Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Tonight, Dec. 13, please bring in non-perishable food and/or personal hygiene products (like shampoo, soap, a toothbrush, toothpaste) to donate to the Chelmsford food pantry. The final donation date is today, Dec. 13. So please bring in your donation tonight.
Also, you can sign up for Caroling at the Sunny Acres Nursing Home to spread the joy of the celebration of Christ’s incarnation with the surrounding community. That event will take place on December 14 from 10:!5 to 11:30 am. The afternoon caroling at the Westford House has been cancelled. Please make sure to attend the rehearsal tonight if you plan to go.
HBtoo! is meeting this Saturday, from 5:30 to 9:30 pm. Couples and families with kids are welcome to join us as we study a prayer of Moses to see how we can imitate it / use it to shape our own prayers. Also, this is a potluck, so bring food to share, namely, enough to feed your family + 1. You can also bring a dessert if you want!
Please continue to pray for the nations of Israel and Ukraine and South Sudan. Pray that the wars would end. Here is a suggested list of prayers if you are at a loss for words in how to pray: https://send.org/story/hh_pray_for_ukraine. And https://worldrelief.org/blog-prayer-for-israel-and-gaza/ Thank you for kneeling on behalf of the people of Ukraine and Russia, Israel and Gaza and Lebanon, Sudan and South Sudan, and taking a stand (or a knee in prayer) against the forces of darkness in this present age.
This Week (Dec. 13 – Dec. 19, 2024):
1. Tonight, Dec. 13, 2024, the Living Stones Friday Night Bible Study is meeting from 7:30-9:30 to study the topic of “Looking Forward With Hope”. You can read Isaiah 40:1-11 to prepare in advance. Join in person in Room A-218 or online via the following link at 7:30 pm:
https://zoom.us/j/685376249?pwd=cWtyUk1pckJiRHJxZVZCSGdJZWw2UT09
Meeting ID: 685 376 249
Password: 840840
Join by phone: +1 929 436 2866 US (New York)
Also, the Bible Study group John is leading will be meeting this week (Dec. 13)
2. CrossPoint Community Sunday School meets this Sunday – Dec. 15 in the Koinonia Room (A-216). We are continuing our study of Church History, led by TC Tang. We will use the following link for those who wish to join online this Sunday:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/491248585?pwd=RnpLcnpjQ01nTGZLSmhaZ3l4L3dKQT09
Meeting ID: 491 248 585
Password: 403767
Join by phone: +1 929 205 6099 US (New York)
There will also be a connection hour, a time for conversation and prayer, in A-202.
3. This Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024, at 11:25 am, our CrossPoint Community Worship Service will start and Pastor Nathan Willems will be preaching. Pray for him! Join us for worship at CBCGL!
Text: Genesis 50:15-26
Title: God’s Good Intentions
Live stream via Youtube: https://www.cbcgl.org/live-stream/
4. Each Wednesday, such as this coming week (Dec. 18) at 7:45 pm, you are invited, encouraged, and requested to join our weekly prayer meeting. We will not grow in Christ without growing in our dependence on God through prayer. In December, we will be praying using a Christmas Carol for ideas each week. The link is found below in the section on prayer.
Administration / Events
1. We have a missions update (so check out the missions tab in the bulletin)! You can provide support for James Liang (at UConn), and pray for him in the work that he is doing there. Also, check out the info about the Panama STM found in our bulletin. Finally, if you’d like to help with providing mission updates – let Pastor Nathan know!
2. CPCM has reserved the Multi-Purpose Room on Saturday’s from 1:30 to 4PM for sports. ***This has been cancelled for December*** See you in the New Year! We can play any game: Ping-pong, badminton, pickleball, volleyball, basketball; we can do it all. The room is reserved only for CPCM members, so it is highly likely you will have lots of space and time to play whatever you want. The goal is to build deeper bonds through shared interest and activity. The contact person is Joshua Zhang.
3. Sunday Lunch Service is available at CBCGL with $5 lunches that are first-come, first-served. Pizza is $2 per slice and Ramen is available (priced variously according to size). No Lunch will be served on 12/22 or 12/29.
4. Women’s Bible Study – “KEEPING IT VERTICAL” meets the first and third Tuesday of each month to learn, share and grow in the Lord. We are studying the Fruit of the Spirit. Come join us and meet new friends and bring more friends along! Contact jeannemic50 (at) icloud.com
Unfortunately, the Ladies’ CPCM Bible Study “Keeping it Vertical” planned Christmas potluck luncheon has been cancelled. Please direct questions to Pastor Nathan or e-mail jeannemic50@icloud.com
5. Also, the once-every-three years Chinese Missions Convention is being held again in Baltimore, MD, December 26-29, 2024. Here is a link with more information about the English track: https://www.thecmc.org/
6. All other announcements can be found here (in our CrossPoint Community bulletin).
For Prayer:
1. From Bishop J.C. Ryle – “To be prayerless is to be Christless, Godless, and in the high road to destruction…It will always be found that when prayers are few, grace, strength, peace, and hope are small.” Please join our Wednesday night prayer meeting (7:45 – 9:15 pm) even if you can’t participate the whole time. (Note: We will not have prayer meeting on December 25, and the Prayer meeting on Jan. 1, 2025 has been moved up to December 31, 2024 at 7:45 pm.)
https://zoom.us/j/758587937?pwd=aS9sZUdxcm1janNNM2I2aXJ6Smx2QT09
Meeting ID: 758 587 937
Password: 030086
Join by phone: +1 929 436 2866 US (New York)
2. We’d be glad to pray for you. If you need prayer, you can submit your prayer request via the following link: https://www.cbcgl.org/pray/
In Christ, your servant, SDG,
Rev. Dr. Nathan Willems
Associate Pastor of CrossPoint Community – A Ministry of CBCGL