Christmas

Harbor Family,

I would like to remind everyone of our Christmas Service on Christmas Day at 11:00.  We decided to do the eleven O'clock service to give families the early morning to be with their families.  If your family is anything like ours, the kids will be up at the crack of dawn to see if Santa has left anything.  This way you will have plenty of time to be with the family and open gifts and so forth, and still have time to come to church at eleven to honor the Christ of Christmas that we celebrate on this day.  

Christmas always seems to be a time when everyone is so busy and stressed out.  But this year I hope you will make an effort for things to be different.  Set aside one hour on Christmas day to come and worship the Lord.  You will be blessed by gathering with your church family and worshiping together at the feet of Jesus.

Sunday we will have an awesome service and at the conclusion of the service; we, like the three kings of orient will bring our gifts to Jesus.  We will carry them down to the barn and leave them there as we close in prayer together.  I encourage everyone to prepare a "Gift for Jesus", a Christ's birthday offering.  Let the Lord lead you in the amount, but we will all come together and bring our gifts for the One who's birthday we celebrate.

Note: There will be some awesome Christmas music played during this service; it will only last an hour.  I encourage you to spend the rest of the day with your families!

Merry Christmas

Pastor Mike Sanes

Harbor News/Events

Harbor Family and Friends,

What a great day in the Lord we had yesterday at the Harbor.  We concluded "The Hunt" message series with a powerful message entitled "Follow the Blood".  You can hear this message by clicking on the title.  In this message we traced the blood all the way from the Garden of Eden to Calvary.  You can also hear the evening message "Running From God" by clicking here.  It is a message about what happens to those who run from God.

Christmas Drama--This coming Sunday Dec. 18th is our Christmas drama that will be presented by the Harbor Kid's Church.  It will be presented at 11a.m.  Feel free to invite your friends and relatives; come early to get a good seat.

The Harbor Christmas Banquet will be this Sunday evening at 6pm.  Everyone is asked to bring soup, salad, or sandwiches, and a drink.  We are going to have a great time.  We hope to see you there!

NOTE:  There will be only one morning service for the next three Sundays.  All of these services will start at 11:00.  We will resume our two morning service schedule on January 8th.  All other services will remain the same.

Helping Hands Small Group--if you are interested in being a part of the Helping Hands Small Group please contact Denise Carver or Terri Warner.  This is a new group that has just started, but they are doing vital ministry in the body of Christ.  They will be happy to have you as a part of this great ministry. 

Harbor 101, 201, & 301 will begin simultaneously on January 9th.  There is a good group of several families that have completed 101 and 201, and they will be starting the 301 series.  The 301 series is about "Ministry and Serving Christ".  Anyone is welcome to sign up for the classes, however, the 101 is primarily for new comers and new Christians.   The dates are Jan. 9, 16, 23, 30; each class will begin with a meal at 6:30 and class will start at 7:00.

Financial Peace University--the second phase of this class will begin on January 12, at 7pm.

Merry Christmas!

Pastor Michael Sanes

Church News

Church Family,


What a powerful service we had last Sunday night.  I can never remember a time when Kelly stopped the singing and said: "The Lord has shown me thus and so...".  I want to thank her for being obedient to the Spirit of the Lord.  It was very obvious that God was in it because of the immediate results that came.  Within moments the altar was filled with people.  I have received at least three testimonies from people who were really ministered to in this service.  Praise the Lord!  He always knows what we need and just when to show up.

Adam returns from Chicago today at noon.  It seems like he's because gone a year although I know its only been 11 weeks.  We will have lunch with him today when he lands in Jax.  I'm excited to see him coming home, we have missed him greatly.


A special thanks to Amber Babb for stepping up and playing piano while Adam was away.  It was a tremendous step for her, and a huge blessing for the church.  Thanks for all you've done, Amber.


THE HUNT--this series will end this Sunday with a great exclamation point.  I will be preaching a message entitled: "Follow the Blood".  I encourage you to be here; you don't want to miss this great message.  If you are interested in the series please contact Brother Ken Smith.  The messages were: 1. Trophy Christians  2. The Hunt for Reality  3. The Search for Significance  4.  Follow the Blood.

Christmas Drama--will be held on December 18th at 11am.  You will not want to miss this Drama that will be put on by the Harbor Kids.  The title of the drama is: "It All Happened In The Country".  I am looking forward to this special Christmas event.  They always do a great job~!

Prayer Request!  Please keep Tom Bell and his entire family in your prayers.  His father passed away last night, or very early this morning.  Tom and Darlene are there now in West Virginia, please keep them in your prayers.

Blessings!

Mike Sanes
Pastor, The Harbor Worship Center