Discipleship Courses, 2025 Reading Plan, Ignite Christmas Party
Dear Stillmeadow Family,
What a joy to be led by the JTAG Choir in worship yesterday! If you missed it: check it out here.
We’re beginning our third week of advent: Joy! Be encouraged by Julie Rosenau’s reflections on Zephaniah 3:14-20.
This season, as with all advent / Christmas seasons, we are celebrating the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. You may know that I come from a musical background. My dad was a Music Pastor (first at the First Church of the Nazarene on Pine Street ). My mom plays the piano / organ by ear (in any key) and sang with her dad, my dad and Kline Sisters. And I play the trumpet in various bands and churches and piano.
When I think of Zephaniah 3:14-20, I think of the chorus “Mighty to Save.” But there’s so much more to the depth of this passage AND His love for us!!! First of all He is in our midst: every moment, second, hour, day, week, month, year, etc. Yes, He is mighty, but He’s with us!! And it gets better: not ONLY does He save us, He is (right now) rejoicing over YOU, me and all of us! The dictionary says rejoicing is: to feel joy or great delight!
We’ve probably all heard this in our lives prior to this, right? But THINK on it, meditate on it and remember it the next time you hear it! We are celebrating the season of our Savior’s birthday, but RIGHT NOW He is feeling joyful over YOU and taking great delight in YOU. Just think how awesome this should make us feel when we sing JOY to the World.
In His Hands and In His Time,
Pastor Josh
The Main Announcements
Discipleship Courses
Ignite Christmas Party
Reading Challenge
Discipleship Courses
We are all on a discipleship pathway here in Stillmeadow and we have many intermittent courses that help equip each of us in spiritual formation. Our courses can be found at stillnaz.com/courses. You can walk right across the hall during the 10:30 service to participate in our Journey course.
Youth Ignite Christmas Party
This Tuesday, December 17(no open gym) 6-12th grade youth are invited to dinner together at 6PM and lots of fun and games until 8:30PM! Bring a $5 wrapped gift.
In 2025 Stillmeadow will go on a journey from Genesis to Revelation to see how the entire story proclaims Jesus! Beginning January 1, we will follow the “One Story that Leads to Jesus” BibleProject reading plan for daily readings.
Printed versions available on December 22 at the Welcome Center.
Click here for the YouVersion Plan.
Click here for printable plan from Bible Project, complete with all kinds of links to videos and articles.
Church Board Election Results
Congratulations to Jeff Phillips, Scott Rosenau, Amy Steele and Tara Strauser who were elected to three year terms on the Church Board. Serving for one year Wayne Rumsey will serve as NDI President (Nazarene Discipleship International), Erma Shaffer will serve as NMI President (Nazarene Missions International) and Natalie Wagner will serve as NYI President (Nazarene Youth International).
Invite friends and family during the Advent and Christmas Season
Serve with us
You have been gifted and we’d be honored to serve with you. We’d love to have you partner with us. Click the “Serve” button below for more opportunities.
Spread Joy at Normandie Ridge!
Serve by assisting in the Lighting of the Luminaries on Dec. 17th at 4:30PM. Text Julie Callender at 717-578-1310 to confirm. All generations welcome!
Sound/Media Tech
As a media tech assisting with sound, slides and livestream! No experience necessary! We will train! Questions? Contact pastorjohn@stillnaz.com.
Pray with us
You can find a guide to prayer and submit a prayer request at www.stillnaz.com/prayerrequest. This week, let us pray for the Thursday Prayer Request focus on our prayer guide.
The daily prayer: All who work in banks and finance; all making financial decisions for York City and County. York County Prison: prisoners and staff and Good News Jail and Prison Ministries. All who are unemployed or underemployed. All public servants. All immigrants.
And let us pray for the requests on our Missions Card.
Give with us
During our Just Mercy Series we highlighted three ministries with which we partner. Habitat for Humanity, Keystone Family Alliance and Good News Global. Find out more about each of the ministries at www.stillnaz.com/justmercy.
If you would like to join in Jesus’ mission and give to any of these, please write the name of the ministry in the memo line of your check or select the name of the ministry in our online giving platform.
Missionary Carlos Gordon
Carlos is from Jamaica and is presently based in the Nairobi Hub of the Africa Regional Office in Kenya . He serves the Africa Region as the Regional Finance Coordinator. Pray for Carlos as he trusts in God’s provisions, his protection and his direction in seeking to fulfill God’s call upon his life. You can give to Carlos Gordon HERE.
Condolences to…
Mary and Phil Miller, whose husband and father Bob Miller passed away November 29.