BAPTIST CHURCH NEWSLETTER 17 DECEMBER 2022
The bright shining light of Christmas
Amidst the myriads of dazzling lights, Christmas trees, lively music, and glittering adornments to mark the festivities of Christmas is the sad reality that many people neglect the most important person of the season. What makes Christmas merry?
Gail’s Christmas decorations she put up a week ago at the church remind us all that Jesus is the reason for the Christmas season. He is our amazing grace, who has brought peace, love, joy, and hope to humanity.
No amount of beautiful lights could match Jesus Christ, the one true light who illuminates the whole world from the darkness of sin. Jesus said, “I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness” (John 12:46).
Let Jesus Christ be the one true light shining in our lives, now and forever!
CHRISTMAS 2022 SCHEDULES
18 December at 4:00 PM – Carolling at Sandringham House
24 December at 6:30 PM – Christmas Eve Service. Please bring supper to share
25 December at 10:00 AM – Christmas Sunday Worship
But when the time had fully come,
God sent His Son, born of a woman,
born under the law,
to redeem those under the law,
that we might receive our adoption as sons.
Galatians 4:4-5
Prayer Meeting, Preparation, and Working Bee
In preparing our church building for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Worship Services, we will clean after our Wednesday prayer meeting at 3:00 PM.
Those who cannot make it on Wednesday, please come for a Working Bee time on Saturday, 24 December.
Indeed, friends and family members will come to town for Christmas and join Oamaru Baptist Church’s worship services.
New Year’s Day is a Sunday
What an excellent opportunity to start the first day of 2023 with a worship service at 10:00 AM.
Oamaru Baptist Church will hold the regular worship service on 1st January 2023.
Discipleship through home Bible studies
We have identified a home Bible study area in the Totara-Teschemakers-Kakanui area. Home Bible studies are one of the ways we can make disciples for Christ. The Lord God is growing His church.
Let us pray for more Bible study groups to be organised- as we look forward to training group leaders in 2023.
OBC’s Direction – Where are we and what’s next?
As I mentioned last Sunday during my message, we have stopped at the “Spiritual Gifts Inventory” to focus on the Advent and Christmas seasons.
We will resume in February 2023. The diagram below indicates that we will focus on “Faith-Wisdom Discovery” next.
Please refresh yourselves with the sermon series related to the diagram above by clicking the button below.
