Southern Hills Christian Church (DOC) The Sharing Tree

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1 Southern Hills Christian Church (DOC) The Sharing Tree Vol: 28 Issue: 22 November 21, 2017 On Sunday, December 3, join us we celebrate the first Sunday in Advent with The Hanging of the Greens, a Unified Service at 10:45 am. Following the Unified service, you are invited to remain in the sanctuary for the Quarterly Congregational Meeting.Sunday School will be at 9:30. Don t forget to stay for Decking of the Halls after Contemporary Service this Sunday, November 26 (details inside) THANKSGIVING OFFERING NOVEMBER 19 AND 26 The Thanksgiving Offering benefits colleges, universities, seminaries and divinity houses affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Your financial gifts to the Thanksgiving Offering helps underwrite the education for students attending one of the Many current and former members of SHCC have been students of one of these institutions. This fund has helped many SHCC ministers to obtain their divinity degrees. These institutions challenge students to understand and respond to God s call to serve. In the past 12 months, 12,403 students graduated from Disciples institutions.

2 FAMILY LIFE CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILY EVENTS FUN & FELLOWSHIP Fun & Fellowship has concluded its meetings for the Fall. We will start back up again in the Spring along with Pastor s Class. Details TBA! C.H.A.O.S. CHAOS has met for our last regular meeting for the Fall. There are lots of things happening in December so our only meeting will be for our Xmas Party! Details TBA! CHILDREN & YOUTH COUNCIL Our next Children & Youth Council meeting will be on Tuesday, November 28th, at 6:30pm, in the Boka Keene room. We will be discussing some specific needs of the Children s program, looking at the Spring Calendar, and working specifically on Christmas Family Workshop. Whether you have never been to a C&Y Council meeting or are a long-standing member, we would love to have you! Contact Amber with questions. DRAMA TEAM Drama Team is nearing the end of their rehearsal schedules as the Christmas show is rapidly approaching! Our shows: Our Chaos, His Peace, and What Christmas Means, will be on Sunday, December 10th, at 6:00 pm. Our Children s Choir will be singing Christmas carols in between shows that evening as well! Please stay after and enjoy some Christmas snacks in the gathering area, as well as a chance to greet a surprise visitor! If you would like to bring a snack to share that would be wonderful! DRAMA TEAM REHEARSAL SCHEDULE 11/ pm 12/3 4-6 pm 12/9 Dress Rehearsal 8:30-11:00 am 12/10 Performance 5:30 call time, 6:00 show time CHILDREN S CHOIR Our Children s Choir will be singing some Christmas Carols for us in between the two one-act plays the Drama Team is performing on CROP WALK December 10. If you have a little that would like to sing with us (no age minimum) please bring them to the Little Kitchen on December 5th and 10th during the Sunday school hour to practice! Please contact Amber Brooks or Kara Gregory for more information! The Edmond CROP Walk brings together local churches to raise money to fight hunger and poverty, and this year was no exception. More than 100 hearty walkers braved the cool Fall wind, including 29 from SHCC. Also on hand were representatives from CROP Walk Beneficiaries: Church World Service, Breakfast on Boulevard, Edmond Mobile Meals, Project 66 Food Pantry and Samaritan House. Edmond CROP Walk Treasurer John Gauldin is still receiving donations through November, but reports more than $7000 raised so far. Fall is such a busy time for our church with Pumpkin Parish, Trunk or Treat and Alternative Christmas. Thanks to the SHCC Walkers and generous SHCC donors who always make the CROP Walk a success that shares God s love in Edmond and around the world. With great thanks for such a wonderful congregation, Don Hurst & Cindy Treadway Some of SHCC s Walkers (seems we can never all be in the same place at the same time!).

3 COMMUNITY EVENTS There are always great events around our region that are open to Disciples of many interests and passions. Here are the ones that are coming up: Criminal Justice Reform: An Evening of Listening Event: Hosted by the Oklahoma Conference of Churches; Thursday, November 30th, 6:30-8:00pm at St. Paul s Cathedral, OKC (127 NW 7th St, OKC, 73102) Come and join the Oklahoma Conference of Churches and a special guest panel to engage in an Evening of Listening on the topic of Criminal Justice Reform. An important topic, especially in the state of Oklahoma, requiring many and frequent conversations. Make plans to join us in this FREE event, open to the public. Check out this page: for upcoming announcements regarding panel participants. Amnesty OKC Annual Write-for-Rights: Hosted by Amnesty International OKC; Saturday, December 2nd, 10:00am-1:00pm at Full Circle Bookstore (1900 NW Expressway, Suite 135, OKC 73118) Each year we have this event to mark International Human Rights Day, (officially Dec. 10). All are welcome to join us, stay for as long as you like/can to sign prepared letters and cards for prisoners. We will be writing many letters to Prisoners of Conscience all over the world and Christmas cards to prisoners on death row in Oklahoma. We will have pre-written letters, stationary and cards. Please help with expenses by bringing a book of stamps, to help with postage. Thank you to Full Circle for sharing their space with us for this special event. No purchase required. Will Sing for Food: Hosted by Church of the Open Arms UCC and Peggy Johnson; Saturday, December 2nd, 7:00-8:00pm at Church of the Open Arms UCC (3131 N Pennsylvania Ave, OKC 73112) Our annual fundraiser for the Open Arms Food Pantry, a member agency of the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma. Feeding the hungry with love and dignity. Featuring the sounds of Mixed Company, Peggy Johnson, and Catherine Fuller! SONIC Free Family Day: Hosted by the OKC Museum of Art; Sunday, December 3rd, 12:00pm-5:00pm at the OKC Museum of Art (415 Couch Dr., OKC 73102) Mark your calendars for SONIC Free Family Day: Think Like an Artist this December! Families receive free OKCMOA admission, take part in fun art making activities, see exciting performances, enter to win door prizes, and much more! Try your hand at drawing fresh flowers and fruit, inspired by the special exhibition Master Strokes: Dutch and Flemish Drawings from the Golden Age. Taking their techniques from masters such as Rembrandt and van Dyck, watch instructors from the Conservatory for Classical Art as they demonstrate with materials and methods hundreds of years old. Stop by the studio for an art making experience the whole family will enjoy. Don t forget to visit our onsite photo booth and meet your favorite SONIC characters! Experience the glass art of Dale Chihuly, uncover artists lives in our newly opened Art of Oklahoma galleries, and get creative as a family. EDMOND COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING DINNER Thanks to your giving hearts, Southern Hills was able to provide a long grocery list of food items for the Edmond community Thanksgiving Dinner, including turkey,green beans, corn, dinner rolls, butter, margerine, cool whip, stuffing mix, eggs, and carrots. We have not yet hit our goal of providing $250 for the Dinner. This money helps with the overhead costs associated with hosting the dinner. You may still donate to ECTD. Payment may be made via Check to SHCC (please include ECTD in the memo line), Cash, or electronically through SimpleChurch.

4 LITURGISTS NEEDED Sunday morning Liturgists are needed for December. In traditional service the role of the Liturgist is to read scripture and lead the Call to Worship. For Contemporary Service the Liturgist reads the scripture. There is a sign up sheet in the Gathering Area near the front office window. GOOD FOOD, GOOD FRIENDS, SHARING HEARTS Thank you for coming to our 32nd annual Alternative Christmas festival! You turned out in force to purchase handmade Christmas cards to support our non-profit agencies, shop for fair trade gift items from all over the world, and to share some delicious food and fellowship around the tables. Thanks to all of our card makers, table workers, kitchen helpers, food providers, cashiers, decorators, and our hardworking outreach committee. If you missed this event, we will have some of the cards on sale in the Gathering Area next Sunday, and a final total of money raised in the next Sharing Tree. THANK YOU! Dear Friends, Your prayers and notes of support during my recuperation are appreciated so much! It is truly a blessing to be part of such a loving church family. Sincerely, Evelyn Elliott WOMEN S ACTIVITIES Disciple Women s Hope Group meets Monday, December 4, 7:00 pm at the home of Myrna Ranney. Service project will be HOPE Center Family and toys for LCDA. Disciple Women s Fidelity Group meets Tuesday, December 19 at 11:00 am for lunch out at Sumo Japanese restaurant on Broadway. Disciple Women s Charity Group meets Thursday, December 21 at 1:30 pm in the Chapel. They will be wrapping gifts for the HOPE Center Christmas Family. WOW Lunch Group will meet at 12:30 pm, Wednesday, December 6 for lunch at Johnnie s on 33rd between Broadway and Boulevard. All ladies of the church are invited.

5 CALLING ALL SANTAS! We are making progress in providing Christmas gifts for our 3 children related to Refuge Fellowship. We have a 3 month old baby girl, and two boys ages 9 months and 2 years. Some of their mothers requests are as follows: sweater, walking toys, sippy cup, Pampers and wipes, baby toys, big trucks, and a tricycle. A generous family has already purchased quite a few clothes. Other age appropriate gifts are welcome, but these are our priorities. Watch for a Christmas tree in the Gathering Area with ornaments listing each child s age and needs. You may take an ornament, shop, then return the ornament and unwrapped gift by Dec. 10. Please call Marilee Hattendorf for more information. SAVE THE DATES Join us Sunday, November 26, following contemporary service, to Deck the Halls in preperation for the Advent and Christmas Season. We will be preparing the Sanctuary and Gathering Area. Pizza for lunch will be provided. On Sunday, December 3, join us for The Hanging of the Greens Unified Service at 10:45 am. Sunday School will be at 9:30. CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE SCHEDULE This year, Christmas Eve happens to fall on a Sunday. With the busy nature of the holidays, and the prospect of having four services that day, the Worship Committee has decided to have one Candlelight service at 6:00 pm. We plan to return to early and late candlelight services next year. The Christmas Eve morning services will follow the usual Sunday schedule of 9:00 am Traditional and 11:15 am Contemporary, with Sunday school at 10:15 am. LATINO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY TOY DRIVE If babies are not your speciality, we have also participated in the LCDA s toy drive for the past several years. Reniery Espana has already brought us a big box that will be placed in the Gathering Area to receive new, unwrapped toys for children up to 11 years old. So, if you d like to be a Santa or an elf, there are plenty of opportunities around SHCC. Thank

6 Special Thanks to John Gauldin for his leadership as treasurer (opening and closing the patch daily), in-kind donations, and countless unseen efforts to make this year s Pumpkin Parish a success. HELPING THE HOMELESS Thanks to SHCC s Pumpkineers! A lot of time and effort went into unloading, moving, removing spoilage and selling of our pumpkins. Here are the numbers: More than 70,000 pounds of pumpkins More than $40,000 in sales More than 100 Pumpkineers staffed more than 225 hours in 29 days More than 1000 visitors felt the spirit of SHCC More than $13,000 donated: $ each to Central Oklahoma Camp, Habitat for Humanity & SHCC Youth & Children s Programs and $ to SHCC Disciples Men None of this would be possible without SHCC s INCREDIBLE Pumpkineers. Every person. Every shift. Every day. Deepest apologies if we missed anyone. Holly & Cole Abbott Family Janee & Jared Austin Family Kay & Gene Boies Tony Boutte Jerri & Steve Bowlware Lacie & Ben Bowlware Andra & Norma Bradley Amber & Tim Brooks Family BTQ Bunch Dawna Buck Pam Camp Janet Cheatham Kristy Cook Brian, Betty & Rolly Cowperthwaite Geraldine Cummings Alysha & Jesse Dailey Family Lynda & Jerry Deibel Connie Douglas Patsy & Ted Drab Ann-Clore Duncan VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT Pat Fennell Louise & Derry Ferguson Karon & Amzi Gregory Morgan & Kara Gregory Roger Harms Marilee & Charles Hattendorf Jill & Darren Hill Family Nancy Hodgkinson Connie Holiman Evelyn Hoemann Gayle & Don Hurst Jessica & Daisy Lackey Carolyn Lamiell Jan Little Barb Livingston Linda Lofton Allison Longman Jessica Lovinggood Briane & Brent McClain Family Chuck Marshall With greatest gratitude, Kurt Sampley & Cindy Treadway Brenda & Frank Moore Donna O Keefe Susie Park Beth Peck Brooke Plumlee Laura & Ben Pollard Myrna Raney Pam & Bill Richardson Dre Sampley SHCC Youth Phyllis & Chuck Shinn Nikki & Rick Stricklin Cameron Taylor Emily Taylor Ethan Thompson Emily Tomlin & Maddox June Towles Carolyn & Russ Wagner-Bark Brian White Ron Whitaker Disciple Women s Charity Group has an ongoinging project to make sleeping mats for the homeless out of disposable plastic grocery bags. Please save your extra bags and drop them off in the front office. Consider attending one of the upcoming PLARN (PLastic yarn) Workshops to learn how to transform bags into sleeping mats. All are welcome to volunteer. Dates: 11/27 at 1:00 pm (C) 11/29 at 11:00 am (BK) 12/01 at 10:00 am (BK) 12/04 at 1:00 pm (C) 12/06 at 6:00 pm (C) 12/08 at 10:00 am (BK)

7 Southern Hills Christian Church 3207 South Boulevard Edmond, OK December 2017 Location Key: BK Boka Keene BV Bradford Village C Chapel CR Conference Room P Parlor Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 10:00a PLARNing S Sanctuary YR Youth Room GA Gathering Area FH Fellowship Hall TR Toddler Room WW Worship & Wonder 2 3 Hanging of the Greens 9:00a Sunday School 10:45 Combined Worship (S) 12:00p Quarterly Cong. Mtg. (S) 3:30p Communion Service (BV) 4:00 Drama Team 6:00 CHAOS 4 1:00p PLARNing 7:00 DW Hope Group (Myrna Ranney) 5 Newsletter Published 3:15p Tai Chi (GA) 6:30 Soultending (C) 6 Regular Wednesday Schedule 12:30p WOW Lunch 6:00 PLARNing 7 3:15 Tai Chi (GA) 8 10:00a PLARNing 9 8:00a Disciple Men s Breakfast (CR) 8:30 Drama Team Dress Rehearsal 10 9:00a Traditional Worship (S) 10:15 Sunday School 10:15 Christmas Family Workshop 11:15 Contemp Worship (S) 11:15 Worship & Wonder (WW) 5:30 Drama Team Christmas Play 17 9:00a Christmas Cantata (S) 10:15 Sunday School 11:15 Contemp Worship (S) 11:15 Worship & Wonder (WW) 3:30p Communion Service (BV) 6:00 CHAOS Christmas Party 11 12:00p WOW Book Club (P) 6:00 MNF/BTQ Christmas Party (P) 18 7:00p Blue Christmas (S) 12 3:15p Tai Chi (GA) 19 Newsletter Published 11:00a DW Fidelity Grp. (Lunch at Sumo) 3:15p Tai Chi (GA) 7:00 Caregiver s Support (P) 13 Regular Wednesday Schedule 20 Regular Wednesday Schedule :15 Tai Chi (GA) 7:00 Stephen Min. 1:30p DW Charity Grp. (C) 3:15 Tai Chi (GA) 4:30 Food Co-Op (FH) 15 Cub Scouts Pinewood Derby Lock-in Christmas Eve 9:00a Traditional Worship (S) 10:15 Sunday School 11:15 Contemp Worship (S) 11:15 Worship & Wonder (WW) 12:30p Deck the Halls (S & GA) 3:30 Communion Service (BV) 6:00 Candlelight Service (S) 31 Sweater Sunday 10:45a Combined Worship (S) 3:30p Communion Service (BV) 25 Merry Christmas! Church Office Closed 26 Church Office Closed 27 10:00 Wed. Bible Study (BK) 11:00a Overeater s Anon (C) 12:30p WOW Lunch 5:00p Southern Bells (MR) 7:00 Choir Rehearsal (S) 28 3:15 Tai Chi (GA) 7:00 Stephen Min. Regular Wednesday Schedule 10:00 Wednesday Bible Study (BK) 11:00a Overeater s Anon (C) 5:00p Southern Bells (MR) 5:30 Praise Team (S) 7:00 Choir Rehearsal (S) 29 30

8 3207 S. Boulevard Edmond, OK (405) FAX (405) Website: RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED Service Times Sunday 9:00 am - Traditional Service Sunday 10:15 am - Sunday School Sunday 11:15 am - Contemporary Service Sunday 3:30 pm - Communion at Bradford Village IMPORTANT DATES 11/26 - Deck the Halls - Following Contemporary Service 12/03 - Hanging of the Greens Unified Service at 10:45 12/10 - Youth Christmas Play at 5:30 pm in the Sanctuary 12/17 - Christmas Cantata at 9:00 am Service 12/18 - Blue Christmas Service at 7:00 pm 12/24 - Regular Sunday Schedule for morning services 12/24 - Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at 6:00 pm 12/31 - Sweater Sunday Unified service at 10:45 am 1/07 - Epiphany Party in Fellowship Hall -Details TBA ATTENDANCE 10:45 AM Worship 11/ Sunday School 11/ :00 AM Worship 11/ :15 AM Worship 11/19 57 Total Worship 11/ SHCC STAFF Senior Minister: Rev. Jenny Wynn Interim Dir. Children s Ministries: Amber Brooks Director of Youth Ministries: Amber Brooks Choir Director: Andrea Hanson Interim Contemp. Music Directors: Ben & Lacie Bowlware Business Administrator: Suellen Caywood Dir. of Communications & Tech: Chuck Marshall CDC Director: Carolyn Lamiell PRAYERS Mona Baird; Marie Byrkit; Ann & Dennie Hall; Alice Smith; Maureen Stickel; Kyle Campbell; Betty Marcha; Nolan & Barbara Pierce; Don Hirsch; Tambra Gray; Zoe Jones; Cheryl Aspy; Jessica Lackey Kaplan; Cathy Rains; Keaton Barron; Julie Wynn; Donald Moll; Myrna Ranney; Leah Tomlin; the Tomlin-Puig family; the Messenger family