New Sermon Series: Spiritual House Cleaning For A Productive 2019!

This month, we'll be kicking the year off by learning how to do some spiritual house cleaning to make sure we start the year off right! The following is our preaching team line-up for the month: Jan 6: Pastor Tom - "Understanding The Times We Live In" Jan 13: Elias Shipley - "Cleaning Up Your Prayer Life" Jan 20: Peter Abenoja - "Running 2019 On Purpose" Jan 27: Tyler Brooks - "Strength In Numbers"

This Sunday, January 6th - Baby Dedication + Christmas de-decorating! This Sunday, during the worship service, come help the Seelam family dedicate their new baby Sarah to the Lord! Then, following the service, come help us to also celebrate this special event with food and refreshments on the patio! If you are able, please also stay to help de-decorate the Christmas decorations from the church!

Albany Home Group Our Albany Home Group meets every 1st & 3rd Thursday of the month at 7 PM at the church! This group is led by Michael & Laura Driussi and they are about to begin a new study book in the Navigator's DFD series called "Walking with Christ". This is the perfect time to in! Group meets at the church in the Garden room with free child care provided. Please email us if you are interested in attending!

Self-Forming Study Groups Are you wishing to grow in your faith through Bible study but don't have the time to join a formal study group? Maybe you have a friend or family member who would like to join with you? We would like to help you get started by supplying you with free resources such as study books and/or DVD based studies! Please email us if you are interested in learning more at [email protected] !

Donate Coats & Shoes for Albany's Homeless! The Diverse Housing Working group, aka the Homeless Coalition of Albany, has asked if our congregation at The Church on the Corner can provide warm coats and shoes for the regular group of 13 homeless individuals whom they care for each week through the Albany free shower program. Please let us know from the following list if you would like to support a specific individual with specified clothing items. Coats and shoes should be new or nearly new. Suggested shoes can be light hiking or tennis shoes that are somewhat weather resistant and can be worn year-round. Also, there is no need for extra clothing beyond what is specified below. Name / Coat Size/ Shoe Size/ Male or Female CJ / Large / - / M (done) Mark / - / 11 / M (done) Hector / 2X / 12 / M (done) Ken / M/ 11 / M (shoes done; coat still needed) Dave / M or L / 10 / M Amber / boots with steel toes, size 10 L (done) Darrien / 3X or 4X / 13 / M Tom / L / 11 / M Tina / M / 5-6 / F (coat done; shoes still needed) Janet / XXL / 10 / F Richard / L, XL / - / M Meleya / - / 6.5 / F King / L / - / F (done) Keen / / 11 / M (We just met Keen in front of our church. He needs work boots.) To sign up to provide clothing for a specific individual, please email us at [email protected] . Or, sign up on the sign-up list on our church patio. For questions about individual's specific needs, Krista Winchester, our liaison for homeless outreach, will contact the DHWG group for more information. Thank you, Church family, for showing the love of God in Jesus Christ to those with the greatest need around us!

Albany's Free Shower & Homeless Outreach Program! As most are aware, homelessness in the Bay Area is a growing tragedy in our midst! Many of us feel helpless to do anything to help. Thankfully, the city of Albany has been very active to develop multiple programs to help provide care for those homeless individuals within our reach! Every Friday, the Diverse Housing Working Group, Albany's homeless coalition, comes together to run the city of Albany's Free Shower program. This also includes making free sandwiches to be handed out to homeless individuals on the street as well to those participating in the free shower program. This group also meets at our church once a month to envision larger solutions to the homelessness problem. Would you like to help? Please check out the link below for days and times and specific tasks where help is needed to keep Albany's free programs available to those in need! For more information about the program, you can also visit the DHWG website . Also, feel free to contact Doris Lock, our own representative to the shower program, by emailing us at [email protected] ! Sign Up to Volunteer!

Our New Ugly/Silly Sweater Champion for 2018! Last Sunday, to close out 2018, we held our ugly/silly sweater contest and we had some clear winners!  Congratulations to Hadis who is our new ugly sweater reigning champion! Runner up prizes went to Leean, Zion, and Annabelle! Congrats to all!

CHURCH COMMUNITY CLASSIFIEDS Do you have any special classifieds that you would like to have shared with the rest of our church community? Please email us at [email protected] !

UPCOMING EVENTS JANUARY 01/03 - Thurs @ 7 PM - Albany Home Group (back in session!) 01/04 - Fri - No NextGen (Holiday week) 01/06 - Sun @ 10 AM - Worship Service - Baby Dedication for Sarah Seelam with after service celebration on the patio! Also, Christmas de-decoration day following the service! 01/11 - Fri 3-5 PM - NextGen Youth Hangout (back in session!) 01/12 - Sat @ 10 AM - Prayer Summit 01/17 - Thurs @ 7 PM - Albany Home Group 01/18 - Fri 3-5 PM - NextGen Youth Hangout 01/20 - Sun @ 11:45 AM - Men's & Women's Group Meetings 01/25 - Fri 3-5 PM - NextGen Youth Hangout 01/27 - Sun @ 11:30 AM - Brunch + COTC Annual Celebration! ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌