December 30, 2018 PO Bx 339; 200 W. Bremen New Knxville, OH, 45871 Office: 419-753-2446 Email: firstchurchnk@nktelc.net Website: www.firstchurchnk.rg Facebk & Instagram: firstchurchnk Yuth Instagram: firstchurchnk_yuthgrup Pastr Jel Bucklin 256-698-8813 jel.bucklin@nktelc.net Yuth Pastr Try Breitigan 231-557-0260 try.breitigan@nktelc.net In Wrship Tday David Bambauer, Lay Leader Erik Hirschfeld, Music Directr Sharn Chaney, Musician Cnnie Schrer, Scripture Carlyn Lammers, Children s Chat
If yu are a Guest r Visitr tday, we are glad yu re here! The Restrms are in the basement at the East end f the church and inside the main glass drs f the ministry building next dr. The Nursery fr Yung Children is lcated in the basement. Yu can g dwn any set f stairs near the entrances t reach the nursery. Children s Activity Bags are available n the table at the back f the sanctuary. Inside are activities and fun things fr yur kids t d. Large Print bulletins are available at the back f the sanctuary near the table. Hearing Assistance Devices Please see the sund system technician n the Suth wall if yu wuld like t use ne. WiFi Cnnectin is available fr thse wh wish t use their device t cnnect t the Bible app r take ntes. Cnnect via FirstChurchWifi Guest The Bible App by YuVersin - Under the Mre tab in the Bible App yu will find the Events feature. Each Sunday yu can find the scripture, sermn key pints and weekly questins. Welcme t Wrship at First Church The * invites thse wh are able t stand. Prelude Welcme & Annuncements Call t Wrship One: All: One: 1 Cme, let us sing fr jy t the Lrd; let us shut alud t the Rck f ur salvatin. 2 Let us cme befre him with thanksgiving and extl him with music and sng. 3 Fr the Lrd is the great Gd, the great King abve all gds. 4 In his hand are the depths f the earth, and the muntain peaks belng t him. 5 The sea is his, fr he made it, and his hands frmed the dry land. 6 Cme, let us bw dwn in wrship, let us kneel befre the Lrd ur Maker;
All: 7 fr he is ur Gd and we are the peple f his pasture, the flck under his care. *Hymn N. 125 Jy T the Wrld Children s Chat & Greeting Time Remembering Our Sldiers *Hymn N. 66 T Gd Be the Glry Prayer & The Lrd s Prayer [using debts and debtrs] Giving Back t Gd Ministry: Heating System Prject Offertry Hymn Give Thanks Give thanks with a grateful heart, give thanks t the Hly One, Give thanks because He s given Jesus Christ His Sn. Give thanks with a grateful heart, give thanks t the Hly One, Give thanks because He s given Jesus Christ His Sn. And nw let the weak say, I am strng, Let the pr say, I am rich, because f what the Lrd has dne fr us. And nw let the weak say, I am strng; Let the pr say, I am rich, because f what the Lrd has dne fr us. Give thanks! *Scripture Reading Exdus 19:16-20:3 Message - N Other Gds *Hymn N. 234 Crwn Him with Many Crwns *Blessing, Dismissal & Pstlude This Week at First church New Sermn Series: Rules t Live By - One day, an expert in the law asked Jesus which is the greatest cmmandment. Famusly, Jesus replied, Lve the Lrd yur Gd with all yu heart *and+ lve yur neighbr as yurself. These cmmands were nt new. Bth the cmmand t lve Gd and lve neighbr find their rigin in the Old Testament law. In fact, the Ten Cmmandments, the pinnacle f the law, are basically a detailed explanatin f hw t fulfill these tw cmmandments. The first fur describe hw we are t relate t Gd, and
the last six deal with ur relatinship with thers. The cmmandments prvide a framewrk fr hw t relate rightly t Gd and thers, and ur relatinships flurish when we learn t live within these parameters. Jin us ver the next ten weeks as we discver hw the Ten Cmmandments help us relate t Gd and t each ther. The Rse n the Altar is in hnr f Dnald & Carlyn Henschen wh will celebrate 54 years f marriage n Thursday, January 3. Happy Anniversary! The Cngregatinal Meeting t accept nminatins fr fficers f the cnsistry/cngregatin will be held next Sunday, January 6, 2019 fllwing the 9:00 a.m. service. The nminees are n the back page f the bulletin. Sunday schl classes resume tday. All regular Sunday schl classes are meeting tday. There is NO cnfirmatin tday. The vcal & bell chirs will nt have practice January 2 and will resume n January 9. Yuth Grup, Bible Study & Cnfirmatin Hliday Schedule There is n yuth grup n Wednesday, January 2. We will resume n January 9 with a new time f 7 8:30 pm. There is n Sr. High Bible Study tday. We will resume next Sunday, Janaury 6. There is n cnfirmatin tday. We will resume next Sunday, January 6. Yu re Invited The family f Jann Feldwisch invites yu t jin them in celebrating her 90 th birthday at a receptin n Sunday, January 6 frm 1-3 pm at the First Church f New Knxville Ministry Center. N gifts please. Church Un-Decrating We will take dwn the Christmas decratins n Sunday, January 6 fllwing the brief cngregatinal meeting. We had many flks put it all up and the church was decrated in n time putting it away ges even faster! If yu are able t stay and lend a hand it is mst appreciated. Prayer Fcus Prayer during January during ur guided prayer sessin in Nvember we spent time praying fr ur husbands, wives, marriages, children and extended families. We lifted up ur church family and the churches in ur surrunding cmmunities. We als prayed fr ur lcal, state and federal leaders. We invite yu t pray diligently fr these this mnth. There are bkmarks ver by the new inf center with specific scripture verses t use in yur prayer time.
Individual Prayer Needs Tdd Hegemier, David Jeanneret, Jeannie Zanbni, Brklyn Karch, Ed Oberlander, Pastr Andrew Cammenga, Marilyn Kuck, Dn Williams, Jann Feldwisch, Camern Wilkersn, Dn Prueter, Rbert Schrer, Mike Geib, Shawn Spencer, Becky Quellhrst, Ned Niemeyer, Dn Heidt, Mable Meckstrth, Scarlett Unrast, Michael Allen, Judy Helscher, Wavalene Opperman, Helen Wellman, Irma Helscher, Kathy Schrlucke, Thelma Arnett, Ruth Kuck, and Betty Kiefer. (Please let us knw if yu wuld like t be added r remved frm the prayer list the ffice staff des nt knw t take yu ff unless yu ask. Thank yu) Life f the Church Year End Gifts & Pledges - All financial gifts t be credited t 2018 giving statements must arrive t the church ffice by 12 p.m. December 31 r be pstmarked December 31, 2018. Thank yu. Heating System Campaign Update: T date 48 f 400 heating system pledge cards have been returned with a ttal f 322,300 pledged t date. If yu have nt turned in yur pledge card we ask that yu prayerfully cnsider ding s befre the end f the year. New Bible Study in January - Jesus Amng Secular Gds. On Sunday mrnings starting in January we will be ffering a NEW bible study Jesus Amng Secular Gds written by Ravi Zacharias and Vince Vitale. The rise f secular gds presents the mst serius challenge t the abslute claims f Christ since the funding f Christianity itself. We will be studying the secular prevailing wrldviews such as atheism, scientism, pluralism and many mre that are drastically different than what Jesus preached. This study will seek t help us as Christ-fllwers t engage and have meaningful cnversatins with peple that believe in these secular wrldviews. This study will be an 11-week bible study led by Jake Breitigan beginning January 27 n Sundays at 10:15 am. Please sign up at the inf table by January 6 th s that we can rder bks fr thse wh are interested! Everyne is welcme t jin this study. Please talk t Jake Breitigan if yu have any questins.
Sermn Questins fr Deeper Study 1. Can yu name the Ten Cmmandments ff the tp f yur head? Hw familiar are peple with the Ten Cmmandments tday? 2. What is the purpse f the Ten Cmmandments? Hw des this relate t the Great Cmmandment f Matthew 22:34-40? 3. The Ten Cmmandments were given within the cntext f a persnal relatinship with Gd. Hw des this change hw yu view them? 4. Why d the Ten Cmmandments begin with Yu shall have n ther gds befre me? Hw des this lay the fundatin fr the rest f the cmmandments? 5. Why d peple search ut ther gds? What d they ffer that is s appealing? 6. Why des Gd demand ur allegiance? Why give him the right t claim it? 7. What is ur prper respnse t the first cmmandment?
This Week at First Church December 30 t January 6 TODAY 8:00 am Men s Bible Study Min. Ctr. yuth rm 9:00 am Wrship Service 10:15 am Sunday Schl MON. TUE. WED. New Year s Eve (ffice pen regular hurs) Happy New Year! (ffice clsed) N practices r bible studies NEXT SUN. Cngregatinal Meeting 8:00 am Men s Bible Study Min. Ctr. yuth rm 9:00 am Wrship Service 10:05 am Cngregatinal meeting t apprve nminatins fr fficers 10:15 am Sunday Schl 10:15 am Cnfirmatin Class 10:15 am Take dwn Christmas decratins 4:30 pm Sr. High Yuth Bible Study at Dave & Judy Bambauer s hme Facts & Figures frm last Sunday 12/23 & Christmas Eve Ttal Sunday Cllectin - $3,005.00 Wrship Attendance 209 Sanctuary Painting - $2,130.00 Pledges & Gen. Fund- $750.00 Furnace Prject Gifts.-$25.00 Tanner s Rmanian Missin - $100.00 Online Giving fr the week-$1,261.00 Ttal Christmas Eve Offering - $3,284.00 Christmas Eve Attendance - 324 Tanner s & Jhn Henschen $2,284.00 Furnace Prject Gifts - $1,000.00
The Cngregatinal Meeting t accept nminatins fr fficers f the cnsistry/cngregatin will be held n Sunday, January 6, 2019 fllwing the 9:00 a.m. service. Belw is a list f thse nminated fr ffice and als utging fficers wh have cmpleted their terms. Nminatins frm the flr will als be accepted. Elders: Stan Reineke Keith Leffel (utging) Michelle Dilln Michelle Dilln (utging) Trustee: Dug Helscher Dug Helscher (utging) Deacns: District 1: District 2: District 3: District 4: Krt Fledderjhann Krt Fledderjhann (utging) Dug Bambauer Jack Schrlucke (utging) Brian Lammers Brian Lammers (utging) Rb Chaney Ryan Opperman (utging The Annual Meeting t elect fficers, hear reprts frm the trustees, the treasurer, the cmmittees and t apprve the prpsed 2019 budget will be held n Sunday, January 20, 2019 in the sanctuary after the 9:00 a.m. service.