Christian Fellowship of Winlock

The Outlook
”All people know that there is a
God. And those who refuse to
acknowledge Him, according to
Romans 1, suppress (“hold
down”) the truth about Him. But
most people, given the opportunity, will agree that “it just can’t
be an accident.”
“All things came into being
through Him, and apart from
Him nothing came into being that
has come into being” (John 1:3).
So it’s pretty clear that Jesus created “all things.”
December 2015
oxen, and the donkey were the
products of creative power. Every
star in the sky on that amazing
night was spoken into its existence by the One wrapped in
swaddling cloths.
So, using a little imagination re- What should be our default regarding the birth of Christ, we sponse to the Creator/Christ
The Scriptures tell us plainly the can look at Jesus the creator in a Child? It is reverence and awe
truth about the creation
and worship. It is bowof the universe. “In the
ing our hearts before
beginning God created
Him. It is surrendering
the heavens and the
our lives to Him. It is
earth” (Genesis 1:1). We
responding in wholelearn from the New Teshearted obedience to
tament that Christ creHis authority.
ated everything.
By
Christ “all things were
“Come, let us bow
created: things in heaven
down in worship, let us
and on earth, visible and
kneel before the LORD
invisible,
whether
our Maker; for he is our
thrones or powers or rulGod and we are the
ers or authorities; all
people of his pasture,
things were created by
the flock under his
him and for him. He is
care.” Psalm 95:6-7
before all things, and in
him all things hold to“Know that the LORD
gether (Col. 1:16-17). “God, after new way. Every character in the is God. It is he who made us, and
He spoke long ago to the fathers story, Caesar Augustus, Quirin- we are his; we are his people, the
in the prophets in many portions ius, Herod, Joseph, Mary, the inn- sheep of his pasture.” Psalm 100:3
and in many way, in these last keeper, the shepherds, the Magi,
days has spoken to us in His Son, the angel of the Lord, and the May this be the reality in our
whom He appointed heir of all heavenly host, were made by this hearts this Christmas season.
things, through whom also He Jesus in the manger. Every animade the world” (Hebrews 1:1-2). mal in the stable, the sheep, the
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Christian Fellowship of Winlock
PO Box 537 630 Cemetery Road
Winlock, WA 98596
Phone: 360-785-4280
cfwsecretary@qwestoffice.net
Monday—Thursday 9:00am—2:00pm
www.cfwinlock.org
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Thank you for the
donations! We appreciate your faithfulness in
meeting our church needs.
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After Service
POTLUCK
No Potluck
due to
Christmas
Pastor Terry’s sermons are now available online, on our website at:
http://cfwinlock.org
Upcoming Sermons:
December 6
Christ in the Old Testament
December 13
Christ in Old Testament Prophecy
December 20
The Incarnation of the Son of God
December 24
The Twelve Words of Christmas
2015-2016
Budget Year Totals
(FY begins September 1)
General Tithing
General Expenses
$43,839.43
$48,341.09
November 2015
Income
$16,492.16
Expenses
$15,350.41
Construction Loan Balance $0.00 !!!
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Coming Up in...
Erica Marquina
Bob Allen
Romeo Allen
Wayne Workman
Wm Vazquez-Hessman
Ron Wright
Joshua Smith
Linda Green
Martin Legg
Dennis Schlenker
Andy Fontenot
Virginia Thompson
Ian Perry
Rod Crocker
Talia Smith
Julie Tupper
Kay Doyle
Virginia Cook
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Church Business Meeting
Tuesday, January 26—details will be coming
AWANA Continues
Each Thursday evening—6-8pm
Tuesdays Ladies Bible Study
Christmas break begins November 24, 2015
and goes through January 11, 2016
Sunday, January 17
3:00 pm Missions Committee Meeting
Fridays 7-8:30 pm
Recovery in Christ—Closed Group in Progress
Elder’s Meetings 7-9:00 pm
Monday, January 11
Mr & Mrs Harold Vice
Mr & Mrs Terry Sundberg
Mr & Mrs Rusty Cox
51 years
39 years
39 years
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December will be a short month for AWANA’s. We will only have two weeks of AWANA’s
this month—December 3 and December 10th. We are planning on having the AWANA
Store open on December 10th!
We have placed our supply order and we are hoping to hand out uniform vests to the Cubbies on December 10th as well!
We will resume AWANA’s on Thursday, January 7th!
Attendance Quarters:
Oct. 8—Nov. 12
Nov. 19—Jan. 21
Jan. 28—Mar. 3
Mar. 10—Apr. 21
AWANA has completed the 1st quarter (6 Weeks) of attendance! Please take time to
congratulate the following children for their Perfect Attendance record!
Cubbies: Trystan Curtis, Lily Fleming
and Ross Harambasic
Sparks: Aaliyah Fleming, Lacey Harambasic,
Elias Trotter, Asher Smith, Eli Smith,
Bella Legg, Sofi Legg and Cassidy Miller.
T&T Girls: Leila Trotter, Alexa Spalding,
Trinity Oakley and Laila Fleming
T&T Boys: Todd Windham and Caleb Smith
Upcoming Events:
4 Weeks !
Please be saving your pennies!
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We All Like Figgy
Pudding
Aaaahhh the holidays! It is the
most wonderful time of the year, or
so I’ve heard. I have always loved
Christmas; the decorations, the
smells—even in my house as a child
because we would usually get a live
Christmas tree. Then we moved to Europe and I found
out that Germany shared my love of Christmas. I have
special memories of walking around cities at what they
called Christkindlemarkts. It usually involved walking
around outside in sub-zero temperatures. This would
eventually trick your mind into thinking that $1 for a
Dixie cup of hot chocolate was a good deal. But each
town usually had a gimmick that was special for their
Christmas Market. One of the last ones we went to had
a live nativity—including a camel!
It was odd to see a post-Christian country go through
the kind of effort and imagination over a day that most
of them did not personally celebrate as a Christian Holy
Day! Now we are home. In some ways America is just
as depressing about Christmas, but instead of looking
When the Well Runs Dry
like they are celebrating Christmas
while not letting it touch their
souls, we make it almost exclusively about commercialism.
In contrast to that, the thing that I
have found most special, and that I
hope my kids will also find most
special, is the commemoration of
the important day of God coming
near in the form of a baby. My girls are excited about
the decorating and the smells and the sounds and the
gifts of course, but they are quick to remind others and
to also remember with their mom and I that Jesus is the
reason for the season. I hope for you and for the students I have contact with this year, and for my family,
that we all can together avoid either of the mistakes
cited above. Let us not be like a German city that looks
like it is doing religious things for Christ, but has a cold
heart, and let us also not be like our country that has
turned to material things to fill the meaning of the season, but is equally dead in its heart. Instead our focus
is on the Christ and we can say together as a people of
faith, “Come Lord Jesus, come.”
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the soldiers. Think of the bloody battles fought within a
day’s march of a beautiful oasis.
“For I satisfy the weary ones and refresh everyone who
As I consider this, I see that all along my “divining rod”
languishes." --Jeremiah 31:25
for refreshing sits right in front of me – the Word of God.
Les here – I recall a conversation I had with Kay during But I was in the Word daily last week, so what was going
one of our devotions some time ago. I was still working at on? Well (no pun intended), I need to allow myself to be
the Rescue Mission then and discussing how difficult my taught by the Holy Spirit how to “rest”; how to indulge
last week had seemed at the New Life Program for addic- silence; how to quiet my spirit; how to reflect; how to
tion recovery. Challenge after challenge; struggling with meditate on the things of God. My exertion and pursuit
of these disciplines causes me to wander
myself; fatigue; pressing in; searching;
aimlessly at times. I can go for a while,
grasping; trying to rally; the list could
but the gas runs out quicker than I realgo on for quite a while. I explained to
ize.
Kay that I needed to post a recovery
blog last week to stay on-schedule, and
So my answer seems to be right in front
no matter how hard I tried I had no
of me. It is God’s Holy Word. It is felinspired word to share. My well was
lowship with my wife who knows me
dry. Kay said, “Well, why don’t you
better
than
I
myself.
It is church fellowship. It is the respeak to that?” One of the myriad reasons I love her…
covery group I am involved in. And it is trust in the Lord
So, what about those times when our well seems dry? and His promises. But sometimes I get in the way and
Since the beginning of time people have explored, trav- just don’t get it. So, let me be still now and allow…
elled, and settled communities based upon the land and
an available water source – where the wells are. Military “Take my yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am
campaigns, particularly in desert and arid regions, have gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your
been planned around the availability of refreshment for souls.” --Matthew 11: 29
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