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This Sunday...
Sermon:
"Who We Are Does Not Determine Who We Shall Become"
Text: "The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad, the desert shall rejoice and blossom; like the crocus it shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice with joy and singing."
Isaiah 35:1-2
Isaiah 35:1-10 James 5:7-10
Luke 1:47-55 Matthew 11:2-11
Lay Assistant:
Mary Distin
Advent Readers:
Mike, Heather, Korey, Emily, Courtney & Kara Fisher
Beedle/Crucifer:
Will Best & Emily Fisher
Ushers:
Gary Distin, Jon Graham, Bill Hoover, Dick Speer, Larry Willett
Greeters:
Ralph & Martha Whiteman
Les & Jo Ellen Dollinger
Coffee Hour:
Alice Lawson and Rose Trimble
Nursery:
Meghan Wright & Korey Fisher
Children's Church:
Lisa Willett
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Christian Education
Children 3yrs - 6th grade: Meet in the theater upstairs. Parents are welcome.
Youth 7th - 12th grade: Meet in the senior high room in the youth wing.
Adult Bible Study: "The Greatest Story Ever Told"
Dec. 12 - What does it mean? - How has it changed the world
and us?
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Fillman Fellowship
Our Thursday, December 9, the Fillman Fellowship meeting will be held at Stewart House located at 1015 East Euclid. We invite you to bring a sandwich and join us at 5 p.m. Donations will still be accepted for our annual gift for a needy family. Also gloves, mittens, and hats may be brought to add to the Mitten Tree for Jamieson Center.
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"An Invitation to Read the Bible"
Your weekly Scripture readings are:
Sunday (12/12) - Genesis 37:25-40:22 Monday - Genesis 40:23-42:25
Tuesday - Genesis 42:26-44:34 Wednesday - Genesis 45:1-47:3
Thursday - Genesis 47:31-50:26 Friday - Exodus 1:1-4:17
Saturday - Exodus 4:18-7:24
Sunday - Exodus 7:25-10:11
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Mitten Tree for Jamieson Center
Isabel Circle is sponsoring a mitten tree again this year to help make sure there will be warm little fingers this winter. Please bring new mittens, gloves, and hats and place them on the tree in the social hall by Friday, December 10. The mittens will be taken to Jamieson Center to be available at their Christmas Store. Thank You.
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Start the New Year as a Volunteer!
The Wash Day Ministry is seeking volunteers to commit to a weekly or twice-a-month time slot during regular church office hours. Volunteers will assist participants in doing their laundry and provide caring fellowship. No special skills are required: all you need is a willingness to reach out and help others. We will work with you to accommodate your schedule. The ministry will kick off with a training session and dinner on Wednesday, January 5, from 6-8 p.m. to inform volunteers about their duties, how scheduling will work, and other service organizations to which they can refer participants. If interested, please sign up outside the church office or call the office. If you have any questions, contact Erika Solberg at 734-5145 or esolberg@monm.edu. If you cannot attend the training session, we still want you! -- just let us know when you sign up.
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'Tis the Season to be Thankful
Look for a sign our WNL children have made. They want to help you remember to bring food each week for the Jamieson Center box. You may bring anything non-perishable and place it in the shopping cart or a box at the door. To make it easier, you could go with a schedule such as this: Dec. 12 - Raman noodles & soups Dec. 19 - rice & beans Dec. 26 - Peanut Butter & Jelly Jan. 2 - Hamburger/Tuna Helper & tuna or Mac & Cheese Let's fill the boxes each week! Thank you!!
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Christmas Eve Pageant Rehearsals
All children in preschool through 6th grade are invited to participate in the Pageant.
December 15 - We will pick children up at their schools and serve a snack at the church. We will finish at 4:45 p.m. sharp that day. December 22 - Please bring your children at 3:00 p.m. Preschoolers are welcome to join us for this practice. We will finish at 5:00. December 24 - Meet at the church at 3:30 p.m. for a final run through. At 5:00p.m. - we will offer our pageant to God. All are welcome.
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A Christmas Time for Refreshment
Come and enjoy fresh, hot tea and shortbread; your favorite Christmas music; and, the fellowship of your friends. Pastor Myers will host A Christmas Time for Refreshment on Thursday afternoon, December 16, from 4:30-5:30 p.m.
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Deacon Caroling
The deacon's have scheduled their caroling for December 19, from 4:00 - 5:30, and you are all invited! Join them, afterward, for soup and finger food in the church social hall.
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Christmas Pageant
This Christmas the children of our church will be offering their Annual Christmas Pageant to you and God on Christmas Eve at 5:00 p.m. This celebration of Christ's birth is not meant only for the children and their parents. Please join us as we travel, with our children leading the way, to the manger of our Savior's birth.
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Alternative Christmas Gifts
If you are interested in giving a different kind of gift this year, please consider at gift in the recipients name to one of the following places. You will make at least two people happy with one gift. Information will be on a table in the social hall.
The Menaul School - (Ask Alice Lawson for more information)
301 Menaul Boulevard, NE
Albuquerque, NM 87107
Ethiopia Reads - (Jane Kurtz went to MC & spoke at Faith)
1700 Humboldt St.
Denver, CO 80218
Heifer Project International
P.O. Box 8058
Little Rock, AR 72203-8058
Habitat for Humanity - (Local or...)
121 Habitat St.
Americus, GA 31709
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A Service of Lessons and Carols
The ancient Service of Nine Lessons & Carols - from King's College Chapel, Cambridge - recounts the prophecy and birth of Christ in the words of Holy Scripture and in songs of devotion and praise. Join us at 8:00 p.m. as we hear again the message of the angels and go even unto Bethlehem!
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Christmas-tide Breakfast
Join us on December 26, for our Annual Christmas-tide breakfast potluck at 9:30 a.m. in the social hall. Bring a dish to pass and your own table service.
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Annual Reports
It's that time of year again for the Annual Report! If you are the moderator of a committee or group, please turn in your annual report by December 28. If you are in need of assistance, please let Heather know so she can assist you.
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Please Pray
Armond Akey, Phil Painter, George Green, Kathy Yates, Kylie Logsdon, Carol Olsen, Joan Steis, Jack McBride, Eilleen Spoerl, and Frank Sorensen.
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Thank You
Faith U.P. Youth Groups -
Thank you so much for raking my yard last Sunday. I appreciate your help.
I would like to contribute to your fund for the mission trip next year.
Thanks again,
Jeanne Freed
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Dear Faith U.P. Youth,
I'm sorry I was not home to thank you in person. It gave me such a warm feeling to see all the leaves at the curb. I appreciate all the muscle it took to get them moved to the curb.
Thank you so much for your thoughtfulness.
God bless you,
Marjorie Phelps
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Dear Bill & Session Members,
Thank you for sending your per capita payment to Presybery, Synod, and General Assembly. It helps us all to be able to do our mission and ministry.
Sincerely,
Sue Krummel
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Thank you for all the prayers, cards, calls, and visits during Jenna's illness and hospitalization. We appreciate the generosity and feel very fortunate to have such a wonderful church family!
God blelss,
Bob, Amy, Jenna, & Jordan Gound
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Dear church family,
Thank you so much for the amazing care package! I absolutely love it, and it will help me out so much on those long nights finishing up last-minute projects and studying! You guys are so sweet to think of me during this time. Thank you!
Love,
Megan Lyle
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What Do You Think?
Is There No Connection?
The decline of civility is a hot topic and has been for some time. Whether we are speaking of the passing of simple social graces or our incapacity to seek, or even speak about, the common good in a civil, non-partisan, manner, "polite society", is hard to find.
From college football players using the "F-bomb" within earshot, not only of the children in the stands but all of their coaches, with no repercussions, to unruly fans in the stands... From students, high school or college, who feel "free speech" gives them the right (which it doesn't) to wear vulgar t-shirts and shout obscenities to the friends, as if they were saying "Hello", to politicians, ambassadors, professional athletes, celebrities, and talk radio hosts, who have no concept of common decency... From cyberspace to the real world... It seems we live in a dying culture. Let's not even mention the clothing, or lack thereof.
Many would suggest, things aren't as bad as they seem. Consider the political cartoons of Lincoln's era or the cultural escapades of the 1960's. Others want to place blame. Television, technology, and working mothers are easy scapegoats. Still, others would say, I am just getting old.
Nevertheless, I do think this is an issue worthy of our reflection. While I have heard many lament our dying culture, I don't believe I have ever heard anyone make the connection between the decline of Mainline Protestantism, the cultural tour de force of the 1950's, and the decline of civility. To me, the connection seems obvious.
How can we teach our children to appreciate goodness, truth and beauty, without teaching them about God, the source of what is True and Good and Beautiful? Truth, Goodness and Beauty are not abstract qualities. They are concrete expressions of the Truth, Goodness and Beauty of God. In the relativity of our secular world, they hold no meaning. Only in the light of God's self-revelation, Jesus Christ, can we begin to approximate these virtues in our lives.
People of faith, if we want a better world, we need to be a better church. We need to teach our children what is True and Beautiful and Good, Jesus Christ.
See you in church! Pastor Myers revhaggis1@hotmail.com
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December Birthdays
1 Andrea Spainhour
2 Beverly Davis
5 Rodney Lemon
6 Gary Pullen
Karen Angotti
11 Jo Ellen Dollinger
12 Stephanie Reading
13 Noah Clark
15 Mark McVey
16 John Sorensen
Alexis Crosier
17 Job Runge
18 Dorothy Hutchinsson
Jarrett Baber
19 Jason Haynes
Evelyn Blackford
21 William Allison
23 Joyce Allison
25 Robert Whiteman
George Nieman
26 Samantha Fisher
27 Kristin Sorensen
29 William Davis
30 Merle Brown
Zachary Turnbull
Bette Vance
31 Charles Hallam
Dawn Brown
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