Upcoming
Meetings / Events
23
December Sunday
Fourth
Sunday in Advent
Worship Service
10:30
am
"Calm
and Bright: Let Us Sleep"
Thought
for the Week
"The
greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved;
loved for
ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves."
Victor Hugo
Upcoming
Monday, Dec. 24
7:30 p.m. Christmas Eve
Worship Service
Family
and friends join together at this very special candle light service to
celebrate the Light of the World and the birth of our Savior. Traditional hymns and the re-telling of the
Christmas story make this family friendly service a very special occasion in
the life of the congregation.
Tuesday,
Dec. 25
Merry Christmas!
Monday, Dec. 31
Family Game Night, and Watch
Night Service
Family game night and Watch Night Service: Bring games you
would like to share with others (board games, card games, etc.) for a 5:00
p.m. potluck and game time. Then at 7:00 p.m. (if we use 7:00
p.m.: which is midnight in London, when John Wesley would have observed his
Watch night service), we will join together in a traditional Watch Night
service.
John Wesley believed that Methodists, and all Christians
should reaffirm their covenant with God annually, so he created a service
in which an individual renews his/her covenant with God.
In 1755 Wesley held his first covenant service, and he
published this service in a pamphlet in 1780.
The covenant hymn, "Come, Let Us Use the Grace
Divine," was written for this service by his brother, Charles Wesley. The
service is included in The Book of Worship under the title "An Order of
Worship for Such as Would Enter Into or Renew Their Covenant with God."
This covenant service is often used in United Methodism as a
Watch Night Service on New Year's Eve, and sometimes on New Year's Day or on
the first Sunday in January.
Coffee Hosts Needed: December 30
Please sign up to host our fellowship time after
church
Continuing Prayer
Requests
Taj
M., Bill B., Gail M.
Special Outreach
December 23
No-sew
blankets
For
children who are seriously ill or traumatized, or otherwise in need. Project
Linus gets these to children and has patterns and other resources available.
About Project Linus - https://www.projectlinus.org/about/
Council On Aging (COA) Food Drive
Now that we have all stuffed
ourselves at Thanksgiving dinner, let’s help stuff some others in our
community, Our Church Council is sponsoring a canned goods and staple food
drive for the Weston COA from December 9 thru December 23. We will have a
container in the Narthex for the food.
UMCOR : Hurricane,
Wildfire, and Earthquake Relief
Through UMCOR (The United Methodist Commission on
Relief), United Methodist church families across the U.S. and the world are
connected together and reaching out in compassion to people impacted by
disasters including hurricanes in the east, wildfires in the southwest, and
earthquakes in the northwest United States: https://www.umcor.org/umcor/resources/news-stories/2018/august/umcor-responds-to-current-disasters-around-the-world
Here are some powerful testimonies of United
Methodist church families making a difference:
- October, Hurricane Michael:
- November, California Wildfires:
- December, Alaska Earthquakes:
To contribute online and
support ongoing relief efforts:
Click on "United States
Disaster Response Advance #901670" at:
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