Weekly Tidings

The Week Ahead 

Have a Blessed and Merry Christmas!

Saturday, December 24 – Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve Services

4:00 pm, 7:00 pm, 10:00 pm

Sunday, December 25 | Christmas Day

8:30 am:  Early Worship in the Sanctuary 

Livestream available on Facebook

10:00 am:  Worship in the Sanctuary and Sunday School

Monday, December 26 – Christmas Day Holiday

 

Tuesday, December 27:

9:00 am Yoga

12:00 pm: Deadline for Saturday Tiding

 

Wednesday, December 28:

6:00 pm Esprit

 

Thursday, December 29:

9:00 am:  Yoga

10:00 am Bible Study

2:00 pm:  Chair Yoga

5:00 pm Big Book Step Group

 

Friday, December 30:

10:00 am: Al-Anon

 

Saturday, December 31 New Year’s Eve

 

Sunday, January 1 New Year’s Day:

8:30 am:  Early Worship in the Sanctuary

Livestream available of Facebook

10:00 am:  Worship in the Sanctuary and Sunday School

Livestream available on our YouTube channel

6:00 pm:  Youth Group

Together in Christ—We Worship

Sunday services are at 8:30 A.M.  & 10:00 A.M. in the Sanctuary.

Christmas Eve Services

4:00 pm, 7:00 pm, 10:00 pm

Christmas Sunday, December 25, 8:30 am and 10:00 am Worship

Our Christmas Morning Worship will be very special! Wear your pajamas and have your kids bring in their favorite gift. The services will be lots of fun and short. It is a rare occurrence to have worship on Christmas day. The next Sunday Christmas will be in 2033!

NOTE: There will be no Sunday School on December 25 or January 1, 2023.

Worship with Us! Everyone is welcome!

(If you are feeling unwell, tested positive for COVID-19, or have been exposed to someone with COVID-19, please stay home.)

Submit Prayer Requests: Please submit prayer requests here or call Pastor John 508-451-5858 or MaryAnne Farley (774) 487-0719.

Bible Study continues on Thursday mornings at 10am in the solarium. We are studying the scripture that will be read the following Sunday.  Come when you can. Don’t worry about signing up. Don’t worry about having any experience studying the Word. Bring a friend. All are welcome.

 

Committed to Serve—You are Making a Difference!

Alternative Giving for Christmas:  Consider getting an Alternative Christmas gift this year that will bless and honor them by blessing others less fortunate.   Alternative Giving Cards are available for the missions our church supports in Sierra Leone, West Africa: The Child Reintegration Centre and Mercy Hospital; as well as for the Osterville Church’s Pastor’s Discretionary Fund to support urgent local needs.  Christmas gift cards and instructions for these opportunities are available on the Outreach Bulletin Board in the solarium.

Mission Trips to Sierra Leone in 2023: Helping Children Worldwide has announced planned mission trips to Sierra Leone, West Africa for 2023.  The dates of the trips are:

• July 16-30 – Zoom Interest Meeting 2/5/23 @ 3:30 p.m., application deadline 2/12/23.
• OCT 15-29 – Zoom Interest Meeting 5/14/23 @ 1 p.m., application deadline 5/21/23.
• DEC 26-JAN 3/2024 – Zoom Interest Meeting 7/23/23 @ 3:30 p.m., application deadline 7/30/23.

For additional information, please contact Patty Morell at 703-725-2773.

Just a Quick Note: The pledge envelopes are delayed. They will be put out for you as soon as they arrive. In the meantime, use last years or just a plain envelope. So sorry for the delay.