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• Hope Haven Drivers needed for Saturday night services. Contact Jim Wallace @ 423.343.7724.
• Volunteers needed to help prepare & serve Wednesday Night Family Supper.
Contact Debbie Moody @ [email protected].
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of law enforcement and/or the fire department within our congregation. Please complete the
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Wednesday Nights
December 3rd - Work of the Holy Spirit - Robert Russell
December 10th - Work of the Holy Spirit - Robert Russell
December 17th- Information Meeting / New Elder Ordination
December 24th - Merry Christmas - No Service
December 31st - Happy New Years - No Service
The Kitchen Team provides a meal for $2 per person from 5-6:15pm.
Hope & Healing
Weekend of December 6th- 7th
A special service with the Celebrating Freedom ministry.
GriefShare: Surviving the Holidays
Thursday, December 4th; 6:30pm; Office Conference Room
No matter how long it has been since your loved one died, grief can make the holidays a painful time.
Join us for an encouraging seminar that will help you survive the holidays and discover new reasons to
enjoy them again! Please contact Ann Dunkin @ 423.384.6258 or [email protected].
Informational Meeting & Elder Ordination
Wednesday, December 17; 6:30pm; Worship Center
Carols, Candles & Communion
Weekend of December 13th-14th; All Services
A special time of family worship. We have room for your neighbors and friends!
Christmas Concert with Jon Meo
Weekend of December 20th-21st; All Services
Music, puppets, & fun !
It Was Not A Silent Night
December 24th; 6:30pm; Worship Center
A special Christmas Eve service. Invite your fiends a family!
Thankful Generosity
2 Corinthians 9:6-12
November 29 & 30, 2014
Previous Teaching: A Personal Cross
Matthew 16:24-25: Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he
must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his
life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it."
1.True Giving
Luke 21:1-4: As he looked up, Jesus saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. "I tell you the truth,"
he said, "this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their
gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on."
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2. Giving Under the Law
Hebrews 7:1-7: This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met
Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him, and Abraham gave him
a tenth of everything. First, his name means "king of righteousness"; then also, "king of
Salem" means "king of peace." Without father or mother, without genealogy, without
beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God he remains a priest forever. Just think
how great he was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder! Now
the law requires the descendants of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the
people--that is, their brothers--even though their brothers are descended from Abraham. This man, however, did not trace his descent from Levi, yet he collected a tenth
from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises. And without doubt the lesser
person is blessed by the greater.
See also: Genesis 14:18-20; Leviticus 27:30-34; Numbers 18:25-26; Deuteronomy 14:2229; 2 Chronicles 31:5; Malachi 3:6-18
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3.Freedom to Give
2 Corinthians 9:6-12: Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly,
and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each man should give what he
has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a
cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at
all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. As it is written:
"He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever." Now
he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your
store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. You will be made rich in
every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God. This service that you perform is not only supplying
the needs of God's people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.
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Luke 6:38: Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it
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Let's talk about it (small group discussion questions):
1.What did Jesus see in the heart of the "poor widow" who put two small coins
in the temple treasury?
2.Review these passages: Genesis 14:18-20; Leviticus 27:30-34; Numbers 18:25-26;
Deuteronomy 14:22-29; and 2 Chronicles 31:5. What were the purposes of tithing
according to the Old Testament law?
3. What were the warnings and promises of Malachi 3:6-18?
4. Is any form of giving a requirement according to the New Testament?
5. What are the dangers of being stingy?
6. What are the benefits and blessings of being generous?
7. Would you categorize yourself as stingy, charitable, or abundantly generous?
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