Church Office Phone (515) 832-2683 E-mail webstercitycoc@qwestoffice.net Senior Minister – Chad Halbach Phone (307) 703-3700 Email: chadehalbach@gmail.com Creative Arts Pastor – John Frerichs Phone (515) 571-2175 Email: Johnlf08@gmail.com Website:

www.webstercitychurch.com Elders John Laird 832-1992 Wendell Doolittle 832-2548 Greg Pride 835-7981 Stephen Sinnett 297-4180 Deacons Brian Appelgate 539-4010 Kevin Farwell 209-9660 Tim Morgan 539-4388 Don Nokes 209-8083 Blaine McCollough 297-3103

C HRISTIAN ALLER

A Glance at the month of January 2017… January 1 – Happy New Year! January 4 – Men & Women’s Bible Study January 8 – High School Youth Group January 9 – Elders Meeting January 11 – Men & Women’s Bible Study January 15 – New Adult Sunday School Class Begins High School Youth Group January 17 – Women’s IF: TABLE January 18 – Men & Women’s Bible Study January 22 – High School Youth Group January 23 – Ministry Meeting (All Board) January 25 – Men & Women’s Bible Study January 27 – Youth at Winter Jam January 28 – Men’s Conference January 29 – High School Youth Group

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Women’s Ministries will

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LEADERSHIP MEETINGS

January 9 – Elders Meeting, 6:30pm January 23 – Ministry Meeting (All Board), 6:30pm

IF: TABLE Tuesday, January 17th

6:30pm -- Bridge Ladies, IF: Table is a place for us to gather as friends and enjoy great food, lots of great conversation and great company. IF: TABLE is held once a month at the Bridge on the 3rd Tuesday. Come enjoy a relaxing evening with no agenda. Leave the stress at home, bring a friend or two or just come alone and welcome new friendships. Don’t forget to bring a dish for the potluck.

A New Year's Prayer

Lord, You make all things new You bring hope alive in our hearts

And cause our Spirits to be born again.

Thank you for this new year For all the potential it holds.

Come and kindle in us A mighty flame

So that in our time, many will see the wonders of God And live forever to praise Your glorious name.

Amen

(A modern prayer for the New Year from www.lords-prayer-words.com)

ARISE, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. ~Isaiah 60:1

The Winter Jam/Youth Fundraiser Brunch was held on Sunday, December 4th after church at the Bridge. Our goal was to raise $500 to take our youth to Winter Jam. A huge THANK YOU to all those who helped to prepare the food, brought food, helped with set up and clean up. Also to those who contributed for the cause, thanks to you we raised a total of $498.75. We expect youth to join us at Winter Jam this year which will also include a full day of fun including some ice skating. We are blessed to have such a generous church family!

PLEASE KEEP IN YOUR PRAYERS Our Nation Pam Peterson Bill Dodge Missionaries Doug Doolittle Russ Chelsvig Our Giving Don Williams Ruth Ehley Nancy Wright Stephen Sinnett And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. –Ephesians 6-18

Heavenly Father, open our eyes to “see” your provisions in our life. Help us to acknowledge our financial blessings by giving thank offerings for what you have given us. Amen

SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP ATTENDANCE

11/27 102 12/4 92 12/11 89 12/18 77

MINISTRY PLAN & MINISTRY CONTRIBUTION REPORT Weekly Ministry Goal: $3747.00

Weekly Contribution

Given

Annual Budget

Received to Date

11/27/16 3219.00 33,723.00 28,772.04

12/4/16 2961.32 37,470.00 31,733.36

12/11/16 2965.15 41,217.00 34,698.51

12/18/16 2825.00 44,964.00 37,523.51

How to Use Our E-mail Prayer Chain

If you have a prayer that you would like to have passed along on our e-mail prayer chain contact Denise Morgan at tdmorgan@netins.net and she will begin the prayer chain as soon as possible. If you would like to be added to the e-mail prayer chain ministry group to pray for these prayer requests, please send your e-mail address to Denise Morgan at tdmorgan@netins.net contact her through Facebook or call the church office so that the information can be relayed to her.

Automated Prayer Request Line All prayers will be kept anonymous

515-428-0096 Text your prayer request or Call and leave a voice mail message.

Christmas at the Bridge Thank You! Thank you to all who had a part in making this year’s Christmas at the Bridge another great success. Those who planned, did the footwork, gave donations of monetary funds, gifts and supplies, helped with set up, the event itself, and even the clean-up afterwards, we could not have done this event without YOU! We were prepared for about 800 people and despite the cold and snowy weather we had over 100 people come through the doors in the first half hour. Christmas at the Bridge is our way of teaching the gift of giving. It also helps those who may not have had the opportunity to give a gift for Christmas. It’s our way of supporting our community and showing those living here that we care about them and their families.

Adult Sunday School Class Set to Begin January 15th

One Month to Live

“Too many people live with regrets, missed opportunities and dormant dreams. You don’t have to be one of them. Your life will be different if you apply the transformational principles in Kerry and Chris Shook’s One Month to Live.” –Craig Groeschel

Don’t miss this Bible Study!

Men’s Conference – Missionary

Alliance Church - Blairsburg With Worship music by our own Creative Arts Team

Coming January 28, 2018

The Principles of Spiritual Warfare In a time when Christians are being attacked, by the enemy as never before, learn how to apply the principles of war to a spiritual battle. The goal of this Advance is to teach the 9 Principles of War that have stood the test of time and to discuss the soldier’s defense that allows each of us to “fight the good fight of faith”.