Weekend Handout_December 7/8
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Beyond<br />
unanswered prayer<br />
Welcome! <strong>December</strong> 7/8
ThingsYou Need to Know ...<br />
Christmas Eve Services<br />
Tuesday, <strong>December</strong> 24, 2019:<br />
Deerfoot Campus: 12:00 pm*, 2:00 pm*, 4:00 pm*, 6:00 pm, and 8:00 pm<br />
Southwest Campus: 4:00 pm* and 6:00 pm*<br />
*DiscoveryLand kids’ program offered for infants-5 years. For translations<br />
available and more info, visit faccalgary.com/christmaseve. Start<br />
inviting friends and family to celebrate a love and hope beyond our<br />
understanding this Christmas Eve!<br />
Christmas Serve Opportunities<br />
Serve in DiscoveryLand: (with infants-5 years only; no Grade School)<br />
• Christmas Eve: 12:00, 2:00, and 4:00 pm at Deerfoot Campus<br />
4:00 and 6:00 at Southwest Campus<br />
• <strong>December</strong> 28/29 & January 4/5 Deerfoot and Southwest Campuses<br />
Serve in Guest Experience: Christmas Eve Greeters (Welcome Team),<br />
Ushers, Information Desk, Parking Team<br />
• Deerfoot Campus: 12:00, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, and 8:00 pm<br />
• Southwest Campus: 4:00 and 6:00 pm<br />
Contact Cindy Bartlett serve@faccalgary.com / 403-258-4355 or stop<br />
by the Serve table on Main Street after the service to learn more and<br />
sign up.<br />
Improved! FAC Experience<br />
App Giving<br />
When you give to FAC, you’re fuelling our mission of building lives that<br />
honour God. Try the new, improved mobile giving through the FAC<br />
experience app! Choose “Giving” from the menu. Select the amount and<br />
frequency, enter your payment information once, and confirm your gift.<br />
To learn more, contact John Siebring jsiebring@faccalgary.com /<br />
403-212-8850.<br />
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TO E-NEWS<br />
ASK FOR<br />
PRAYER<br />
HOW CAN<br />
WE HELP?
FAC School of Music<br />
Winter Term is 10 weeks starting January 6. Lessons are offered in piano,<br />
voice, guitar (acoustic, electric, or bass), cello, violin, drums, DJing, and<br />
Suzuki. Registration opens <strong>December</strong> 9.<br />
Email schoolofmusic@faccalgary.com or visit faccalgary.com/arts<br />
to learn more.<br />
Transformed: How God<br />
Changes Us<br />
Would you like to become all God intended you to be? You can, but not<br />
on your own power. Come learn how in our new series starting January<br />
2020. “Do not conform to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the<br />
renewing of your mind.” (Romans 12:2) With God’s help you can make and<br />
maintain positive changes in every area of your life. See you there!<br />
Transformed Winter Semester Group: Get connected! Let God change<br />
you from the inside out. Sundays, 6:00-8:00 pm.January 12-February<br />
23, 2020, Grade 5/6 Room, FAC Deerfoot (upstairs, south end). No cost,<br />
register online faccalgary.com/registrations. To learn more, contact<br />
Cory Harasym charasym@faccalgary.com.<br />
Young Adults Christmas<br />
Dessert Night<br />
FAC Young Adults, join us for a night of dessert, games, and door prizes!<br />
<strong>December</strong> 20, 2019, 7:00 pm, Grade 5/6 Room, FAC Deerfoot. Dress is<br />
semi-formal, and the cost is $10/person. Register online<br />
faccalgary.com/registrations by <strong>December</strong> 18, 2019.<br />
To learn more, contact Tamara Wong twong@faccalgary.com.<br />
Ways to Give<br />
• Cash/Cheque: in-service offering baskets; secure<br />
drop-off – Main Street safe left of Café (FAC Deerfoot) or Info Desk (FAC<br />
Southwest); drop off or mail in to the Deerfoot Campus office (Monday-Friday,<br />
8:30 am-4:30 pm)<br />
• Online: (credit card) faccalgary.com/giving or through the “FAC Experience”<br />
App<br />
• Debit/Credit Card: Cornerstone Marketplace (FAC Deerfoot) or Info Desk<br />
(FAC Southwest)<br />
• Stocks or Gifts in Kind: Deerfoot Campus office<br />
Note: Donations to be included in your 2019 tax receipt must be received<br />
online or postmarked before 11:59 pm on <strong>December</strong> 31, or received in-service<br />
by <strong>December</strong> 28/29.
Deerfoot Campus Christmas<br />
Hours<br />
Church Office:<br />
Closed <strong>December</strong> 25-27 and January 1; closed at noon on<br />
<strong>December</strong> 24 and 31<br />
Cornerstone Maketplace:<br />
Open <strong>December</strong> 24, 28/29, and January 4/5 between services; closed<br />
<strong>December</strong> 25-27 and<br />
<strong>December</strong> 31-January 3<br />
Treehouse Play Place:<br />
Open <strong>December</strong> 28/29 and January 4/5 between services; closed <strong>December</strong><br />
23-27 and <strong>December</strong> 31-January 3<br />
Cafe and Bistro:<br />
Closed <strong>December</strong> 24-27 and <strong>December</strong> 31-January 3<br />
Library:<br />
Open weekends only between services
Bird in the Storm<br />
I<br />
‘ t’s coming. The storm. I can<br />
feel it in the heaviness of the air<br />
that smothers me like a weighted<br />
blanket. I can feel it in the coolness<br />
of the breeze that turns to icy<br />
fingers sending goosebumps up<br />
and down my bare arms. I walked<br />
the dogs quickly so they could get<br />
their business done and we could<br />
get back home still dry.<br />
The dogs stopped for a sniff, and I noticed a tiny songbird clinging to<br />
the branch of a shrub swaying in the wind. I wondered at its tenacity,<br />
grabbing on tight while its perch blew wildly around. Just when I thought<br />
it would give up and fly away, it opened its beak wide and sang. One tiny<br />
voice against the wind.<br />
It’s coming. My storm. I can feel the tension. The heaviness in my heart.<br />
The expectation of a yet- unnamed hurt. I run to my Father and hold on<br />
tight. He is my safest shelter. The wind threatens to rip me away from<br />
my Fortress, but I hang on.<br />
The storm is here. My grip fails. But instead of being tossed about in the<br />
tempest, I find my feet on a solid Rock. I realize it isn’t my hanging on<br />
that keeps me safe at all. It is my Father who holds me tight. He smiles<br />
at me and says, “Don’t be afraid. I Am is here.” I open my mouth wide<br />
and sing. Only one voice against the wind.<br />
But it makes my Father smile. It eases the heaviness in my heart. I have<br />
the strength and courage to go on another day. God has it all figured<br />
out. So in this moment, I sing.<br />
- Lisa LeBlanc<br />
Want to read more about Lisa’s story? Check out her blog<br />
https://medium.com/@lisa_50284.
Year End Giving Update<br />
DONATE<br />
Budget<br />
(to Dec 31, 2019)<br />
Deerfoot Campus Service Translations<br />
• Spanish translation available Sundays at 9:15 am<br />
• Farsi translation available Sundays at 11:15 am<br />
• Mandarin translation available Sundays at 11:15 am<br />
For translation & hearing assistance headsets, please stop by the Info Desk.<br />
In Hospital: For updates, please contact Anne Freeman<br />
afreeman@faccalgary.com / 403-258-8290.<br />
Deerfoot Campus Services<br />
12345 40 Street SE<br />
Saturdays 6:30 pm<br />
Sundays 9:15 am & 11:15 am<br />
Received<br />
YTD<br />
FAC Southwest Services<br />
Glenmore Christian Academy, 16520 24 Street SW<br />
Sundays 11:15 am<br />
Required<br />
General $ 2,770,500 $ 1,656,077 $ 1,114,423<br />
Capital/Debt $ 549,700 $ 258,771 $ 290,929<br />
Missions $ 521,900 $ 281,264 $ 240,636<br />
Total $ 3,842,100 $ 2,196,112 $ 1,645,988<br />
Thank you for giving towards building lives that honour God through<br />
FAC. Donations can be made securely online: faccalgary.com/giving.<br />
Questions? Contact John Siebring jsiebring@faccalgary.com /<br />
403-212-8850.<br />
12345 40 Street SE Calgary<br />
403-252-7572 | faccalgary.com<br />
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