Happy Holidays

We are so glad that you are with us today! Our service

will be to praise and worship God and to encourage and uplift us to face another week. We will sing (Eph. 5:19, Col. 3:16), pray (James 5:15-18), and partake of the Lord’s Supper to remember our Savior’s sacrifice on the cross (Acts 20:7, 1 Cor. 11:23-26). We will also give back a portion of the monetary blessings that God has granted us so that we can carry out His work in our community (1 Cor. 16:2, 2 Cor. 9:7). We will also study a lesson from His Word that will hopefully be applicable to our daily lives, so that we can be equipped to handle the pressures of this world and reach those outside of

Christ (2 Tim. 2:15).

AnnouncementsScripture ReadingOpen PrayerSong LeadingClose PrayerHead Table

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Usher

Greeters

AnnouncementsOpen PrayerSong LeadingClose PrayerCommunion

AnnouncementsSong LeadingPrayer

January 1stButch JonesDillon LedfordEddy MullinaxBarry KingsleyCurtis KingsleyBarry Pritchett

B. Burkewitz Br.JonesM. Johnston E. MulkeyRu.Cochran R. BurtonJ. Cochran B. Parker

J. Ralston J. LedfordM. WilsonL. BurtonQ&J HollowayL&B FerrellJ. Mailen S. Norton

EveningButch JonesSammy WrightBarry KingsleyDennis DoveBarry Pritchett

January 4thTim HallDaniel SissonJason Ledford

Worship Assignments

Order of Worship

Announcements

Scripture Reading

Song (#718) We Shall Assemble

Song (#768) Jesus, Let Us Come to Know You

Opening Prayer

Song (#683) I Am Mine No More

Partake of the Lords Supper

Song (# 704) Bind Us Together

Song (#694) Servant Song

Song (#1018) Joy to the World

Message - “The Things That We Treasure Most” Butch Jones

Song (#902) Nothing But the Blood

Song (#545) Precious Memoires

Closing Prayer

EldersBob Burton - 706-698-1345

Curtis Kingsley - 706-276-6045Mark Pettit - 706-276-6610

DeaconsBob Burkewitz - 706-276-2456

Rob Burton - 706-889-4947Josh Chancey - 706-669-6848Nathan Collier - 706-669-0726Dennis Dove - 706-669-0021

Tim Hall - 706-669-0915Junior Jenkins - 706-273-6972John Johnson - 706-669-0422Brandon Jones - 706-273-8762Barry Kingsley - 706-276-7842Jason Ledford - 706-669-4504Tate McCoy - 706-273-3538John Painter - 706-889-7822Will Parker - 706-889-1021

Barry Pritchett - 706-276-3799Garry Rittenberry - 706-276-4846

MinistersJeremy Green

jeremy@ellijaychurchofchrist.org334-614-1503Butch Jones

butchjones@ellijay.com706-273-0841Chase Sharp

256-508-1048chase@ellijaychurchofchrist.org

MissionaryMichael Dunbar

Highgate, Jamaica

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Instagram - ellijaychurchofchrist

Sunday Bible Classes 9:30 AMMorning Worship 10:30 AMEvening Worship 6:00 PM

Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 PM

Free Bible Correspondence is available by contacting the church office or Cleah

Boaz at 706-636-4516.Let Us Rise Up and Build

Envelopes are available on the back of the pews to make your donation to the Building Fund for the new Fellowship Hall/Education Building. Total funds through 2/29/16 in the Building and Emergency Fund total $258,150.36. “FILL A CAN” ARE AVAILABLE FOR PICKUP.

Week of December 18thContribution........................................$7845Budget................................................$6900Weekly Average YTD..........................$6918Bible Study.............................................143AM Worship...........................................238PM Worship...........................................122Wednesday Evening..............................152

Birthdays & AnniversariesGinny Barr - 26thAlan Hall - 26thMatt Hill - 27th

Joshua Stephens - 27thCelia Johnson - 27th

Kathleen Sisson - 28thEli Chastain - 29thButch Jones - 29thMelia Stanley - 31st

Mark & Laurie Kay Pettit - 25thChuck & Gail Adams - 28thLarry & Glenda Eller - 28th

December 25, 2016December 25thNathan CollierTucker HallLloyd FerrellBarry KingsleyMark PettitTim Hall

M. Brackett D. GreenJ. Cochran D. BaileyM. Bailey T. RochesterL. Mulkey R. Stephens

Sp. HallD. LedfordRy. CochranB. ParkerR&T WoodG&A ChanceyB&T Weeks

EveningNathan CollierJames BarrBarry KingsleyRobert WoodTim Hall

December 28thSpecial Service

But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.

Luke 2:19

If you are visiting with us, please complete the yellow visitor’s card & pass it to the end of the aisle so it can be collected. You are truly an honored guest, so please give us an

opportunity to meet you after our services are over!

Beginning January 8, we will have a men’s song leading training class. All current song leaders, and any men interested in learning to lead, are encouraged to attend. The class will be each Sunday at 4:30 P.M. and taught

by Jeremy and Barry.

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News & UpdatesPauline Mullinax is in Jasper’s hospital after falling and breaking her hip.

Helen Stephens is scheduled for surgery on her elbow Friday, December 30th.

Dean Hunter is having tonsil & adenoid surgery and fluid drained from his ears Wednesday, December 28th.

Pam Hall is recovering from surgery on her leg.

Tim Ramsey is in Northside Atlanta Hospital with kidney failure.

Bob Burton is recovering from a fall.

Philip Hyatt, a friend of Tom and George Hall, is in Gilmer Nursing Home on hospice.

Coy Norton, Junior Jenkins’ brother in law, will be having open heart surgery between December 27th and December 30th. If you would like to send he and Sandra a card, 327 Bushy Head Road, Cherry Log, Georgia 30522.

Ronnie Messer has been admitted to Jasper’s hospital on hospice. He is very weak at this time.

Dates to Remember25th - Butch Jones is bring the lesson this morning and Caleb Cochran will be bringing the evening lesson.26th - The church office will be closed.27th - 30th - Youth going to Exposure Youth Camp. 28th - Special Prayer/Singing serviceComing in January...1st - The Elders will present the Spiritual Growth Plan for 2017 during Bible class time.2nd - The church office will be closed.8th - Baby Shower for Matthew and Rachel Bailey, 3:30 PM.They’re having a boy.8th - Men’s song leading training class starting, 4:30 PM.

T h e Y o u n g Pro fess iona ls class is sponsoring a clothing & coat drive for Gilmer County Schools. There is a list of much needed items and sizes posted on the bulletin board. We will have boxes labeled for the items in the

church office.

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Green ClippingsFamily News

REMEMBER IN PRAYERZach Pritchett, Jeff Carns, CiCi Rivera, Ernestine Hall, Burt Hinton, Bonnie Smith, Laura Huckabey, Phillip Johnson, Jeremy Ferrell, Billy Teems, Glenell Fricks, Perlie Mae Sluder, David Harper, Bobbie Miller, Harold Shepherd, Pam Hall

CANCER PATIENTSMary Hensley, David Harper, Dennis Nicholson, Harry Dennard, Barbara Dilbeck, Steve Sisson, Charles Weeks, Billy Stells, Donald Watkins, Susie Rep, Morris Hill, Chris Watkins, John Watts, Cathy Thurman Patterson, Mindy Banks, Phillip Weeks, Bobbie Miller, Ronnie Messer, Vernon Rodman

Others to Remember

Any donations for 2016 need to be turned in to the elders or treasurer by Wednesday evening,

December 28th.

2016

For many, today is the most exciting day of the year. Americans have spent an estimated $465 BILLION dollars on Christmas gifts in anticipation of a memorable time of celebration with friends and loved ones. Children spend the entire year trying to be on their best behavior to avoid their name popping up on the dreaded naughty list, and adults see their monthly budget balloon in December just to bring yuletide glee to those around them. Today

is even more special because faithful Christians will get to enjoy the holiday in the presence of their church family as they assemble to worship. While most of the world will celebrate the birth of Jesus, we will celebrate his death, burial, and resurrection which give us hope of eternal life!

Leading up to December 25, we put up a variety of decorations including ornament-laden trees, flashing lights, and elaborate holiday stockings! We bake goodies, sing carols, and host holiday parties encouraging those close to us to wear tacky sweaters or Christmas pajamas! The enthusiasm leading up to Christmas is almost fanatical, but then at midnight it’s over. The day itself is almost anticlimactic, and then the whole world just moves on. All the promises of Christmas glee end in an unspectacular turning of the page on the calendar. While holidays are often a time of joy, we must admit they leave a little to be desired.

The promises of God are completely different – they will never disappoint! I love this beautiful passage of scripture from 2 Peter 1:2-4:

“Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that

pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly

great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world

through lust.”

The description of God’s promises in verse 3 is just as true as it is astonishing. While manmade visions of holiday cheer may fall short of expectations, what God has given through His Son will never leave us wanting more. We have been blessed with everything that pertains to life and godliness as well as eternal life when this short journey is over. The promises of God exceed what we can imagine, they are great, and they are precious. Both in this life and the next, God has provided us with gifts beyond our wildest dreams.

The joy of Christmas Day will end tonight, but one of the exceedingly great and precious things about life with God is it will never end. There will be no turning of the page, and we will not have to deal with some of the misery and suffering that accompany life on earth. What a day, glorious day, that will be!

-Jeremy Green

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