"Good morning! I would just like to let you know that my family really appreciates your help for Thanksgiving. My stepdad just got home from being in the hospital for 2 months with COVID. Even though he is home, he still cannot walk, drive, and he certainly cannot work, so it means the world to us that something like this is available. You guys have saved us!" - Jennifer

CARING CHRISTMAS TREE
Now through December 12
Sign out an ornament from the Caring Christmas Tree in the lobby. Then, bring your gifts back, wrapped with the ornament tied securely to the package by Sunday, Dec. 12th. Presents will be picked up beginning Monday, Dec. 13th. Thank you for making a difference in someone’s life this Christmas! If you have any questions, please contact Barb Siemann at 775-530-1517. You can choose an ornament online at https://thebridgereno.com/signup

CHRISTMAS CHOIR CONCERT
Sunday, December 12 @ 9:00a, 10:30a & 4:00p
Please join our Christmas Choir as we celebrate the Christmas season through music. The concert will be at 9:00a, 10:30a & 4:00p in the Worship Center.

CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHT SERVICES
Friday, December 24 @ 3:00p & 4:30p
You're invited to the annual Christmas Eve Candlelight Services at The Bridge Church. There will be Christmas music, an inspiring message, and the lighting of hundreds of candles. Join us for family services as we celebrate the birth of our Savior. Service times 3:00p & 4:30p, both in-person & online.

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God promises to make Abraham into a great nation, and he did.

Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran. He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan, and they arrived there.
Genesis 12:1-5

Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will bring justice to the nations. He will not shout or cry out, or raise his voice in the streets. A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out. In faithfulness he will bring forth justice; he will not falter or be discouraged till he establishes justice on earth. In his teaching the islands will put their hope.
Isaiah 42:1-4

Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah. Moved by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required, Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying: “Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you may now dismiss[a] your servant in peace. For my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the sight of all nations: a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.
Luke 2:25-32

Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. A large crowd followed him, and he healed all who were ill. He warned them not to tell others about him. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations. He will not quarrel or cry out; no one will hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out, till he has brought justice through to victory. In his name the nations will put their hope.
Matthew 12:15-21

After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight. They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them.  “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”
Acts 1:9-11

And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation. You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.” God’s future plans include his followers reigning on earth.
Revelation 5:9-10

When you spend more time thanking God your forget about all the things you wish were different and instead realize how much God has already done for you.

When will Jesus return?  We don’t know.  Get ready, be ready, stay ready.

Our hope is that since Jesus came once; he will come again.