December 28, 2008

Christmas and Hope

Chuck Colson writes in Breakpoint about the tragedy that occurred when a Marine F-18 Hornet jet fighter lost power and crashed into a home in University City, CA. Dong Yun Yoon had just moved his family into their new home when in an instant the mother, their daughters Rachel and Grace, and the grandmother were killed.

Of course the tragedy was front-page news. But what happened next stirred many hearts. A devastated Yoon the next told reporters that he didn’t have any “hard feelings” toward the pilot and that he knew that the pilot “did everything he could.” Yoon said, “I pray for him not to suffer for this action,” and called him “one of our treasures for the country.” Yoon, embodying grace and forgiveness told them, “I believe my wife and two babies and mother-in-law are in heaven with God.”

This attitude reminds us of the words of Horatio G. Spafford when he penned the song “It Is Well with My Soul.” He had lost three daughters in a shipwreck. This tragedy and sorrow were turned into a great witness to the power of the Christian hope. Christmas and the incarnation of our Lord give victory over death.

Because of the incarnation Jesus had a body subject to the ills of humanity even unto death. Without sin Jesus lived with humanity but suffered the consequences of our sin. Christ’s birth, life, death, and resurrection resulted in a new hope and new beginning.

Placing our personal faith in Christ opens up a new arena of life which we call eternal life. We have hope beyond the tragedies and devastations of life. We are able to explain with a hope-filled faith, “Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say, It is well, it is well with my soul.” Truly we see this in the present life and faith of Dong Yun Yoon. –Breakpoint Newsletter dated 12/24/08

Prayer Petitions: Olive Bruner lost her sister Jean Clark due to a severe head injury from a fall. Her funeral was last Tuesday. Joseph Limburg is recovering from a broken arm. Beverly Andrews, Kevin Rogers’ mother. Alex Fox is taking chemo. Paul Barnard’s daughter Colleen is fighting cancer. Louis Conyers. Mary Mowbray, friend of Juanita Townsend, is fighting cancer. Diana Ames. Maurice Beaver’s sister, Glenna Beavers. Melvin Messer. Rev. Edsel and Alice Trouten. Michael Stomm. George and Helen York. Carol Stinson. Elsie Hall. Margaret Beeson. Mary Holcomb and her mother Dorothy Larrison. Marilyn and Charles Burgess. Ernie and Faye Barnard. Marie Wilson. Albert Pence. Joetta Wilkinson. Nick Paul. Mark Ballenger. Olive Bruner. Olive Berkebile. Hailey Blevins. Jan Townsend. The Persecuted believers in Christ. Amazing Angel Childcare Ministry. Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Missionaries: Robert Pickle- Set Free Ministries. Dan & Sheri Miller. Dana Harding. Daniel Duke. Bob & Janet Miller. Dee Sudnig. Lindell & Kay Browning. Bill & Kay Swesay. Ken & Linda Walker. Greg & Amy Crofford. Wayne & Connie LaForce. Mark Ryan. Dan & Margaret Clark. Scott and Emily Armstrong. Kathy Matson. Matt & Priscilla Parrett.

Nursing Home: Rev. R.C. Boynton. Franklin White. Bonnie McLain. Dorothy Hall. Kenny Williams.

 

Thanks to all who helped with the Christmas Community dinner. It was a great time of Christmas fellowship for our community members.

Back to Belize! The church board is supporting Pastor Fannin and Pastor Ames to go to Belize in February on a work and witness trip. If you wish to support this ministry, mark your gift “Back to Belize.” The need is $1,000 more.

New Year’s Eve Service begins at 7:00 p.m. followed by a finger food pitch-in and activities at the OutPost. Bring your favorite game. At 11:30 p.m. the Watch Night Service begins with praying out the old year and praying in the new. We want to express our gratitude to God for a good year in 2008 and acknowledging the need for His blessings in the New Year.

If you can’t come to the Watch Night Service, you may just come to the New Year’s Eve Service beginning at 7:00.

Hagerstown Faith Housing is set up for senior rental assisted living. If you know of anyone interested, call Floyd Sanders at 489-4898. There are vacancies.

Coming Up:

Wed. Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve Service, 7:00 p.m.

New Year’s Eve Fellowship, 8:00 p.m.

Watch Night Service, 11:30 p.m.

 

December Finances
MONTHLY GIVING	Received last Sunday the 21st	Received so far for the Month	Goal for the Month
Tithes and Offering	1,594.75	4,331.66	5,000.00
Building Fund Loan	76.00	588.00	735.00
Missions Belize	50.00 10.00	236.00 53.00	400.00 1,000.00

December 21, 2008

Fourth Sunday of Advent

Christmas is a time to be happy!

… A time for celebrating and sharing. For God becomes one of us, born as a poor baby so we can be rich.

God does not leave us to get along as best as we can. He joins us where we are. An atheistic teacher wrote on the blackboard ‘God is no where.’ Later a student moved the letter w a little to the left. The sentence now read, ‘God is now here.’ God is here committed to us. Christmas is proof that He cares. “We love Him because He first loved us.” That is why we celebrate — and show our care in turn to those who need it. Like God strive to be first: first to nod, first to smile, first to compliment and first to forgive.

A missionary kid had to spend Christmas without his parents who were ministering in a far away land. The headmaster tried to cheer up the melancholy boy. He asked the boy what he would like for Christmas. With moist eyes he pointed to the picture of his parents and said, “What I want most for Christmas is for my parents to step out of that picture frame.” The grandest meaning of Christmas is God stepping out of the frame of the universe and showing us the greatest expression of love ever known among humans. The gospel of John records, “…the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth” (Jn 1:14).

–adapted from the Newsletter Newsletter December 2008.

Prayer Petitions: Joseph Limburg is recovering from a broken arm. Beverly Andrews, Kevin Rogers’ mother. Alex Fox is taking chemo. Paul Barnard’s daughter Colleen is fighting cancer. Louis Conyers. Mary Mowbray, friend of Juanita Townsend, is fighting cancer. Diana Ames. Maurice Beaver’s sister, Glenna Beavers. Melvin Messer. Rev. Edsel and Alice Trouten. Michael Stomm. George and Helen York. Carol Stinson. Elsie Hall. Margaret Beeson. Mary Holcomb and her mother Dorothy Larrison. Marilyn and Charles Burgess. Ernie and Faye Barnard. Marie Wilson. Albert Pence. Joetta Wilkinson. Nick Paul. Mark Ballenger. Olive Bruner. Olive Berkebile. Hailey Blevins. Jan Townsend. The Persecuted believers in Christ. Amazing Angel Childcare Ministry. Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Missionaries: Robert Pickle- Set Free Ministries. Dan & Sheri Miller. Dana Harding. Daniel Duke. Bob & Janet Miller. Dee Sudnig. Lindell & Kay Browning. Bill & Kay Swesay. Ken & Linda Walker. Greg & Amy Crofford. Wayne & Connie LaForce. Mark Ryan. Dan & Margaret Clark. Scott and Emily Armstrong. Kathy Matson. Matt & Priscilla Parrett.

Nursing Home: Rev. R.C. Boynton. Franklin White. Bonnie McLain. Dorothy Hall. Kenny Williams.

 

News -

Thanks to all who came last Sunday night to our Christmas party at the elementary. We had a good turnout of people and food. We even had special entertainment from soloist Jonathan Farley. It was a great evening.

The Youth Happening last Friday went very well with our teens taking a chili supper meal to 45 people in the Hagerstown area. Rev. Billy Huddleston from Cincinnati brought a great message to the teens. Later they went to the gym and then spent the night at Carolyn’s. Thanks Carolyn for providing a great time for our teens.

Christmas Eve Family Communions will be this Wednesday from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. by appointment. See the sign-up sheet for your time slot. This has been a very meaningful time as we partake of the Lord’s Supper on Christmas Eve.

Hagerstown Faith Housing is set up for senior rental assisted living. If you know of anyone interested, call Floyd Sanders at 489-4898. There are vacancies.

Back to Belize! The church board is supporting Pastor Fannin and Pastor Ames to go to Belize in February on a work and witness trip. If you wish to support this ministry, mark your gift “Back to Belize.” The need is $1,000 more.

Christmas dinner will be this Thursday 12:30 p.m. at Hagerstown Masonic Lodge basement for those who wish to interact with community members. This is for anyone who would like community fellowship. Meals are also delivered.

2009 Church Directories are available.

We have supported several families for Christmas by paying bills. If you have the means and wish to help with this, mark you offering “local families.” Kudos to those who helped with the various gift items.

Christmas Caroling tonight for those who wish to spread the good news in song and to help deliver the Christmas items you purchased for the Christmas families.

American Family Association has reviewed this year’s companies that either use or avoid “Christmas” in their stores. The nice companies use the term “Christmas” on a regular bases. The naughty companies avoid or refuse “Christmas” and substitute “Holidays” in its advertisements.

It’s been thoroughly documented that Barnes & Noble, Braum’s Ice Cream, CVS Pharmacy, Old Navy, Kroger, Office Depot, Olive Gardens, Radio Shack, Staples, and Supervalu, are on the naughty list.

Companies for “Christmas” are Bass Pro Shops, Bed Bath & Beyond, Belk, Best Buy, Big Lots, Costco, Dollar Tree, Family Dollar, Dollar General, Home Deport, Kmart, Kohl’s, Lowe’s, Macy’s, Menard’s, Petsmart, Rite Aid, Sears, Super D Drug Stores, Target, Walgreens, and Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club.

Coming Up:

Sun. Dec. 21: Christmas Caroling, 6:00 p.m. today.
Wed. Dec. 24: Christmas Eve Family Communions
Thu. Dec. 25: Happy Birthday, Jesus!
Community Christmas Dinner, 12:30 p.m.
Wed. Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve Service, 7:00 p.m.
Watchnight Service, 11:30 p.m.

 

December Finances
MONTHLY GIVING	Received last Sunday the 14th	Received so far for the Month	Goal for the Month
Tithes and Offering	1,550.32	2,736.91	5,000.00
Building Fund Loan	372.00	512.00	735.00
Missions Belize	31.00 20.00	186.00 43.00	400.00 1,000.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Luke 2:6-7“While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.” Brought to you by BibleGateway.com. Copyright (C) NIV. All Rights Reserved.

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Hark, the Herald Angel

This children’s Christmas program looks at the Christmas story through the eyes of one of the angels. One angel named Hark was a herald angel. It was his job to be the announcer for any significant event. All the angels were wondering what was God up to with His Son and the sinful people of the earth. Though the inhabitants of the earth knew little of what was taking place, all of heaven’s angels were stirred up with God’s plan.

The Bible states that the angels are eager to look into the God’s plan of salvation for sinful people. And yet you get the impression that the angels are more interested than humans care to be. Busy people are occupied with their affairs while heaven is a stir of spiritual activities.

One can’t help believe that the angels are still in wonderment over humans. What angels can’t understand is how humans can give themselves to stuff that last only a brief time, while God offers everlasting pleasure and happiness.

Today’s Christmas program helps us focus on what matters most. The action of our lives should reflect on the question, “What difference will it make 100 year from now?”

 

Prayer Petitions: Beverly Andrews, Kevin Rogers’ mother. Alex Fox is taking chemo. Paul Barnard’s daughter Colleen is fighting cancer. Louis Conyers. Mary Mowbray, friend of Juanita Townsend, is fighting cancer. Diana Ames. Maurice Beaver’s sister, Glenna Beavers. Melvin Messer. Rev. Edsel and Alice Trouten. Michael Stomm. George and Helen York. Carol Stinson. Elsie Hall. Margaret Beeson. Mary Holcomb and her mother Dorothy Larrison. Marilyn and Charles Burgess. Ernie and Faye Barnard. Marie Wilson. Albert Pence. Joetta Wilkinson. Nick Paul. Mark Ballenger. Olive Bruner. Olive Berkebile. Hailey Blevins. Jan Townsend. The Persecuted believers in Christ. Amazing Angel Childcare Ministry. Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Missionaries: Robert Pickle- Set Free Ministries. Dan & Sheri Miller. Dana Harding. Daniel Duke. Bob & Janet Miller. Dee Sudnig. Lindell & Kay Browning. Bill & Kay Swesay. Ken & Linda Walker. Greg & Amy Crofford. Wayne & Connie LaForce. Mark Ryan. Dan & Margaret Clark. Scott and Emily Armstrong. Kathy Matson. Matt & Priscilla Parrett.

Nursing Home: Rev. R.C. Boynton. Franklin White. Bonnie McLain. Dorothy Hall. Kenny Williams.

 

Thanks to all who planned and made our church tour a great experience last Sunday night. We had a good turnout of churches participating in the evening. Chris, Kathie, Seth, help make our portion of the tour a time of Christmas celebration.

Youth Happening begins this Friday at 5:00 p.m. with the teens taking a chili supper meal to 51 people in the Hagerstown area. The teens themselves will have a chili supper at the OutPost beginning at 6:00 p.m. Rev. Billy Huddleston from Cincinnati will be here to bring a special youth message at 7:00 p.m. Following this the teens will go to the elementary gym for a time of evening activities. They’ll come back to the church to watch a special video around 10:00 p.m. Let’s support our teens and leader, Carolyn Talbott, by our prayers and signing up on the food list for the chili supper.

Small group discipleship Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Worship team singing practice Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.

Hagerstown Faith Housing is set up for senior rental assisted living. If you know of anyone interested, call Floyd Sanders at 489-4898. There are vacancies.

Back to Belize! The church board is supporting Pastor Fannin and Pastor Ames to go to Belize in February on a work and witness trip. If you wish to support this ministry, mark your gift “Back to Belize.” The need is $1,000 more.

Thanks for Giving to our Thanksgiving Offering for World Evangelism. We went over our goal of $1,500 for World Evangelism in the Church of the Nazarene. We are involved in something bigger than ourselves. “To God Be the Glory.”

Thank You Cookie Bakers for today’s treat and thanks to Susie for getting it all assembled. We need all our greeters and ushers to distribute this treat following the service.

2009 Church Directories are available.

Coming Up:

Sun. Dec. 14: All Church Christmas Fellowship at Hagerstown Elementary 5:00 p.m.

Fri. Dec. 19: Teen Overnighter

Sat. Dec. 20: Ladies Fellowship Breakfast

Sun. Dec. 21: Christmas Caroling, 6:00 p.m.

Wed. Dec. 24: Christmas Eve Family Communions

Thu. Dec. 25: Happy Birthday, Jesus!

Community Christmas Dinner, 12:30 p.m.

Wed. Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve Service, 7:00 p.m.

Watchnight Service, 11:30 p.m.

 

“A cheerful heart is good medicine” Proverbs 17:22

What happened when the snowgirl fell out with the snowboy? She gave him the cold shoulder!

What do snowmen wear on their heads?
Ice caps!

What do snowmen eat for lunch?
Icebergers!

Where do snowmen go to dance?
Snowballs!

How do snowmen travel around?
By icicle!

What sort of ball doesn't bounce?
A snowball!

What do you get if cross a snowman and a shark? Frost bite!

How do you call an Eskimo cow?

“Eskimooooooo!”

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Amazing Christmas

Consider this: God loved the world so much that he came visiting. God slipped into the world as a helpless baby, without fanfare or heraldry.

Think of it: The baby, born of humble parents, the man a carpenter, the woman still in her teens. Jesus was born in a backwater town called Bethlehem, in a stable reeking with animal smells.

It took years before people comprehended fully God’s self-revelation. Even John the Baptist, sitting in Herod’s prison, sent a message to Jesus asking, “Are you the One who is to come, or are we to wait for another?” (Matthew 11:3). Jesus then explained that He was working miracles and bringing good news to the poor.

That became even more clear when Peter concluded that Jesus was “the Messiah, the Son of the living God” (Matthew 16:16).

What’s amazing about Christmas is that it began in a manger. And today more than two billion people around the world celebrate Jesus’ birth.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German theologian, stated, “In the child of Bethlehem, the life of the world that is to come has come into the life of the world that is.”

Prayer Petitions: Beverly Andrews, Kevin Rogers’ mother. Alex Fox is taking chemo. Paul Barnard’s daughter Colleen is fighting cancer. Louis Conyers. Mary Mowbray, friend of Juanita Townsend, is fighting cancer. Diana Ames. Maurice Beaver’s sister, Glenna Beavers. Melvin Messer. Rev. Edsel and Alice Trouten. Michael Stomm. George and Helen York. Carol Stinson. Elsie Hall. Margaret Beeson. Mary Holcomb and her mother Dorothy Larrison. Marilyn and Charles Burgess. Ernie and Faye Barnard. Marie Wilson. Albert Pence. Joetta Wilkinson. Nick Paul. Mark Ballenger. Olive Bruner. Olive Berkebile. Hailey Blevins. Jan Townsend. The Persecuted believers in Christ. Amazing Angel Childcare Ministry. Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Missionaries: Robert Pickle- Set Free Ministries. Dan & Sheri Miller. Dana Harding. Daniel Duke. Bob & Janet Miller. Dee Sudnig. Lindell & Kay Browning. Bill & Kay Swesay. Ken & Linda Walker. Greg & Amy Crofford. Wayne & Connie LaForce. Mark Ryan. Dan & Margaret Clark. Scott and Emily Armstrong. Kathy Matson. Matt & Priscilla Parrett.

Nursing Home: Rev. R.C. Boynton. Franklin White. Earl Goodwin. Bonnie McLain. Dorothy Hall. Kenny Williams.

NEWS

Hagerstown Hometown Christmas This evening the Tour of Churches begins at our church 5:30. After our service the congregation will travel to the Methodist Church for a 6:00 p.m. service, then the Christian Church at 6:30 p.m. and ends at the New Testament Church. The Hagerstown Women’s History Club will host the refreshments following the service. The Hometown Hagerstown Christmas Committee wanted this Tour of Churches to help keep the real meaning of Christmas.

Small group discipleship Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Worship team singing practice Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.

Church Board Meeting is today at 4:00 p.m. The meeting is advanced to accommodate the Tour of Churches.

Hagerstown Faith Housing is set up for senior rental assisted living. If you know of anyone interested, call Floyd Sanders at 489-4898. There are vacancies.

All Church Christmas Party is next Sunday at Hagerstown Elementary Cafeteria beginning at 5:00 p.m. There will be a pitch-in meal, activities for all ages, singing, skits, the Christmas story and the infamous Chinese gift exchange. So each one bring a good appetite and gift for this time of fun and celebration around Christian fellowship.

Back to Belize! The church board is supporting Pastor Fannin and Pastor Ames to go to Belize in February on a work and witness trip. If you wish to support this ministry, mark your gift “Back to Belize.” The need is $1,000 more.

Thanks for Giving to our Thanksgiving Offering for World Evangelism. We have received $1,498.25 in the offering. With the goal $1,500 we’re real close. If anyone would give $1.75, this will make our goal. It’s our joy to see God’s kingdom advance around the world. We are involved in something bigger than ourselves. “To God Be the Glory.”

Cookie bakers are needed for our Christmas Treat for next Sunday. See sign-up sheet. It’s been an annual treat to give home-baked cookies and fruit from FFA.

Church Directories are available. Thanks Chris.

Children’s Christmas Program is this Friday and next Sunday morning. Today the children will practice and have lunch in the OutPost.

Needy families have been received by our church to supply Christmas presents. See the sign-up sheet.

When doing your Christmas cards this year, fill out an extra one and send it to this address. If everyone sends at least one card, just think of how many cards these special courageous and sacrificial people would get.  

Holiday Mail for Heroes
PO Box 5456
Capitol Heights, MD 20791-5456

Coming Up:

Fri. Dec. 12: Children’s Christmas Program, 7:30 p.m.

Sun. Dec. 14: Children’s Christmas Program

Sun. Dec. 14: All Church Christmas Fellowship at Hagerstown Elementary 5:00 p.m.

Fri. Dec. 19: Teen Overnighter

Sat. Dec. 20: Ladies Fellowship Breakfast

Wed. Dec. 24: Christmas Eve Family Communions

Thu. Dec. 25: Happy Birthday, Jesus!

Community Christmas Dinner, 12:30 p.m.

Wed. Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve Service, 7:00 p.m.

Watchnight Service, 11:30 p.m.

 

Final November Finances
MONTHLY GIVING	Received last Sunday the 30th	Received for the Month	Disbursed For the Month
Tithes and Offering	1,622.50	6,791.33	5,695.29
Building Fund Loan	86.00	688.00	735.00
Missions Thanksgiving Belize	45.00 130.00 1,216.00	472.74 1,498.25 1,236.00	472.74 1,498.95 1,000.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John 15:5,8“I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.” Brought to you by BibleGateway.com. Copyright (C) NIV. All Rights Reserved.

Sunday, November 28, 2008

The Advent Wreath

The Advent wreath symbolizes watchfulness and increasing joy as we anticipate Jesus’ birth. The wreath’s circular shape symbolizes eternity, or life without end.

The candles remind us that Jesus is the Light of the World — He brought light and life to a dark world. On each of the four Sundays of Advent, we light a new candle. As the light grows, so do our hope and joy.

Several families will light specific candles as we approach Christmas Day. With Christ as the light of our world we can be assured that our destination is secured and present is firm within the promises of God never to leave us or forsake us. Our theme to those in our world is peace on earth and goodwill to all.

Whether we realize it or not, Jesus gave us the eternal life that began our spiritual journey. He alone is the only access to God. Our good works or claimed religious status or any other claim to fame falls short of what is required to receive eternal life. Christ’s death on the cross vents God’s wrath on sin. Christ raised from the dead provides forgiveness for the sinner who repents of their sins and receives God’s light seen in the life of Christ.

 

“A cheerful heart is good medicine” Proverbs 17:22

The Christmas grump

Uncle Henry had the reputation of being a curmudgeon. He always seemed to have something to grumble. Henry’s friends and family were used to his demeanor and usually took it with a grain of salt.

One year, while Henry’s relatives were decorating for Christmas, his six-year-old nephew wondered aloud, “Do you think Uncle Henry will put up the negativity scene again this year.”

Prayer Petitions: Beverly Andrews, Kevin Rogers’ mother. Ron Madison. Alex Fox is taking chemo for lymphoma. Paul Barnard’s daughter Colleen is fighting cancer. Louis Conyers. Mary Mowbray, friend of Juanita Townsend, is fighting cancer. Diana Ames. Maurice Beaver’s sister, Glenna Beavers. Melvin Messer. Rev. Edsel and Alice Trouten. Michael Stomm. George and Helen York. Carol Stinson. Elsie Hall. Margaret Beeson. Mary Holcomb and her mother Dorothy Larrison. Marilyn and Charles Burgess. Ernie and Faye Barnard. Marie Wilson. Albert Pence. Joetta Wilkinson. Nick Paul. Mark Ballenger. Olive Bruner. Olive Berkebile. Hailey Blevins. Jan Townsend. The Persecuted believers in Christ. Amazing Angel Childcare Ministry. Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Missionaries: Robert Pickle- Set Free Ministries. Dan & Sheri Miller. Dana Harding. Daniel Duke. Bob & Janet Miller. Dee Sudnig. Lindell & Kay Browning. Bill & Kay Swesay. Ken & Linda Walker. Greg & Amy Crofford. Wayne & Connie LaForce. Mark Ryan. Dan & Margaret Clark. Scott and Emily Armstrong. Kathy Matson. Matt & Priscilla Parrett.

Nursing Home: Rev. R.C. Boynton. Franklin White. Earl Goodwin. Bonnie McLain. Dorothy Hall. Kenny Williams.

 

News -

Community Christmas Advent Service is hosted by the Sugar Grove Church this evening at 6:00.

Small group discipleship and worship team singing practice meets each Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. respectively.

Hagerstown Hometown Christmas begins this Friday and climaxes Sunday with the Tour of Churches that begins at our church, 5:30 p.m.

Recycle your computer printer cartridges Bring your used cartridges to the church and place them in the white box in the foyer for the daycare fundraiser.

Hagerstown Faith Housing is set up for senior rental assisted living. If you know of anyone interested, call Floyd Sanders at 489-4898. There are vacancies.

Glenna Beavers, Maurice Beaver’s sister is recovering from a severe stroke. For those who wish to send her a card, her home address is: Glenna Beavers, 3302 Diamond Ave., El Paso, TX 79904-2531.

Back to Belize! The church board is supporting Pastor Fannin and Pastor Ames to go to Belize this February. If you wish to support this work and witness trip, mark your gift “Back to Belize.”

Thanks for Giving to the Thanksgiving Offering for World Evangelism. Christians may not be making the headlines news but we are making a difference in the lives of countless people. The good news of God’s Son is for the whole world. WOW! What a privilege to be involved with something way bigger than ourselves.

Our goal for our Thanksgiving Offering is $1,500. Let’s do our best. The offering received so far is $1, 368.25. We are very near reaching our goal. “To God Be the Glory.”

Thank You, Kathie and Amanda for the beautifully decorating the church for the Christmas Season.

When doing your Christmas cards this year, fill out an extra one and send it to this address. If everyone sends at least one card, just think of how many cards these special courageous and sacrificial people would get.  
          A Recovering American Soldier 
          C/O Walter Reed Army Medical Center
          6900 Georgia Avenue,NW
          Washington,D.C.  20307-5001

Coming Up:

Sun. Nov. 30: Community Advent Service at Sugar Grove Church, 6:00 p.m.

Fri. Dec. 5: Hagerstown Hometown Christmas begins

Sat. Dec. 6: Men’s Prayer Breakfast

Sun. Dec. 7: Church Board, 4:30 p.m.

Sun. Dec. 7: Hagerstown Christmas Tour of Churches:

Nazarene, 5:30 p.m.

Methodist, 6:00 p.m.

Christian Church, 6:30 p.m.

New Testament Church, 7:00 pm.

Refreshments by Women’s History Club, 7:30 p.m.

Fri. Dec. 12: Children’s Christmas Program, 7:30 p.m.

Sun. Dec. 14: Children’s Christmas Program

Sun. Dec. 14: All Church Christmas Fellowship at Hagerstown Elementary 5:00 p.m.

Fri. Dec. 19: Teen Overnighter

Sat. Dec. 20: Ladies Fellowship Breakfast

Wed. Dec. 24: Christmas Eve Family Communions

Thu. Dec. 25: Community Christmas Dinner, 12:30 p.m.

Wed. Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve Service, 7:00 p.m.

Watchnight Service, 11:30 p.m.

 

November Finances
MONTHLY GIVING	Received last Sunday the 23rd	Received so far for the Month	Goal for the Month
Tithes and Offering	1,613.75	5,248.83	7,000.00
Building Fund Loan	62.00	602.00	728.77
Missions Thanksgiving	125.00 785.25	377.74 1,368.25	300.00 1,500.00