For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
Romans 1:16
JOIN US – Sunday’s
SUNDAY SCHOOL – 9:30am-10:30am
WORSHIP SERVICE – 10:45am
LIBRARY: 9:30-10:30am
Office Hours: Tuesday-Friday 8:30-12:00pm
Pastors Hours: Tuesday-Friday 8:30-4:00pm
ANNOUNCEMENTS
SUNDAY December 3, 2023
Worship – Team 3
Pastoral Prayer – Albert Wiebe
Advent Reading
Scripture Reading – Psalm102:25-27 and Revelations 6:12-17
Message – I, the Lord, Do Not Change (Malachi 3:1-7) – Pastor Randy Fast
BIBLE STUDIES AND GROUPS
SUNDAYS
7:30am – Elder led – Bible Study & Prayer at Church – Open to all men.
MONDAYS
7 pm – LIFE GROUP NORTH – Contact Nathan Martens (204-346-4430) or Carl Esau.
7 pm – LIFE GROUP SOUTH – Contact Henry Abrams (204-434-6064) or Mawande Mani (204-381-7767) or Steve Elias (204-392-2420)
TUESDAYS
9:30 am – Daytime Moms Bible Study at church. Contact Rachel Bezditny (204-371-9369).
WEDNESDAYS
10 am – Bible Study with Randy Fast at church. All Welcome.
7 pm – Evening Bible Study with George Wiebe – at Church studying Anthropology – study of man.
YOUTH NIGHTS
JUNIOR YOUTH – Wednesday’s – Grade 7-9
December 6 – Bible Study
Drop off at 7pm, pick up at 9pm. Bring your bibles!
SENIOR YOUTH – Friday’s – Grade 10-12
December 8 – Bible Study at Dwight & Loretta’s
Connect with your leaders for more details.
New City Catechism—on the back of the bulletins for 2023 and in the weekly emails, there will be a question and answer from the New City Catechism for meditation and memorization.
Question 49: Where is Christ now?
Answer: Christ rose bodily from the grave on the third day after his death and is seated at the right hand of the Father, ruling his kingdom, and interceding for us, until he returns to judge and renew the whole world.
(For Memorization: Adults: question and full answer. Children: Question and underlined portion of answer.)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
NEW WEBSITE!
We are excited that our new church website is up and running. If you’d like to take a look, please go to grunthalbergthaler.com
Big thank you to Taylor Penner for putting it all together and to Kas Wiens for getting it up and running!
THIS SUNDAY – SOUP SUNDAY!
December 3rd, please join us for a Soup Sunday Potluck. Please contact Andrea Friesen, 204-905-0015, if you would like to bring a large pot of soup, and the variety you are making so we can plan accordingly.
MEN’S MINISTRY – December 9th at church!
A Men’s Breakfast is planned for Saturday December 9th. The plan to eat by 8am, elders will be starting breakfast prep at 7am!
DECEMBER 10th – EVENING SERVICE – Membership & Mission Night
Please join us Sunday December 10th, 7pm to hear from Nick Bezditny and his recent trip to India with Keith Peters and Engage Today!
We will also hear membership applicant’s testimonies.
Notes from the Office:
There are 155 mailboxes here at church if you are looking at printing cards for Christmas.
If you know of anyone that would like a mailbox, please have them email me at office@gbmchurch.com
Date Summary:
December 3 –Soup Sunday
December 9 – Men’s Ministry Breakfast
December 10 – EVENING Membership and Mission Service, 7pm
December 17 – Bergthaler Kids Sunday School Christmas Program during the morning service
December 17 – Caroling Event – 6pm at church
December 24 – Christmas Eve Evening Program – 7pm