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Recent sermons are available online

at www.sandyplains.org. CDs are

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Children grades 1-4 are invited to join

LifeWay’s Worship KidStyle in room B-7 after

the children’s sermon. Children experience

worship on their own level through music,

Bible stories and related activities.

THE CHRISTMAS BLANKET JOHN 1:14

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Preparing our hearts for Worship

Welcome

Worship through Music

Children’s Sermon

Worship through Music

Worship through Message

Worship through Response

Worship through Giving

SUNDAY, December 15th

9:30 am Bible Study for All Ages

10:50 am Morning Worship

10:50 am Worship KidStyle

10:50 am Childcare for Infants-Kindergarten

3:00 pm Praise Band

4:30 pm Deacon’s Meeting, (C-18)

5:30 pm Christmas Banquet, (F.H.)

TUESDAY, December 17th

10:00 am Senior Men’s Meeting (F.H.)

12:00 pm Prayer Group (C-13)

WEDNESDAY EVENING, December 18th

6:00-7:45 AWANA

6:30-7:45 Middle and High School Students

6:30-7:45 Adult Bible Study

7:45-8:45 Praise Band

DEACON OF THE WEEK:

David Huckeba

LOCK-UP for December 15th-28th:

David Peterson & Ron Stone USHER TEAM:

David Braswell-Team 1

December 15th, 2013 December 15th, 2013

CHURCH OFFICE HOURS Monday-Thursday: 8:30am-4:00pm

Friday: 8:30am-1:00pm OFFICE PHONE: (770) 971-8525

2825 Sandy Plains Rd / Marietta, GA 30066

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WE ARE HAPPY THAT YOU CHOSE TO

WORSHIP WITH US TODAY

Every Sunday morning people of various

cultures join together in churches around the

world to worship Christ. Today is no different

and we are glad you chose to worship with

us. Jesus is the only person who deserves our

praise, honor and attention in worship. Each

service strives to have something that relates

to all generations, whether it’s the music, the

message, or the atmosphere of acceptance.

Multiple features are required to comprise a

modern worship service; the important part is

you. Jesus is ready to participate, but we

must allow Him access to our hearts. We

hope you will take advantage of this eternal

moment.

UPCOMING STUDENT EVENTS

Christmas Banquet—Tonight

Our students will be serving at the Christmas

banquet this evening. All student workers

should report at 4:45 pm. See Gary for

further details.

WEDNESDAY CHRISTMAS STUDY

This Wednesday, we will watch part 2 of the

video The Twelve Words of Christmas. We

will resume our Gospel Project study in

January.

SPBC T-SHIRTS AVAILABLE FOR PICKUP

We have several Live, Love, Serve ministry

shirts that have been ordered but have not

been picked up. Also, we have several extra

shirts for $12. See Gary if interested.

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Dr. Al Southerland Dr. Don Mason Senior Pastor Pastor to Senior Adults

Mr. Gary McEntire Mrs. Angie Spiva Pastor to Students Children’s Minister Mr. Bryan Paine Worship Pastor

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CHURCH DIRECTORY

We are currently scheduling appointments for

our new pictorial directory. Appointments are

available on January 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th.

Please visit our website to sign up. If you do

not have internet access, please call the church

office to schedule an appointment.

CHRISTMAS CARDS

Until December 22nd, you can bring any Christ-

mas cards you have for active attendees of our

church and drop them off in the fellowship

hall. There will be a jar in which you can donate

the money you would have spent on postage

and that money will go to the Lottie Moon

Christmas offering for International Missions.

Lottie Moon money received to date is $4369.

Our goal this year is $12,500.

DEACONS MEETING

All current and incoming deacons will be meet-

ing at 4:30pm today in C-18.

CHRISTMAS BANQUET

Our Christmas Banquet is tonight at 5:30pm.

The menu is: Roasted turkey with gravy, dress-

ing, mashed potatoes, vegetables, rolls, and

dessert (apple, cherry or pecan pie).

SENIOR MEN’S MEETING

We will meet on Tuesday, December 17th at

10am in the Fellowship Hall followed by

lunch at Judy's.

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There will not be a Fellowship Meal for the

remainder of the year. Meals will resume in

January.

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TWO WORSHIP SERVICES — ONE CHURCH

On Sunday, January 12th we will be intro-

ducing two new worship services.

Join us at 9:30 for traditional worship

Join us at 11:00 for modern worship

WORSHIP THROUGH OFFERING

Please give your end-of-year contributions on

or before Sunday, December 29th. If you need

to deliver a contribution on Monday, December

30th or Tuesday, December 31st, please notify

Janet Earnest. The IRS requires a contribution

to be delivered to the church or post-marked

by December 31st in order to receive a 2013

income tax deduction.

Please call the church and request a copy of

your donations year-to-date if you are

interested.