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News and Announcements Christ Lutheran Church Eagan

December 31, 2017

Verse of the Week: Luke 2:30-32

Lord, bid Your servant go in peace, Your word is now fulfilled.

These eyes have seen salvation’s dawn, This child so long foretold.

This is the Savior of the world, The Gentiles’ promised light, God’s glory dwelling in our midst, The joy of Israel.

With saints of old, with saints to come, To You we lift our voice; To Father, Son, and Spirit blest Be honor, love, and praise.

LSB 937 © 1969, 1989 OCP Publications. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License .NET, no. 100012578.; © 2006 Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License .NET, no. 100012578.

Pastor Claude Houge is leading worship at Christ this weekend. He is a retired LCMS pastor and missionary, living in Eagan. Thank you for sharing God’s Word with us, Pastor Houge!

Holiday Schedule for Bible Study and Sunday School There will be no Sunday Morning Bible Study or Sunday School on December 31.

Classes will resume on January 7. (Also, no coffee or donuts this week.)

On January 2, Eagan Pointe Bible Study will resume at 9:00 am, and Pastor Hahn will lead worship at 10:00.

Annual Reports needed soon!

Annual Reports from Board and Organization Chairpersons should be submitted by January 15. Thanks for your help!

And now it’s time to put the decorations away!

Help pack up the church Christmas decorations on Saturday, January 13, at 9:00 am. We could really use more people to make the work go faster!

More Readers Needed!

Please volunteer to take a turn reading Scripture during worship on Saturday evenings or Sunday mornings. Contact Sharonlee Strohkirch to serve in this important ministry.

(952-431-1865) A new Flower Chart has been posted for 2018.

Be sure to sign up to remember a special date or person.

Call the church office (651-454-4091) or Mary Lou Adelmann (651-454-1446) if you don’t have a chance to sign up at church.

A Reminder of Some Preschool Needs Scholarships Needed – As you anticipate the end of the year, we would just like to remind congregational members that the preschool is in need of scholarship monies for families facing financial hardship. If you feel the Lord leading you in this way, we would really appreciate it.

Thank you!

Preschool Board Members Needed – Our preschool board currently has only one member, our chairman Sandi Hansen. We could really use at least 2 more people who would be willing to serve on this board. If you would be willing to serve in this capacity, please contact me at preschool.clc@gmail.com. Your help would be greatly appreciated.

New Portals of Prayer Available!

Be sure to pick up your copy for January – March, 2018 Prayer for the New Year from the new issue: Ruler of all things, You created the sun, stars, and moon to mark the passage of time. On this day, You have blessed us with the beginning of another year under Your mercy and grace. We give You thanks for Your many blessings and implore You to grant us a year filled with the continued abundance of Your good gifts, that we may live in peace and quietness. In the name of Jesus we pray.

Amen.

Our Gifts to the Lord December 20-25 General Fund Dec 18-22 Joyful Response Total

Attendance $6551.25 $ 420.00 $6971.25

Advent, Wed, Dec 20 Sunday, Dec 24, 9am Sunday, Dec 24, 7pm Monday, Dec 25, 9am

36 58 160 51

Jesus’ Birth was the Fullfillment of Old Testament Prophecies 1. The Messiah Will Be Born In Bethlehem Prophecy: Micah 5:2 – “But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, are only a small village in Judah. Yet a ruler of Israel will come from you, one whose origins are from the distant past.”

Fulfillment: Matthew 2:1-6 – “Jesus was born in the town of Bethlehem in Judea, during the reign of King Herod.

2. The Messiah Will Be Born of a Virgin Prophecy: Isaiah 7:14 – “The Lord Himself will choose the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call Him Immanuel – ‘God is with us.’”

Fulfillment: Matthew 1:20-23 – “As he considered this, he fell asleep, and an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. ‘Joseph, son of David,’ the angel said, ‘do not be afraid to go ahead with your marriage to Mary. For the child within her has been conceived by the Holy Spirit. And she will have a son, and you are to name Him Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.’ All of this happened to fulfill the Lord’s message through His prophet: ‘Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and He will be called Immanuel (meaning, God is with us).’”

3. Flight to Egypt Prophecy: Hosea 11:1 – When Israel was a youth I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.

Fulfillment: Matthew 2:14-15 – And he arose and took the Child and His mother by night, and departed for Egypt; and was there until the death of Herod, that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, "Out of Egypt did I call My Son." 4. Preceded by a forerunner Prophecy: Malachi 3:1 – Behold, I am going to send My messenger, and he will clear the way before Me. And the LORD, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming," says the LORD of hosts.

Fulfillment: Lue 7:24, 27 – And when the messengers of John had left, He began to speak to the multitudes about John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind?... "This is the one about whom it is written, `Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, Who will prepare Your way before You.'"