December Collection - Maintenance Fund - This fund pays for the daily operations of the church. After reviewing the expenses from the last couple of years, the suggested donation per person for maintenance is $400.

Sunday, 12/29

• Lunch provided by Clark & Lisa Leman

Tuesday, 12/31 - New Year’s Eve Service at 7:30pm - No Wednesday Night service this week.

Thursday, 1/2 - Funeral for Bob Scherer at 11:00 am, visitation prior to service 9:30 - 10:45

Young Group:

Tuesday, 12/31 - New Year’s Eve get together at Bloomington Fellowship Hall, check your email for details.

Elder Forums - Keep the Elders and Deacons in your prayers as they meet for forums in January. Specifically, pray for Bro. Frank (he will attend Jan. 3-4th) and Bro. Nate (he will attend Jan. 13-14th).

Sunday School Curriculum Update - Thankful that nearly 500 lessons have been written in the last two years. Thank you to those who are working on this here in our congregation. They plan to have the remaining 220 lessons completed by December 2025. Lessons can be accessed in their current format on the following website. https://www.apostolicchristian.org/curriculum-project Additional help for review, copyright and apologetics would be appreciated - brothers and sisters willing to spend 2-5 hours a week. To volunteer, please sign up clicking the Volunteer button on our website by January 19. 

Effective January 2025, our church will no longer provide milk for lunches. If those serving lunch choose to provide milk, 12 - half gallons of 1% has been more than plenty. Depending on where it is purchased, the approximate cost for milk will range from $20 to $35.

Information Request - When you have a child newly engaged, please contact Patty Hodel with names of bride and groom and the date they are getting married to keep our bulletin board updated.

Christmas Card Exchange - Reminder to check your folder for Christmas cards in the exchange area which has been set up by the women’s restroom in the North hall. Please have all your cards collected by January 5th as the files will be removed after church that day..

Looking Ahead:

• Wednesday, 1/8 - Family Night -  Bro. Bill Schmidgall from Fairbury will be doing a presentation on HarvestCall’s Child Sponsorship Program. The evening will begin with a 6:00 pizza supper, with congregational singing beginning at 6:45, followed by the presentation at 7:00.  Please sign up for pizza with the following link:  January 2025 Family Night Sign-Up Link

National Church

• Save the Date - ALive 2025 will be over Memorial Day (May 23rd - May 26th).
• AC Central
• The Incarnation - Around the Table
• Walking through Disappointment with Our Kids  - Breaking Bread
• Grafted Gathering - Past Events