Welcome to Pierce Hill Christian Fellowship

Sunday s Servants TODAY NEXT WEEK SS Nursery Jim C Heidi W Tech Dave S Tim S Greeter Tony D Elizabeth P Nursery (entire service) 2 & 3 year olds (entire service) Elizabeth P, Logan D Amanda R This Week SUNDAY Angel Tree Gifts Due Back Today 8:45am Prayer Time 9:30am Sunday School 10:45am Worship Service 6:00pm Choir (Expanded Worship Team) Practice 6:00pm Youth Group MONDAY 7:00am Men s Breakfast 6:30pm Community Bible Study 7:00pm Elders Meeting TUESDAY 9:00am MOPS Setup Pavelski s Growth Group Not Meeting WEDNESDAY 9:15am 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:00pm MOPS Meeting Ideal Senior Living Center Service Wagner s Growth Group MacQuarrie s Growth Group THURSDAY 6:00pm Blanchard s Growth Group SATURDAY Time TBA Angel Tree Gift Delivery SUNDAY 8:45am Prayer Time 9:30am Sunday School 10:45am Worship Service 1:00pm Baby Shower for Karla Skidmore 6:00pm Congregational Business & Prayer Meeting (elections & budget approval) 6:00pm Youth Group Mindy P, Elise M Derrick Y 4 & 5 year olds Meghan D, Serina D Tony D, Tim M Grades 1-5 Jon A Erin S Sunday, December 6, 2015 Glorify God Opening Song Welcome Praising God with Songs, His Word & Prayers Kids Worship Dismissal For kids through fifth grade Communion Praising God with a Song Connect with Each Other Praying for Each Other Grow in Christ Luke 2:8-14 Pastor Art s Sermon Getting Your Attention Praising God with Song Share the Gospel Announcements Benediction OFFERING: Since worship is a response to God s person and provision for us, tithes and offerings are as much a part of worship as our prayers and praises. An offering box is on the wall in the foyer for your contributions. A benevolence offering is taken monthly during the service. Our Vision: To be a full house of Transformed & overflowing people Looking up in passionate & thoughtful worship Bound together in harmony with each other Increasingly reaching out in personally invested service Helping to meet spiritual, emotional & material needs In Vestal and beyond Welcome to Pierce Hill Christian Fellowship Our Mission is to: Glorify God Grow in Christ Connect with Each Other Share the Gospel Pastor Art, Mindy, & Ryan Pavelski 232 Pierce Hill Rd., Vestal, NY 13850 (607) 754-1220 Email: office@piercehill.org Website: www.piercehill.org

Announcements With respect to those who need to be gluten free, our communion is entirely gluten free with gluten free rice crackers. The MOPS Steering Team greatly appreciates help after the worship service today. Please bring up the preschoolers riding toys from downstairs and place them in the foyer. This will help for the MOPS setup on Tuesday for their Wednesday meeting. Thank you. Wrapped Angel Tree gifts are due back to church today, so they can be sorted and delivered this Saturday, December 12. If you would like to help deliver gifts, please contact Esther Hanna at 754-5167. Thank you for making Christmas merrier for many families by showing God s love through the provision of your Angel Tree gifts for children who have parents in prison. The 2016 proposed budget is available in the foyer. Please pick up your copy and review it prior to the budget vote next Sunday, December 13 at the 6:00pm congregational meeting. The proposed budget was also 2016 Proposal emailed to you. The elders strongly request that if you have any substantial concerns about the budget, contact Jim Crosby before the meeting. You re invited! RSVP by tomorrow All women are invited to come celebrate the upcoming birth of Karla and Kyle Skidmore s baby. We plan to shower the mommy-to-be with our love and blessings next Sunday, December 13 at 1:00pm at the church. Please save this date to bless Karla and Kyle, and RSVP to Michelle Arron by tomorrow, December 7. Email Michelle at nakomickey@msn.com, or call her at 567-215-7396. Karla and Kyle are registered at Target. You can locate their registry under Karla Fiori or Kyle Skidmore. If you are not using her registry, please note that Baby Skidmore has plenty of clothes. Thank you to everyone who helped in any capacity with the Ladies Christmas Dinner. Your willing hearts to serve were such a blessing to the ladies in attendance. With everyone s help we were able to bless our guests with the God s saving message. Please continue to keep these women in prayer for the Lord to touch their hearts this Christmas. Thank You! Here is a thank you note from The Evangelical Free Church of Berard, which is dated December 2.. Thank you for your prayers as we face the national riots after the elections. We also want to thank you for the Christmas gifts. Yesterday I went to the airport to pick up the box of Christmas gifts for the children of Berard. This upcoming Sunday (today), we are going to give the gifts to the kids and we will send you some pictures. Please, Don't forget Pastor Judes in your prayers since last week He was sick. Our church is also praying for you. Thank you so much. Blessings!!! ~ Patrick Congregational Business Meeting OTE Be sure to attend the next business and prayer meeting Sunday, December 13 at 6:00pm. The budget and leadership positions will be voted on. Some property issues will also be voted upon. Members, see your December 1 email for details. You do not need to be a member to attend; although you need to be a member to vote. Attention Outgoing 2015 and Incoming 2016 Leaders: The due date for your 2015 reports and 2016 goals is Friday, January 8. Since the required financial information may not be received until after the reports/goals due date, the financial reports will be due once the bank reports are received. Please email all reports and goals to the church office at office@piercehill.org. You re invited to our family Christmas Eve Service Thursday, December 24 at 6:30pm. Bring a Service candle in a candle holder for your family to light during the service. There will be extra candles available for families who may not have a candle. Invite your family and friends to celebrate the birth of Jesus as well. Annual Report & Goals Due Rehearsal for the choir (AKA expanded worship team) is this evening at 6:00pm. No singing expertise is needed. Fun, inspirational and relatively easy songs are planned. if you have questions, contact Jim Crosby at jjcrosby3@gmail.com. Christmas Eve

Getting Your Attention (Luke 2:8-14) I. God Has a Way of Getting Your Attention (8-9) II. Because He Has Something to Tell You (10-12) III. Something Everyone Needs to Know (13-14) Today s Scripture and sermon notes can be viewed on the YouVersion Bible app for smartphones. Click on Live and search for Pierce Hill Christian Fellowship. Our bulletin describes several programs and opportunities for you and your family to meet friends and grow in your walk with Christ. A Kids Worship program and nursery are available during our services. Please see our greeter for help in locating them. If you have an immediate need, one of the Elders or the pastor would love to meet with you at the close of our service. 2015 Board of Elders Jim Crosby Chairman, Craig Hanna, Mark Davis, Terry Blanchard, Art Pavelski Senior Pastor Art Pavelski Administrative Assistant to the Pastor Sherilyn DeHart Programs for Adults Growth Groups: Meet for fellowship, refreshments, sharing, praying and Bible study on various nights during the week. Contact Pastor Art Pavelski for more information. He can direct you to a group that will be well suited for you. MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers): MOPS is about celebrating motherhood, making connections with other moms, providing support and affirmation, and experiencing God's love through relationships and resources. Moms meet 2 nd & 4 th Wednesday mornings at church, September through May, 9:15am - 11:15am. Childcare is provided for newborns through five year-olds. Three to five year-olds have a lesson and a craft. MOPS also meets during the summer for playtime. Contact Co-Coordinators Meghan Davis at 607-341-1074 / meghan.dpt@gmail.com or Jodi Young at 607-727-1655 / jlshort78@aol.com. Check out www.mops.org. Ladies Bible Study: Meets at church 1 st and 3 rd Wednesdays during the school year from 9:15 11:30am. Childcare is provided. Contact Elizabeth Petrie at 607-748-7053. Men s Breakfast: Meets at the Plaza Diner (Take a Break) at 2313 Old Vestal Road, Vestal on Monday mornings at 7:00 am. Short devotional, prayer time and fellowship. Contact Pastor Art Pavelski at pastor_art@piercehill.org. Programs for Youth Youth Group: Grades 6-12. Games, sharing, Bible study and discussion. Meets Sunday evenings from 6:00-8:00pm. Contact Mark Petrie at 607-748-7053 or YouthGroup@piercehill.org. Once a month kid events: Our Christian Education Commission sponsors special events for kids once a month. Contact Joanne Crosby at 607-748-9624 or jjcrosby3@gmail.com. Volunteers are still needed to watch children in the nursery during Sunday school. We have volunteers through December13. Please sign up for one or two Sundays on the Sunday school nursery sign up sheet in the foyer. If everyone volunteers for a few Sundays, the schedule will be covered. Please be in the nursery by 9:25am to allow those who are teaching to get to their classrooms on time. Thanks for helping care for our precious babies during Sunday school. There will be a kids' Christmas pageant practice on Saturday, December 19 at 10:30am. This will be a dress rehearsal, so come prepared. Parents please pick up the costumes for the play on Sunday, December 13. The costumes will be downstairs in the hallway. Michelle Arron will give Volunteers Needed Starting December 20 Christmas Pageant Rehearsal scripts to the children for them to memorize their speaking lines. During the Sunday school hour the children will be given time to practice their lines. Following the Saturday, December 19 kids dress rehearsal, there will be a Christmas Party for all the children and their families. A pizza lunch will be provided. Each family is asked to bring two dozen cookies to share. Following lunch, there will be a some games for everyone to play. All activities should be completed by 1:00pm.

Baby/Child Dedication One of the Christian s dearest desires and privileges is to dedicate our children to the Lord. In the Evangelical Free Church, the most common manner for doing so is through a Service of Dedication. This service need not be only for infants, since we believe parents simply may not have had the opportunity to dedicate their children to the Lord when their children were babies. As long as children are young, they can be dedicated to the Lord by their parents. Pastor Art would like to do a baby/child dedication on the potential date of January 17. If you are interested in having your baby or child dedicated or if you have any questions about the dedication service, please contact Pastor Art at 607-221-7061 or pastor_art@piercehill.org. The date will be confirmed soon. As a reminder here is the final list of nominees for the 2016 2016 leadership positions. At this time, comments and nominations are closed. The leadership positions will be Nominations voted on at the December business meeting next Sunday, December 13 at 6:00pm. The nominations are as follows: Church Chair: Mark Davis* Elder: Mark Davis* * Note: Elders make the nominations for Church Chair and Elders Deacon Chair: Tony DeHart Deacon: Tony DeHart, Steve MacQuarrie Financial Secretary: Holly Mayer Missions Commission Chair: Jim Crosby Nominating Committee: Michelle Arron, Sherilyn DeHart, Carol Hogan Outreach Chair: No Nomination Property Commission Chair: John Mayer Be sure to bring your cameras to the worship service on December 20. You ll want to capture special moments when the kids present their Christmas pageant. They are excited to share the story of Christmas! Invite your family and friends. They are in for a treat! Pastor Art s December monthly musing, Amen, is available for you to pick up in the foyer. Prayer Requests Birthdays Dec. 1 Daniel MacQuarrie Dec. 1 Holly Mayer Dec. 4 Christopher Cruz Dec. 6 Joy Klimachefsky Dec. 12 Jim Crosby Dec. 12 Erin Sonner Dec. 13 Mindy Pavelski Dec. 14 Joy Petrie Dec. 19 Joy DeHart Dec. 19 Shelly Smithka Dec. 21 Frank McCaffrey Dec. 24 Kyle Skidmore Dec. 30 Michelle Card Dec. 31 Joyce Gardner

Benevolence Fund In response to the commands of our Lord* and founded on the examples of the New Testament Church**, this church maintains a Benevolence Fund. The purpose of this fund is to meet the material needs of our members, the Body of Christ, our local community and the world at large. Priority is given to needs within our congregation and with the body of Christ. Whenever possible, material assistance is accompanied by spiritual counsel and emotional support from the people of our church. Income to the Benevolence Fund comes from a monthly offering and contribution designated to this fund. Help from the Benevolence Fund is disbursed at the discretion of the Deacons Commission or the Elder Board. If you know of someone in need, please contact the Pastor, a Deacon or an Elder. *Mark 12:31, Matthew 6:1, 4, 25:31-46 ** Acts 2:42-47, Galatians 2:10, 2 Corinthians 8:1-15 Benevolence Fund In response to the commands of our Lord* and founded on the examples of the New Testament Church**, this church maintains a Benevolence Fund. The purpose of this fund is to meet the material needs of our members, the Body of Christ, our local community and the world at large. Priority is given to needs within our congregation and with the body of Christ. Whenever possible, material assistance is accompanied by spiritual counsel and emotional support from the people of our church. Income to the Benevolence Fund comes from a monthly offering and contribution designated to this fund. Help from the Benevolence Fund is disbursed at the discretion of the Deacons Commission or the Elder Board. If you know of someone in need, please contact the Pastor, a Deacon or an Elder. *Mark 12:31, Matthew 6:1, 4, 25:31-46 ** Acts 2:42-47, Galatians 2:10, 2 Corinthians 8:1-15 Benevolence Fund In response to the commands of our Lord* and founded on the examples of the New Testament Church**, this church maintains a Benevolence Fund. The purpose of this fund is to meet the material needs of our members, the Body of Christ, our local community and the world at large. Priority is given to needs within our congregation and with the body of Christ. Whenever possible, material assistance is accompanied by spiritual counsel and emotional support from the people of our church. Income to the Benevolence Fund comes from a monthly offering and contribution designated to this fund. Help from the Benevolence Fund is disbursed at the discretion of the Deacons Commission or the Elder Board. If you know of someone in need, please contact the Pastor, a Deacon or an Elder. *Mark 12:31, Matthew 6:1, 4, 25:31-46 ** Acts 2:42-47, Galatians 2:10, 2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Communion More Than Remembering Following Jesus instructions (1 Corinthians 11:23-29), we celebrate communion in remembrance of Him. The bread and the cup, His body and His blood, remind us that Jesus Christ died, taking the punishment for our sins. When we take communion by eating and drinking, we do something more than remember, we also make a declaration about ourselves. When we take communion we declare: I am a sinner who is cut off from God by my sin unless there is a payment for sacrifice made for that sin. The body and blood of Jesus Christ are the only sufficient sacrifice for my sins. I am depending on Jesus dying for my sins, and He is my only hope for the forgiveness of my sins and eternal life with God. Jesus Christ is the Lord of my life. Should I Take Communion? YES - If you believe that Jesus sacrifice is your only hope for eternal life, join us as we remember His death and declare your dependence on that sacrifice. YES - If, right now, YOUR WANT TO START DEPENDING on Jesus Christ as your saving sacrifice, join us in declaration of your new faith in Him. NO - IF YOU HAVE NEVER CHOSEN to depend on Jesus Christ s sacrifice for your sins, please do not take the bread and the cup and, thereby, declare a faith which you do not have. CHILDREN AT COMMUNION - Communion, like the Passover, should be celebrated by families together. Our church s policy concerning any person under the age of 16 is that such a person will have discussed participation in communion with his/her parent(s) and with our pastor before joining with the church in celebration of communion. The parent(s) and the pastor should be confident that this person understands the significance of the elements of communion and the significance of taking communion. Parents are responsible for overseeing their children s participation or non-participation in communion. Communion More Than Remembering Following Jesus instructions (1 Corinthians 11:23-29), we celebrate communion in remembrance of Him. The bread and the cup, His body and His blood, remind us that Jesus Christ died, taking the punishment for our sins. When we take communion by eating and drinking, we do something more than remember, we also make a declaration about ourselves. When we take communion we declare: I am a sinner who is cut off from God by my sin unless there is a payment for sacrifice made for that sin. The body and blood of Jesus Christ are the only sufficient sacrifice for my sins. I am depending on Jesus dying for my sins, and He is my only hope for the forgiveness of my sins and eternal life with God. Jesus Christ is the Lord of my life. Should I Take Communion? YES - If you believe that Jesus sacrifice is your only hope for eternal life, join us as we remember His death and declare your dependence on that sacrifice. YES - If, right now, YOUR WANT TO START DEPENDING on Jesus Christ as your saving sacrifice, join us in declaration of your new faith in Him. NO - IF YOU HAVE NEVER CHOSEN to depend on Jesus Christ s sacrifice for your sins, please do not take the bread and the cup and, thereby, declare a faith which you do not have. CHILDREN AT COMMUNION - Communion, like the Passover, should be celebrated by families together. Our church s policy concerning any person under the age of 16 is that such a person will have discussed participation in communion with his/her parent(s) and with our pastor before joining with the church in celebration of communion. The parent(s) and the pastor should be confident that this person understands the significance of the elements of communion and the significance of taking communion. Parents are responsible for overseeing their children s participation or non-participation in communion. Communion More Than Remembering Following Jesus instructions (1 Corinthians 11:23-29), we celebrate communion in remembrance of Him. The bread and the cup, His body and His blood, remind us that Jesus Christ died, taking the punishment for our sins. When we take communion by eating and drinking, we do something more than remember, we also make a declaration about ourselves. When we take communion we declare: I am a sinner who is cut off from God by my sin unless there is a payment for sacrifice made for that sin. The body and blood of Jesus Christ are the only sufficient sacrifice for my sins. I am depending on Jesus dying for my sins, and He is my only hope for the forgiveness of my sins and eternal life with God. Jesus Christ is the Lord of my life. Should I Take Communion? YES - If you believe that Jesus sacrifice is your only hope for eternal life, join us as we remember His death and declare your dependence on that sacrifice. YES - If, right now, YOUR WANT TO START DEPENDING on Jesus Christ as your saving sacrifice, join us in declaration of your new faith in Him. NO - IF YOU HAVE NEVER CHOSEN to depend on Jesus Christ s sacrifice for your sins, please do not take the bread and the cup and, thereby, declare a faith which you do not have. CHILDREN AT COMMUNION - Communion, like the Passover, should be celebrated by families together. Our church s policy concerning any person under the age of 16 is that such a person will have discussed participation in communion with his/her parent(s) and with our pastor before joining with the church in celebration of communion. The parent(s) and the pastor should be confident that this person understands the significance of the elements of communion and the significance of taking communion. Parents are responsible for overseeing their children s participation or non-participation in communion.