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What a great weekend this is going to be! Personally, I couldn't be more excited for Thanksgiving. My son Tanner and his girlfriend Gabriella will be arriving at our home on Saturday and they will be here for a full week!
As a church, we have a team headed to El Salvador this week to assist with some construction work on MTES's new facility. They leave early Saturday morning. Please be in prayer for them as they travel and serve.
This Sunday we will be celebrating with a dozen people that will be taking the step of baptism during our two morning services! I can't think of a better way to kick of Thanksgiving week than that! God is doing some pretty cool things in our lives and through our lives. We certainly have a lot to be grateful for!
Also this Sunday, we will be kicking off a brief series that will sandwich Thanksgiving. We are calling this two part series "
defined."
You know, words often change meaning over time. Sometimes words change meaning right under our noses. Simple words like unique, nice and awful no longer mean what they originally meant. But there are some words that have much more importance, words that need to retain their original meaning. Words that have significant life implications. In this series we are going to look at the definitions of two very important words.
I'm excited to tackle the first word on Sunday. It might be a word that some of you have misunderstood for a while. My hope is that we can get at the heart of the definition, because this word symbolizes the most important truth the world has ever received.
Toney Salva
Lead Pastor
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Discovery's HUGE Giving Goal!
As a church family Discovery has always been committed to being outwardly focused. At the end of the year we like to look for ways we can make a HUGE impact for the Kingdom of God. This year we want to focus our end of year giving on two priorities: International Missions and Local Church planting. Our goal this year is to bring in $100,000 in offering during the month of December to help further our work in El Salvador and to assist in launching One Church in the Chartiers Valley in March. This year Discovery will contribute more than $200,000 to international missions and church planting! Will you join us in meeting our HUGE giving goal?
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Discovery's Claymation Christmas Series
All through December
The Rankin Bass Claymation Specials from the 1960's through 80's are some of the most kitschy and confusing parts of the American Christmas tradition. Many of these stop motion animations have very odd storylines and very little redeeming value. But they sure are fun and memorable! At Discovery we like to say that we do not take ourselves very seriously... but we do take God very seriously. So what if we use these fun and nostalgic films this December to help us illustrate the infinitely more important and eternal purpose of Christmas - for unto us a child was born in the city of David - a savior, who is Christ the Lord! Join us all December long!
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Christmas Eve Services
Sunday, December 24 * 4, 5 & 6 PM
Discovery is offering three Christmas Eve services this year at 4, 5 and 6 PM. Make sure that you check out one of these special services with your friends and family. We will be providing children's programming for nursery and preschool children. Elementary and Junior High students are invited to attend the service with their families. We WILL NOT have our regular 9:30 and 11AM services on Christmas Eve.
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2018 Women's Retreat
Save the Date * February 9-10, 2018
Mark your calendars and join other ladies from Discovery as we retreat from the hectic pace of life so we can refocus and deepen our relationships with each other and with God on Friday and Saturday, February 9 & 10. Additional information and registration form will be available soon but until then be sure to mark the dates on your calendar. You will not want to miss it! For questions please contact
Todd Ransom.
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Discovery Unrestricted
Mondays * 7 PM
We all have hurts, hang-ups, and habits that we wish we could shake. From battles with mental illness, addictions, difficult relationships, and other deep wounds, this is a group centered on authenticity, encouragement, and practical steps as we journey toward freedom, coping, and healing. For every aching heart needing to know Gods love and grace: this is for you. This group meets every 2nd and 4th Monday each month and is led by Tanisha Faber and Mike Fullerton. To sign up, mark your "flap" on Sunday or contact
Tanisha Faber.
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Discovery on Mission
One of the main goals of Journey Groups is to serve together to connect more and more people with Jesus. While all Journey Groups engage in serving, this group is highly committed to consistently helping others throughout our community. Each visit we'll engage in different projects and objectives to serve others throughout the year in local missions each week. If you would like to be a part of this group mark your "flap" on Sunday or if you have questions, please contact
Nick Ranjan.
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Discovery Flag Football Saturdays * 9 AM
Join us Saturday mornings for some casual but competitive Flag Football at Cranberry Community Park (behind Fun Fore All off Rt. 19; follow the signs for the dog parks). We provide the footballs and flags, so just bring yourself, some water, and friends! (Cleats, if you have them, would probably come in handy.) To sign up, visit
here. Questions? Please contact
Jon Spanik.
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Prayer Requests
If you have a prayer request that you would like the prayer team to pray for, please mark the 'flap' on Sunday or
email your request. Let us know if you would like your request to remain anonymous. If you would like to be added to the list of people who receives and prays for requests each week, please
email us and we will add you to the prayer updates.
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Dates at a Glance
November
22 Worship Band Practice
23 Thanksgiving Day
25 Flag Football
27 Discovery Unrestricted
29 Women's Bible Study
30 Men's Bible Study
December
24 Christmas Eve Services at 4, 5 & 6 PM (No morning
services)
31 Regular Services at 9:30 and 11 AM
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