Worship Service

The Nursery is staffed today. Thank you, Gail Seebeck & Ellie Kmoch. Please sign your child in. 

Monday, Dec. 8th at 6:30 pm. Nominees for Deacons are Danielle Crom and Vern Pedelty. Nominees for Elder are Mike Ritter, Chuck Seebeck, and Dave Wharton. Absentee ballots are available at the connection center. 

Monday Night Football, Dec. 8th at 7:00 pm at church. Robert & Dane M. will be hosting. The Philadelphia Eagles vs. The LA Chargers!

Baptism: Little Scarlet Carman, daughter of Kara( Axdahl) and Trace, will be baptized on Sunday, December 14th. Kara is the daughter of Bob and Lori Axdahl.

Children’s Christmas Program: December 14th at 5:00 pm. Please come and support our young people.

Coffee N Chat will be meeting at Music Man Square, Wednesday, December 17th, at 9:30 am. Please enter at the east entrance.

Interested in finding Advent activities for your family? Check out “25 Days of the Christmas Story.” You can check it out of the church library.

Update on our Missionary Families giving: So far, we have blessed them with gifts of $1,268.74 to each of their Resonate Global Missions accounts! Let’s continue to bless their ministries in Nepal and South Africa. Denote “Missionary Families” in the memo line of your giving anytime throughout the year.

Special Offering for December is Northern Light Homeless Shelter.

December’s Ruby’s Pantry sign-up sheet is out at the Connection Center for Tuesday, December 9th. The Food Line Coordinator would like only a few people to be present at 1:00 p.m. to unload the truck. Unless you have signed up to unload the truck, please do not come until 2:00 p.m. for pre-bagging. There is also an early need for traffic control: we can utilize a few people early on and throughout the distribution - please refer to the sign-up sheet as well. Distribution will start at 4:00 pm. There will be a need for extra cookies and bars. If you can help out in this area, we’d sure love it! Thank you for volunteering!  We will be serving snacks/treats, pizza, and have bottled water available. Please remember to wear closed-toe shoes. Thanks!

Today, we will celebrate communion together. It is good to prepare ourselves for the Lord’s Supper. Think about your walk with God. Is there a sin to be confessed? Is the cleansing joy of God’s forgiveness in Christ a reality in your life? Are you, by the power of the Holy Spirit, living your life in Christ and to the glory of God? None of us is perfect but Christ’s sacrifice on the cross for us and the acceptance of His salvation allows us to respond to His invitation to come to His table. Welcome! (Grape juice is in the inner ring and wine is in the outside rings. Gluten-free bread available.)

Just a reminder: 

Office Hours are as follows:

Monday: OFF

Tuesday: 7:30 am -2:30 pm

Wednesday: 7:30 am -2:30 pm

Thursday: 7:30 am -2:30 pm

Friday: 7:30 am - 9:30 am

Want to make our guests feel welcome? Please put on a name tag. They are available at both entrances. Thanks!

 Reminder: If you are the last person leaving the church after any event or activity, Please remember to clean up; i.e. tables, chairs, and kitchen, turn off the lights, shut the windows, and lock the doors. Thank you Management

 If you unhook the chairs in the sanctuary, you must hook them up again! this is a safety issue. Thank you.

Church Cancellation Policy Updated: In case of a tornado watch or warning, all church activities and church services will be canceled. This is because we do not have a basement. If school is cancelled, all activities at church will be canceled as well. The final decision to cancel a church service will be made by the Elders. The VP of Council/Elders will initiate the calls and process to other Elders for discussion. Once it is determined that the service will be canceled, efforts by the Elders will be made to contact the congregation.

  Would you like access to the devotional offered by the church, please call 641-424-1369 or email the church secretary at racrcsec@msn.com.   

Have you checked out Missionary Corner? There are updates from our missionaries, the Klompien's, and the Hefler's. Copies are available for reading. Please take one and see how they have been sharing Christ’s love and mission

Reminder if you borrow tables and chairs from the church, please remember to follow equipment borrowing procedures.  Upon return, please make sure all items are clean and in good order.

 There are activity bags available for the children, during worship service. They are located next to the coat rack in a bin.