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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 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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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
 WHEN: 5-6:30 pm

 

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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.
 

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.

LAMA (Lincoln Area Ministerial Association) meeting will be held Wed., Nov. 27th 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.

A Service to Remember Those

We Miss At Christmas.

December 8, 2013 at St. John's Lutheran Church Hartsburg 5 pm Everyone is Invited
Come join us as we give thanks to God for those who we loved and who are no longer with us. This service is for those who are mourning to loss of a loved one and want to take time in the holiday season to remember them. We will be serving refreshments after the service, so please join us.

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).

HOLY FAMILY, Lincoln;

ST MARY'S, Atlanta;
ST. PATRICK’S, Elkhart;

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS, Mt. Pulaski

December 9 - Immaculate Conception  
The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is transferred to Monday, December 9, and is not a holy day of obligation this year.

Tuesday, December 17 - 7:00 pm Advent Reconciliation Service for all four parishes @
Holy Family Church

Regular Reconciliation times are:
Holy Family Church - Tuesdays 4:30-5 pm
Saturdays 3:45-4:30 pm
St. Mary’s Church - Prior to 9 am Sunday Mass or by appointment
St. Patrick’s Church - Prior to 4 pm Saturday Mass or by appointment
St. Thomas Aquinas - Prior to 10:30 am Sunday Mass or by appointment

Wednesday, December 18 - 6:45 pm Holy Family/St. Mary’s CCD Christmas Program in Holy Family Church
Thursday, December 19 - 7:00 pm CCS Christmas Program in Holy Family Church

Tuesday, December 24 - Vigil of Christmas

4:30 pm Mass @ Holy Family
6:00 pm Mass @ St. Mary’s
7:30 pm Mass @ St. Thomas Aquinas
9:00 pm Mass @ Holy Family
9:00 pm Mass @ St. Patrick’s

Wednesday, December 25  - Christmas Day-Holy Day of Obligation - 9:00 am Mass @ Holy Family

Tuesday, December 31 - Vigil of Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God - 5:30 pm Mass @ Holy Family
6:30 pm Mass @ St. Mary’s

Wednesday, January 1 - Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God - Holy Day of Obligation

9:00 am Mass @ Holy Family
9:00 am Mass @ St. Patrick’s
9:00 am Mass @ St. Thomas Aquinas

ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH - Lincoln

Dec. 4, 11 & 18 - Advent Services Wednesday Evenings @ 7:00 p.m.  @ Zion Lutheran Church, 205 Pulaski St., Lincoln, IL

December 6 & 7th, Drive through Live Nativity, free, 6:30-8:30 p.m. @ Zion Lutheran School, 1600 Woodlawn Rd, Lincoln, IL 62656, Can goods collected for the Logan Co. Food Pantry

December 9th Zion Lutheran School Christmas Music Concert, afternoon performance at 2:00 p.m., evening performance at 6:30 p.m. @ 1600 Woodlawn Rd, Lincoln, IL

December 15th, Sunday School Christmas Program, @6:30 p.m. @ Zion Lutheran Church

December 19th Zion Lutheran School Christmas Musical afternoon performance at 2:00 p.m., evening performance at 6:30 p.m. @ 1600 Woodlawn Rd., Lincoln, IL

December 24th Candlelight Christmas Eve Services @ 6:30 and 10:00 p.m. Zion Lutheran Church, 205
Pulaski St. Lincoln, IL 62656

Christmas Day Service @ 9:00 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, 205 Pulaski St., Lincoln, IL

New Year’s Eve Service @ 6:30 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, 205 Pulaski St. Lincoln, IL

OPEN ARMS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

December 15 - Make a Joyful Noise Christmas Program 
Everyone is invited to join us for our annual Christmas program! You will laugh so hard you will cry. Also, cookies, coffee and Hot Chocolate will be provided. Take a moment out of this busy season and get refreshed, encouraged and focused on the true meaning of this season.
Sanctuary | 6:30 PM

December 24 - Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
Come as you are for this brief moving service! Bring your children in their pajamas. In this service we take a few moments to stop and remember not only the reason for this season, but the true reason for every season—Jesus Christ. This service provides a great opportunity to invite friends and family. Many have called this one of their favorite services of the year. Sanctuary | 10 PM

December 22  - Christmas Sunday Services
Join us for a very special morning as we see Jesus break through every barrier to reach a woman in need of His grace, mercy and love. God is doing the same for you! No matter what life looks like right now…don’t you give up. It is not over! The best is yet to come! Come and experience the beginning of the best!! There is also something for the kids. Don’t miss this! Sanctuary | 9 & 11 AM

 

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