Join us for Advent & Christmas Eve!

Join us for worship this Advent season at Gashland EPC ! We will be kicking off a new sermon series called, “With Love”, where we will be studying 1 Corinthians 13 and the advent of Christ’s love in our lives. We also want to send you a special invite to attend a few of our special services! Details are provided below.

On Sunday, December 22nd, we will have a joint service at 10am in the Ministry Center as we gather together as one body to worship! There will be no Sunday School on this Sunday for any age. Children’s church and little lambs will be available during the 10am service.

On Christmas Eve we will have two candlelight services in the Sanctuary. One at 4pm and one at 5:30pm. Both of these services will be with our traditional music. We are excited to worship with you this Christmas as we reflect on the love of Christ!

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Special Offering on Christmas Eve

Each year, on Christmas Eve, we take a special offering which goes to help our missionaries overseas. The Leadership of the church has decided that this year, our Christmas Eve offering will be shared by two of our missionaries. We will send funds to Robert Mulumbi to help him purchase a van to be used for essential travel by the churches that he has planted. And, a portion of the offering will go to help support Greg & Elizabeth Mook. Please be as generous as you can this Christmas season.

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Christmas & New Year’s Office Hours

The office will be closed Wednesday, December 25th and Thursday, December 26th for Christmas and will reopen on Friday, December 27th. We will also be closed Wednesday, January 1st for New Year’s Day, and will reopen on Thursday, January 2nd. Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

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Father-Daughter Winter Wonderland Dance Registration is now open!

Our father-daughter Winter Wonderland dance will be on Saturday, January 25 from 3:00 – 5:00pm in the Fellowship Hall. This is for girls ages 4 through 5th grade and their dad, grandpa, uncle or any other special father-like figure! The cost will be $15 per family and $5 for each additional adult. We hope you can join us for an afternoon of fun, dancing and fellowship! If you have a granddaughter or niece who doesn’t attend Gashland we’d still love to have you join us! Registration is required so please register at gashland.breezechms.com/form/father.daughter.dance by January 17.

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Quarterly Communion Volunteers Needed

We are in need of volunteers to set up and clean up communion quarterly. These duties will include setting up the table for communion before 2nd service as well as cleaning up after the service. Please contact Kathy by calling the office or emailing kathy@gashland.org.

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Thank you for helping with the Angel Tree

Thank you to all who purchased gifts for our “angels” on our angel tree this year. We were able to provide gifts for 48 kids in 17 families in Gashland and Clardy schools. The school was extremely appreciative and grateful. So a huge thanks to all who made this effort possible!

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Harvest Card

Church Family,

As we near the year’s end, we’re reminded of God’s blessings and our call to be faithful stewards. Your harvest card helps us plan for the year ahead.

Support our mission to Love God, Live as Family, and Look to the Fields.

“Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce” (Proverbs 3:9).

We invite you to prayerfully consider how God is leading you to give. Together, we can sow seeds of hope that will bear lasting fruit.

Please do so by mail, the offering or submit electronically to gashland.breezechms.com/form/harvest.

The Stewardship Team

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School Lunches Paid!

With Advent gratitude, several Gashland and Clardy School students had their lunch room debt paid. The collection during Sunday School allowed us to give Gashland Elementary $260 and Clardy Elementary $400 to offset overdue lunch accounts. We don’t have to know why the accounts are behind to know that we have shown a measure of love to our neighbors. May the Lord grant opportunities to love like the Bible tells us. (I Corinthians 13:7 – Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.)

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Thank You, Gashland!

Together we raised over $1,900 for families served by Resource Health in our community! Thank you for giving during the Baby Bottle Drive.

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Outreach Collection for December – Hillcrest Hope

We will be collecting Coffee Bags, Non-refrigerated Coffee Creamer, Rice, Spices/Seasonings, Cereal, Hamburger Helper, Boxed Mac & Cheese, Ramon/Noodle Bowls, Snacks i.e. chips, crackers and Capri Suns. Donations can be placed in the Brown Mission Boxes located in the Upstairs Lobby by the Office under the TV or Downstairs in the Ministry Centers Lobby by the South Double Doors. Thank you and God Bless You!

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Service Opportunity — Plastic Sleeping Mats

Is it good to offer someone a cup of cold water? (Matt. 10:42). Well, yes, in the summertime. But in cold weather how about a sleeping bag and sleeping mat? We need people to help us make sleeping mats for homeless persons. Anyone can help. No prior skill needed. It is easy, and we will teach you. First we make plastic yarn (called: “PLARN”). Then, using a large crochet hook, the PLARN is made into a mat. Start saving those plastic bags that you get from HyVee and Walmart. If you are willing to help make plastic sleeping mats, contact Lucy Hirsch (816-830-8816) or Judy Lefebvre (913-645-1591). If you want to go out on the streets, meet people, and help give away the sleeping bags and mats, contact Josiah Heshion (816-552-7881).