NOVEMBER. Where Diversity is Celebrated!

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1 A Publication of LHCC 1255 E. E. Williamson Road Longwood, Florida Where Diversity is Celebrated! Posted Office Hours Tuesday Thursday 9:00 am 1:30 pm Mission Statement We exist to welcome all people into a relationship with Jesus Christ, equip people with a faith that works in real life; and sends us in service into the world in Jesus name. NOVEMBER 2018 LHCC LEADERSHIP James Mory Pastor Lori Anderson President Jerry Ross Vice President Christina Nancarrow Treasurer Jim Wagoner Secretary MINISTRY LEADERS Aaron Holland Bldgs. & Grounds Deb Perry Community Outreach Shelly Rose Faith Formation Sharon Desany Evangelism Sue McMahon Shepherd Allan Campbell Stewardship Gail Bartell Worship STAFF Scott Kinkead Music Director Judy Mory Volunteer Adm. Assistant 2018

2 PASTOR S DESK I want to begin my article by expressing my deep appreciation to all the members and friends of our church for celebrating the 40 th Anniversary of my ordination! Your many expressions of appreciation for my ministry with you deeply humbles me and I feel very blessed to serve as your pastor. I also want to say Thank You for the generous financial gift you provided. This will enable Judy and me to do something special in the future. I would not be able to serve here without the incredible support I receive from my wife, Judy, who serves as Voluntary Administrative Assistant. Her gifts of organization help me immensely and enables the office to run extremely efficiently. We, as a church, would not be where we are today without her involvement! Longwood Hills Congregational Church is a special community of faith and we have so much to offer the people in our community who hunger for God, love, relationship and purpose! I look forward to working with you to growing in this mission! This month we will be finishing our The Treasures of the Transformed Life program. At the conclusion, which will be on Sunday, November 18, you will have an opportunity to make a commitment of your time, talent and finances in support of the mission we have together of sharing God s life transforming love with others. I have served this wonderful church as pastor for almost five years and I am pleased to say that each year we have grown in our commitment and support of this important mission! This indicates to me that we are on the right path of connecting people with God by communicating to them how deeply loved, treasured and valued they are by God as God s children. We also help them discover what gifts for life and mission God has given them and we provide ways for them to put those gifts in service to others. I encourage you to take time to prayerfully consider the various ways you can help our church family continue to grow in sharing our message of love with your gifts of time, talents and finances. I hope you know how much I value everyone s commitment to this mission! May God bless the commitments we make to spreading the Good News of Jesus! Peace, Pastor Jim

3 PASTOR S DESK (continued) Memorial Sunday Is November 25 The last Sunday of the church year is a time when we remember and give thanks for those in our lives who have died in the past year. This year it falls on Sunday, November 25. As a church we remember those who died and from whom we held funeral services. In the worship service we read their names, we ring a bell, and we light a candle. Those in attendance will be invited to come forward and say the name of loved one or friend who died and we will ring the bell and light the candle in their memory. This will be done as part of our regular morning worship service.

4 Messages NOVEMBER Worship Services TREASURES OF THE TRANSFORMED LIFE Sunday, November 4: Transformed by Generosity Matthew 6:1-4, 19-21, Sunday, November 11: Transformed by Service to Others Veterans Day Mark 6:30-34 Sunday, November 18: Transformed by Commitment to God s Dream Revelation 21:1-5 Sunday, November 25: Reign of Christ Memorial Sunday Luke 2:22-38

5 Daily Bible Readings for: To have the passage read to you go to: biblegateway.com type in the passage, when the passage is displayed click on the speaker icon and listen as you read along. November 1 Psalm 121; Mark Job 23-24; Mark Job 25; Mark Job 26-27; Mark Job 28-29; Galatians Job 30; Psalm 120; Galatians Job 31-32; Galatians Job 33; 1 Corinthians Job 34; 1 Corinthians Job 35-36; 1 Corinthians Psalm 122; 1 Corinthians Job 37-38; 1 Corinthians Job 39-40; 1 Corinthians Psalm 149; 1 Corinthians Job 41-42; 2 Corinthians Corinthians Corinthians Psalm 124; 2 Corinthians Matthew Matthew Matthew Matthew Matthew Matthew Matthew Matthew Psalm 125; Matthew Matthew 28; 1 Thessalonians Thessalonians 4-5; 2 Thessalonians Romans 1-4 To have the passage read to you go to: biblegateway.com type in the passage, when the passage is displayed click on the speaker icon and listen as you read along.

6 Pantry News! "Honor the LORD with your wealth, with the first fruits of all your crops; then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine." -Proverbs 3:9 10 Our Food Pantry is open for service every Wednesday 2-4pm. Our Mission - To discover ways to express God s love through service to those in the community. Communion Sunday Food Donations! Don't forget to bring in items for our Food Pantry on Communion Sundays which will be blessed during our worship service. In preparation for Thanksgiving, the Food Pantry has requested 1 pound canned hams, boxed mashed potatoes, boxed dressing, canned gravy, canned corn/green beans for our Communion Sunday, and of course your donations are welcomed throughout the holiday season. Pancake Breakfast with Santa/Pets with Santa Calling all Santa Helpers!!! Mark your calendars, our Annual Pancake Breakfast with Santa will be held on Saturday, December 8th, from 8-11:00a. We will also have the Pet Photos with Santa from 11:30am-12:30pm. This is always a well attended event, and we could use your help! There are many tasks, such as cooks, kitchen preparation, servers, kids crafts, decorations, selling tickets, checking in attendees, parking attendants, flyer distribution, and set up/clean up of Fellowship Hall. Simply sharing the event with your family, neighbors, co-workers and on FACEBOOK would be helpful. Do you like to do crafts??? Help will be needed at the Kids Crafts tables as well as the Food Pantry/Women's Club Craft tables. Also, if you are able to donate some dollar store gifts that Santa can give out to the children that would be great too. A sign up sheet will be placed in the lobby the first Sunday in November. Please contact Debbie Perry at if you are able to help.

7 Procedure for Altar Flowers We would like to give you the opportunity to do altar flowers for a family member, graduation, anniversary, a special celebration or just saying Thanks Be to God! Notice an ALTAR FLOWERS sign up sheet in Narthex. HOW IT WORKS: 1. SIGN YOUR NAME ON YOUR CHOSEN DATE LINE 2. ADVISE THE WHO THE FLOWERS ARE FOR AND IF IT IS MEMORY OR HONOR 3. ADVISING THE ENSURES THAT IT IS IN THE BULLETIN 4. WE WOULD PREFER NO MORE THAN TWO ALTAR FLOWERS ON ANY GIVEN DATE 5. YOU BRING YOUR ARRANGEMENT ON THE DATE SCHEDULED THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION! As you see we have a procedure in ordering flower but there is something if you want in ordering flowers. Lake Mary Florist 101 N Country Club Rd, Ste 108 Lake Mary, FL phone has agreed that you can call them, order flowers and pay for them by phone. Sallie Harris has agreed to pick them up and bring them to the church on the specific Sunday and place on the altar for you. HOWEVER, you must still sign the flower chart to let the office know the specifics for it to be entered into the bulletin. ALSO a call to Sallie Harris and/or an to her at shlakemary@aol.com

8 CHRISTMAS CANTATA DECEMBER 9th! CALLING ALL SINGERS AND MUSICIANS! All are welcome! The Cantata will be presented at Worship Service at 10am that day. All who are interested in singing or playing with the band are invited to join us for this uplifting, holiday presentation. There is no age limit, so children are also welcome to participate! We especially need male voices. Rehearsals have started on Tuesday s at 7:30-8:30pm and through Dec. 4th. Contact: Gail Bartell or worship@longwoodhillschurch.org

9 Meals On Wheels M-F 8:30a - 1p This program focuses not only on hot meals but also develops and sustains friendships with each other especially the elderly. Many have no family members in the area. SYA Seminole Youth Alliance Michael Slaymaker, MHR is coordinating the youth of Seminole county in providing a safe space for LGBTQ with meeting on Thursday 6p-8p. Boy Scouts Troop 234 The troop has started back on Thursday evenings here at LHCC. We with the leader Roger Evans and the children a great year. Girl Scouts Troop 1475 The troop is back having their meeting(s) and experiencing teachings from their scout leaders Linda Wagoner and Angie Delagrange. Hope this year is rewarding to you all. We welcome you! LHCC Pantry Service Weekly service is provided. Watch for special requests in bulletin each month for Communion Sunday. Hours are Wednesday s from 2 4pm.

10 Evangelism News Helping Shelter Pets Our Blessing of the Pets event last month was a great success. In addition to praying for and blessing many wonderful pets, we were able to collect a car load of supplies and cash donations for Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando. Thank you to everyone who donated to help support shelter animals. Chili Cook Off Longwood Hills Church will be participating in the City of Longwood s Chili Cook Off on Saturday, November 10 from 4:00-6:30 pm. This is a fundraiser for the Parks and Recreation programming in Longwood. Winners will receive a cash prize and trophy. You can show your support for LHCC by purchasing tasting tickets and voting for your favorite chili (ours is delicious!). Tickets are $5 presale (visit and search for Longwood Chili Cook Off) or $7 the day of event.

11 MATTHEW 25: Ministries, Inc. Collects empty pill bottles. Please remove any personal information and bring your bottles to the church and place in the depository. Also to help defray the cost in shipping please consider leaving a donation in one of the bottles. THANKS! Used or NEW MAGAZINES collecting for Central Florida Hospital patients Depository in the Narthex. This helps patients to have reading material while recovering. EAT, DRINK AND BE MERRY...PARTY AT THE MORY S Sunday, December 2nd from 4-6p Jim and I extend a warm invitation to all of you to come to our annual Christmas Party at our home. We ask that you bring yourself, a spouse, a friend or whomever along with 2 cans of non-perishable food this year. The food will go to the LHCC Food Pantry. Only those who wish to eat, drink and be merry come to 122 Wilson Bay Court, Sanford, FL no reservation needed.

12 November Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat ** Wednesday, Nov 21st at 7p Ecumenical Service Sanlando Methodist Church 10a Book 2-4p Food Pantry 2 3 4p Sanford Pride 4 COMMUNION 10:00a WORSHIP 11:15a Beg. HB 5 6 6:30p Music Rehearsal 7:30p Cantata Reh. 7 10a Book 2-4p Food Pantry 8 10:30a Stewardship Ministry Mtg :30p Longwood Chili Cook Off 11 10:00a WORSHIP 11:15a Exp. HB 11:15a Book VETERANS DAY :30p Music Rehearsal 6:30p Steering Com. Mtg. 7:30 p Cantata 14 10a Book 2-4p Food Pantry :30a-12:30p 2nd Harvest ** :00a WORSHIP 11:15a Beg. HB 11:15a Book 6:30p Music Rehearsal 7:30p Cantata Reh. 10a Book 2-4p Food Pantry 25 10:00a WORSHIP Memorial Sunday 11:15a Exp. HB 11:30a Christmas Decorating :30p Music Rehearsal 7:30p Cantata Reh a Book 2-4p Food Pantry 29 30