WINTER WEATHER POLICY

If K-M Schools are cancelled due to bad weather, all classes/activities (except CR, AA & Al-anon Groups) will be cancelled. If the weather be-comes hazardous later in the day, a cancellation decision will be made by 3 PM. For Sunday morning services, a decision will be made by 6 AM. CCC office hours follow the K-M schools closing due to weather. Check for cancellations at www.ccc-kasson.org, watch/listen to KTTC TV 12, KAAL TV 6 & KROC FM. If nothing is posted or no message, we are still planning to have classes or worship.

COMMUNITY CELEBRATION CHURCH

Come as you are!

|27337 County Highway 34, Kasson MN 55944 | | 507-634-1GOD | www.ccc-kasson.org|

Services offered at 9:00 AM & 10:30 AM

† Wednesday Night kids and youth begins again January 4th

† New sermon series and small groups starting Jan.1st – Mere Christianity. Check your bulletin insert for details

† The church office will be closed Dec. 23rd, Dec. 26th, Dec. 30th, and Jan. 2nd

† Membership Class: we will be having our next membership class on Sunday, Jan-uary 29th from 12pm – 3pm. To register, send an email to kelsey@ccc-kasson.org.

“Come As You Are”

December 24, 2016

Christmas Eve

Service

Pastor Steve Speaking

Pray for Eric and Melissa Alness and their family:

1. Please pray for continued healing for Melissa as she recovers from having bacterial meningitis last year. 2. We are pursuing business as an avenue to demonstrate and proclaim Christ's love to the Tea people. Please ask for grace, wisdom, and provision as we aim to buy a yak yarn business before returning to Tealand. 3. Pray for our family to look to God to meet all of our needs.

The measure

God took to

understand us

The Power of Empathy

[WHAT NEXT?]

Get Yourself Involved

Get the Whole Family Involved

Fellowship and grow with us! Visit www.ccc-kasson.org for groups, events, and programs!

We have regular children’s ministry, Kingdom Kids, available for all ages from birth to 6th grade every Sunday morning at both our 9:00 AM and 10:30 AM services, however, due to the holiday weekend, today is a family service! The nursery will be open and available, but will not be staffed. Also, there will not be any Kingdom Kids today.

Overcome for 5th-6th grade is Wednesday nights at 6:30 PM in the office garage beginning again Jan. 4th! Check out our Facebook page for dates and special events: www.facebook.com/cccovercome.

Paradigm for 7th-12th grade is every Wednesday night from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM in the Loft beginning again Jan. 4th!

We are here to help you find the way out if you have the desire! Check our website for weekly meeting times, dates, and complete details at www.ccc-kasson.org!

Listen to Pastor Steve’s sermons online!

COMING message

January 1st: “….” Pastor Steve Speaking

Building to Build People Goal $1,500,000

TOTAL PLEDGED $1,319,952.40

TOTAL GIVEN $987,604.64

TOTAL GIVING from

December 18, 2016

GENERAL: $23,665.87

BUILDING FUND: $4,664.94

Weekly Budget

from tithes and

offerings is

$11,500.00

ATTENDANCE

from December

18, 2016

368

If you need someone to walk through a difficult time with you, Stephen Ministry has trained Stephen Ministers who can meet with you so that you don’t have to go through it alone! Call the church office at 634-1463 for more information.

Trained Prayer Ministers will meet with you to restore broken hearts and renew your mind through prayer.

Please contact the church office at 634-1463 for more information.

For after hours URGENT NEEDS please call the church office at 634-1463 and dial extension 206.

HURTING? WE CARE!!

We have an AED located in the hallway between the Gathering Grounds and the Multipurpose Room for use in an emergency.

RECOVERY MINISTRIES

The Heart of CCC Culture Statement: Come as you are. We desire to be a safe place for people to be in process and a place where everyone realizes they are in process. None of us have arrived.

Mission statement: Our mission is to help people Accept Jesus, Become like Jesus, and Contribute Jesus to our world.

Values statement: Real. Relevant. Relational

HOW TO PRAY LIKE PAUL, PART 2

Community Celebration Church

Pastor Steve Larson teaching

12.4.16

14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your

inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to

know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. 20 Now to him

who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, 21 to

him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen. ~ Ephesians 3:14-

21

The Importance of Prayer:

Is there a correct posture to prayer?

The meat of prayer:

Strength

“Instead, train yourself for godliness. 8For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every

way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.” ~ 1 Timothy 4:8

Depth

MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THE NEW SERIES STARTING IN JANUARY: DISCUSSING MERE

CHRISTIANITY BY CS LEWIS

Apprehension

Fullness

The Unspeakable power of God

What Blocks God’s Power in our Life?

Unbelief

“And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith.” ~ Matthew 13:58

Unconfessed sin

“If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened”

~ Psalm 66:18

Worldliness

Worldliness is: “The dictionary definition of “worldly” is “relating to, or devoted to, the temporal world.” Worldliness, then, is the

condition of being concerned with worldly affairs, especially to the neglect of spiritual things.”

SONGS FROM SUNDAY WORSHIP:

God is Able -Hillsong United

God of Miracles- Chris McLarney

Spirit of the living God – Vertical Church Band

Always – Kristian Stanfill

Might to Save – Hillsong Live