To whom will you give thanks? Loved ones, friends, national leaders, employers, medical folks, public servants and many others could all be thanked.

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1 H H Arvey PaRk K Harvey Park Christian Church 3401 South Lowell Blvd. Denver CO Office Office Hours: Mon.-Fri. 10:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. Vol. 55 November Issue No. 11 CONTENTS: Church Corner Lighter Side Thom s Thoughts Birthdays Serving Schedule Calendar Prayer Requests Thanksgiving Potluck Hanging of the Greens Thank You! Grace Cupboard New MPT Bible Study Thom s Thoughts Thanksgiving is next week. We will gather with family and friends. We ll eat too much. We ll watch parades and football and maybe even a few early Christmas specials on TV. Maybe we ll do a little shopping on that infamous day after Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is a busy, fun, stressful day! What will you give thanks for? We all have lots of things on our minds. We are thankful for family, for our homes, for our church, for friends, perhaps even for good health and finances. Will you actually say the words, thank you on Thanksgiving Day? That would certainly be appropriate. Has thanks actually been given if the words are not spoken? To whom will you give thanks? Loved ones, friends, national leaders, employers, medical folks, public servants and many others could all be thanked. Above all of course we need to and want to thank God for all that our Lord does. As Christians, let s make sure that we include God in our Thanksgiving celebration. Do your best on this Thanksgiving to actually be thankful. Say thanks to those who deserve it. Be thankful in your heart, mind and soul for the One who makes all good things possible. Set aside time during this Thanksgiving to get alone for a few moments with our Lord and Savior. Then just tell God Thank You. In Christ Thankfully, Thom

2 THANK YOU SO MUCH!! Denise and I are filled with gratitude to all of you! Your cards and gifts during pastor appreciation month were very touching. We also want to thank all of you for the raise that you approved for our 2016 budget. Thank you so much! You are a truly generous congregation! Grace Cupboard Food Drive! We have set aside this Sunday November 22 as the date for Thanksgiving Grace Cupboard offering. Let s give thanks to God for what we have by helping others around us. Here is what we need: canned meats (chicken, beef or spam), pastas & sauces, peanut butter, crackers, cookies, vegetables and fruit of all kinds, soups, cereals, ramen noodles, cans of ravioli and beefaroni and things like that. Come Join Our New Ministry Planning Team! The Ministry Planning Team (MPT) works together to plan our church life in the following areas: Worship, Fellowship, Kids & Teens, Discipling, Evangelism, and Outreach. We plan and carry out the ministries we will do in each of these areas. The MPT will meet on the second Saturday of each month from 9:45 to 12:15. That is right after the monthly Elders meeting. Our next meeting will be on December 12. Help us plan and carry out the ministries the Lord wants us to do here at HPCC! It s going to be exciting! Won t you join us? We can also use: toilet paper, paper towels, soaps, shampoo, toothpaste & tooth brushes, feminine protection, diapers & baby wipes. You can also give money. We use that to buy King Soopers gift cards for the things that we cannot keep in Grace Cupboard. This includes milk, butter and several other things. Some of the money we put into the Pastor s Emergency Fund to help with things like prescriptions, bus passes and other types of needful things. Jesus said we can help the poor whenever we want to. Please want to! Many of our neighbors need our help! Let s be generous! Let s give like Jesus. PRAYER REQUEST LIST Pray For Request Marcia Meier Continued healing Steve Meier For strength Kayli Rowe Celiac disease Helene Gatz Health concerns Jan Webb Health concerns Judy Voss Health concerns Dave Brown Brain tumor Steve & Anne Loose His cancer treatments

3 DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS 1 Maurine Slatten 1 Bette London 13 Sena Collier 16 Ray Grubb 18 Kathy Albin 19 Edward Laso 26 Katharina Perryman 29 Lillian Andrews 31 Alanna Allen ANNIVERSARIES 19 Clair & Lucille Mamigonian Hanging of the Greens The wonderful season of Christmas is coming up fast! In church we call this season of preparation Advent. The word advent means a coming into being. In Advent we celebrate the coming into being in human flesh of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. As part of our preparation we will be decorating the church for Christmas. Our Hanging of the Greens will be on Saturday November 28 th from 9:30 till noon. Last year only 5 or 6 people were there to help. Let s make sure we have a full crew of 20 or 30 or more this year. Bring Christmas cookies and treats to share if you would like. Let s make it a fun day of great Christian fellowship! We ll see you there! Wednesday Bible Study Group Wants YOU!! Studying the Bible is fun and very meaningful! Just ask any of the folks in our Wednesday morning Bible study group. We meet every Wednesday from 10 am to noon. We share fellowship. We help each other carry the struggles, burdens, joys and celebrations of life. We pray together. And of course we study the Bible! We will be off until after Thanksgiving. We will begin again with three of the short books of the Bible. Here is our schedule: December 2 2 nd John December 9 3 rd John December 16 Jude We will then take a break until after Christmas and New Year s Day. Won t you join us? It is great fun and very meaningful. It could change your life! Thanksgiving Potluck November 22 Thanksgiving is only a week away! It is a wonderful, joyous time. Let s celebrate it together! After worship on Sunday November 22 we will have our Annual Congregational Thanksgiving Potluck Lunch.

4 HARVEY PARK CHRISTIAN CHURCH 3401 SOUTH LOWELL BLVD. DENVER CO Web Site hpccdenver.org Fax ON THE LIGHTER SIDE A 5 th grade teacher in a Christian school asked her class to look at TV commercials and see if they could use them in some way to communicate ideas about God. GOD IS LIKE. BOUNTY: He is the quicker picker upper He can handle the tough jobs And He won t fall apart on you. OUR CHURCH CORNER Outreach Ministries Last Month: Week of Compassion $ Reconciliation $ Denver Rescue Mission $25.00 HPCC STAFF Pastor Activities Coordinator Administrative Secretary Keyboardist Choir Director Nursery Custodian Wedding Director Hark Editor Thom Albin Carol Bilello Betty VanArsdol Jan Moore Sally Bishop Veronica Ruiz Donna Lopez Carol Bilello Betty VanArsdol

5 ~ December 2015 ~ Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 Bible Study 10 3 Genesis Group 7 4 Rays of Hope 7 5 Lessons 10am-4pm A.R 6 2 nd Sunday of Advent 7 8 Cub Scouts 6:30 HARK DEADLINE 9 Bible Study 10 Brown Bag Book Club 12: Rays of Hope 7 12 Elders 8 Ministry Planning Team 9: rd Sunday of Advent Cantata 14 Admin. Min. 1:30 Cub Scouts 6: Bible Study Genesis Group 7 18 Rays of Hope 7 19 Lessons 10am-4pm A.R 20 4 th Sunday of Advent 21 Cub Scouts 6: DMF Christmas Eve Service 6:00 PM 25 Christmas Office Closed 26 Hilltoppers Square Dance 7 27 Christmas Sunday 28 Cub Scouts 6:30 29 Busy Hands Genesis Group 7

6 DECEMBER SERVING SCHEDULE December 6, 2015 Elders: Debi Budnik (L) Stan Lewis (C) Mike Budnik (O) Deacons: Edward Laso, Pam Hohnstein, Taran Gingery, Greeter: Dan Joslin Scripture Reader: Tony Bilello Kids Life: Michele Arias December 13, 2015 Elders: Brad Steele (L) Margaret Shane (C) Debbie Reher (O) Deacons: Alvin Hawkins, William Spalding, Ole Linden, Kadie Huse Greeter: Faye Davin Scripture Reader: Ole Linden Kids Life: Dena Catlett December 20, 2015 Elders: Mary Ullmer (L) Anthony Lopez (C) Tony Bilello (O) Deacons: Carol Bilello, Albert Arias, Michele Arias, Donna Lopez Greeters: Gene & Dee Gingery Scripture Reader: Denise Albin Kids Life: Sally Bishop December 27, 2015 Elders: Sharon Catlett (L) Faye Davin (C) Lindell Catlett (O) Deacons: Clair Mamigonian, Ken Smith Greeters: Steve & Laura Olson Scripture Reader: Edie Gamet Kids Life: Debi Budnik