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1 Prayer Requests Prayer Requests Praises: Paulette Ellis, thank you, Mike Hawes, for your spirit-filled music ministry leadership! 11/26 Chuck Merrill, God loves you and even me! 11/5 Blessing: Kalena Wood, please pray that needs are met because this is the time of the year when money gets slow. 11/26 Natalie Barr, please pray my back will heal quickly especially since I have a new job. Our vehicle needs help and we re praying it won t be costly! 11/26 Healing Amanda Weibert, for my mother who has serious health concerns. 11/30 Deanna Norton, for Kialee who has to have tests run to diagnose her health issues. 11/30 Barbara Schaeffer, please continue t o pray over Jeff Drake as he undergoes radiation treatments. 11/26 Roger Ashton, my child had another auto accident. It will raise her insurance rate. Please pray over my friend Roger Byrd who is still suffering over his ordeal in Vietnam. 11/26 Teddy Snow, for the family of Jaime Tapia who died tragically leaving his wife and 4 children 5mos-15yrs, and many extended family members. 11/26 Carol Fortner, for our nephew, Ryan, who was hospitalized for blood clots in his heart. The clots have moved into his right hand now and he his home from the hospital with medication. Please pray that Ryan make healthy decisions. 11/10 Praises: Paulette Ellis, thank you, Mike Hawes, for your spirit-filled music ministry leadership! 11/26 Chuck Merrill, God loves you and even me! 11/5 Blessing: Kalena Wood, please pray that needs are met because this is the time of the year when money gets slow. 11/26 Natalie Barr, please pray my back will heal quickly especially since I have a new job. Our vehicle needs help and we re praying it won t be costly! 11/26 Healing Amanda Weibert, for my mother who has serious health concerns. 11/30 Deanna Norton, for Kialee who has to have tests run to diagnose her health issues. 11/30 Barbara Schaeffer, please continue t o pray over Jeff Drake as he undergoes radiation treatments. 11/26 Roger Ashton, my child had another auto accident. It will raise her insurance rate. Please pray over my friend Roger Byrd who is still suffering over his ordeal in Vietnam. 11/26 Teddy Snow, for the family of Jaime Tapia who died tragically leaving his wife and 4 children 5mos-15yrs, and many extended family members. 11/26 Carol Fortner, for our nephew, Ryan, who was hospitalized for blood clots in his heart. The clots have moved into his right hand now and he his home from the hospital with medication. Please pray that Ryan make healthy decisions. 11/10

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3 Christ mas Stories Part 1 of the Christmas Series In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it... He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband s will, but born of God. 14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us John 1:1-14 NIV Christ mas Stories Part 1 of the Christmas Series In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it... He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband s will, but born of God. 14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us John 1:1-14 NIV The Power of Story The Power of Story The Power of Personal Story... The Power of Personal Story...

4 Christ M Me Where I A - Christ When a Samaritan woman came to M Me Where I A - When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, Will you give me a drink? The Samaritan woman said to him, You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink? (Jews do not associate with Samaritans.) John 4: 7-9 NIV draw water, Jesus said to her, Will you give me a drink? The Samaritan woman said to him, You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink? (Jews do not associate with Samaritans.) John 4: 7-9 NIV Crowds of sick people blind, lame, or paralyzed lay on the porches. One of the men lying there had been sick for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him and knew he had been ill for a long time, he asked him, Would you like to get well? John 5: 3-6 NLT Crowds of sick people blind, lame, or paralyzed lay on the porches. One of the men lying there had been sick for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him and knew he had been ill for a long time, he asked him, Would you like to get well? John 5: 3-6 NLT M is Always an I - M is Always an I -...so the Son of Man must...so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him. John 3:14b NIV be lifted up, that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him. John 3:14b NIV Jesus answered her, If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water. John 4:10 NIV L Me even when I don t K it For this is how L Me even when I don t K it For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him. John 3:16,17 God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him. John 3:16,17 Digging Deeper Have you ever heard the statement that no 2 witness- es of an accident give the same account? Have you ever seen a movie with someone and gotten something entirely different from it? Read Matthew chapters 1,2; Mark 1:1-9; Luke chapters 1,2 and John 1:1-14 Reflect Compare and contrast What were the themes of each of the books? Which do you find most meaningful, why? (hint to get you started: which texts rely on OT prophecy?) Question Nicodemus visits Jesus (Jn 1) and later appears in John 7:49-52 and John 19:38-40 Would you say his faith in Christ has grown? How over time, has your faith grown? In what ways? Would others that know you say the same about you? Jesus answered her, If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water. John 4:10 NIV Digging Deeper Have you ever heard the statement that no 2 witness- es of an accident give the same account? Have you ever seen a movie with someone and gotten something entirely different from it? Read Matthew chapters 1,2; Mark 1:1-9; Luke chapters 1,2 and John 1:1-14 Reflect Compare and contrast What were the themes of each of the books? Which do you find most meaningful, why? (hint to get you started: which texts rely on OT prophecy?) Question Nicodemus visits Jesus (Jn 1) and later appears in John 7:49-52 and John 19:38-40 Would you say his faith in Christ has grown? How over time, has your faith grown? In what ways? Would others that know you say the same about you?

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