You may be hearing all kinds of greetings. People may be telling you Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays. If you are saying Merry Christmas, you can switch to Happy New Year on December 26 or you can stick to the generic Happy Holidays through January first.
You don't have to be a kid to enjoy singing along with the holiday songs. The Kids Christmas Songs Playlist has songs with the words to Karioki along.
This coming week we have our last meetings of the year.
International Bible Study: Tuesdays, 9:00-10:00, Room 100
Join us as we read the story of the first Christmas found in Luke.
International Friends: Tuesdays, 10:00-12:00, Room 100
Join us for our famous Holiday Party. Bring a dish to share and a "white elephant" gift for our gift exchange.
English Classes: Thursdays, 9:00-11:30, Upstairs Classrooms
Classes continue. Come for our last class of the year! American Accent Training will not be meeting, but come for lively conversation with Wendy and Don.
Parents with Children: 9:00-11:30, Classroom at the end of the hall
The CLC Nursery will not be open. Bring your children to spend the morning with us in the classroom at the end of the hall for the entire day. We will play bingo, count, make classic reindeer antlers, make origami wreath puzzles, color and so much more.
Parents: join us as we read the classic poem Night Before Christmas.
International Bible Study: Tuesdays, 9:00-10:00, room 100
"Timing is everything.” As we continue reading the Gospel of John in chapter 7, we discover Jesus’ brothers urging him to take his teaching and his miracles to the larger and more important audience in Jerusalem. Jesus tells his brothers he won’t be going to the Feast of Tabernacles with them because, “the right time for me has not yet come.” (v. 6) Yet he eventually does go secretly to Jerusalem, and halfway through the festival, he enters the temple courts and begins to teach. His audience is divided into two groups, those who believe he is the Messiah and those who don’t. We discussed how this division of beliefs reminds us of the politics in our own countries even today. Some were ready to seize Jesus, “but no one laid a hand on him, because his time had not yet come.” Later the Jewish leaders gave orders to the Temple guards to bring Jesus in, but they didn’t do it. They were too amazed at his preaching to take him into custody.
International Friends: Cookie Day
We had our annual Christmas cookie baking day! What a fun day it was. It is a sweet way to enjoy the holiday traditions! Be sure to check out our pictures on our Facebook page.
I wore my Jackalope sweater. Do you know what a Jackalope is? Here is an official story from an official source: a souvenir post card!
seize: grab or capture
custody: imprisonment
stick to: maintain, continue
generic: not specific (generic drugs at the pharmacy are not manufactured by the originating company or brand but contain the same chemicals)
through: up to and including certain dates
urging: to push or press along
seize: to take by force
take into custody: arrest
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