The Happenings

happy thanksgiving all!

hope your breaks were the bomb, however short they may have been.  rest in the Lord is always good, feel me?  at any rate, for the three weeks between now and christmas, we've got some great things going on.  read on to catch up on all the focus talk.

1. focus prayer gathering [12.2] transformation center @ 8pm :: we'll be gathering as the single adults to pray for the ministry as well as for one another.  please come and it'll be a good time to pray together.
2. church-wide prayer gathering [12.4] transformation center @ 7pm :: we'll also be having a church-wide prayer gathering this thursday with the rest of the church.  it's really times like these that open my heart to corporate prayer and understanding of what God is doing in the church as a whole - all the limbs of Christ's body, you know what i mean?
3. morning prayer [12.5] transformation center @ 6:30am :: it's the crack of dawn and you love it.  you love the morning java.  you feel closer to God.  you enjoy the brisk, morning air.  you feel like you need to be closer to God.  you want to be challenged.  you feel like your prayer life could grow in different ways.  perhaps morning prayer is calling to you?  if that's the case, come out to morning prayer on friday and pray with some fellow single adults.
4. church-wide worship gathering [12.5] transformation center @ 7pm :: we're going to close out the calendar year with one of the final church-wide friday gatherings.  we will not be having LIFE groups or community group - instead, we'll see you at the transformation center for a church-wide worship gathering.  see you there!
5. baptism service [12.6] ann arbor chinese christian church @ 3pm :: come celebrate together as members of the church and even one of our own in focus express their love for and dedication to Christ in front of the community.  shout out to dr. matt!
6. sunday celebration [12.7] transformation center @ 9:30/11:30am :: it's a celebrationnnnnn.  come out on this upcoming sabbath as we hear God's Word in a new sermon series called "christmas letters" with part 1: "from God."  see you there!
7. winter retreat :: the winter retreat is coming up!  as soon as the new year begins, we start fresh with some great church-wide celebration and worship.  sign up!  early registration ends january 4, 2009.

that's about it from me.  if you have any quesitons, let me know!

have a great week.

peace,

john