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Grunthal Bergthaler Mennonite Church
101 Southwood Ave. Box 70, Grunthal, MB R0A 0R0
Church: 204-434-6241 Website: www.grunthalbergthaler.com
Email Address: office@gbmchurch.com
Secretary’s Office hours: Tuesday – Friday: 8:30 am – 12 noon
SUNDAY SERVICE TIMES
Sunday School 9:30 am
Sunday Morning Worship Service 10:45 am
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READING THROUGH THE BIBLE IN A YEAR
DECEMBER
8 1 Tim. 1-4
9 1 Tim. 5, 6; Tit. 1-3
10 2 Tim. 1-4
11 Philem.; Heb. 1-4
12 Heb. 5-8
13 Heb. 9-11
14 Heb. 12, 13; Jude
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BIBLE STUDIES & PRAYER MEETINGS:
SUNDAY 7:30 am Elder Bible Study begins – open to all men.
9:00 am Elder Prayer Time
MONDAY 7:00 pm Women’s Bible Study – studying 1 Corinthians, open to all women
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From The DropZone:
We are pleased to announce you can e-transfer funds to dropzonedonations@gmail.com through your financial institution. Please pick an easy security question for us ;). In addition, early in 2020 we will be added as a bill payee for most of the credit unions in Manitoba. You can set up regular donations quickly & easily. More details will follow when that is all set up. We look forward to hearing from you!!
Christine Janzen
Christmas Events
Sunday December 8, 6:30pm at church for an evening of sleigh-ride and caroling around town. Dress for the weather! Bring a plate of Christmas goodies to share after caroling. Hot chocolate and apple cider will be provided.
The following Christmas concerts are open to the public:
Wednesday, Dec. 11 – Green Valley Christmas Program – 1:30 & 6:30pm
Thursday, Dec. 19 – South Oaks Christmas Program – 9:30 am & 7 pm
Friday, Dec. 20 – South Oaks Caroling Assembly – 1:15 pm
Friday, Dec. 20 – Mennonite Christian Academy Christmas Program – 7 pm
– at the Bergthaler Church
Sunday, Dec. 22 – Sunday School Christmas program during morning service at 10:30 am.
Tuesday, Dec. 24 – Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at 7 pm.
The Ensenada Team UPDATES!
December 6, 7 pm ENSENADA AUCTION for the house building team. Among the items to be auctioned off are: church pews, cakes, blankets, and other items that have been donated. We look forward to sharing this fun event with the church family and friends.
Grunthal Grocery cards: talk to Loretta Wiebe to purchase these in any denomination. 204.434.9667.
December 15: Quilt Raffle: Talk to Janet Friesen, Tim Fast or Sheila Friesen to get your tickets now!
The Community Christmas Board — 2019 Hamper Drive.
New, unwrapped toys for children should be dropped off by December 8.
BLANKETS FOR THE HOMELESS
Don Bouchard is collecting blankets for the homeless in Winnipeg,
to be distributed at Christmas.
“We are looking for any size or color. No sheets, however, just any type of blankets – even shoulder blankets. It’s just a way for those in tents to stay insulated. These go to the real desperate ones.
Sometimes quilts are also awesome because we will put a bow on them to present as a gift to women in human trafficking safe house. We select where blankets go to. MCC will also provide us with quilts of all sorts. We just want to bring anything that can prevent frost bite and people on the streets are usually not too picky.
Fine quilts are only given to ladies that live in a facility.”
Drop off your donations at the display in the foyer anytime until Dec. 22.
Brighten someone’s Christmas this year with a warm blanket.
Join Exaudi Chamber Choir and the Sargent Avenue Mennonite Church Choir from Winnipeg in an evening of music celebrating the Christmas season. A joint performance J.S. Bach’s beautiful Magnificat is the highlight of this evening, while Exaudi will also perform other selected choral works. This is a free concert, while an offering will be taken to support the charitable work of Steinbach EMC. Performance: Saturday, December 7, 7:30pm at Steinbach EMC. 422 Main St., Steinbach, MB. For more information visit https://www.exaudi.ca