Digital Bulletin 12.18.24
Did you know? Did you know that you can reserve the Church for events? We have rooms that are available to reserve as well as the shelter house and the playgrounds. If you are interested in reserving the building or outside areas for an event please email the office at office@lebanonchristian.org and they would be happy to send you a building request form as well as the facility guidelines. Once the form is received by the office they will review it, check the Church schedule, and notify you by email if the facility is available on the date you are requesting.
Christmas at LCC: 12/22 Christmas Sweater Sunday- Wear your favorite Christmas Sweater.
12/24 Christmas Eve Service-4:30 & 6pm A special offering will be collected.
All proceeds will be donated to Refuge
12/29 One Family Service at 10:30 am- There will be no programming for
preschool, kids, or students. Enjoy worship as family. (Family Room will be
open for restless infants but it will not be staffed).
Office Hours: 12/24 8 am-12 noon
12/25 Closed
12/26 Closed
12/31 8 am-12 noon
1/1 Closed
Please Note- Year-End Donations If you are planning to make an end-of-the year donation to LCC, please make sure it is in the offering by Sunday, December 29. Online donations can be made until midnight on December 31. If you normally give online, you can print your own giving statement when you are ready for it.
RightNow Media-We have a Rightnow Media subscription for our whole church family. Rightnow Media is a streaming subscription that grants you access to a host of Bible studies, leadership training, devotional resources, and even a rich library of kids' content. If you haven't signed up yet use the link below. You can also forward this link to friends and family so that they can benefit from the expansive library of resources to help us on our lifelong journey of becoming more like Jesus in all we say, do, and think.
https://app.rightnowmedia.org/join/lebanon-cc
Serving Opportunity- Do you like to serve but want to serve behind the scenes? We have a great opportunity for you! We need volunteers to prepare communion. This is a rotation that you will do 2 weeks at a time 3-4 times a year. Please email the office at barb@lebanonchristian.org if you would like to serve or would like more information.
Upcoming Events:
A Night of Hope-Wednesday, December 18, 7:00-8:00pm, Room 117 TONIGHT-For those who are experiencing grief during the holidays, this is a night of worship, prayer, sharing memories of your loved one with another person, and focusing on God’s love to us in Jesus. Psalm 13:2a: How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart?...
IDES Food Packing- January 18, 9am-12 Noon-Join us for a fun serving opportunity. Registration is on our website here. If you want to see what is involved, please watch this short video at the bottom of the page.
2nd Wednesday Prayer and Fasting- January 8- Please join us in fasting and praying.. Fast from anything that stands between you and God- food, sweets, media, etc. and spend that gained time in prayer instead. Then join us at LCC at 6pm for a time of prayer and to break the fast.
Next Steps Class- 3rd Sunday of every month-Join us January 19th. Register here. Although it’s not a requirement, it is recommended
412 Student Ministries UPDATE- 412 will not be meeting again until The Koin on January 4th. We will not be meeting for The Koin on December 21st, life groups on December 22nd, The Koin on December 28th, or life groups on December 29th. Please sit with your families during service on December 22nd at the time you would normally go to service. LCC will be having ONE 10:30am service on December 29th for all families to attend.
Global Impact Spotlight- Hanging Rock Christian Camp- The Dining Hall project keeps moving forward. The walls and the roof are up. The hope is that this will be ready for use in February. Please keep this project in your prayers. They anticipated the total cost of the project to be about $400,000 with furnishings.
They just recently had a fundraising event. The event raised $55,000. Through generous donations of churches and individual donors who gave throughout the year, they will only need about $100,000 for the completion of the dining hall.
2024 was a record-breaking year for summer camp. There were 2,719 campers, 520 volunteers, and 73 people gave their life to Jesus this summer!
Blessing Bags Update: All The Blessing Bags that you have so generously donated have been picked up. Please share your story of when you passed out your bag, we would love to hear about it. You can share your story at office@lebanonchristian.org
Giving and Attendance Snapshot
Giving-
2024 average weekly offering through end of November $18,095.63
Average weekly need- $18,269.23
12-month weekly average - $19,689.11
Attendance-
2024- Average weekly total attendance YTD- 395
2023- Average weekly total attendance YTD- 400
Did you know that we have 5 ways for giving at LCC?
• By Mail You can mail a check that you would normally drop in the offering box to: Lebanon Christian Church, P.O. Box 664 Lebanon, IN 46052
• Online On the website, click on "Give" in the top menu bar. You can sign into the database and give with your credit/debit card or add your checking account to your database account and give through automatic withdrawal. This method is preferred as there are no fees associated with it. If you have trouble with your password, click the "Forgot Password" button and retrieve it via your email address. You can also give here without signing into your account.
• Mobile App If you have the LCC Elexio Mobile App, click on "Give" and you can go through the steps as above.
• Text to Give Text the word "GIVE" to 765-375-1LCC and follow the prompts. After you have done that one time to set up an account, you can text the amount you would like to donate.
• Drop off a Check You are welcome to drop off a check at LCC during business hours: M-Th 8-4.