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MINISTRY CONNECTIONS MONTEREY OFFICE HOURS MONDAY-THURSDAY: 8:00 AM TO NOON—1:00 TO 5:00 PM, FRIDAY: 8:00 AM TO NOON PLEASE REMEMBER TO TAKE ANY COMMUNION CUPS, COFFEE CUPS, OR ANY OTHER TRASH TO THE TRASH CANS AROUND THE WORSHIP CENTER OR GREAT HALL. THANK YOU! SERMON SERIES FAMILY NEWS (Front of Worship Center) ELDERS & WIVES FOR PRAYER 1ST SERVICE Rob & Darla Stewart Randal & Sherri Dement 1ST SERVICE Jeff & Patty Fairchild Warren & Denise McNeill ELDER ON CALL Gene Sheets: 806-946-8481 DECEMBER 28, 2025 Giving $65,300.36 Weekly Budget $43,500.00 Weekly Average $42,717.20 Attendance 581 CHILDREN’S MINISTRY TEACHERS NEEDED FOR WINTER QUARTER (DECEMBER-FEBRUARY) Wednesday Night: Cradle Roll Teacher & Helper FAMILY COMMITMENT SUNDAY If you had a baby during 2025, and your baby’s name is not on the list below, please email DeAnn Gwinn at dgwinn@montereychurch.com with your baby’s name and date of birth so we can include you in this year’s celebration. Hayden Dupont Cooper Eggleston Peyton Garza Kaden Hettick Everett Hooten Annie Lynch Reggie Moreno Winslow Ramsey Sutton Reynolds Shay Souder Baker Thompson Beckham Thompson Murphy Jo Webb Becca White Blair White CONGREGATIONAL LIFE MINISTRY DIVORCE CARE New session begins Wednesday, January 7th 6:30 PM, Room 227 If you’re walking through separation or divorce, you don’t have to do it alone. Divorce Care is a caring, Christ-centered support group where people find hope, healing, and practical help for navigating this season of life. GRIEFSHARE New session begins Wednesday, January 7th 6:00 PM, Room 258 GriefShare is a 13-week healing ministry here at Monterey to walk with those who are grieving. If you are struggling with grief from the loss of a loved one or know of someone who is, please go to www.griefshare.org to find a group in Lubbock, and then select Monterey COC or call the Church Office at 806-795-5201 and asked for information about GriefShare’s Spring classes. RECOVERY IN CHRIST Wednesday Evenings 6:45 PM Rm 280 MEN’S BIBLE STUDY Join us for Friday Morning Men’s Bible Study January 9th - May 22nd 6:45-7:45 AM, Fireside Room Studying the Minor Prophets Coffee & Donuts provided WOW BIBLE STUDY Begins Wednesday, January 14th 9:30 AM, Worship Center Studying “One In A Million” by Priscilla Shirer. YOUTH MINISTRY SUNDAY NIGHT No youth activities at the building tonight. We will kick off Praise and Play again next week! WEDNESDAY NIGHT We kick off the spring with worship and devo in the youth room this week! Join us for cereal and hangout time starting at 6:45PM. We can't wait to start the new year with you! FOR REMINDERS & UPDATES TO YOUTH EVENTS Join our Remind App for text group: To: 81010 Message: @mtm(year of graduation) Example for Senior: @mtm2025 COLLEGE MINISTRY FOLLOW US ON Join our College Ministry GroupMe to get all the important details about what is happening! https://groupme.com/join_group/109932009/0qc4Cdo8 ACTIVE RETIREES THURSDAY LUNCHEON 10:00 AM—2:00 PM Fireside Room BRIDAL SHOWER Honoring Natalie Graff, Bride-elect of Tate Stewart, Son of Rob & Darla Stewart, Sunday, January 11th, 1:30-3:00 PM In the home of Risa Jones, 8904 York Place Registered: natalieandtate.minted.com THANK YOU Monterey Church Family, Thank you so much for your prayers and the beautiful plant. I love my Church. Each of you are such a blessing to me. May God bless each and everyone of you. With love—Bonnie Craig BAPTISM Marisabel Padilla CHILDREN’S MINISTRY VOLUNTEERS With our Children’s Ministry leaders retiring in February, we’re building a team of volunteers to ensure our kids continue to experience a welcoming and nurturing environment. You can serve in nursery, teaching, Kids’ Worship, check-in, Merge, or general support. Scan QR code! NEW SUNDAY MORNING ADULT BIBLE CLASSES START JANUARY 4TH If you haven’t taken the time to check out our adult bible classes yet, or you haven’t been in a while, we want to encourage you to try them out in this new year. We have classes for all ages, life stations and 2 that are multigenerational. Our study for January and February begins January 4th and focuses on “How to Lament Well.” This series invites us to recover the lost language of lament—honest, faithful, conversa-tion with God in the midst of pain, grief, and unanswered questions. Together, we’ll learn how Scripture gives us words when life hurts, how lament deepens our trust rather than weakens it, and how God meets us in suffering with hope that endures. At the info desk out in the Great Hall is a listing of all our classes and their room numbers. You can also catch one of our Welcome Team with the blue lanyards who can assist you. We hope to see you soon in one of our classes. CONTRIBUTION/ATTENDANCE Culture is everywhere—it is in the society we live in, the schools we attend, the restaurants we keep coming back to, and the social groups we are a part of. And it is even in our churches. Monterey is no exception to this. There is a culture here that matters—because it shapes who we are, what we value, and how we live together. But culture also matters in another sense: it’s something we can name, nurture, and practice. During the first 5 weeks of 2026 we are going to spend time thinking about culture and why it matters. We’ll explore one of five culture-shaping practices—worship, belonging, sacrifice, discipleship, and presence. These are more than words we admire or paint on our walls - they are habits that form us over time. Together, they describe a way of life shaped by Christ and lived out in community. Culture Matters. And this series invites us to consider not only what we value, but how those values take shape among us—how our shared life bears witness to the gospel and forms us into a Christ-shaped people for the sake of the world. January 4 Worship January 11 Belonging January 18 Sacrifice January 25 Discipleship February 1 Presence

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