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To see the law by Christ fulfilled, And hear his pard'ning voice
Transforms a slave into a child, And duty into choice.
William Cowper, Olney Hymns
This coming Thursday marks our National Thanksgiving celebration, followed by Sunday's beginning of Advent. Thanksgiving hope then might be the phrase that describes the season we are about to move into. But what is the source of our Thanksgiving, our Advent Hope? Our Savior, Jesus the Christ!
On that first Thanksgiving, the meal was a physical prayer of thanksgiving; for safe passage on the Mayflower, for provision enough to live through the winter, for a native people who aided these new immigrants in America; their native home not ours. Yet all of those truths primarily served a first - most fundamental reality - that in Jesus Christ, the expectations of the law were fulfilled, that all people were equal, that Christ had died for all and that a new life in him was our certain hope and greatest goal.
Advent is a time when we contemplate once again, all that God has done for us, his unswerving love and faithfulness in the form of a human, even a baby; the power of the godhead, in such broken majesty - come for all and yet - still to come. May the gospel take root in our hearts, may it be incarnate in our Thanksgiving hope - that all Christians may be led to "establish their complete happiness in Him." Blessings, Rev. Ellen
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Our Fifth Sunday Worship Service this Sunday,
November 30th will be held in the church sanctuary
instead of the fellowship hall.
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Spares and Pairs December Meeting
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| The Spares and Pairs group will meet on Monday, December 1st at 6:30 PM in the Fellowship Hall. Everyone is requested to bring a snack and/or drink. See you there!
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Women's Bible Study Groups - December Meetings
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| We invite the ladies of the church to join a group for Bible study, to take part in worthwhile projects, and to enjoy Christian fellowship. Please visit any of the groups and then join the one that suits you.
Study Group 1 meets Tuesday, December 2, at 10:00 AM in the Session Room.
Study Group 2 meets Tuesday, December 2, at 6:30 PM in the fellowship hall for soup and dessert and visiting shut-ins.
Study Group 3 meets Tuesday, December 2, at 6:30 PM to eat out at El Amigo.
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Kannapolis Area Presbyterian Men Breakfast Meeting
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| Everyone (men and women) is cordially invited to attend the Kannapolis Area Presbyterian Men's quarterly breakfast meeting on Sunday, December 7th at 8:00 AM at Kirkwood Presbyterian Church, 900 Klondale Avenue, Kannapolis. The Reverend Sergio Schmidt and his wife, Carla, will present a program on their work with the Latino mission in this community. Come join us for a fabulous breakfast, great fellowship and an inspiring program!
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Ad Hoc Committee for Church Improvements
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| News! Good News! The session of Bethpage Presbyterian Church has created an Ad Hoc Committee to explore Capital Improvements to our beloved church. This committee will include Richie Goodman, Peggy Overcash, Gip Rumple III, Ellen Shore and members of the staff of BPC. The task: to identify the projects needed to revitalize our church buildings, classify these projects in phases, nominate and fill a committee to implement the changes after session and congregational approval. The time for these improvements has come! We look forward to this time of growth and renewal!
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Testify Youth Choir Presents A Christmas Musical Program
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Please join us in the BPC fellowship hall for a special G.I.F.T. Program on Wednesday, December 10th at 6:20 PM as the Testify Youth Choir will present a Christmas musical program. Testify Youth Choir is 150 members strong and represents approximately 35 churches in the Lake Norman area. Testify is a non-denominational group comprised of 7th through 12th graders. Our beloved Mary McKnight's granddaughter was a member of this group. The youth involved with Testify believe that God gives us gifts and we are to use those gifts to the best of our abilities to praise Him and to share Him with as many as we can. Sometimes it is not easy to tell others about Jesus Christ. Testify is a way the youth can do this in their own way, through music, drama and dance. Come join us in our Spirit filled, life changing adventure! God is amazing!
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Share in the Love of Christmas
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The Communications Ministry Area invites everyone to share a Christmas card with the entire church family and save a stamp! Bring a Christmas card and place it in the offering plate during Advent and it will be displayed for everyone to enjoy.
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| Lights of Love are tributes offered In Memory Of or In Honor Of your loved ones during the Christmas season. These lights are placed on the holly tree on the east side of the Sanctuary. The lights cost $1.00 each with proceeds going to Cooperative Christian Ministry - Fuel Assistance. The Listing of Recognition will be included in the December 21st morning worship service bulletin and in the Christmas Eve worship service bulletin. Please fill out an order form and return with your payment to the church office. Extra forms are available here and outside the church office. Please make checks payable to Bethpage Presbyterian Church. Deadline for orders is Sunday, December 7th.
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It's Time to Order Poinsettias!
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| White poinsettias will be placed in the church, Sunday, December 21st and 24th. Please fill out an order form indicating who the flower is to be placed In Memory Of or In Honor Of. The deadline for turning in orders is Wednesday, December 10th. Extra order forms are available here and outside the church office.
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Christmas Program at Bethpage - December 14th
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The annual Bethpage Christmas Program, The Greatest Story Ever Told, will be held on Sunday, December 14th at 9:00 AM in the church fellowship hall.
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Would You Like to Place Flowers in the Church?
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| If you would like to place flowers in the church please contact Margaret Griffin at 704-932-7418.
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In memory of Larry Drye
(Connie Goodman's brother & Richie Goodman's uncle):
Dennis and Marcia Graybeal
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November is National Hospice Month
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November is National Hospice Month --- a time to raise awareness and tell the good news of Hospice. The following is some information about Hospice you may not know:
- Hospice provides comfort and care to those whose life is measured in months rather than years. Care is provided in their home, a nursing home, an assisted living center, or at the Bob & Carolyn Tucker Hospice House.
- Hospice believes that when quantity of life is limited, quality of life is encouraged.
- Hospice believes in the dignity of all people and their right to participate in the planning of their end-of-life care.
- Hospice believes that, although healing of the body may not take place, spiritual and emotional healing can.
If you have questions or just want to talk with someone about hospice care, call a referral coordinator at Hospice and Palliative Care of Cabarrus County at 704-935-9434.
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November 23:
Joys: Maurice - Marcia's Father celebrating another birthday (Marcia Graybeal)
Concerns: Leah Holt and Andrea Mathes - prayers for healing (Sherry Childers), Judy Maybry's passing (Jenny Linebarrier's sister-in-law), Rick Mullinax is with us this AM (Janice Morgan), Sarah Smith fell and is in hospital, former Hickory Ridge student died at Appalachian State last week (Marty Paxton), Al - my cousin's husband has taken a turn for the worse (Cheryl Kusper), Calvin Rodgers (Eric McKnight), Steven Brown has cirrhosis of the liver (Rhonda Jones), Marcia Johnson's husband is recovering well from surgery (Frances Hartsell), Kim Shore's mother broke her foot (Charlotte Penland), Jim McKnight (Eric McKnight), Harold Thompson - my cousin - was diagnosed with cancer (Susan Smith)
November 16:
Joys: Many thank to BPC for the prayers and love you have shown us (Marty and Bick Bickerstaff), Zumbathon - especially Rob Cox and the youth group (Madison Cox)
Concerns: Continued prayers for Joyce Deal and Rick Mullinax (Jenny Linebarrier), Helen Barnhardt had a serious blood sugar drop this week (Janice Morgan), Family of Danny Pike after his passing from a heart attack (Marty Paxton), Family and students of Appalachian State Student who killed himself this last week (Amy Ritchie), Louie Blackmon (Becky Eckels)
November 9:
Joys: John and Tess Deal will be having a child on April 6 (Joyce Deal), Ed Hosack - blessings for CCM and thanks for being part of Consecration Sunday, Matthew Kusper got a job in his field near Hickory (Ed and Cheryl Kusper), Veterans and their families!
Concerns: Judy Maybrey - stomach and liver cancer (Jenny Linebarrier), Frances - prayers pleas (Glenda Kirkman), Hannah Gray and Beth Hintz (Charlotte Penland), Police and Veterans (Janice), Goodman family in their loss (Marcia Graybeal), Dec. 4th Joyce Deal to have thyroid surgery (Joyce Deal), Rick and Diane and Thomas (Eric McKnight)
November 2:
Joys: Curt Gibson is back in church (Christel Josey), My grand-daughter, Christian Farmer safely delivered a baby girl, Linda Linn's surgery went VERY well (Fred Helms)
Concerns: Jimmie Melton, Joyce Deal, Ernest Gardner - recovery from colds (Rev. Ellen), Margaret Griffin's family with the death of her brother-in-law - George "Pete" Peterson
BIG ELM RETIREMENT CENTER: Paul Christy
BRIAN CENTER: Glenn Bickerstaff
TRINITY OAKS RETIREMENT CENTER: Shirley Helms
ST. ANDREWS LIVING CENTER: Eloise White
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 Serving This Sunday |
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USHERS
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Head Usher
Kim Shore
Ushers
Wayne & Christel Josey
Dougie & Heather Kirkman
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LECTOR
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Jean Brown
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CHILDREN'S NURSERY SUNDAY SCHOOL & WORSHIP
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Carrie Paxton
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CHILDREN'S SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS
& CHILDREN'S WORSHIP
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Marty Paxton & Peggy Overcash
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Our Attendance and Financial Stewardship
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OUR ATTENDANCE STEWARDSHIP
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Sunday Worship - 78
Sunday School - 40
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OUR FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP
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11/23/14
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Year-to-date
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General Budget Giving
Weekly Budget Needs
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$2,599.00
$4,854.43
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$217,897.94
$228,158.21
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10¢-A-Meal Offering received for 2014: $3,620.79
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Lectionary for the week of November 30 - December 6, 2014
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Sunday, November 30, 2014
Monday, December 1, 2014
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Friday, December 5, 2014
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Please drop us an email and let us know if there is something you would like to see included in the newsletter.
We would love to hear from you!
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Sunday School at 9:00 AM - Worship Service at 9:55 AM
6020 Mooresville Road - Kannapolis NC 28081
704-933-2209 (church office phone)
Church office hours: 8:30 AM until 3:30 PM, Mon - Fri
Rev. Ellen Campbell Gardner: 704-431-3700
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