Unity News
Volume 8, Issue 50
December 18, 2014
Christmas Eve Wednesday, December 24
4:00 p.m. Family Service: Children’s Choirs will provide music
Nurseries provided for up to 5 years old, NO CIW
6:00 p.m. Musical Service: Chancel Choir will provide music
Nurseries provided for up to 5 years old, NO CIW
11:00 p.m. Candlelight Service: NO nurseries or CIW programs
Communion served by intinction
Communion will be served at all three services.
Gluten-free bread will be offered in the Narthex for all 3 services.
This year both the Sanctuary and the Historic Sanctuary will be open for the 4:00 and
6:00 Christmas Eve services. We are offering these choices so you may experience a
more intimate and meaningful worship experience. Communion will be served in both
locations. The worship service will be streamed live into the Historic Sanctuary on
two televisions so that everyone will be worshiping simultaneously. Offering Christmas Eve services in both locations will allow families the option of sitting comfortably
together instead of having to split up, since there will be so many more seats available.
United in Christ’s love,
we glorify God through
worship, nurture, and
Sunday Morning
December 21 2014
8:45 am
Worship Service
10:00 am
Sunday School
11:00 am
Worship Service
Prayers of Concern
David
Angel Tree Gifts
A very big thank you to everyone who participated in the angel tree this year. We
were able to give gifts to 28 families, and this included bags of food for a holiday
meal. Gift cards were given to our two RAIN teams to give to their care partners, as
well as bags of food. Gift cards were given to Family Promise families who have been
guests in our church during the year. Your generosity is much appreciated by the
folks that received these gifts. Sincere thank you’s, Christmas cards and hugs were
given, when the presents were given to them.
Choate
Monk Case
Gwen Perry
Buddy Culp
Dot Hollis
Pat Pope
Sue Jones
Beth Detar
James McGregor
Carol Herring
Please continue to remember those
with special needs.
Christmas Concert by the Renaissance Singers of Charlotte
Unity Presbyterian Church is hosting the Renaissance Singers of Charlotte for their
“Christmas in the City” Concert on Sunday, December 21, at 4:00 PM in the Sanctuary. Please join us for a program filled with Yuletide favorites including O Magnum
Mysterium by Lauridsen, Wassail Song of Gloucestershire, arr. by Ralph Vaughan Williams,
Noel We Sing by Louis-Claude Daquin and Tomorrow Shall be my Dancing Day by John
Gardner, in addition to works by Bach, Rutter and Goldschmidt. The Renaissance
Singers will invite you to join your voices with theirs as great carols lift spirits and
warm our hearts. Founded in 2002, Renaissance is a select group of about three dozen
singers committed to presenting high-quality choral music to Charlotte and the surrounding region. We are delighted to welcome them to the Fort Mill area. An offering
will be taken in lieu of tickets, which normally cost $15 – 20 per person. For more
information, please visit http://www.singers-renaissance.org.
Sunday, December 28, at 10:00 a.m. is our December Congregational covered dish
Breakfast. Please bring any cookies, etc. that you have around the house from Christmas. Please join your Unity family during the Sunday School hour in the Fellowship
Hall, as we begin to look forward to the new year. The Health Ministries Team will
be offering blood pressure checks between services just prior to the Congregational
Breakfast. We will be in room M210, right behind the Fellowship Hall. We hope to
see you there!
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Christian Sympathy is
extended to:
Linda Weaver in the death
her father, Ray Cochran,
on December 10 in
Abington, VA.
Nancy Barbieri in the death
of her mother, Maud
Nims, On December 13.
Ken and Ellen Barrett in
the death of her son, Frans
Bogardus, on December 11
in NY.
What’s Happening in Christian Education?
YOUTH
No youth group Dec 21, 28 and Jan 4 – Merry Christmas!
Youth group resumes on Sunday, January 11
What is GOD calling you to do?
Summer Youth Trips
The Ministry Teams of Christian Education
are looking for people to serve in a number
of capacities beginning in January:
June 21-26 – registration deadline January 11
Middle School (completed 6th-8th grades)
Asheville Youth Mission
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June 27-July 3 – registration deadline February 1
High School (completed 9th-12th grades)
Urban Mission Camp in Mobile, AL
July 9-12 – registration deadline February 1
Middle School (completed 6th-8th grades)
Massanetta Middle School Conference
July 12-18 – registration deadline January 11
High School (completed 9th-12th grades)
Montreat Youth Conference
All trip information, costs, and registration information
is on the church website at:
http://unityfortmill.org/youth-ministries
Adult Sunday school Teachers
Children in Worship
Children’s Ministry Team
Christian Education Ministry Team
Nursery
Sunday School
Vacation Bible School
Please contact Kathryn McGregor at
[email protected] or
547-5543 to indicate the ministry(s) in which
you would like to serve..
ADULTS
Free Workshops - Check out E3: Educating, Equipping and Empowering God’s People for Ministry Workshops
January 11, 2015 at Oakland Avenue Presbyterian Church There are workshops for leaders in all ministry areas of
the church. Two Unity people, Susan Bullard and Kathryn McGregor, will be leading workshops. For more
information and to register online at http://www.providencepres.org/e3_registration_2015.aspx.
Sunday School – Sunday mornings at 10:00 am
Fellowship
Holy Grounds
Koinonia
Feasting on the Word
Upper Room
Fellowship Hall
Fellowship Hall Parlor
Room M210
Unity Hall
Room M321
Advent study: “Not a Silent Night”
Fellowship & Devotions
Advent study of Handel’s Messiah
12/21 – Luke 1:26-38
Year-long study of Hebrews
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Merry Christmas! We hope that your Christmas/New Year's plans will include helping
with our Family Promise program. Even if you are not in town to serve as a Meal/
Overnight Host during this busy time of year, we have several supply requests that can
be dropped off at the church (Fellowship Hall Kitchen or Church Office) during the
next two weeks and we can always use your prayers.
Unity has the pleasure of serving as the host church for Family Promise of York County families during the week of December 28 - January 4. We need many volunteers for
the many different service opportunities that it takes to host the families. We use SignUp Genius to sign-up volunteers. If you have trouble using Sign-Up Genius, please just e
-mail or call Linda (547-9898) and she will sign you up.
*The link for Meal Host/Overnight Host/Set-Up Host is:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d49aeab28a02-mealovernightset3
*The link for Transportation Host/Linen Washer/Grocery Shopper/Supply Provider is:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d49aeab28a02-volunteer4
Family Promise currently has three families in the program (4 adults and 8 children). We
will provide more detailed information on our families as we get closer to our hosting
week to allow appropriate planning for meals. We appreciate everything that you do for
this outreach program!
Yours in Christ,
Linda Bunge, Anne Weeks, Brenda Mullis, Allison Wyndham and Susan Ballmer
Hosting Dates for 2015:
April 5 - April 12
July 12 - July 19
October 18 - October 25
Attendance
December 14, 2014
8:45
11:00
Sunday School
Visitors
JANUARY
BIRTHDAYS
1-Michelle Batchelor, Jill
Brooks, Gabriella Campbell
2-Maddy Cost, Paula Jackson,
Harrison Lancaster, Bruce
Marshall, Ronda Williams
3-Colby Hice, Grant Kessler,
Mary Sue McGrath, Trudie
Robertson
4-Chris Cost, Helen Hefner,
Todd Scott, Hannah Swainey,
Carole Tuthill
5-Ned Chamberlain,
Mackenzie Fish, Christine
Honeycutt, John Whitten
6-Don Christensen, Terri
Couchenour, Lauren Raischel,
Linda Weaver, Todd Wright
7-Carolyn Martin
CPR Class: Is one of your New Year's resolutions to learn CPR or do you need to
brush up on old skills? A CPR Class will be offered January 17, 2015, from 9a.m. 12 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. The class will cover infant, child, and adult CPR
and AED usage. Cost is $30. Checks made to Innovative Solutions on the morning of the class. Class size 6 minimum. Call church office 547-5543 to register.
To our church family at Unity, we are thinking of you all. We miss and love you
and want to wish you a very Merry Christmas.
Love from Ira and Doris Ussery.
Financial Information for
11/1-2014-11/30-2014
Operating Income
($)
Actual Budgeted
Year to
Year to
Date ($) Date ($)
46,749 994,240
Building/Debt Campaign Giving
8,604 329,768
Church Office Holiday Hours
-6%
1,105,918 (111,678) -10%
325,072
Wishing a Very Merry
Christmas and a Blessed
New Year to all!
+/- $$ +/- %
46,013 1,011,677 1,074,193 (62,516)
Operating Expenses
232
326
189
74
4,696
1%
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SANCTUARY DEBT BALANCE………………$2,317,097
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December 24: 8:30-12 Noon
December 25: Closed
December 26: Closed
December 31: 8:30-5:00
January 1: Closed
January 2: Closed
Unity Presbyterian Church
303 Tom Hall Street
PO Box 1267
Fort Mill, SC 29716-1267
803.547.5543
Www.UnityFortMill.org
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Church Office (803) 547-5543
Dan Holloway (803) 548-7215
Jeannie Bickett (704) 588-4809
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December 18, 2014
Dear Friends,
Holiday Schedule for Unity
News
Deadline: Tuesday,
December 23 at 6 pm for
Issue date:
December 30.
Please submit information to:
Gina Mitchell:
[email protected]
Rev. Dr. Dan Holloway
Christmas Eve at Unity is always special. In our growing church, it also
requires multiple ways to welcome all those who want to join us for worship.
We will have three services this year at 4, 6, and 11, with communion served at
each of the three. At the two earlier services, seating will be available in both
the sanctuary and the historic sanctuary, with a live feed to the historic
sanctuary and communion in both locations. The 11 pm service will only be in
the sanctuary.
In terms of the nature of the services, the 4 pm service is a bit more relaxed and
is designed with families and children in mind. The 6 pm service includes the
music of our Chancel Choir, while the 11 o'clock service features candle
lighting at midnight as we sing our way into Christmas. You and your family,
neighbors, and friends are welcomed at any of these services, and we look
forward to another celebration of God's greatest gift.
In Christ's Service,
Dan