Emmanuel Faith Community Church For December 26/27, 2020

We Hope to See You at Church Soon Merry Christmas EFCC Church Family! This weekend, we'll complete our recent Comfort & Joy series. CLICK HERE to visit the sermon series page, or here for the sermon outline. John Riley, Junior High Pastor, will be sharing from Luke 23:32-43 and John 19:26-37 in his message, "All Done."

Worship Services Information for This Weekend Visit our worship services page to view all our on-campus and online service options. All on-campus services will be held in the Courtyard this Sunday. For on-campus worship music lyrics, access the Digital Worship Guide on your phone or tablet. Or click here for a printable PDF of the song lyrics to bring with you. A limited number of printed song sheets also will be available at church.

ALL-CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS

This Is the Last Week to Give a 2020 Year-end Gift By Thursday, December 31 www.efcc.org/give Thank you to everyone who continues to give faithfully and generously to EFCC! As you consider your year-end giving, please consider contributing to Emmanuel Faith. Your gifts will help us finish 2020 strong, and prepare us to better impact our community in 2021. Our three main funds are the General Fund, Outreach Fund and Beyond Fund. You can donate online, on our EmmanuelFaithCC app (if giving online, please do so by 9pm on December 31), or send a check in the mail (if mailed, your envelope must be postmarked by December 31).

New Sermon Series to Begin (Re)Build My Life - January 2/3 On the weekend of January 2/3, we’ll kick off a new sermon series called (Re)Build My Life: From Rubble to Renewal. This past year has caused many aspects of our life to fall apart, but as we study the book of Nehemiah, we’ll discover how Jesus can help us rebuild our lives. We hope you’ll join us at EFCC this New Year.

Monthly Wednesday Night Prayer Service to Start Begins Wednesday, January 6 6:30pm, Courtyard Don’t miss our new monthly prayer time. Starting Wednesday, January 6 (first Wednesday of the month), Pastor Ryan and Worship Pastor Dave Hook will lead a time of praise, worship and intercession at 6:30pm. We'll unite our hearts in prayer, experience the Lord's presence, and enjoy some much needed renewal.

ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

Wednesday Night Programs on Break All regular Wednesday night kids, youth, and young adult programs are on break until January. Kids and youth programs resume on January 6. Young Adults (the Well) will resume regular meetings on Sunday, January 10.

Emmanuel Faith Preschool Update Emmanuel Faith Preschool is growing! Emmanuel Faith Preschool continues to be a light in our community, sharing the love of Jesus to preschoolers and their families. The preschool is preparing to open an additional classroom for three-year-olds in January and hiring a few more staff. If you or someone you know would be a great fit for our faith-based preschool, please complete the applications on our web site. We're looking to hire a full-time Teacher and a part-time Teacher's Aide. Our Preschool also is enrolling children into the new classroom which starts in January. If you have a preschooler and/or are interested in touring the school, please email us.

EFCC MINISTRY UPDATE

Thank You for Donating to the Christmas Gift Drive

This holiday season, we had a great response, both in person and online, to our Christmas gift drive campaign. Here are some stats we wanted to share and celebrate with you. We praise the Lord for the great generosity and community impact of our EFCC church family: - 886 Christmas Gifts collected (see image below) - $18,000 estimated value of all gifts, gift cards and donations - 707 Gift Recipients, including: - 185 foster children received a Christmas gift through FACES ministry of EFCC. - 330 children in Escondido received a Christmas gift through our Spanish-speaking outreaches. - 31 victims of violence and abuse received Christmas gifts in partnership with Escondido Police Dept. - 50 families received a gift card via our partnership with Alternatives Medical Clinic. - 66 families received a gift card through our partnership with Solutions for Change. - 45 gifts and gift cards were given to children and families via our partnership with Safe Families. In addition, our Junior High Ministry delivered 437 gift boxes to Tijuana, Mexico, on Saturday, December 12, during its annual gift drive. Thank you to all who participated in our gift drives for 2020. Merry Christmas to all!

MORE INFO ABOUT EFCC

Keep in touch with us! CLICK HERE for our Connect With Us page to stay up to date with Faith Kids, our youth groups, Young Adults (theWELL), and other ministry groups. Other Ways to Connect ... PRAY for those in our church family via the Family News Update. GIVE a Year-end Gift to Emmanuel Faith at www.efcc.org/give. See our updated giving site. CLICK HERE to read Pastor Ryan's year-end letter. Your offering also can be dropped off during the Sunday services or mailed via any envelope to the church office: Emmanuel Faith Community Church Attn: Accounting 639 E. 17th Ave. Escondido, CA 92025