Hi Village,

It's getting towards that season. I'm looking forward to celebrating another Christmas with you all. Can I encourage and remind us to remember our purpose over these coming weeks. Busyness is the killer of priorities. In the midst of the Christmas parties, the shopping, the last-minute getting things done, let's remember that Jesus Christ came to earth to save sinners.

Let's be about our Lord's work in these last weeks of 2025.

We want to help people in our community come and check out Jesus. Some though, aren't ready to come to Church. How helpful if they get to know our Church through something like a Gingerbread Event or Carols on the Court.

The family friendly event is at PCYC, great for adults with kids. The kids free event is at the Canosa's house and is great for people wanting to really focus on their gingerbread making. Then, our Carols on the Court is simply that. It's a relaxed Sunday afternoon, singing songs we love and hearing a short message about the joy Jesus brings.

For more information and tickets go to Gingerbread, click on the button below.

SAVE THE DATE! I know it's a long way away. But actually, it's not. We are doing Church Camp early next year. March 6-8th. That's why we wanted to let you know, so that you can put it in the diary. We'd love to get everyone to Burrill Pines. It's our family getaway and always great.

For those new to Village. At Church Camp, there's camping or cabin options. All meals catered for and a kids program. We listen to 4 or so talks from the Bible, we pray and discuss, we have some fun. It's great.

For those who weren't there last Sunday, I was so encouraged to announce that in our October Appeal we hit our $15000 goal. That's $5,000 towards supporting Laila and $10,000 to cut down our budget deficit. God loves a cheerful giver. And there's reason to be cheerful, our giving contributes to seeing more people hear about Jesus and grow in their faith.

Attached is our most recent budget update. I forecast that we will end the year with something like a $10,000 to $15,000 deficit which while not great, is really good considering where we started the year.

Love serving Jesus with you Village. Praying for a fruitful Christmas period where Jesus gets the glory and we get the joy of doing his work.

See you Sunday,

Tim