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125 E Plane Street, Bethel OH 45106 Phone: 513.734.2232 Fax: 513.734.2233
Email: [email protected] communitychristian.cc
OUR MISSION changing, caring and
connecting people in a Christ-centered community
Traditional Worship [8:00am] ABF/Sunday School [9:30am]
Contemporary Worship [9:30am & 11:00am]
Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8am-4pm Closed Noon-1pm
January 2017
C-Groups Resume January 15
Leaders Training, Jan 7, 9:30am
Weather Policy: Because we are concerned for your safety please do not feel obligated
to attend or serve at any ministry activity if you feel uncomfortable driving. Our campus will be closed whenever Bethel Tate Schools and evening activities are cancelled due to inclement weather or a Level 2/3 snow emergency is declared for Clermont County. Weekend worship
services will be held unless a Level 3 snow emergency is in effect for Clermont County.
One Worship @ 10am Pancake Breakfast served in the Worship Center, 9:30am.
Dan Asche [Senior Minister] [email protected] Kyle Dickerson [Family Life Minister] [email protected] Mark Owen [Worship Minister] [email protected] Lori Conley [Director of Children’s Ministry] [email protected] Connie Cravens [Office Manager/Ministry Coordinator] [email protected]
Lori Conley
Hero Worship K-5th grade
9:30 and 11am
Sundays
Birth-5 year old 9:30 and 11 am
Wednesdays 6-8pm 2 yr olds-5th grade Starts Back on January 18
We are focusing on becoming leaders in our home, church, and community.
2017 Here We Come! Children’s ministry goals for 2017: 1) For each child to have a personal relationship with Jesus
knowing Him as Savior, leader, and friend for life. 2) For children to be visibly growing in their relationship with
Christ as seen through the decisions they make at home, school, and play.
3) For parents to be equipped to lead their children Spiritually as identified through parent initiated home Bible studies and parent-child baptisms.
Fun Fact: the oldest man in
the Bible was 969 years old
when he died and his name
was Methuselah. Volun-
teers you are never too old!
Mark your calendars:
February 18th - Winter Jam
February 25th - trip to
Matthew 25 ministries
Follow Community Christian
Student Ministry on Facebook
for updates and details on other
upcoming trips and events!
January 22nd
4:00-8:15pm
Cost is $20
2 hours of tubing
Grades 6-12
Resume in January
Connie Cravens
Men’s Ministry
Jan 5: ROMEOs [Retired Old Men Eating Out/Mama’s Grill]
11:30am Contact: Bill Graham
Jan 3 & 17 Iron Sharpens Iron, 7pm
1st Tues/at church [fh]
3rd Tues/local restaurant Come connect with other
men, study God's word and put it into practical, everyday life situations.
This is a study/fellowship group and support group all wrapped in one. We are using
Mark - Follow Me, a study guide by James Hoover. Contact: John Fultz/Steve Guenther/Scott Wedemeyer
Women’s Ministry
Mon: No Piecemakers in January
Wed: Ladies Bible Study [fh] 10am Contact: Becky Conover
Jan 3 & 17: No Strings Attached [crocheting/cp] 7pm Contact: Teri Martin/PamPrice
Jan 16: JULIETs [just us ladies intentionally eating together]
TBD/6:30pm Contact: Kim Torok
Mark Owen
Upcoming Events
We have many ministry opportunities available. Take some time to pray about where God can use you to help
people in changing, connecting and caring at Community. Contact Connie Cravens. She would love to help you
discover your piece in the 3C puzzle.
Register for events on your Connection Card. Pay at the Connection Counter or through your offering envelope. Please have correct change.
Make checks payable to 3C unless otherwise noted.
PrimeTimer's Ministry [age 50+]
Contact: Mabel Gelter
Jan 6: Pizza & A Double Feature
$5 at time of event Pizza, Chips, Dessert & Drinks
Mission’s Ministry
Soup Kitchen 1st & 3rd Wed Contact: Ken Day Feb 19: Summer Mission Fundraiser [fh] 11am-1pm Soup Cook-Off Contact: Becky Conover/Steve Torok
June 18-23: Summer Mission Week - We will be working with IDES, Matthew 25, Master Provision
Contact: Becky Conover/Steve Torok
Recreation Ministry
3C Riders - Jan 27 [cp] 7pm Get together to plan some rides in 2017 and talk more about our week ride down
south. Come prepared with ideas and dates. Bring a dish to share, drinks provided.
Contact: Steve Miller
1 & 2
throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like
God - truly righteous and holy. Ephesians 4:22-24
See the bulletin, newsletter and calendar at: communitychristian.cc
Community Christian Church, Bethel OH
Every year about this time many of us believers have a thought something like this - I would like to read the Bible all the way through this coming year. It’s a wonderful thought, a good thought. However, for many it is never a reality. We think about our Bible reading plan, we talk about it, we may even attempt to make our thought a reality, but a few weeks or a few months into the new year and we have given up and worse yet, we feel guilty!
Every year about this time many of us believers have a thought something like this - I would really like to drop 20 or 25 pounds this coming year. It is a wonderful thought, a good thought. However, for many it is never a reality. We think about losing weight, we talk about it, we may even attempt to eat healthy and count those calories, but a few weeks or a few months into the new year and we have given up and worse yet, we feel guilty!
Every year about this time many of us believers have a thought something like this – I really would like to spend more time with my spouse and the kids. It’s a wonderful thought, a good thought. However, for many it is never a reality. We think that thought, we talk about it, we may even attempt to make our thought a reality by changing our work and family schedules. However, a few weeks or a few months into the new year and we have given up and worse yet, we feel guilty!
I have laid out three different areas of life for you, [no, it’s not a cut and paste mistake]. I could have mentioned a number of different areas that we think about this time every year, like restoring relationships with family or friends or getting our finances in good order to rid ourselves of debt as well as saving for retirement. Life is short - “3 score [60 years] & 10” according to the psalmist. So we don’t have a lot of time to figure these things out and for many of us guilt is a real thing eating away at us every day. So let’s jump forward to December 29, 2017 – will you still be thinking of trying to read the Bible through just once in your lifetime? Will you have dropped that weight and will your family relationships be on the plus side? Don’t live with guilt. Do what you know to be good for you and your family.
Will we succeed in every one of these areas? Probably not, but if we are making progress in one or two of the areas we will be a lot farther down the road than we are now and we will be encouraged by the results in one or two areas to tackle a third one in the new year ahead. Go for it, stretch yourself and ask the Lord to walk with you while you learn how to take control of your life.
Many thanks to all of you who supplied the Asche household with lots of cards, cookies, candies and many fond Christmas greetings this Christmas season. We are blessed to serve Christ with you.
Also, our Christmas offering is $6,482. Thank you. We will continue to receive those gifts through January, either through our regular offering or through Givelify.
Need a Bible reading plan? Check out Bible Gateway on the internet for a number of different types of plans or if you have a Smartphone try YouVersion.com to download a number of plans.
dan
Dan Asche
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Check out our 3C Ministry Catalog on our website [located
at the bottom of the ministries page]. If you do not have access to a computer, pick up a copy from our bookrack in the east
foyer. Take the next step and discover a place to serve.
Important 3C Dates
Use Givelify to conveniently give and track church giving from your
Smartphone or through our website. Contact: Carol Lawson
2: Office Closed 3 & 17: Iron Sharpens Men [3/fh 17/TBD] 7pm 4 & 18: Soup Kitchen 5: ROMEOs [Retired Old Men Eating Out/Mama’s Grill] 11:30am 6: PrimeTimers [50+] [Pizza & Double Feature/fh] 5:30pm 7: C-Group Leader’s Training [fh ] 9-11:30am 8: Prayer Warriors [Rm 209] 5pm 12: Finance Team [Rm 209] 7pm 13 & 14: Staff/Elder Retreat 16: JULIETs [just us ladies intentionally eating together] 6:30pm; Elders [Rm 209] 7pm 21: Connection 101 [fh] 10-Noon 27: 3C Riders 2017 Planning [cp] 7pm
If you were unable to participate in our Victory
Sunday there are Intention Cards in the east foyer
book rack. Just fill out the card and drop it in the
Connection Counter slot. Give through your offering
envelope [check “other” and write DIG - no need to write two separate
checks] or Givelify.
