Pianist: Tema Trumbo

Song Leader: Leisha Hilt

Elder: John Finley

Deaconess: Susan Dinkel

Older Children's Church: Jessica Matthies and Carter Matthies

Younger Children's Church: Paula Keller and Grace Landers

Pastor: The Lord has encouraged us to be alert so that we would not be misled by false teaching.

Congregation: O Lord, give us grace to be alert to false teaching so that we might reject what is evil and hold on to what is good.

• Hark! the Herald Angels Sing - Hymn #184
• O Come, All Ye Faithful - Hymn #193
• Silent Night (Emmanuel)

Pastor: What difference is there between the Lord’s supper and the papal mass?

Congregation: The Lord’s supper testifies to us, first, that we have complete forgiveness of all our sins through the one sacrifice of Jesus Christ, which He Himself accomplished on the cross once for all; and, second, that through the Holy Spirit we are grafted into Christ, who with His true body is now in heaven at the right hand of the Father, and this is where He wants to be worshiped. But the mass teaches, first, that the living and the dead do not have forgiveness of sins through the suffering of Christ unless He is still offered for them daily by the priests; and, second, that Christ is bodily present in the form of bread and wine, and there is to be worshiped. Therefore the mass is basically nothing but a denial of the one sacrifice and suffering of Jesus Christ, and an accursed idolatry.

Pastor: Who are to come to the table of the Lord?

Congregation: Those who are truly displeased with themselves because of their sins and yet trust that these are forgiven them and that their remaining weakness is covered by the suffering and death of Christ, and who also desire more and more to strengthen their faith and amend their life. But hypocrites and those who do not repent eat and drink judgment upon themselves.

Pastor: Are those also to be admitted to the Lord’s supper who by their confession and life show that they are unbelieving and ungodly?

Congregation: No, for then the covenant of God would be profaned and His wrath kindled against the whole congregation. Therefore, according to the command of Christ and His apostles, the Christian church is duty-bound to exclude such persons by the keys of the kingdom of heaven, until they amend their lives.

• Joys and Concerns (scroll down for information about persecuted Christians in Bahrain)
• Silent Prayer
• Pastoral Prayer
• The Lord's Prayer
• Prayer for Offering

Click here for online giving:

http://www.firstchristianstfrancis.com/giving.html

• Communion Prayer
• Communion Hymn - Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne - Hymn #170
• Communion

• Song of Response - O Little Town of Bethlehem - Hymn #178
• Announcements
• Benediction
• Song of Dismissal - God Be With You 'Til We Meet Again

Praise the Lord! Royce Cook returned home on Monday afternoon of this past week. His knee surgery went well and his recovery is coming along nicely.

Barb Barnhart (recovering from a broken femur; now back home), Rodney Bracelin (continual recovery), Pat Carman (health issues), Shelley Christensen (issue with her liver), Compassion kids in Brazil, Esther Confer (breast cancer), Royce Cook (recovery from knee replacement surgery), Mandi Cooks (Achilles tendon surgery recovery), Pat Crabtree, Patrick Delano, Dean Dinkel (cancer surgical recovery), Henry Dinkel (cancer), Ron Donner (Paula Keller's brother-in-law; health concerns), Teresa Douthit (surgical recovery), Sheree Downs (mass discovered in neck); David Dunn (Becca Landers’ grandfather; Alzheimer’s), Ellen (Fern Forsythe's sister; surgical recovery), Ron Ewing, Brett Fort (Shirley Watson's grandson; stationed in Qatar with the Air Force), Tina Fort (Shirley Watson's daughter; cancer), Doyle and Doloris Hall (Fort Collins), Tish Havel (ongoing recovery), Mickey Graves, Diane Hockenbary, Dan and Sheree Keller and Campus Crusade staff, Pete and June Lauer (Brad Matthies’s and Leisha Hilt’s grandparents; health issues), Daryl Loyd (surgical recovery), Marsha Magley (ongoing recovery), Dan McCurry (torn meniscus in one knee), Gerri McCurry (recovery of strength), Megan (breast cancer), Jason Moses (recovery from perforated intestine), Danny Penton, Jackson Reese (continued health after chemotheraphy treatments), Dee Richman (Andy Poling’s mother-in-law; cancer), Kevin Ritchey (in critical condition after a motorcycle accident), Pat Rooney (rehabilitation), Doug Ross (stem cell procedure), Keith Schorzman (ongoing surgeries for and recovery from 2nd and 3rd degree burns), Rodney Shay (bladder cancer; recently received a very good report), Marshall Squires (surgical recovery), Michelle Stafford, Rolle Stephens (friend of Brad Matthies; pancreatic trouble), family of Dan Stevens (February 14th, 1953 - November 13th, 2017), Kelly Studer (had a lumpectomy last year), Nic Sulc (recovery from tractor accident; now at home in Virginia), Taven (in need of adoption), Jo Turbeville (recovery of health), Cole Vap (Perry and Paula Keller's nephew; health concerns), Jim Walters (recovery from injuries), Carol Weeks (stage four melanoma cancer), Holly White (missing from Taos, New Mexico, since May), Dave Wright (heart condition), and Leon Wright (recovering from a stroke)

*Those residing in care/assisted care facilities: Gladys Cullum (St. Francis), Joan FINLEY Davis (California), Janetta Evins (St. Francis), Ron and Dot Hill (Greeley, Colorado), Margaret Hilt (St. Francis), Ella Mae Keller (St. Francis), Don Love (Kansas City), Debra McCurry (St. Francis), Charlene Meyer (Atwood), Jane Milner (Goodland), Florence Peacock (St. Francis), Fleda Raile (Goodland), and Kenneth Roberson (St. Francis)

October Offerings: $5,737.51

October Expenses: $9,155.59

November Offerings (to date): $5,456.00

Last Sunday's Offering (December 3rd): $1,964.26

Last Sunday, Crystal Schultz led her students in her Preschool, Kindergarten, and First Grade Bible Study to give a special Christmas offering. With the money her students have brought for offerings, they decided to give $18.61 to purchase chickens for a needy family somewhere in our world through Samaritan’s Purse’s Christmas Gift Catalog. We appreciate Crystal’s leadership and the generosity of our kids!

Click the following link to access a Christmas greeting the kids put together for the recipient family: A Special Christmas Offering Greeting.

We'd like to add an HDMI-enabled TV to the Adult Bible Study room. This would allow our teachers to use audio/visual resources with their lessons. If you're planning to upgrade one of your TVs this holiday season and would like to donate your old TV, please let Jeff know.