CPC E-news of December 20, 2013
CPC E-NEWS OF DECEMBER 20, 2013
God of hope, God of peace, God of joy, God of love, you are love, and those that abide in love abide in you Teach us how to love one another as reflections of your light in the world.
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Church Calendar for December 20, 2013 – January 4, 2014
For full church calendar, go to: https://www.thcpc.org
12/22
8:15 am High Ground rehearsal
9:00 am Choir rehearsal
9:30 am Sunday School for adults
10:30 am Worship
12/24
7:00 pm Christmas Eve Organ Prelude
7:30 pm Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
12/25
Church Office Closed
12/29
10:30 am Worship
11:30 am 5th Sunday Carry-in
1/1
Church Office Closed
1/2
5:30 pm Deacons
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The last fellowship opportunity for 2013 is a 5th Sunday lunch on December 29 following worship. Please bring a salad, side dish or dessert to share. Meat, drinks and service will be provided.
The PRELUDES during Advent will feature a variety of church members and creative talents. Arrive early to enjoy them! Sunday School classes should dismiss at 10:15.
The Christmas Eve Candlelight Service will be on December 24 at 7:30 m. A musical prelude will begin at 7:00 pm. Childcare is provided.
The Worship Commission needs cookie donations for the Christmas Eve service. As you bake for the holidays, please set aside some to share with your church family.
Commission and Committee Chairs: All annual reports are due in to the church office by 3:30 pm on Monday, January 6.
Parents’ Night Out/Youth Movie Night will be Friday, January 3. Supper and childcare is provided for church member families from 5:30 to 9:00 pm. Please notify the church office is your child(ren) or youth will be attending.
Happy Birthday to:
Connie Symon 12/20; Matthew Ford, Samuel Ford, Merri Kelley 12/22; Katlyn Powers 12/23; David Giltner 12/25; David Rader 1/4
Lectionary readings for December 22
Fourth Sunday of Advent Isa. 7:10-16; Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19; Rom. 1:1-7; Matt. 1:18-25
Lectionary readings for December 29
1st Sunday after Christmas Day Isa. 63:7-9; Psalm 148; Heb. 2:10-18; Matt. 2:13-23
Reminders for Sunday, December 22
Liturgist: Chuck Shutt
Advent Candles: Jim & Shirley Slutz
Children’s Moment: Todd Whitaker
Greeters: Anna Spydell, Aidan, Nate & Violet Taken
Ushers: Carolyn & Max Payne, Eileen & John Whalen, Brenda & Lance Weatherwax
Hosts: Barb Goltry & Agnes Moles
Session Open and Close: Brad Bough
Reminders for Sunday, December 29
Liturgist: Jim Moles
Children’s Moment:
Greeters: Warren & Mary Ann Clem
Ushers: Brad & Susan Bough, Jon & Kirsten Ford, Todd & Beth Whitaker
Hosts: 5th Sunday lunch
Session Open and Close: Brad Bough
KOININIA PRAYER LIST
PRAYER REQUESTS (joys and concerns) should be called in or e-mailed to the church office. You can also place a request in the offering plate – or write it on the pew pad in worship. With your permission, they will be listed in the Koinonia prayer list, and announced in worship so that the church family can pray for the mentioned needs. Please keep the office updated on the requests.
- The donations of members and support of the Mission Committee to make 2 families (8 children) have a Christmas with gifts
- Those that find the holidays to be a difficult time
- Travel mercies for all during the holidays
*indicates update of information
- Donna Wilson, at home recovering from abdominal surgery
- Jim Morgan
- Russell Kelly, Mary Kay (Farrar)’s husband
- John Chironna, Crohn’s disease
- Carol Cook, chronic heart condition has worsened
- Mary Jean DeMarr
- Mike Wadsworth, successful hip replacement
- Jim Schnabel, aortic aneurysm repaired, doing well at home
- Jon Ford’s mother, breast cancer
- Betty Wright, Marsha Harder’s mother
- The grandson of Lew Van Reed’s friend, serious liver problem
- Robert Horneker
- Harry Gee, at Davis Gardens/Westminster Village
- Andrea Paul-Bonham, YAV in Chinook, Montana
- Maria Exline, friend of Fred & Nancy Rubey, ruptured brain aneurysm
- Bill George, dialysis
- Jonathan Kirchoff, friend of Trey Ourand, brain cancer, chemotherapy
- Julia Blair
- Zain Shepard, 4 yr.old son of Cetta DePaolo’s friend, brain damage causing seizures. Pray for Zain’s parents and family.
- Linda Albin, mother of Bob Guell’s friend
- Debby Trierweiler, friend of Barb Goltry and Moles family, liver cancer; chemo; condition not improving
- Lewis Sego
- Cheryl Cunningham, friend of Mary Jean DeMarr, cancer
- Gary Jenkins
- Elliot Hartman age 5, from Elkhart, IN, the grandson of a couple who are close friends of Jim and Shirley Slutz, Systemic Juvenile Arthritis
- Lance Weatherwax’s parents
- Keith & JoAnn Paul, Donna Paul-Bonham’s parents
- Dorothy Jamieson, Sandy Mead’s mother
- Shawn Larson, Phillip Smith’s godson, struggling with limitations of Multiple Sclerosis.
- Donna Paul-Bonham’s aunt, cancer
- Charles McKinney, Jill Conner’s father
- John Fowler, Paul Fowler’s brother
- Mary Helen Terrell, friend of Kathy Seay, continuing eye and vision difficulties
- Sarah Hughes, daughter of a colleague of Elaine McVay, health problems associated with MS
- Billy Wilder, friend of Lant Davis
- Rev. Pam Habitz, friend of Scott Paul-Bonham, cancer
- David Doti, friend of Joe Harder, throat cancer
- Peggy Kord, Susan Moulton’s sister-in-law, Multiple Sclerosis
- Brian Harder-Army National Guard
- William Seo – Army, South Korea
- Sgt. Adam Buck, Army, Ft. Bliss, TX
- Brad Chironna, Marines, Cherry Hill, NC
- Lindsay Kenzor, Navy
- Sean Spydell, Anna Spydell’s brother, Navy
- Jonathan Seay, Kathy’s son, Air Force
- Anthony Hubbard, son of Honnalora Hubbard, Navy Corpsman,
- Chad Strickfadden, cousin of Amanda Tramel, Army, Afghanistan
- Jacob Culp, Chuck & Sandy’s grandson, Army, Ft. Benning, GA
- Beverly Kajander in MO
- Laura Redicks Royal Oaks
- Tebby Miller Cobblestone Crossings
- George Justus Westminster Village
- Mary Symon
- Paul Fowler, Westminster Village
- The church website is: http://thcpc.org
- Office Phone: (812)232-5049;
- Office e-mail: [email protected]
- Pastor – Lant Davis: [email protected]
- Christian Educator – Cheryl Moles: [email protected]
- Church/Financial Secretary – Sarah Kelsheimer: [email protected]
- Youth Director – Tiffany Grossman: [email protected]
- Music Director – Mark Carlisle: [email protected]
- Organist – Jonathan Rudy: [email protected]
- Facility information/concerns – [email protected]hcpc.org
Presbytery of Ohio Valley website: www.povpc.org
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