Starting the Year with Fasting & Praying!

MCC Family,

What a joy and privilege it was to come together on Sunday and worship and start fresh 2012! I love the start of a new year and the refreshing the Holy Spirit brings with each beginning. Today, is the first day of this week's fasting and prayer. I can't think of a better way to start the year then aligning our hearts and minds with the Holy Spirit asking Him to speak and move in our lives and in MCC.

I want to encourage you all as you fast and pray this week to seek the heart of the Father and to hear His voice for you and your family. I am so excited and blessed to be sharing this week of fasting and praying with you. And we are expecting great and powerful things to come because of this week for 2012, MCC, your family, friends and the community of Burbank!

Please join us, as we break our fast, to our combined English and Spanish worship night on Sunday, January 8 at 6pm. It will be a great time to celebrate all the things the Lord has done through this fast!

Attached is our prayer guide from last year that has great Scripture based prayers. If you need somewhere to start, the prayer guide is a helpful tool. James 5:16 says, "The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective." It can also be downloaded off our website (www.mediacitychurch.com under the "Resource" tab).

Praying earnestly for you all!
Much Love,
Pastor Billy

Weekly Message from Pastor Billy!

Hello MCC Family! 

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas here at MCC! There are some really exciting things happening this month as we wrap up 2011 and prepare to usher in the new year with thanksgiving and expectation for everything the Lord has planned for this church family! 

This past Sunday I began our Christmas series entitled, Home for Christmas. This series is inspired by John 1:4 which states, "The word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth." This profound truth is the basis of our Christmas season and I couldn't be more excited to be preaching this message as our stage is set for our Christmas Production Table of the Heart.

You can purchase tickets for this production on Sunday mornings before, after, and in between services at the Connection Center, through our church office which is open Monday through Thursday 9:00 - 5:00, and online at  www.indiegogo.com/tableoftheheart .Tickets are $5 presale, and $8 at the door. Shows run December 10th and 11th, and again December 17th and 18th. Saturday shows begin at 8:00 pm and Sunday shows begin at 7:00 pm.

Also, for this holiday season, here are a few important save the dates: 

• Christmas Eve Candlelight Service: There will be no Sunday morning service Christmas morning, December 25th, but we will be providing a Christmas Morning Devotional and encourage everyone to incorporate welcoming the presence of Immanuel as a part of your Christmas morning time wherever you are. There will be a Candlelight Service, which will wrap up our Home for the Holidays series, on Christmas Eve, December 24th, at 6:00 pm.  
• New Years Day: we will have our normal 9:00/11:00am services New Years Day, January 1st. Come and lets usher in 2012 together with celebration and worship. 
• Church Wide Seven Day Fast: I will be calling everyone in our MCC family to our first seven day fast of 2012! This time of prayer and fasting will begin on Monday, January 2nd, and conclude on Sunday, January 8th with a combined English/Spanish worship service at 6:00 pm! 

Join us this week and celebrate with us the joy of this Christmas season! 

Blessings,

Pastor Billy

Save the Date! Home for Christmas

Pastor Billy will commence his Christmas Series (Home For Christmas) this Sunday, December 4th. This series highlights the profound truth that the Word indeed became flesh and made His dwelling among us and we have the privilege of communicating to our church that Jesus is the same God yesterday, today, and forever and longs to have the same relationship with us today!

Don't Forget! Set your clocks BACK this week!

Don't forget, Daylight Savings Time ends this Saturday night at 2am. Make sure to set your clocks back one hour or you'll show up for church early enough to watch the band practice... Of course, if you want to get good seats, go ahead and come early anyways :)

Thanksgiving Dinner Tickets | On Sale Now!

MCC Family Thanksgiving Dinner on Wednesday, 16th of November at 7pm. Tickets will be for sale at the Connection Center.  $8 for Adults and $3 for Children.  It is going to be a time of incredible fellowship around wonderful food as we come together as a church family during this special time of year. For more information see Jessica Burns at the Connection Center

Last day to purchase tickets will be on Sunday, November 13th.  If you know anyone that may need help in purchasing a ticket, please go ahead and buy them a ticket.  Please be sure to bring your ticket with you, as well will be collecting them at the door.  We will not be selling tickets at the door.  Also, you can drop by the Church Office Monday through Thursday during office house to pick up a ticket as well

Light the Night 2011

Amy Stone took some amazing photos at our Light the Night event this past Monday. You can check them out on our Facebook page here or on her blog. Thanks Amy!!

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