Celebration New Year News!

We celebrate New Years day as our symbolic sending off party to 2016 and to signify living in the new year.  This is healthy and good unless we forget the lessons of the past year or the accomplishments or the successes.  There are many good things which happened at Celebration in 2016 and I will only mention one: Our Prayer Team prayed for almost twice as many people this year than last year!  People sent in prayer requests to us through email, texts,or the Communication Cards.  Our team prayed for each one!  Remember the good things of last year and know you are prayed for all the time!

1.  EVENTS TO REMEMBER

Jan. 8, Adult Sunday School resumes, 9:00AM.
Jan. 9, Council/Vision Team Meeting, 6:30PM at church
Jan. 11, Student Ministries at Calvin Church on Norton Ave, 6:30PM.
Jan. 11, Book Club, 6:30PM.  Meet at the Grand Traverse Pie Co. as we discuss "The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry" by Gabrielle Zevin.
Jan. 18, Baby Basics/Women's Bible Study, 10:00/10:30AM.
Jan. 24, Pray for Muskegon
Jan. 29, Muskegon Area Praise and Prayer Event, 6:00-7:30PM, at Orchard View High School.
Feb. 2, Classis Muskegon meeting at church.
Feb. 25, Annual Wild Game Dinner

2. SUNDAY - “The Land Between.”   Our lives are quite similar to God’s people when they left Egypt for a promised home of paradise.  Life changes has led us away from our comfort zone, what we knew as "home."  Now we are in the middle between what we knew and a new destination, a new "home."  Invite a friend to join us as we hear what God has to say about our present reality in the Land Between!  Sunday: "Resistance" (Exodus 5:1-9)

3. PRAYERS

• Praise God for birthdays and another new year to live and breathe.
• "Pray for my children and family."
• Pray for God to work in the families to make Christ the center of it.
• Pray for those who struggle against temptations.  May God give them his strength to resist.
• Pray for renewed health this year: spiritually, physically, emotionally, and intellectually.
• Pray for Ruth Hinajosa's brother who is in ICU in Kalamazoo.
• "Pray for couples who are struggling."
• Pray for healthy pregnancies.
• Pray for Ray Anderson who was at Hackley Hospital with pneumonia.  He was scheduled to go home today.
• Praise God for good conversations during Christmas gatherings.
• Praise God for continued rehabilitation for Charles Serene after knee surgery last month.
• Praise God for patience and love in families which covers many hard feelings.
• Praise God for Thelma's friend Lonnie whose 5 by-pass heart surgery went well.  He is still in ICU and his recovery will be long.  May God bring healing!
• Pray for students who are considering Jesus as the leader of their life.  May God give them the peace which passes all understanding.
• Pray for families who are tired and worn out after Christmas parties.
• Pray for Lonnie (Thelma's neighbor) who was to have heart surgery on Tuesday.
• Pray for a smooth and peaceful transition of the president.
• Pray that evil hate speech will stop.
• Pray for the president elect that God will guide him and he will be humble enough to take good advice from his advisers.
• Pray for revival in the land!
• Pray for Stephen in dealing with feelings with loneliness and his journey back to you.

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Pastor Matt Eenigenburg
Celebration Community Church
1260 W. Sherman Blvd.                            
Muskegon, MI 49441
www.celebrationmuskegon.org
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