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Sure hope you're enjoying the holidays with family and friends as you make
memories to wrap up the year and begin a new one. As Christians, we have an
awesome reason to celebrate -- God's gift to us --- His Son. Jesus brings us
joy that the world can not comprehend.
As we enter the New Year, may we come face-to-face with a Jesus who has
never stopped whispering His life-giving invitation, "Come." My prayer for
you is that we will learn to quiet the noisiness of our busy lives and
respond to Jesus' invitation so that every day becomes fresh, full of life
and endless joy.
Within the Education Ministry here at West-Ark there are many opportunities
for you to grow closer to our Lord and Savior in "Year 2000: Spiritual
Success or Distress?" This Sunday, January 2, begins a new quarter for our
adult Bible classes as we begin the study, "God's Son Was A Servant." Each
Sunday morning all adult classes will be studying the same material and
everyone will have a study guide. If you haven't been in the habit of
attending a 9:30 a.m. Sunday class, the start of a New Year is an excellent
time to turn that around.
And for those of you who are teaching our youth on Sunday mornings, there has
been a request to have an adult Sunday evening class especially for you.
This will be a pilot class to determine interest and will use the same
material as the morning class. It will be taught by Ted Edwards beginning
this Sunday evening, Jan. 2, 6:00 p.m., in Room 203.
A reminder for the Sunday morning adult teachers and co-teachers -- Buster
Herren is leading a teacher prep class for us Sunday afternoons at 4:30.
Without a doubt, this will enhance and intensify the depth of our Bible
classes as we study and think together.
Also, beginning in this new year of 2000, all Junior and Senior High Bible
classes will be moved to the upstairs of our new FLC. This means that on
Sundays and Wednesdays (beginning this week) all 7th - 12th graders will
meet in the Family Life Center for Bible class.
One more thing, unrelated to Sunday morning Bible classes
If you have an
interest in becoming a Small Group Facilitator for the West-Ark Small Group
Ministry, the Leader Training Class will begin Wednesday night, February 2.
See you in Bible Class!
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