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  NARTHEX NEWS WEEKLY EDITION NOVEMBER 29 th , 2023   FROM THE NEWS DESK OF FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH LEBANON, INDIANA 128 E. Main St. ~ Lebanon, IN 46052~ (765)482-5959 https://www.lebanonfpc.org ~ office@lebanonfpc.org     In the midweek newsletter this week: ~ Reminders & Celebrations ~ Advent Season: with notes on theme, music, candle lighting, and more ~ Poinsettia Info ~ Gourmet Seekers Info and Time for Tea Tearoom Info            ~ Gretel’s Days Off ~ PPM Christmas Program! ~ Open House: Nativities from Around the Globe ~ Toy Drive ~ Weekly Devotional/ Prayer Room Reminders: Live & Learn : There is Live & Learn this Saturday in the Church Library, meeting at 11am. Liturgist for December is George Piper. Elder for December is Dennis Brannon. Communion Sunday this Sunday . There is a new “These Days” devotional available on the table in the lobby/hallway. There has been a black umbrella in the breezeway

OT Lesson: Isaiah 13:17-22 (CEB) Look! I’m rousing the Medes against them; the Medes pay no mind to silver, no desire for gold. Their bows will smash youths; they will be merciless to newborns, pitiless to children. So Babylon, a jewel among kingdoms, the Chaldeans’ splendour and pride, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah, destroyed by God. No one will ever resettle or live there for generations. No Arab will camp there; no shepherds will rest flocks there. Wildcats will rest there; houses will be filled with owls. Ostriches will live there, and goat demons will dance there. Hyenas will howl in its strongholds, and jackals in its luxurious palaces. Babylon’s time is coming soon; its days won’t drag on. NT Lesson: Matthew 2:1-3 (NRSV) In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, ‘Where is the Child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed His star at its rising, and have come to p

  NARTHEX NEWS WEEKLY EDITION NOVEMBER 22 nd , 2023   FROM THE NEWS DESK OF FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH LEBANON, INDIANA 128 E. Main St. ~ Lebanon, IN 46052~ (765)482-5959 https://www.lebanonfpc.org ~ office@lebanonfpc.org   In the midweek newsletter this week: ~ Reminders & Celebrations ~ Advent Season: with notes on theme, music, candle lighting, and more ~ Poinsettia Info ~ Gourmet Seekers Info and Time for Tea Tearoom Info            ~ Gretel’s Days Off ~ PPM Christmas Program! & PPM Update ~ Open House: Nativities from Around the Globe ~ Toy Drive ~ Weekly Devotional/ Prayer Room   Reminders: Live & Learn : No Live & Learn this Saturday. Enjoy extra time to share thanksgivings! Liturgis t for November is Roy Flanary; Elder is Amy Morrison. Happy Thanksgiving to you all! May it be a day for you to reflect upon God’s goodness. May your hearts respond with praise and adoration for our great God. Caring Sunday