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LEADERSHIP FOR 2012

Elders: Larry Bussey, Mike Cooper, Dave Tingler

Deacons: Scott Brown, Tim Huffman, Larry King, George Lambert,

Dale Rose, Frank Stuck, Don Taylor, Lowell Trimmer, Patrick Wersell

Trustees: John Baird, Dan Brown, Bill Kelly, Larry King, George

Lambert, Larry King, Don Taylor

Financial Treasurer: Deb Cooper

Financial Secretary: Marg Shumaker

Sunday School Superintendent: Kathryn Albertson

Missions Secretary/Treasurer: Debbi Hoagland

APPROVED AT THE CONGREGATIONAL MEETING

The budget for 2012 was approved

The Christian MessengerFifth Avenue Church of Christ115 W. Fifth Ave.Lancaster, OH 43130740-654-0626

December 5, 2011Brad Seevers

Senior Minister

(740-550-9882)

David TinglerAssociate Minister

Glen ShadyYouth Minister

(740-438-5257)

Sunday Services

1st Worship8:00 a.m.

2nd Worship10:30 a.m.

Bible School9:15am

Evening Worship6:00pm

Christmas Eve ServiceSaturday, December 24

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at 7:00 p.m.Christmas WorshipSunday, December 25that 10:00 a.m.(one combined family worship service)

Nursery, Hosanna, and Sunday School will be suspended so the entire familycan worship together.


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SPIRITUAL STATISTICS December 4, 2011

Sunday School 761st Morning Worship 89

2nd Morning Worship 82Total Morning Worship 171Evening Worship 36

Family Reunion (11/30) 52

Weekly Budget $ 4,471.00Budget Received $ 7,917.75Thanksgiving $ 152.74

New Crib $ 35.00Youth $ 117.00Keenagers $ 32.00

Reach Out on Campus $ 100.00Maywood Mission $ 25.00Van $ 76.00

Building Fund $ 10.00SERVING SCHEDULE December 11, 2011

At the Table 1st Dave Riggenbach & Ralph Conrad

Serving 1st

George Lambert, Jack Hardwick,Tim Huffman, Bill Kelly

At the Table 2nd

Dave Riggenbach and Nick Hinson

Serving 2nd

George Lambert, Dale Thornton,Ned Tomlinson, Rod Troutman

Pastor of the week Dave Riggenbach

PM Deacon George Lambert

COMMUNION PREPARATION1ST Worship Dan and Janet Brown

2nd Worship Fred Griffith

GREETERS

1ST Worship Larry and Jane King

2nd Worship George and Alberta Ellis

NURSERY

Sunday School Laura Wersell and Thea Kallenberg

2nd Worship Tracy Eldridge and Marie Huffman

Sunday School Helper Norma Holtom

Visitor Center 1st Worship Sue Tingler

Visitor Center 2nd Worship Marie Huffman

SECURITY

1ST Worship Dan BrownBible School Paul Hoagland

2nd Worship Jim PuckettEvening Worship Jim Puckett

BITS FROM BRO. DAVE

A NEW ADVENTURE: As a result of the votinon Sunday, I will be serving as one of your Eldenext year. I appreciate your confidence and wseek to perform at my very best. Howeveunderstand that this is a new experience for me anyou. It is a unique circumstance but, with Godhelp and direction, we will persevere. I plan work prayerfully at balancing my two hats. Dpray for me.

WEDNESDAYS: Our two study groups meet 10:00 am and 6:30 pm each week. This week, ware examining chapter 10 of II Corinthians.

SUNDAY EVENINGS IN THE SANCTUARY

The Hard Sayings of Jesus series continues thweek (12/11) with an examination of Jesustatement in Matthew 10:25. There, He speaks the impossibility of the rich entering the KingdomOn Sunday evening, December 18, the theme wbe Unequal Pay as we look at Jesus words Matthew 20:1-16.

KEENAGERSEVENTS: As December is a vebusy time for most of us, we are going to be takin

a break and scheduling no special events during thmonth.

GIANT PRINT BIBLES: This week, I will havon hand, a new supply of the GIANT PRINBibles. They are soft cover in the NeInternational Version and will sell for $12.50.

Sunday, December 11th

Carriage Court Service, 2pmOversight Meeting, 7pm

There will be a Deacons Meeting fororganization purposes on Monday,December 12th at 7:00 pm in the

Philothean classroom.


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Dorcas Christmas

Luncheon

at Golden Corral

Tuesday, December 20th11:30 a.m.

Everyone is welcome to join

the Dorcas Ladies for a

great time of fellowship.

A sign-up sheet is on the

bulletin board.

Lancaster Community Band and theCelebration Singers Holiday Concert

Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 2:00 p.m.Faith Memorial Church

Greeter and Visitor Center schedules for 2012will be prepared soon. If you would like to be

added to or removed from one of these scheduleplease make a note on the back of your SilentRoll Call Card or contact the church office by

Sunday, December 18th.

Book Nook News

The Book Nook will be having a Christmasfellowship gathering on Monday, December 19th

at 6:30pm in the parlor. This gathering is open toeveryone in the church family. Bring a plate of

cookies to share. Coffee and punch will beprovided.

The next meeting of the Book Nook will beMonday, January 23rdat 6:30 p.m. The book to

be discussed is Her Daughters Dream byFrancine Rivers. A copy of this book has beenpurchased for the church library. If you havebeen thinking about coming to a Book Nook

meeting, check out the book to read and then joinus for a great time of Christian fellowship!

There are quite a few books in the library frompast Book Nook meetings that are available to be

purchased for $3 each. All money received will beused to purchase more books for the library.

Moving Help NeededMen and trucks are needed on December 17th!

Anyone who can help move lots of boxes, totes,and some furnitureDecember 15th, 16th, or 17th

10:00 a.m. or 1:00 p.m. Please contact JuanitaHarmon. All help is much appreciated!

Thank you .To my dear friends ~ To say I was mildly

surprised to see all the ladies with cleaningbuckets, all kinds of cleaners, drops, step

ladders and allwalk in and go to workandgo to work they did! My thanks to your

wonderful church that supports efforts such asthe Lodge.

Barbara Mambourg (Mambourg Lodge)(you can read her entire thank you note on the bulletin

board)

Would all ladies who came to DorothyHermans birthday party please check their

coat? There was an extra coat left at the

party, and a black coat is missing. Please cal

Sandy Mooney at 654-1068 or 614-423-4024 i

you have the wrong coat.


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Thank you to everyone who helped

with the Ladies Christmas Tea.

We appreciate all who planned

the Tea, decorated, set-up,

prepared food, participated in the

program, and helped in the kitchen

with clean-up. A wonderful timewas had by over 50 ladies.

SERVING SCHEDULE December 18, 2011At the Table 1

st Tom Puckett and Larry Bussey

Serving 1st

Dale Rose, Carmel Marsh, DickShumaker, Ray Ayers

At the Table 2nd

Tom Puckett and Larry Bussey

Serving 2nd

Dale Rose, Nick Hinson, PatrickHinson, Neal Rudolph

Pastor of the week Tom PuckettPM Deacon Dale Rose

COMMUNION PREPARATION1ST Worship Dan and Janet Brown

2nd Worship Fred Griffith

GREETERS

1ST Worship Dan and Janet Brown

2nd Worship Debbi Hoagland

NURSERYSunday School Shirley Marsh and Reta Conrad

2nd Worship Kim Seevers and Cindy Cox

Sunday School Helper Ruth Andrews

Visitor Center 1st Worship Judy Gardner

Visitor Center 2nd Worship Deb Cooper

SECURITY

1ST Worship David Will

Bible School Bill Kelly

2nd Worship Jim PuckettEvening Worship Dick Shumaker

PrayerRequests

Library Spotlight

The Crippled Lamb by Max Lucado(for children)

Lucado is a "master illustrator." He artistically painpictures with words and "The Crippled Lamb" is ndisappointment! Little Joshua, a lamb, feels so differefrom others. He bears spots while others don't. He doesnhave a mom or dad. He can't run, jump and play like thothers, for he has a bad leg. Often feeling down on himsehe finds encouragement in a friend named Abigail, an agincow. Then one unexpected night, Joshua finds that there isspecialness about his differences. There is a unique roonly he can fill.

The Tinkers Daughter by Wendy Lawton

(for Pre-Teens and Teens)

(Daughters of the Faith Series)

John Bunyan, the author of Pilgrims Progress, mentiononly one of his six children in his memoirs: Mary. Boblind in 17th-century England, she held a special place her fathers heart. When Mr. Bunyan is arrested funlawful preaching, young Mary travels the streets Bedford each day, bringing soup to the prison. She resolvto prove she is independent and not hindered by hblindness. Only when she realizes she needs help does shturn to the Lord, the source of all strength.

Visit the library and check out a good book!

Donnie James Dorothy Herman Reta Conrad Larry Tipple

Liz Reed Sharon Britch Ed and Norma George Wanda Dickson

Ron Young Pam Dykes David Grimm Jeane Goldfarb

Anne Watson Rita Balser Hewitt Ron Ogden Stacy Byers

Jan Foss Debbie Wright Carol Clum Our Troops

Pam Brewer Elisha Brown Bruno Dipietrio Mark Conrad


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John Maxwell once wrote: Winning teams

Have great leaders; Pick good people;

Play to win; Make other team members more successful; Keep improving.

You see, everything rises and falls on leadership. There are ways you can get others to do what you wanYou can compel them to do it or you can persuade them. Persuading requires an understanding of whmakes people tick and what motivates them; that is a knowledge of human nature. Great leaders possethat knowledge.

I want to congratulate all our men who were voted into positions of leadership yesterday. Every man waapproved. I look forward to working with you during 2012. May our staff and elders remember that oumain purpose, no matter what, is to watch over the souls of the believers. May our deacons and trustee

serve the people well and find a ministry to lead. Each is important to the Lord and this church.

As leaders, may we remember this old adage from Bear Bryant. He said:

If anything goes bad, I did it! If anything goes semi-good, then we did it! If anything goes real good, then you did it!

Thats all it takes to get people to win football games for you. How much more then we need t

remember this in the church? We are all in this work together.

I am also happy that are budget was approved. Let us seek to be great stewards of the Lords resources the year to come.

Yesterday our fellowship hall class began a new series entitled: A Savior is Born. All who are lookin

for a Sunday School class can join us this week as we look at the theme of Peace. We will study Ru1:16-21.

Last week, we indicated that we will have one service on Christmas morning. It will be held at 10:00 anwe are keeping everything simple. We are billing this as an Old-fashioned Christmas. We do hope yowill join us as we celebrate the birth of our Savior.

In His Service,

Brad Seevers, Eph. 3:20-21

A Note from Brad


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Children of God..."Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it." --

Proverbs 22:6

Congregational Meeting Follow-Upby Glen Shady

Whether you were at the congregational meeting or not this past Sunday, I wanted to write an articleonce again explaining the situation of my family and our leaving Fifth Avenue. Yesterday Iannounced that sometime between now and June we will be leaving Fifth Avenue in order to goserve elsewhere in the Kingdom. In the past 6-7 months this is something that has become incrediblyclear to us: that God is planning a transition for our family. As of now, we are not sure about the

details of this transition, but we do know that we will not be staying at Fifth Avenue past June.

We are actively looking to see if God has intentions for us on the mission field, in a campus ministry,in a pulpit, continuing my education on the graduate level, or perhaps something else. As you can seefrom this list, there are great and varied possibilities and we are starting the process of knocking onthese doors as much as we can. We feel very strongly that in the coming months it will be made clearwhere we are supposed to be going, and we envy your prayers during this time.

In the mean time, we very much want to leave Fifth Avenue in as strong a situation as we can. This iswhy we are making this announcement now, even when there is still much up in the air. The Eldershave graciously understood our confidence that we are acting within Gods will, and they desire to

support us and be as prepared for this transition as possible. By letting you know this informationnow, rather than later when there are more answers than questions, it is possible for you to be a partof this process through prayer. It is also possible for the Eldership to openly and actively seek areplacement staff member, as this is a generally time-consuming process.

If you have any questions about any of this that is taking place, I would gladly meet with you todiscuss them. I want to reiterate what I said yesterday; as much as we are excited to move into thenext chapter of our lives, we are sad to leave our family and friends here at Fifth Avenue. It has beena wonderful place to serve and we will always remember the city of Lancaster and this church as ourfirst home.

Thank you and God bless all of you for being so good to our family.

Giving Tree 2011

There are still tags available on the Giving Tree in the parlor. This is awonderful opportunity to spread joy and love on Christmas morning by

buying a present for a child in a needy family. These are all local familiesthat we are sponsoring through Job and Family Services. All gifts need to

be returned to the church by Sunday, December 18th.

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