We Worship 10:45 am

Prelude Organ “O Holy Night” – arr. by Robert Hughes

Opening Hymn* Organ and Congregation #142 “Angels We Have Heard on High”

Welcome Dottie Phelps

Ministry Moment Pastor Tracy Baerg Interview with Nathan and Matthew Phelps

Children’s Story/Lambs’ Offering Pastor Tracy Baerg Tithes and Offerings Dottie Phelps Today: Fairmont Church Budget Next Sabbath: Local Conference Advance

Response of Gratitude Piano and Congregation

Scripture Ean Myers Revelation 22:12-13, 17, 20-21

Prayer Rick Schlenker

Meditation in Music Terry Bain “Almost There”

Message Pastor Tracy Baerg “’Twas the Sabbath Before Christmas”

Postlude Organ “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” – arr. by Lani Smith

*Congregation, please stand

Happening Today…

Sabbath, December 24 9:30 am We Study - Sabbath School Study Hour 10:30 am We Fellowship – Hospitality Center 10:45 am We Worship – Pastor Tracy Baerg 4:51 pm Sabbath Ends

Looking Ahead…

Tuesday, December 27 7:30 pm Youth/Collegiate gym night @ Lodi High

Wednesday, December 28 No Prayer Meeting this week!

Thursday, December 29 7:00 pm Choir Practice

Friday, December 30 4:55 pm Sabbath Begins

Sabbath, December 31 9:30 am We Study - Sabbath School Study Hour 10:30 am We Fellowship – Hospitality Center 10:45 am We Worship – Pastor Jesse Malin 4:56 pm Sabbath Ends

Coming Soon…

Tuesday, January 3 – Youth Game Night

Sabbath afternoons Jan. 7 – Feb. 11 – Raising the Remnant

Sunday, January 22 – Women’s Ministry Dinner

Fri., Feb. 3 & Sabbath, Feb. 4 – Dennis Priebe

Fairmont Church Office Hours: M-Th 9am–1pm

Phone Contact Church Office/Secretary................................... 209-334-1844

Church Office Fax........................................... 209-334-1850

e-Contact Website....................................................fairmontsda.org

Church e-mail ...................................office@fairmontsda.org Facebook ............................................../fairmont.church.1 Twitter ................................................ @FairmontChurch1

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Welcome!

We are happy to have you worship with us today. Here in our Fairmont family it is our goal to bring you closer to Jesus in a loving environment. If you are looking to make this your church home, we invite you to speak to one of our Elders as you exit the doors of the sanctuary. It is our hope that Fairmont can be a place where we all proclaim Jesus, and prepare people for His soon return.

We Study 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Words of Welcome (Sanctuary) Gary Matuska

Adult Classes “The Character of Job” Sanctuary Classes In Sanctuary Solazzo Class Choir Room Colucci Class Conference Room Spanish Class Mother’s Room Young Adults Fireside Room Collegiate Fellowship Hall

Children/Teen/Youth Classes In Hallway Cradle Roll Newborn through age 3 Kindergarten Ages 4-6 Primary Grades 2-4 Juniors Grades 5-6 Earliteen Grades 7-8 Youth Grades 9-12

We Fellowship 10:30 am – 10:45 am

Join us in the Hospitality Center for fellowship and refreshments!

Today’s worship service is enhanced by: Organist: Nancy Saunders Pianist: Bob Hunter Light and Sound Team: David Narbarte, Bernardo Mata, Ethan Myers

Announcements

Wishing our church family a Merry Christmas!

There will be no Mid-week Prayer Meeting next week due to the upcoming holidays. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Collegiates/Youth: We will be having a gym night this Tuesday, December 27 starting at 7:30 PM at the Lodi High School South Gym – 3 S. Pacific Ave. Come enjoy a night of volleyball and basketball with your friends. Drinks will be provided. Youth under 18 must have a signed parental consent form – the forms can be picked up at the church office, or from Pastor Jesse.

The Community Service Center will be closed on the following dates for the Christmas and New Year’s holidays: December 26, and January 2.

Beginning the first Sabbath in January, Pastor Tracy will be starting a new sermon series to launch our new theme of “Preparing people for His soon return”.

Large print and teacher quarterlies are ready to be picked up in the Deacons’ room.

Lodi Christian Radio reaches out to our community 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If you are interested in making a donation please make your check payable to Lodi Christian Radio. There are also envelopes available in all adult Sabbath School classes each Sabbath morning.

If you would like to order a copy of the worship service on CD (Audio) or DVD (Video), please place a note in the offering plate with a suggested contribution of $3.00 for each CD and $5.00 for each DVD. The sermons can also be accessed on our church website at fairmontsda.org under the “Messages & Bulletin” tab.

Scan this QR Code with your smartphone to access the Adventistgiving.org website where you can return tithe, give an offering, or make a donation electronically.

Pistachios are now available in the church office. They are $7.00 per 1 lb. bag. $1.00 per bag goes to our church library. Please have exact change or a check made payable to Fred Schmidt.

The Valley ASAM Singles Fellowship invites all singles to an Agape Feast on January 7, 2017 at 4:00 PM in the Fireside Room of the Galt SDA Church.

Get ready for a Family, Children’s Ministry, Sabbath School, and VBS summit on January 28 at the Capital City SDA Church in Sacramento. Check the poster in the display case in the hallway for more information, and additional times and dates.

Prayer Requests

Please keep the following in your prayers:

Thelma Robinson Elaine Wait Don Begley Clora Greene John Engman Marilyn Ice The Reiswigs Helen Moreno Bob Day Linda Emmerson Linda Wright Woody Lear Charles Payne Doris Batch Dorothy Kalisch Debra Yearicks Don Schlenker Roy Henderson The Erickson Family Harold Gross D.D. Stevens Wes Schimke Lyda Schimke Virginia Nickel The Viall Family Dolly Scheuffele Joy Smith Irene Keszler Iva Knoefler The Griffin Family The Fox Family David Johnson

December Birthdays

24~Richard Hall, Kathy Parsons 25~Leona Betcher, Victor Perman 26~Almeda Bechthold, Monica Farias, Darlene Viall 27~Brandon Barroga, Sophia Niggemeyer 28~Diego Garcia, Rose Reed 29~Joe Fields, Richard Matney 30~Richard Hawkins, Janice Johnson, Joel Miller, Roxanne Simmons