NORTHSIDE NOTES - December 2, 2009 |
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ADVENT COMBINED ADULT CHURCH SCHOOL
December 6, 13, & 20
9:30AM, Room 206
Whether it's memories of caroling, Christmas pageants, or Christmas Eve services, the hymns of Christmas are some of the most evocative parts of the season for many of us. They refocus our spirits and remind us of the holiness and mystery of God's incarnation.
Dr. Karen Massey will be teaching a three-session Advent Study explaining the history behind some of our favorite carols: O Come, O Come; Emmanuel; Silent Night, Holy Night; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.
Focusing on the ways in which words and music can speak to the core of our experiences, the Combined Adult Church School will spend time in reflection, conversation, and simple enjoyment of these beloved hymns. |
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Thank you Jane Jones! We are grateful for the 25 years of "flower delivery" to Northside Drivers who have been ill or homebound. As you retire from this ministry, know that we of Northside Drive Baptist Church are thankful for your consistent caregiving. |
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CELEBRATING THE SEASON THROUGH MUSIC AT NORTHSIDE DRIVE
Join us for two special music events as we celebrate the Advent/Christmas season!
Sunday, December 6, we will host the Flute Choir of Atlanta in a holiday concert that will begin at 3PM in the Sanctuary. The ensemble of fifteen to twenty musicians will play all types of flute from bass to piccolo in a program of Christmas favorites that you will not want to miss.
Sunday morning, December 13, our own Sanctuary Choir will present Hodie by John Leavitt during the morning 11AM worship service. This extended work in five movements will feature several familiar carols and some newly composed music, and the choir will be accompanied by piano, harp, and percussion.
To add to our celebration, our adult handbell choir, the Northside Drive Ringers will be ringing in worship on Sundays, December 6 and 20.
We hope that your observance of this holy season will be enriched by these music presentations.
~ Paul Fletcher, Director of Music |
TRIPLE E
Carols
for Young and Old, December 8, at 11AM in the Fellowship Hall. ENJOY a Christmas celebration and luncheon
with your family and friends. Bring
grandchildren or other guests to share a time of carol singing and delightful
Christmas music presented.
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A CELEBRATION OF LOVEFEAST
December 6 at 7PM
The youth will be hosting NDBC's second annual Moravian-style Lovefeast event---a time of seasonal songs, communion, and fellowship. We hope to have all youth participate in the service. Scripture readers, youth to sing or play an instrument, servers for communion, and other artists are still needed to help prepare for the experience. If you are interested in any of these, please let Eric Cain know ASAP. Any help from parents and volunteers setting up the food and coffee would be greatly appreciated. We hope you invite friends and family to join us for this meaningful Advent event! |
The NDBC Preschool Priority
Registration
deadline is December 11, 2009!
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IT'S TIME TO ORDER
YOUR CHRISTMAS POINSETTIAS
November 15-December 12
Poinsettias will be placed in the Sanctuary, December 20-27. If you would like to purchase a plant, put your name, a check for $20 and your designated message (i.e., in memory of..., in honor of..., in thankfulness, to the glory of God, etc.) in a Poinsettia envelope located in the Narthex at the flower table. To place an order by phone, contact Carolyn Scott at 404-237-8621. Plants can be paid for in person or by mail and may be picked up December 27, following the morning worship service. Plants left after that date will be distributed to retirement homes in the area. Deadline for orders is December 12. |
WHEN SEVERE WEATHER COMES
ON SUNDAY MORNING
As a rule of thumb, we will not cancel worship services on Sunday morning except under the most extreme weather conditions. Members are urged to use their own good judgment as to whether they should attempt to make the trip. Should inclement winter weather cause the cancellation of a service, here is the plan:
1) The pastor and the moderator will make the decision.
2) The moderator will notify the Chair of the Diaconate.
3) The deacons will use the "phone tree" to notify the congregation.
4) One of the ministers will send an email to all those on the church's email list (electricity permitting) and place a notification on the church's voice mail.
5) One of the ministers will notify the media.
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CHRISTMAS GIVING 2009
Clothing and Toiletries
Carpenter's House
Contributions of new clothing and toiletries will help men in transitional programs at the Union Mission experience the hope and joy of Christmas. Supplies and clothing at the Bolton Road site were destroyed during the flood so the need is especially high this year. Special "Santa" bags with a list of suggested items to include are available in the Narthex. Please return the bags by December 13.
Contact: Rhonda Harris 404-731-6061
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Joyous Toys Christmas Store
Buckhead Christian Ministry
Help Atlanta's children have a wonderful Christmas by supporting BCM's annual holiday program, Joyous Toys.
Please bring NEW, UNWRAPPED toys for children from infants to teens. Gifts can be placed in the designated boxes in the Narthex and the Fellowship Hall. Please bring the gifts by December 6.
Contact: Donna McLarty 770-433-2771
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Winter Missions OfferingCooperative Baptist Fellowship
Offering for Global Missions
CBF Global Missions field personnel share God's love as they minister to the emotional, physical, and spiritual needs of the world's most neglected people. From the Mississippi Delta to the Roma people of Albania to China's Sichuan province, field personnel are fulfilling CBF's vision of being the presence of Christ in the world.
Northside Drive's goal is $2,000.
Contact: Barbara Atchley 770-436-0709
Mark your check or envelope CBF Global Missions.
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Giving Tree
Morningstar Treatment Center
Morningstar provides specialized residential and community-based care for children who are intellectually disabled and have severe emotional disorders. A group of committed Baptists established Morningstar to serve children and families whose lives have been torn apart by abuse, neglect, and poverty. The Giving Tree helps children in Morningstar's foster care have a brighter Christmas.
Take a tag from the tree and return the UNWRAPPED gift to the church by December 13.
Contact: Susan Harlan 770-377-3869
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During the Christmas season, Northside Drive Baptist Church provides many ways for members to brighten the holidays for those in need. Through gifts of clothing, toys, food, time, and money, we share Christ's love in our community and around the world.
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 PASTORAL REFLECTIONS
By James Lamkin
"Callings"*
Holy Seasons season. They add flavor. They preserve. They heighten our taste. They teach us to savor.
As we journey through this year's cycle of seasons-from Advent to Christmas to Epiphany---I invite the congregation to listen. Sure, there's plenty to do: presents to buy, places to go, folk to host, gatherings to get to. But the invitation is to encounter the Holy through hearing.
The God of the Bible talks a lot; and God's talking comes with a great deal of texture. God asks, beckons, broods, shouts, whispers, commands, complains, repents, and calls. God invites (or drafts, as the case may be) folk into the divine drama. Jonah, for instance, would say it was a collect call!
As I pondered Advent's approach, I studied the season's scriptures and read again the words of comfort and challenge. The prophets especially were big on calling: called to repent, called to hope, called to give care to the poor, called to hold-on. The New Testament chimes in on this, as well. "Harking" angels flap above sore-afraid shepherds. "They-went-that-a-way," say the heavenly host, "So go to Bethlehem after them." Elizabeth, Mary, John T. Baptist, Zechariah, Joseph, Anna, Simeon, the Eastern Wise Guys-all were on God's Will Call list.
So are you.
A thousand years ago, I came across an odd book edited by Will D. Campbell and James Y. Holloway. It simply bore the name Callings! The book contained testimonials of ordinary folk who believed in the extraordinary notion that they were called! And I'm not talking about preachers. I'm talking about everyday good folk who took the Bible's call/command to "be ye reconciled" and to "be reconcilers." This is our true vocation regardless of our profession.
The thesis of Callings is: it doesn't matter to God what we do for a living...pump gasoline or preach sermon...the job doesn't matter...but what does matter is that we live our lives as reconcilers...that we work on maturing our own lives as we connect with God and others in this ole' world. (Now that is a full-time job!)
We wish we could just leave the Baby in Bethlehem's manger as we ooh and ahh; but the Bible is pretty insistent on this call thing. So I will try to preach about that. Here are some hints at where the upcoming seasonal sermons are headed. Let us make the journey together.
Called to Branch Out: Advent as Gardener
Called to Begin Again: Advent as Metallurgist
Called to Sing: Advent as Musician
Called to Testify: Christmas as Lamp-Lighter
Called to Question: Epiphany as Pilgrims
*This article was taken from the December 6-19, 2009, Pinnacle.
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CHURCH CALENDAR
SUNDAY, December 6
2nd Sunday of Advent
9:30 AM - Advent Church School
9:30 AM - Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal
11:00 AM - Morning Worship
12:15 PM - Diaconate Meeting
3:00 PM - Flute Christmas Concert
5:00 PM - Northside Drive Ringers
5:30 PM - Personnel Committee
7:00 PM - Youth Lovefeast Celebration
TUESDAY, December 8
11:00 AM - Triple E
WEDNESDAY, December 9
10:00 AM - Preschool Chapel
11:30 AM - Staff Christmas Luncheon
7:00 PM - Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal
FRIDAY, December 11
Preschool Priority Registration Deadline.
10:45 AM - Preschool Christmas Pageant
7:00 PM - NDBC 20/30 |
From time-to-time the church office is in need of volunteers to answer phones, monitor the doors, address envelopes or other small tasks. If you would like to help out, please give me a call at 404-237-8621 or get on my volunteers email list by emailing me. Your time and talents are appreciated! Renee Gamache, Administrative Assistant | |
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CHURCH FAMILY CONCERNS
Cecil Turner
Helen Callaway
Mary Dutton
Bob Haywood |
The youth café, UNDERGROUNDS, will be open for a light breakfast at 9:30 AM each Sunday. Youth Church School will meet in the newly renovated youth space and begins at 9:45 AM.
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SYD'S SYNOPSIS
Do you receive the Sunday email update from Syd Janney?
Want to receive a Sunday morning church email update on Sunday afternoons?
Syd Janney's Synopsis is a beautiful description of the "special experience of Church School and Worship at NDBC."
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THE PAPERLESS PINNACLE
The Pinnacle is emailed as an attachment to the congregation and is available on the church website at www.northsidedrive.org.
If you would prefer not to receive the Pinnacle by U.S. mail, please call 404-237-8621 or email us at info@northsidedrive.org to let us know. |
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Wi-Fi is now available in the Educational building as well as the Fellowship Hall and Youth Area.
The network is: ndbcwireless.
The password is: northsidedrive. |
LOST: heirloom ring-gold band with two stones with smaller stones around the band.
FOUND: camera case "Case Logic".
Call the church office and ask for Renee if you lost or found an item at the church. |
Join the NDBC Facebook group
Follow NDBC on Twitter |
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DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS
Ali Jerden - 4
Mary Lester - 5
Hans-Luca Davis - 6
Jeannie Hearn - 7
Syd Janney - 7
Victoria Tunon - 7
Laura Butts - 7
Lisa Barksdale - 8
Andrew Hardin - 9
Hunter Adams - 12
Elaine Eassa - 13
Cristy Ray - 19
Charlotte Dalke - 20
Brian Hendrix - 21
Mike McIntyre - 22
Kelly Broyles - 23
Joan McIntyre - 24
Emma Chandler - 27
Bill Jones - 28
Mary Chance - 28
Amanda Gregg - 28
Ruth Trager - 28
Jeanne Goodwill - 30
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