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End of the Year. The end of 2015 is fast approaching. Would you like to give a tax deductible gift to Kankakee First Church? The IRS indicates the gift needs to be in the church office before it closes at noon, December 31, or it can be sent through the mail if it is postmarked by Dec. 31, 2015. Do we have your current correct address? Now that the end of the year is nearing, the Financial Office will be sending out new tithe envelopes and giving reports. We need your current correct address in order to receive these in a timely manner. Please call the Church office if you have a new mailing address, email address or any questions. Contributions. To look at your contributions, you can go to www.k3naz.org, click the Resource tab and then WebView. If you need more assistance, please call the church office at 815-933- 1000. Online Giving Scan the code below using your smart phone and be directed to the online giving site for Kankakee First Church. Log-in using your registered user ID or give a one-time gift right from your smart phone! Christmas shopping …Parties... Decorating the house … Putting up the tree …Making cookies ...in the midst of all the hustle and bustle …Have some quiet times to REFLECT on the SCRIPTURE No matter the size of your family, or the stage of your family we challenge you to set aside time each day/every other day/one time a week this season to prepare for His coming and give thanks that He came – both into the world and into your heart! Be sure to stop by the table in the foyer and check a few of the different ways to carry Advent into your daily lives. TODAY. Our Nursery & Early Childhood Ministry will be giving their special Christmas presentation. Wednesday, December 9 Children 1st-6th grade will be caroling at ManorCare Nursing Home. We will need parent drivers. Please call Pastor Debbie by December 7 if you are able to help. Christmas Musical Selection Children, 1st – 6th grade, and youth are invited to join in a special Christmas musical selection on Sunday, December 20 in the 10:30 am service. Rehearsals for this selection will be - Friday, December 11, 6 – 7:30 pm for music and a special “Cookie Bake” (bring a Christmas plate from home) - Sunday, December 13, during Children’s’ worship - Wednesday, December 16, 6:00— 6:30 p.m. before Generational Communion Service - Sunday Dec 20th, 9:45 a.m. on the platform. You’ll find the selection on YouTube, look for Hillsong Born is the King- Lyrics Video. Please have your children listen and learn as much as they can before the rehearsal on December 11. Giving to Others. The “Giving Tree” is up in the children’s Commons area. Tags are on the tree with items that are needed at Manor Care for the resident’s Christmas. Please help your child learn more about giving to others by taking a tag, purchasing the item listed on the tag, and returning the item no later than Dec 20 th . RECHARGE 2016—Winter Retreat $25 deposit is due Sunday, Dec. 13. If you are going to Forge Flint , the $80 deposit is due by Christmas. Contact Pastor Brandon for more information. Senior Day in Chicago Saturday, December 19 The Day in Chicago is an annual high school tradition. We'll take the train downtown to have lunch, shop, and enjoy the sights and sounds of Christmas season in the city! Cost is $10 to attend and you should bring money for your lunch. We'll meet at the church at 9:30 am and ride up to the station together. We will plan to return around 7:00 pm Christmas House Walk Thursday, December 17 Time to go see decorated Christmas homes, sing along to carols and just enjoy being together...So think about it, how about opening your home? Please contact Chardell Smallwood for more information. Book Study Wednesday Nights 6:45-7:30pm—Room 104 Leader: Mary Schweigert Please remember to fill your Food Pantry bags and bring them to our December meeting. Christmas Lunch Tuesday, December, 8 11:30 am Prime Time is putting on a ham dinner with all the trimmings – including delicious pies from Blues Café! After the meal, Viola Sultan will lead us in singing some Christmas carols, accompanied by Florence Burghorn on the piano. The Prime Time ministry will be supplying the main course and dessert. Members will fill in the meal with the following A-H – Salads I-P – Veggies Q-Z – Potato dishes (mashed, scalloped, sweet, etc.) If you have any questions or need to arrange for a ride, please contact Janet Cline, 815-939-3549 or Joy Long, 815-426-6408 Sympathy Our prayers and thoughts are with Pastor Brandon Carter and Pastor Ali Deckard, on the death of their grandfather Glen Reel. He passed away December 2 in Evansville, IN. Funeral service was Saturday, December 5 in Kankakee. From Kathy Wissbroecker “What a wonderful family I have at First Church. I have felt your prayers when I was too sick to pray for myself. Thank you for your faithfulness, love, cards, food, flowers, etc. God is faithful! Cancellation Information Because of inclement weather or national emergency, First Church may have to cancel a service or close the building down. If this happens on a Sunday or Wednesday evening, there are many ways for you to find out. Check our website: www.k3naz.org You will be receiving a phone call from the Church office - It is our desire that everyone should be notified by 7:30 am on a Sunday - If this action is necessary for a regular week day, the guide will be that if in town schools are closed, First Church is also closed. Upcoming Schedule Sunday, December 13 Throw Back Christmas Family Christmas Caroling and Mug and Muffin at 4:15 pm Sunday, December 20 Christmas Musical Selection presented by the Children and Youth Ministries during the Worship service at 10:30 am. Sunday, December 27 No Sunday School Worship Service at 10:30 am Lighthouse Café closed Wednesdays, December 23 & 30 No evening services Lighthouse Café closed Sunday, January 3, 2016 Generational Worship No Sunday School Worship Service at 10:30 am Lighthouse Café closed NEWS & NOTES NEWS & NOTES We are committed to: Seeking the Heart of God Sharing the Love of God Strengthening the Family of God Serving as the Hands of God We are glad you are here! Thank you for visiting Kankakee First Church of the Nazarene. It is our most sincere desire you feel at home while worshipping with us. If you do not have a church you call home, we invite you to consider making our church your home. Please complete a Communication Card located in the pew rack and place it in the offering plate. We would like to become better acquainted with you. If you have a prayer request, please use the back of the Communication Card. We will be praying confidentially for your request during the week. Rev. Edward H. Heck Senior Pastor 1000 N Entrance Ave, Kankakee, IL 60901 815-933-1000 Fax: 815-933-7388 www.k3naz.org Find us on Facebook: Kankakee First Church of the Nazarene Church Office Schedule 8:30 am—4:30 pm, Monday—Friday Welcome to NEWS & NOTES NEWS & NOTES NEWS & NOTES Children’s Ministries Youth Ministries Food Pantry Our next food distribution will be December 20th. Sign up today at the café counter. Café Over the holidays the café will be closed for several Wednesdays and Sundays. Days CLOSED: Wednesdays: December 23 and December 30. Sundays: Dec. 27 and January 3. The NMI council would like to send personal Christmas cards to each of our missionaries/families this year. Please sign a family Christmas card for each of our five missionaries/ families and place it in the Red Box on the Missionary Display in the foyer TODAY so we can mail them in time for the holiday. Thank you Our next meeting will be: Thursday, December 17 10:30am, Room 104 Thank you for your prayerful support of this ministry and your willingness to be involved. Contact Ginny Burlend for more information. Dare To Care Ministries Women’s Ministries Lighthouse Nazarene Missions Prime Time Ministries Contributions Youth Ministries… cont. Phone Alert On Wednesday, December 9, 5:00 – 5:30 pm, we will be testing the First Church Phone Alert system. This is the system we use when weather causes a delay or cancelation of ministry. You will receive a test call of notification. One person from your household will receive the call. College Students are considered as a household. Please notify the church office if your household does not receive the test call OR IF you desire for the call to go to a different number.
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End of the Year. The end of 2015 is fast approaching. Would you like to give a tax deductible gift to Kankakee First Church? The IRS indicates the gift needs to be in the church office before it closes at noon, December 31, or it can be sent through the mail if it is postmarked by Dec. 31, 2015.
Do we have your current correct address? Now that the end of the year is nearing, the Financial Office will be sending out new tithe envelopes and giving reports. We need your current correct address in order to receive these in a timely manner. Please call the Church office if you have a new mailing address, email address or any questions.
Contributions. To look at your contributions, you can go to www.k3naz.org, click the Resource tab and then WebView. If you need more assistance, please call the church office at 815-933-1000.
Online Giving Scan the code below using your smart phone and be directed to the online giving site for Kankakee First Church. Log-in using your registered user ID or give a one-time gift right from your smart phone!
Christmas shopping …Parties...
Decorating the house … Putting up the tree …Making cookies
...in the midst of all the hustle and bustle …Have some quiet times to
REFLECT on the SCRIPTURE No matter the size of your family, or the stage of your family we challenge you to set aside time each day/every other day/one time a week this season to prepare for His coming and give thanks that He came – both into the world and into your heart! Be sure to stop by the table in the
foyer and check a few of the different ways to carry Advent into
your daily lives.
TODAY. Our Nursery & Early Childhood Ministry will be giving their special Christmas presentation. Wednesday, December 9 Children 1st-6th grade will be caroling at ManorCare Nursing Home. We will need parent drivers. Please call Pastor Debbie by December 7 if you are able to help. Christmas Musical Selection Children, 1st – 6th grade, and youth are invited to join in a special Christmas musical selection on Sunday, December 20 in the 10:30 am service. Rehearsals for this selection will be - Friday, December 11, 6 – 7:30 pm for music and a special “Cookie Bake” (bring a Christmas plate from home) - Sunday, December 13, during Children’s’ worship - Wednesday, December 16, 6:00— 6:30 p.m. before Generational Communion Service - Sunday Dec 20th, 9:45 a.m. on the platform. You’ll find the selection on YouTube, look for Hillsong Born is the King-Lyrics Video. Please have your children listen and learn as much as they can before the rehearsal on December 11. Giving to Others. The “ Giving Tree” is up in the children’s Commons area. Tags are on the tree with items that are needed at Manor Care for the resident’s Christmas. Please help your child learn more about giving to others by taking a tag, purchasing the item listed on the tag, and returning the item no later than Dec 20
th.
RECHARGE 2016—Winter Retreat $25 deposit is due Sunday, Dec. 13. If you are going to Forge Flint, the $80 deposit is due by Christmas. Contact Pastor Brandon for more information.
Senior Day in Chicago Saturday, December 19
The Day in Chicago is an annual high school tradition. We'll take the train downtown to have lunch, shop, and enjoy the sights and sounds of Christmas season in the city! Cost is $10 to attend and you should bring money for your lunch. We'll meet at the church at 9:30 am and ride up to the station together. We will plan to return around 7:00 pm
Christmas House Walk Thursday, December 17
Time to go see decorated Christmas homes, sing along to carols and just enjoy being together...So think about it, how about opening your home? Please contact Chardell Smallwood for more information.
Book Study Wednesday Nights
6:45-7:30pm—Room 104 Leader: Mary Schweigert
Please remember to fill your Food Pantry bags and bring them to our December meeting.
Christmas Lunch Tuesday, December, 8
11:30 am Prime Time is putting on a ham dinner with all the trimmings – including delicious pies from Blues Café! After the meal, Viola Sultan will lead us in singing some Christmas carols, accompanied by Florence Burghorn on the piano. The Prime Time ministry will be supplying the main course and dessert. Members will fill in the meal with the following A-H – Salads I-P – Veggies Q-Z – Potato dishes (mashed, scalloped, sweet, etc.) If you have any questions or need to arrange for a ride, please contact Janet Cline, 815-939-3549 or Joy Long, 815-426-6408
Sympathy Our prayers and thoughts are with Pastor Brandon Carter and Pastor Ali Deckard, on the death of their grandfather Glen Reel. He passed away December 2 in Evansville, IN. Funeral service was Saturday, December 5 in Kankakee.
From Kathy Wissbroecker “What a wonderful family I have at First Church. I have felt your prayers when I was too sick to pray for myself. Thank you for your faithfulness, love, cards, food, flowers, etc. God is faithful!
Cancellation Information Because of inclement weather or national emergency, First Church may have to cancel a service or close the building down. If this happens on a Sunday or Wednesday evening, there are many ways for you to find out.
Check our website: www.k3naz.org
You will be receiving a phone call from the Church office
- It is our desire that everyone should be notified by 7:30 am on a Sunday - If this action is necessary for a regular week day, the guide will be that if in town schools are closed, First Church is also closed.
Upcoming Schedule
Sunday, December 13 Throw Back Christmas Family Christmas Caroling and Mug and Muffin at 4:15 pm
Sunday, December 20 Christmas Musical Selection presented by the Children and Youth Ministries during the Worship service at 10:30 am.
Sunday, December 27
No Sunday School
Worship Service at 10:30 am
Lighthouse Café closed
Wednesdays, December 23 & 30
No evening services
Lighthouse Café closed
Sunday, January 3, 2016
Generational Worship
No Sunday School
Worship Service at 10:30 am
Lighthouse Café closed
NEWS & NOTES
NEWS & NOTES
We are committed to:
Seeking the Heart of God
Sharing the Love of God
Strengthening the Family of God
Serving as the Hands of God
We are glad you are here!
Thank you for visiting Kankakee First Church of the Nazarene.
It is our most sincere desire you feel at home while
worshipping with us.
If you do not have a church you call home, we invite you to consider making our church your home.
Please complete a Communication Card located in the pew rack and
place it in the offering plate. We would like to become better
acquainted with you.
If you have a prayer request, please use the back of the
Communication Card. We will be praying confidentially for your request during the week.
Rev. Edward H. Heck Senior Pastor
1000 N Entrance Ave, Kankakee, IL 60901
815-933-1000 Fax: 815-933-7388
www.k3naz.org
Find us on Facebook: Kankakee First Church of the
Nazarene
Church Office Schedule 8:30 am—4:30 pm, Monday—Friday
Welcome to NEWS & NOTES
NEWS & NOTES NEWS & NOTES
Children’s Ministries
Youth Ministries
Food Pantry Our next food distribution will be December 20th. Sign up today at the café counter. Café Over the holidays the café will be closed for several Wednesdays and Sundays. Days CLOSED: Wednesdays: December 23 and December 30. Sundays: Dec. 27 and January 3.
The NMI council would like to send personal Christmas cards to each of our missionaries/families this year. Please sign a family Christmas card for each of our five missionaries/families and place it in the Red Box on the Missionary Display in the foyer TODAY so we can mail them in time for the holiday. Thank you
Our next meeting will be: Thursday, December 17
10:30am, Room 104 Thank you for your prayerful support of this ministry and your willingness to be involved. Contact Ginny Burlend for more information.
Dare To Care Ministries
Women’s Ministries
Lighthouse
Nazarene Missions
Prime Time Ministries
Contributions Youth Ministries… cont.
Phone Alert On Wednesday, December 9,
5:00 – 5:30 pm, we will be testing the
First Church Phone Alert system.
This is the system we use when weather causes a delay or
cancelation of ministry. You will receive a test call of
notification. One person from your household
will receive the call. College Students are considered
as a household.
Please notify the church office if your household does not
receive the test call OR IF you desire for the call to go to a
different number.
Sunday, December 6th 2015
6:15 pm:
* Mug & Muffin
* Throw Back Sweater Contest
* Special Entertainment by “Ali & Friends”
* Throw Back Christmas Photo Contest
* Shine Photo Booth
4:15 pm:
Meet in the North Commons
to assemble caroling groups
ack hristmas
You can listen to Sunday messages on our church’s website.
Looking for
announcements? Women’s Ministry’s
Newsletter Children Ministries’
Newsletter Church Bulletin?
Go to www.k3naz.org
Resources
Life at K3NAZ
Sunday, December 6 2nd Sunday of Advent
8:30am Prayer Time (Sanctuary) / Lighthouse Café open 9:00am Sunday School (Classes for all ages)
10:30 am Generational Worship Service
Nursery and Early Childhood Presentation
11:30 am Men’s Huddle (Sanctuary)
6:00 pm Youth Life Groups Monday, December 7
7:00 pm Volleyball Open Gym (FLC)
Tuesday, December 8
11:30am Prime Time Lunch (FLC)
6:30pm Prayer Gathering (Sanctuary)
Wednesday, December 9
4:45pm Teen Bible Quiz Practice
5:30pm Lighthouse Café opens
6:30pm Kids “Wanna Be Wednesday”
Locker Room (Rm 304)
Women’s Book Study (Rm 104)
Deeper (Sanctuary)
Hispanic Ministries
Youth Ministries
Thursday, December 10
7:00 pm Stitches (Barnes & Noble)
Friday, December 11
6:00 pm Youth & Children Christmas Selection Practice
Saturday, December 12
4:00 pm Staff Christmas Party (Café Area)
Sunday, December 13 3rd Sunday of Advent
8:30am Prayer Time (Sanctuary) / Lighthouse Café open 9:00am Sunday School (Classes for all ages)
10:30 am Worship Service
Spanish Worship Service (Jr. High Room)
11:30 am Men’s Huddle (Sanctuary)
4:15 pm THROW BACK CHRISTMAS-All Church Celebration PLEASE CONSIDER DONATING
gently worn, clean clothing and coats until
DECEMBER 20
Drop them off at the North Welcome desk. Let's make this a real time of
CHRISTMAS! Contact Chardell Smallwood for
more information.
