Prayer Requests
Place in the offering boxes near the Worship Center doors or at the Welcome Center.
□ For Prayer Team
□ Confidential
This Week at ACV:
Sunday - December 18th 8:45 AM Worship Team Rehearsal - WC 10:00 AM Church Service - WC Monday - December 19th 11:30 AM J.O.Y. Group Lunch - GR Tuesday - December 20th 9:00 AM Women’s Prayer Group - C Wednesday - December 21st 6:45 PM AWANA 6:45 PM Adult Bible Studies 7:00 PM Youth Group -SC Thursday - December 22nd 1:00 PM Women’s Bible Study - JG 5:00 PM Open Arms Dinner - GR Saturday - December 24th 7:00 AM Men’s Group - CR 4:30 PM Christmas Eve Service - WC WC-Worship Center CR-Conference Room SC-Student Center JG- Joy Group Class
GR- Great Room D- Classroom D C-Classroom C
Our Staff: Comments:
Jeff Naegelen, Lead Pastor - jeff@stcroixalliance.com Chris Folkestad, Co-Lead Pastor - chris@stcroixalliance.com Brandi Hacken, Administrative Assistant - office@stcroixalliance.com
Looking Ahead December 19th December 22nd December 24th December 25th January 21st February 4th March 24th-25th
December 18th , 2022 J.O.Y. Group Lunch Open Arms Dinner Christmas Eve Service Christmas Service Women’s Dinner of 6 Men’s Retreat Women’s Retreat
Next Sunday, December 25th, 2022 Greeters: Cindy McLane Nursery: No Nursery Children’s Church: No Children’s Church
Stewardship Update Attendance for December 11th, 2022 Service: 252 Giving for December 11th, 2022: General Fund Weekly Budget
$
11,604.21
General Fund Giving
$
9,886.00
Missions Giving
$
415.00
Year to Date Missions Giving
$
11,925.00
Last Year to Date Missions Giving
$
12,806.00
Parsonage Window Fund
$
685.00
General Fund Budget (thru 19 wk) General Fund Offerings (thru 19 wk)
$ 220,479.99 $ 190,199.15
Thank you for your faithful generosity! At this time, we encourage online giving, USPS mail or you may use the boxes near the entrances to the Worship Center.
Alliance Church of the Valley | 1259 State Road 35, St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-1100 | stcroixalliance.com | Alliance Church of the Valley
Welcome to Alliance Church of the Valley! We’re glad you’re here.
2022
Koinonia Café Open
10:00 AM Worship Service Cry Room/Nursing Mother’s Room A glass enclosed
sound proof room is available at the back of the upper level of the worship center for parents with children or nursing mothers. It contains a direct audio feed from the sound booth.
Nursery: 10:00 AM Our well staffed nursery is available on the upper level across from the Worship Center doors for children who are infants to 36 months.
Children’s Church 10:00 AM
provides an age appropriate learning environment for our families in Classroom #3 on the lower level. Kids age 3 – 6 years old are welcome to participate. Please arrive prior to the start of service.
SERMON Sermon Series: Advent - Love Sunday, December 18th, 2022 Text: John 3:16 & 1 John 4:7-12 Title: You Can’t Have Christmas Without Love Speaker: Pastor Jeff Naegelen
Advent Service
Advent Family This week the Proteaux family will be reading from 1 Chronicals 16:28-34, John 3:16 and 1 John 4:7-12 for Advent. Then the candles for Hope, Peace, Joy and Love will be lit.
Connecting with our Church Family
Christmas Service Schedule Here is the Church’s Schedule: December 24th: 4:00pm Prelude Music 4:30pm Service December 25th: 10:00am Service No Sunday School No Children’s Church No Nursery January 1st: No Sunday School
VISITORS -
We are so glad you’ve come this morning to seek the Lord Jesus Christ and worship Him together with us. Please take a moment to complete the Connection Card attached to this worship folder. After doing so, tear it off and bring it to the Information Center in the lobby to receive a complimentary gift bag and information about the ministries of our church.
Christmas Services We will be having one service on Christmas Eve at 4:30 pm, prelude music starts at 4:00pm. There will be one service Christmas morning at 10:00 am. We encourage you to invite your friends and family to these services to come and worship together. Make this the family tradition you will have memories of for years to come. If you are traveling and out of town that weekend, don't worry we will be streaming both services online. We have also made these dates events on Facebook, to help share them with friends and family. Merry Christmas and we can't wait to see you there!
MASK’d – There will be a break for MASK’d meetings for the next couple of weeks. We look forward to resuming prayer January 15th. Women’s Ministry Save the date for our first women’s event of 2023! On January 21st we will kick off our first series of Dinners of 6. We are currently in need of 6-8 women able to host in their homes. If you are interested in hosting, please contact Kate Thompson at jkm2c2@protonmail.com. We also have a sign up to attend the dinner online and at the Welcome Center. J.O.Y. Group (55+) Due to the last week’s weather the J.O.Y. Group’s Lunch has been postponed and rescheduled for Monday December 19th. We can’t wait to se you there. Men’s Retreat Save the date! The No Regret’s Men’s Conference will be February 4th, 2023. There is a sign up sheet at the Welcome Center or online registration available on our website. 40 Days of Prayer Coming in January we will be starting the 40 Days of Prayer. More information to come.
Newcomers Lunch We are inviting new people who have made Alliance Church of the Valley their home church to a lunch with the Pastors and the church staff. Please join us January 8th at 11:30 am in the Student Center for a free lunch and fun fellowship. There is a sign up at the Welcome Center for those interested.
Connecting with the Community
Open Arms Dinner Please join us for our next Open Arms dinner on December 22nd from 5:006:30pm. They will be serving up a delicious Christmas meal, Year End Gift and no clean up for you! We The Pastoral Staff and Elder are collecting non-perishable Board would like to say “Thank food items to give to families in you for your continued giving of need during the dinner. If you your tithes and offerings to the would like to help please drop Lord, and especially over the off any donations at the office. last month.” As the end of the Thank you. Don’t forget to year approaches you may be invite family and friends to the considering giving a “year end” Open Arms Dinner. financial gift. This would be greatly appreciated and would help us to be caught up in our Youth Group budgeted needs. All gifts for 2022 need to be into the office Save the date! The High School Retreat, Oasis will be or postmarked by December 31, 2022. Church offices will be January 27-29th, 2023. Cost open until 5:00pm on December will be $120 and registration 30th. Thank you in advance for needs to be in to Pastor Chris by January 11th, 2023. your faithful generosity.
Youth Ministry
Youth Pastor Search Our position opening for a Youth Pastor has been posted on our National Website, our District Website and several other sites that potential applicants may search. Pastor Jeff & Pastor Chris have had several inquiries and interviews, and would request that you, the congregation, would join us in praying for God to guide us in this search process, and for the Lord to continue to bless our current volunteer leaders and the Student Ministry.
Children’s Ministry
AWANA This week is the Family Christmas Party at AWANA. AWANA is from 6:45-8:15 pm. All family is invited to attend a special event at 7:40 pm. Reminder Christmas break for AWANA is December 28th and January 4th.
Connection Card
Please sign, tear off, and place in the offering.
□ 1st time guest □ 2nd time guest □ 3rd time guest □ Regular attender □ Member □ Visiting with family/friends □ New Address/Phone #/Email Name_______________________________
Address_____________________________ City/State____________________________ Zip__________Phone__________________ Email:_______________________________
□ Jr./Sr. High □ College, 18-24 □ 20-30’s
Age Group
□ 40-50’s □ 60-70’s □ 80+
Name(s) of children living at home and ages: ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ I’d like information on…
□ How to begin a relationship with Christ □ How to become a member □ Youth Ministries □ Children’s Ministries □ Small Groups (Life Group) □ Interested in Baptism □ Women’s Bible Study □ Men’s Ministries □ Music Opportunities □ I’d like to talk to a pastor □ I’d like to subscribe to the newsletter □ Volunteering in :______________ □ Other__________________________
12/18/22