Weekly Check-In - November 22, 2025
"The church is to be the advance sign to the world of the new creation, the new heaven and earth reality, which God plans to make." -N.T. Wright
Tomorrow is the final Sunday of the liturgical year. Next week on November 30, we'll arrive at the first Sunday of Advent and begin the journey anew. The final Sunday, the Sunday before we begin again at Advent, is the culmination of the year's journey; it is called Christ the King Sunday or The Reign of Christ Sunday. It reminds us that the baby whose birth we celebrated back in Advent 2024 and whose birth we will remember and celebrate this year, is indeed our King, our Lord and Savior. Our scripture tomorrow is Psalm 46 and Luke 23:33-43, and the sermon is "Working To Get King Right." Join us tomorrow as we sing a few Thanksgiving hymns, celebrate the reality that Christ is King of all creation, and also stay after worship to decorate the sanctuary for Advent and Christmas. And there will be food as well - it will be a great day! And you know what will make it better of course; IT WILL BE BETTER IF YOU ARE THERE!
Hanging Of The Greens is tomorrow! We'll decorate right after church and then we will have soup and chili for lunch courtesy of Session members Joyce Jaco, Jason Shockley, and Mike Streible.
Operation Christmas Child Shoe Boxes: Shoe Boxes will be dedicated during morning worship tomorrow.
Tuesday Prayer Group: Will meet this Tuesday, November 25 at 11:00 a.m. in the Activities Building.
Presbyterian Women's Christmas Bazaar: The PW Christmas Bazaar is coming on Saturday, December 6 from 9:00 a.m. till 2:00 p.m. Cookie baking in preparation for the Bazaar will take place on Monday, December 1. Also, space is available for vendors for the Bazaar.
Fellowship of Concern Community Thanksgiving Service will be this Tuesday, November 25 at 7:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Shepherdsville. The Little Flock Children's Choir will be performing as part of the service. The offering will go entirely to the work of the Fellowship of Concern.
The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper will next be observed during morning worship in two weeks on Sunday, December 7.
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Scripture and Sermon Titles For Advent/Christmas
Nov. 30 Advent One – Keep Walking; Isaiah 2:1-5, Romans 13:11-14, Matthew 24:36-44.
Dec. 7 Advent Two – Believing As We Go; Isaiah 11:1-10, Romans 15:4-13, Matthew 3:1-12.
Dec. 14 Advent Three – It Is Happening; Isaiah 35:1-10, Matthew 11:2-11.
Dec. 21 Advent Four – Because Of God's Great Love! Isaiah 7:10-16, Romans 1:1-7, Matthew 1:18-24.
December 28 Christmas: The Now And The Not Yet; Isaiah 63:7-9, Matthew 2:13-23.
January 4 Star Words Sunday: In The Beginning: Getting Started in 2026; Psalm 147:12-20, John 1:1-18.
Celebrate Life!
George