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Thanksgiving Holiday
The church campus will be closed Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday.
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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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Want to Know What You Can Do to Reduce Your Environmental Footprint?
Members of the Earth Care Task Force have been approached several times about ways to reduce one’s greenhouse gas and environmental footprint. Here is a link to our list of things you can do around your household. The last few are organizations you might consider joining if you want to join others in this effort.
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Want to sign up for a newsletter to expand your climate news? There are so many good climate and environmental newsletters that it’s difficult to choose just one. Anna Robertson’s The Cool Down (TCD) is full of well-researched articles on how climate change is affecting our lives and what people are doing about it, from making carbon-negative shoes to discovering ways to grow drought-resistant crops, and reviews that help you make the best choices on everything from composters to induction stoves. The Climate Optimist by Anne Therese Gennari, focuses on “changing the narrative on climate change so we can act from courage and excitement, not fear.” To stay up-to-date on the science, check out The Climate Brink by Andrew Dessler and Zeke Hausfather.
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Want to Join us?
The Earth Care Task Force meets on the second Wednesday of the month via Zoom at 5:30 p.m. We will resume meeting in November. Call Curtis Baysinger at 803-603-8221 or email him at cbaysinger2@gmail.com if you want to come join us.
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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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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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