Family News

Week of December 24, 2017 ‘Tis the Season for Gratitude and Sharing our Blessings!

FROM THE ELDERS: OUTLOOK 2018 The Lord has brought great blessings to our fellowship this past year. Looking back, great opportunities made available by our Lord have been realized through your faith and service. Looking inward, improvements in our worship center and growth within our families took place. Looking outward, we served friends and communities from near and far. Laurel is truly a generous and giving church.

Looking at the present, you are no doubt already planning and bracing for the busy days to come. Each year, December brings an abundance of opportunities to give. As your attention turns to the people and events associated with this holiday time, we ask you to stop for a moment and consider the ways you al-ready support our ministries and ways that you can offer support. Our church cannot function without your healthy and personal involvement. It is the Lord’s desire to have a healthy growing family of believers. Take a moment to assess your spiritual health. Are you growing in spirit and in faith? Take time to pray for everything.

Take a look at the numbers that represent our financial giving for meeting our 2017 budget. As shown in the Contribution Report there is a current deficit of $77,000. Take a look around you, to see ways you can make a difference; do it now, as we were reminded a couple of weeks ago. If you need help in any way, our elders and our staff stand ready to assist. We are reminded that giving in any form is a joy. Laurel has always been generous and joyful in every aspect of service and giving. We hope you have a very blessed Christmas holiday.

Looking ahead, the best is yet to come!

The Laurel Elders

A Student R E N T

In March 2018, students from

the CSC heading to Houston, TX

for their Spring Break Mission

Trip. For $10 an hour (per stu-

dent), you can “rent” as many

students as you need to help

with various projects you may

have, such as:

•Yard Work & House Cleaning

•Painting & Beautification

Projects

•Babysitting, House Sitting,

Pet-Sitting

Just email your project details

to Joyce Troxler at

wtrox@aol.com.

CONTACT US AT:

865-524-1122 P.O. BOX 10248

3457 Kingston Pike Knoxville, TN 37919

laureloffice@laurelcc.org www.laurelcc.org

Follow us on Twitter @laurelccknox

CONTACT ELDERS

Leland Dugger 705-9707 Dan Brewer 207-5764

Joyful

Giving

Holiday Schedule

Sunday, December 24 & 31 We will only have one worship service at 11:00 a.m.

No Bible classes, NO Kids Worship Down Under or Kid’s classes.

Wednesday, December 27 and January 3

No adult or kid’s classes.

The church office will be closed between Christmas Eve and January 1.

Family News

Remember our Homebound & Assisted

Living Members During the Holidays.

Please contact the office if you need an address.

Keep our missionaries in your prayers!

Andrew & Uli Banjarnahor Indonesia

Greg Clodfelter—East Africa

Gospel Chariot—South Africa

Vitaly Samodin—Ukraine

Siu & Dora Ka Ming—Hong Kong

Eastern European Missions Ukraine/Russia

Health Talents—Guatemala

World Christian Broadcasting

Tommy Drinnen—Hope Central Knoxville

World English Institute

Mitchel & Rachel Routh Peru

CHURCH OFFICE WILL BE

CLOSED NOVEMBER 23 &

24 DUE TO THANKSGIVING

HOLIDAY.

Laurel Ladies Class

will meet Tuesday, November 26

With Sympathy… Peggy Harris, long time member at Laurel, passed away on Saturday. The ser-vices for Peggy will be Wednesday in the Laurel Room. Receiving of friends is 4-6 p.m. Funeral will follow at 6 p.m. Robert Morris Newby, Jason Newby’s grandfather, passed away on Saturday, December 16th in McMinnville, TN. Funeral services are Thursday at 1:00 p.m. at High Funeral Home in McMinnville.

Baptism… Cy Oler was baptized on Sunday by his father. His parents are Paul and Lind-say Oler. If you would like to send a note of encouragement, his address is 10508 River Ridge Road, Knoxville, 37922

Welcome New Members… Mike and Shanna Herr placed membership on Sunday. Mike & Shanna moved to Knoxville from Naperville, IL earlier this year. Their address is 8031 Frederick John Street, Knoxville, 37938. Mike is employed at US Dept. of En-ergy/Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Shanna is a homemaker. They have 3 adult children.

Congratulations… John Caleb was born to Sarah Beth and Caleb Rucker last Wednesday morn-ing. He weighs eight pounds and twelve ounces. Mother and baby are at home and doing well.

Remember in prayer…

•Patricia Ray is having surgery on December 19 to have three stems inserted in her heart. Her address is 541 Woodlawn Pike, Knoxville, 37920.

Also remember in prayer... Amy Patterson Davis-Doris Patterson’s daughter, Jimmy Hutcheson-Linda Bogue’s brother-in-law, Jenny Kelley, Wanda Barton-Ursula Hall’s mother, Dan Doyle’s moth-er, Donna Farrar, Gary Guyette’s father-Clarence Guyette, John Hayes-Mitty Toon’s son, Jamie Mumaw, Rubbie Rogers-Marcia Elam’s mother, Glen Thomas-Joanne As-manes’ son & Donna Farrar’s brother, Ron Baumann, Kevin Crisp, Edith Ready-Cindy Mease’s mother, Sherri Guyette’s parents, Jordan Cardwell, Hollianne Carver’s moth-er.

New Address… Patrick and Frankie Williams 8144 Olive Tree Way, Apt.. #201, Knoxville, 37919

Janet Myers 6899 N. La Canada Drive, Villa G-Room 8 Tucson, AZ 85704

Katie Bates

Addelee Brown

Margaret Hill

Jenny Kelley

Buford Rowe

Ray Shirley

Mary Trice

Bill Woodward

Turning Scripture

into Prayer Laurel’s Prayer Ministry: Love One Another

“For God so loved the world that he

gave his one and only Son…”

John 3:16

Keep these who are serving our country in your prayers:

Ben Belitz, Jeremy Brown, Ferrell Clifton, Greg Smith, Captain Spencer Waters, Robert Hartsook, Neal Mayo, Robbie Glenn, Reese Hines, Andrew Garton, Phillip Dean, Captain Lex Oren, Rand

Ford, Matt Aytes and Koleman Roach.

Ministries & Events

Contribution Report

December 17, 2017 $32,088.15 Weekly Budget $21,385.00 YTD $1,010,744.37 YTD Budget $1,090,635.00

Dinners will resume January 10.

Tuesday Morning Ladies’ Class

Class will resume on Tuesday, January 9th.

Inclement Weather Policy

We believe it is in the

best interest of eve-

ryone for us to have

a policy that when

snow and ice make

travel in Knoxville hazardous, we

will cancel both Sunday morning

services and evening H2H groups.

Instead, we will have one service at

4:00 p.m. Travel decisions should

be made by each family and

whether a few people or a few

hundred people are able to come

we will worship together then. Al-

so, we will do our best to have an

appropriate message on Facebook,

Twitter, on our website, and WATE

TV6 telling about cancellations.

Christmas Means… A Collection of Readings by Lau-rel Members for the Christmas Season. Each family is encouraged to take a copy!

December 22 Pick-Up /Deliver Christmas Baskets

January 9 Ladies’ Tuesday Morning Class

January 10 Wednesday Night Dinners Resume

January 19-21 Ladies’ Retreat

OUR SERVICES

Worship each Sunday at 8:45-9:45 and 11:00-12:00 Bible Classes 10:00-10:45

WEDNESDAY NIGHT BIBLE CLASSES 7:00-8:00

SUNDAY NIGHTS

Small groups, called Heart to Heart Groups, meet at various times and locations (see list in the foyer).

One H2H group meets in room #8 at 6:00-7:00 p.m. when DST, and 5:00-6:00 p.m. when EST. Communion is offered

by this H2H group.

Laurel Calendar

NO 8:45 A.M. SERVICE

11:00 A.M. SERVICE Opening Prayer: Andrew Horn Closing Prayer: Jeff Grooms Lord’s Supper: John Nehls

Serve: Andrew Horn, Joe Anderson, Ron Anderson, Andrew McCreary, Ty Roberts, Luke Glover, Chapel Rice, Brian Descamps

Ushers: Ken Moffett, Curtis, Bobby Clemmons

Worship Assignments For Sunday, December 24, 2017

GREETERS 9:30—9:50 Larry & Jennifer Ray Donna Corley

10:30-10:50 Mike & Donna Farrar, Beth Waters, Howard & Reba Horn, JoAnn Sexton

NURSERY ATTENDANTS 8:45 Nursery: Jake & Sarah Jordan Check-In: Rachel Hixson 11:00 Worship Check-In: Lindsey Oler 11:00 Bumblebees/Lady Bugs Regina Buckley, Abby Smith Pryor 11:00 Butterflies: Erin Morrison, Savannah Truan, Arriona Davis

P.O. Box 1024 Knoxville, TN 37939

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