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Monday, December 1, 2025
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Thanks!   Thanks be to God!  Thanks be to God -from Psalm 145- for His....

GREATNESS!
1I will extol you, my God and King,
and bless your name forever and ever.
2Every day I will bless you
and praise your name forever and ever.
3Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,
and his greatness is unsearchable.

MAJESTY & SPLENDER!
4One generation shall commend your works to another,
and shall declare your mighty acts.
5On the glorious splendor of your majesty,
and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.

POWER!
6They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds,
and I will declare your greatness.

RIGHTEOUSNESS & GOODNESS!!
7They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness
and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.

GRACE, MERCY, FORBEARANCE AND STEADFAST LOVE!!!!
8The Lord is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

GOODNESS & MERCY!!
9The Lord is good to all,
and his mercy is over all that he has made.

POWER!
10All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord,
and all your saints shall bless you!
11They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom
and tell of your power,

SPLENDOR!
12to make known to the children of man your mighty deeds,
and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.

FAITHFULNESS!
13Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
and your dominion endures throughout all generations.
[The Lord is faithful in all his words
and kind in all his works.]

PROVISION!
14The Lord upholds all who are falling
and raises up all who are bowed down.
15The eyes of all look to you,
and you give them their food in due season.
16You open your hand;
you satisfy the desire of every living thing.

RIGHTEOUS & KINDNESS!!
17The Lord is righteous in all his ways
and kind in all his works.

NEARNESS!
18The Lord is near to all who call on him,
to all who call on him in truth.
19He fulfills the desire of those who fear him;
he also hears their cry and saves them.

PROTECTION!
20The Lord preserves all who love him,
but all the wicked he will destroy.

21My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord,
and let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.

Speak the praise of the Lord - He is worthy of all our thanksgiving!  Thanks be to God!   Thank you, Father.

Church Notes...

We were given a challenge to hand out these new postcards ("OAsis" card is pictured).  These are invites to Sunday morning and Wednesday nights.  There are also "Living Room" postcards that you may invite people to this coffee shop event on Friday, December 12th.  
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THIS WEEK

Here are the highlights of classes and events THIS week

For the Master - Ministering at Hillcrest Silver Ridge in Gretna this Friday at 2pm.   Also, you may join them Wednesday, Dec 10 @ Joyous Hearts (SSB) and Thursday, Dec 11, 6pm @ Papillion Brookstone.  

Young Adult Study - Saturday at 1pm (for our younger adults).

Communion & Pot Trust - Sunday morning is our monthly communion service.  You are also invited to our shared pot "trust" meal afterwards.  Prepare your heart for our time of communion this week.

Cantata Rehearsal - The Christmas cantata rehearsals are Sundays from 11:20-12:30pm.  

upcoming events

Make note of the classes and events available in the near future

Ladies' Christmas Party -  The annual Christmas party for the gals is Tuesday, December 9th at 6:30pm.  Bring a "white elephant" gift (something you really don't want ; no need to purchase anything)... if you want to participate in the gift exchange.  Also, the gals will be collecting diapers of all sizes to donate to Assure.  

Joyous Hearts - Wednesday, December 10th is the monthly Joyous Hearts gathering.  For the Master will be singing.  This is for all ages 55 and older.  Join in this great time of fellowship and invite a friend or two.  

Christmas Program - The Christmas program titled "No Kings! – The Protest Where Everything Changed" will be Sunday night, December 14th at 6pm.  This is brought to you by our Sunday school children.   Parents... There will be a practice on 12/13 @ 10am.  Please drop your kids off.

LIGHThouse Christmas Party - Friday night, December 19th for 6th to 12th graders!  

Cantata - The annual Christmas Cantata will be on Sunday morning, December 21st, during the worship service.  

Christmas Eve Service - Wednesday night, December 24th at 5:30pm.

Christmas Day Service - Thursday morning, December 25th at 10am.  

Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts; his name is the Lord; exult before him!

-  Psalm 68:4

Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

-  Philippians 2:9-11

[Christ is] far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.

-  Ephesians 1:21

the Lord's day

The worship service was youth led.  Thanks for your young men and women helping out at the doors, on stage, and behind the scenes!   As Pastor Tim will say, our youth are not "Christianity Lite" - as believers, they are a part of the body of Christ.  The younger worship team led us in great praises to God at the beginning of service!  Again, thank you team!  

In the message, Pastor Tim did not roll a "Yahtzee"...  Although the odds of getting a "Yahtzee" served as an illustration of casting lots.  We considered how Israel divided the land in Joshua, chapter 14. As Israel shifted from conquest to settlement, the land was allotted to tribes, but Caleb stands out as a unique example of personal inheritance granted because he wholly followed the Lord. Caleb, like Joshua, was faithful when spying the land decades earlier.  He asks for the very territory that once frightened Israel, and demonstrates courage and dependence on God even at an older age. Joshua blesses him and grants Hebron;  wholehearted obedience leads to promised inheritance. How much more this applies to Christ followers...  those who wholly followed the Father to the cross, we are offered an eternal inheritance. We must know Christ, obey Him, and boldly follow Him in faith.
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This Month in Christian History

December 1812
In December 1812, Alexander I of Russia authorized the formation of a Bible Society in St. Petersburg, and in December 1816, he issued a letter promoting religious tolerance—moves that, on the surface, suggested a champion of Christianity.  Yet beneath these gestures, Alexander’s vision of faith became deeply entangled with politics: he crafted a form of “Christianity” that served the state and justified imperial authority, rather than submitting to the lordship of Christ. Echoes of Alexander’s “Christianity” are alive in Putin’s Russia today – Orthodoxy is a political glue.  This historical lesson carries a warning for we in the United States today. Just as Alexander fused faith with political power, some modern political Islamists envision a system in which religion becomes a tool of governance rather than a matter of personal faith and conscience. Such fusion of ideology and state power is inherently dangerous, because when politics becomes the ultimate authority, it replaces God and makes the state itself into an object of worship.

“This culture of offendedness is enfeebling our society...  Our culture tells us that "if you make me feel bad, you are a bad person.' ...  Yet, no one get's saved unless, at least on some level, they are 'offended.' ....  Jesus is the Rock of offense! (1 Pet. 2:7-8).  To empty the cross of its offense is to empty it of power.”


- Erwin Lutzer

Prayer Prods

  1. Ron M was in ER last night - home now but has a test this afternoon.
  2. Gate's baby (Calvin) in for a heart surgery this Thursday
  3. Joe recovering from stroke - moving to rehab  facility next.  
  4. Kathy A / Betty W - infection treatments (Kathy has appt on Thursday for next steps)
  5. Gracie B - Needs to have tonsillectomy/adenoid surgery Friday; family has been super sick - may she stay healthy!
  6. Joanie & Gerald - she into hospice, he is not anymore
  7. Tami N - heart strength
  8. Terri G (Doug and Terri) was at church - still weakened but slowly improving
  9. Dads:  Holly S's dad (cancer concern) and Debbie S's dad (ICU after surgery)
10.  Richard S (Mona & Richard) strained his back shoveling... recovering
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