Announcements for Dec. 14, 2024

Christmas Service – Dec. 21, 2024

Come and worship with us next Sabbath and enjoy music and scripture by our Gentry church family.    Invite a friend to come.

 

Prayer Meeting will meet Wed, Dec. 11, 7:00 p.m. All are invited

 

Welcome to our pulpit  Daniel Hudgens.  Daniel is the Pastor for the El Dorado District in our Conference.

 

Christmas Party in the Youth Center immediately following the Gentry Christmas parade, Dec. 14.  Door prizes for the first 25 people.  There will be a white elephant game each person must bring a small/cheap wrapped gift. There will be separate activities for kids.

 

90th Birthday Celebration for George Hill.  You are invited to come Sunday, Dec. 29, from 2:00-4:00 p.m. at Sutherland’s, 19417 Nokes Farm Road, Siloam Springs.  No gifts please.

 

God’s House Christmas Tree Offering Plan next Sabbath, Dec. 21, for our annual God’s House Christmas offering.  There will be a special envelope in your bulletin to hang on the tree.  Each year your faithful giving to this project has let us complete many improvements for our church.

 

Women’s Ministry is sponsoring a Christmas wish drive for girls living at a long term Psychiatric facility. When asked what they wanted for Christmas, a recurring request was made… warm blankets! Please donate a NEW soft fluffy twin size blanket or large throw to make these girls feel loved. We need 20 more blankets and cannot be bigger than twin size which is the facility requirements and no knitted afghans. The facility is quite cool.

 

Total Life Community Center  Dec. 16 is the last day to get a name to Erin Smmers for  Christmas food boxes.  Give away starts on Dec. 17.  Thank you to everyone who has contributed this year!  We will be able to help many families in need during this holiday season.

 

Year End Contributions will be accepted up to Sat. Dec. 28, for your financial planning.

 

Hope for Humanity is a relationship-building ministry that engages Adventist members with their communities for the purposes of creating awareness of the work of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and raising funds for the support of Seventh-day Adventist compassionate ministries in North America and the world

A PORTION STAYS HERE FOR OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY NEEDS!

50% To local conferences — supports church-based and/or conference-wide initiatives as determined by the conference

10%     To NAD Adventist Community Services — supports church-based community service projects in North America

20%     To NAD Hope for Humanity — supports initiatives in North America that have been identified as a priority. Currently the Guam-Micronesia Mission has been identified as the priority to receive the largest portion of this funding group.        

20%     To NAD Hope for Humanity — supports the NAD Partners in Mission initiative in which projects are implemented by NAD’s sister divisions in collaboration with the NAD. For the past several years, adult literacy has been the focus of this initiative which has resulted in 200,000 learners receiving the gift of literacy.

 

 

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SOME CHRISTMAS REMINDERS    

 

May the Christmas gifts remind you of God’s greatest gift, His only begotten Son.

 

May the Christmas candles remind you of Him who is the “Light of the world.”

 

May the Christmas trees remind you of another tree upon which He died for you.

 

May the Christmas bell remind you of the glorious proclamation of His birth.

 

May the Christmas carols remind you of the song the angels sang, “Glory to God in the highest.”

 

May the Christmas season remind you in every way of Jesus Christ your King.