Announcements:
Welcome to worship
This Sunday, as we enter a New Year, with all our struggles and perhaps even divisions within our own families we find comfort in our Lord Jesus and the hope we have in him.
No Prayer Meeting this Week
COVID-19 WORSHIP RULES
- The council is leaving it up to each member to decide for himself/herself whether or not to wear a mask.
- Those who are vaccinated and can sing well in Navajo are encouraged to come up to lead the Navajo hymns.
- We will still practice social distancing, especially in the sanctuary, and it recommends that everyone sit in those are area marked with “the fruit of the Spirit.”
- We will not have a mutual greeting time or a testimony time.
- The deacons will hold the offering plate rather than pass it down the row.
- We are suspending snack time after the service.
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
Ram Aryal has accepted our call to be our next pastor
Let us thank the Lord for him and his wife Tara. If possible send him a card or expressing your joy that God has sent him to us. His address is: Ram and Tara Aryal, 2254 Countrywood Dr. Grand Rapids, MI 49508.
It's time to start up the childcare room!
We need some new faces. Please talk to Joyce Kaferle if you would like to help with the under 3 children.
We need new volunteers to be on our Safety Team
The safety team monitors the building during our worship service.
We still have some hand sanitizer
If you would like a bottle, check with an elder or deacon.
If you are unable to attend worship in person, you can mail in your tithes and offerings to the church or use the app on our website to give by credit card or through PayPal
The church address is: Maranatha Fellowship Church, 618 W. Arrington St., Farmington, NM 87401.
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