November 22, 2023

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Thanksgiving Office Hours

The church office will close at noon today Wednesday, Nov. 22 and reopen at 8:30 am on Monday, Nov. 27. Happy Thanksgiving!

This Sunday we begin the season of Advent. Four weeks to reflect upon the truth that Christ has come, Christ will come again. Advent is a season where we name dual realities, the work of God in Christ here, now and the not yet of what still has yet to be done. We celebrate Emmanuel, God with us, and we also cry, “How long Lord? Come, Lord Jesus, Come.” We reflect upon the Incarnation and we wait, wait for the reconciliation and renewal begun in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus to be made fully complete, on earth as it is in heaven.

Over the next four weeks in worship we will walk through Advent together, lighting a candle each week as we go, and we will use our time in worship to think about the doctrine at the heart of the Christian faith, the Doctrine of the Incarnation. Bishop Will Willimon in his work Incarnation, The Surprising Overlap of Heaven and Earth reminds us that the “Almighty God the same being who hung the heavens and flung the stars in their courses, became a man who lived in Nazareth.”

I hope to see you each Sunday in Advent as we move toward the Christmas season. We have some special services planned including a children’s worship December 10 and “The Light of Christmas” musical celebration by our choir and handbells December 17.

--Dawn

Finals are coming!

To sign up your PHUMC Youth alumni (or yourself if you're in college now!), click here.

PHUMC Women's Ministry has chosen MadCAAP's Angel Tree as their winter project. Pick an angel off the tree in the back of the Worship Center to choose a child to sponsor for Christmas. The information is on the Angel for the child's name and gift wishes. Have your gifts wrapped and labeled with the child's name placed beside the tree by the end of Worship service on December 17. Gifts will be delivered to MadCAAP on Monday.

PHUMC Family Thanksgiving Dinner
Thanks to all who came, who cooked, who served!

Sunday School Volunteers: We are in need of Sunday School teachers as we start our Advent Series. There are three Sunday School classes from PreK - 4th grade; click here to sign up to teach. We need volunteers for our pre K - K class this Sunday. All volunteers must have a background check before volunteering in Children's Ministry.

Sunday, Dec. 3: Pre K3 - 1st Grade will sing in Worship Sunday, Dec. 10: Wisdom of the Christmas Story, the PHUMC KidMin will lead worship and our 2nd - 4th graders will play handbells.
*Children are currently practicing during Sunday School for both performances.

Sunday, Dec. 10: 5-7pm Children will have their Gingerbread Games Christmas Party in the Garden. All ages through 4th grade are welcome to attend. Dinner and fun games in store. Parents must stay for the party.

--Haven

The Bridge Class sends out a big thank you to Tiffni and Michael Moss for hanging the beautiful wallpaper in our Sunday School room. We love it!

Emma Norris, Reese Miller, Coady Flowers and Cadence Geno

-Engage this week is out to eat! Meet at Chili's at 5:30 on Sunday, November 26, and bring money for dinner.

-Adults: we have a few more events to end the year, and we need you! To help with our last regular Engage of the year, sign up here. To volunteer with other fall semester events, sign up here.

--Geoff

Meeting This Week:
Wed. Office closes at noon
Thursday: Happy Thanksgiving
Sunday:
-Sunday School at 9:30 am.
-Fellowship time in Worship Center 10:30 am. Worship at 10:45 am.
-Choir Practice at 5:30 pm.
-Engage 5:30-7:30 Going out to eat!
Monday:
-Quilters Noon to 3:00 in Garden.

RECORD OF OUR FAITHFULNESS

Year to Date, October 2023

Income: $430,543.85

Expenses: $440,376.34

*Year to date PHUMC has paid 23% of District ($1,400.00) and 41% of Conference Apportioned Mission Shares ($28,788.85) coming from individual designated gifts, August communion offering, and designated funds we received from the Employee Retention Tax Credit.

November Communion Offering, $1,113.00 to date, supports MadCAAP Thanksgiving Boxes. So far, we've collected 324 cans of cranberry sauce. You may continue to give monetarily for this fund throughout November, and it will support the Thanksgiving Boxes, fulfilling our commitment to MadCAAP of 1,400 cans of cranberry sauce to put in their 700 boxes.

A gift has been received for the Prayer Quilt Ministry in memory of Ann Weissenborn.

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