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1 CARNMONEY.ORG ay Sunday 23rd & 30th December 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. SERVICES OVER CHRISTMAS KINGDOM KIDS HOLIDAY ARRANGEMENTS 2018 THANKSGIVING GIFT - 20,000

2 CARNMONEYCHURCH NEWS, EVENTS & NOTICES SERVICES OVER CHRISTMAS ARRIVAL ALL AGE CAROL SERVICE Sunday 23rd December / 10.00am 1. The Mystery of Incarnation Matthew 1: CENTRAL CAROL SERVICE Sunday 23rd December / 4.30pm Assembly Buildings CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE Monday 24th December / 11.15pm 2. The Reality of Incarnation Luke 2: 1-7 CHRISTMAS MORNING SERVICE Tuesday 25th December / 10.30am 2. The Reality of Incarnation Luke 2: 1-7 SUNDAY 30TH DECEMBER / 10.00AM 3. The Result of Incarnation Phillippians 2: 5-11 SUNDAY 6TH JANUARY / 10.00AM 10.00/MORNING WORSHIP All-Together Sunday The Lord s Supper CHURCH ENVELOPES 2019 The Giving Envelopes for 2019 are available for collection at the Information Desk on any Sunday during December. Please collect your pack. 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 Stacey Trimble to the Blue cards. 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 ) LET S PRAY BOOKLET Copies of Let s Pray Prayer Leaflet are available underneath the Notice Board in the Halls Complex or from Information Desk in the Vestibule. THE GRACE OF GIVING Be Joyful and Generous! 2018 THANKSGIVING GIFT The givings to date are 16,623 from 151 donations. Our target is to raise 20,000 between Sunday 4th November and Sunday 30th December. The first 2,000 raised will be given to the Moderator s Indonesia Tsunami Appeal. If you would like to make a gift, please use the envelopes available at reception or using the link on the Church Website to the Just Giving page.

3 NEWS, EVENTS & NOTICES STAFF COVER OVER CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR If anyone requires the services of a minister over Christmas and New Year contact John Dickinson WORLD DEVELOPMENT APPEAL 2018 The 2018 PCI World Development Appeal is entitled Seeking Safety and is supporting a Safe House in Brazil which has already helped 1,500 women since They have had to leave very abusive situations and are now able to move on with their lives. Envelopes are available at the reception desk. BEREAVEMENT We regret to announce the death on 14 December of Mrs Eleanor Hill, late of 16 Carnvue Drive and extend our loving sympathy to the family circle at this sad time. KINGDOM KIDS ARRANGEMENTS OVER CHRISTMAS Kingdom Kids arrangements over Christmas will change slightly to fit in with special services and to allow our volunteers some rest over the Christmas period too. Here are the plans... 23RD DECEMBER 10.00am service: All age carol service. No organised kids ministry. We would love the whole family to stay in the church service as far as possible but if you wish there will be toys available in the session room (upstairs in the church building) for the Little Stars. 30TH DEC EMBER 10.00am service: All sections return their usual format. CARNMONEY.ORG CENTRAL We would love you to join us on Sunday 30th December as we gather jointly with the May St Presbyterian congregation at 2.00pm for their final service as we celebrate all God has done through that congregation and look forward to the handover of the building to Central in the new year. There is no 4.30pm gathering. We return to our normal service time of 4.30pm at Assembly Buildings on Sunday 6th January as we kick off a series on Epiphany. Our Kid s Ministry Kid Central will be available. THANK YOU Many thanks to the volunteers who covered reception during Thank you for giving your time to welcome visitors who called to the halls complex during the week and for your willingness to serve in this way, It is very much appreciated. Gillian FLOWER ROTA Thank you to everyone who provided flowers for church during I am making a list for 2019 and I would be grateful if people who provided the flowers each week in 2018 would let me know if they would like to continue. Also if anyone would like their name to be added to the list for the first time, maybe you would speak to me. Thank you. Christine Dickinson Tel CHRISTMAS WALK The Fellowship Ramblers invite you to join them in the church car park at 10.00am on Friday 28th 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:

4 CARNMONEYCHURCH NEWS, EVENTS & NOTICES COFFEE MORNING The Pastoral Care team would like to invite the over 60s to their monthly Coffee Morning which will be held in the Church Centre Coffee Bar on Monday 7th January from 10.30am - 12 noon. We would love you to drop in for tea/coffee and a chat. It will be an opportunity to build community and develop relationships. Please invite your neighbours, friends and relatives - all will be made most welcome! 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 2018 will be Sunday 30th December. Would Treasurers of our organisations please note that any donations to the Church for heat, light, minibus etc. for 2018 should be submitted as soon as possible. Thank you to those who have already sent in their donations. Final accounts with small adjustments for bank charges and/or interest should be sent to the Church Office by Friday 4th January together with copies of your bank statements as our external audit is scheduled for 16th and 17th January Many thanks to the counting teams and organisation Treasurers for your continued dedication and support which is much appreciated. Finance Team OVER 35S VS UNDER 35S MEN S FOOT- BALL AT SEAVIEW: This annual match will take place on Saturday 5th January at 6.30pm. Anyone over the age of 16 is welcome to play. The cost is 10 per player to cover pitch hire and to enable us to make a donation to the Cancer Fund for Children. Please contact Andy Hair if you d like to play and indicate your actual age so that he can assign you to the right team! (Andy Hair ) PRAYER & WORSHIP AT BELFAST BIBLE COLLEGE: On Friday 11th January at 7.30pm we ll be gathering for worship and prayer with other local churches who have pattered with us in the Cairn Learning Community. This is an open invitation to anyone at Carnmoney who d like to join us on this evening. There ll be the opportunity to hear what God is doing among us and to pray for one another. For more information please contact Michael Wylie TOTS & CO We would like to wish all our members a happy Christmas and New Year and look forward to seeing you again on Wednesday 9 January. CHAT N PLAY Chat n Play has now finished for Christmas and will recommence on Wednesday 16th January.

5 NEWS, EVENTS & NOTICES STRUGGLING WITH DEBT? Call free on Daniel Black Centre Manager SUPPORTING CAP CLIENTS The CAP centre continues to grow and we anticipate further demand in the coming year as the change to Universal Credit kicks in. The team are looking for people to get involved in a variety of roles so if you think you could offer some time, especially in terms of helping clients practically, please get in touch with Daniel for a chat about what s involved - daniel.black@carnmoney. org or WINTER FUEL ALLOWANCE If you have been given winter fuel allowance and do not need it, please consider passing it on to the CAP centre to help those struggling due to soaring costs in the cold weather. Speak to Daniel on or daniel.black@carnmoney.org

6 TRANSFORM is taking a wee winter break through the month of January You might want to get a copy of Wild at Heart by John Eldredge we will be using this from 4 th March so maybe get it onto your Christmas list! Mon 4 th February 2019 Close Relationships Ephesians 5: Mon 11 th February 2019 Family Life Ephesians 6: 1 4 Mon 18 th February 2019 Working 5 to 9 Ephesians 6: 5 9 Mon 25 th February 2019 Gearing up for the battle Ephesians 6: Mon 4 th March 2019 Wild at Heart (Chapter 1) Part 1: The Heart of a Man Mon 11 th March 2019 Wild at Heart (Chapter 3) Part 2: The Poser and the Question Mon 18 th March 2019 Wild at Heart (Chapter 4 to 7) Part 3: The Wound and Healing the Wound Mon 25 th March 2019 Wild at Heart (Chapter 8 & 9) Part 4: A Battle to fight Mon 1 st April 2019 Wild at Heart (Chapter 10 & 11) Part 5: An Adventure to live & A Beauty to Rescue Mon 8 th April 2019 Wild at Heart (Chapter 12) Part 6: A Band of Brothers Transform meets on Monday night in the church complex from 8 to 10pm Contact Tim Manson on or timmanson@mac.com or Chris Blair on

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: Michael Wylie/ Discipleship Associate michael.wylie@carnmoney.org Work Mobile: Stacey Trimble/Pastoral Associate stacey.trimble@carnmoney.org Work Mobile: Work Landline: 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: Alex McFarlane/Caretaker Mobile: Sharon Bell/Manna Manager Mobile: Moni Wilson/Foodbank Project Manager Mobile:

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