December 2, 2011                       Weekly Blurb

 

 

 

Welcome to First United Methodist Church 
of Michigan City

 

Greetings!

 

 

 

As we enter the Christmas season this may be a scripture to think about....

 

Words from Matthew...

 

19 "Don't store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. 21 Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.

22 "Your eye is a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is good, your whole body is filled with light. 23 But when your eye is bad, your whole body is filled with darkness. And if the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is!

24 "No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

25 "That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life-whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn't life more than food, and your body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds. They don't plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren't you far more valuable to him than they are? 27 Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?

28 "And why worry about your clothing? Look at the lilies of the field and how they grow. They don't work or make their clothing, 29 yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are. 30 And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith?

31 "So don't worry about these things, saying, 'What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?' 32 These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. 33 Seek the Kingdom of God[d] above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.

 

Matthew 6:19-33, "Thanks be to God."

 

 

Adult Bible Study 
God Sightings logo
Once you've seen God at work, there's no turning back!
You're about to be transformed...to see the world through new eyes.  To experience God--EVERY DAY!

We are starting a 52 week Bible Study!  Over the next 52 weeks we will use this God Sightings Companion guide to...
  • Engage with the Bible in a fresh way--looking past the pages to God himself.
  • See practical ways God is expressing himself in your world--and your life.
  • Capture your thoughts, feelings, and insights--and build  your faith.
  • Grow closer to God as you grapple with eye-opening, life-changing questions.
Join us beginning January 8 during the Sunday School hour to be transformed.  Please see Tricia at the Scrip table to order your books today!  The cost is only $15 per person and includes the God Sightings Bible and the Companion Guide.  Please sign up before Dec. 18!


Prayer Corner     

 

Please continue to pray for the following people:
 

Shirley Aigner,  Gene Bancroft, Michelle Brown, Brigitte Coan, Pastor John Hall, Alyssa Jenks, Ressa Golding, Ed Helmken, Dennis Hippensteel, Cliff Jenks, Pam Jenks, Mike Kallahan Jr., Becky Kammeyer, Bill Staples, and Ray Warren. 

Homebound Ministries 

You are invited to stop by Rittenhouse Senior Living on Sunday, Dec. 4 from 2 till 4 and help celebrate Alice Garba's 80th Birthday!
Stop on in and have some cake and wish Alice a happy birthday!  No presents please.
United Methodist Women
Cookie Walk...
 
Do you like to bake???   Please bake some cookies for our annual cookie walk!  
 
Please bring 8 to 10 dozen cookies to church for our cookie walk on either Dec. 9 or before 9 a.m. on Dec. 10.  We will open the doors for our cookie walk on Dec. 10 at 9 a.m....make sure to bring all your friends too!!

Christmas Cantata  
The choir will be performing the Christmas Cantata "I hear the Prophet Callin'" on Sunday, December 18 during the 10:45 service. 

 
Acoustic Christmas
 
Please join us on Thursday, December 8 for an evening of Acoustical Christmas Music.  We will start the music at 7 p.m..  See you there.
Salvation Army Bell Ringers Salvation Army Kettle

 

The Salvation Army is asking for volunteers for BELL RINGING, ANGEL TREE and COMMUNITY THANKSIVING DINNER.  Online sign-ups are available at www.samichigancity.org.  Click on the Help Wanted sign or call 874-6885.

 

 

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Uptown Arts District

Sunday Services:

 

8:15 Contemporary Worship Service

 

9:00 Children's Choir

 

9:30 Children's & Adult Sunday School

 

10:45 Worship Service

 

6:00 p.m. on the 2nd & 3rd Sunday's of the Month is the Come As You Are Cafe Service

 

December 11th Speaker:

Phyllis Patterson

 

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Strategic Planning Meeting     

The entire congregation is invited to join the STRATEGIC PLANNING TEAM!!
We meet every Monday at 6 p.m. in the church!!
 
Please email Lance Domke at ljdomke@comcast.net for more information and this weeks "homework" assignment 


Weekly Calendar 

Put this on you Calendar  

Sunday, December 4

 

8:15 a.m. 

Worship Service 

 

9:00 a.m.

Children's Choir around the piano in the sanctuary

 

9:30 a.m.

Blood Pressure Clinic

 

9:30 a.m.

Children's and Adult Sunday School

 

10:45 a.m.

Worship Service 

  

Monday, December 5

 

11:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m.

Soup Kitchen

 

6:00 p.m.

Elizabeth Circle at Sylvia Hook's home

 

6:00 p.m.

Strategic Planning Meeting

in the Narthex

 

7:00 p.m.

 Gambler's Anonymous in the Library

 

Tuesday,December 6

 

6:00 p..m.

Memorial Handbells

 

Wednesday, December 7

   

1:00 p.m.

Hannah Circle at Carol Gilbert's home

 

6:00 p.m.

Contemporary Choir

 

7:00 p.m.

Chancel Choir 

 

  8:00 p.m.  

AA in the Middle High Room

 

Thursday, December 8

 

11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Soup Kitchen

 

7:00 p.m.

Acoustic Christmas Evening

 

Friday, December 9

 

Saturday, December 10

 

8:30 a.m.

Men's Breakfast at Ryan's

 

9:00 a.m.

Cookie Walk

UPTOWN ARTS CHARITY DAY  

 

Charity Shopping Day in the UAD, Dec. 3rd, All day

As part of Mainstreet's Winter Wonderland event, businesses & organizations within the Uptown Art District will be hosting fundraisers for their favorite charities or non-profit organizations. Fundraising events will range from craft and bake sales to local beer and wine tastings for charities such as the Red Cross, Save the Dunes Council, Salvation Army and Toys for Tots. Come out and support a great cause! There will also be horse drawn wagon rides down Franklin Street during the event as well.

 
 
  Make sure to check out the UPTOWN ARTS DISTRICT website at
www.uptownartsdistrict.org for all the wonderful things going on this holiday season!  They are having ice sculptures, chili cook-off's and many other fun and interesting things.  
 
Be sure to "like" them on facebook too!

 

  Tricia Kuiken

First United Methodist Church, Michigan City

"Blurb Organizer"