Mt. Zion Lutheran Church
111 E. Church Street PO Box 86 Richfield, NC 28137 Church - 463-7280 December Disciples in Action 7th – 2nd Sunday in Advent (blue) Reader: ? Flowers: Peggy Roseman 14th – 3rd Sunday in Advent (blue) Reader: Kay Cosgrove Flowers: Peggy Roseman Communion Assistant: Michael Misenheimer Communion Prep: Carolyn Thompson 21st – 4th Sunday in Advent (blue) Reader: ? Flowers: Peggy Roseman 24th – Christmas Eve (white) Communion Assistant: Michael Misenheimer Communion Prep: ? th st 28 – 1 Sunday of Christmas (white) Reader: ? Flowers: Peggy Roseman Fold Bulletins: ALTAR GUILD: Peggy Roseman Ruby Poplin, Bonnie Smith Carolyn Thompson Mt. Zion Lutheran Church December 2014 – Glad Tidings **To submit articles to the newsletter contact Chrissy Chandler at 704-463-7543 or 704-984-1761, [email protected] or leave them in the mailbox outside the Pastor’s office. All submissions must be in by the Friday before the last Sunday of the month.** SCCM item for DECEMBER: TOLIETRIES (shampoo, toothpaste, soap, deodorant, person hygiene) or any canned food items Community Inn meal for DECEMBER: Cindy M. & June A. JANUARY: Linda C., Angie L. & Ruth Ann S. ANNIVERSARIES: 8 – Travis & Kirby Gordon – 38 9 – Johnny & Becky Smith – 25 10 – Chris & Jennifer Murray – 9 Bill & Elaine Crawley – 4 15 – Carl & Lillian Huneycutt – 54 20 – David & Ruby Poplin – 41 28 – John & Deb Hearne – 13 BIRTHDAYS: 4 – Jim Barringer 5 – Ricardia Wilson 6 – Treece Barringer 7 – John Lefler 8 – Jean Parker 14 – Mildred Houghton 22 – Anna Smith 29 – Mike Vanderflute BAPTISMAL B IRTHDAYS: 3 – Robert Wilson 24 – Laura Smith 16 – Carrie Barbee 29 – Starla Whitt Ritchie Deese Thank You: + to everyone who has generously supported SCCM through your gifts toward the Caring and Sharing Campaign and/or their operational expenses! + to everyone who donated toward the shipping costs for our Operation Christmas Child boxes and Lutheran World Relief kits! + to everyone who worked on or donated the prayer shawls, preemie caps, afghan blocks, completed afghans, and mats for the homeless we recently bless. + to everyone who provided refreshments for the reception following the Community Thanksgiving Service and helped us welcome our guests! + to June Almond, Cindy Misenheimer, the puppet theatre, and Mark Smith for leading worship on November 30 while Pastor Ruth Ann was on vacation! Congratulations: + + to Tyler Gordon on his new job at Duke Energy. to Mike Misenheimer on his new job at Pass & Seymour Legrand. We extend our Christian sympathy: + + + to Mildred Houghton and her family following the death of her husband, Gerald Houghton. to Libby and Joanna Palmer and their family following Joe’s recent death. to Mike, Teresa, and Michelle Misenheimer and family following the death of Mike’s mother, Ruby. Even though they mourn, may they always trust in the sure and certain promise of the Resurrection. Do you know someone we should thank, congratulate, or offer our sympathy? Please tell Chrissy Chandler or Pastor Ruth Ann, because we don’t want to overlook anyone! Ask the Pastor… Tell me about the symbols for the four gospels. (This question came from one of our Adult Sunday School teachers following a recent lesson on Ezekiel.) Have you ever noticed the symbols in our stained glass windows with the names of the four evangelists: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John? The symbols are a man, a lion, an ox, and a lion. Each of these is normally depicted with wings. These have their origins in a vision of the prophet Ezekiel (Ezekiel 1:10) or according to other sources, in Revelation 5:6-8. While there are many questions about the interpretation of these visions, they have both been connected traditionally with the four gospel writers. The descriptions and reasons for these symbols vary somewhat depending on the source we consult, but here is a quick description of these symbols and the reason they have been assigned to each of the gospel writers: Matthew – a man – this gospel recounts the genealogy of Jesus from Abraham to King David, from David to the deportation to Babylon, and from the deportation to the Messiah. Matthew is the gospel which presents Christ’s humanity. Mark – a lion – this gospel begins with quotations from the prophet Isaiah and the message of John the Baptist ‘roaring’ in the wilderness to proclaim the coming of the Messiah. The winged lion, which signifies leadership and royalty, is fitting for this gospel. Luke – an ox – this gospel begins with Zechariah the priest serving in the Temple, when the angel announces the birth of John the Baptist. A calf or an ox was the normal sacrifice in the temple, so the winged ox serves as a reminder of the priestly character of Jesus and his sacrificial death for the sins of all. John – an eagle – this gospel is significantly different from the other three (the synoptic gospels). It begins with a soaring view of Jesus as the Word of God and includes many lengthy conversations between Jesus and others. Please share your questions with Pastor Ruth Ann so they can be answered here! December Events: December Events continued… Midweek Prayer meets at noon on Wednesdays – except December 3. Even if you can’t be here, please join us in prayer at 12:12 p.m., remembering Romans 12:12: Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer. Bring a bag lunch and stay for a time of fellowship! We have been invited to tour the home of Rev. Clarence “Bud” & Dot Walck on Wednesday evening December 10 at 7:00 p.m. to enjoy their special Christmas decorations from the North Pole to Bethlehem! The tour is suitable for all ages. We will meet at the church at 6:45 to carpool. Please let Pastor Ruth Ann know if you plan to attend! Monk’s Band will be playing at Trinity Oaks in Salisbury on Saturday afternoon, December 6, at 1:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to join them as they visit with Rev. Maurice Staley. The Upper Room Sunday School Class invites everyone to a Christmas Party Saturday night, December 6 at 6:00 p.m. Dinner is provided. Please bring desserts or drinks to share and small, wrapped bingo prizes. The Annual Congregational Meeting will be Sunday, December 7 following worship. Please plan to attend as we elect new council members and trust fund trustees, and adopt a budget for 2015. Confirmation class meets Sunday afternoon December 7 at 3:30 p.m. and will normally meet the first and third Sunday afternoons of each month through the school year. Everyone is invited to join us this year as we study Luther’s Small Catechism, including the Lord’s Prayer, Ten Commandments, Apostles’ Creed, and the Sacraments of Holy Communion and Baptism. Members of Mt. Zion will provide the evening meal for Community Inn on December 7. Women of the ELCA will meet Tuesday December 9 at 6:30 p.m. at Peg Roseman’s home for their annual Christmas dinner. Please bring a dish to share! Our Advent & Christmas Bible Study, a thrill of HOPE, will meet Wednesday afternoons December 10 & 17 and January 7 at 1:00 p.m. following Midweek Prayer and Thursday evenings December 11 & 18 and January 8 at 7:00 p.m. This study in three sessions is based on the familiar Christmas story in Luke 1 & 2 and Matthew 2 and the artwork of John August Swanson. Everyone is encouraged to join us for this special study! Congregation council meets Sunday morning December 14. Breakfast begins at 7:00 a.m. and the meeting follows at 7:30 a.m. Both new and outgoing council members are asked to attend. The 8th Annual Chicken Dumpling/Noodle Lunch will be held December 14 following worship. Please bring desserts and/or drinks to share. The meal is provided by members of the Misenheimer and Hill families in memory of Michael Lynn Misenheimer, Jr. All donations received will go to the building fund, specifically to complete our HVAC and lighting replacement project. Handbell practice is at 3:45 p.m. and choir practice follows at 4:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon December 14. The Forward Together team will meet Tuesday, December 16 at 7:00 p.m. Join us Friday night December 19 for a special indoor Movie Nite! Beginning at 7:00 p.m. we will show both a children’s movie and a separate movie for the adults to watch and discuss. Soft drinks and popcorn will be provided. Volunteers are needed to supervise the children – please talk with Pastor Ruth Ann if you can help. Please invite your family and friends to join us! The Children’s Christmas program will be held Sunday morning, December 21 during worship. We will gather at the church at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 21 to go Christmas Caroling. Anyone who would like to go along is welcome! And if you know someone who would enjoy a visit, please talk with Chrissy Chandler or Pastor Ruth Ann. We will end at Peggy Roseman’s house for refreshments. December Events continued… The Christmas Eve worship service with Holy Communion and candlelighting will begin at 7:00 p.m. on December 24. There will be a fellowship time following the service. Drinks will be provided; please bring light finger foods (like a plate of cookies or some cheese and crackers) to share! Worship on Sunday, December 28 will be a special service of Lessons and Carols. Volunteers are needed to read scripture texts for this service. Please talk with Pastor Ruth Ann if you would like to help! Stitches and Scripture and the Book Discussion group will return in January! An Invitation Everyone is invited to participate in a special Forward Together conference being planned by the North Carolina Synod for January 29-31, 2015. The church is teeming with possibility. Do you believe it? Are you ready to capture it? Join us for a Synod conference that will help you be a Renewed church for a new age. This event will be hosted at Christ Lutheran Church in Charlotte. Speakers include the Rev. Dr. Andrew Root, Professor of Youth and Family Ministry at Luther Seminary and the Rev. Dr. David Lose, President of the Lutheran Seminary in Philadelphia. The event includes a concert by Peter Mayer, a Lutheran who is the lead guitarist for Jimmy Buffet’s Coral Reefer Band. If you would like to attend, register soon!! Registration for this three day event is just $50 per person until December 15. Scholarship assistance is available for registration and housing, with special discounts for the first 200 people to register. For more information, ask Pastor Ruth Ann for a brochure or visit www.nclutheran.org. Other Updates: Our 90 Days of Prayer has drawn to a close, but please continue to pray for the congregation as we look toward the future and support our team’s work as part of the NC Synod initiative, Forward Together. In Christ. In Community. The green Lutheran Book of Worship hymnals are in the archives room, sorted by the donor’s last name. You are invited to take home hymnals that you would like to keep. Our next Food Lion Produce deliveries to SCCM will be December 23 and 27. Thank you to everyone who has already contributed to our building fund. If you have not already contributed, please consider a special gift to the building offering to help pay for the HVAC project. The Cannon Foundation grant did NOT cover the cost of the entire project and we have depleted our building fund, with some work still needing to be completed. We will receive a special Second Sunday Offering on December 14 for the Building Fund. Help decorate the sanctuary for Christmas! Poinsettias are $12.00 each and orders must be placed with June Almond by December 14. Order forms are in the narthex. Advent devotionals, A Grand Miracle, based on the writings of C.S. Lewis are available in the narthex. Special devotional materials for children, A Manger on the Mantel, are also available for families with children. December calendars for the W3 Walking for Water project are also available in the narthex. Please give your completed calendars to Elizabeth Laughlin. Please give all information for the January Glad Tidings newsletter to Chrissy Chandler or Pastor Ruth Ann by Friday, December 19. Copies of the proposed budget for 2015 are available in the narthex. Please pick up a copy to review before our Annual Congregational Meeting. Volunteer sheets for 2015 are available in the front pew. Please prayerfully consider how God is calling you to serve our faith community and sign up to prepare or assist with communion, read the lessons, provide altar flowers, or fold bulletins during the coming year. There are plenty of unclaimed opportunities and training is available for all of these necessary tasks! Offering envelopes for 2015 are available in the front pew, including special envelopes for the children. Handouts from our stewardship campaign, including bookmarks for Gratitude, Generosity, Abundant Joy, and Commitment, are available in the front pew, along with commitment cards. If you don’t already have these, please pick them up and fill out a commitment card to keep for your own reference during the coming year! Council Highlights During the regular November meeting, the congregation council: + Approved minutes from the October meeting. + Received the treasurer’s report for October. + Received the pastor’s report and reviewed the proposed December calendar. + Approved sending funds to SCCM which were donated during Lent 2013 and originally designated for North Stanly Ministries. + Approved sponsorship of a new Daisy & Brownie Girl Scout troop, which will be meeting on Thursday evenings. + Approved building use requests from the Stanly County Amateur Radio Club for Friday, December 12 and Saturday, December 13. + Discussed nominees for council members and trust fund trustees. + Tabled the approval of a mowing contract for 2015 until December. LYMZ/YAMZ News: (Lutheran Youth and Young Adults of Mt. Zion) LYMZ recently met to assemble sixteen Operation Christmas Child boxes. Thanks for your generous donations toward this project, especially to cover the shipping costs! YAMZ will be helping with the Sunday School Christmas Party on December 6. You are asked to come to participate and to help with preparation and/or cleanup! LYMZ and YAMZ will again be working together to sort and deliver Christmas cards within the congregation. Everyone is asked to bring your cards for others in the congregation to church by 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, December 21, so the cards can be sorted and distributed following worship that day. There will be a box in the narthex for these cards. Donations for this project will be given to the Heifer Project in memory of Patsy Johnson. Attendance & Offering for Current Expenses Nov. 2 59 $2336.51 Nov. 9 46 $2280.61 Nov. 16 61 $1519.00 Nov. 23 58 $2086.65 Eating healthy during the holidays The holiday season presents so many tasty temptations that even the most disciplined people have a hard time saying “no.” For most of us, the holiday season begins in mid-November and ends in January, giving us at least 6 weeks to overindulge. What’s more, weight gained during this season tends to stay with us. But, with knowledge about good nutrition, it’s possible to eat healthy and still have fun. Thank you for your very generous gift to Bridge to Recovery. Here are a few tips to help you enjoy the holidays and avoid undesired weight gain: • Never go to a party hungry. Eat a low-fat snack before you go. • Limit alcohol calories, which are stored as fat. • Choose diet sodas or water so you don’t waste calories on beverages. • Exercise before eating. A brisk walk can reduce your appetite and burn calories. • Use small plates and take small portions. • Use salad dressing sparingly. Avoid soups and breads. • Enjoy your favorite dessert, but watch your portions and don’t go back for seconds. • When socializing, move away from the buffet table. • Listen to your stomach and stop eating when full. The most practical tip is to not attempt to lose weight during the holidays. This is an unrealistic goal that will set you up for failure and add to the stress of the holiday season. You will do well to maintain your weight. Limiting high-fat foods, maintaining a healthy diet and getting regular exercise year round will help to prevent permanent weight gain from holiday festivities. Feel free to talk to me about any questions or concerns about health issues. June Almond, RN, FNP Parish Nurse Dear Friends, Thank you for the Bingo gifts you donated. Our residents really look forward to playing Bingo every Friday. Your prizes will help us out so much. Here’s wishing each of you a blessed holiday. Thanks again! Robin Moose Activities Director Gaybrielle Morgan Resident Other Updates: Weekly E-mail Updates are being sent out each Sunday evening to everyone on the distribution list. If you or someone you know should be added to the list, please give your e-mail address to Pastor Ruth Ann! We continue to update the Prayer List each month. If you have names to add to or remove from the list, please write them in the notebook in the narthex or give them to Pastor Ruth Ann. Pastor’s Office Hours Pastor Ruth Ann is normally in her office Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, and Fridays from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Please stop by during those hours with any concerns or just to chat. You can also reach Pastor Ruth Ann by e-mail at: [email protected] or on her cell phone: 704/322-0660. If you would like a visit, or know someone who should be visited, please let her know. Facebook Look for Mt. Zion Lutheran/Richfield on Facebook for photos and more information about events here at Mt. Zion! Please talk with Pastor Ruth Ann if you would be interested in an opportunity to learn more about using Facebook. ALSO – please invite your family, friends, and neighbors, to Like our page too! Check Request Forms… Please help us to create better accounting documentation by completing one of these forms if you request a payment or need to be reimbursed for expenses. Forms are available in the computer room. Talk with Marilyn Robertson or Pastor Ruth Ann for more information. Reprinted from Leadership Journal. Used with permission. God’s Work. Our hands. God’s Work. Our hands. (continued) Here is updated information on some of the ministries we have been supporting through our donations and projects. There are boxes for donations to these ministries – and others - in the Fellowship Hall. Thanks for your recent donations of needed items. Many of these boxes are full again right now after the Give and Take event – please talk with Pastor Ruth Ann if you can help deliver some of these donations. We also blessed quite a number of completed afghan blocks for the Warm Up America project which will be sent to this ministry. We also have four completed blankets which will be distributed locally. Two completed preemie caps and several prayer shawls were also blessed recently. The caps went with Angie Robertson to Forsyth Hospital, and two of the prayer shawls have already been distributed. Please join us for Stitches and Scripture in January if you would like to get involved in any of these projects! We have received names and information for twelve needy children from Richfield and New London through SCCM’s Helping Hands program. If you can help provide Christmas gifts for these children, please pick up the information from MaryAnn Fisher as soon as possible. Gifts need to be returned by Sunday, December 14. They should be clearly labeled and may be wrapped. Thanks to everyone who recently contributed unused all-occasion greeting cards for the Kairos Prison Ministry at Southern Correctional Institution. They will be distributed to the Kairos sisters as a Christmas gift. You can continue to bring these cards and envelopes and place them in the box in the fellowship hall as we start preparing already for NEXT Christmas! We are continuing to provide a monthly meal on the first Sunday of each month at Community Inn. Volunteers are always welcome to help with this ministry! If you would like to help, please talk with Cindy Misenheimer. Esther House has recently been at capacity, and continues to need a variety of items, including: diapers, sippy cups, baby bottles, and other baby care items, children’s underwear, pillows, women’s undergarments, and hare care items. (A complete list of needs is posted on the hallway bulletin board.) We recently blessed three more sleeping mats for the homeless, which will be delivered to a local ministry. Thanks to everyone who has participated in this ministry, by bringing plastic grocery bags, preparing ‘plarn’ or crocheting the mats! For more information on how to help with this project, talk with Pastor Ruth Ann, Cynthia Mills, Cindy Misenheimer, or Bonnie Smith! Thank you for your recent generous support to Stanly Community Christian Ministry as the ministry has faced a crisis of increasing needs and decreasing donations – especially in undesignated funds to cover operating expenses. Did you know that the food pantry at the SCCM Assistance center distributes nearly 1200 pounds of food each week? Please continue to support this ministry through donations of food and other needed items. Our item of the month for December is toiletries (including shampoo, toothpaste, soap, deodorant, and other personal hygiene items). We do not have the schedule for the spring semester for Backpack Buddies bags for North Stanly Middle School yet, but we will need almost all of the needed items when we have a turn again. We are currently packing fifteen bags and here is a list of the suggested items: Ramen noodles Pudding cups Fruit or applesauce cups Nut snacks 100% juice boxes Individual serving lunch items (Beanie Weenies or canned spaghetti/ravioli) Fruit snacks Granola bars Cheese or peanut butter crackers Raisins Individual packages of cereal or oatmeal You can place items for this project in the basket in the narthex. Coming Events - Mark your calendar now! Team Update There is another Give and Take Event planned for indoors on January 17. Start sorting your things now and be ready to bring them to church after January 7! Look for more information coming soon! Planning Ahead After three recent funerals here at Mt. Zion, we are reminded again that death will come for each of us. We come together as a faith community at the end of someone’s life both in sorrow for our loss and in joy for God’s promise of eternal life. We remember the Resurrection promise best when we worship with prayer, with God’s word, and with singing. It is possible for each of us to plan much of that service in advance, selecting favorite hymns and scripture passages. Funeral planning worksheets are available from Pastor Ruth Ann. Please talk with her if you would like to record your wishes for your own funeral or memorial service. Completed forms can be kept on file in the church office so that they will be available when the time comes. Our team members (June Almond, Kay Cosgrove, Rick Gordon, Cynthia Mills, Mike Misenheimer, and Laura Smith) met for the second time on November 20. During this meeting, we • Reviewed information gathered from interviews with others in the community. The needs of senior citizens in our community were often repeated as concerns. • Heard about some of our dreams for the congregation’s future. • Discussed the current mission statement of our congregation (A church that reaches out to everyone with the love of God through Christ Jesus), and how it applies to our current ministry. • Considered our vision for the future, by asking what the congregation wants to be three to five years from now. The consensus was that we should keep doing God’s work to change lives. From that conversation, we began to develop some goals: • To keep on doing the life-changing ministry that is already happening. • To get more people involved in those ministries. • To work with others to start a community center. At our next meeting, on December 16, we will work toward refining these goals and then developing plans to meet the goals! We welcome input from others in the congregation about these goals and about the discussion from our previous meeting. Please talk with a team member if you have questions or suggestions! From the Pastor (continued) From the Pastor: God is here! As we your people meet to offer praise and prayer, may we find in fuller measure what it is in Christ we share… Here are symbols to remind us of the lifelong need of grace; here are table, font, and pulpit; here the cross has central place…. Here our children find a welcome in the Shepherd’s flock and fold; here as bread and wine are taken, Christ sustains us as of old... God is Here! Evangelical Lutheran Worship (#526) As we came to the end of our annual stewardship campaign, we also came to the end of a full three year lectionary cycle of stewardship reflections which have been printed in our weekly bulletins. I hope that these have provided you an additional glimpse into each week’s gospel text with a focus on what it means to be a steward of God’s creation and the blessings we have received! Now, as the new lectionary year begins, I have included the first of another series I plan to print in our weekly bulletins. This is just the first of over 50 principles included in an official document of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), The Use of the Means of Grace, which should take us through this next year. This statement on the practice of word and sacrament was prepared by the ELCA in 1997 in the hopes of increasing unity in understanding and practice among congregations without forcing uniformity of worship practice on all congregations. Earlier this fall, the ELCA Council of Bishops issued an invitation for all congregations and synods to study this document. It seems that while most pastors have studied the content of this document, many people in our congregations do not even know it exists! The sacraments of Holy Baptism and Holy Communion are central to the Christian faith and worship and are two components of Luther’s Small Catechism. They are certainly worth our time and study to increase our understanding! The principles are not rules that we must follow, but they serve to “guide us and ground us in our Lutheran tradition.” * My plan is for us to consider this document in two ways: + First, to publish a principle each week in our bulletins throughout the year, so that everyone has access to them; and + Second, to spend some time studying these together in a weekly study session after the first of the year. My hope is that many of you will attend these study sessions to discuss these important principles. My prayer is that it will impact the way we gather together around the font and table. Lord of all, of church and kingdom, in an age of change and doubt, Keep us faithful to the gospel; help us work your purpose out. Here in this day’s dedication, all we have to give, receive; We, who cannot live without you, we adore you! We believe! God is Here! Evangelical Lutheran Worship (#526) In God’s grace, + Pastor Ruth Ann * from “The Use of the Means of Grace and Why It Matters” by Rev. Jonathon Eilert http://download.elca.org/ELCA%20Resource%20Repository/The_Use_of_Means_of_GraceWhy_It_Matters.pdf ~ Mt. Zion Lutheran Church Sun Mon 1 Tue 2 Wed 3 NO Midweek Prayer ~ ~ Pastor 9:30 am Sunday School 10:30 am Worship Service Annual Meeting 3:30 pm Confirmation Class 6:30 pm Community Inn Meal 8 Pastor’s Day Off 9 Ruth Ann on vacation thru 10 10:00 am Pastor’s Office Hours 6:30 pm Women of the ELCA Thu 4 Pastor’s Day Off 7 2nd Sunday of Advent December 2014 ~ 10:00 am Pastor’s Office Hours 12:00 noon Midweek Prayer 1:00 pm Bible Study 7:00 pm Home Tour Fri 5 Sat 6 6:00 pm SS Christmas Party 6:00 pm Girl Scouts NO Bible Study Friday ~ ~ 11 12 6:00 pm Girl Scouts 7:00 pm Bible Study 13 10:00 am Pastor’s Office Hours Fellowship Hall Reserved 14 3rd Sunday of Advent 15 7:00 am 7:30 am 9:30 am 10:30 am Council Breakfast Council Meeting Pastor’s Day Off Sunday School Worship w/ Holy Communion Chicken/Dumpling Lunch 3:45 pm Handbells 4:30 pm Choir 16 10:00 am Pastor’s Office Hours 7:00 pm Forward Together Team Mtg 17 10:00 am Pastor’s Office Hours 12:00 noon Midweek Prayer 1:00 pm Bible Study 18 19 6:00 pm Girl Scouts 7:00 pm Bible Study 9:30 am Sunday School 10:30 am Worship Service Children’s Program 5:00 pm Caroling 28 1st Sunday of Christmas 9:30 am Sunday School 10:30 am Worship Service 10:00 am Pastor’s Office Hours 7:00 pm Movie Nite January Newsletter Information Due Second Sunday Building Fund Offering 21 4th Sunday of Advent 20 22 Pastor’s Day Off 29 Pastor’s Day Off 23 10:00 am Pastor’s Office Hours 30 24 Christmas Eve 25 Christmas Day 26 27 10:00 am Pastor’s Office Hours 12:00 noon Midweek Prayer 7:00 pm Candlelight Worship Service & Fellowship 31 10:00 am Pastor’s Office Hours 12:00 noon Midweek Prayer Notes: Food Lion Produce delivery to SCCM will be December 23rd and 27th. Next date for Backpack Buddies at NSMS still TBD.
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