Happenings - Midlands Christian

MCC HAPPENINGS

Here is a Quick Overview of our Monthly Calendar. Click on any event for a

few details. Also, scroll underneath the calendar for more details on current MCC Happenings and ways that you can connect and get involved!

Midlands Christian Church exists to honor God by connecting people to God, others, & service through a growing relationship with Jesus Christ. We welcome you to Midlands Christian Church. We hope each of you experience our Purpose Statement when you worship with MCC. We want to honor God–want to help connect you to God–want you to connect with others at MCC–want to connect you to service. And, we want to do all this as you are growing in your relationship with Jesus Christ.

We hope you are reading your Bible, worshipping with MCC in-person or online, learning from our in-person and Zoom Bible studies, and joining with MCC in other fellowship gatherings. We are here for you.

Our Prayer Ministry is definitely active, with Prayer Partners praying daily! If you want prayer, please contact us via email, phone, or text. We will pray for you. If you wish this shared with the Prayer Ministry, we will. If you are interested in joining the Prayer Ministry, please contact the church via email, phone, or text.

Our Children’s Ministry enjoys Kid’s Quest each week. Children up through 5th grade leave the Worship Center during the message time for an age-appropriate lesson time of their own.

Our Youth Ministry is gathering bi-weekly for study, praying, hanging out, playing games, and growing in our love of Christ TOGETHER!

Please keep praying for each other!

SUNDAYS IN JANUARY

WELCOME

Welcome to MCC this Sunday morning! We are joining together in-pers0n & virtually this week. If you are unable to join us on campus, please join us online on Facebook Live. If you are not on Facebook, we will post our Worship Service to this website directly after the service.

When you come to MCC, you will find a multi-generational church of people loving & encouraging each other. You’ll find children to those who are in their 90s. We worship & learn together. You’ll also see people in dresses & ties to jeans &

t-shirts. We are all worshipping an awesome Lord!

WORSHIP @ 10:30 A.M.

We are enjoying worship this week in-person & also streaming our Sunday worship service. Each Sunday at 10:30 A.M., we meet in the Worship Center to sing praises to God, share in the Lord’s Supper, and study God’s word together. During the sermon time, children up through 5th grade exit to Kid’s Quest in the education wing for a time of Bible lessons, songs, crafts, games, etc. We invite you to come worship with us!

We are thrilled that we are enjoying Kid’s Quest. We are excited to welcome the children! We look forward to seeing each of you on campus each week

If you are not able to join us in person and would like to join us via FaceTime, please contact Miss Terri!!

ADULT BIBLE STUDY!

We hope EACH of YOU will get involved in at least one Bible Study. Please pray about joining with a group. We desire for each of you to grow in your Bible study and Connection to God, and for you to Connect with Others from MCC during these Small Group times.

We have a Small Group Bible Study that gathers at the church on Sunday mornings before Worship at 9:30 a.m. (We also have a Small Group that gathers on Wednesdays at 4 p.m.) Our Youth are gathering twice a month. Our children will continue to gather weekly in Kid’s Quest for their Bible study during our morning worship service.

THE CONNECTION

NEW TIME 4 PM

The Connection is a time during the week that we gather together for Bible study, prayer, and fellowship on Wednesdays at 4 p.m. We usually begin our evening Connecting over dessert as we catch up with each other about our week. Then, we join in our study & prayer time. We are connecting with each other, but more importantly we are connecting to God. Talking with Him during prayer and hearing His Word to us during Bible Study. Please join us! We are currently in a new study, a film study—The Gospel of John, a film created in 2003 following the gospel verse by verse.

We are watching The Gospel of John, an epic biblical drama film that presents a word-for-word adaptation of the Gospel of John. The film is notable for being a faithful adaptation of the Gospel of John aiming to present the text without omissions or additions from the other gospels. The film features Henry Ian Cusick as Jesus and is narrated by Christopher Plummer. The film recounts the life of Jesus Christ as told by the apostle John and is divided into four main segments:

Introduction to the nature of Jesus Christ.
Testimonies by disciples and the presence of miracles.
The Last Supper and crucifixion.
The appearance of the risen Christ.

Remember, Wednesdays, 4 p.m.

Join us for this film Bible study!

OTHER

MCC HAPPENINGS…

LADIES BIBLE STUDY MINISTRY

Ladies, you are invited to our Ladies Ministry Sunday, January 11, at 4 p.m. We are studying devotions this year entitled, “A Tale of Two Women.” Each week we focus on women in the Bible who made wise choices and those who did not. Hope to see you. Invite a friend. Please join us in the Fellowship Hall. Ladies, if you have questions about the Ladies Ministry or would like to receive Ladies Ministry emails/texts, please let Ivy Rice or Kathy Leary know.

YOUTH GROUP!!

Youth group is open to middle school & high school-age students.

This is a time of hanging out, fun activities & Bible study.

We meet every other week…

Check the calendar and emails and bulletins for when & where!

Youth…you get your own reminders from T&T.

CONNECT LUNCH

Connect Lunch is an opportunity for our MCC family to gather with one another & also enjoy a good meal. We will be going to Outback Restaurant SUNDAY, January 18. This restaurant is located across from Walmart in Lexington. PLEASE sign up in the foyer so we can make reservations.

SING & SUPPER

MCC is hosting a Music, Fellowship, & Food gathering on SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, at 5 p.m. All the Christian churches in the greater Midlands area are invited. If you want to provide any special music, please let Tim know. We are responsible for providing the meal for the evening, and the Ladies Ministry has decided the meal will be Soup and Sandwiches. PLEASE SIGN UP IN THE FOYER with what foods, drinks, and desserts you will provide. Thanks!

MEN’S FELLOWSHIP

February 7 @ 9 a.m.

The men will gather on Saturday, February 7, at 9 a.m.

Bring your favorite breakfast items.

SOUP & CHILI LUNCH

With February 8 being Super Bowl Sunday and Souper Bowl of Caring Sunday, we will celebrate with a Soup & Chili Lunch right after church. So, please bring soups, chili, sandwiches, salad, cornbread, crackers, desserts, drinks &…OTHER FOODS for those who are not soup-lovers. Please come, & we’ll enjoy a nice warm meal together. With that also being Valentine’s week, we will celebrate both. We’ll celebrate this Souper Bowl of Caring Day by sharing our love. Please invite your friends to worship & to our Soup & Chili Lunch on this Souper Bowl Sunday! We will have a few fun games on this Super Sunday!

THANKS

AND MORE THANKS!

THANK YOU

MCC BELL RINGING DAY

Thank you, MCC, for serving The Salvation Army with our MCC Bell Ringing Day. All the volunteers enjoyed their day of ringing! Thank you! Our day of bell ringing raised almost $700. These funds will fuel TSA critical services for individuals and families in need through stability programs, disaster relief, and so much more! Again, thank you!

THANK YOU

COOKIES & HOT CHOCOLATE

Thank you, ladies, for the extra cookies. We treated the residents of a local nursing home with cookies and hot chocolate. Thank you for your donations and thank you to those who delivered the treats and visited with the residents!

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THANK YOU

ANGEL TREE

Thank you for all the toys you donated to the Sandy Nyman Angel Tree. We are supporting the children in Prisma Children’s Hospital fighting cancer. Your generosity was overwhelming. We had bags & bags & bags of toys. Your Sandy Nyman Angel Tree presents were delivered to Prisma Children’s Hospital. Children undergo months and sometimes years of procedures, tests, and treatments. These toys will be given to the children when they’re in the hospital for appointments—physical exams, treatments, and painful procedures such as spinal taps and bone marrow aspirations. THANK YOU for opening your heart to these children!

THANK YOU

MOUNTAIN MISSION SCHOOL

Thank you for your generosity to Mountain Mission School! The MMS children who are not able to be with their families over Christmas will be treated to special activities during the holiday break with the funds you have donated. Thank you for your generosity to MMS! Thank you for your donations of $2,205.00!

THANK YOU

BLESSINGS WALL

Thank you for sharing. We each have so many blessings every hour of our life. You shared some of your blessings, and we have compiled these blessings into a Word Cloud. These are the shared blessings from you! PLEASE enjoy your creation on the back wall of the Worship Center.

THANK YOU

SAFE JOURNEY

Thank you for your generosity. You donated enough money to purchase 65 helmets for the children in Thailand. All your donations will go to the Lillies’ Safe Journey Project where they give motorcycle helmets and Bibles to the children in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

THANK YOU

GIFTS FOR LAVIE

During 2025, MCC collected donations to purchase

car seats for LaVie in the amount of $400.

Your donations were donated to LaVie for 5-6 new car seats for these mothers-to-be! Thank you for your blessings.

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CHURCH WORKDAY

PICK YOUR DAY!

We STILL have several items that need to be taken care of. PLEASE contact the church to set up a time you can come to help out! We have a TO DO LIST in the foyer for you to choose from. THANK YOU!

Here are some ways in which you can “Get Involved” in the life of Midlands Christian Church on a regular basis. Most of these gatherings

are meeting on a regular basis.

YOUTH GROUP

MCC youth group meets every Sunday evening from 5:00-6:30 p.m. This small group is open to middle school through college students. This is a time of fun activities & Bible study.

THE CONNECTION

Get connected to God through deeper study and to one another as we spend time together.

Adult Bible Study begins at 7:00 p.m. each Wednesday.

(The classes do not meet every week during the summer months.)

LADIES’ MINISTRY

The Ladies Ministry meets the second Sunday of every month, except for the summer months.

Please join us for a time of fellowship, study, and sharing life with other women.

MEN’S MINISTRY

The Men’s Ministry meets most months for breakfast, devotional times,

sporting activities and projects.

Please join us.

BIBLE STUDY

At 9:30 A.M. on Sundays, we have Small Group Bible Study.

Please join us as we dive into studying God’s Word.

PRAYER MINISTRY

MCC’s Prayer Ministry prays for each person who worship at MCC every week!

They are also committed to praying for those on our prayer list weekly.

If you are interested in joining us in praying for the church &

its concerns, please join us. If you would like to be a

part this new Prayer Ministry, please

contact the church office.

HELPING THE UNHOUSED

We have volunteers who serve the homeless population in various ways. We have some who serve locally by laundering clothes, grocery shopping, and providing direct care for the homeless. We also donate food and supplies to a local women’s shelter, Samaritan’s Well. A basket for donations for the homeless is located in the foyer under the appropriately labeled sign. We update the church regularly on the needs of Samaritan’s Well. The Helping the Homeless Team welcomes you to join in this service. If you are interested, please contact the church office.

MOUNTAIN MISSION SCHOOL

Mountain Mission School is one of the missions we support. We have an adult Bible class that collects money throughout the entire year, and we send this to them before Christmas. These funds help all the children who remain at the orphanage over the holidays to have extra funds for some fun activities. We also send birthday cards to every child at the school, and we have individuals who are committed to praying for these children. They pray for the children who have birthdays during the particular month that we are in. If you would like to help the Mountain Mission School ministry, please contact the church.

LAVIE PREGNANCY CARE CENTER

MCC supports LaVie Pregnancy Care Center every month. We have families who give monthly to LaVie. For every $60 we donate, one ultrasound can be administered. When the mothers-to-be are presented with their ultrasound and see a picture of their child, most choose to continue on with their pregnancies. We also

support LaVie by donating a variety of gifts that will be useful to a new mom-strollers, carseats, etc.

We donated 12 car seats, then we had a tremendous baby shower for a pregnant LaVie

mom, then donated car seats again as that was a desperate need for LaVie.

Please join us in supporting these young mothers and their children.

MISSION LEXINGTON

MCC is committed to serve in the Mission Store at Mission Lexington. There are numerous ways to serve. We clean the store, straighten the aisles, staff the cash register, process donations, and organize bags. We’d love for you to join us in this ministry to the community. If you are interested in helping, please check out their website and click on volunteering. We also have a donation basket in the foyer if you would like to donate food supplies or items for their Thrift Store.

CANCER CARE MINISTRY

MCC’s Cancer Care Ministry exists to be an encouragement to those suffering from cancer as well as to those who have family members battling cancer. Also, we want to be a source of information about cancer

to others. Come join us as we continue to grow this ministry.

CONNECT-LUNCH

MCC’s Activities and Outreach Ministry hosts an opportunity for fellowship, Connect-Lunch.

Approximately every other month, a restaurant will be chosen and EVERYONE

who would like to join the fun will go out to eat together after church.