This week’s text: Isaiah 12

Listen to last week’s sermon on Luke 1:68-79 HERE
This week at Sanctuary:
  • Sunday – Worship at Taproot Theatre, 10am
  • Monday – Community group (Greenlake), 6:15-7:45pm
    Email the leader
  • Wednesday – Community group (N. Greenwood), 530-7pm
    Email the leader
  • Thursday – Community group (Lake City Way), 630-745pm (soup on at 6)
    Email the leader
  • Saturday – Community Hours at The Green Bean, 9-11am
    Join us for coffee and community!

Community Groups:

You can still join a community group!
Sign up HERE or on the back of the communication card Sunday morning!
Monday: 6:15-7:45pm at the Pickel home (Greenlake)

Wednesday: 530-7pm at the Jackson home (N. Greenwood)
Thursday: 630-745pm (soup on at 6) at the Watrous home (Lake City Way)
Every other Sunday: Women’s small group, 6pm in member homes (contact Mary Vincent for more information)
Upcoming Events
Giving Tree
There will be a Giving Tree in the Taproot lobby the next few Sundays. This Sunday will be the last chance to come grab a tag to support one of the groups below. Bring items to the church office or put them under the Giving Tree by Dec. 20th.

  • Aurora Commons
  • Green Bean
  • World Relief

Christmas Party
December 20th, 630-9pm at the Green Bean
We want to celebrate Christmas with you! Here are the details: bring a Christmas treat to share – warm beverages will be provided. Bring an instrument and a voice to sing a carol or two around the piano. There will be a white elephant gift exchange, no purchase necessary, just something fun or funny to trade. Kids are welcome to participate in all of the above, or there will be kid-friendly crafts and 2-3 babysitters in the church office.
Bring a friend! The more the merrier!

Christmas Eve Service!
December 24th at 7pm in Taproot Theater
Kids are welcome! Cry room and activity packs will be available.

Partner Ministries
From the Office of Social Justice:

It’s not too late to sign up for the 2015 Advent Devotionals – Starting November 30, World Renew and the CRC Office of Social Justice began sharing a daily devotional series for Advent 2015 called Displacement and Belonging to orient your Christmas season. To sign up, click HERE!

From World Renew:
Do a World of Good this Christmas to help those living in poverty and hunger: You can help a family with a filter so that they have clean water to drink, help a child get the food they need to grow well with a nutrition kit, or help a flood survivor find shelter and restoration. Get your copy of the World Renew gift catalog online HERE!

Refugee Welcome Kits

World Relief helps Refugee families get started in their new homes here in the Seattle area and they need our help to make some welcome kits!
Bring items you’d like to donate that are clean and in good condition from the lists attached and below.  Items can be:
  • Household things
  • Cleaning kits
  • Kitchen items
  • Child and Baby supplies
  • Bathroom supplies, new only
Bring items to church on Sundays during advent or to the church office.  The Monday Night Community Group at Sanctuary will sort donations and kit them up for World Relief to share with those who have been displaced from their homes and being settled here in our city.
Contact Steve Geelhood for more information.
Building Hope for Nepal
Documentary Viewing and Appetizer Reception: December 13th at 4pm, Taproot Theater. Every Nation Church is hosting this viewing about the life of the founder of ‘Women’s Prevention and Protection Center’ and the lives of the women and children she has influenced through the organization’s work with victims of the sex trade in Nepal. Admission is $15 in advance or $20 at the door, which will go towards the building of a 5 story, 60 bedroom safe house in Nepal.
To watch the trailer, click HERE
For more information and to purchase tickets in advance, click HERE

Financial Update
Cumulative December Offering
$5,322
Budgeted Monthly Offering
$17,325
 As of December 1, 2015
 Fiscal YTD Resources
$110,097
 Fiscal YTD Expenses
$94,014
Give Online
For more information:
Any submissions for the weekly email should be sent to Heather athcowden@sanctuarycrc.org before 4PM on Tuesdays!
Sanctuary Staff
Mark Mohrlang – Co-Pastor
Summer Mohrlang – Co-Pastor
Randy Rowland – Network Pastor
Reba Jacobs – Children’s Ministry
Heather Cowden – Administrative Support
Kiri Horton – Green Bean ManagerSafe Church Representative:
Sarah Lewis-Assink

Sanctuary Elders
Jonathan Assink – Green Bean
Steve Geelhood – President
Alyssa Groenewold – Discipleship
Jeremy Jacobs – Faith & Work
Courteney Pickel – Children’s Ministry
Jeremy Schertzinger – Support Services
Laura Watrous – Clerk of Council, Outreach
Matt Whitney – Vice President, Worship & Arts
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