WONDER | WEEK 2
When you think about worship, perhaps a certain song comes to mind. Or maybe you picture that half-hour during service where everyone stands and sings in unison. But what if worship is bigger than that? Journey with us as we look through the lens of Jesus’ birth in the Gospels and experience the accounts of worship as it's expressed outwardly as well as inwardly. Together, we'll explore what it truly means to worship Jesus anywhere and through every circumstance.
WEEKLY GIVING STATISTICS
(Fiscal Year Began June 1, 2019)
Last Week Weekly Need YTD
$2,395 $2,925 ($11,426)
UPCOMING EVENTS
CENTERSTUDENTS MINISTRY: Christmas Party on December 15, 6:30pm - 8:30pm at BCCS
Join us for some tasty treats, watch a jolly Christmas movie and compete in the Ugly Sweater Contest!
Questions? Please contact Brendon at brendon@centergr.com
Note: CenterStudents will not meet on December 22 & 29.
CHRISTMAS EVE AT THE CENTER CHURCH:
Service Times: 2pm & 4pm
Invite your family and friends and celebrate with us!
OPPORTUNITIES
HOPE UNEXPECTED: Have a heart for moms and kids? Looking for a way to serve your community?
The Center Church takes part in the Hope Unexpected Ministry.
Please contact office@centergr.com if you are interested in serving. We’ll get you connected!
HAND2HAND MINISTRY: Donations welcome!
Please check the Next Steps table at church and/or contact office@centergr.com for more info.
DAVID DOERNER | TEACHING PASTOR
Key Passages:
Matthew 2:1-12 New International Version
The Magi visit the Messiah.
2 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi[a] from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”
3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. 5 “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:
6 “‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for out of you will come a ruler
who will shepherd my people Israel.’[b]”
7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.”
9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 11 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. 12 And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.
Psalm 19:1-4 New International Version
For the director of music. A psalm of David.
1 The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
2 Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they reveal knowledge.
3 They have no speech, they use no words;
no sound is heard from them.
4 Yet their voice[b] goes out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.
In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun.