December 4, 2024
PJs and Breakfast for Dinner
5:30 p.m. • Fellowship Hall
Join us for Wednesday night dinner in December! Wear your pajamas (kids and grownups alike) and join us for breakfast and advent wreath making for our homes. We’ll also read the Christmas Story!
Hope to see you there.
Theme: Making advent wreaths to take home
Costs this year will be: $10 per individual $40 family max
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Help Rejoice School of Ballet ensure that our 2024 Children's Ballet Showcase on Saturday, December 7th is a success! We have a set-up shift + 2 performance shifts. Volunteer roles for the performance shifts include walking dancers to and from the stage, assisting with tutus, supervising the photo booth, and managing the snack table! A minimum of 1 volunteer per task is needed, but 2 volunteers per task is ideal. If you are available for both performance shifts, you are more than welcome to sign up for the same task for both performances. Thank you so much and please contact Cora at chedgis@rejoiceballet.com with any questions.
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December 8The Alternative Christmas Gift Market offers a different way to give gifts to friends and family while also giving to those in need. Nineteen non-profit agencies and WPC missions have provided “shopping lists” that offer gifts to enhance the quality and faith-based nature of gift-giving this holiday season. You can “purchase” gifts from the participating groups in honor of family members and friends.
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December 7
Youth Bake Sale Prep Day10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. • Fellowship Hall Kitchen
Calling all Youth...
There will be a variety of jobs for all skill levels: set up, pricing, cupcake, cookie decorating, sign making and sign hanging, table decorating, bagging/storing of items, and transporting of items. Your help is needed. All money raised goes towards youth scholarships. Sign up here.
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December 8
Youth Bake Sale
Parlor
Calling all Parents, students, and friends of the Youth Ministry...
We need your best baked goods for our Bake Sale Fundraiser. It will be held in the Parlor on December 8.
Please let us know what you plan to bake by emailing and signing up here.
You can drop off your items at the church on Saturday, December 7, between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. during our Bake Sale Prep Day, and we will separate/package them for you. OR you can bring items in packages on December 8 in the Parlor.
Thank you for your support!
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December 11, 17
Salvation Army Bell Ringers
12:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Green Hills Kroger
History of the Red Kettle
In 1891, Salvation Army Captain Joseph McFee was distraught because so many poor individuals in San Francisco were going hungry. During the holiday season, he resolved to provide a free Christmas dinner for the destitute and poverty-stricken. He only had one major hurdle to overcome -- funding the project.
Where would the money come from, he wondered. He lay awake nights, worrying, thinking, praying about how he could find the funds to fulfill his commitment of feeding 1,000 of the city's poorest individuals on Christmas Day. As he pondered the issue, his thoughts drifted back to his sailor days in Liverpool, England. He remembered how at Stage Landing, where the boats came in, there was a large, iron kettle called "Simpson's Pot" into which passers-by tossed a coin or two to help the poor.
The next day Captain McFee placed a similar pot at the Oakland Ferry Landing at the foot of Market Street. Beside the pot, he placed a sign that read, "Keep the Pot Boiling." He soon had the money to see that the needy people were properly fed at Christmas.
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Third - Fifth Grade Math Tutors Needed at Cockrill Elementary School
Math tutors are needed to help third - fifth graders starting in January. Training is provided. A background check is required.
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December 6
Refugees and the Road
to Citizenship
10:00 a.m. to Noon
Come join Chris
Lovingood, Executive
Director of Nations
Ministry, as he shares
the knowledge and
experiences he’s gained
over many years of serving
as Executive Director.
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Tuesdays
Pottery
January 7-February 25
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
$50 per person
Limit: 8 participants
From hand-building to
glazing, create your
own pottery items with
the help of our fabulous
pottery team. Items are
microwavable, oven-safe, and dishwasher-safe.
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Tuesdays
Songwriting Class
Jan. 14, 21, 28, Feb. 4
10:00 a.m. - Noon
No fee
The Craft of a Nashville
Songwriter: This is a four-week
introduction led by Steve
Leslie.
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Wednesdays
February 5, 12, 19, 26
4:00-5:30 p.m.
Limit 24 children
Each group will attend
two weeks of pottery and
two weeks of recreation
in the gym! Classes are
for K through 4th graders,
church members and
community friends.
Grandparents, bring your
grandchildren.
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February 25, 2025 Blood Drive 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Goodpasture Hall
Please save the date and put our drive in your donation schedule.
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Church members are invited to apply to Westminster School for Young Children early and are offered priority admission status.
Applications will be available to all on December 11, 2024, at 5 PM. If you would like to receive the link, please email Assistant Director, Theresa Yarber, at tyarber@wsycnashville.org and she will be happy to assist you.
Thank you for your continued support! If you are interested in a tour of the school or learning more about our program, please reach out to Theresa.
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