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Welcome to December! It is officially the Christmas season and we are so excited to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Today's bible study deals with the account of the angel of the LORD sharing with Joseph that he is to take Mary as his wife and raise Jesus as his son.

Do you know?

• the significance of Joseph being a son of David?
• the importance of Joseph taking Mary as his wife?
• why 5 women are named in Matthew genealogy of Jesus?

Well join us tonight at 7pm to learn this and so much more!

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Hello, we are excited to publish this weeks newsletter, because we get to share some of the ministries that are just about to launch. Several weeks back we submitted some ideas for ministries we hoped to launch if we could get volunteers to lead them. God has blessed as we have a great team of volunteers ready to serve. Please take a moment when you read this and thank God for raising up volunteers, then take time to thank those who have committed themselves to expanding our ministry outreach.

As you can see the parking lot repairs are coming along nicely. Once again we say thank you to all who donated and made this project a success. Without your help we would not be able to keep our building and grounds up. We also want to thank our God for supplying you with the means to donate and support His work. The repairs are bigger than you see, because they testify to our commitment and tell our community there is an active church they can count on.

Each week we try to email a newsletter to keep you informed about the ministry. This week we are offering the newsletter in both email and printed form. If you have an email account but do not receive the newsletter please let us know and we will walk you through signing up for the newsletter.

We are happy to remind you about some of the ways SLBC is investing in our community.

Thank you for making our September emphasis a success. We referred to our emphasis as: Support and Reinforce. Over the four Sundays we shared our feelings of anxiety, stress, depression, and/or anger. We also shared some of our special prayer request. Then we took time to pray specifically for one another.

You helped make our emphasis a great success by your willingness to share and allowing us to know you better. Furthermore we are grateful for everyone who has reached out and/or prayed for each other during the weeks.

Together we can continue making progress and creating a culture where we enjoy the support of family and friends.

We started the week with a plan to host an extra service on Wednesday but after a water issue and some other related issues it turns out we will not be hosting any Wednesday services.

To be clear: there are no services this Wednesday. There also will be no services next Wednesday as Pastor and his family will be out of town.

Cancelling a service is always a disappointing decision, however circumstances sometimes dictate us to do so.

The pastor and his family have limited water due to a pump/well issue. This issues has monopolized a great deal of time, but God has maintained enough water for most needs. Please pray that God will allow this issue to be resolved no later than tomorrow.

Will you join us tonight for Bible Study? We hope you will. Keep in mind, if you join us in person SLBC will provide pizza from Little Caesars. Please let us know if you plan to attend so we can make sure we have enough pizza for everyone.

Here is the zoom link for those who will be attending through zoom.

slbcofdanville@comcast.net is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

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Can you repeat the mission/vision statement for SLBC? If not we apologize for not keeping our mission/vision statement in front of you as often as we should.

Truth is, our mission/vision statement has rarely been mentioned lately. This means, as a church, we are probably not allowing our mission/vision statement to guide our ministry. The best step we can take right now is to re-introduce our mission/vision statement and make sure our ministry matches our mission.

Mission/Vision Statement: "SLBC exist to be Voices 4 Gods Word & Hands 4 Gods Work"

The statement describes our purpose (mission) as being voices for God's word. This involves many aspects of life. What does this look like? There are countless ways to be voices for God's word: sharing sermons; sending bibles; posting scripture; stating biblical truth when appropriate; etc...

The second part of our mission/vision statement says being Hands for Gods work. What does that look like? The work of God requires physical labor; packing bags, maintenance, sitting with a hurting person, cleaning, nursery work, or just any number of physical jobs.

Think of how you would like your church to impact the world, or how you would want it to impact your community. Now think about what that would look like, and the logistics necessary to make it happen. Next consider what role you could play in making the impact a reality.

Put it in practice:

Below are a few ideas SLBC is considering to impact specific groups and make a difference. We would like to get your ideas of ministry opportunities and narrow our focus down to maybe four to six areas where we can make a difference. The list below is just a start of ideas and we are asking you for more ideas then help us narrow down our focus and turn these ideas into impactful ministries.

I sincerely hope you will decide to join us tonight for our study in Acts. We are in person and on zoom @ 7pm.

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