Wednesday, December 7, 6:30 – 8 p.m.; North Building
Celebrate the season with a night of Christmastime fun, delicious holiday treats and more!

A festive morning of chatting with girlfriends, enjoying holiday treats and learning from the Word. Guest speaker Gail Goolsby will share on being a merry Mary during the holiday season. Eastminster’s own Dana DeKalb and Allison Peterson will provide holiday music. RSVP online below or contact Louisa Markley at 634.0337 or lmarkley@eastminster.org.

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Give Back
We will collect items to support our missions partner, Embrace, as they serve moms facing unexpected pregnancies. If you wish to support Embrace, please bring to the gathering:

• size 5 diapers
• wet wipes
• long sleeve onesies – size 6-9 months
• sleepers – size 12 months
• cash or check donations

About Gail Goolsby
Gail holds master’s degrees in Professional Counseling and Educational Leadership. She has over 25 years educational experience as teacher, school counselor, and principal, including the K-12 American school in Afghanistan. Her award-winning book Unveiled Truth: Lessons I Learned Leading the International School of Kabul details the experience with challenging applications for all readers.

Gail started Learn to Live Well counseling and life coaching services in St. Joseph in 2013, becoming a ICF (International Coaching Federation) certified coach and believing there is support and encouragement in God’s Word to help us all. She became the Director of the Mid-America Region for American Home Life International (AHLI), a homestay program that places international high school students with Christian host families while they attend schools in the US.

In February 2015, Gail and Michael relocated to Wichita for him to serve as a pastor at Eastminster. In addition to her own clients, she now serves as a remote behavioral coach with AbleTo, a telehealth company out of New York City, helping participants make necessary changes for better health and overall life satisfaction. She writes for Just Between Us, a Christian women’s magazine founded by Jill Briscoe, and also provides devotionals for Thrive Ministries for Global Women Workers.

Gail and her pastor husband have been married 44 years and have three grown children, two sons-in-law, and five spunky grandchildren. They live where the wind blows over the prairie in south central Kansas and there really is no place like home.

Sunday, December 11, at 9:30 and 11 a.m. (no 8 a.m. service)
Monday, December 12, at 7 p.m.
This joyful program celebrates the birth of Christ through sacred music and holiday favorites with our Chancel Choir, organ, bells and orchestra, along with narration. Through this special cantata, we will remember the Light that shone from Bethlehem, from Galilee to Jerusalem, from a rugged cross to the Father’s throne. That Light still shines in the darkest night, and it will lead us home. The visions of a star, a stable, shepherds, wisemen, a young mother and father, and a tiny baby in a manger of hay, are still wreathed in wonder and awe. The tidings of great joy that reach to us from that time long ago in that place far away, resound with this great promise and truth… “the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.” (Matthew 4:16) This is the perfect opportunity to invite friends, neighbors and family to hear the hope of the gospel during the Christmas season.

3 & 4:30 p.m.
A retelling of the Christmas story and the customary lighting of candles. Kids ages 4 and up can join in as shepherds, angels, animals and wisemen. Sign up with Elissa Becker at 634.0337, ext. 2026, or ebecker@eastminster.org. Rehearsal: December 18.

6 & 8 p.m.
The evening candlelight services include favorite hymns and carols as we remember the gift of our Savior’s birth. Child care available for 0 – Pre-K.

One service at 10:30 a.m. in the Sanctuary. We’ll gather for a single holiday service on both Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Grow Groups for kids, students and adults will not meet, but child care for 0 – Pre-K will be available.

One service at 10:30 a.m. in the Sanctuary. We’ll gather for a single holiday service on both Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Grow Groups for kids, students and adults will not meet, but child care for 0 – Pre-K will be available.

Sharing Jesus in Hard Places

February 24 – 26 (registration opens January 2)
Experience what life and ministry look like in “hard places” where it’s difficult, and often dangerous, to share the gospel. This immersive, interactive weekend is designed for families to be able to engage together and in age-appropriate settings – there is something for everyone! Connect with our missions partners and EPC World Outreach leadership, try your hand at a cooking class, engage in a secret church meeting, or “travel” to restricted countries at our family passport activity. Together we’ll experience what it’s like to live in a place where there is no church.