Celebration Midweek - November 24

This is an extremely busy week so here are your 5 things to know for this week!

1. Thanksgiving Eve Service, Wednesday, November 27 at 7PM. Gather together to give thanks to God with our families, including our church family. Consider bringing a non-perishable food item to church that will be used in the food basket for our adopted family. Our evening services are always touching and worshipful.

2. Bobby Kenny - Our giant doorman/umbrella holder/bouncer/teddy bear/friend who we lovingly know as Bobby Kenny died yesterday, Monday. We will have a luncheon in honor of Bobby on Friday, November 29 at 1:30PM at Celebration Community Church. Please bring your stories and pictures of Bobby to the luncheon to share with others.

3. Sunday - We begin our Advent series that will highlight how the darkness of our world is shattered by the light of Christmas. This Sunday will be how out of the Darkness of Despair comes the Light of Hope! (Isaiah 9:1-7)

4. Adopt a Family - We ran out of gift tags in a record 10 minutes! We have another family that we will sponsor this year for Christmas. The gift tags will be on the tree for Sunday. Also, bring a non-perishable food item to church at our Thanksgiving Eve service that will be used in the food basket for our adopted family. Other questions, contact Cheryl Ferguson or the church office.

5. Prayers - We have a very lengthy prayer list this week. Please pray for:
- The many people who suffer from depression and heart ache during the holidays.
- The family of Bobby Kenney especially his son Shaun.
- Tammy Postma as sheis in the middle of a divorce she does not want.
- Heather DeBoer (daughter-in-law of Dick and Sue) that the doctors in Ann Arbor reach a diagnosis and are able to treat her.
- Have a prayer of praise that God provides in timely ways especially in ways we are not anticipating.
- People who are traveling, coming home for the holidays.
- Robin Busch, Tim Bosma's sister as she goes through treatment for esophageal cancer. Prayer of praise that she is feeling better after her first chemo treatment.
- Prayer of thankfulness from Sherry Essenberg for answered prayers for family and friends.
- Prayer of praise for Holly's friend Aimee. Her power came back on the night before her surgery. She had her surgery and it was very successful and she is recovering nicely in her own home.
- The families in Illinois in your prayers as they rebuild after the tornados.
- Reye's nieces, Delilah and Sevonney they are both hospitalized for health issues.


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Pastor Matt Eenigenburg
Celebration Community Church
1260 W. Sherman Blvd.
Muskegon, MI 49441
www.celebrationmuskegon.com/
www.facebook.com/celebration.muskegon
(231) 571-4137

Celebration Midweek - November 20

As I type this email I hear the guys working on the roof! What a wonderful sound to hear! This cannot come soon enough since the last heavy rainstorm helped my office to develop a leak! Yea East Muskegon Roofing!

1. Thanksgiving Eve Service: Wednesday, November 27 at 7PM - Gather together next week to give thanks to God with our families including our church family. Consider bringing a non-perishable food item to church that will be used in the food basket for our adopted family. Our evening services are always touching and worshipful.

2. Annual Congregational Meeting: Sunday, December 15 - This meeting after the morning worship service is where we approve the budget and hear of other noteworthy information regarding Celebration.

3. Adopt a Family - We hope to have the gift tags on the Christmas tree this Sunday for our family from LoveINC. Bring a non-perishable food item to church at our Thanksgiving Eve service.  They will be used in the food basket for our adopted family. More? Contact Cheryl Ferguson or church office.

4. Prayers - Please be in prayer for:
- Those in our congregation who are in need. This is a very hard time of year for some.
- The Architect Input Team that meets on Monday. May the input given lead to the advancement of God's work at Celebration!
- Direction in reaching out to our community.
- The Peterman family. Jamie's father Norm has gone to be with Jesus.
- Those who have lost their homes, and those families who lost loved ones in the tornadoes in Illinois.
- Those suffering in the Philippines.
- Chris Nicholes and his new baby Nevaeh. Pray for their guidance, discernment and care.
- Makenna Hentschel. She is still having issues with bleeding on the brain as her mom struggles with maintaining a place for them to live.
- People at Celebration in our congregation facing difficult decisions.



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Pastor Matt Eenigenburg
Celebration Community Church
1260 W. Sherman Blvd.
Muskegon, MI 49441
www.celebrationmuskegon.com/
www.facebook.com/celebration.muskegon
(231) 571-4137

7 Things to Remember This Week at Celebration

If you are rushed today, read through the noteworthy items but then mark this email as unread. Come back to it later when you are not rushed and pray over each item in the prayer request section. WHY? There is a great difference between becoming informed of the needs of God's people and actually lifting them up to God.  Invest some time with God and bring up the cares of others too. "Come near to God and he will come near to you." (James 4:8)

1. Update - We have moved forward in the building process to work with Post Associates as our architectural firm. An Architect Input Team is being formed to make sure that the architect has the necessary information to make plans for the building both now and into the future.


2. Roof, Roof! - It is a happy day because we are going to have our roof replaced! The renovation is scheduled to start on Monday, November 19! There will more efficient insulation installed, a slope to the roof, and there should not be a need to find more buckets when it rains! Yea!

3. Great Chili Feed! - Thanks to all who entered a crockpot into the contest this past Sunday. It is always enjoyable to see tables full of food at church! The 2013 Champions are: White Chili = Nikki Rowell, Red Chili = Duane Blohm. Nicely done!

4. Adopt a Family - We will once again Adopt a Family for Christmas. Gift tags will be on the Christmas tree November 24th and we are asking that all gifts be wrapped and brought to the church by December 15. We will do a non-perishable food drive for the family at the Thanksgiving service.

5. Thanksgiving Service - As we gather together to give thanks with our families let us not forget to also come together with our church family. Join us Wednesday evening, November 27th at 7pm to give thanks to our Lord. Our evening services are always touching and worshipful.

6. Christmas Cookies - What better way to celebrate the Christmas season than with cookies. Each Sunday in December we will give you the opportunity to bring 2 dozen of your favorite Christmas cookies to enjoy after the morning worship service. There will be a sign-up sheet on the information table beginning November 24th.

7. Prayers - Here are some of our prayer concerns since last week. Please pray for:
- Brenda Doctor who is struggling with body pain and depression.
- Charlene's friend Pam whose husband Mike passed away this past week due to complications from having his gallbladder removed.
- Frank VanHees whose procedure was successful! Yea!
- Patti Lacy as she continues to search for a job.
- Those suffering in the Philippines due to the recent typhoon.
- Those in the process of making critical life decisions.
- Those struggling with alcoholism and other vices in their lives.
- Families caught in the difficult process of divorce.
- Rex LeaTrea (Nancy Bosma) is free of heart blockages and is now free to continue heart therapy and hunting!


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Pastor Matt Eenigenburg
Celebration Community Church
1260 W. Sherman Blvd.
Muskegon, MI 49441
www.celebrationmuskegon.com/
www.facebook.com/celebration.muskegon
(231) 571-4137

Celebration Midweek - Nov. 6

Hey Celebration! Happy Rainy Wednesday in the metropolis of Muskegon! Hopefully these bits of information will bring some sunshine into your life!

Sunday, November 10, Annual Chili Cook-Off - Come for the competition but stay to sample the great chilies for lunch! Bring a crock pot of chili even if you didn't sign up for the contest! These will be some of the best chilies you have ever tasted!

Sunday - Seriously speaking, who needs the church? What practical reasons would a person ever consider joining a church? Invite a friend Sunday who may be dealing with this topic. (Hebrews 10:19-25)

Prayers - We have a few prayer requests from Sunday. Please pray for:
- Paul Crum had surgery on his hand on Wednesday.
- Pastor Matt's neighbor Steve had his mother pass away on Tuesday.
- Pam Williamson as she continues to grieve over the loss of both of her parents during the past year and other stressors.
- Church construction as we move along with giving input to the architect.
- Nancy Bosma's friend Rosemary and her husband Tom who just lost Tom's mother.
- Michael and Rebecca. Michael is recovering from a heart aneurysm.
- The ladies attending the Decolores weekend in Grand Haven this coming weekend including Nancy Bosma.
- Steve DuRose's mother who was diagnosed with lymphoma.
- Those who are suffering with relationship heart aches and those going through divorce.

--Pastor Matt Eenigenburg
Celebration Community Church
1260 W. Sherman Blvd.
Muskegon, MI 49441
www.celebrationmuskegon.com/
www.facebook.com/celebration.muskegon
(231) 571-4137