Morning Worship 9:00 a.m.                                                                                         "Original Church Dedicated in 1926"
Junior Church and Nursery are provided during Worship                                        "New Church   Dedicated May 26, 1991"
Sunday School at 10:30 a.m. for all ages

 

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PLEASE NOTE :

If you have been exposed to someone with Covid or are feeling ill we are asking you not to come to church, but to join us on FACEBOOK or Youtube for worship.



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 If you would like a copy of this past weeks sermon notes, please email your request to:  mpeton@verizon.net and we will send you the information. 

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This Weeks Memory Verse

Honor her for all that her hands have done, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.   Proverbs 31:31
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2024 Prayer Families
for the
Month 



December

  1st:  Mike & Kathy Brashear & Family
8th:  Clare & Wendy Bargerstock
15th:  Mike & Helen Yingling
22nd:  Penny Rosebuck
29th:  Greg & Dana  Check & Marlene Evans








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          NEW YOUTH               MINISTRY IN ACTION    (NYMIA)

If your not here your Missing In Action!

Press the X-factor tab at
 the top of this page to go to the Youth Page. 
Once on the Youth Page To activate the Virtual Room click the link above the room.


All Youth
Note we have changed our Name
to "NYMIA"
New Youth Ministry In Action

  X-Factor
is still a base for our teaching.

eXtreme
F-aith
A-cceptance
C-ourage
T-eachings
O-bedience
R-eward

MEETING THE 1ST & 3RD SUNDAYS OF EACH MONTH FROM 4:00 - 5:30 PM


To our Youth:
Look for Monthly Newsletters they are in our vitual room in the upper left hand corner in the picture banner of NYMIA. 
Click on picture to open news letter.
Check out the Youth Page!

Keep Studying the
Books of the Bible!


(see the x-factor tab at the top of this page- this link will take you to the recipe so that you can have all ingredients ready to go! 
Invite and friend or too participate.)
Check out the Recipe box on the sofa in our
Virtual Room.


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UPCOMING EVENTS

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Hanging of the Greens
November 30th
4:00 PM
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BAMA Food For Falcon's Drive
 
DECEMBER
Pudding Cups & Slim Jims or Meat Sticks

Packing for the Food for Falcon's will be Tuesday
December 3rd at 3 PM at Brownsville
First Christian Church

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CAROLING
at Uniontown Health & Rehab
Saturday December 14th 
2:00 PM

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CHURCH CHRISTMAS PARTY
SUNDAY DECEMBER 15TH
4:OO PM
Bring your favorite covered dish
will also be revealing
the Secret Sisters

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CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE
Tuesday December 24th  8:00 pm
Bring a Friend

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Fayette Friends of Animals
Wish List:

Joy or Dawn Liquid Detergent
Paper towels   
Chlorox Bleach

Liquid Laundry Detergent
          Rescue Cleaner  
Mops and Mop Heads

39 Gallon Trash Bags
Van Cleaning Supplies
Stamp & Envelopes
Friskies Canned or Dry Food
Fancy Feast Kitten Wet Food
Purina One Chicken & Rice or Lamb
No Scent Clumping Kitty Litter
Walmart Gift Cards  Gas Cards



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Tithes & Offerings
can be mailed to
PO Box 387
Allison, PA 15413

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Bible Study
7:00 pm


Monday  Sept 30th 7:00 pm
Monday Oct 21st 7:00 pm



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Bucks-in-a-Basket
Benefits our
Compassion Children
One child lives in Africa and
 one in Kentucky

Sunday December 15th


Donations can be sent
with your offering
Please mark for Special Offering for
Compassion Children


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EVANGELISM VISITATION

Tuesday - 6:30 pm
December 17th



If you or someone you know
would like prayer please call Pasor Mike.


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CHOIR PRACTICE
Some Day We'll Sing Again in Church - LOL

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BOARD MEETINGS

Tuesday - December 10th - 7:00 pm
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Shut-In Visit

If you or Anyone you know
would like a visit
Please Call Pastor Mike

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Library News

There are a lot of good books
in our library. 
All books are free to take out. 
Just fill out the library card and place it in the Book Out Box.  Happy Reading!

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BULLETIN SPONSORS FOR 2024
$16 A MONTH


December
Joyce Hampton in Memory of Darlene Hampton




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NEWSLETTER SPONSORS FOR 2024 - $16.00 A MONTH

December
Lana Konopka in Memory of Father Philip Scabis



JUNIOR CHURCH SCHEDULE
2024


December
1st:  Lana Konopka
8th:  Nancy Evans
15th:  Nicholas Rosneck
22nd:  CHRISTMAS
29th:  Paul Rosneck

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WORSHIP LEADER 2024



December          Rick Marker


 
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DIACONATE  (Offering) SCHEDULE 2024



December
    Tracy Glidden
Alternate:  Paul Rosneck

           

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GREETERS  2024


December
    Nancy Evans



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PREPARERS  2024

December
         Chuck McCormick & Tracy Glidden

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ELDERS SCHEDULE:  
2024



December 1st & 8th:
Will Chambers & Rick Marker
December 15th & 22nd:
Stephanie McCormick & Carol Ludwig
December 29th
Bob Peton & Nicholas Rosneck


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CHILD PROTECTIVE CLEARANCES

The State of Pennsylvania is requiring all people within the Church who come in direct contact with children to have
Protective Clearances done. 
There are two forms that need sent in.
You can do this on line at
www.compass.state.pa.us/CWIS 
and the state police website - Form SP4-164
The cost is $10.00 for each form.

Please do this ASAP and give your
clearances to Lori.
 
If you are an Elected Board Officer, Junior Church Leader, Sunday School Teacher, Youth Group Leader and Pastor, you are required to file for clearances.  See Lori for forms or you can go to the websites and register.  The cost is $20.00 for both.
If you are unable to cover the cost
see Pastor Mike.

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CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

Donations are being accepted for the Capital Campaign.  Our goal is $50,000
The funds will go toward a new roof and general church repair projects. You can mail you special donation to:

Allison Christian Church 

PO Box 387 

Allison, PA 15413

Mark your check:

ATTN. CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

Thank you and God Bless you for your donations.

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"Imagine A Church"

Imagine a church that welcomes you regardless of your age, your looks, the clothes you wear, the amount of money you have, your past experiences, your stage in life or your stage in the journey of faith.
Imagine a church that is amazed by your God given gifts and talents and is eager to help you use them to make the community and world around you better. 
 
Image a church that could step outside the norm, embracing new technology and ideas, while also staying true to a sound Biblical foundation.
 
Imagine a church that challenges the status quo in its Christian life by studying, praying, practicing, and praising with receptive hunger that grows deeper every day.
 
Image a church that seizes the opportunity to make a positive impact in the community through service and spreading the message of hope of Jesus Christ to others.  
 
Imagine a church where strangers and guests are united as a family and want to nurture one another in their spiritual growth. 
 
Our vision is that your imagination becomes reality as we seek to Exalt God!
 
We invite you to join us for our worship service this Sunday morning at 9:00 a.m.!

Don't forget to LIKE US on Facebook & Youtube!!

 
We invite you and your family to come join us as we worship the Lord.                              All are welcome to partake in communion each sunday.                                      Nursery and Junior Church are provided.

"Train up a child in the way he shall go and he will not depart from it."     Proverbs 22:6
   
Pastor Michael Peton

Rejoice in the Lord Always!
 
 
"FOOD FOR THOUGHT"

LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS SPIDER

How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace.  Romans 10:15

A long time ago in Germany a mother was busily cleaning for Christmas.  The spiders fled upstairs to the attic to escap the broom.  When the house became quiet the spiders slowly crept downstairs for a peak.  Oh what a beautiful tree!  In their excitment they scurried up the trunk and out along each branch.  They were filled with happiness as they climbed amongst the glittering beauty.  But alas! By the time they were through climbing, the tree was completely shrouded in their dusty gray spider web.  Then Santa Claus came with the gifts for the children and saw the tree covered with spider webs he smiled as he saw how happy thge spiders were, but knew how heartbroken the mother would be if she saw the tree covered with the dusty webs.  So, he turned the webs to silver and gold.  The tree sparkled and simmered and was even more beautiful than before.  that's why we have tinsel on our trees and every tree should have a Christmas spider in it's branches.

HOLY NIGHT

Hush, The Baby sleeps
In the arms of His loving mother,
The night is still
And the beasts of the stable
hover near
In soundless adoration.

Hush,
The world's asleep
In the dreams of this loving infant,
And our Hearts are still
In boundles adoration.

Sleep, Child, sleep
Your sleep of purity,
Sleep, world, sleep
In God's security.   
   
                            Van Varner
      

Lamentations 3:21-24

But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope. The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases,
His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness.
"The Lord is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in him."




Prayer:

Should your path be obscured with darkness,
I pray that God's grace light up your path.
Should your heart be burdened with fear,
I pray that you reach out for His Hands and let it guide you.
Should your hands feel empty and your struggles pushing you to the ground
I pray that you find His Love and let it fill the void in your soul.

                                                                                                                                                 
DAILY PRAYER:  Lord God, I come before you praising you and thanking you for your Son, our Savior. 
Open my heart and mind to the understanding of your word. 
Help me to press on in the studying
of Your Word. 
May my light always shine bright for you.  Strengthen my prayer time, and help me to become a mighty warrior in prayer.  Strengthen my fellowship with other believers. Help me to share your great love with others.
Give me a true heart of worship and help me to be obedient to your word and callings on my life. May my love for others be selfless, and my heart never be shut when I see a brother or sister in need or lonely.  Remove all fear and anxiety caused in this world today from me. Help me to share your love with the world.  All this I ask in Your Precious Holy Name.  Amen.



8 keys to a more powerful prayer life in 2024


I love Luke 5:16 because it shows that just like you and me, Jesus needed a break from the demands of his busy life to recharge his batteries and spend time with his Heavenly Father. The life of Christ is intended to give us examples we
can follow and learn from. So, even though he was God incarnate, Jesus didn't draw on his superpowers as the Son of God when it came to facing life's challenges. Instead, when he was exhausted or burdened or in need of spiritual refreshment, he would "slip away" to pray plugging into the power, perception, and purpose that can only be found in God's presence.

But Jesus Himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray.
Luke 5:16, AMP
Prayer is one of the most powerful weapons God has given us, and looking ahead at 2023,
I believe it has never been more important for God's people to be on our knees. knowing how to pray is not always easy. Jesus' disciples felt the same confusion. They were familiar with the oft-repeated prayers of the Torah. But Jesus prayed with a kind of authority and power they had never seen before as God was listening! So when they came to Jesus, as told in Matthew 6, they didn't say, "Teach us another prayer. They said, Lord teach us to pray.

The Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13) is Christ's response. It is a beautiful prayer and one that every Christian should hide in their heart l challenged my granddaughter to memorize it. But elegant as the words are, I do not believe Jesus intended it to become another ritualistic prayer. Rather, it was to be an example of how to pray.


This, then, is how you should pray:
Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name,
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our treaspasses
as we forgiven those who treaspass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil
for thine is the Kingdom
and the Power and
 the Glory forever. Amen.
Matthew 6:9-13, KJV

Here are eight keys that have helped me develop a more powerful and effective prayer life.
I hope they will encourage you to make 2023 a year of prayer.

1. Know to whom you are speaking.

Prayer is a conversation with God, and every conversation begins by addressing the person to whom you are speaking by name. Jesus begins with Our Father in heaven. He focuses on a distinct person the heavenly Father with whom he has a personal relationship. We share the same right to call God Father and there are times when we need to talk with our Abba Father, Daddy God. But God is three distinct persons in One: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

I find it helpful in my prayer times to focus on which of the Holy Trinity I need to talk to. Often I talk to Jesus, the friend who is closer than a brother and the Savior of my soul. Other times I cry out to the Holy Spirit, who fills and empowers me to do the tasks Father God has called me to do. Having a distinct sense of who I am speaking to helps me formulate what I want to say and how I want to say it.

2. Thank him.

A heartfelt thank you is always a great conversation starter. Like any parent, God loves to see that we have grateful hearts. But more importantly, as we take the time to praise God for all He has done in the past the answered prayers, the impossible situations overcome, the healings and grace our faith to believe for even greater answers to prayer grows stronger and more confident. Praise opens the gates of heaven and should always be part of our alone time with God.

3. Ask for God's will.

The Lord's Prayer is not the only place where Jesus role-modeled a heart of obedience and submission to the will of God over his own desires and needs. In the Garden of Gethsemane, only hours before Jesus' crucifixion, he would once again pray, not my will, but yours be done. In a world where right and wrong are frequently confused and the future is so uncertain, it can be hard to know how to pray or what to ask for when difficult circumstances arise. But the one thing
we can know with absolute certainty is that God's plan for those who love him is good, and the safest place we can be is in the center of his divine will.

4. Say what you need.

In Jesus' time, bread was a staple one of the most basic needs of life and he did not hesitate to ask God to provide it.
But we often hesitate to bother God with the little things we need, thinking he shouldn't be bothered. And when the big problems come, we try everything we can to solve the problem before we think to pray. The Bible says, you do not have because you do not ask God. So never hesitate to ask God for what you need in 2023. Your Father in heaven delights to give you good gifts.

5. Ask for forgiveness.

James 5:16 reminds us that if we want our prayers to be heard, our hearts need to be right with God and with one another. If you feel your prayers are bouncing off the ceiling, take some time to check your heart.

6. Pray with a friend.

There is power in agreement when we pray in Jesus name. When I have an urgent need to take before the throne of God, I will often call a friend to pray with me.  If you don't already have one, make finding a trusted prayer partner one of your goals in 2023.

7. Pray the Word.

My mother was a spiritual prayer warrior, and much that I know about prayer I learned from her.
I loved to listen to her pray because for every need or situation, she would claim a scripture of promise. The Word of God has power and is our great spiritual weapon, Mama would say. "Pray the Word, Pray the Word.

Jesus did the same when he was tempted by Satan in the wilderness (see Luke 4:1-12). He was the Son of God, but he did not use his divine authority. Instead, he used the authority of the Scriptures.

8. Memorize Scripture.

The most important key to a vibrant prayer life is to understand our spiritual authority in Christ as explained in the Scriptures. The only way to do that is to become intimately familiar with the Bible. Even a few minutes a day in the Word of God will add strength and authority to your prayers in 2023.


If you have a minute check out this inspiring video on prayer - "The Moment When Faith Kicks In"
copy and paste this link:  https://youtu.be/wXagfyD5Kwk
   (It is 3 minutes 25 seconds long.)



If you're in a hurry, use this list to jump to a Specific Prayer idea:

  1. Praise God for Who He Is
  2. Thank God for What He Has Done
  3. Pray that You Remember Gods Love and Grace for You
  4. Pray That You Would Love Your Neighbors
  5. Talk to God About Someone in Need
  6. Pray for Someone Who Does Not Yet Know Jesus
  7. Pray That You Would Love Your Enemies
  8. Pray That You Would Give Your Time, Money and Energy
  9. Pray for Your Church or Christian Community
  10. Pray for Your City and Nation
  11. Pray for Civic and National Leaders
  12. Pray for Kindness
  13. Pray for Humility
  14. Pray for Teachability
  15. Pray for The Ability to Forgive
  16. Pray for Obedience
  17. Pray for Your Mind to Be Renewed
  18. Pray for Purity
  19. Pray for Responsibility
  20. Pray for Courage
  21. Pray for Hope





Three Approaches to Reading the Bible

There are many ways to read the Bible, but these three methods work and they will bear fruit.  If you are not reading God's Word daily right now, that can change by using one of these simple plans or approaches.  Depending on your daily schedule, you can pick a way to read the Bible that works best for you.  Enjoy your reading!


(1) PICK A BOOK
Other than reading the Bible straight through from Genesis to Revelation, choosing a book of the Bible is the easiest
way to begin.  But you can choose the books you read based on length or based on subject matter.

BOOKS BY LENGTH:
The greastest sense of accomplishment will come by starting with short books rather than long ones.  Obadiah, Philemon, and Jude each have one chapter; Ruth, several of the Minor Prophets, and some of Paul's epistles have fewer than five chapters, and so on.  It is better to start small and be encouraged by your accomplishment than to start big
(like with Deuteronomy, Isaiah, Jeremiah, or Revelation) and grow discouraged.  An advantage of this approach is that it requires no other study aids.  The Bible is all you need.

BOOKS BY SUBJECT MATTER:
The Bible contains five broad categoreis of subject matter that could be chosen based on personal interest or perference:

HISTORY:  Genesis - Esther plus Acts (Written in narrative, historical style)

WISDOM/POETRY:  Job - Song of Songs (Full of poetic imagery)

PROPHETIC/APOCALYPTIC:  Isaiah - Malachi plus Revelation (The most challenging subject matter)

GOSPELS Matthew - John (Mark is shortest; John is thematic rather than biographical)

EPIESTLES:  Romans - Jude (practical theology and instruction for the Christian life)

(2) PICK A TOPIC
There is no shortage of topics one could choose to read about in the Bible.  The two broadest being a subject or a person(s):

SUBJECTS:  Read about love, war, sex, discipline, creation, wisdom, judgment, money, angels, marriage, children, anger, and the list goes on.  Pick a subject that interests you, or about which you have quetions, and pursue it in an open-ended fashion.  Or, purpose to study a subject-a-month for a year.  Reading just 15 minutes a day for 30 days equals 7.5 hours - a mini-course in a topic related to your life.

PEOPLE:  Read about Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon, Jesus' disciples (by name or as a group), Paul, Peter, John Barnabas, one of several Marys -- and more.

For a subject or character study, you will need some sort of topical study guide or a Bible concordance (either or both are found in many of today's study Bibles).  A topical study guide will group relevant passages together for you; a concordance will list every verse in which "love/loves" or "Abraham" is mentioned.  Then, it is simply a matter of reading through all of the relevant verses.

(3) PICK A PURPOSE
This approach allows you to embrace the purpose for which certain parts of the Bible were written.  For instance . . .

PSALMS - staying focused on (worshipping) God in the midst of life's trials.

PROVERBS - gaining wisdom needed to live a skillful godly life.

SONG OF SONGS - exploring the depths of marital love and romance.

ECCLESIASTES - understanding why the world can't satisfy man's deepest longings.

DANIEL - Examining evidence that God rules the world and the affairs of kings.

MATTHEW - proving to a Jewish audience that Jesus was the Messiah.

JOHN - demonstrating that Jesus was the divine Son of God.

ACTS - relating a record of the supernatural explosion of the early Church.

1 CORINTHIANS - answering a variety of questions about Christian living.

REVELATION - outlining God's victorious plan for the end of the present age.

Each of the above three approaches works well when you designate a specific amount of time to study every day.
Begin reading, mark your place at the end of the allotted time and continue reading the next day.

Make time for GOD's Word!