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The public is invited to Camp Griesheim's Annual Meeting to be held on Sunday, September 15 at 5 p.m. in their main facility in Atlanta, Illinois. Refreshments and fellowship will follow the meeting.

St. John UCC to host Christian Carnival on Sunday

St. John UCC to host Christian Carnival on Sunday

St. John UCC to host Christian Carnival on Sunday

St. John United Church of Christ in Lincoln is sponsoring a Christian Carnival on Sunday from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. The activities will be on the church's parking lot, at the corner of Eighth and Maple streets.

The public is invited. All ages are welcome to join in the games, snacks, songs, stories and more fun -- and win prizes, too -- all for free.

For answers to questions about the event, call the church office, 732-6957.

The carnival is sponsored by the St. John Christian Education Ministry.

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3rd Saturday Meal
SPONSOR: Logan County Love
WHO: Open to everyone
DETAILS: Logan County Love will once again provide a free meal to anyone wishing to join. If you are interested, please stop by and introduce yourself as the group would love to see everyone in the community. Come hungry and leave fulfilled. For this month, the meal will include chicken and noodles. If you are unable to drive but would like a meal, call the church, 217-732-6957, between 5 and 6 pm.
WHERE: St. John UCC, corner of Seventh and Maple
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The public is invited to the Ball Brothers Christmas Concert this Saturday, Nov. 23rd, at 7:00 p.m. The concert will be in the Family Life Center at Mt. Pulaski Christian Church, 114 N. Lafayette St. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. No charge, but a free will offering will be taken. Bring the whole family and enjoys the sights and sounds of Chrirtmas!

Because we live in a church saturated culture where Bibles can be accessed on our phones and there are churches on every corner, it is difficult to grasp that 2.7 billion people in the world have never heard the name of Jesus, have no access to a Bible, have no missionary, and may never hear the Gospel. Researchers have identified around 7,000 people groups with a total population of 2.7 billion as being unreached—this is approximately 40% of the world’s population! (source/resource http://www.joshuaproject.net/)

All of these numbers can seem like random statistics. What if there was a way to visualize the enormity of the task of reaching all of these people with the life-changing message of the Gospel? Imagine a 60 ft. wall containing a list of the 1,587 largest unreached people groups. This wall is called the Unleashed for the Unreached Prayer Wall and helps to make the enormous task before us of reaching the world for Christ visually memorable and calls believers to prayer.

The Unleashed for the Unreached Prayer Wall, previously featured at the North American Christian Convention and the International Conference on Missions, will be at Lincoln Christian Church, Wednesday, November 20 through Wednesday, November 27. During this week, we have planned multiple opportunities for you to interact with this prayer wall. Scheduled activities include:
• Wednesday, November 20 at 6:30 p.m.--Ah Ha Moment with Dr. Wayne Shaw
• Saturday, November 23 from 6:00 p.m.-7:45 p.m.--Unleashed for the Unreached seminar with Team Expansion President, Doug Lucas
• Sunday, November 24 at 8:15, 9:30, 11:00 a.m. Doug Lucas will be preaching
• Open Time for Prayer Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Sunday 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
• Additional prayer opportunities for individuals and groups will be available throughout the week. Don’t miss this opportunity to reach the world through prayer! Contact Lincoln Christian Church 217-732-7618 for more information or to schedule a time to come.

If you can’t come to any of the events, please check out the resources on http://www.joshuaproject.net/ where you can get a daily email reminder to pray about an unreached people group and find out more information about unreached peoples. If you would like to commit to praying for a specific unreached people group, check out the website http://www.u4theu.com/ and look for the form under contacts (http://www.u4theu.com/index.cfm?i=14872&mid=26&fid=6341) . You can also follow Unleashed for the Unreached or Unreached Peoples-Joshua Project on Facebook.

2^nd Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner

Come and enjoy a Free Thanksgiving Meal on Sunday, November 24 from 4:00 – 7:00 PM at Open Arms Christian Fellowship. Last year 300-400 people enjoyed this free meal and time of fellowship. This year the church is preparing 20 Turkeys and all the fixings (mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, dressing and dessert.) We are blessed to have Home Sweet Home Ministries of Bloomington/Mission Mart of Lincoln partnering with OACF in this community event. All the funds from selling Turkey Cards at the Lincoln Mission Mart are staying in the Community helping with this meal and providing Thanksgiving meals to others in need in Lincoln and Logan County. You can purchase a Turkey Card for $2.00 during normal business hours at Mission Mart and help others in our community. Please spread the word and let others know of this Community Thanksgiving Dinner. OACF is the church who annually brings you Family Fun Day. The church is located at 311 Broadway in Lincoln. You matter to God and you matter here! Any questions, or for more information, call the church office at 217-732-4800. Also, feel free to visit our website at www.oacflincoln.com.

Carry-Out Pork Chop Dinner is

Sunday, November 24

GOOD NEWS Creative Arts is having a Carry-Out Pork Chop Dinner fundraiser on Sunday, November 24, from 10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. to help the students raise money for GNCA’s summer tour in June. The carry-out menu includes a grilled boneless pork chop, candy glazed carrots, mashed potatoes with gravy, and a roll with butter. You can purchase your ticket from any Good News Creative Arts student now through November 10 to directly support that GNCA student. On Sunday mornings, the GNCA students will be behind the Welcome Center in the Family Room for ticket sales now through November 17. You can also purchase a ticket in the church office during the week to go toward the general fund. Ticket information available through the church office 732-3168.
Good News Creative Arts is made up of 7th-12th grade students. Our Home Concert will be Wednesday, June 4, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. with tour following June 5-11. The seven-day tour will take GOOD NEWS Creative Arts through Iowa, North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois. Thanks for your continued support of GOOD NEWS Creative Arts!

LAMA (Lincoln Area Ministerial Association) meeting will be held Wed., Nov. 27^th at 11:30 am at Safe Haven Hospice, located above Prairie Engineers on the square. Area ministers are invited to attend.

The Lincoln Area Ministerial Association will host a community Thanksgiving Service on Wednesday November 27th at 7 p.m. at Faith Assembly of God.

Faith Assembly of God is located at 1225 Nicholson Road.

The speaker will be Adam Quine. Child care will be provided.

The service will be open to the public and is expected to last approximately 1 hour.

This will be a great opportunity to start the holiday season off right by taking pause to give thanks for all that God has given us as a community.

Immanuel Lutheran Church Youth Comedy Night The Youth (JYO and LYF) will be presenting a Comedy Night on Sunday, December 8, 2013 from 7-8:30 to support our Compassion Child, Juan Carlos Santiago Sanchez. The kids will be telling (clean) jokes, doing short skits, and singing silly songs. We will also have an open mic at the end, for anyone who would like to share a joke. The youth is also asking for donations of food items (cookies, cakes, pies, snack mix, etc.), handmade items (knitted dishcloths, crocheted doilies, etc.), gift baskets, and gift cards to sell at a silent auction. The tickets will be available after Saturday service and between Sunday church service and Sunday School.

Family Christmas Movie Night

Dec. 11th at iWorshipCenter, Lincoln 304 N. Mclean Lincoln.

Singer Tammy Renee Harris will appear in concert at the Mt. Pulaski Christian Church Family Life Center on Thursday afternoon, Dec. 12th, 2 - 3:30 pm. Desserts will be served prior: 1 - 2 pm. There will be a free-will offering opportunity. She is "so charismatic and has such a tremendous voice", reports a previous attendee at several of her recent Illinois concerts.

+CrossCulture//Lincoln Youth Group Presents UGLY SWEATER CHRISTMAS PARTY (6th-12th grade) Dec. 15th, 6 PM AT “THE CRIB” (Little Lambs Daycare)1500 N. Mclean Lincoln.

December 20th Christmas Dinner Night @6:30pm. Bring your family and dish to share. There will be movies for the Kids and Christmas Caroling for the Family!iWorshipCenter-Lincoln 304 N. Mclean Lincoln.

Holiday Schedules

ST. JOHN UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

Seventh and Maple Streets

Nov. 29 - Pre-hanging of the Greens
Nov. 30 - Hanging of the Greens 9am
December 1,8,15,22, 29, January 5 - 8am Advent Meditation with Communion
December 1,8,15,22,29 - Advent & Appetizers - A Study: The Light Will Shine 5-6pm
December 5 - Christmas Parade
December 1 - Advent Communion 10:30 worship
December 8 - Christmas Dinner following worship
December 15 - Combined Contata at 10:30

December 21 - 7pm Longest Night worship - for those who are having hard time at the holidays
December 22 - Pre-service Bell Choir 10:15am, Music Maker's play
December 24 - 10:45pm - Pre-service Chime Choir, Christmas Eve Communion - 11pm

IMMANUAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

1409 Pulaski St.

Candlelight Christmas Eve Commmunion Services December 24th 7:00pm and 10:00pm

TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH

402 Pekin St

Christmas worship times are as follows: Christmas Eve at 8pm will be a Liturgical Service. Christmas Day will be a Worship service at 9am.
Father Mark invites everyone to join them.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF LINCOLN

101 Broadway

Worship times each Sunday 10:00 AM. Special emphasis on Christmas carols and the messages found in Isaiah for the Church today in December.
Sunday School 9:00 AM. Classes for every age.
Wednesday, December 11th - Christmas Program for Children, 5:45 pm - Games, light meal, puppets, and birthday cake for Jesus!
Tuesday, December 24 - Christmas Eve 9:00 PM Candlelight service

LINCOLN

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

302 Broadway Street, Lincoln, Illinois

December 24 - Christmas Eve Worship Services
6:30 p.m. & 11:00 p.m.– Candlelight Services
Communion will be observed at both services.
Call for more information 217-732-2204.

HARTSBURG UNITED

METHODIST CHURCH

December 1 - Hanging of the Greens to follow the 9:30 service with a Potluck luncheon afterward for Pastor Appreciation. Meat, drinks, & table service will be provided. Bring a dish to pass. After the luncheon we will be filling Cheer Boxes. Bring your donations of fruit, cookies, candy, etc. for Cheer Boxes with you along with any names you would like to add to the list.
Advent services will be held during regular service times. Services are held on Sunday mornings at 9:30 am.

December 24 - Our Christmas Eve Candlelight Service will be held at 6:00 pm. Our service is unique with the children and grandchildren of church members take a huge part of the service by singing, reciting poetry, and playing their instruments. Pastor Tami Werschey-Kessinger will provide a short Youthful Moments presentation to the youth in attendance and the service will end with goodie bags being given to the youth (and some adults).

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