Hello, good people of MORE (and all of you other outstanding people around the world). We hope you’re having a good week. We are. Let’s see some of it.

Wednesday services continue this evening. From 6:30-8:00 p.m. each Wednesday, we will have healing and prophetic rooms, worship and prayer as well as nursery, children and youth groups.

Just a few more days to sign up for the Unleashing Possibility women’s conference, hosted by MORE, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Saturday. The conference is open to all women and childcare is available for birth through 3^rd grade if it’s done in advance.  Cost is $20 per person, $25 if using childcare. Sign up in the church foyer or go online to www.unleashingpossibility.org.

Beginning this Sunday, Pastors Becky and Wendy will be moderating Alpha, a 15-week video series. This class is a basic Christianity class with a video and discussion. It begins with questions about God being real and goes all the way into baptism of the Holy spirit. It is a wonderful study for those who want to know more about Christ. The class will run 8:45-9:45 a.m. each Sunday. Check with Pastor Becky if you want a $10 study guide. Childcare is available.

Thanks to each of you who support the church financially every month. We could not operate without you. For those who would like to give, there are several ways. In addition to checks, cash and money order, you can give by text (84321), use your credit card at the church or by going online to our website, www.ilovemore.org. The most efficient way for the church is for people to give by bank draft. If that interests you, please contact Pastor Wendy.

Community Groups:

• Creator’s Space, hosted by Joy Conner at Acts Community-Downtown, 816 S. Van Buren, 3 p.m., the first Saturday of each month.  This group is for adults only. Bring projects, ideas and artistic/creative friends to make things you love. This is a place for you to make things and for creators to create. For more information, contact Joy Conner at joy.conner@yahoo.com or 806-683-5054.
• Women’s prayer and worship, led by Jennifer Martin, 9 a.m. each Tuesday at MORE. No childcare.
• Jennifer Martin and Debi Jeter lead a group that meets 8:45-9:45 a.m. each Sunday at the church. This is a time of praise, reflection and prayer before the main service. This is a time, open to all, who want to spend some intimate time with the Lord before the Sunday service. Childcare will be available.
• Going Up, a community group for people who have attained age 50 and above, meets once a month. The next fellowship will be determined later. Contact Keith and Sherry Moore for more information. Keith can be reached at 382-3780 and Sherry at 382-6654.
• James and Paula Butler lead a service every Sunday afternoon at Acts Community Resource Center on 2^nd and Louisiana for the people in San Jacinto. Contact the Butlers if you would like to be a part of this.
• Mark Wolfe leads a men’s group that has changed its meeting time. The new time will be 6:30-8:00 p.m. on the first and third Tuesday of each month. The new meeting place will be Acts downtown, 816 S. Van Buren. There will be some social time then Bible talk. For more information, contact Mark at 806-674-1050.
• Ben and Caitlin Standish lead “Sabre in the Spirit,” a prayer meeting with live music and rooted in the Bible. They meet at 6 p.m. the second and fourth Saturday of every month at the Standish home, 5721 Andover Dr. For more information, contact Ben at 418-0692 or Caitlin at 670-5344.
• The MORE Recovery group meets at 5:30-6:30 p.m. each Monday at the church. This meeting is open to the public. Childcare is available for birth-3^rd grade if we know a day in advance.
• Pastor Lyndal leads the Crump Church service at 6:45-8:00 p.m. each Monday at the church. This is a smaller, more intimate gathering of worship and ministry for those who may not feel comfortable in a regular church setting. This is open to the public. Childcare is available for birth-3^rd grade if we know a day in advance.
• Pastor Kathryn Roach leads a young women’s group called Grow Together! The group will meet 7-9 p.m., Jan. 20 and Feb. 17 at MORE before Kathryn takes off a few months for the birth of her new child. The group is open to women 18-35 and focuses on growth in relationship with the Lord and others. In a chill atmosphere, there is a short worship time, small devotional and discussion. For more information, contact Pastor Kathryn at 690-5144.

Our Sunday morning sermon is available live each Sunday around 10:45-10:50 a.m. on our Facebook page or later it will be posted to our website and YouTube. For additional information on MORE, please check the calendar below or look us up at our website, www.ilovemore.org, our Facebook page or YouTube (MORE Church Amarillo).

January Schedule:

• January 27 – Unleashing Possibilities women’s conference, 9-3 (Christy Hilbert)
• January 28 – Baby dedication

February Schedule:                                        

• February 4 – First Fruits Offering
• February 18 – Water baptism (Pastor Lyndal)

Weekly Schedule:

• Sunday: 8:45-9:45 a.m., Alpha Class (begins Sunday)
• Sunday: 8:45-9:45 a.m., Prayer/Praise/Reflection
• Sunday: 10:00 a.m., Sunday service
• Sunday: 10:00 a.m., Children’s church
• Sunday: After worship, service for 6^th-12th graders
• Monday: 5:30-6:30 p.m. – MORE Recovery group
• Monday: 6:45-8:00 p.m., Crump Church at MORE
• Tuesday: 9:00-10:30 a.m., women’s prayer and worship
• Wednesday: 6:30-8:00 p.m. – Wednesday services

Prayer Requests:

• Pray for Wendy Roach’s mother, Barbara, who will receive a port for chemo treatments today.
• Pray for Rodney Garner who is recovering from surgery Tuesday to remove his gall bladder.
• Pray for Jim Holley who is in Lubbock today undergoing some brain scans.
• Pray for Jennifer Drone who hasn’t been feeling well and has had headaches and mini-stroke symptoms.
• Pray for Sarah Luedecke’s partner and child who were in a car wreck on Tuesday. The mother, Adrianna, has a lot of bruising. The baby is okay. The car is totaled.
• Pray for Jaime Stoll’s sister, Amanda, who has been diagnosed with cancer and decided not to continue radiation and chemo treatments.
• Pray for Johnny Saunders who is recovering from quadruple heart bypass surgery.
• Pray for those with long-term health ailments: Elaine Standish (convalescent care); Shelly Wood (bowel surgery now chemotherapy); Phillip, son of Chris Czosnek (chemotherapy); Eddie Gonzalez (internal issues); Mike Miller (kidney dialysis, cancerous cyst in his mouth); Nick Woodard’s father (liver cancer); and Johnnie Daniels, PREP board member/volunteer (rectal cancer).
• Pray for family and friends in our congregation who are struggling with meth, alcohol and other addictions.
• In addition, please pray for all of our military personnel, leaders, president and cabinet members.

MORE Money:

Sunday offering for 01/21/24 was $11,702.20. Giving year-to-date is $35,869.79. Attendance was 238.

Thoughts for the week:

• “A vote is like a rifle – its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.” (Theodore Roosevelt)

• If you would like to hear a great sermon about elections and the church, go to YouTube (MORE church Amarillo), under videos, 11/15/20, “Beware the Leaven,” Pastor Daryl Roach.

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One day, God was looking down at the Earth and saw all of the rascally behavior that was going on. So, he called one of His angels and sent the angel to Earth for a time. When the angel returned, he told God, “Yes, it is bad on Earth. Ninety-five percent are misbehaving and only five percent are not.”

God was not pleased so He decided to email the five percent  who were being good because He wanted to encourage them, give them a little something to help keep them going.

Do you know what the email said?

Okay, I was just wondering. I didn’t get one either.

Several men are in the locker room of a golf club. A cell phone on the bench rings and a man picks it up, engages the hands free speaker function and begins to talk. Everyone else in the room stops to listen.

Man: Hello?

Woman: Honey, it’s me. Are you at the club?

Man: Yes.

Woman: I am at the mall now and found this beautiful leather coat. It’s only $1,000. Is it

okay if I buy it?

Man: Sure, go ahead if you like it that much.

Woman: I also stopped by the Mercedes dealership and saw the new 2024 models. I saw

one I really liked.

Man: How much?

Woman: $120,000.

Man: Okay, but for that price I want it with all the options.

Woman: Great. Oh, and one more thing. The house I wanted last year is back on the

market. They’re asking $1.8 million.

Man: Well, then go ahead and give them an offer of $1.6 million. They’ll probably take

1. If not, we can pay the extra if it’s really a good price.

Woman: Okay. I’ll see you later. I love you so much.

Man: Bye. I love you, too.

            The man hangs up. The other men in the locker room are staring at him in astonishment, mouths agape. He turns and asks, “Anyone know who this phone belongs to?”

A little boy was in a relative’s wedding. As he was coming down the aisle, he would take two steps, stop and turn to the crowd. While facing the crowd, he would put his hands up like claws and roar.

So it went. Step, step, ROAR. Step, step, ROAR. All the way down the aisle. As you can imagine, the crowd was near tears from laughing so hard by the time he reached the pulpit.

When asked what he was doing, the child sniffed and said, “I was being the Ring Bear.”

That’s all, folks. Enjoy the rest of your week.

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