Family Ministry Newsletter: December 5, 2024
This newsletter contains upcoming information pertaining to all things family ministry. Here, you will find announcements, dates, devotional thoughts, and more that, I pray, will be beneficial to you, your household, and our local church. May God be chief as we seek to faithfully shepherd our homes!
Upcoming Dates and Events
December 6th, 2024 - Youth Christmas Party
As we wrap up this inaugural year of First Fridays, we will have a time of fellowship and fun as we celebrate the incarnation of Christ! Students are encouraged to bring a friend. There’ll be an ugly sweater contest, a “White Elephant” gift exchange, and, of course, food! Please let John William know if your child plans to attend.
December 7th, 2024 - Castalian Springs Community Christmas Caroling
This joint community event will take place at Creekside with Old Union Church of Christ! It will begin at 6PM and will be followed by desserts and hot chocolate. Be sure to invite your family and friends for this fun, Christmas outreach and service.
December 14th, 2024 - Gingerbread House Building
Families are invited for a fun morning of gingerbread house building! This will begin at 10AM and end at noon. We are asking for each family to bring a bag of candy for decorating. A sign-up is available this Sunday.
December 20th, 2024 - Christmas Concert
This date marks our annual Christmas Concert as we celebrate the glory of the Incarnation through songs, readings, and fellowship. Rehearsals begin at 9:15AM this Sunday for the adults’ and children choirs.
December 22nd & 29th, 2024 - No Childcare
We will not have childcare the last two Sundays of this year.
Weekly Song and Resource
This week, we are singing the Christmas hymn, “O Come, All Ye Faithful” I encourage you to play it and sing it around your house in preparation for Sunday: https://youtu.be/wKM3DwHlQl0?si=Pk1O4geWD-6xkn2z
This week’s resource speaks to this holiday season: “Recovering Christ as Christmastime”. I encourage you to give it a read! Check it out here: https://learn.ligonier.org/articles/recovering-christ-at-christmastime
Quote of the Week
“Though creation may be a majestic organ of praise, it cannot reach the compass of the golden canticle—Incarnation! There is more in that than in creation, more melody in Jesus in the manger, than there is in worlds on worlds rolling their grandeur round the throne of the Most High.”
- Charles Spurgeon