Coming this Advent and Christmas: You are invited to join us for an evening of fellowship and fun as the youth present this year s Christmas Play:

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1 The Church Mouse Hilton United Methodist Church December 2017 Coming this Advent and Christmas: December 3 rd 10:00 am 1 st Sunday of Advent Message: Endure It December 10 th 10:00 am 2 nd Sunday of Advent Message: Hope in It December 17 th 10:00 am 3 rd Sunday of Advent Message: Believe It December 24 th 10:00 am 4 th Sunday of Advent Message: Trust It December 24 th 7:00 pm Christmas Eve Service Message: Treasure It You are invited to join us for an evening of fellowship and fun as the youth present this year s Christmas Play: Operation Baby King Sunday, December 17 th Potluck Supper beginning at 5:00pm Play at 6:30pm Followed by a dessert reception 1

2 Hello all! We have made an important change that is benefiting the youth every week. Leadership has purchased the Orange curriculum! This program is full of not only teaching materials, but also take-home information, daily devotionals, memory verses to work on, and parent information. I have our upcoming lessons and take-home materials posted in the hall way in front of the coat room. If you have any questions on past, present, or future materials, please let me know. Flower City Work Camp recruitment is in full swing. Volunteer to Serve During Flower City Work Camp - You can participate in a short-term mission trip right here at home with Flower City Work Camp April 2-6, Volunteer to serve as a leader on a Work Site, Sidewalk Club, Sport Camp or as a Roving Expert to work with teens from over 50 churches as they serve across the city to bless their neighbors. There is no charge to participate for the week, and you will be glad that you did. Complete your application at Thank you all for your continued prayers and support! God is doing amazing things in this Church, it s amazing to watch! In Him, Joe Neri 2

3 Advent & Christmas Decorating Come one, come all, we are decorating the Narthex and Sanctuary on Saturday, December 2 at 10 AM. There will be a sign-up sheet in the Narthex for those who will be staying for a Pizza and Wings lunch. Christmas Caroling Join us for Christmas Caroling on Saturday, December 9 th. We will start at 3:00pm at Hilton UMC, carol to members and friends of our church around Hilton and end at 5:30pm back at HUMC for the Sharing Supper. After singing for those at Sharing Suppers, we will join them for the meal. Please sign up so we know how many to expect. Thanks, Jim Lee PS. If you forgot to sign up, you can come anyway. Sharing Supper is December 9th. Supper is between 5:30 and 6:30pm The chefs are Karen and Bob Blank and they are preparing a Pancake & Sausage supper with a variety of pancakes, toppings and ice cream for dessert (Pancake & Ice cream Bar) There will be a signup sheet on the bulletin board for volunteers to help set up the dining room and for clean up in the kitchen after the dinner. We are looking forward to the Christmas Carolers joining us. CHUMS Monday, December 18 th at 12 noon. All Seniors are welcome to join us for lunch and celebration of Christmas. Contact Sparky Hess ( ) or Karen Swanson ( ) for more information. Poinsettias Time to think about ordering Poinsettia for our Altar. Flowers are an important part of any worship service, and seem especially meaningful during the Christmas season. Whether you wish to remember a loved one in this way, or simply to make a more beautiful holiday. The order sheets are on the table in the Lobby, or you can call the office at or send an to the office at humc98@rochester.rr.com. The flowers must be ordered by December 17 th. 3

4 Service of the Longest Night Friday, December 22, :00 p.m. Refreshments to follow For many the seasons of Advent and Christmas are often filled with expressions of joy, excitement, and happiness. It s a time for family to gather and for churches to worship pointing to the hope that is found in the coming of the Christ child. However, this time of joy and expectation can often overshadow the pain and hurt many experience during this season, when the world's merriment puts their grief and sorrow in stark relief. The Service of the Longest Night is scheduled around the winter solstice (the longest night of the calendar year). We will light candles on the Advent Wreath, sing Advent hymns, pray together, and celebrate Holy Communion. We will take time from the hustle and bustle of other Christmas rituals, parties, and obligations to offer a witness to those who are struggling in our community. It s a witness to them that the Christ child comes as a sign of hope in the face of despair. And it s a witness that this church is intentional about upholding members of the community in whatever season of life they may find themselves in. Whether you have said goodbye to a loved one this year or ten years ago, experienced divorce, miscarriage, empty nest, addiction, this service is appropriate for you! Perhaps you are not currently grieving, but you are willing to worship and pray in solidarity for those who do. This service is for you! Christmas Eve Worship Sunday 12/24 at 7:00pm Traditional Christmas Eve Service! Christmas Eve Candlelight Service with Communion It s a Wonderful Life Treasure It Sympathy Our sympathies are extended to Judy, Jason, and Jonathan Smalley, Bill Kast and the entire Smalley family upon the death of David Smalley on November 21 st. David s beautiful voice and wonderful character will be greatly missed here at Hilton UMC. Baptism We Rejoice in the baptism of Phillip John Lonville during Worship on November 12 th. We pray God s blessing on him and his parents Mike & Valerie (Hare) Lonville. 4

5 CHUMS The Christian Hilton United Methodist Seniors leadership is retiring. This group of about 20 needs new leaders who are younger than 70 years old. Will you consider helping this important group in our church starting in January? They meet the third Monday of each month at noon for lunch and a program. A donation at the dinner is taken to pay for the food and speaker. (About $5 per person) The position requires a team of about 4/5 people that will work together. Director, chef, and 2/3 helpers. 1. A Cook/Chef: a. She/he will plan the meal, purchase the ingredients and then prepare it. b. She/he is then reimbursed for the purchases. c. Helpers may be called upon to assist the chef getting dishes out, plating the meal. 2. A Program Director: a. Someone to organize a speaker or program and help with the setting up that day. b. Announce who the speaker/ program is to the callers, so they can inform the CHUMS members as calls are made. c. Greet the speaker. The guest speaker's lunch is provided by the CHUMS d. Decide if the weather is suitable for driving during bad weather. Let the callers know so they can then contact those who were planning on coming of the cancellation. 3. Callers/helpers: a. 2/3 people to call and remind the group of the meeting and ask who is planning on attending so the cook knows how many to prepare for. b. Come in earlier and set the tables c. Start the coffee pot, fill the water pitchers d. Be the waiters/waitress to serve the food from the kitchen may have to help plate the meal to be served. e. Help clean up after the lunch both the dining room and the kitchen. Other responsibilities: a. Take a meal to any senior shut-ins b. Buy special supplies they will need special napkins, and/or treat In the past the retiring group has a. May: provided a birthday cake to celebrate everyone's birthday b. June: Picnic Meat& rolls are furnished, everyone else bring a dish to pass c. Christmas: the director and friends have purchased a small gift for the group attending. Everyone buys a gift to exchange and brings an appetizer (no charge in Dec.) We have a youth group for the very young in our church. CHUMS is the "youth group" for the young at heart. I am asking several of our church family to step forward to support this special group by volunteering a few hours each month. Interested? Have a question? Please call or contact Karen Swanson or Carol Bell (retiring leaders). Our thanks to Karen Swanson, Carol Bell, Sparky Hess and Carol Weaver for providing the leadership for CHUMS. Your dedication to this group is greatly appreciated. 5

6 Dear Friends of Cameron, The Holiday season is almost here! Cameron has several amazing programs that run during this time. There are MANY ways for YOU to be involved! Baskets of food are distributed for Christmas meals. Every year Cameron supporters adopt the neediest families that participate in our After School Program for the holidays, providing gifts that help make Christmas special for our Cameron Kids. We also host a Santa Party for kids in the neighborhood, with snacks, games, a picture with Santa and a wrapped gift. Last year we had almost 300 children attend. The 2017 dates for these events are as follows: Christmas Basket Distribution: Thursday, December 21 st from 2:30-4:30 Santa Party: Wednesday, December 20 th from 4:00-6:00pm HOLIDAY MEAL Christmas Meal: Monday, December 25 th 12:00-2:00pm (cooking/prep 9:00am-12:00pm) We are always looking for volunteers to help with these events! Please our Volunteer Coordinator, Lindsay Jewett at Lindsay.jewett@cameronministries.org for details. KIDS GIFTS FOR THE SANTA PARTY: We are collecting gifts for all children under 18 years, (baby through teen). We ask that the gifts be delivered unwrapped so our volunteers can wrap and label them properly. Drop off deadline for Santa Party gifts: gifts preferred by December 8 th, but hard deadline is December 14 th ADULT GIFTS FOR AFTER SCHOOL KIDS SHOPPING Every year we let our Cameron kids shop for gifts for 2 adults in their lives (parents, grandparents etc.) We collect small adult gifts so the kids can pick out and wrap presents they can give for Christmas! Deadline for Kids Shopping: December 11th KIDS HATS, GLOVES AND SCARVES We collect new kids hats, gloves and scarves to give during our Santa Party. Our goal is to give each child that comes to the party either a hat, pair of gloves or scarf. Deadline for kids hats, gloves and scarves: December 19 th ADOPT-A-FAMILY If you would like to sign up to Adopt-a-Family, please contact our Youth Director, Katherine Sime by phone (585) or katherine.sime@cameronministries.org. Please Jennie Papkin at jennie.papkin@cameronministries.org if you have any questions or would like our Cameron Gift Guide for suggestions. 6

7 Update on The Margaret Home You are invited to an open house at The Margaret Home residence on Sunday, December 3, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Tour The Margaret Home, sign up to help out, meet other supporters! The residence is located at 207 W. Filbert Street in East Rochester. On-street parking is available. There is now a volunteer sign-up sheet available on The Margaret Home website. Please check it out to see how you can support this worthy cause. Go to: themargarethome.com Karen Bernhardt Kuntz Trustees Request Please help us save our walls! Due to us needing to replace or mend some of our walls, we are asking you to not put anything on any wall, anywhere in our building. Bulletin boards are provided. 1. Only church related materials are to be posted. 2. Before posting anything, please clear the posting with our pastor or the church office. 3. Only our congregation is allowed to post anything. 4. A new bulletin board will soon be available in the fellowship hall, expressly for anyone in our congregation wanting to advertise any service they can provide. Thank you for your anticipated cooperation, your Trustees. FYI The church will be open for Worship throughout the winter. It will be closed only if there is an official State of Emergency Declared. Notification will be available on The Church Office will be closed between Christmas and New Year s. The answering machine will be checked daily. In an emergency please call Pastor Jennifer (at the parsonage or cell (716) ) or Pat Van Vleck (at home at or cell phone ). Thanks! We hope that each of you will get time to relax and enjoy this glorious holiday season. Merry Christmas! December Anniversaries Will & Carolyn Rickman December 9, years Terry & Nancy Young December 13, years Greg & Lara Schuler December 21, years 7

8 Volunteers for December 2017 Lay Liturgists Greeters 3 Ed Earnhart 3 Laurie Bassett 10 Ingrid Richardson 10 Nancy & Ken Manning 17 Linda Blossom 17 Will & Carolyn Rickman 24 Dan Van Vleck 24 Barb Hare & Agnes Smalley 24 7pm 24 7pm Doug, Ingrid & Kimmie Richardson 31 Chuck Cole 31 Sabrina & Anna Miller Ushers Guides 3 # 3 Will Rickman 3 Charlie & Alice Maxwell 10 # 4 Ernie McKenzie 10 Ed & Marj Earnhart 17 # 5 Pat Holenbeck 17 Sue Sutherland & Deb Ortiz Pardi 24 # 6 Dennis Sneddon 24 Sam & Sue Emerson 24 7pm The Campbell Family 24 7pm Sam & Sue Emerson 31 # 1 Ed Earnhart 31 Nancy Young & Beth Mucci Sound Booth: Nursery Assistant 3 3 Samantha Striemer 10 Dan Van Vleck 10 Emma Jamerson 17 Dan Van Vleck 17 Eithen Pardi 24 Pat Holenbeck 24 Sophia Striemer 24 7pm Bob Comstock 24 7pm no nursery 31 Patti Sullivan 31 Anna Miller Acolytes Coffee Hour 3 3 Diann Sneddon 10 Samantha & Sophia Striemer 10 Bob Bunt Nancy Manning Jamie Coonan 24 7pm 24 7pm Sharon Kron 3 Communion Servers: Sue Sutherland & Ray Perkins; Wayne & Sharon Miller; Bob & Karen Blank December Birthdays 6 Mike Mucci 7 Jamie Coonan Liz Gliszczynski 8 Allen Weaver 11 Jim Hare Katie Paxton-Johnson Aiden Wegman 13 Maya Johnson 15 Marj Earnhart 16 Chris Wanjon 18 Zach Cole 19 Carol Bell 20 Michala Sullivan 24 Bev Pirnie 25 Carol Manley 28 Sue Emerson Brayden Smith 29 Betty Ann Schultz 30 Lois DeWitt 31 Ernie McKenzie 8

9 The 12 Days of Christmas On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me. This song is sung every year and I have always wondered what it was all about. I found this interpretation that spoke of a time when people could not read and it was dangerous to talk about Christianity and the Church was concerned people would not remember the basics of Christian doctrine. So this song in code was created to encourage people to remember and share their faith by singing. Enjoy a reminder of what we believe True Love God Me Baptized Christian Partridge in a Pear Tree Jesus (A partridge acts as a decoy to save her babies) Two Turtle Doves Old and New Testament (Witness to God) Three French Hens Faith, Hope, Love (1 Corinthians 13:13) Four Calling Birds Four Gospels (Mathew, Mark, Luke, John) Five Gold Rings Torah (first five books of the Old Testament) Six Geese A-laying Six Day of God s Creation (Genesis1) Seven Swans A-Swimming Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit (Romans 12:6-8; 1 Cor 12:8-11) Eight Maids A-Milking Eight Beatitudes ( Matthew 5:3-10) Nine Ladies Dancing Nine Fruits of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22) Ten Lords A-Leading Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1-7) Eleven Pipers Piping Eleven faithful Apostles (minus Judas Iscariot) Twelve Drummers Drumming Twelve Points in the Apostle s Creed Did you know there is United Methodist News Service available to you? The United Methodist News Service was established several decades ago. Without a news service, our leaders realized, the public media, special-interest groups and others would shape the story. Or the story would not be told at all, said Tim Tanton who now directs UMNS. UMNS is committed to helping people better understand the church, its workings, beliefs and history. Sign up to receive a free daily or weekly digest of UMNS powerful stories, captivating photos and helpful updates visit The Upper New York Conference website at is a great resource for information about Conference and how we are in ministry throughout New York and the world. SAVE the Date: District Training Day: Saturday, February 3 rd Inform to Transform 9 at Asbury First UMC on East Ave in Rochester. 9

10 The Hilton United Methodist Church 21 West Avenue Hilton, NY December 2017 ** If you no longer wish to receive the HUMC monthly newsletter, please be a good steward of our church s money and let us know. Thank you. Rev. Jennifer Green Pastor Patricia Van Vleck Office Manager Office Phones: (585) (585) Parsonage Phone: (585) address: office@humcny.org pastor@humcny.org Website: www/humcny.org Making Disciples of Jesus Christ for the Transformation of the World 10

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