December 3 Announcements

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1 December 3 Announcements This Week at Resurrection: Dec. 3 Sunday... 8:15 & 10:45am Worship Services 9:30am Discipleship Hour 1:00pm Mara Evangelical Church 5:17pm FaithBuilders 5:17pm Youth Group Dec. 4 Monday... 9:30am First Call Theological Education 6:30pm Cub Scouts Dec. 5 Tuesday... 10:00am Program Team 12:00pm Staff Meeting 6:45pm Boy Scouts 7:00pm Stephen Ministry Training 7:00pm A-V Team Dec. 6 Wed :15pm Joyful Ringers 6:00pm Digital Communications Team 6:10pm Grace Notes 6:15pm Cherub Choir 6:30pm Children s Choir 6:30pm Cub Scout parents 7:15pm Senior Choir Dec. 7 Thursday.. 9:15am Yoga 6:00pm Yoga 6:30pm Pastoral Search Team 7:30pm Stephen Leaders Dec. 8 Friday.... 5:30pm Free Community Meal Dec. 9 Saturday.. 7:30am Men s Breakfast Dec. 10 Sunday... 8:15 & 10:45am Worship Services 9:30am Discipleship Hour 9:45am Hiking Group 12:00pm Community Ministry Grant Team 12:00pm RLC & Mara Leaders Meeting 1:00pm Mara Evangelical Church 2:00pm Movie at the Artcraft Theater 2:00pm Ring & Share Received into the Christian Church today through Holy Baptism is Elliott James Hensley, son of Tyler and Ashley Hensley. Elliott was born September 21, His baptismal sponsors are Brian Thomas and Stephanie Green.

2 Yellow Response Card Announcements RLC Offering Counters are needed for one hour after the 10:45am Sunday service for 8 Sundays out of the year to count the collection plate offerings. Counters work in teams of three. If you would be interested in this ministry, please check #1 on the enclosed yellow response card. The Weekender Ministry is looking for some team members and helpers. Each week 315 bags are delivered to the MacArthur Kindergarten Academy and Elementary school, and Burkhart Elementary School. Join us for packing on the first and third Wednesdays of the month at 6:20pm in classroom 4. If you are interested in being part of the ministry team, picking-up food supplies, or delivering meals to the elementary schools on Thursday afternoon please check #2 on the enclosed yellow response card. The WELCA Annual Christmas Bake Sale will be Sunday, December 17. We need many bakers and helpers for the sale table. If you are able to donate cookies, bars or candies, or are able to help at the table on December 17, please check #3 on the enclosed yellow response card. Please package your items in sandwich bags in amounts you believe can be sold for $1.00. The O.W.L. S (Older Wiser Lutherans) and the Hewitt Care Group will be having their Christmas luncheon in Resurrection Hall on Wednesday, December 13 at noon. The meat entrée will be furnished, but please bring a vegetable, salad, or dessert to share. At this event we will be collecting unwrapped gifts for a child, teenager, or adult. These gifts will be given to Holy Family Shelter s Christmas Shop. They would also like donations of wrapping paper and ribbon. After our delicious lunch, we will be put in teams to try our skills at trivia! If you plan to attend, please check #4 on the enclosed yellow response card and indicate what food item you will bring. If you have any questions, please call Sheryl Bevan at or Linda Hoffmann at We welcome this morning our guests, the Franklin Central High School Chamber Choir. The highly awarded Chamber Choir is directed by Resurrection member Andrew Knaup and is one of nine ensembles from Franklin Central High School. Further information about the choir as well as their holiday concert schedule can be found in your RLC mailbox. Please check your church mailbox this morning. If you did not place an order with Life Touch, the free 8x10 photo will be put in your mailbox when it arrives. (If you placed an order, they will be sent to your home.) Also, please take home your celebration invitation. An Advent Prayer for today: On each Sunday of Advent, the Strategic Vision Prayer Team has written a prayer for us. More information on praying through Advent can be found on our website, RLCIndy.org. Sunday, December 3: Mark 13:24-37 Mark 13:24-37 Vibrant, Liturgical Worship: Heavenly Father, as we come into Your house of worship, let us offer our thanksgiving for all that has been and all that has yet to come. Father when we enter Your holy house, let us do so with joyful hearts. Let us lift up our eyes to heaven. Help us to clear our minds so that we may participate fully in worship services. Let us praise Him in the house of the Lord with songs of joy and thanksgiving. Let us rejoice in His word. Father, we ask Your help in opening our ears to hear the inspired scriptures and messages. Open our hearts to the Holy Spirit. Open our eyes that we may truly see You in one another. Help us to slow down and rejoice in the opportunity to worship You. Amen. (Susan Fleck)

3 Adult Discipleship Hour, Sundays at 9:30am Dec. 3 The Great Spiritual Migration Dec. 10 Inter-generational event including a surprise visitor Dec. 17 A Morning in Bethlehem Dec. 24 No Discipleship Hour Dec. 31 No Discipleship Hour Youth Group will meet Sunday, December 3 at 5:17-8:30pm. We will begin with fellowship and meal, have faith & film conversation, and then the traditional White-Elephant Gift Exchange! If anyone would like to help Stacy & Kelsey Osborne shop for the Kindergarten academy, meet at Meijer off 135 at 4:00pm. FaithBuilders will meet Sunday, December 3 at 5:17-7:35pm for dinner, fellowship, and a Learn Event. Our monthly Men s Breakfast and Bible Study will be Saturday, December 9 in Resurrection Hall. Breakfast will begin at 7:30am followed by an 8:00am bible study and discussion. All are welcome. RSVP memccarty@simon.com. Stocking Stuffers due back next Sunday! Help RLC provide a Stocking Stuffer gift (not more than $10) for each of the 311 children currently receiving the weekender backpack food bags. Pick up a tag in the narthex, red for girl or green for boy, that is labeled with the grade level. Bring the tag and gift (not wrapped) back to RLC by Sunday, December 10. The gifts will be placed in red (girl) or green (boy) gift bags that will be provided to the schools with their food. Contact Stacy Osborne (rcosborne11@comcast.net) for more information. Nikolas, the fourth-century Bishop of Myra, Turkey visits RLC on Sunday, December 10 at 10:00am. Nicholas became famous for his legendary habit of secret gift-giving and for his rigorous defense of the orthodox Christian faith during the Council of Nicea in 325. Pr. Dave will reprise his role in a special visit during Discipleship Hour in Resurrection Hall that day. All generations are invited to gather for this humorous and informative visit as Saint Nikolas comes to tell his story parents, just don t spoil the surprise for the children, as they have not been told about the special visitor. Ring and Share: Join Joyful Ringers and Grace Notes at the 13 th Annual Ring and Share on Sunday, December 10 at 2:00pm at Cross of Grace Lutheran Church in New Palestine (3519 S 600 West). White Christmas Movie at the Artcraft: It s hard to believe that Christmas is upon us and it is time for the wonderful movie, White Christmas, at the Historic Artcraft Theatre (1922) on Sunday, December 10 at 2:00pm in Franklin. For those who prepaid and registered, you will receive an or call with details. For those who didn t pre-register, you can see if there are any tickets left for the show on the Artcraft website (HistoricArtcraftTheatre.org / 57 N Main St Franklin) if you would like to join us. We will meet at Athens Restaurant (1800 Northwood Plaza) in Franklin for lunch at 11:00am in the side room (optional). Tickets will be handed out at lunch and in front of the theatre. Seats are first come, first serve when the doors open at 1:00pm. The show will begin at 2:00. Looking forward to viewing this classic holiday movie together with friends! Any questions, please call Julie Anderson at or indyjamma@comcast.net. Food pantry donations in December will be given to the Emmaus Lutheran Church Food Pantry in Fountain Square. Pasta and rice donations continue to be given to Second Helpings. Weekly suggestions are: 12/10 breakfast cereals & juices; pasta/rice 12/17 pasta sauce & boxed meals; pasta/rice 12/24 canned vegetables & fruits; pasta/rice 12/31 laundry detergent, dish detergent; pasta/rice

4 December Schedule at Resurrection Sunday, December 10 8:15 & 10:45am Second Sunday in Advent worship 9:30 Discipleship Hour for all ages in Resurrection Hall 10:00am special visitor Sunday, December 17 8:15-10:30am A Morning in Bethlehem 10:45am Third Sunday in Advent worship Sunday, December 24 10:00am Fourth Sunday in Advent worship (One Service) 5:00pm Christmas Eve Lessons & Carols (nursery provided) 7:00 and 9:00pm Christmas Eve Festival Worship (nursery provided at 7) Sunday, December 31 10:00am First Sunday of Christmas worship (One Service) Hiking Group: The RLC Hiking Group will meet on Sunday, December 10 at 9:45am in the Luther room. Anyone interested is welcome! We will discuss suggestions for future hikes, if we want to hike during the winter months, and any other ideas the group has. There will be a local hike on Saturday, December 9 details to follow. If you are not on the list and are interested in the hike, please contact Mary Moore at enufboys57@gmail.com. To all who helped on the 2017 Habitat build: The dedication ceremony will be on Tuesday, December 12 at 4:30pm. Please join the festivities as we celebrate the Inter-Faith efforts to build safe, affordable homes for the Taylor and Stone families. As a reminder, the address is 3321 N. Kenwood Ave. Indianapolis (east of Crown Hill Cemetery, between Illinois St. and Capitol Ave). Sunday, December 17 Special Worship Schedule Come spend A Morning in Bethlehem! We will blend our 8:15am worship and the Discipleship Hour into a special experiential worship service as Resurrection Hall is transformed into the town of Jesus birth. A Morning in Bethlehem is for all ages and there will be time for fellowship, prayer, learning, listening, and singing. This special event will take the place of our 8:15am worship service the 10:45am worship service will observe the Third Sunday in Advent and include the commissioning of our new Stephen Ministers. Sharing Wreath: To help a Perry Township family in need, just take a tag from the wreath in the narthex, purchase and wrap the items (placing the tag on the outside of the package), and return the gift to the narthex underneath the wreath. This year we are helping families in need whose children attend Burkhart Elementary School, and they are most grateful. Gifts are due no later than Sunday, December 17. Thank you!

5 Celebration and Retirement Dinner for Pastor Dave: Join us Saturday, January 6, 2018 to honor and celebrate Pastor Dave Schreiber s 26 years with Resurrection and his retirement after 36 years of ministry. We will have a buffet dinner at Primo Banquet Hall (2615 National Ave, Indpls.) The evening will begin with fellowship at 5:30pm (cash bar available), followed by a buffet dinner at 6:00pm, a speaker and entertainment. The event promises to be a wonderful celebration of Pastor Dave s ministry. The cost will be $10 per person. Tickets may be purchased on Sunday mornings in the narthex or call Susan Garten at the church office by Dec. 22. Bookfair: Barnes & Noble is having a bookfair on Saturday, December 9 and a percentage of your purchase will benefit Douglas MacArthur Kindergarten Academy. You can also order at BN.COM/bookfairs and enter BookfairID at check-out on December Thank you from the Community Ministry Grant Team. Alternative gift giving: Each year, Americans spend over $300 billion on Christmas shopping. Imagine what would happen if we could redirect even some of that spending toward the things that really matter, like putting an end to hunger. With ELCA Good Gifts, you can do just that. All of these gifts can be given in honor of friends or loved ones and make great alternatives to traditional Christmas gifts. Shop by visiting ELCA.org/goodgifts. QuiltMakers will not meet in December. Join us on Saturday, January 13 and Thursday, January 18 from 10:00am-4:00pm. WELCA News: The post convention issue of the KINswoman is now on the bulletin board and also available at Check it out and plan now attend in Where is Martin Luther? If you have one of the plush Martin Luther s, take photos so we know where he has been traveling and tag it with #rlcindy. Stephen Ministry Training Continues: Our Stephen Minister trainees will soon be commissioned for their ministry. This week they will be learning how to make a first caring visit. They will be receiving nuts and bolts information on how to get a visit with a care receiver off to a good start. Your prayers are most welcome during this time of anticipation and excitement as our trainees are very close to completing the initial training and moving on to caring for those who are in need. If you are someone who could benefit from a Stephen Minister please contact Susie Johnson or one of the pastors. If you know someone else who needs this ministry, please talk to them about it to see if they would be willing to have their name given to our referrals coordinators. RLC Staff: Ministers The People of Resurrection Lutheran Church Pastors David P. Schreiber and Mitchell D. Phillips Dir. of Youth Discipleship Deacon Julie Peralta Dir. of Worship & Music Sherry Andersen Dir. of Business Affairs Ed Kistler Office Manager Susan Garten Grace Notes Director Andy Peralta Bell & Choir Director Laura Mueller Nursery Staff Natasha George, Theresa Jones

6 Worship Assistants: Lay Assistant Leslie Daugherty (8:15); Scott Deitch (10:45) Lector Barbara Oden (10:45) Communion Asst. Lily Condon (10:45) Counters Scott Andersen, Ron Susemichel, Doug Kanning Attendance last week: 8:15: 91 10:45: 154 Enlarged print bulletins are available from your ushers. Many worship services are video recorded and published at for those who cannot attend worship and to share. Thank you to Jason Krug for leading us in worship on the organ and piano this morning.