Thank you to everyone who donated to and served at the CHRISTmas Shoppe this year. Your generous support blessed over 125 children with gifts this Christmas. Parents were able to come and pick up the gifts as well as wrap them while their children had a special time in the Children's Ministry. Both parents and children felt the love of Jesus while spending time with each of you. Thank you for blessing the families in our community.

Are you 55 and older and would like to explore parts of our great city? On Saturday, December 22, we are going to take a drive around town to see the Christmas Lights. We will return to the church's coffee shop for a cookie and white elephant gift exchange. Bring cookies to share and a white elephant gift ($10 maximum). We will provide hot cider and water. You can meet us at the church to carpool/caravan at 4pm. Please sign up at the Information Booth so we know you are going.

Gather your family and friends together and join us as we celebrate the birth of Jesus! We will have our Christmas Eve services on Monday, December 24 at 3pm and 4:30pm.

For the month of December, there will not be any Wednesday night services. We will resume on Wednesday, January 2 with the second book, "The Three Colors of Love" during City Changers.

On Wednesday, January 2, from 6-8:30pm, we will begin our second series of City Changers, The 3 Colors of Love. The aim is to establish God's Kingdom wherever a person might find themselves, inside or outside the church. It is designed to equip and release empowered city changers. This training is for middle school through adults. If you would like a workbook, you can order it through ncdamerica.org. You can attend this series without having attended the first series.

Men, come out and join one of our weekly studies. One is on Saturdays 7:00am-8:00am and the other on Tuesdays at 6:00am-7:00am. Both are here at the church. We encourage you to come join either study at any time. It's a great time of getting deeper in the Word.

Continual, persistent, incessant prayer is an essential part of Christian living and flows out of humility and dependence on God. Please lift up this request throughout the week.

The Community

We pray for renewal and redemption for our community. Lord, help us to engage in the community You have planted us in so that Your Gospel is lived out and becomes public truth. In light of the souls at stake, grant us boldness to take risks and even to fail for the sake of Your Kingdom. May Horizon Christian Fellowship be the light for those in need of salvation.

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Have you noticed the mailbox in the Coffee Shop? This is available for you to donate anytime to the many outreach ministries we have here at Horizon. You can donate gift cards from King Soopers, Walmart, Costco and Sam's Club as well as cash or checks by placing them in the green envelope and putting the envelope in "The Mailbox." Thank you for your support in reaching those in our community.

Prayer is the practice of the presence of God. It is the place where pride is abandoned, hope is lifted and supplication is made. Prayer is the place of admitting our need, of adopting humility and claiming dependence upon God. Prayer is the needful practice of the Christian. Prayer is the exercise of faith and hope. Prayer is the privilege of touching the heart of the Father through His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.