Our Vision is to be a Christ-honoring

community that is passionate about

Loving God, Loving One Another, and Loving the World.

The Missions Page, including our Missionary

of the Week and Our Adopted Unreached

People Update, has been omitted here for

security reasons.

Please pick up a printed copy of this page each

week at the Missions Counter to see important

updates, announcements, and prayer requests.

December 23 & 24, 2017

Visiting LC3 today?.

♦ Please visit our welcome counter in the foyer for a free gift.

♦ Don’t feel obligated to participate in the offering. The offering

is for regular attenders who consider LC3 their church home.

♦ We would appreciate it if you fill out the “Communication Card”

that is in the seat pocket in front of you. Add your prayer

request and/or comment on the back and place it in the

offering bag at the end of the service.

This Week at Lake CityThis Week at Lake CityThis Week at Lake CityThis Week at Lake City

Saturday, December 23 • 5:30 p.m. Pastor’s Prayer Team - Room 210 • 6:00 p.m. Worship Service - Worship Center

Sunday, December 24 • 3:00 p.m. Worship Service - Worship Center • 4:30 p.m. Worship Service - Worship Center • 6:00 p.m. Worship Service - Worship Center

Monday, December 25 - Office closed. Merry Christmas! • 7:00 p.m. Narcotics Anonymous Group - Open Meeting - Portable A

Tuesday, December 26 No scheduled events

Wednesday, December 27

• 9:30 a.m. Van Barnau Sythoff Small Group - Gym Foyer Thursday, December 28

• 1:00 p.m. No Food Bank Distribution Friday, December 29

• 7:00 p.m. No scheduled events

Saturday, December 30

• 5:30 p.m. Pastor’s Prayer Team - Room 210 • 6:00 p.m. Worship Service - Worship Center

Office Hours: Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. & Friday, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

LC3 Contact Information: 253-582-8040; lakecity@LC3.com;

www.LC3.com; 8810 Lawndale Ave SW, Lakewood, WA 98498

Our Pastors - Jim Kennington - Senior Pastor, Rich Sewell - Pastor of Senior

Ministries, Mark Wilkening - Pastor of Worship & Arts, Reg Overstreet -

Pastor of Small Groups & Adult Ministries, David Pritchard - Pastor of Family

Ministries, Caleb Heath - Youth Pastor.

Our Elders - Jim Kennington, Tung Le, John Haddick, John Schock, Randy

Madson, Brian Anderson, Tim Edgren, and Dan Tchobanoff.\

Newsletter - If you would like to receive our electronic newsletter, just make

a note on a communication card and be sure to include your email address.

Photography - Photographs and/or videos of church activities may be taken

for promotional purposes. If you would like to be excluded from this, please

contact the church office in writing.

The people who walked in darkness

have seen a great light;

those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness,

on them has light shone.

Isaiah 9:2

PrayerPrayerPrayerPrayer RequestsRequestsRequestsRequests

For military deployed: Kyle Brenay, James Darnell, Adam Daschund, Greg Ford,

Josh Gorder, Thomas Kitson, Chris Miller, Christopher Murphy, Xavier O’Neil,

Matthew Stewart, Marcus Warren, Cameron Wolterstorff, and David Young.

♦ If you have family members serving overseas, please let us know.

♦ If you or someone you love has recently returned from deployment,

please let us know so we can recognize them.

♦ If you are PCSing, please come forward after the service so that we may pray a

blessing over your move and your life at this important time.

StewardshipStewardshipStewardshipStewardship

General Fund Budget Goal Actual Giving December 17, 2017 $29,850 $16,169

Year to Date $746,250 $691,883 Transform Fund Received This Week Total Transform Giving $17,844 $1,111,460

LC3 Wifi: The password for our LC3 WIFI is “HeIsRisenIndeed.”

If you have an urgent prayer request, you may call the office at 253-582-8040 or

email LC3.prayer@LC3.com. Less urgent requests may be written on your

communication card.

For medical needs: Kitty Askins, Karen Burgess, April Dunn, Judy Gann, Allison

Gonzales, Patti Hall, Justus Nikolao, Tom Van Houte, John Scroggin, Bob

Wenner, and Theresa Williams.

Lost & Found - Are you missing a jacket, shoes, Bible? Please check the LOST & FOUND (next to the Food Bank/Care Net barrels at the west end of the foyer). Items unclaimed are donated. Please email bob.sara@comcast.net with questions.

Opportunities to ServeOpportunities to ServeOpportunities to ServeOpportunities to Serve

The Welcome Center Ministry is seeking volunteers to serve

before and after Saturday and Sunday services. To join now,

or ask questions, please mark your communication card or

email frapak74@gmail.com.

Coffee Helpers - We are seeking volunteers to

help make coffee for our fellowship times

between and after services. To help, please con-

tact Nancy.Shaffer@LC3.com

Agapeland is in need of volunteers during our worship services. If you can help by holding our babies, playing with our toddlers, or helping our preschoolers during Saturday or Sunday services, please mark your Communication Card or email Krystal.Beadle@LC3.com. Thank you!

GriefShare - GriefShare will NOT meet on Dec 24 or 31, but will resume our weekly meeting on January 7. We will begin with session 7 - Guilt. This session should be uplifting and help us overcome any feelings of guilt that may be lurking about in our thoughts. If this describes your state of mind, please con-sider joining us for the evening.

Newcomer's Dinner - Are you a new attender who wants to know more people here? Bring your family, meet friends, and enjoy fellowship during dinner Friday, Jan. 5 at 6:15 p.m. at Pete & Kelly McIntyre’s home. Please RSVP to them at (253) 588-3832 by Tuesday, January 2. Thank you!

Prayer Focus GroupsPrayer Focus GroupsPrayer Focus GroupsPrayer Focus Groups 1) Pastor’s Prayer Team - Saturday, 5:30 p.m.; Sunday, 8:00 a.m. - Room 210 2) Women’s Prayer - Wednesday, Jan. 10, 8:30 a.m. - Upper Foyer 3) Sanctity of Human Life - Sunday, January 7, 11:30 a.m. - Room 210 4) Grandparent Prayer - 2nd Monday of the month, January 8, 10:00 a.m. -

home of Pastor Rich and Karin 5) Tam@jaq Prayer - Sunday, January 7, 10:00 a.m. - Portable A 6) Marriage Prayer - Thursday, January 4, 5:00 p.m. - Room 210 7) Pray for America - 3rd Sunday of each month, Sunday, January 21,

10:00 a.m. - Portable A 8) North Cauc@sus Prayer Group - TBA 9) Moms in Prayer (College and Career Kids) - Mondays, 10:30 a.m. -

For more information, call Margie at 253-370-8954.

Year-End Giving - As you consider your year-end giving to the Lord, will you

prayerfully think about a one-time gift to either missions or our Transform

building fund? We have a special need to help fund the children’s classrooms

that are currently not within our budget. A healthy end-of-year giving season

will enable us to tell our contractor to “finish them!” ☺ Think of all the lives

that will be transformed for eternity in these new spaces!

As you may be aware, with the stock market in its present position, there are

giving opportunities this year through stocks and other assets that may help

reduce your tax liability. If you wish to give stock or appreciated assets, please

contact Nancy at 253.582.8040. And please also consult with your CPA for

additional information.

We thank the Lord for what He accomplished through us in 2017, and we look

forward to what He has planned to do through us in 2018.

LC3 Online Giving - We will have a new processor for our online giving as of Jan. 1. This affects anyone using the website or App to give. Anyone who wishes to maintain an account must cre-ate a new one for any digital giving in 2018. This can be done though the Giving Tab on the Website any time after Jan. 1. Any questions can be directed to mary.clark@LC3.com.

Man Camp 2018 - Mark your calendar now for March 16-18 at

Lakeview Christian Retreat and Conference Center. The theme

for the weekend is “Courage!” Gus Lee will be our speaker. The

cost is $125. Registration forms are available online now at

www.LC3.com as well as on the homepage of our LC3 app.

Faith@HomeFaith@HomeFaith@HomeFaith@Home

Do you have fun and interesting ideas for Family Reunion Camp 2018? Then we have a space for you on our Family Reunion Camp Team! For more information, please email emily.howat@lc3.com .

Small Group Leader Vision/Training - For all interested and returning small group leaders. Sunday, January 7, 11:30AM - 1:15PM, Upper Gym, with lunch. Our small group leader trainings are not exclusively for returning small group leaders. Anyone interested in any type of church leadership

is welcome. (NOTE: There is a makeup session the same time the following week.) Small Group Kick-Off the week of January 14.

ReEngage examines God’s design for marriage

and applies biblical principles to guide couples

towards growth in their relationship with each

other. You can expect to receive encouragement

by hearing stories from other couples that have

experienced victory in the midst of hard times.

Childcare is provided. For more info, please email

Emily.Howat@LC3.com or just come with your

spouse and join us any Thursday, beginning

January 4 at 6:30 p.m.

Student MinistriesStudent MinistriesStudent MinistriesStudent Ministries

Important Dates: Please note that our Middle School Large Group will resume on

Tuesday, January 2 and our High School Large Group on Sunday, January 7.

Winter Camp: Middle school camp dates are the weekend of February 9-11, 2018

and High School Ministry camp dates are the weekend of February 16-19, 2018.

Parents may register their students on the Student Ministry page of LC3.com

(a signed parent permission form is still required). The cutoff registration date

for each for camp will be the Sunday prior to each camp weekend.

High School questions - Caleb.Heath@LC3.com

Middle School questions - Dan.Livingston@LC3.com