Comfort & Joy series
Emmanuel Faith Community Church
For December 12/13, 2020
Christmas EFCC
Christmas Sermon Series Continues This Weekend

Pastor Ryan will teach from Luke 1 as we continue our Christmas-themed Comfort & Joy series. CLICK HERE to visit the sermon series page, or here for the sermon outline.

Invite a family member, neighbor or friend to join you for a service, at your home or at church.
Worship Services Information for This Weekend
On-Campus Services in Parking Lot A
Visit our worship services page to view all our on-campus and online service options. All on-campus services will be held in our main, front Parking Lot A this weekend (9am - Classic, 10:30am - Modern, Noon - Spanish, and 5pm - Modern). Please plan to park across the street in Parking Lot E.

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.
Open Air Christmas
Christmas Season Events

Join us to celebrate the birth of Christ this month at EFCC. Be praying about who you can invite to attend with you.

Open Air Christmas Celebration
This Sunday, December 13, after the 5pm evening church service, join us for a walk or drive-through the EFCC campus with live music, fun photo opps, and beautiful decorations.
Christmas experience
Online Christmas Experience
Then on Friday, December 18, at 7pm on YouTube, our Worship Arts ministry is launching our Online Christmas Experience. Because it will be online, you can watch our Christmas program simultaneously with your friends and family across the globe! If you're not already subscribed, CLICK HERE to subscribe to our YouTube channel now to stay connected with EFCC.

Christmas Eve Services
1:00, 3:30 and 5:00pm at EFCC
And, yes, Christmas Eve services are being planned! Bundle up and join us at one of our outdoor services at 1:00 (Classic service), 3:30 (Modern) or 5:00pm (Modern). Please note the updated the Christmas Eve times.
Can You Serve This Holiday Season?
Opportunities to Help at EFCC
Can you offer the gift of time this Christmas season? See some areas where we could use your help below, or CLICK HERE to sign up to serve.

CONNECT: Serve at our Open Air Christmas event this Sunday, December 13.

GREET: Welcome guests to our Christmas Eve services on Thursday, December 24 at 3, 5 or 7pm.
Baptisms Opportunity on Sunday December 20
Next Sunday, December 20, you can get baptized at EFCC. Please contact our Welcome Ministry at welcome@efcc.org or call (760) 781-2161 to take this public profession of your faith. Or CLICK HERE to sign up online.
Help for the Hurting - Can we help?
At EFCC, we desire is to come alongside those who are hurting this Christmas season, and to do so meaningfully with the love of Jesus. We'd love to hear from you regarding needs that you know about that EFCC can assist with. CLICK HERE to take the survey.
Missionary Christmas Offering
Every year we like to bless our Global Outreach workers with a special Christmas gift. If you’d like to participate, we’ll be taking a special offering next Sunday. You also may give online by choosing "Missionary Christmas") through www.efcc.org/give or via our EmmanuelFaithCC app. (These gifts are not tax deductible.)
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