The Knollwood News 
Week of December 10, 2017 
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  • Budget Report ...more
  • Christmas at Knollwood ...more
  • Contact Us ...more
  • Dates to Remember ...more
  • Food Fight 2018 ...more
  • Persecuted Church Prayers ...more
  • Poinsettias ... more
  • This Week at KCC ...more
kccchristmasChristmas At Knollwood

Sunday, December 17 (after morning service)
  • Christmas refreshments (foyer)
  • Christmas-themed petting zoo (by play garden)
Sunday, December 24
  • No 9:00 a.m. programs
  • 10:30 a.m. - Worship service and children's programs
  • 5:00 p.m. - Christmas Eve service; childcare: birth to Age 4
  • 6:30 p.m. - Christmas Eve service; NO CHILDCARE
poinsettiaOrder Deadline extended one more week - Poinsettias to Honor a Loved One This Christmas!
 
A wonderful way to honor or memorialize a loved one with one of the poinsettias decorating our worship stage. 
 
The cost is $23 per plant (not tax-deductible).
 
Order Deadline extended one more week: December 10th

We will publish the name of your loved one(s) in the Christmas Eve program and in the Knollwood News. You may take your plant home following the 6:30 p.m. Christmas Eve service.
 
If you would like to order a poinsettia, either download the form on the church website or find a form on the Information Table. 

Attach your payment and put in the tray at the Information Table in the Worship Center foyer.  Payment must be attached to the completed form. Make checks payable to Knollwood and note "flower" in the memo section.
    
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persecutedchurch
December Mission Ministry Persecuted Church Prayer Focus - Syria  

The little mountainside town of Maaloula in Syria was famous before the war as a place where Christians, within living memory, had still spoken as their mother tongue a type of Aramaic similar to the language of Jesus. Being a town with a Christian identity, it was targeted by Islamist rebel groups who looted everything of any value in the church buildings and also set fire to some of them.   
 
Maaloula was later liberated by Syrian government forces and Christian inhabitants have been working hard to restore and refurnish the churches, where Christian worship has now begun. They are also trying to rebuild the trust that used to exist between them and their Muslim neighbors; pray that the Lord will bless this effort and that they will be free of future harassment.   
 
During this month of December, please pray for this Syrian village and the many Syrian refugees scattered in displacement camps in Turkey and throughout other countries.  Pray that they would experience the love of Jesus, acceptance by the country they are living in as refugees, and mostly, that they would be able to return to the country of their birth.
 
foodfight
Save The Date - Food Fight 2018
May 4-6, 2018
 
Yes folks there will be a Food Fight 2018 at the Dulles Convention Center .  The goal is to pack 5 million meals. This event will be co-sponsored by our neighbor Good Hope Church and Feed My Starving Children.  Many of us participated in 2016 and know how much fun this event is for the whole family.  More to follow in the future. If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].

mark your calendars
datestoremember
Dates to Remember
 
December
  8 -  Be Encouraged Women's Event 
24 - Christmas Eve Sunday
No 9am Programs
Regular 10:30am Service & Children's Program
5:00pm & 6:30pm Christmas Eve Services
No Smash
25 - Office Closed
31 - New Year's Eve Sunday
No 9am Programs
Regular 10:30am Service  & Children's Program
No Smash
            
budget
FY17 Budget Report as of December 3, 2017

Year to Date Budget = $159,945
Year to Date Income = $151,093
Year to Date Expenses = $147,729
                     
Contact Executive Pastor  Alan Fischer ( [email protected]) with any finance-related questions.

Did You Know? Knollwood offers convenient, systematic ways to give-- even when you are out of town! Check it out at  www.knoll.org/give.


thisweekThis Week at Knollwood
 
Sunday, December 10
  8:30a  Prayer Time (Learning Center Upper Level, Room 6)
  9:00a  Adult Community Groups (Learning Center), Childcare and Children's Program available (Learning Center)
10:00a  Light Refreshments (Worship Center Foyer)
10:30a  Worship Service (Worship Center)
11:40a  Guest Meet & Greet (Worship Center Foyer)
11:45a  Business Meeting for Members
  6:00p  Sunday Night Smash
 
Wednesday, December 13
  9:15a  Women's Bible Study

Sunday, December 17
  8:30a  Prayer Time (Learning Center Upper Level, Room 6)
  9:00a  Adult Community Groups (Learning Center), Childcare and Children's Program available (Learning Center)
10:00a  Light Refreshments (Worship Center Foyer)
10:30a  Worship Service (Worship Center)
11:40a  Christmas Refreshments and Petting Zoo
  5:00p  Sunday Night Community Groups
  6:00p  Sunday Night Smash Christmas Party


contactus
Contact Us

To email us, click on the desired name or add first name to @knoll.org if you are unable to access link. 
  
Mark Petersburg , Senior Pastor
Alan Fischer , Executive Pastor
Chris Mendez, Worship and Discipleship Pastor
Elijah Hearin, Youth Director 
Katie Conaway , Children's Ministry Director
Mary Mendez, Children's Ministry Assistant
Sarah Seigle, Children's Ministry Assistant
Kathryn Howell , Bookkeeper
Sherry Baker , Preschool Director

**Knollwood Board of Elders, [email protected] **

**The Knollwood Prayer Ministry is always available to receive your prayer requests and will join with you in presenting them to God.  Email requests to [email protected] .**

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