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    Good Morning HSB!

    … and welcome to the ADVENT SEASON! YAAAAYY! Don’t you love the season of Christmas!
    Here are the notes and announcements from last week. I also want to let you know that you’ll soon be seeing MORE messages from this feed because starting next week I’ll be writing quiet time material for everyone from Tuesday through Friday to jump start that spiritual discipline for our congregation. It won’t be a lot of reading or stuff to slog through: it will hopefully give you a jumping point for your prayer life and Bible reading though!

    See you week after next since you know that I’ll be away for a wedding this Sunday!

    Byron

    Operation Christmas Child
    Praise God that He provided 53 shoebox gifts through our church to needy kids worldwide! Please pray for the boxes and their recipients as well as the international effort to reach children for Jesus.

    EFC Winter Retreat
    Dec. 31-Jan. 3
    Registration is open for those interested in attending the EFC Winter Retreat at Pine Summit (Big Bear).

    http://www.efcchurches.org/wr/2009

    Welcome Baby Emma/Food Tree!
    Now that Baby Emma is born, let’s help her parents take care of her! An email is circulating concerning the Huang’s food tree, please sign up or inquire with Mabel Yu.

    Prayer Ministry every Sunday @ 9AM
    Sunday Morning prayer meetings are starting up weekly from Dec. 6. Come join us in the Sunday School room to pray for our church and our community.

    Harvest South Bay                November 29nd, 2009

    All Grown Up
    Live Big: Ephesians 4:1-16

    2 Dimensions of Unity

    1. Unity of Peace: God desires us to display the character of Christ toward one another.

    2. Unity of Principle: We share the same core truths of the Christian faith.

    2 Applications

    1. Make Unity a Priority: Be transformed in character toward each other.

    2. Remember the Process of Maturity: Before church growth or kingdom growth comes spiritual growth.

    Weekly Application Exercises
    1.Take some time before the Lord to present yourself, your personality and your character to God. Commit to becoming more humble, gentle, patient or tolerant in some concrete way as He guides.

    2. Examine how you think of Harvest South Bay and our congregation in terms of the concept of growth. Reassess and reorganize your perspective around personal and corporate spirituality. Purpose to help our body “grow up” in the coming year.

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