Announcements – November 22, 2024

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Beloved Ones in the Lord,
Whenever you purchase something brand new, it might be a watch, a microwave, or an automobile, the ‘newness’ of it not only relates to its recent construction in the factory, but also to its new features.  It is these advanced capabilities that make it both better and newer than the old item that you have replaced.
For the last few weeks we have been carefully examining the ‘features’ of what the Old Testament prophet Jeremiah called “the new covenant,” and what the prophet Ezekiel has also identified as “the covenant of peace.”  This brand new covenantal plan, unilateral and unconditional in nature, finds its grand fulfillment in the ministry of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Divine Shepherd-King, who has redeemed (and is even now redeeming) His lost sheep by means of His bloody cross and empty tomb.
In Ezekiel 36:24-28, the new and superior ‘features’ of this covenant are laid out in a beautiful catalog of God’s sovereign mercy and grace:
One: He will regather scattered and captive Israel and bring her back home.
Two: He will cleanse away the deep stains of Israel’s many transgressions.
Three: He will grant the regathered and cleansed people a new heart and spirit.
Four: He will place His very own Holy Spirit within each of them.
Five: He will prompt and empower their glad obedience to His will.
Six: And finally, He will make them “My people” for all eternity, and they will live in the land originally promised to Abraham and his descendants forever.
This coming Sunday, we will look carefully at that fourth amazing feature of the “new covenant,” and its corresponding result, which is made clear in the fifth new element. We find these set out for us in verse 27:
“And I will put My Spirit within you and bring it about that you walk in My statutes, and are careful and follow My ordinances.”
What an unthinkable promise, that the Spirit of the holy, transcendent, and all-glorious eternal God would reside in each of us!  Such thought is too wonderful indeed!
I love you all so dearly, and I hope to see you this Lord’s Day!
Mike


ANNOUNCEMENTS

College Care Packages – This Sunday is the last day to donate! Please consider serving our college students by donating items for student care packages. The donation bin is located in the foyer of the church.

Thanksgiving Meals – If you are single or a couple who will not be with family for Thanksgiving, please contact Tina Alhorn. There are church families who would love for you to join them for Thanksgiving. Also, if you would like to host someone, contact Tina.

Huntsville Pregnancy Resource Center – Christ Pres is collecting needed items for HPRC. There is a donation bin in the foyer of the church through Sunday, December 1st. Contact Tina Alhorn for more details. Immediate need items are: All boy clothing – all sizes (sleepers, onesies, pants, shorts, socks), baby towels and washcloth sets, bottle sets, baby bath and lotion, and baby blankets.

Children’s Ministry – RSVP for Christmas caroling on December 18th. Please see email for details.

Women’s Ministry
 • Women’s Ministry Christmas Dinner – Tuesday, December 10th at the Cooper House. Deadline to register is December 3rd. If you need assistance getting registered, please see Cynthia Keen.
• The ladies first Thursday luncheon will NOT meet on December 5th.  We will resume the luncheons in January.
• Tuesday morning study meets at 9:30am at the church (Childcare provided).
• Senior Sisters monthly meeting is on the third Thursday from 10-11:30am.
• Senior Sisters weekly exercise class meets Tuesdays at the church, 10:00 to 11:30am.

Men’s Ministry
• Men’s Tuesday Devotion/Prayer will meet again on December 3rd at 6:30am at the office of Paul Matheny. Please contact Adam Turnbull with questions.
• Men’s Friday Bible study meets 11:30am – 12:30pm studying The Revelation.
• Senior Fellows – Next breakfast will be at 9:00am on Tuesday, December 3rd.

Youth Ministry
• Our youth will box up our college care packages this Sunday evening from 4:30 to 6:30 at the home of Jeff and Denise Brown. Dinner will be provided.
• The annual Providence Presbytery youth Roots retreat will be on January 24th – 26th at CampToKnowHim. Please contact Gannon Miles for details and registration.

Career Ministry – Bible study & fellowship meets at the home of Jim and Sharon Daughtry, Sundays at 7pm.

See christpreshamptoncove.org for detailed news and upcoming events.

PRAYER REQUESTS

Care and Healing – Please pray for the health of the following individuals: Collins Bailey, Maurice Belrose, Bill Cowley, Amy Fortenberry, Ken Galecki (brother of Leon Galecki), Sonny Henry, Elizabeth Holton, Ned Nuwayhid, Joe Sims, and Steve Terry

Expecting – Please pray for the Bucks and Butlers due in April.

Ministries: Please pray for the following missionaries and ministries:
• Seth and Jessica Lewis (Ireland)
• Steve and Rita Williams (New Zealand)
• Noah and Karleigh Stephens (Thailand)
• Vinnie and Molly Athey (RUF at UAH)
• Marcus and Jessica Nobles (RUF at Alabama A&M)
• Ken and Angie Burnett (FCA)
• Franky and Alaina Garcia (church plant in Canada)
• Dieter and Marty Paulson (church plant in Scottsboro, AL)
• The Huntsville Pregnancy Resource Center
• Adam & Lisa Venable (Southside Presbyterian Church)