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EVANGEL
OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF FIRST FREE CHURCH
CHRISTMAS FEST 2023! Dear Church Family Recognizing this year's signi cant transitions, we plan to o er a modi ed version of our Christmas Fest ministry outreach. Here is what we're planning:
DATE & TIME Friday, December 8th 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
God Didn’t Forget About You
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By Pastor Kevin Labby "See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are.” 1 John 3:1 When my kids were little, my wife and I occasionally took them out for ice cream cones. Sometimes, we'd drive to McDonald's or Dairy Queen, order the cones in a drive-thru, and then pass them back, one by one, to our four children, all sitting eagerly in the back of our minivan. Sitting in the far back, the two eldest kids usually got their cones rst. The middle waited in their car seats while delicious ice cream cones passed right over them. As you can imagine, that didn't go over very well - especially with the youngest. As they watched ice cream cones y over their head, their facial expressions changed to confusion, sadness, and sometimes ery anger. They would cry, yell, and pound their little hands on the car seat like a tiny Mussolini, thinking that we somehow overlooked them or were showing gross favoritism.
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We plan to pivot away from a musical stage production this year toward two showings of The Shepherd: A Story of the First Christmas by the producers of The Chosen (6:20 p.m. and 7:20 p.m.) It is approximately 19 minutes long. We will open these with a brief welcome from our pastors. We will then close each with a short gospel presentation followed by singing Christmas carols led by Nick Barilla, our Worship and Technical Arts Leader, some of our musicians, and an ensemble of on-platform carolers.
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November 2023 | VOLUME 49 | ISSUE NO.11