Newsletter for November 19, 2025

Meat Loaf, Baked Sweet Potato,
Vegetable Medley, and Dessert 

If you’d like to participate, please bring new, unwrapped toys and place them in the donation box located outside Nikki’s office.
All donations must be turned in by December 9.
Thank you for helping us bless children in our community this Christmas!

First Christmas Family Night – Cookbook Release & Covered Dish Dinner
Join us for our first Christmas Family Night in December as we celebrate the release of our church cookbook with a special covered dish dinner! Come enjoy some of the treasured recipes that have been passed down through the years in our church family. Also, we might have some fun Christmas games for everyone to enjoy. Make plans to attend and bring a friend.

We are looking for volunteers to bring the dish they contributed to the cookbook, or another favorite recipe. Please let us know what you plan to bring so we can ensure a good variety for everyone to enjoy.

Come enjoy a warm and festive evening with your church family as we gather for a wonderful meal and fellowship. This special night is all about celebrating the joy of the season together. We invite everyone to come ready to share one of their favorite Christmas memories—those meaningful, funny, or heartwarming moments that make this time of year so special. Your stories will help make the night even more memorable as we reflect on God’s goodness and the blessings of Christmas.

Final Family Night of the year – Choir Christmas Presentation

For our final Family Night of the year, the choir will be presenting “Long Expected, Forever Holy.” The program will begin at 6:00 p.m. in the sanctuary, followed by a time of food and fellowship in the social hall.

This is a wonderful opportunity to invite someone who needs to hear the Christmas message. We hope you will join us for this meaningful evening of worship and celebration.

Join us on Sunday, November 23, as we decorate the church for Christmas! We will enjoy a warm soup lunch immediately following the morning service, and then work together to prepare the sanctuary and fellowship hall for the season.

We need as many helpers as possible—many hands make quick work—so please stay and lend a hand if you are able. Your help will make the church beautiful for Christmas worship!

Movie Night – Why the Nativity?

Join us on Sunday, December 7th, at 4:00 PM in the sanctuary as we watch Why the Nativity?, a powerful film by Dr. David Jeremiah that brings the Christmas story to life. Through beautiful dramatization and biblical insight, the movie explores the deeper meaning behind Jesus’ birth and answers some of the most important questions surrounding the Nativity.

This is a wonderful opportunity to invite family and friends. The movie will end by 5:30 PM, giving everyone time to get home before dark. A bus will also be available for those who prefer not to drive at night—please let Jonathan know if you need a ride.
We hope you will join us for this meaningful start to the Christmas season!

Get a head start on your Christmas cards!
The Christmas Post Office will open on Sunday morning, November 30th. To help us sort and distribute everything on time, we ask that all cards be turned in by Sunday, December 14th.

If you would like to send Christmas cards to church members here in Ashburn, simply drop them off and we will take care of the sorting and delivery for you. Collection boxes will be located throughout the church, and any donations to the Post Office will go toward covering shipping costs and supplies for our Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes.

Don’t miss Brother David’s Mid-Week Devotions in Psalms!
New messages are posted every Wednesday on our media page—take a midweek moment to be encouraged and refreshed in God’s Word.

Budget for 2025 . . . . . . . .  $329,624.00
Tithes Needed to Date . . . . $291,855.74
Received to Date . . . . . . . . $247,100.32      
Needed for weekly budget . . . $6,344.69
Tithes Received this week . . . $4,748.00

Are you ready for Thanksgiving? I don’t mean the location, guests, or menu. Are you prepared to give thanks to the Lord? Many times, we get so focused on the elements of the holiday that we lose sight of expressing thanks.

When we read Deuteronomy 26:1-11, we are reminded of some key reasons to give thanks to the Lord. In these verses, God commanded His people to bring an offering of first fruits from their harvest. The Lord also instructed His people on what to say when presenting this offering. In this statement, we are reminded of the reasons we have for giving thanks to the Lord.

We are first reminded of God’s love for us. He does not love us because we are good, lovable, or have anything to offer Him. He loves us because He has graciously chosen to love us. The Israelites were to remember that their family heritage was that of wandering Arameans (v. 5). This meant they had nothing to offer God. He loved them despite them, not because of them. Romans 5:8 tells us, “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” How we ought to thank God for loving us!

Next, they were to speak of God’s salvation. Verses 5b-8 look back on the Exodus where God delivered His people from the bondage of Egypt. As amazing as that deliverance was, it pictured the even greater deliverance from sin and judgment that we have through Jesus Christ. Ephesians 2:8-10 makes it clear that this salvation was only by God’s grace from beginning to end. God’s salvation should cause us to give thanks to God.

God then had the Israelites remember His provision (verse 9). God brought Israel through the wilderness to a land flowing with milk and honey. He had provided for their every need. He was still providing for their needs.

It is the same for us. He has provided for all our needs. He has promised to provide for our every current and future need (Philippians 4:19). How we should give thanks to Him.
Last, we see God’s overwhelming goodness (verses 10-11). Haven’t we experienced the same? Like David, our cup overflows (Psalm 23:5b). We have been so wondrously blessed by God. Thanksgiving should be the ongoing attitude of our hearts, not just one day on the calendar.

I hope we all enjoy the Thanksgiving festivities. They are a lot of fun. But may we truly give thanks.