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TITHING

All we have is the Lord’s. We give as an act of worship and obedience, for our good and the growth of the kingdom in our neighborhood! There are three ways to give:

  • Give online here

  • By mail to P.O. Box 125 Fresno, CA 93707

  • Tithe Box, located in the dining room

STAY CONNECTED

  • Text “Neighborhood” to 84576 to join our text group and stay connected to what’s happening!

  • Check out our Fall Calendar of events, which will be updated periodically.

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN DECEMBER

  • Dec 19th-21st - Women’s Retreat @ the Campus Life Center (CLC) For our ladies in high school and above, this is a time to intentionally slow down and make space for God and one another. Good food, time in God’s word and in conversation with one another, a white elephant gift exchange and lots of fun and laughter -you don’t want to miss this! Our weekend begins Friday at 6pm and ends Sunday at 11am. A registration link will be sent out the first week of December.

  • Sat, Dec 20th - Saturday Sports Christmas Celebration from 9-11am Come join us at the Jackson Elementary cafeteria for a morning of games, Christmas crafts, gingerbread house building and bbq lunch! There will also be a shoe giveaway - please contact Sarah Valentine by Dec 19th if you need some shoes (svalentine@jacksoncdc.org). For kids ages 0-18 and their families. Consider inviting a family from your neighborhood!

  • Wed, Dec 24th - Christmas Eve Service @ the White’s (11am) Join us as we celebrate Jesus’ birth and await his second coming. There will be a tamale lunch to follow for those who would like to join! Please RSVP to Heidi (559.852.8431) if you plan to stay for lunch.

  • Sun, Dec 28th - Family Sunday Potluck @ 5:15pm Join us at the White’s following the PM gathering for food, fellowship, and celebrating our December birthdays! Please bring a side dish to share for 6-8 people (last name A-M = salad/veggie; N-Z = fruit). Mains and desserts are taken care of.

  • WSM Youth Wednesdays @ 6:00pm: For 6th-12th grade students, we are partnering this year with The Well’s Student Ministry (WSM) gathering on Wednesday nights from 6-8:15pm. Dinner is at 6pm, with games, worship, Bible teaching, and small group sharing to follow starting at 6:30pm. Want a ride? Meet at the White’s home at 5:30pm! Otherwise, we’ll see you there! - 4545 N. Palm Ave. NOTE: Dec 10th is the final WSM gathering until January.

  • Wednesday’s @ 6:30pm: Happy Hour Bible Study - Join us as we study God’s word together at the Frappe House (2777 E. Nees) from 6:30-8:00pm. We are meeting this month on Dec 10th & 17th. Text Calida at 559.908.0645 for questions or details.

GIVING AND RECEIVING HELP

  • Do you have an idea to serve others? Neighborhood Church can help pay to make that idea happen. Talk to Pastor Matt.

  • Do you need help paying a bill? Neighborhood Church has a benevolence fund that can help with that. Talk to Pastor Matt.

Joy To The World

Joy to the world, the Lord is come

Let Earth receive her King

Let every heart prepare Him room

And Heaven and nature sing

And Heaven and nature sing

And Heaven, and Heaven and nature sing

Joy to the world, the Savior reigns

Let all their songs employ

While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains

Repeat the sounding joy

Repeat the sounding joy

Repeat, repeat the sounding joy

He rules the world with truth and grace

And makes the nations prove

The glories of His righteousness

And wonders of His love

And wonders of His love

And wonders, wonders of His love

Joy to the world, the Savior reigns

Let all their songs employ

While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains

Repeat the sounding joy

Repeat the sounding joy

Repeat, repeat the sounding joy

In Christ Alone

In Christ alone my hope is found

He is my light, my strength, my song

This cornerstone, this solid ground

Firm through the fiercest drought and storm

What heights of love, what depths of peace

When fears are stilled, when strivings cease

My comforter, my all in all

Here in the love of Christ I stand

In Christ alone who took on flesh

Fullness of God in helpless babe

This gift of love and righteousness

Scorned by the ones He came to save

Till on that cross as Jesus died

The wrath of God was satisfied

For every sin on Him was laid

Here in the death of Christ I live

There in the ground His body lay

Light of the world by darkness slain

Then bursting forth in glorious day

Up from the grave He rose again

And as He stands in victory

Sin's curse has lost its grip on me

For I am His and He is mine

Bought with the precious blood of Christ

It is Well

When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,


When sorrows like sea billows roll;

Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say,


It is well, it is well with my soul.


It is well, with my soul,

It is well, it is well with my soul.

Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,


Let this blest assurance control,


That Christ hath regarded my helpless estate,

And hath shed His own blood for my soul.

It is well, with my soul,

It is well, it is well with my soul.

My sin—oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!—


My sin, not in part but the whole,


Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!

It is well, with my soul,

It is well, it is well with my soul.

For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live:


If Jordan above me shall roll,

No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life


Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.

It is well, with my soul,

It is well, it is well with my soul.