| TAKE NOTE CHRISTMAS EVE @ OEFC Pick up a postcard at the Info Desk and invite someone to our special Christmas Eve services on December 24 (2pm and 4pm). We're looking forward to celebrating the good news of Jesus' birth with you! (Please note there will be no Nursery care provided). PARENTS PLEASE NOTE Our awesome Sunday School teachers will be taking a break over the Christmas season. There will be no Pre-School (ages 2-4) or CONNECT (Grades K-6) classes on December 21 or 28. Nursery care will still be offered during the 10:45am service (0-2 years). THANK YOU to all of the people who helped make the Young at Heart Christmas luncheon a big success, from your friends on the Young at Heart committee. PARKING ON SUNDAY MORNINGS Thank you to those who are able to park off-site (FAIM parking lot or the street west of Tim Hortons) to ease our parking lot issues, and thank you for being a good neighbour to those who live by the church by not blocking driveways, etc. | |
| THIS WEEK @ OEFC Thursday, December 18 4:30-6pm YOUTH WORSHIP TEAM (last practice until January) Friday, December 19 6:30-9:30pm YOUTH CHRISTMAS BANQUET for Grades 7-12 REGISTER HERE and pay $5 at the door. Invite your friends and dress up for this fun night of food and games! (details on the youth hotline 403-938-8888, OEFC Youth on facebook.com or Instagram@oefcyouth). Sunday, December 21 9:15am WORSHIP SERVICE Pastor Rob will be preaching (fourth Sunday of Advent) 10:15am PRAYER for those seeking prayer (Prayer Room, right front Main Auditorium) 10:45am WORSHIP SERVICE Pastor Rob will be preaching (fourth Sunday of Advent). NURSERY (0-24 months). Livestream available HERE. (NO children's classes on Dec 21 or 28; will resume January 4) Wednesday, December 24 2pm / 4pm CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICES for the whole family Thursday, December 25 MERRY CHRISTMAS (church office closed) Friday, December 26 BOXING DAY (church office closed) | |
MARRIAGE & PARENTING WEEKEND Doing Family Right ministries PARENTING SEMINAR Friday, January 30 (6:30-9:30pm) no cost - Register online. The i-Parent Series is designed to inspire and equip today’s parent in raising healthy and balanced children who will make a positive impact on their world. In spite of all the challenges facing you, we will passionately guide you as you format the next generation—your most valued possession. Drenched with hard-hitting and timeless truths and laced with real life instances of both our failures and successes, this series will direct parents on how to really impact their kids in our busy, media-filled, sex-saturated culture. Get ready to be encouraged as we together face your parenting issues head-on! MARRIAGE SEMINAR Saturday, January 31 (8:30am-4:30pm) $100/couple $60/person - Register online. Fusion 2:1 focuses on Maximizing your Marriage through the Fusion of Two Lives! We inspire authentic, God-centered marriages. We desire to see couples experience a passionate, satisfying bond that they truly want to be a part of for life! To coach couples toward this real Fusion, the day will include hard-hitting, Biblical truths and heart-warming, practical tips. Fushion 2:1 follows an ABSORB & APPLY approach. Woven into the presentations are huge chunks of time for couples to actually seek to braid these transforming principles into their lives through completing the discussion starters in the conference manuals. Interaction is couple-based only. The six 1-hour sessions are presented in a one-day experience. The following critical marriage issues will be covered: 1. The Laws of Attraction: If you stop having fun, commitment alone won’t keep your love alive. 2. The Gravity of Baggage: Resolving your hurts releases you to love freely. 3. The Acceleration of Connection: Understanding your spouse at a deepening level helps them feel valued and loved. 4. The Drag of Friction: Responding to disagreements with respect brings you closer. 5. The Combustion of Passion: Finding mutual satisfaction in sex builds a powerful oneness. 6. Finalé: Maximizing your marriage through braiding God into your lives. | |
OUT & ABOUT CHRISTMAS KETTLE MINISTRY (Salvation Army Foothills) Volunteers are needed now through December 24 to greet patrons, collect donations, and hand out greeting cards and candy canes to donors. Two-hour shifts run from 10 AM to 8 PM (volunteer credits available for those who need it). More info: Alyssa (403-336-0994) or online link to the volunteer schedules below: Okotoks
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CHECK IT OUT OEFC Library News Once Upon a Clear, Dark Night Telling the story of the Magi in rhyming text, this illustrated Arch children’s book instills the wisdom that Jesus is God's Son and Saviour, sent here to bring us to salvation. |
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