Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Weekend Update from Thanksgiving to Christmas

This Sunday at Journey Community Church coming off of our Thanksgiving holiday we will be taking time in our service to receive communion to remember the One whom are all thanksgiving is due.  

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Then like the rest of the world  we will be turning our attention toward Christmas.  When you drive up onto the Journey property you will notice that we have our Christmas service banners up displaying our service times.  In addition a good portion of the service will given toward envisioning all of us for the season ahead.  We will also be giving out what we believe is an effective invitation tool to invite people to a Christmas service.  In addition there is still great opportunities to sign up for a "FIRST SERVE."

Just a reminder that we are not meeting on Friday, in view of the Thanksgiving holiday, and are meeting on Sunday only at our regular times of 9:00 & 10:45am.  We will be resuming our Friday service on Dec. 4 as we kick off a new series called "Hello, God."

See you this Sunday and Have a Happy Thanksgiving.

Nov 25, 2009 2:26:13 PM | Church, Events/Experiences

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