Email: westside@westsidelife.org / Website: www.westsidelife.org

Online giving is now available by going

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“resources” and following the directions

at “online giving”.

Westside Church of Christ

7300 Stockdale Hwy. Bakersfield, CA 93309

Phone (661)831-4460 Fax (661)831-4668

Sunday Worship 9a.m.,

Sunday Bible classes 10:30a.m.

Wed. Evening Bible classes 6:30-7:30p.m. (Wednesday evening meal 5:30-6:30p.m.)

Morning Assembly

O Come, All Ye Faithful

Welcome/Prayer

Hark! the Herald Angels Sing The First Noel

Scripture Reading

Welcome to Our World

Communion / Offering

Thank You, Lord

Children dismissed to Kids’ Praise (3yrs - 4th grade) - must have security badge

Joy to the World

Sermon

What Child Is This? Go Tell It on the Mountain

Prayer Concerns

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Jennifer Brogdon and family at the recent passing of her grandmother, Dorothy Biediger, in Oregon.

Freda Cabe - now on hospice care Leann Hamilton - friend of Caitlyn Marshall, mother passed away; prayers for the family Rod & Mary LeGrand - friend’s grandson’s being treated for 2nd & 3rd degree burns from a house explosion Earlene Smith - very sore & bruised from a fall Brett Taylor - prayers for ease of medical problems and rheumatoid arthritis which causes employment issues and for family understanding of the physical pain he is in; prayers for Kim to find a qualified doctor for her hip surgery Harvey Williams - is in the hospital with health issues that is causing extreme pain Char Wylie - prayers for sister, Cherry Kinsley, who is recovering from hip replacement due to a fall and is experiencing a lot of pain

Continued Prayer Concerns…Terry & Jamie Bacon, Wally Bowden, Kay Dawes, Rosemary Esparza, Bobbie Hale, Gary & Pam Hartley, John Hill, Peggy Himenes, Mary Holland, Hulen Jenkins, Dawanna Kimble, Virginia McCombs, Cindy McGinty, Bob Molina, Abel Orozco, Ali Rash, Jennifer Veith, Charlotte West, & Valerie Wenrich

Sunday mornings - 10:30a.m., #601 Wednesday evenings - 6:30p.m. in #601

The College Winter Retreat is January 11-13. Registration deadline is Sunday, January 6. See Facebook for details.

Youth Open Gym Night will not meet on December 27 & January 3.

Student Ministry Page—Check out our new Student Ministry webpage at westsidelife.org/students. You’ll find details about our core values, upcoming events, annual activities, and how to get connected with us online. This is a great page to add to your home screen, bookmark for later and share with your friends.

2019 Summer Internship—Know someone who wants to join our Student Ministry team as our 2019 Summer Intern? Have them visit westsidelife.org/students to learn more about our Student Ministry and the internship we offer!

No Classes—There are NO classes TODAY (12/23) and this Wednesday (12/26). Our next Student Ministry gathering will be Sunday, December 30 for our Bible class in room #604.

23 - NO Bible Classes

24 - Christmas Eve (office closed)

25 - Christmas (office closed)

26 - Wed. Evening Meal, 5:30p.m., A.C, bring your own meal

- Wed. Evening Bible classes (NO 7th-12th grade classes), 6:30-7:30p.m.

27 - NO W.O.W. Ladies’ Bible Study

- NO Youth (7th-12th) Open Gym Night

There will be NO Bible classes TODAY (12/23). We will have a time of fellowship and refreshments right after worship in the Activity Center. Bible classes will resume on Sunday, December 30.

Please join us and bring your own meal (holiday leftovers anyone?) for you and your family on Wednesday, December 26 and Wednesday, January 2 at 5:30p.m. Bible classes will follow after dinner from 6:30-7:30p.m. Youth class (7th-12th) will not meet.

The office will be closed for the holidays on the following dates: December 24, 25 & 31 and January 1.

W.O.W. Ladies’ Bible Study will not meet on December 27 & January 3.

Welcome Gift—If this is your first visit to Westside, we invite you to stop by Guest Central for a free welcome gift! Just bring your completed “In-Touch Card” (located in the seats in front of you in the worship center) to Guest Central to pick up your free reusable travel mug. It’s our way of saying thanks for being here!

Beginning January 1 there will be a change to the bulletin deadline. All ministry event announcements for the bulletin need to be submitted to the office on Tuesday’s by 5p.m. Please send your announcements to westside@westsidelife.org three weeks prior to your event. Any ministry announcements that are received after the deadline will be put in the email bulletin link. All ministry events will be published for a maximum of two weeks (exceptions may be made for ministries that have deadlines to meet.) Thank you!