Christmas @ The Community

It is almost Christmas, and this really is an exciting time to be part of The Community church family. Please spend a few minutes reading through this post, praising God for all He has done and also asking God to provide people and resources in big ways for 2017.

Tonight is our youth ministry Christmas party from 6-10pm at Jennifer McDaniel's house. See Jennifer or Adrienne Hubbard for details and bring some food.

Thursday night at 6:30pm is our Christmas Worship service at our Collinsville location. We will not have church this Sunday, Christmas day. Come on out and bring people with you as well as bring some finger foods. Our Spanish ministry will be joining us, and there will be some excellent Christmas special music. You don't want to miss this.

We have been able to partner with some amazing groups and people as late. Today some from our church helped to bless the teachers and staff of Collinsville Primary School and John Redd Smith Elementary School. Today was the final day for Christmas Cheer that gives out food and toys to local families in new, and our future campus was the site of the giveaway which worked out very well. This coming Saturday we are helping to give resources for the FREE Christmas meal at First Baptist Martinsville (also know as Richard's Dinner). And there really is much more. We are blessed. There is more, much more to come!

Please consider aChristmas or an END OF THE YEAR GIFT to The Community Fellowship. All gifts are tax deductible. Mail your gift to PO Box 388, Collinsville, VA 24078 and choose general fund, Dream Center (homeless and feeding ministry) or Vision fund (completion of new campus). You can also give online at https://tcf.ccbchurch.com/w_give_online.php. Your gift must be received before the end of December to be counted on your 2016 taxes.

We look forward to seeing you Thursday evening at 6:30 for our Christmas celebration. Take some time this Christmas season to demonstrate the love of God to our community and beyond. The Church office will be closed between Christmas and New Years, and we cannot wait for our first Sunday of "Made to Love" on January 1, 2017.

Jesus is the reason for the Christmas season... and every other day too!

*** for more information about The Community Fellowship or Dream Center call 276-647-8231 or email pastormh@gmail.com. Please consider giving to finish our new campus and to help those who are hungry, hurting or homeless. You can give online at https://tcf.ccbchurch.com/w_give_online.php ***

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