Spirit of Grace. A Lutheran-Methodist Cooperative Church

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1 Spirit of Grace A Lutheran-Methodist Cooperative Church December 2016 Inside this issue: Christmas Services 2 Advent candles made at a recent Youth Group gathering. Each person got to make & take a set home. Notes-N-News 3 Reformation Birthdays/Anniversaries 5 Contacts 6 Calendar 7 Advent Study Each Wednesday, concluding Dec 21st 6:00pm study with soup supper 7:00pm Holden Evening Prayer Service A sign-up sheet for providing soup and bread for the suppers is in the narthex. Sanctuary Decorating Party We will be putting up the tree on Sunday evening, Dec. 4 at 6:00. This will be done in conjunction with the youth group, but the entire congregation is encouraged to attend. Help, or sit and watch and sip hot apple cider! Happy Hands Christmas Bazaar Dec 2nd & 3rd 10am to 3pm Many handmade and craft items will be available for sale! Tea towels, holiday cards, etc. Cookie Walk Saturday Dec 3 from 10-3:00 Over 55 dozen cookies! $ raised will go to our Women s Ministry 1

2 Weekly Reflections for December Week of Dec 4 Matthew 5:43-44 What does it mean to make a level highway for God in your life? In our world? OUR Christmas Worship Christmas Eve 7:00pm Traditional Candlelight Service 9:00pm Contemplative Service Christmas Day 10:00am One Worship Service Pastoral Emergencies Office Hours: Mon Thurs 9am to Noon or by appointment 2

3 NOTES-N-NEWS If you build it, they will come! My husband Skip made this birdfeeder for me to have at the office. Birds show up Juncos, Sparrows, Chickadees, and even a Towhee and a pair of Doves. I don t mind the duo above because they are native Oregon squirrels. Douglas' Squirrel Tamiasciurus douglasii The Douglas' Squirrel is one of the smaller tree squirrels in Oregon. The color and markings of this squirrel differ individually, geographically and seasonally, appearing a dusky olive to brownish gray with an indistinct band of reddish brown with a blackish band along the flanks. Douglas' squirrels are active during the daylight hours year-round; although they may remain in their nests or tree dens for a day or two during inclement weather. Thank you to Pat Pettit for giving me her plant which had outgrown itself in her home! It is a ZZ plant. It must be happy because it has a new shoot coming up. It is a beautiful plant! Zamioculcas is a tropical perennial plant native to eastern Africa, from Kenya south to northeastern South Africa. WEATHER RELATED CANCELLATIONS If weather conditions are bad, church services, meetings, and activities may be cancelled due to hazardous driving conditions. In general, if local schools have cancellations, we may also cancel church activities. I will be working on a phone-chain so that everyone can be contacted. Weather related messages will be posted on the church office phone and by . I will contact the local radio station to announce any cancellations too. 3

4 500 Years of Evangelical Reformation When Martin Luther posted his "Ninety-five Theses" on the church door in Wittenberg in 1517, no one expected the breadth of evangelical reforms in Christian teaching and practice that followed. In every dimension of Christian faith a renewed trust in God's forgiving mercy replaced a reliance on teachings and practices that, like the sale of indulgences, were vulnerable to abuse and corruption. Preaching a few years later, Luther said, "I opposed indulgences... but never with force. I simply taught, preached, and wrote God's Word; otherwise I did nothing. I did nothing; the Word did everything." When he began to propose reforms in worship, he wrote similar words. "This is the sum of the matter: let everything be done so that the Word may have free course." Nearly 500 years later, the results of this evangelical confidence in God's forgiving and liberating Word are evident today in Christian communities of all types. In the coming 2017 year ELCA members, congregations and synods will observe the anniversary of this evangelical reformation in a variety of ways with numerous partners. Please visit the ELCA website at 4

5 Claire Anderson, Betty Dean 3 Dottie Gilbertson 6 Mickey Stubbs 7 Jedrek Matthias 8 Kristen White 11 Arthur Chenoweth 12 Greg Oates 14 Lillian Kurahara 15 John Owre 17 George Pantely 20 Jim Anderson 27 Birthdays and Anniversaries Gretchen & Brian Winans 10 Ruth & Marv Turner 27 Sharon & George Pantely 28 Kathy & Craig Terry 30 Sunday January 8th 10:00am ONE SERVICE 9:00 Service Worship Duties November Communion Communion 25 10am Christmas Tom Hart Kathy Terry Debby Chenoweth Pastor David Rick McBee Doug Swanson Kathy & Craig Terry Kris & Bob White Vicki Wartalski Happy Hands Cheri Anderson Pat Pettit Bette Lou Yenne Ruth Turner Jill McBee Debby Chenoweth Marlene Lahti Vicki Wartalski Marlene Lahti Vicki Wartalski 5

6 Prayer Chain Spirit of Grace 1140 Tucker Road Hood River, Oregon Phone: Web site: hoodriverchurch.org Sunday Worship Times Traditional Service 9:00am Fellowship 10am-10:30 Celebration Service 10:30am Education Times Children s Sunday School 10:45am Youth Group 6-7:30pm Sundays WELCA Bible Study 4th Tuesday, 2-4:00pm Office Hours Pastor Mon-Thurs 9am-Noon, or by appt. Staff Mon, Wed, Thurs 9am-2:00pm Tuesdays 9am-1:00pm Pastor Rev. David D.M. King daviddmking@gmail.com Staff Jennifer Fowler Office Manager & Financial Secretary The prayer chain process is simple. Prayer requests can be sent to Carol Kyger and she will share the request with those on the prayer chain. cckyger@gmail.com January 1, 2017 Epiphany of our Lord Worship Service January 8th Annual Meeting 10:00am One Service Don t text and worship..or drive! Linda Boris Pastoral Assistant 6

7 December 2016 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT Communion for 9am service is the 1st and 3rd Sunday Communion for 10:30 service is the 1st Sunday 4 2nd Sunday Advent 9am Traditional 10 Fellowship 10:30 Celebration 10:45 Sun. Schl. 6 Sanctuary Decorating 11 3rd Sunday Advent 9am Traditional 10 Fellowship 10:30 Celebration 10:45 Sun. Schl. 6 Youth Group 18 4th Sunday Advent 9am Traditional 10 Fellowship 10:30 Celebration 10:45 Sun. Schl. 6 Youth Group 25 Christmas Day 10am One Service Food on the 4th 5 9am Happy Hands 12 9am Happy Hands 19 9am Happy Hands 6 10am Men s Rosauers 13 10am Men s Rosauers am Men s Rosauers 10am Men s Rosauers 2pm WELCA Bible Study 7 9am WELCA Quilting 4:30pm Bell Choir Advent Study 6pm Soup 7pm Holden Evening Prayer Srvc 14 4:30pm Bell Choir Advent Study 6pm Soup 7pm Holden 21 9am WELCA Quilting 4:30pm Bell Choir Advent Study 6pm Soup 7pm Holden Evening Prayer Srvc :15pm Celeb. Serv Prac 6pm Choir 15 5:15pm Celeb. Serv Prac 6pm Choir :15pm Celeb. Serv Prac Holiday Bazaar 10am to 3pm Holiday Bazaar 10am to 3pm Cookie Walk 10am to 3pm 9am Women s Spirituality Christmas Eve pm Traditional 9pm Contemplative 7

8 A Lutheran-Methodist Cooperative Church Spirit of Grace Pastor David King 1140 Tucker Road Hood River, Oregon Phone: hoodriverchurch.org 8