WELCOME SCHEDULE:

We are so glad you have joined us today! Our desire is that God Sunday, December 15th
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 in the Children’s Chapel
would strengthen and encourage you on your spiritual journey. 5:00pm Musical costumes/set-up - All children in the Musical need to be here.
Whether you are new to faith, just coming back to church, or a 6:00pm Children’s Musical Presentation of “We Three Spies”.
long-time follower of Jesus, we hope you find your time with us
engaging and meaningful. Wednesday, December 18th
6::30pm Giving Tree
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 Sunday, December 22nd
and give you a gift. 8:30am & 10:50am Morning Worship Services
9:45am Sunday School
6:00pm Candlelight Communion Service
WHAT TO EXPECT TODAY
Wednesday, December 25th
Worship: We take time together to connect with God through Christmas Day
song, scripture, fellowship, and prayer. Something special
happens we focus on God together. We invite you to stand and Sunday, December 29th
8:30am & 10:45am Morning Worship Services
sing with us as we praise God, but adopt whatever posture of
9:45am Sunday School
worship is best for you. The song lyrics and scriptures are No Evening Services / Activities
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: Jacy Butler, Maria Hastings, Amanda Reed
Sermon: The teaching time seeks to communicate biblical truth in 2nd Service: Darla Hipps, Shannon Pendergraff, Marcia Rouse
compelling, relevant ways. All of our sermons are available on our PM Service: Kim Bishop
website, www.estillnaz.org, and are also podcast. NEXT Sunday, December 22nd
1st Service: Savana Pendergaff, Marty Schefcik, Sandy Schefcik
Response: When God is speaking, we take time to respond. 2nd Service: William Hastings, Gracie Johnson, Cindy Johnson
Many times this is after the message, but other times it may be in PM Service: Candlelight Service
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. December 8, 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: $9,038.59 treasurer@estillnaz.org
worship and remembrance regardless of membership or
denomination. Faith Promise: www.facebook.com/estillnaz
Received: $200 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
WORSHIP MINISTRIES
Choir Practice Tonight at 4:45pm
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
All items need to be turned in today.
Perishable items can be left in the kitchen. Non-Perishable
items can be left in the second classroom on the right down
the long hallway.
Christmas Musical
“We Three Spies”
Tonight at 6:00pm
Everyone in or working with the
Musical, please be in the
Fellowship Hall at 5:00pm.
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Youth · Grades 7-12
Pigeon Forge, TN · Cost: $150
February 14 - 17, 2020
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
Wednesday, December 25th
Christmas Day
Sunday, December 29th
Morning Worship at 8:30am and 10:45am
Sunday School at 9:45am
No Evening Services/Activities
Wednesday, January 1st
No Services
Sunday, January 5th
Regular Schedule Resumes
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.
Life Line Screening,
Do you have high cholesterol or high blood pressure? Have members of
your family suffered from these ailments? Do you have a poor diet? If
you answer “yes” to any of these questions, you may want to consider
being screened through the services of Life Line Screening. Life Line
Screening uses ultrasound technology to view the plaque build up in
your carotid arteries, the main arteries that carry blood to the brain.
Blockages in these arteries are a leading cause of stroke. We are
pleased to host this Life Line Screening event on 1/17/2020 at Estill
Springs Nazarene Church. Register for a Wellness Package which
includes 4 vascular tests and osteoporosis screening from $149 ($139
with our member discount). All five screenings take 60-90 minutes to
complete. In order to register for this event and to receive a $10
discount off any package priced above $129, please call 1-888-653-6441
or visit www.lifelinescreening.com/communitycircle or text the word circle
to 797979
This will be open to the public next week. In order to get special
scheduling, register soon.
The church has received a Thank You
card from Mike & Carol McGuire and
Family. Please see the bulletin board in
the hallway.
MICAH 6:8 MINISTRY from Sandy Schefcik
Did you know...that during the 1800s Santa Claus was largely a
creation of author Washington Irving and cartoonist Thomas Nast? The
Dutch word “Sinterklaas” for St. Nicholas evolved into the English
“Santa Claus.” An anonymous poem referring to “Santeclaus” was
published in a children’s book in 1821, with the first mention of a
character based on St. Nicholas having a sleigh pulled by a single
reindeer. The poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” or as it’s often called,
“The Night Before Christmas”, its author, Clement Clarke Moore, was
first published on December 23, 1823. Traditionally, the St. Nicholas gift
giving would have taken place on December 5, the eve of St. Nicholas
Day but Moore moved the events he describes to Christmas Eve. He
also came up with the concept of “St. Nick” having eight reindeer, each
of them with a distinctive name.