Announcements for December 2, 2018

Advent Wor­ship with Holy Com­mu­nion 

Wednes­days at 7 pm — Decem­ber 5, 12, & 19

Join a time of peace and prepa­ra­tion for Christ­mas. Organ­ist Bill Young and Rev. Can­dace Lawrence will lead tra­di­tion­al music and wor­ship. Focus your hearts on the mean­ing of this holy sea­son.

Tour Lights on the Lake on the Church Bus

View the dis­play at Ononda­ga Lake Park with friends. Dri­vers from the Out­reach & Mis­sions team will take groups on Mon­days through­out the sea­son. Sign up in Fel­low­ship Hall. For infor­ma­tion, call the church at 315–457-5180.

Advent study begins Sun­day, Decem­ber 2

O. Hen­ry wrote a short sto­ry enti­tled The Gift of the Magi that has inspired many. Pas­tor Bri­an Homan will lead a four-week study on the sto­ry from 3 to 4 pm on Sun­days dur­ing Advent, begin­ning Decem­ber 2. 

Ser­vice of Remem­brance, Decem­ber 7

Cler­gy mem­bers from sev­er­al Liv­er­pool church­es lead a memo­r­i­al ser­vice at St. Matthew’s Epis­co­pal Church on Vine Street in Liv­er­pool, this Fri­day at 7 pm. Spon­sored by Mau­r­er Funer­al Home, it offers an oppor­tu­ni­ty to remem­ber loved ones that have passed away. All are wel­come.

Par­ents Time Out — Decem­ber 8, 11 am

Par­ents, drop your chil­dren off at church and enjoy time to shop, wrap gifts, or relax. Chil­dren can make crafts, enjoy piz­za, dec­o­rate cook­ies, and par­tic­i­pate in games and sto­ries led by our LIFE Youth Min­istries group. Sign up down­stairs or in Fel­low­ship Hall so that we know how many to expect. Host­ed by the Hos­pi­tal­i­ty & Fel­low­ship Team.

Chan­cel Choir Can­ta­ta — Decem­ber 16

The choir will per­form the can­ta­ta, God Came Near by Tom Fet­tke and Max Luca­do on Decem­ber 16 at the 9:30 & 11 am ser­vices. Guest musi­cians and con­gre­ga­tion mem­bers will par­tic­i­pate along with the choir.

Christ­mas Bake Sale — Decem­ber 16

Please sign up to donate good­ies for our annu­al bake sale (sold by the small or large box). We need many dona­tions to be suc­cess­ful. See the sign up in Fel­low­ship Hall for sug­ges­tions and to help.

Delta Son­ic car wash coupons again avail­able!

For gift-giv­ing and win­ter dri­ving. Lim­it­ed num­ber. Buy one for $5, get one FREE. Coupons are good for 2 months.

Order poin­set­tias for the Christ­mas altar

Hon­or loved ones by pur­chas­ing poin­set­tias to dec­o­rate our Christ­mas altar. Return this form, with pay­ment (plants are $9 each), by Decem­ber 9.
You may take the plants after Christ­mas.

# of poin­set­tias ________ Total enclosed $ _________

In Mem­o­ry of: ________________________________

In Hon­or of: __________________________________

Giv­en by: __________

 

 

The Star Christ­mas Event    The sto­ry of the first Christ­mas

Sat­ur­day Decem­ber 15   4 to 7:30 pm      ALL AGES WELCOME

Din­ner, activ­i­ties, movie, take-home memen­to

Bring friends & fam­i­ly   RSVP to 315–457-5180

 

What does it mean to be a Methodist?

What do we believe that makes us dif­fer­ent from oth­er church­es? Begin­ning Jan­u­ary 6 and con­tin­u­ing for 7 weeks, mem­bers and inquir­ing mem­bers may join Pas­tor Homan to explore the Unit­ed Methodist faith — Sun­days at 3 pm.

Har­mo­ny of Harps Con­cert — Decem­ber 17

All are wel­come to this free per­for­mance at 7:15 pm in the sanc­tu­ary. Host­ed by Olive­branch Women’s Group.

Pas­tor Homan avail­able by appoint­ment 

To meet Mon­day, Wednes­day, or Fri­day morn­ings call him at 315–457-5180 or 315–345-6534 to make appoint­ment.

Sup­plies need­ed for flood clean-up buck­ets

In the after­math of hur­ri­canes Flo­rence & Michael, peo­ple need sup­plies to clean their homes. Out­reach is col­lect­ing Flood Buck­ets. Infor­ma­tion is in Fel­low­ship Hall.

Bible study meets Decem­ber 7 & 21 

Held at Don­na Greene’s house; light break­fast at 9:30 am, study at 10 am. Call for direc­tions. Top­ic: Why They Left Atheism/Agnosticism

PEACE senior lun­cheon — Mon­days at noon

Call PEACE, Inc. at 315–470-3331 to reserve a meal. Sug­gest­ed con­tri­bu­tion, $3. Decem­ber 3: Bat­tered cod filet

UMW col­lects Gifts for Baby Jesus 

The Unit­ed Methodist Women’s group is col­lect­ing baby items to give to the Teen MOPS (moth­ers of preschool­ers) group that meets in our build­ing. A list of items need­ed is post­ed on a col­lec­tion box in the foy­er. Dona­tions will be col­lect­ed through­out Advent, con­clud­ing on Christ­mas Day.

How good is your mem­o­ry?

Have fun with church his­to­ry. Pick up a hand­out of pho­tos of the church and its activ­i­ties from the past. See how many of the dates of the pho­tos you can guess cor­rect­ly. They are in a bin at the Infor­ma­tion Cen­ter.

Bid on a Quilt for Christ­mas Giv­ing

Silent auc­tion: Decem­ber 2–9. Quilt on dis­play in hall­way. Per­fect for gift giv­ing or per­son­al use. Place your bid, name, and phone num­ber on bid sheet locat­ed on hall table. High­est bid­der will be noti­fied after Decem­ber 9. Quilt­ing min­istry will use mon­ey for sup­plies.

Bless­ings in a Back­pack needs pud­ding cups

Liv­er­pool chap­ter of BIB pro­vides week­end food for 200 of the 672 qual­i­fy­ing stu­dents at Sey­mour School on Syracuse’s south­west side. Infor­ma­tion is avail­able at the col­lec­tion bas­ket in the church hall­way.

Fam­i­ly Min­istries needs can­dy & snacks

Indi­vid­u­al­ly wrapped can­dy, fruit snacks, or mini packs of cook­ies or crack­ers may be left in the col­lec­tion box.

Week­ly Study Through the Bible

Pas­tor Bri­an Homan leads a week­ly study of scrip­ture on Mon­days at 1 pm. 

Knit or cro­chet with Prayer­ful Threads
Knit or cro­chet scarves, hats and mit­tens for peo­ple in need, and blan­kets and sweaters for chil­dren. Join them the first and third Sun­days of the month at 2 pm, or work on your own.

Come tie knots with the Prayer Quilt Min­istry

The Prayer Quilt Min­istry needs vol­un­teers to tie quilts togeth­er with square knots. They meet Tues­days from 10 am until noon. Con­tact the church at 315–457-5180.

Let us know if you need a meal
If you are recov­er­ing from ill­ness, surgery, or injury you may appre­ci­ate home-cooked meals. If you wish to receive meals from church vol­un­teers, con­tact the church at 315–457-5180.

Vol­un­teer need­ed to direct children’s choir

Spir­it Singers youth choir needs a direc­tor. Con­tact Nan­cy, Direc­tor of Music Min­istries, at 315–457-5180.

Miss­ing Any­thing? Check the Lost & Found

If you are miss­ing gloves, hats scarves, glass­es, etc, please check the bin locat­ed on the shelf in the main cor­ri­dor.

Wet Paint! Please use cau­tion in hall­ways

The main cor­ri­dors will be giv­en a fresh coat of paint in the com­ing days, so please avoid touch­ing walls. Thanks!