16391 CHILLICOTHE ROAD

CHAGRIN FALLS OH 44023

440.543.5643

WWW.FELLOWSHIPCLEVELAND.COM Bibles are available in the back of the Worship Center. If you do not own a Bible, please feel free to take one home with you.

#3 in Series “Life, Light and the Dwelling Glory”

Pastor Joe McGinnis December 18, 2011

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Fellowship’s December Series

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December 25: Explaining God

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TODAY Two services - 9AM and 10:45AM

Casual and Contemporary Worship Services Children’s Ministry provided for birth-5th grade at both services

Saturday, December 24—Christmas Eve Services

5:00PM Family Candlelight Service 7:00PM Candlelight Service 11:00PM Candlelight and Communion Service

Sundays, December 25 and January 1

One service - 10:45AM Casual and Contemporary Worship Service No Children’s Ministry. Children are invited to

worship with their parents.

Holiday Missional OpportunitiesHoliday Missional OpportunitiesHoliday Missional OpportunitiesHoliday Missional Opportunities Global Outreach: TODAY

• Sending cards and/or gifts to our GO Partners (missionaries). Cards and GO Partner information are available in the Atrium.

• Contact Carol Loparo (440.209.0797). Living Water: Until February 14

• Donations via Living Water International to build a well in Africa.

• Details on how to donate are in the Atrium. • Contact Dan Matsko (440.479.4494 or

xzq1z2@windstream.net).

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Inner Conflict: ___________________________________

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16391 Chillicothe Rd Chagrin Falls OH

44023 440.543.5643

440.543.9587 (fax), info@fellowshipcleveland.com www.fellowshipcleveland.com

FELLOWSHIP MINISTRY STAFF

Valerie Aiken Ext 228

Office Manager

Stephen Burks Pastor of Worship & Creative Arts

Kathy

Chamberlain Ext 223

Pastor of Care & Support

Ed Holt Ext 242

Pastor of Children’s Ministries

Terry Klebes Ext 233 Pastor of

Administration and Global Outreach

Tish Luciano Ext 222

Pastor of Service Inside & Out

Dave Lynden

Ext 224 Senior Pastor

Joe McGinnis

Ext 225 Pastor of

Community & Family Formation

Keith Melugin

Ext 226 Pastor of High School Ministries

Margo Most Ext 240

Interim Director of Middle School

Ministries

If you would like to talk to or pray with someone, an Elder and his wife will be at the Connection Corner after the service.

General Fund budgeted through the end of the year ............................................. $1,842,240

General Fund Actual through December 11 .............................................................. $1,617,007

Needed by December 31 to make budget ....................................................... $225,233

Facility Fund ............................................................................................................................. $16,000

“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and

widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” James 1:27

If you missed the offering basket this morning, offering boxes are in the Atrium.

In order for donations to be credited to 2011 for tax purposes, they must be postmarked

or left at the church on or before December 31, 2011. If you would like to donate stock

to Fellowship, please contact Terry Klebes (terry@fellowshipcleveland.com or

440.543.5643 ext. 233).

For people of faith, living generously means allowing God to use every aspect of your life—your time and energy, your talents and influence, your priorities and possessions—for His purposes.

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− GO PARTNERS: Halle Thompson (France). Halle is in the Atrium today by the GO

Tree. Please greet her and ask her about her ministry with college students in France.

Our GO Partners’ latest newsletters are available at goteamfbc.blogspot.com.

− MILITARY: Luke Van Antwerp

− COMMUNITY: Aurora

Inner Life Inner Life Inner Life Inner Life ————PrayerPrayerPrayerPrayer

Middle School CORE and High School COLLIDE meet TONIGHT at 6PM. Check for

ongoing high school ministry information at fbcsrhighuth.blogspot.com.

Attention High School Parents and Youth: The Winter Retreat to Spring Hill Camp in

Michigan is February 10-12, 2012. The retreat would make a very special Christmas gift

for a high school youth! Cost is $129. Pick up a registration form in the Multipurpose

Room, Atrium or Children's Atrium. Contact Carole Cyrus (cyrusfive@aol.com or

440.773.4904) with questions.

Fellowship’s Annual Meeting in on Sunday, February 12, 2012. If you are a member

and would like to submit a recommendation for an Elder nomination to the Board,

please prayerfully read I Timothy 3 and Titus 1:6-9 before speaking with a member of

the Elder Nominating Committee (Bill Murschel, John Abbott or Gary Most). It is advisable

to speak with the potential nominee before submitting their name. Please note that it is the

function of the Nominating Committee of the Elder Board to bring forward a slate of

candidates for a vote by the membership; the Committee welcomes recommendations from

the church body. Nominations are requested by December 31, 2011; the sooner

candidates are brought forward, the better, as it allows time for due diligence.

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December 24 ......... Christmas Eve Services (5PM, 7PM, 11PM)

December 25 ......... Merry Christmas! One worship service (10:45AM).

Children’s Ministry will not be held, so children

are invited to worship with their parents. The

Nursery will be open for parents to attend to

their child’s needs, if necessary.

January 2012 .......... Month of Prayer and Rest

January 1 ............... Happy New Year! One worship service

(10:45AM). Children’s Ministry will not be held,

so children are invited to worship with their

parents. The Nursery will be open for parents

to attend to their child’s needs, if necessary.

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We’re glad you’re here!

We’d like to get to know you. There is a Connection Card in the seat in front of you to

get you started. Please use the card to communicate your interests, praise and prayer

requests, or contact information (especially if you’re new here) with our staff. Drop it in

the offering basket, hand it to an usher, or bring it by the Connection Corner. Feel free to

call our office staff for any reason (440.543.5643). The Connection Corner is in the

Atrium (on the right as you leave); an Elder and his wife are available there to meet you,

pray with you, and/or answer your questions.

Devices to help the hearing impaired are available at

the sound booth in the back of the Worship Center.

Dear Church Family:

Every Christmas, I have to listen to a particular version of “O Holy Night”. It starts out with

a very dentist-office-style violin introduction and a male singer who sounds like a lounge

lizard trying to come off as profound. As the song continues, the singer’s vocal

shortcomings become more and more apparent until he is literally screaming the lyrics. The

first time I heard it, I laughed so hard I cried. But, in reality, this is one of those songs that

should never be messed with! Sung well, there is nothing like “O Holy Night” to prepare

our hearts for Christmas! I hope that as you are getting ready for the gift-giving and the

dinners and the relatives in town, you are setting time aside to ponder this coming sacred

moment, this holy night in which the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.

Dave Lynden, Senior Pastor

For more information…

We are online at www.fellowshipcleveland.com. You can access message archives, ministry

information, what we believe, and learn about opportunities to help you grow deeper and

stronger.

Regular Sunday Schedule

9:00AM-10:15AM

Worship Service

Nursery - 5th Grade

10:45AM-Noon

Worship Service

Nursery - 8th Grade

Engaging the Word Adult Bible Fellowship (in the Teaching Center)

6:00PM

Middle School CORE Senior High COLLIDE

Study Questions for December 25

1. Read John 1:1-18 five times this week. How does vv. 14-18 bring

this prologue to a climax? What is so stunning about this passage?

2. Read Exodus 33:12-34:8. What does Moses ask for in 33:18?

What does God say in response in 33:19-23?

3. Read Exodus 34:5-7. When God “passes by”, what does Moses

hear concerning God’s character?

4. Read Exodus 40:34-38. What happens at the end of the book of

Exodus with God’s presence? Where does it abide? Why is this

so revolutionary?

5. Go back to John 1:14-18. What words, concepts, images from

Exodus 33:18-34:8 and 40:34-38 do you see in this passage?

What is John trying to convey about Jesus to his readers? What

can we “see” that even Moses was not allowed to see? How so?

Study questions for the series can be found at

www.fellowshipcleveland.com/#/grow-deeper/resources

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If you are new to our church, in addition to filling out a Connection

Card and visiting the Connection Corner in the Atrium, we offer Check

It Out and Pizza with the Pastor, where you can learn more about

Fellowship. The next session begins Sunday, January 8, 10:45AM.

Sign up in the Connection Corner or contact Kathy Chamberlain

(440.543.5643 ext. 223 or kathy@fellowshipcleveland.com).

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AKTS (Acts of Kindness Teams) is starting a new project designed to

reach out to Chagrin Valley or surrounding area families who do not

attend Fellowship. They are asking for recommendations of families in

need to the AKTS ministry team. For details, stop by the Atrium kiosk

or contact Joan Tiefel (joantief@gmail.com or 330.348.4000).

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If you would like a set of the “5 Tough Questions” series (DVD/$20 or CD/$15), please

order one at the Atrium kiosk or contact Clarice Rybicki (clarice@fellowshipcleveland.com)

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Faith that unleashes love will change the world.