Mark Your Calendar

There will be a 2-week sermon mini series on January 3rd and

10th. This series will focus on one of our church’s Pathways,

SERVE. Along with this, we will be promoting the different

ministries of our church to provide you with opportunities to serve.

Job descriptions on these volunteer opportunities will be available

in the lobby.

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New Year’s Day, church offices

closed

1.9

Men’s Breakfast & study

1.10

Information meeting

Ministry Team Leaders

lunch & meet

1.17

Information meeting

Annual Meeting

Fellowship Dinner

Small group gathering

1.20

Ladies’ Painting Party

1.30

“Clay Center Day at Deaf

Missions” in Council Bluffs

1.31

Family Sunday

January 2016

Clay Center

Christian Church

What you believe drives everything! People need to know what they

believe, and why what they believe matters. In January, we are

embarking on a Church-wide 30-week journey called Believe. We

want people of all ages to be able to answer three driving questions:

What do I believe? | What should I do? | Who am I becoming?

Join us as we learn together how to think, act and be like Jesus.

The kick-off for the Believe journey is January 24th.

Along with this Church-wide journey, Small Groups will be

starting back up the week of January 24th. There will be a Small

Group Gathering during the fellowship meal on January 17th.

This will be a great time to get more information about small

groups and meet some of the small group leaders.

New One Call and Text Messages

We have a new system of communication. It will

show up as #402-519-5657. Unless the church

office is told otherwise, you will receive texts instead

of phone calls

FOR OUR LADIES

Moms in Prayer What if you could change the world — not just for today, but for generations to come? Moms in Prayer International (formerly Moms in Touch) believes that a mom can be the single greatest force for good in the lives of her children and the children around her…lives and whole communities are changed forever when moms gather together to pray. Moms can make the difference — moms just like you. A new Moms in Prayer group will be meet- ing on Tuesday mornings at 9:00 a.m., beginning January 12th. We will meet in room 135; moms with children at home are welcome to bring their kids along to play while we pray. Our meetings will be approximately 1 hour long and are open to any moms from the surrounding area, including different schools and ages of children. Feel free to pass the word and invite other like-minded moms to join us! If you have any questions, call or text Monica at 719-568-1697 or joyfulmj@hotmail.com.

Ladies’ Book Club will meet on

Monday, January 25th, at 7:30 p.m. to talk about the next book, Realer Than Real by Ryan Wilkins.

Painting Party Join us on January 20th

at 6:00 p.m. Deena Schultz of Leap of Faith will guide us through the process of painting a Cross picture. All you need to bring is yourself and maybe a friend. She has everything we will need. It will be a fun filled evening. No matter your artistic level she will bring out your best! Plan on attending. The cost is $35.00, but we do have money for Scholarships. She has room for 30, so get signed up early!

A New Bible study will be starting

January 28th at 7:00 p.m. Struggles by Craig Groeschel. This is a 5 week study, meeting at the church. All ladies are invited to attend.

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Church Directory

We will be doing a new Church Directory. We will be taking

pictures before and after church each Sunday in January in

room 112, starting at 9:00 a.m. We encourage all families to

get their picture taken.

Men’s Bible Study of James

All men are invited the second Saturday of each month in the

Fellowship Hall. Breakfast will be at 8:00 a.m. followed by

discussion of James chapters 3, 4 and 5 around 9:00 a.m.

Please read these chapters before you come. A sign-up

sheet is available at the Welcome Center, if you plan to

attend, so that we can plan for breakfast.

Worship Team Meeting

Next meeting will be Monday, January 4th, at 7:00 p.m. in the

Music Room. All worship team members are encouraged to

attend. This includes vocals, praise band, sound board and

computer. Please get us any dates you cannot serve on the

worship team, so we can schedule you correctly.

"Clay Center Day at Deaf Missions” Saturday,

January 30th. Mark your calendars for this day! We will plan on meeting at the church and carpooling together. We will be eating lunch together and receiving a tour of Deaf Missions, along with seeing the new house purchased for the ladies’ at Deaf Missions.

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With the new year upon us, I can’t help but think of fresh starts and new begin-

nings. I would like to take this opportunity to encourage all the adult men at

CCCC. Each one of us is called to be a spiritual leader in our home, in the work

place and in our sphere of influence. This is a big responsibility. I believe that

we, as men need to be in the Word of God more then ever before. We need to

be in God's word on a daily basis. It's also important that we study the word with

other believers.

I'm reminded of Proverbs 27:17: “As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” As we study the

word together, we are able to edify and encourage our brothers in Christ.

On behalf of all the elders, I would like to encourage all adult men to come to the Men's Breakfast/Bible

Study on the second Saturday of every month at 8:00 a.m. We are studying the book of James. This a fun

time of fellowship and a great opportunity to study the Word of God together. For more information, please

contact Rod Smith at 402-469-2394.

May the Lord richly bless you and your families this year,

Bob Albrecht, Elder

Happy New Year from the staff at Clay Center Christian

May God richly bless you and your family in 2016

Office hours will be 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. on Thursday,

December 31st, and closed on Friday, January 1st.

Annual Congregational Meeting and Information Meetings

"Our annual congregational meeting (ACM) will be held on January 17th, following the worship service. At

this meeting, we will be asking for your support for the proposed 2016 Fiscal Year (FY) General Fund

Budget, bylaw revisions, and elder and ministry team leaders. All CCCC members who are 18 years old or

older are eligible to vote at the ACM. Absentee ballots will be available at the Welcome Center beginning on

January 3, 2016 for those unable to attend the ACM.

In preparation for the ACM, we will have information meetings on January 10th and January 17th, at 9:30

a.m. in the fellowship hall. During the information meetings, we will be available to answer questions

regarding the budget, proposed bylaw revisions, leadership ministries, and the upcoming fiscal year.”

C4 Student Ministry News

C4 will not be meeting on December 27th and January 3rd. We

are taking this break for Christmas and New Year’s. We know that

these holidays are normally spent with family, and we don’t want

to take away from that.

Our first C4 of 2016 will be on January 10th. We hope to see all

the students (6th-12th grades) there.

On February 7th, there will be a C4 SUPER BOWL PARTY. All

students (6th-12th grades) are invited to come and bring a friend.

The start and finish time for this party will be announced later.

January birthdays

1st Butch Chessmore

Merle VonSpreckelsen

2nd

Cari Hankins

4th Pat Clark

Maryann Thompson

5th Jennifer Slocum

6th Mitzi Messenger

7th Sharon Reasland

8th Bryan Baker

11th Darrell Griess

12th Roger Thompson

Tina Nelson

13th Sherry Hansen

17th Ethan Piper

20th Kandi Slocum

21st Linda Walker

23rd

Tim Aspegren

24th Gina Clark

25th Hunter Wilkerson

26th Tim Messenger

27th Jim Piper

29th David Walker

January anniversaries

1st Kevin & Nicole Thompson

6th

Steven & Britney VonSpreckelsen

9th Butch & Peggy Chessmore

11th Jason & Lisa Preissler

15th David & Linda Walker

There will be a Fellowship dinner Sunday, January 17th,

following the Annual Meeting. Plan to join us, and please bring

a large main dish and salad or dessert.

Mission of the Month for January

Wellspring Pregnancy +

Health Center in Hastings

You may designate any gifts for Wellspring

this month by writing MOM in the

memo of your offering check or

placing your gifts in the Mission of the

Month offering box.

Please continue to pray for an end to abortion in our country. We

know that every life matters and deserves a chance to live. At

Wellspring Pregnancy + Health Center, we exist to spread a

culture of life to the young people in Hastings and surrounding

areas.

An abortion happens every 26 seconds in the United States. Lives

are taken every day—you can reach women with the hope that

they need right here in our community. You can save a life. Please

consider supporting Wellspring Pregnancy + Health Center.