The Compass Newsletter
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As we focus on Christ during this Advent season, we are giving the opportunity to give a special gift that will be used by the Church of God ministries and missions.
Please use the designated envelopes and/or designate in the check memo with "CBO."
Senior Adult Christmas Dinner
The Senior Adult Christmas dinner sign up is now available in the lobby. The dinner will be on Thursday, December 15th, at 5:00 PM. The evening entertainment will feature Dr. Jonathan Reed.
Please take a moment to sign up and designate your choice of a chicken or ham dinner. The $10 fee will be collected at the door.
Food Drive
Bring your donations and help us FILL the barrels to overflowing.
~Registration open~
Contact the church office at 863.638.1019 or office@slwcog.com to update your prayer requests.
- Alexander, Laura Grace – cancer (friend of Sara Bogart
- Burke, Nicholas – health issues (friend of Linda Golack)
- Bryan, Don – recovering from surgery
- Caregivers for loved ones
- Curtis, Darrel – stage 4 kidney disease
- Durham, Carolyn – lung biopsy scheduled for 12/6
- Educators
- First Responders
- Front Line Health Care Workers
- Hamilton, Gary – health issues (Sara Bogart’s nephew)
- Hickey, Raymond – cancer (son of Jim & Susan Black)
- Holeton, Al – health issues
- Horn, Ron – congestive heart failure
- Hunt, Dolly – liver & kidney issues
- Linamen, Larry – cancer (Shirley Fair’s brother)
- Martin, Linda – heart issues
- Medlin, David – health issues (Penny Wienk’s son)
- Schrecker, Samatha – Guillain-Barre’ syndrome (Terri Holstrom’s niece)
- Sikora, Kaci – pancreatitis – (Dewey & Kathy Westerburg’s granddaughter)
- Singer, David – stage 4 kidney failure
- Sophia- health issues ( Diane Peace’s great niece)
- Stoddard, Dick – stage 4 lung cancer and COPD (Bob Bogart’s friend)
- Storer, Betty – health issues (Linda Marino’s sister)
- Thompson, Marilyn – passing of her son, Chad
- Vignolini, Danyelle – health issues (Linda Golack’s friend)
- Warner University Faculty, Staff and Students
- Westerburg, Dewey – health issues
- Wilcox, Joan – health issues
Do you enjoy wrapping Christmas gifts and serving -- this could be for you. Lake Wales Care Center Parent's Choice program is looking for people to wrap gifts from the "store" where parents in need can select gifts for their children. Perhaps you or a group would like to help. Contact Sara at 863.978.7031.
We believe in the power of prayer! Stop and pray with us every Thursday at noon right were you are or in the sanctuary/CMC.
Just Pray!
It's our desire to make all of our gatherings accessible to everyone. Click the picture above to go to our website where you can live stream or watch later on demand. We offer two services each Sunday: the Homecoming Worship style at 9:00 a.m. and the Café Worship style at 10:15 a.m.
Upcoming Events
Annual Christmas Dinner for the senior adults of our congregation. The cost is $10 each and a sign up sheet will be available in November. For this dinner, you will be served and our program will feature Dr. Jonathan Reed! Make sure you mark this date on your calendar.