Our Vision is to be a Christ-honoring

community that is passionate about

Loving God, Loving One Another, and Loving the World.

The Missions Page, including our Missionary

of the Week and Our Adopted Unreached

People Update, has been omitted here for

security reasons.

Please pick up a printed copy of this page each

week at the Missions Counter to see important

updates, announcements, and prayer requests.

December 9 & 10, 2017

Visiting LC3 today?.

Please visit our welcome counter in the foyer for a free gift.

Don’t feel obligated to participate in the offering. The offering

is for regular attenders who consider LC3 their church home.

We would appreciate it if you fill out the “Communication Card”

that is in the seat pocket in front of you. Add your prayer

request and/or comment on the back and place it in the

offering bag at the end of the service.

This Week at Lake City Saturday, December 9

5:30 p.m. Pastor’s Prayer Team - Room 210 6:00 p.m. Worship Service - Worship Center

Sunday, December 10 8:00 a.m. Pastor’s Prayer Team - Room 210 8:30 a.m. Worship Service - Worship Center Family Bible Study Class - Upper Gym 10:00 a.m. Worship Service - Worship Center Risen Without a Doubt - Room 210 No Black’s Small Group - Upper Gym 11:30 a.m. Worship Service - Worship Center 6:00 p.m. GriefShare - Upper Foyer near Worship Center High School Youth Group - Upper Gym No Middle School Small Group

Monday, December 11 10:00 a.m. Grandparent Prayer - Room 210 6:30 p.m. Women’s Bible Study - Worship Center 7:00 p.m. Narcotics Anonymous Group - Open Meeting - Portable A

Tuesday, December 12 9:30 a.m. MOPS - Gym 6:15 p.m. Men’s Conquer Series - Portable A 6:30 p.m. No High School Small Group Middle School Youth Group - Upper Gym

Wednesday, December 13 8:30 a.m. Women’s Prayer - Room 210 6:30 p.m. AWANA - Multiple Rooms Worship Choir - Foyer 4:00 p.m. Fred Myers Memorial Service & Reception - Lakeview Chapel 8:00 p.m. Preparations for Food Bank Christmas Party

Thursday, December 14 8:00 a.m. BOL Food Bank Prep 9:30 a.m. Women’s Bible Study - Worship Center 1:00 p.m. Food Bank Client Christmas Party 6:30 p.m. ReEngage

Friday, December 15 7:00 p.m. Emerge Meet & Greet - Upper Gym

Saturday, December 16 5:30 p.m. Pastor’s Prayer Team - Room 210 6:00 p.m. Worship Service - Worship Center

Office Hours: Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. & Friday, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

LC3 Contact Information: 253-582-8040; lakecity@LC3.com; www.LC3.com; 8810 Lawndale Ave SW, Lakewood, WA 98498

Our Pastors - Jim Kennington - Senior Pastor, Rich Sewell - Pastor of Senior Ministries, Mark Wilkening - Pastor of Worship & Arts, Reg Overstreet - Pastor of Small Groups & Adult Ministries, David Pritchard - Pastor of Family Ministries, Caleb Heath - Youth Pastor.

Our Elders - Jim Kennington, Tung Le, John Haddick, John Schock, Randy Madson, Brian Anderson, Tim Edgren, and Dan Tchobanoff.

Photography - Photographs and/or videos of church activities may be taken for promotional purposes. If you would like to be excluded from this, please contact the church office in writing.

Prayer Requests

For military deployed: Kyle Brenay, James Darnell, Adam Daschund, Greg Ford,

Josh Gorder, Thomas Kitson, Chris Miller, Christopher Murphy, Xavier O’Neil,

Matthew Stewart, Levaai Tuialii, Marcus Warren, Cameron Wolterstorff, and

David Young.

If you have family members serving overseas, please let us know. If you or someone you love has recently returned from deployment,

please let us know so we can recognize them. If you are PCSing, please come forward after the service so that we may pray a

blessing over your move and your life at this important time.

Stewardship

General Fund Budget Goal Actual Giving December 3, 2017 $29,850 $35,393

Year to Date $686,550 $639,773 Transform Fund Received This Week Total Transform Giving $11,142 $1,088,545 LC3 Wifi: The password for our LC3 WIFI is “HeIsRisenIndeed.”

If you have an urgent prayer request, you may call the office at 253-582-8040 or email LC3.prayer@LC3.com. Less urgent requests may be written on your communication card.

For medical needs: Kitty Askins, Karen Burgess, April Dunn, Judy Gann, Allison

Gonzales, Patti Hall, Justus Nikolao, Tom Van Houte, John Scroggin, Bob

Wenner, and Theresa Williams.

Faith@Home

To help your family find meaningful ways to celebrate the Advent Season, we recommend the book Finding the Treasure in Christmas by John and Carissa Lewis. You may find this book and other Christmas resources in the Faith@Home Center this season.

GriefShare - This program brings healing to those hurting from the loss of loved ones. For many the holiday season is not one filled with anticipation and joy. If this describes you due to the loss of a loved one, why not come to Grief-Share and allow God’s Word to help you on your journey back to joy? Grief-Share will meet the first three Sundays in December, then will be suspended until January 7, due to scheduling conflicts.

Student Ministries

Important Dates: Please note that our Middle School Large

Group’s last December meeting is on Tuesday, Dec. 12 for a

Christmas Party. They do not meet again until Jan. 2. High

School Large Group’s last Dec. meeting is Sunday, Dec. 10

for a Christmas Party. They resume again on January 7.

High School questions - Caleb.Heath@LC3 Middle School questions - Dan.Livingston@LC3.com

Perspectives is 15-weeks experiencing a creative God on mission in this world. The next class: Destiny City Church, Tacoma. Mon., Jan. 8, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Contact our in-house LCCC representative, Lourie Hunt, for more info at huntlk@comcast.net!

Giving Tree - Gifts will be gifted this week!

PLEASE RETURN YOUR GIFTS TO THE TREE THIS WEEKEND!

Prime Timer Breakfast - The Christmas

Breakfast is Wednesday, December 20 at

9:00 a.m. in the gym. The Steilacoom

High School Chamber Choir will perform

Christmas music and then lead us in

Christmas carols. For an accurate count,

we are asking you to please sign up in

the church foyer on Saturday or Sunday

(Dec. 9/10, or 16/17) if you plan to attend. Come celebrate the birth of our

Lord with music, fellowship, and food. We welcome all seniors even if you

have not attended in the past.

Bread of Life Food Bank Christmas Party Thursday, December 14

Many helpers with many skills will be needed

Wed. evening and in 2-hour shifts Thurs.

Could you serve as Gift Display Organizer, Shopper

Helper, Gift Wrapper, Security Worker, Clean-Up or

Set-Up Person? Please sign up in the foyer or contact

Lucy Wise at 253-582-2515.

The family of Fred Myers invites you to join with them in celebration of his life on Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. at Lakeview Chapel, 4606 108th St. SW, Lakewood. Reception will immediately follow the service.

North Cauc@sus Prayer Group - Plan now to join us for our newest prayer

focus group from the people of the North Cauc@sus Region. Everyone is

welcome in Portable A at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, December 17.

Newcomer's Dinner - Are you a new attender who wants to know more people here? Bring your family, meet friends, and enjoy fellowship during dinner Friday, Jan. 5 at 6:15 p.m. at Pete & Kelly McIntyre’s home. Please RSVP to them at (253) 588-3832 by Tuesday, January 2. Thank you!

Prayer Focus Groups 1) Pastor’s Prayer Team - Saturday, 5:30 p.m.; Sunday, 8:00 a.m. - Room 210 2) Women’s Prayer - Wednesday, Dec. 13, 8:30 a.m. - Upper Foyer 3) Sanctity of Human Life - Sunday, January 7, 11:30 a.m. - Room 210 4) Grandparent Prayer - 2nd Monday of the month, December 11, 10:00 a.m. -

home of Pastor Rich and Karin 5) Tam@jaq Prayer - Sunday, January 7, 10:00 a.m. - Portable A 6) Marriage Prayer - Thursday, January 4, 5:00 p.m. - Room 210 7) Pray for America - 3rd Sunday of each month, Sunday, December 17,

10:00 a.m. - Portable A 8) North Cauc@sus Prayer Group - Sunday, Dec. 17, 8:30 a.m. - Portable A 9) Moms in Prayer (College and Career Kids) - Mondays, 10:30 a.m. -

For more information, call Margie at 253-370-8954.