Good Friday morning Church Requel!
Wow! What a wonderful weekend we have planned together at Church Requel! This is the Sunday when our children will present their Christmas play, "Emoji Christmas." They've been working on it since the beginning of October! Many thanks to Tamara and her faithful sidekick, Chris, for all their work with our children!
Tamara and Chris are modeling just two of the yellow emoji T-shirts our children will be wearing Sunday morning. Each child has picked out his or her own personal emoji character. As you can imagine, this production is a super cute story about the importance or our emotions on Christmas Day. I don't know about you, but I especially like the smiles on the faces of Tamara and Chris as they show off their handiwork!
I like Brandi's words of wisdom in her email to all the servants this morning...
TOMORROW - SATURDAY, December 8th at 10am is the Dress Rehearsal for the Emoji Christmas play. Every child participating in the play MUST be at the dress rehearsal. It will last for a few hours and then there will be pizza afterwards. PLEASE mark your calendar for 10am TOMORROW for the Emoji Christmas Dress Rehearsal!
Potluck Meal Afterwards! Is there a chance we have buried the lead? POTLUCK! The very word gets our mouths watering! The picture at the left is of Dave, Sandy and Aaron loading up their plates last year. I can still taste how delicious that ham tasted!
We are asking that families bring two side dishes or desserts and single folks, bring one side dish or dessert. Church Requel will provide the meat and drinks.
When we finish eating we still won't be finished! We're planning on a Christmas caroling time together led by yours truly and his trusty ukulele! The entire morning is just going to be super emoji special! 😀😇😍👍💁😛😎🤩
The Church Requel Winter Wear Has Arrived!
This weekend is like an early Christmas! Wow! Santa himself showed up at my house yesterday in his trusty brown UPS truck. Ha! It took him two trips and two gigantic boxes to bring all the winter wear goodies to my door!
If you've ordered yourself or a special member of your family either a Church Requel hoodie sweatshirt or a long-sleeved T-shirt, be sure to show up Sunday morning to pick up your new winter clothing. What a fantastic way to get the word out about our church: loving God and loving people!
New Christmas Sermon Series Starts Next Sunday!
I'm very excited about the three sermons I'm writing. What a joy when I sit down at my computer and think of each of you. We are so blessed! Do you know that this Christmas season marks the 6th year we've been worshiping in our present location and 10 years since we got started? Wow!
So as I thought about you all I thought about what a wonderful gift you have all been to me! When it comes to Christmas, we don't often think of ourselves as a gift to others - but YOU ARE!
I'm overwhelmed at the thought of Immanuel, which means God with us. Now if this is true - that God is with us - it means He is with each one of you who name yourself as a Christ-follower. And THAT means that when you interact with other people you bring the gift of the Savior with you. This is indeed exciting!
God knew each one of you for a long time before you were born. He has great plans for how you will be His present of Immanuel to everyone you meet. I can't wait to share this with you!
Christmas Services Schedule. We will have our normal Sunday morning worship service on Sunday, December 23rd. We will then have an additional Christmas Eve candlelight service on Monday, December 24th at 5pm.
Love you all so much! Can't wait to celebrate with you! Pastor Mark
