Sunday Schedule
7:30 a.m. Communion Service
8:30 a.m. Worship Service with the Chancel Choir
9:39 a.m. Educational Hour
10:39 a.m. Worship Service with the Praise Team
10:39 a.m. Children's Church

Wednesday Schedule
4:00 Handchime Choir
4:30 Doves Choir
5:00 Dinner
5:30 Mid-Week Friends
5:30 Wednesday Night Live - Jr. High Youth
6:00 Pastor's Bible Study
7:00 CSI: Belvidere - Sr. High Youth
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Jesus came, remains, and will come again!
 
We're praying your Christmas and New Year
are filled with the love and joy
of
Jesus!!!
 
Blessings and Love!
 
P.S. Leslie's annual Christmas letter follows!
For pictures, write lesliekopp@hotmail.com
 
Dear Family and Friends,
 
What a great year!  Our family has changed and we are all making adjustments for the better.
 
We now have three boys living in our house.  Everett Fitts came to live with us in the middle of November.  He is an 18 year old whose parents are no longer living.  He was living with relatives and when that didn't work out, we asked him to live with us.  Bob and I were in agreement, Dan thought it was the right thing to do, and Matt was thrilled that Dan would have someone to play with.  We have set up a "room" in the basement.  When I mentioned to Matt that it was a good thing that I saved everything (bed, dresser, etc.), Matt said that God had me save stuff and now God has provided someone to use it.  Out of the mouths of babes...
 
Everett played football this fall and is now an early sub on the varsity basketball team.  He is very involved in music and made the All-State choir.  He is the only one from our high school who will be singing in that choir at the end of January with students from all over Illinois.  He's a National Honor Society student and has applied to several colleges and universities.  He plans to run track in the spring and finish high school as a great student-athlete.  His Christmas gift will be getting his driver's license.
 
Dan is learning that being a student-athlete is tough.  He is a three-sporter (football, basketball, and track).  He is taking very tough classes (honors and AP).  We were proud of him for being a varsity starter on the football team as a junior.  He has just started hearing from colleges and even one football coach.  He is now a driver and that has helped the taxi service.  The van has over 152,000 miles!  He is witty and handsome and strong in many ways.  He loves cooking biscuits and gravy.  His birthday was on Thanksgiving Day.  What more can I say!
 
Matt is coming into his own.  He was selected as the offensive lineman of the year as his team's center this fall.  He is now playing basketball and will again play baseball.  He loves middle school and has done well academically.  He is still my good helper and still knows where everything is in the house.  He is generous and has wonderful faith.  I do think he enables his older brothers to boss him around too much.  He is 11 going on 17.  At least he thinks!  I no longer have little boys!
 
Bob is now the motorcycle papa/pastor.  He has written another book on faith and the motorcycle culture.  He has heard from several publishers and we are waiting for the "big one"!  He is enjoying preaching and hospital visits and is available for anyone, anytime.  He is still president of the area junior tackle football league and loves being important during the playoffs!  His Kopp Disclosure website (www.koppdisclosure.com) is popular all over the country and he continues to influence people from all walks of life in all stages of life through the good, bad, and...
 
I finished my stint as high school librarian last spring and am now a general sub.  I do love the high school age.  I've stained new windows for Dan's room and painted our kitchen.  We needed color!!!  I am enjoying singing in the Christmas Cantata as well as playing the bells.  I'm teaching an adult Sunday School class based n the wonderful book The Shack.  I don't think I've adjusted to cooking for another teenage boy.  I squeeze in the laundry and grocery shopping.
 
Kopper, our dog, still loves to eat paper.  He still hides under the kitchen table with his treasures.  He is spoiled just like everyone else in our house.  We think he likes Bob the best!!!
 
We had a wonderful vacation at Litchfield Beach this past summer with a visit to Uncle Larry's in Winston-Salem along the way.  I had a wonderful re-connect with my dear friend Patti.  Dan and I spent time in Pittsburgh at the University of Pittsburgh football camp and visited mom and dad (grandma and grandpa).  The French grandparents got to come to Belvidere and watch both Dan and Matt play football this fall.  We were busy watching our sons enjoy their activities.  We want them to grow up to be men of God and know the importance of family.  I hope that they always do "the right thing."  So far, so good, so great.  It has been a great year.
 
Blessings and love to you and the ones you love,
 
Leslie, Everett, Dan, Matt, and Bob

 

 
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