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Subject: News from Mountain Bible Church
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Cache News 1 Year Anniversary Edition
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December
2009
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 Dear Joel,
Yes,
it has been one year since we started this experiment with
constant contact and putting out a monthly newsletter to help improve
the communication around Mountain Bible Church. Do you feel
better informed? How can we improve on this process? What
can we include to help you know what's going on around MBC?
Reply with your suggestions here: email
the editor
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 Christmas Sunday, December 20th
A
message to refresh us and focus us on the real meaning of Christmas -
the "WHY?", "HOW?" and "SO WHAT?"of
Christmas. Plus, we will be singing the Christmas songs we love
so much, and singing them the Mountain Bible way.
New Years
Sunday, December 27th
A
great Sunday to look forward to the New Year and consider how you
will interact with God's Word each day. Read Psalm 119:33-48 in
preparation for this special Sunday.
One Year
Bibles
will be available to purchase for $10 each, at the Kiosk and in the
office December 13th and following. This year, we ordered God
Sightings: The One Year Bible NLT.
Bible Description: Learn to experience God everyday with God
Sightings: The One Year Bible. You'll find that as you see God at
work in Scripture, you'll recognize Him at work in your own life and
in the world around you. Millions of people have benefited from
reading through God's entire Word by using The One Year Bible. You
can too! Today's best-selling daily reading Bible divides the text
into 365 sections, so you can read through the entire Bible in one
unforgettable year-in as little as 20 minutes a day.
· Unique Design: Each 20-minute
daily reading includes a portion from the Old Testament, the New
Testament, Psalms, and Proverbs. This arrangement of Scripture brings
variety and a fresh approach to each day's reading, while providing a
clearer understanding of the Bible's larger message.
· Highlighted Scriptures: Each
day's reading contains a highlighted passage to help you focus on a
key verse every day.
· Variety of Applications: The
One Year Bible is ideal for personal devotions and instructional
reading. It is also perfect for family Bible reading with children of
all ages.
GOD SIGHTINGS:
ONE YEAR COMPANION GUIDE:
Also available for $7 each is a Companion Guide: The One Year Bible
can be used alone or for maximum benefit with companion guide, which
includes reflection questions, space to record God-sightings, and room
for general journaling. Perfect for use in small groups.
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 Adventure
Land!
Merry
Christmas from Adventure Land! We are very excited about our
upcoming Christmas Musical, Angels We Have Heard on High. The
performance is Sunday
night; Dec. 13th, 6:00 pm in the Worship
Center.
Watching the kids grow as we have been practicing has been such a
blessing. Christie Varner, our Director, begins with prayer
each week, and is always explaining what Christmas is about and how
the kids are teaching others by participating in the play.
Christie's son, Jared Varner, is leading the Drama. It has been
fun watching Jared and the kids grow together. He is doing a
great job. As far as the Dancing goes, we have had a special
treat this year with Stephanie Disilvestro teaching the dance
parts. She is an accomplished ballet dancer. The girls
seem to love her, and are learning a lot.
Felicia Moore has been her faithful self, as usual, directing the
choreography. Dave Yoder has been helping with music and
directing traffic and keeping the kids safe and secure. And
last but not least, is Joel Wilson; behind the scenes, working his
magic in the sound booth.
It takes a lot of work to put a Christmas Musical together, and I
would like to thank each one of these people for their commitment to
the kids of MBC, and their families for their sacrifice.
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 Student
Ministries
Welcome
Chris Barr to the Mountain Bible staff!!! Chris and his wife Dani
have been helping me with the Junior High Ministry for three years
now. Chris has been teaching the Junior High for the past year as I
have been focusing on the High School Ministry. He has done an
amazing job and the kids love him!! So as of now, Chris Barr is the
leader of the Junior High Ministry.
Starting Wednesday December 2nd, both High School Impact and Junior
High Livewire will be meeting on Wednesday nights at the same time
from 7:00-8:30 pm. The reason for this is that I, Joe
Sanchez, am coaching Basketball for the High school and we have
a game every Tuesday night. The way it will work is that we will be
meeting together for Worship and then breakoff into two separate
rooms where I will be teaching the High School and Chris will be
teaching the Junior High. My staff and I think this will be very
effective as we would have a huge group Worshiping together and still
have a separate teaching time. We are challenging the High school
students to be the examples, and hopefully mentoring some Junior high
students.
Both Impact and Livewire will be having their gift exchange on
Wednesday December 16th. Both Impact and Livewire will not be meeting
on December 23rd and December 30th.
If there is any one in need of work around the house, we have many
students willing to do the work to earn money for scholarships for
camp.
Questions,
call Joe 602-448-0174.
Junior High
Winter Camp is January 8-10. Cost is $115.
High School
Winter Camp is February 12-15. Cost is $155.
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 Women's
Ministries
THANK
YOU, Mountain Bible Families! Your response was
heartwarming! Collectively, we have over 1,800 Christmas cards,
signed with encouraging words by MBC families, on their way to our
service men and women. Imagine the impact on those who protect
our freedoms as we show them God's love and pray for them.
Remember to pray for them, too!
Bible Studies: Check the Women's Ministry Table later this
month to sign-up for the next Bible Study session that begins
Thursday, January 7th. There will be both Thursday morning
studies and an evening study available. It is recommended
to sign-up early so that books may be ordered in time.
Following is a list of the studies
scheduled:
Precepts
Study of Jeremiah - Alana Wallace
Serving
from the Heart - Jan Chapek
Enhanced
Study of Pastor's Sermons -Jenny Hagen
A
Study in the Book of Ecclesiastes - Susan Manor
Biblical
Principles for Managing Stress - Barbara Rush
Monday
Evenings:
Living
Well by Beth Moore - Becca Sopeland & Erin Gibson
Just
for you...
There are many opportunities for women to be blessed through the
Mountain Bible Women's Ministry. If you are not yet aware of
all that is available to you, we encourage you to stop at the Women's
Ministry table on Sunday mornings to check it out.
The WM Leadership Team has some new and exciting plans in the works
for 2010...stay tuned for details after the first of the year.
 A sincere "Thank You" to each of you who
have served Women's Ministry in some capacity throughout 2009.
We are grateful for your teaching, caring, or serving in big and
small ways!
We pray your Christmas will be a celebration of the Greatest Gift
ever given!
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Note from
Craig Matthews
The
pulpit search team continues to receive good contacts. However,
it has been a few months since we have had a relationship with a
pastor that has gone beyond the very early stages. Of course,
God already knows who that next man will be and we can trust Him and
His timing. If we ever become weary with the search
process, all we need to do is look around and see all the exciting
things happening and the wonderful people worshiping at Mountain
Bible Church and our souls will certainly be renewed! God has
continued to pour out blessings on Mountain Bible Church through
ministries old and new and for that we must certainly be
thankful.
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 La Roca
La
Roca ministry will be presenting an evangelistic movie this Sunday,
December 6th at 6 p.m. in building C.
Invite all your Spanish speaking friends and neighbors and pray
that many will hear and receive the gospel message. For more
information call Pastor Alfonso: 928 238 0240
The la Roca men's group will cooking an appreciation breakfast for
the men's breakfast on December 18 at 6:15 a.m. There will be
lots of great Mexican food so come and join us!
Please pray for wisdom the pastor search committee as they seek God's
will for the next lead pastor of La Roca.
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 Men's
Breakfast
It
will be worth it. I know it can be dark and cold at 6:15am in
December, however on the 18th the La Roca men will be preparing our
breakfast and you won't want to miss this fine cuisine. We will
continue our study on "A Man's Guide to the Spiritual Disciplines".
We will meet in building C. If you have not been to one of our
monthly breakfast's this would be a great time to start. The
topic will be Man and the Sabbath. Pastor Kraig
Adult Classes
on Sunday Mornings
Bob
McQueen is teaching a class at 8:45 in the library in building A on
II Corinthians. Pastor Kraig is teaching a Bible survey class
at 10:30 in building C.
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MBC
2009 Holiday Schedule
Thursday,
Dec. 3rd - Hospice Dinner - Building A
Saturday, Dec. 5th - Ladies Christmas Tea - Bldg A - 11:00 am
Wednesday, Dec. 9th - Kid's Christmas Musical Practice - 6:00 pm
Saturday, Dec. 12th - Kid's Musical Dress Rehearsal - 9 am-12 pm
Sunday, Dec. 13th - Kid's Christmas Musical - Bldg A - 6:00 pm
All MBC Cookie Exchange - You will love this!!!
Monday, Dec. 14th - Surviving the Holidays - Bldg C - 6:00 pm
Friday, Dec. 18th - Men's Breakfast - Bldg C - 6:15 am
Sunday, Dec. 20th - Christmas Sunday - 8:45 & 10:30 am
Thursday, Dec. 24th - Christmas Eve Services - 4:30 & 6:00 pm
Friday, Dec. 25th - Office Closed ~ Merry Christmas!
Friday, Jan 1st - Office Closed ~ Happy New Year!
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All
MBC Cookie Exchange
Sunday,
Dec. 13th, after both services and Sunday night at the Children's
Musical. Each family will bring 6 dozen Christmas Cookies, all
the same kind, on one large tray.
Bring 6 empty plates, and something to wrap the plates in, i.e. Saran
wrap or Ziploc bags, etc.
We will have latex gloves for you to use, and you can then walk
around the tables where all the other cookies are placed, and create
6 plates of assorted kinds.
Keep one dozen for your family, and give the other 5 dozen to friends
and neighbors, along with an invitation that will be provided, to
MBC's Christmas Eve Services, which will take place at 4:30 &
6:00 pm, Wednesday the 24th.
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Year
End Tax Planning
Just
a note from Penny in regards to end of year tax planning. If
you have changed your address during the year please update Penny so
that Giving Statements will not get lost. Remember, if you are
donating by "Cash" and would like us to keep track of that,
simply put your cash in an envelope with your name (and address if
new) and we'll keep track of that for you. Our office
will be open until 1:00 pm ½ day on December 31st to allow you to
bring in your donation and still have it counted for 2009. If
you would like to donate to a special cause, i.e., (Benevolent Fund,
Building Fund, Monday Night Dinner's Fund), etc. you don't have to
write two checks. Put the amount and where in your memo of your
check. It's that easy.
SCHOOL TAX CREDIT - Arizona taxpayers may donate up to $400 ($400
Joint, $200 Single) to Payson public schools for the extracurricular
activities of their choice and take a dollar-for-dollar credit off
their Arizona state income tax liability. The Credit for Kids
donation may also count as a tax-deductible donation on the federal
tax return. Please see your tax professional for more information.
You can donate to a private school like Payson Christian
School ($1,000 Joint, $500 Single). In addition there is also a
huge list of charitable Organizations that you can do the same Arizona
tax credit with ($400 joint, $200 Single) that provide assistance to
the working poor. An example of one of those organizations
is Payson Christian Clinic. We have forms in the office
for all three. YOU CAN DONATE TO ALL THREE. For more information
go to azdor.gov and click on "Tax Credits". This is
an amazing opportunity to support our schools and organizations right
her in Payson and have it come right off of our tax return.
These donations must be done prior to December 31st to be counted on
your 2009 tax return.
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Thank you
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Thank all of you who helped decorate the buildings
yesterday for the Christmas season. The many events this week
and through the month to come are truly blessed!
And thank you to all of the construction workers, many
who have donated their time, to complete the Ramada. We are
looking forward to using this new addition maybe as early as the New
Years Eve Service. Your skills and backbreaking efforts
are appreciated!!!
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