Series: Songs of Christ’s Birth

“Glory to God in the Highest” - Luke 2:8-14

Benjamin Williams

BELONG LEARN SERVE

Sunday Worship Worship / 10:30 AM Devotional / 5:00 PM

Welcome to all our guests! We are so happy to have you join us today! Please fill out a guest card and put into collection plate so we can have a record of your attendance.

We have a cry room available if needed and an attended nursery for pre-school children and young-er. One of our greeters would be happy to direct you.

SERVICE NIGHT

What: Service Sunday, Every 3rd Sunday

When: Tonight at 5:20 PM

See inside for more details.

LADIES MIDWEEK BIBLE STUDY

What: Bible Study led by Rebecca Harris & Earline

When: 3rd Wednesday Every Month

Where: Fellowship Hall

SENIOR SAINTS TRIP

What: See the Seals of Isaiah & King Hezekiah

When: January 15th

Where: Armstrong Auditorium, Edmond, OK

NEW YEAR’S LOCK-IN - YOUTH Glenpool Church of Christ and North Heights Church of Christ are hosting a lock-in at Glenpool CofC this New Year's Eve. If you would like to volun-teer, please let Ben Williams know.

TEACHERS & SERVICE VOLUNTEERS Reminder that if you will be absent, please arrange a fill-in for your class or service rotation or let your deacon or coordinator know.

Edwin, Deacon of Education:

James Hamilton, Deacon of Worship

Debbie Whitchurch, Children’s Coordinator

SERMON NOTES

TEACHER NOTE:

Please remember to have more materials for class on Friend's & Family Day—September 10th!

BELONG LEARN SERVE

Classes for All Ages Sunday / 9:30 AM Sunday / 5:20 PM Wednesday / 7:00 PM

CLASSES & MINISTRIES

Girl's Mission Project, Kay Robinson,

1st & 3rd Saturday, Will Resume after Holidays

Ladies Midweek Bible Study, Rebecca Harris &

Earline Lierly, 3rd Wednesday @ 10AM

Ladies Outreach, BJ Neal & Carolyn Prescott

Young Families, Zac Tenison

Dinner every 3rd Sunday, following PM Service

Prison Ministry, Bill & Lenora Hamrick,

Thursday @ 10AM in the Fellowship Hall

ROCK OSUIT Campus Ministry, Bobby Hill

Mondays @ 5PM leave towards Okmulgee

Wednesday Nights: Bible Class @ 7PM

Sunday Nights—Devotional at 5PM

1st Sunday - Singing Night @ 5:20PM

2nd Sunday - Teacher Enrichment @ 5:20PM

3rd Sunday - Service Night @ 5:20PM

4th Sunday - Bible Class @ 5:20PM

5th Sunday Fellowship Meal @ 11:30AM, followed

by Devotional @ 1PM

“Glory to God in the Highest” - Luke 2:8-14

Dirty Things—Luke 2:1-8

Somewhere far from Caesar Augustus …

A _____________is in a “stable and a ___________is in a manger. ________________ are with their sheep.

Curious Messengers—Luke 2:9-12

____________angels told _____________shepherds that an even more ordinary _____________was the even more glorious ______________.

Two Questions

What was the angel thinking?

What were the shepherds thinking?

1 Peter 1:10-12 & Joshua 5:13-15

Multitude of Heavenly Host—Luke 2:13

“an indefinitely large number of heavenly army”

Heaven emptied itself of angels. It must of looked like an invasion.

Luke 2:14

“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace

among those with whom he is pleased!

Religion in Reverse

Every religion on Earth imagines a path from Earth to Heaven. Only Christianity proclaims that Heaven came to Earth.

ELDERS

Todd Khoury

Bill Path

Devon Prescott

Keith Riggs

David Tenison

MINISTERS

Benjamin Williams, Pulpit

Haden Brill, Youth

Bill Hamrick, Prison

DEACONS

Thomas Hallsted, Facilities & Maintenance

James Hamilton, Worship

Jeff Harris, Technology Utilization

Larry Killebrew, Administration & Finance

Johnny Riggs, Member Services

Dennis Robinson, Inventory

Bruce Rothell, Missions & Evangelism

Richard Senn, Grounds

Zac Tenison, Young Families

Steven Wetzel, Fellowship

Edwin Whittlesey, Education

Youth News

Area Wide Singing at Park Plaza on September 10th at 6pm. If you would like a ride, meet at Glenpool Church of Christ at 5:15 pm—see Haden Brill.

BELONG LEARN SERVE

Get Involved Find a program or area of service below and ask how you can help.

SERVING

Dennis Robinson, Inventory

Bruce Rothell, Missions & Evangelism

Richard Senn, Grounds

Zac Tenison, Young Families

Steven Wetzel, Fellowship

Edwin Whittlesey, Education

CHILDREN’S COORDINATOR

Debbie Whitchurch

WOMEN’S S.H.I.N.E. PROGRAM

Saundra Tenison

OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR

Yvonne Collett

MEMBER REQUESTS—WORK ORDERS If you have a request or concern, please pickup a Member Request/Order Form, fill it out, & drop it in the Office Box (located right outside the office door).

SUNDAY NIGHT—SERVICE NIGHT What: Service Night When: Tonight at 5:20 PM Service Projects: Youth—Soap Project (this will count towards LTC)

SUNDAY MORNING ATTENDED NURSERY Volunteers are needed for the Sunday morning attended nursery this quarter. We have had several changes recently leaving a few

gaps in our attended nursery rotation. If you have been looking for ways to get involved and serve this is an area that will benefit from

your service. Sign-up on the bulletin board or see Debbie Whitchurch.

YOUTH LOCK IN Monday, December 31—Tuesday, January 1

Our youth will be hosting a lock in. with North Heights youth group. We will need volunteers for chaperones. If you are up to the chal-

lenge, please see Benjamin Williams. More details to come.

COMMUNION PREPERATION Ladies, If you would like to be added to, or removed from, the

communion preparation schedule for 2019, please give a note to Susan Yeager before December 15th. ***Several ladies have stepped down so we need to fill some vacancies.*** Thanks!

IN NEED OF OUR PRAYERS

12932 S. Elwood Ave

PO Box 145 / Glenpool, OK 74033

Office Phone: (918) 291-2211

office@glenpoolchurchofchrist.com

www.glenpoolchurchofchrist.com

BIRTH-DAYS &

ANNIVER-SARIES

ONLINE GIVING Members can setup one time or

recurring donations online.

glenpoolchurchofchrist.com/donate

Contribution thru November

$254,534

$254,693

Budget thru October (47 weeks)

$5,419

Weekly 2018 Budget

Last Week’s Contribution

$4,821

BY THE NUMBERS Quarterly reports available upon request.

December 16. 2018

Thursday, 12/12: Prison Ministry @ 10AM

Sunday, 12/16:

Service Night @ 5:20PM

Fellowship Meal after PM service

Wednesday, 12/19:

Ladies Midweek Bible Study @ 10AM

Bible Class @ 7PM

Thursday, 12/20: Prison Ministry @ 10AM

Sunday, 12/23: Bible Class @ 5:20PM

Sunday, 12/30: Bible Class @ 5:20PM

Monday, 12/31-1/1: Youth Lock-In

Tuesday, 1/15: Sr.Saints— Isaiah & Hezekiah Seals

Hadley Senn, 12/18

Benjamin Williams, 12/18

Selene Williams, 12/20

Debbie & Eddie Whitchurch, 12/22

Lenora Hamrick, 12/22

Kaci Martinez, 12/23

Larry & Beverly Killebrew, 12/28

James & Paula Hamilton, 12/29

Holden Flanagan, 12/29

Sandy Rucqouy, 12/29

David & Saundra Tenison, 12/30

Daniel Caddell, 12/30

Tim Burks, 12/31

Matthew & Autumn Caldwell, 12/31

AT A GLANCE

Eric Vaughn’s heart is doing well, but his kidney’s and lungs are having some trouble. He has a lot of fluid.

Long Term Prayers Needed: Eric Vaughan (heart); Kathy Henry (breast cancer), Ruth Henry, Bob Howard (lungs), Stephanie White (pain), Alan Trimble (ALS), Barbara Vaughan, Billie English (cancer), Jackson Horvath (deformed heart), Bob Thomas (pancreatic cancer), Debbie Boyer (multiple myeloma), Bailey Dodson (inoperable brain tumor), David Cashon (Pulmonary Fibrosis & lymphoma), Renee Faulconer (brain tumor), Mike Lohrenz (Pancreatic Cancer), Ralph Causby (Alzheimer), Christy Henry (Hodgkin’s lymphoma), Glenna (Christine Pulliam’s mom has pul-monary fibrosis)

Service Men and Women: Meagan Russell; Cory Cald-well; Lee Caldwell

ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: