WELCOME SCHEDULE:

We are so glad you have joined us today! Our desire is that God Sunday, November 24th
8:30am & 10:50am Morning Worship Services
would bless and direct our time together. Worship is an interactive, 9:45am Sunday School
participatory experience and our prayer is that the service today 4:45pm Choir Practice
would strengthen and encourage you on your spiritual journey. 5 - 7:00pm Christmas Musical Practice
Whether you are new to faith, just coming back to church, or a 6:00pm Evening Worship
long-time follower of Jesus, we hope you find your time with us
engaging and meaningful. Wednesday, November 27th
No Services / Activities
If you are a first time Guest, we have a special gift for you. One of
our pastors will be in the foyer following the service to meet you Wednesday - Thursday, November 26th & 27th
and give you a gift. Church Office Closed

Sunday, December 1st

WHAT TO EXPECT TODAY 8:30am & 10:50am Morning Worship Services
9:45am Sunday School
Worship: We take time together to connect with God through 4:45pm Choir Practice
song, scripture, fellowship, and prayer. Something special 5 - 7:00pm Christmas Musical Practice
happens we focus on God together. We invite you to stand and 6:00pm Adams Family Christmas
sing with us as we praise God, but adopt whatever posture of
worship is best for you. The song lyrics and scriptures are
projected on screen so that you can follow along. A typical service
lasts about 65 minutes.
Children: We have a fully-staffed Nursery for ages three and
below. Kids ages 4-12 will be dismissed during the service to the NURSERY WORKERS
children’s chapel to be taught by Pastor Linda and her staff. TODAY:
1st Service: Lori Ayres, Katie Hill, Tonya Goodman
Sermon: The teaching time seeks to communicate biblical truth in 2nd Service: William Hastings, Heather Goodwin, Jennifer Meeks
compelling, relevant ways. All of our sermons are available on our PM Service: Haley Clemons, Judy Jean
website, www.estillnaz.org, and are also podcast. NEXT Sunday, December 1st
1st Service: Carley Rigsby, Cassie Creson, Taylor Chandler, Jacy Chandler
Response: When God is speaking, we take time to respond. 2nd Service: Jessica Graham, Darlene Norrell, Cindy Wiseman
Many times this is after the message, but other times it may be in PM Service: Samantha Goodwin, Elizabeth Crace
the middle of the service. Listening and responding to God is one
of the most important things that we do. An invitation is never FINANCIAL STATISTICS: 105 Flower Lane Drive
needed if you want to pray at the altar. November 17, 2019 Estill Springs, TN 37330
Phone: 649-3867 Fax: 649-3410
Communion: We take time regularly to celebrate Communion and Tithes & Offerings: Emails: office@estillnaz.org
welcome all followers of Jesus Christ to participate in this act of Received: $4,434 treasurer@estillnaz.org
worship and remembrance regardless of membership or
denomination. Faith Promise: www.facebook.com/estillnaz November 24, 2019
Received: $125 www.estillnaz.org
Offering: We give tithes and offerings as a part of worship in Office Hours:
obedience, celebration, and thanksgiving to the Lord. It’s also just Fiscal Year is 5/1/19 to 4/30/20
Monday - Thursday
our way of saying, “We love our church and we want to support it!” 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
 Our Advent theme this year will be
“Born the King” and we will be giving
out a devotional for each family next
Sunday.
During Advent, our worship services are
designed with the whole family in mind.
So families may worship together, there
will be no Children’s Church during this
season.
GIVING TREE MISSION PROJECT
How it works:
• Pick an ornament off of the tree
• Purchase the item listed on the ornament
• Return item to the church with the ornament.
There are items needed at all price points, so that everyone can
participate
There are 12 ornaments left.
Pick yours up today!
Please bring non-perishable items to the table located in the
Fellowship Hall at anytime. Be sure to attach the ornament you
took off the tree.
Perishable items need to be brought to church on Sunday, Dec.
15th.
All items must be turned in by Dec. 15th.
CHRISTMAS GIFT BAGS FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY INMATES
There are around 250 inmates (men and women) in the Franklin Co.
jail. Our jail ministry will be taking small gift bags to each of them at
Christmastime. You can be a part of this by making a donation to
the jail ministry. Write “jail ministry” in the memo line on your check
and place in the offering plate.
Goal: $250 Received to Date: $160
December 1st - First Sunday of Advent
Children’s Musical Practice, 5:00pm-7:00pm
Christmas Worship Concert with the Adams Family, 6:00pm
Wednesday, December 4th
Children’s Musical Practice, 6:00pm-7:30pm
Youth Christmas Party, 6:30pm
December 8th - Second Sunday of Advent
Children’s Musical Practice, 5:00pm-6:00pm
Christmas Together Fellowship, 6:00pm
Wednesday, December 11th
Children’s Musical Practice, 6:00pm-7:30pm
Spreading Christmas Cheer at NHC in Tullahoma, 6:30pm
Saturday, December 14th
Women’s Ministry Christmas Brunch, 10:00am-12:00pm
There will a candle exchange
Children’s Musical Practice, 1:00pm-3:00pm
Kids Birthday Party for Jesus, 3:00pm-4:00pm
December 15th - Third Sunday of Advent
Children’s Musical Presentation, 6:00pm
“We Three Spies”
Wednesday, December 18th
Giving Tree, 6:30pm
December 22nd - Fourth Sunday of Advent
Candlelight Communion Service, 6:00pm
Sunday, December 29th
Morning Worship at 8:30am and 10:45am
Sunday School at 9:45am
POINSETTIAS ORDERS
Today is the last day to order your poinsettia. Please
place your filled out order form and payment in the
offering plate.
MICAH 6:8 MINISTRY from Sandy Schefcik
Did you know... that Thanksgiving Day is an annual national holiday in the United States and
Canada celebrating the harvest and other blessings of the past year? In the US Thanksgiving
is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November while in Canada it is the second Monday of
October. The first nation-wide Thanksgiving was proclaimed on November 26, 1789 by
George Washington. The contemporary date of fourth Thursday of November was set in
1941 by federal legislation. In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed national
Thanksgiving Day to be celebrated on the final Thursday of November. In 1939, President
Franklin D. Roosevelt declared the fourth (next-to-last) Thursday of November as
Thanksgiving instead of the last, fifth one. Fun facts about Thanksgiving:
• Canadian Thanksgiving predates American Thanksgiving by 43 years. The first
Thanksgiving in North America was held in 1578 in what is now Newfoundland,
Canada.
• It was 43 years before the first American Thanksgiving which happened in 1621 at the
site of Plymouth Plantation, in Massachusetts.
• Sarah Joseph Hale, who is the author of the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
had contributed to the establishment of Thanksgiving as a national holiday. After 17
years of sending letters to President Lincoln, she convinced him to support legislation
establishing a national holiday of Thanksgiving in 1863.
• Before Thanksgiving, the only national holidays celebrated in the United States were
Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day) and Independence Day.
• The TV dinner was invented in 1953 when Swanson had 260 tons of leftover turkey
from Thanksgiving and no idea what to do with it. When asked, one of the employees
said that they should package it in trays with sides and freeze.
• There is a grocery in Paris named "Thanksgiving" that sells US food like Skippy peanut
butter, Jello Instant Pudding, and Pop-Tarts to homesick ex-pats.
• The day after Thanksgiving is the busiest day of the year for plumbers and septic
companies who call it "Brown Friday".
• NASA engineers responsible for the Voyager program calculated trajectories for around
10,000 launch windows, from which they selected about 100 that met the mission
objectives while minimizing planetary encounters taking place over the Thanksgiving or
Christmas, allowing them to spend the holidays at home.
• In 2013, Tony Rohr who was a manager at Pizza Hut franchise in Elkhart, Indiana, was
fired for refusing to open on Thanksgiving Day so that his employees could spend the
holiday with their families. He was offered the job back.