SERMON: by Pastor Mews “Mystery Made Known”

ALTAR FLOWERS

The altar flowers are given by the church in celebration of the Epiphany of our Lord.

2026 ALTAR FLOWERS NEEDED!

If you are interested in signing up for the altar flowers for (in) 2026 please contact Krystle. After speaking with Kirchers, the price has been increased to $25.00 a week. There are a lot of open weekends!

CHURCH ENVELOPES

2026 church envelopes may be picked up on the table in the lobby of the south entrance outside the church office.

CHURCH OFFICE HOURS

The church office hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The outside doors will open at 9:00 a.m. and will be locked at 3:00 p.m.  Our staff is in the office from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 pm.  The hours before and after are used for team meetings and for staff members to work on special projects like power points, needs in the church, etc. If you call before or after office hours, please leave a message. If it is an emergency, please call Pastor Mews at 419-670-5014.

CHURCH UNDECORATING

The Board of Parish Fellowship needs your help with undecorating the church on Monday, January 5th at 2:00 p.m. Many hands make for light work. Thanks.

NO SUNDAY SCHOOL

There will be no Sunday School or Children’s Message until January 11th.

TUESDAYS AT TEN SHOP WITH A COP PULLED-PORK BENEFIT

On November 4th, Tuesdays at Ten Bible Study had an Election Day Pulled Pork Dinner.  We served 275 adult meals and 25 children’s meals. Through the profits of the dinner, donations and Thrivent grants, we raised $4,124.64 for Shop with a Cop. This means we supported 41 children to go shopping with a cop. Each child  (up to grade 8) received $100 to purchase clothing, gloves, shoes or boots. No toys. Rita Bergman (below) presented the check to Det. Sgt. Dave Richard (left) and Patrolman Garrett Roth. The shopping was held at Walmart and served 270 children. What a joy for the children! Thank you for your support by purchasing a ticket(s) or making a donation. YOU made the children very happy!  God loves a cheerful giver.

CLOTHES CLOSET NEEDS

The Clothes Closet is in need of all winter clothing and coats for men, women, and kids sizes 5 and up. Thank you for your continued support of this ministry. The Clothes Closet is also in need of volunteers to cover shifts on Thursday and Friday mornings.  

LENTEN MEALS 

As we are preparing the 2026 calendar, and with the Epistles getting printed bi-monthly, we would like to get your group scheduled for the Lenten meals. The March 25th date is still open. Please contact the church office at your earliest convenience. If no group signs up for March 25th, there will be no meal on that evening. Thank you.
 

DECEMBER 2025 FOOD PANTRY REPORT

It was a busy December filling the food orders. As of December 30th, we served 76 families or 230 people and distributed 488 bags of food. We continued to distribute EXTRA Thanksgiving food items that were donated from the previous month. Thank you to everyone who donated food. It was very much appreciated. I used two Thrivent Action Team events for the canned turkey and the hams, and that totaled $500 of additional assistance. We spent $1,180.01 in Meijer Simply Give Gift Cards.

I want to thank Sandy Joost and Elaine Carpenter for their many volunteer years of service to the Food Pantry. May God continue to bless you both.

Thank you to all the volunteers who made the distribution of food go well.

We welcome Ruth Blake, Fran Coonrod and Mary Ann Hurst, who are being trained to use the software program, PantryTrak. Also, thank you to Mary and Howard Grime with help with bread donations.

Thank you to everyone who continues to support the Food Pantry. We always welcome food and money donations. If you wish to give money toward this ministry, please send it to Krystle Clark. Once a month we go to the Toledo Food Bank and spend money on the order and Krystle pays the invoice from the Food Pantry account.

JANUARY AND FEBRUARY FOOD ITEMS NEEDED: canned tuna, oil and cream of chicken soup. Bath tissue is always needed.

 
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ATTENDANCE                 CHURCH SERVICES                  

December  27     47          5:30 PM                                                             

December  28     89          9:00 AM                                          

                                60         11:00 AM                                                          

TOTAL:                196                         

                                                   

 
– Worship Services –
Traditional Services
Saturday, 5:30 p.m., Sunday, 9:00 a.m.
Sunday, 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Service
 
THE 5:30 P.M. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AT 11:00 A.M. ARE
LIVESTREAMED 
 
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