to it s usual format. Sparklers, All Stars and Johnny s Trailblazers will all be in together. 7th January Back to normal at 9.30am and 11.00am services ASSOCIATION OF CHRISTIAN COUNSELLORS RESOURCING PASTORAL CARE COURSE Commencing 16 January - 6 March 2018 will be held in Knocknagoney Parish Church, Knocknagoney Road, Holywood. There are 2 spaces left on this course. If you would like further information please contact Jean Pillar, ACC Regional Trainer jean.pillar@carnmoney.org Work Mobile: FINANCE UPDATE We are coming to the end of our financial year again and the last date that we can receive monies into the Church accounts for 2017 will be Sunday 31 December. Would Treasurers of our organisations please note that any donations to the Church for heat, light, minibus etc for 2017 should be submitted as soon as possible. Draft Organisation accounts should be submitted to the Church Office by Friday 15th December. Final accounts with small adjustments for bank charges and/or interest should be sent to the Church Office by Friday 5th January together with copies of your bank statements as our external audit is scheduled for 17th and 18th January Many thanks to the counting teams, those who help with data input and Organisation Treasurers for your continued dedication and support which is much appreciated. Finance Team CHRISTMAS WALK The Fellowship Ramblers invite you to join them in the church car park at 10.00am on Thursday 28 December for their traditional get together. Weather permitting, we hope to go to Holywood to walk off the turkey and then have a light brunch in one of the local eateries. All welcome. Further details from Robin and Muriel, Tel: CHAT N PLAY Chat n Play has now finished for Christmas and will resume again on Wednesday 17 January. We hope all our members have a lovely Christmas and we look forward to seeing you all again in the New Year. TOTS & CO Tots & Co has now finished for Christmas and will resume on Wednesday 10 January 10.30am - 12 noon. We look forward to welcoming everyone back in the New Year.

5 NEWS, EVENTS & NOTICES STRUGGLING WITH DEBT? Call free on Daniel Black Centre Manager WINTER FUEL ALLOWANCE Have you had your winter fuel allowance yet? Is your oil tank already full? Many CAP clients do not have heating oil at present. If you wish to donate please speak to Daniel. WORLD DEVELOPMENT APPEAL ENVELOPES World Development is a Presbyterian Church programme, helping people trapped by poverty who cannot free themselves. It works in long term partnership with the poor, changing lives and communities for the better. It supports projects in every continent and channels its resources through Christian Aid and Tearfund. An information leaflet together with a small amount of World Development Appeal envelopes are available at the Information Desk for anyone who would like to contribute. BLOOD DONATION SESSION The next blood donation session will be held in the Methodist Centre, Ballyclare Road, Glengormley on Thursday 28 December 2.00pm pm and 5.15pm pm. The White Ribbon Campaign is an international campaign, which originated in Canada in 1991 by a group of men in condemnation of violence and abuse against women, wherever it takes place. Wearing a White Ribbon is a statement that says the wearer will pledge: Never to commit, condone or stay silent about violence against women. Atrocities against women and girls are committed every day in every country. At least one out of every three women has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime, according to a study based on 50 surveys from around the world. In the UK, on average, two women per week are killed by a partner or former partner. In Northern Ireland, PSNI respond to an incident of domestic violence and abuse every 18.5 minutes of every day; In this local area alone, Women s Aid support an average of 1,400 women and 9000 children every year. We have seen the tragedy when women, mothers, are seriously injured or murdered by partners, and the devastation that leaves behind for families. Domestic violence and abuse is not confined to a small section of our community. Victims, and perpetrators come from all walks of life, and no religious denomination is exempt. Many victims of domestic violence and abuse sit in pews every Sunday. You know them but you may not know what they are living with. Please support the White Ribbon Campaign by donating - A box and White Ribbons are at the back of the Church.

6 Listen...Learn...Love Special guest speaker Asif was born in Pakistan and has served as an evangelist, trainer, apologist and is a regular contributor to TV ministry outreach in Asia. Listen...the beliefs & practices of Islam Learn...Biblical & theological responses Love...Muslims in Jesus name Friday 26th January 8pm Ardess Parish, Kesh Saturday 27th January 2018 asif will be sharing with local church leaders in Mahon Hotel, Irvinestown Saturday 27th January 7pm Glenabbey Church, Newtownabbey Sunday 28th January 2018 Asif will be preaching in the United Parish, 10/1130am For more information contact Release International: or smcilroy@releaseinternational.org

7 STAFF CONTACT DETAILS MONDAY Over 60s Coffee Morning first Monday of every month from 10.30am - 12 noon in the Coffee Bar. BB Junior Section / P5 - P7 / 7pm 9pm Bowling Club / 7pm BB Badminton / 9pm TUESDAY GB Ladybirds / age 3-P1 / 6pm - 7pm GB Explorers / P2-P4/ 6pm- 7.15pm GB Juniors / P5-P7 / 7.15pm pm GB Seniors /Y8-Y10/ 7.30pm - 9pm GB Brigaders / Y11-Y14 / 7.30pm- 9pm PW / 1st & 3rd Tues /8pm WEDNESDAY Tots & Co / 10.30am noon Chat & Play / 9.30am Discipleship Communities / 1st & 3rd week Badminton / 7.30pm Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme 7.00pm - 9pm THURSDAY BB Pre Anchors / Nursery & P1 / 6pm-7pm BB Anchors / P2 - P4 /7pm-8pm BB Company Section / Y8+ / 7.45pm-9.45pm FRIDAY Christian Endeavour All Sections / 3-18 yrs / 6.30pm pm Bowls/ 7pm SATURDAY Junior Youth Club P4-P7 / 6.30pm- 8pm SUNDAY Little Stars up to Nursery age Connect/ Year 8 upwards /11.30am-12.30pm. Sunday s Kool /Nursery-P7 Fusion / Year 8 upwards / 8pm-9.45pm John Dickinson/ Minister john.dickinson@carnmoney.org Work Mobile: Jean Pillar/ Pastoral Associate jean.pillar@carnmoney.org Work Mobile: Michael Wylie/ Discipleship Associate michael.wylie@carnmoney.org Work Mobile: David Dickinson/Worship Associate david.dickinson@carnmoney.org Mobile Jamie McMillan/ Youth Associate jamie.mcmillan@carnmoney.org Mobile Daniel Black/ CAP Centre Manager daniel.black@carnmoney.org Work Mobile: Gillian White info@carnmoney.org Office: Open , Tuesday to Friday Alex McFarlane/Caretaker Mobile: Sharon Bell/Manna Manager Mobile: Lynsey s contact details: Lynsey Njukullah/ Missionary in Nigeria lynseyinnigeria@gmail.com Whatsapp: Skype: lynzb86

8 WORSHIP, COMMUNITY, WITNESS. As part of God s family we exist to worship Jesus Christ, follow His example and share with everyone the Good News of His love. CARNMONEYCHURCH/ A congregation of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland 258 Carnmoney Road, Newtownabbey BT36 6JZ Office/ info@carnmoney.org CARNMONEYCHURCH