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One of the helpful things about the Internet is the

“GoFundMe” site where people with “causes” ask for help to

raise money. Sometimes it is for a legitimate cause like an

orphaned child, or a penniless widow trying to raise money for

a funeral, and yet, that is not always the case. Consider the

“curious case of Demetrios Hrysikos.”

This South Carolina man was distraught with another

celebrity death when Carrie Fisher passed away last week. He

attributed her demise to the “celebrity curse of 2016.” Even

though dozens of celebrities die every year, the passing of

Carrie Fisher, Alan Thicke, and others at a relatively younger

age has reminded people of our mortality. Hyrsikos wanted to

“do his part” to fight the curse, so he started a “GoFundMe”

page to raise money to “protect Betty White from the celebrity

curse of 2016.” The most curious aspect was that after just 16

hours of the post, he had already collected $1700 for his

“cause.” If she decided to try to get by without his help, he

promised to donate the money to charity.

While there really is no such thing as a “celebrity curse,”

death is referred to in scripture as the enemy, it resulted from

the curse of sin. The statistics are very grim, one out of every

one person born will die. The good news is that death is a

defeated enemy because of the resurrection of Jesus

Christ. Eternal life is available to all who believe.

Only God knows who will, or who will not die in the new

year, but the good news for believers is “to live is Christ, but to

die is gain.”

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BABY DEDICATION The first Sunday of every year we

recognize the babies that were

born the previous year. Here are

the children born to our Church

family in 2016:

Mason Ninichuck

Son of Matt & Jessica Ninichuck

Born January 22, 2016

Hailey Snider

Daughter of Justin & Courtney Snider

Born June 1, 2016

Claire Stevenson

Daughter of Billy & Marie Stevenson

Born: June 9, 2016

Jude Little

Son of Justin & Jenny Little

Born: June 27, 2016

Piper Eling

Daughter of Patrick & Sarah Eling

Born: December 27, 2016

A special THANK YOU to Kyle &

Karen Croswell for putting

together the slideshow for our

service, and to Tina Miller for

providing special music.

Serving Our Savior

ATTENDANCE & OFFERING

Combined Service 236

Bible School

TOTAL: 236

Bible School: $9.00

Special: Camp $10

Memorials:

Worship: $5449.00

TOTAL: $5468.00

Weekly Need: $6842.07

MEMBERSHIP MINISTRY Children’s Ministries

Sunday, January 8

4 p.m.

We will be organizing the

Foster Care Gift Bags.

HELPERS NEEDED

We’ve had a few people who have had to step out

of their role working in Toddler Church &

Jr. Church for the Early Service. We thank them

for their time of serving.

We will need to fill those spots, so if you are willing

and able to give some time to help, please see

Monty.

JOINT BOARD MEETING

Monday, January 9 @ 7 p.m.

Remaining 2017 Board Meeting Dates:

April 3, July 10, October 2

Please make note of these dates.

4th, 5th, & 6th Grade 7th - 12th Grades

Return Sunday, January 15! 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Bob Ross: (Courtney Little’s Grandfather) - lung cancer

Paul Parrish: cancer

PRAYER LIST UPDATE

EARLY SERVICE

Greeters:

1/8 : Billy & Shana Stevenson

1/15 : Jason & Megan Walker

Serving:

D. Cornelison, T. Lewin,

R. Jennings, S. Weber,

J. Broadwell, L. Howard,

M. Taulbee;

Meditation:

J. Baker

Communion Preparation:

Janet Blackburn

Nursery:

Eric & April Simpson

Toddler Church:

Amy Ninichuck, Nikki Maupin

Junior Church:

Amy Smith & Gail Brown

2nd SERVICE

Greeters:

1/8 : Ron & Jerry Fisher

1/15 : Ken & Stephanie Waters

Leader for Worship:

Rick Gabelman

Presiding:

Serving:

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Communion Preparation:

Myrna Little, Barbara

Simmermon

Junior Church:

John Maupin

Nursery:

WINTERJAM TOUR SPECTACULAR

Saturday, February 18 @ U.S. Bank Arena

This annual concert features 10 Christian artists

and the Church has purchased 20 JamNation

Tickets for the concert. This ticket assures you a

floor seat. If you are interested in a buying a

ticket, please see Jimmy Maupin ASAP. For more

info on the tour, visit www.jamtour.com

And the Angels Rejoice…

As Schuyler Crozier came

forward to be baptized into

Christ. We welcome Schuyler

to our Church family!