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.

Sunday School classes meet each week at 9:30 am. Preschool – room 108; Younger Elementary (K-2nd) – room 202; Older Elementary (3rd – 5th) room 103; Middle School – room 200; High School – room 201; Adults and Young Adults: Coffee and Conversation – FH classroom A; History of Christianity – FH classroom B; Christian Parenting – FH Classroom C.  THERE WILL NOT BE SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES ON DECEMBER 29.
The Sunday School offering is money for milk at 14th and Chestnut. Recently there have been 70 to 80 children a day getting a snack and supper at the Center. This is a minimum of 1 gallon of milk and 70 paper cups used each day which is $7- $8. Please give generously. Sunday School Superintendent, Sandy Mead, is offering a challenge – if we get $35 (all classes) or more a week in offering, there will be a milkshake party each month!  It looks good for December!

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.

CELEBRATIONS
  • The donations of members and support of the Mission Committee to make 2 families (8 children) have a Christmas with gifts
NEW REQUESTS
  • Those that find the holidays to be a difficult time
  • Travel mercies for all during the holidays
CONTINUING REQUESTS           

*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
MILITARY SERVICE  
  • 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
SHUT-INS & THOSE UNABLE TO GET OUT OFTEN
  • Beverly Kajander in MO
  • Laura Redicks Royal Oaks
  • Tebby Miller Cobblestone Crossings
  • George Justus Westminster Village
  • Mary Symon
  • Paul Fowler, Westminster Village
The Greek word “koinonia” as often used in the New Testament writings, means Christian fellowship or communion with God or with fellow Christians.
HOW TO REACH US: 
Staff eMails:

Presbytery of Ohio Valley website: www.povpc.org

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