WEEKLY

OPPPORTUNITIES

December

2016

Contact

“A FAMILY OF FAITH

STANDING TO-

GETHER ON

GOD’S WORD”

Pastor Bryce Kristofferson

816 W. Breckenridge St.

Mexico, MO 65265

Phone: 573-581-5173

It is Christmas season once again! Christmas is one of the times each year that we have opportunities to invite people to come to church. There are many people who, for whatever reason, have stopped coming to church. Some people got too busy with their families. Some just got out of the habit of coming to church. Some people were offended by something that a church member did many years ago, some cannot even remember why they were offended. We need to be actively looking for opportunities to in-vite them back to church. The central truth that we need to be reminded of is that “Everybody needs Jesus.” Jesus did not just come to the earth for us to have a nice Christmas where we can exchange presents, Jesus came with a much higher purpose. Jesus came to offer Himself as a sacrifice for your sins, even those who have stopped coming to church. We need to focus this Christmas season on those who are hurting, those who have stopped coming to church. Let’s remind them that coming to church is not about politics (praise God!), it’s not about power or money or recognition. Coming to church is about all of us understanding that we have a need for a Savior! The Savior is Jesus Christ! The Savior is deserving of worship, and the Savior is deserving of a bride (the church) that is anxious for His return. Let us be the church that Jesus would be proud of! Pastor Bryce

SUNDAY

9:30 am Sunday School

10:45 am Worship Service

6:00 pm Youth Meets

WEDNESDAY

5:30 pm Choir Practice

6:30 pm Children’s Ministry

7:00 pm Prayer Meeting

THURSDAY

NO OASIS this month

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

From home to home and heart to heart

From one place to another

The warmth and joy of

Christmas

Brings us closer to each other.

- Emily Matthew

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DATES FOR YOUR CALENDAR

SUNDAY 12/4-25 — 9:30 am Sunday School

10:45 am Worship Services

6:00 pm Youth Meet

MONDAY

12/5-26 — 6:30—8:30 pm Blue Grass WEDNESDAY 12/7-28 — 5:30 pm Choir practice 6:30 pm Children’s Ministry 7:00 pm Prayer Mtg THURSDAY

12/15 — 12:00 pm NO OASIS

SATURDAY

12/10 — 8:00 am Men’s Breakfast

Missed a sermon? You can now

listen to our sermons at

www.centennialbaptistchurch.com

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Weather Alert

If Church is cancelled, it will be on Channel

8,13,14,17,22. It will also be on KJAB,

KXEO, KWIX, KRES, KIRK, KTCM as well

as email and Jabr Text and posted on face-

book and our website.

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Bob & Mary Lou Brace will celebrate 60 years of marriage on December 15, 2016. If you would like to send them an anniversary card they are at: 1015 Janea Court

Georgetown, Texas 78626

December 2016

Enjoy the Christmas Cantata on Sunday Dec 18th.

1 Pastor on vacation

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3 Deacons and wives Christmas Dinner. 5:00 pm

4 Pastor on vacation

Preston Thompson preaching Lottie Moon Starts 9:30 am Sun School 10:45 am Worship Christmas Card Giving begins

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6:30-8:30 pm Blue Grass

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7

5:30 pm Choir 6:30—8:00 pm Children 7:00 pm Prayer Mtg

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9 10

8:00 am Men’s Breakfast

11 9:30 am Sun School 10:45 am Worship

Qtly Fellowship meal w/Christmas Party and Bus Mtg to follow 6:00 pm Youth Mtg

12

6:30-8:30 pm Blue Grass

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14 5:30 pm Choir 6:30—8:00 pm Children Christmas Party 7:00 pm Prayer Mtg

15 12:00 pm OASIS

16

Youth Christ-mas Party

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18 9:30 am Sun School 10:45 am Worship Christmas Cantata

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6:30-8:30 pm Blue Grass

20

First Day of Winter tomorrow

21 5:30 pm Choir 6:30—8:00 pm Children 7:00 pm Prayer Mtg

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24 Christmas Eve Service with Lord’s Supper Observance 6:00 pm

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No Sunday School today 10::00 am Worship

Christmas Vespers

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6:30-8:30 pm Blue Grass

Office Closed

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28 5:30 pm Choir 6:30—8:00 pm Children 7:00 pm Prayer Mtg

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30 31 Lottie Moon ends

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Serving This

Month

DECEMBER 2016

December 11 December 18 December 25 December 4

Finance Com-mittee

Dwight Schindler

& Jimmy Cox

Dwight Schindler

& Jimmy Cox

Dwight Schindler

& Jimmy Cox

Dwight Schindler &

Jimmy Cox

Pantry Item Cereal Cereal Cereal Cereal

Hospital & Nurs-

ing Home Visita-

tion

Stacey Moore,

Rachel Cox &

Dana Reynard

Stacey Moore, Ra-

chel Cox & Dana

Reynard

Stacey Moore, Ra-

chel Cox & Dana

Reynard

Stacey Moore,

Rachel Cox & Dana

Reynard

9:30 am Greeter James Gentry James Gentry James Gentry James Gentry

10:45 am Greeters

Mike & Lori Test Mike & Lori Test Mike & Lori Test Mike & Lori Test

10:45 Nursery

Workers

Rachel & Becca

Kristofferson

Dolly Jesse &

Molly Talley

Margaret Ingrum &

Kelli Teal

Ashley Kreyling &

Mariana G.

Van Driver Earl Ingrum

573-581-1056

Earl Ingrum

573-581-1056

Earl Ingrum

573-581-1056

Earl Ingrum

573—581-1056

Serving Next

Month

JANUARY 2017

January 8 January 15 January 22 January 29 January 1

Finance Committee

JR Houchins &

Diane Hibbs

JR Houchins &

Diane Hibbs

JR Houchins &

Diane Hibbs

JR Houchins &

Diane Hibbs

JR Houchins &

Diane Hibbs

Pantry Item Pasta Pasta Pasta Pasta Pasta

Hospital & Nurs-

ing Home Visita-

tion

Steve Moore,

Jackie Heaston &

Laura Pitts

Steve Moore,

Jackie Heaston &

Laura Pitts

Steve Moore,

Jackie Heaston &

Laura Pitts

Steve Moore,

Jackie Heaston

& Laura Pitts

Steve Moore,

Jackie Heaston &

Laura Pitts

9:30 am Greeter Jim Gentry Jim Gentry Jim Gentry Jim Gentry Jim Gentry

10:45 am Greeters

Loren & Lorna

Biggers

Loren & Lorna

Biggers

Loren & Lorna

Biggers

Loren & Lorna

Biggers

Loren & Lorna

Biggers

10:45 Nursery

Workers

Rachel & Becca

Kristofferson

Dolly Jesse &

Molly Talley

Margaret Ingrum &

Kelli Teal

Becca & Rachel

Kristofferson

Ashley Kreyling &

Mariana G.

Van Driver Tim Jesse

573-581-8496

Tim Jesse

573-581-8496

Tim Jesse

573-581-8496

Tim Jesse

573-581-8496

Tim Jesse

573-581-8496

Those wishing to share a Christmas card with members of Centennial please bring your cards to church starting Sunday the 4th and put them in the “Centennial Mailbox” and we will deliver them for you. AND with the postage saved please donate that money to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering! Win-Win!!

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Embracing the Heart of the Season

Centennial’s Adult Choir will present under the direction of David Penn the Christmas Cantata “Holding On To Christmas” on Sun-day morning, December 18th during the regular 10:45 am service.

Shared memories and more are at the center of this new Christmas musical Holding on to Christmas, from beloved arranger Marty Parks. This delightfully charming “comfort-the-soul” musical is a warm invitation to “come sit by the fireside, wrap up in your favorite Christmas blanket, and reminisce about Christmas” as, together, we celebrate fam-ily and friends and most importantly, the Savior who was born so long ago on that first Christmas night in Bethlehem.

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DECEMBER ANNIVERSARIES

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Tim & Dolly Jesse 6

30 years

Bob & Mary Lou Brace 15

60 years

Randall & Betty Kristofferson 23

51 years

Bill & Helen Dugan 27

52 years

December Birthdays

Etta Albright 2

Eastyn Teel 5

Janet Strait 11

Drew Hibbs 11

Edith Cossey 12

Bill Dugan 13

Harold McCune 13

Matthew Kreyling 15

Lois Polacek 16

Martin Leverett 20

Brayden Townsend 21

Pap Young 22

Margie Brumback 22

Landri Teel 24

Rebecca grantham 26

Gwen Young 27

Alan Polacek 30

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The month of November has brought some change for our Children’s Ministry and a night of travel for our Student Ministry. First let’s talk Student Ministry. This month we had a progres-sive dinner where Ann Moore joined me and some of our students to travel from house to house having a Thanksgiving meal. We started our night leaving the church on the van headed to Ra-chel and Jimmy Cox’s house where we began with salad and appetizers. Next we headed to Sta-cey Moore’s house for the main portion of the meal. We had turkey, noodles, potatoes and so much more. After eating and enjoying quite a time of fellowship through good conversation and joking we packed up to head out for dessert. Our final stop for the evening was at Sallee Lauer’s house. When we arrived we found a fire waiting for us and we proceeded to cook s’mores. It goes without saying I owe a great deal of thanks to our hosts. Without your hospitality the night would not have been able to happen. I also want to thank Ann for riding along with us in the van. Finally thank you to those who offered to open their houses up to us who we could not use for this particular event. It is so appropriate that in the month where we have a day dedicated to expressing our thankfulness as a nation that I get to express so much thankfulness to and for our congregation for exercising their spiritual gifts to bless myself and our students.

I mentioned this month has also brought some change for our Children’s Ministry. As of No-vember 30, I know it barely made it in, we have stopped using Lifeway's Bible Studies for Life Worship for our Wednesday evening program. We have now moved to using Kid’s Own Wor-ship (KOW) by Group. This program has introduced some new elements into our time together on Wednesday nights. Where previously the evening was primarily modeled in such a way that we had dinner then broke into two small groups for worship through song, games, and Bible story time KOW will offer a new model of large group, small group, large group. In this format we will still begin with eating dinner followed by the evening beginning with a time of worship with music for large group and some kind of large group game. Afterward our children will break into familiar small groups to dive deeper and learn from the Bible with stories and activi-ties (for the pre—school children this will include Theo the Faithretriever Puppet). Finally, once this time has concluded we will come back together as a large group and close with more songs before praying to dismiss. It is my hope that we will help our children to experience God in a new way through this. In closing I must now again express my thanks to our Wednesday night leaders. Thank you for all you do. It would literally be impossible for me to do this alone. Thank you for showing up week after week and investing in the lives of Children. We might not get to see the fruit of our labor for years to come, perhaps never at all, but we are building a foundation for their lives which will encourage them to make wise decisions as the you grow and (continued on page 8)

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to honor God with their lives. For the children who will in the com-

ing years become part of our Student Ministry we also build a foun-

dation for what happens there and for that I cannot say thank you

enough..

In closing I am very excited for everything that is happening for our

Children's Student Ministries. There will continue to be effort put

into raising the children and teens to be people of great faith. We

will continue to strive to experience healthy growth within both of

these ministries and I look forward to how you will be involved in

that. Eric Fleming

Youth Pastor

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Church Membership Updates: If you have any changes in

address, phone, email or other……….please let the church

office know so we can have updated in-

formation on you. New Church Direc-

tory coming out soon.

Quarterly Busi-

ness meeting on

December 11th!

Need to vote on

the 2017 Pro-

posed Budget.

Christmas Party on Sunday December 11th after Morning Services. Bring a “White Elephant”

gift to share. It is loads of fun.

Continued from page 7 ( Youth Ministry)

A N N O U N C E M E N T S

The Characters of

Christmas

Elizabeth & Zachariah

Mary & Joseph

The Innkeeper

Stable full of animals

Angels

Shepherds

King Herod

3 Wise Men

One Baby

“JESUS “

Who Is The Light of

the World

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will not be meeting on the 3rd Thursdays during the

cold winter months

but will resume

in the Spring.

Isaiah 9:6 KJV

For unto us a child is

born, unto us a son is

given: and the govern-

ment shall be upon his

shoulder: and his name

shall be called Wonder-

ful, Counselor, The

mighty God, The ever-

lasting Father, The

Prince of Peace.

OASIS

DECEMBER

Lottie Moon Christmas Offering Goal $2,000

Dec 11th Fellowship Meal —Business Meeting— Christmas Party

Dec 16th Youth Christmas Party

Dec 18th Christmas Cantata

Dec 24th Christmas Eve Service with Lord’s Supper Observed

Dec 25th No SS Worship Service @ 10:00 am

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2016 LOTTIE MOON CHRISTMAS OFFERING

The theme for the 2016 Lottie Moon Christmas Offering

is The Gospel Resounds. December 4-11, 2016 is the

Week of Prayer for International Missions.

Envelopes and prayer guides will be available on Sun-

day the 4th and throughout the month of December.

“Your prayers and gifts to the Lottie Moon Christ-

mas Offering will help the gospel continue to re-

sound throughout the nations as you send and

sustain missionaries and their work”.

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Merry Christmas from the Staff

Jesus the ‘Reason for the Season’

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IN THE STABLE WHERE CHRIST WAS BORN…

SMELL the stable. Smell the fresh cow dung. Smell the dampness of the cave, the

water dripping along the side. Smell the donkeys and the cows. Smell the rancid

straw, gleaming with animal saliva.

SEE the cobwebs, the hen with her little brood of chicks over in the corner, the crude and simple atmosphere of heaven’s maternity ward.

TOUCH the warm backs of the animals as they chew their food in the stalls. Feel

the manger, cushioned with new, clean straw.

Eric

Micah Sallee

Pastor Bryce

Jackie

LISTEN to the wind whistling through the gate. Listen again and

you will hear the hundreds who still are up late at night, meandering

through the streets of Bethlehem.

NOTICE the shaft of light that penetrates the gate as if it were fo-

cused from heaven upon this particular place. Look over in the far corner and you

will see them. You will hear them. And you can touch them. The young mother

with her newborn child. Her sturdy husband-to-be. The wondering shepherds..

How goes the stable of your life? Where is Christ being born in the shadows of your

inner self? While the noises of life all around you continue, have you noticed what’s

happening inside your stable? Have you invited the wise to come and open their

treasures to you? Have you allowed the lonely to come and celebrate the new things

that are being born in your life? Are you listening to your dreams during the night?

Hal Edwards

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HOW VERY EXCITING!!

Centennial Baptist is participating in

the Angel Tree Ministry and providing

gifts for children of inmates who can’t

get anything for them. We already

know names, ages, wish lists, etc.

Please take an Angel off of our Angel

Tree next time you are at church and put a smile on the face of a child who

can’t have mom or dad at home with them at Christmas time. There will

be an insert about Angel Tree in Sunday the 4th bulletin.

This is where opportunity meets resources.

PLEASE HELP!!