NOVEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS & EVENTS

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1 The Liberty Hill Connection Liberty Hill Presbyterian Volume 24, Issue NOVEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS & EVENTS Leiann Walther s I Love to Tell the Story Program at Bethesda Saturday, November 1 from 9:00 AM until 12:30 PM. Call Bethesda to reserve your spot. Election Day Tuesday, November 4 Daylight Savings Time Ends Remember to set your clocks back an hour before going to bed on Saturday, November 1. November Session Meeting Sunday, November 9 after the 11:00 AM service. Soaking Prayer Service Wednesday, November 19 from 5:30 PM until 6:30 PM. Congregational Meeting Sunday, November 23 immediately following 11:00 AM service. Note there is only one service on November 23 rd and no Sunday School. Holiday Covered Dish Plan to bring your favorite dish and come join us in Miss Bettie Richards Hall after the Congregational Meeting for our annual Holiday Covered Dish. Greening of the Church Stay after the dinner and help get the church ready for the Christmas season. Community Thanksgiving Service Wednesday, November 26 at in the Liberty Hill Community Building.

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3 November 23 marks the last Sunday on the 2014 Christian Calendar. On that day the Church celebrates Christ the King Sunday. That Sunday completes the annual Christian journey through the life of Jesus Christ on earth, the celebration of which was begun last year on December 1, On that day, the first Sunday of the Season of Advent, we began preparing for the birth of Jesus even as we looked forward to Christ s coming again in glory! On the Reign of Christ Sunday, Christians recognize and worship Christ as King of heaven and earth for all time without challenge and without end. Though kings are absolute rulers who attain power by raising and leading armies into war against other countries, Jesus' war was not against people or against a country, but against sin, death, and the power of evil. Through his death, resurrection, and ascension, Christ Jesus fulfilled God s commitment to all creation, promising that the powers of evil would be crushed (Genesis 3:14-15) and the works of the devil would be destroyed (First John 3:8b). God demonstrated that God is who God says God is, and God can and will do what God says God can and will do. In Christ God made good on God s commitment. In fact it is God s nature to do so. We human beings on the other hand struggle with commitment; in fact, sadly to some it is a word never spoken. To commit to doing something is not what we are willing to do. Culturally, less and less people are willing to make a commitment to another person, to a group of people, to a church, or even to a nation. Of commitment, Merriam Webster s Online Dictionary offers these definitions: a promise to do or give something; a promise to be loyal to someone or something, and the attitude of someone who works very hard to do or support something. If we were to express commitment s meaning through the use of other words we might use fidelity, constancy, dedication, devotedness, faithfulness, fealty, allegiance, loyalty, or steadfastness, to name a few. Commitment is far from disloyalty, faithlessness, infidelity, and treachery. When we say we commit to doing something we are saying we will definitely do that something, obligating ourselves to do it deliberately. In other words to commit means we pledge ourselves to carry into action that to which we bind ourselves. If we say we are making a commitment, then we are pledging to accomplish, perform, follow through with that to which we are committed. There are members and friends of Liberty Hill Presbyterian Church who demonstrate by their presence and actions that they are committed to Jesus Christ and the work of this church. At some point and time they plucked up the courage and the resolve to say to God, or to another person, or to a small group of people that they were making a commitment to participate in the life of this church and now they are making good on their promises. I give thanks to God for each and all of them! To anyone who is unsure about taking that step privately or publically let me encourage you to take the leap. I can assure you that there is a spiritual shift that occurs in relationships where commitment is made and then honored. Places within that are weak are made strong. Fears suddenly take a backseat to bravery. Time which seemed scarce is made sufficient. Talents which were not yet discerned become apparent. As we prepare to enter a new year in the life of the church may we all pause and consider our commitment to God, to the church and to one another. My door is always open if you want to talk or pray. In Christ s Joy, ~Rev. Mary D 3

4 Dear Church Family, What a wonderful church family, and amazing God we have!!! I would like to thank you for all the calls, cards, food, s, but most for the prayers. I am healing slowly, but praise God, I am healing. I am walking with a walker at this time, but hopefully, I will start with a cane soon. I can t wait until I can walk by myself, and get back to church. Keep me still in your prayers. Love to you all, Jeanette * * Letters of thanks from the students are posted on the bulletin board in the church office. 4

5 Harold Couick Betty and Forrest Hawley Morrison and Jeanette Robinson Ray and Linda Forrester Walt and Betty Riggan The Aubrey Couick Family Jean C. McWorter Gary and Toni Faulkenberry Paul and Arma Lee Hinson Ronnie and Wanda Ingram Richard and Nancy Price Ed and Pat Bunch Scott and Joanne Rodgers & Ginger Outen Mr. and Mrs. Harold N. Williams Jim and Sylvia Hudson B.H. Faulkenberry Mickey and Melinda Clyburn Donald Brett and Melissa Ingram Walt and Donna Laney Harold Couick (continued) Gene and Jane McCurry Bobby and Ruth Cox Carol West Doris Robertson Betty Young Charlie and Belle Bailey Emerson and Pat Coates Mike and Linda Clark Robert and Diana Murphy Tony and Millie Plyler Baylor and Nancy Gibson Bonnie Jones Frances Crenshaw Bonnie Jones Charlie and Belle Bailey Morrison and Jeanette Robinson Doris Robertson Ed Davis Tony and Millie Plyler Charlie and Belle Bailey Jimmy Knight Morrison and Jeanette Robinson Oakridge Middle School Faculty and Staff Lorraine Medlin Mary Thompson Lorraine Medlin In Honor Mary D. D Alessio Caroleene Couick of Carlton O Day Rusty Hinson Edward C. Ed Davis James Harold Couick

6 Liberty Hill Presbyterian Church warmly welcomes new member Mary Etta Taylor As a dedicated member of the LHPC Sanctuary Choir, Mary Etta has long been a part of the LHPC family and the choir, but on October 26 she made it official and became a member. She is an avid hiker and has served on the Lancaster County School Board. When you see her, be sure to say Welcome! Wednesday, November 26 at Liberty Hill Community Building Our own Brother Gene will deliver the Welcome message and perform the first solo. The Liberty Hill Sanctuary Choir will be among the local choirs offering songs of worship and praise during this much anticipated event. 6

7 Liberty Hill Presbyterian Invites You To an Hour of Soaking Prayer Five -thirty to Six-thirty O clock PM Wednesday, November 19, 2014 Liberty Hill Presbyterian Church 20 Meeting Lane, Liberty Hill, SC Annual Covered Dish Holiday Dinner And Greening of the Church Sunday, November 23 after the Congregational Meeting Bring your favorite dish to share as we come together to celebrate the beginning of the holiday season. Stay after the meal to help green the church. Sunday, November 23 following the 11:00 AM Service Session will present the 2015 proposed budget to the Congregation. The Fall Festival was a huge success again this year with so many helping hands. Special thanks to Emerson and Pat Coates for taking us on a wonderful hayride; to Doyle and Linda Lewis for setting up tables, chairs, games, bounce house, etc.; to Tony and Millie Plyler and Mickey and Melinda Clyburn for preparing and setting up the lunch; to Lisa Knight for assisting the children with crafts; to Guy, Michelle, Chance and Amy Kahler for counting Dimes for Hunger collection and packing treat bags for the Lancaster Children's Home and to Bob and June Dornblaser (and their friends) for wearing their fabulous costumes. Also, thanks to each of you who brought candy The total collected for Dimes for Hunger was $1,625.00, way exceeding our $ goal. 7

8 Lynn Barfield (Tony and Mille Plyler) Tim Bass (Gil Small) Jenny Biggers Lucy Blackmon (Lisa Knight) Brenda Brown (Evelyn Finch) Chris Burns Gladys Catoe (Carol Catoe) Joan Clark Emerson Coates Caroleen Couick and family Marjorie D Aiuto (Sharon Trent) Jackie Delozier Bud and Arlene Eldreth and Ricky Eldreth Eleanor Cauthen Evans (Brenda Burns) Hazel Few Maurice Fore (Jenny Hernandez) Peggy Ghent Donna Hartley Bill Harrington Kevin Helms (Vivian & Benny Ray) Bobby Hoffman (Trish Flynn) Lee and Terry Hoffman David Hunter Sarah Hunter (Bernice Branham) Bruce Jackson (Sandy Granger) Faydine Johnson (Lorraine Medlin) Margaret Jordan (Dave and Mary D. D Alessio) Wallace Kershner (Harold and Ruby Kershner) Frank Lee (Sandy Granger) Linda Macdonald (Doug and Nancy Macdonald) Dana Couick McGuirt (Caroleene Couick) Claudia McKenzie (Sandy Granger) Kelli McManus (Nancy Truesdale) Prayer Concerns Belle Mitchell (Elaine Maree) Pat Moree (Pat Bunch and Jeanette Robinson) John Mullis (Terry Hoffman) Andy Morrison (Bernice Branham) Al Myers (Sandy Granger) Deneen Neubauer and her family (Neal and Delisa Clark) David Ogburn (Ina Horton) Darlyn Owens (Ruby Kershner) Douglas Owens (son of Jack and Barbara Owens) Alan Patterson Peggy Pearson (Helen Riffle) Elaine Plyler (Bernice Branham) Vivian Ray Morrison and Jeanette Robinson Janice Rogers Hugh and Fran Smith Johnny Sneed *Carson Spitzer (Belle Bailey) Bonnie Sullivan (Ina Horton) Neil Thompson BW Timmons (Donna Hunter) Margaret Truesdale (Merilyn Roll) Roger Truesdale (James brother) Jane Trull (Baxter Starnes) Doug Tyndall (Joan Ward) Eddie Vaughn (Sandy Granger) Lee Riffle Vonner (Chet Riffle) Carol Wallace (Bonnie Jones) Pat Watts (Ina Horton) Van White (Page Kardack) Mary Williams Brad Wood (Page Kardack) Warren Wood (Sandy Granger) Josh Kershner Harold and Ruby Kershner s grandson Daniel Scruggs and his shipmates on the USS Carl Vinson Neal and Delisa Clark s son Dr. Andy Moore, US Navy Friend of Dave and Mary D. D Alessio deployed to Africa to help with Ebola outbreak. Chelsea Anderson (Christie Derrick) Lynn Barfield (Tony and Mille Plyler) Charlie Bailey Norma and Jim Beaver (Chet Riffle) Tara Bostick (Jane West) Chris Burns Gladys Catoe (Carol Catoe) Sara Causby (Joan Clark) Polly Davis (Terry Hoffman) Katherine Dexter (Doug and Nancy Macdonald) Eleanor Evans (Brenda Burns) Hazel Few Peggy Ghent (Gene Ghent) Gudrun Goebel Louise Gregory Ann Gross (Arlene Eldreth) Donnie Hancock (Diana Hornsby) Bill Harrington Dorothy Hayes Long Term Prayer Concerns Mary Hunter (Vivian Ray) Bruce Jackson (Sandy Granger) Lauren Lance (Sandra Catoe) Shelia Love (Ina Horton) Ann McBride Mary McDonald Virginia McCrae Alan Patterson Rhesa Phillips Shirley Player (Ron Player) Shirley Raffaldt (Page Kardack) JoAnne Robinson (Michelle Kahler s mother) Hugh Smith Evelyn Sullivan (Lesa Small) Noah Taylor (Namcy Macdonald) Lawton Truesdale (James Truesdale) Jake and Mary Ann Wade (Bob and Carole Cook) Van White (Page Kardack) Molly Williams (Sandy Granger) 8

9 Thanksgiving Contributed by Doyle Lewis We get together this time of year with family and friends to give thanks for God s blessings. But, for many of us, this year was marked by sadness. Often in the bad times, we fail to recognize God s hand of blessing. We focus on the negatives and let them pull us down. At times we may not even see any positives in our situation. God always gives blessings even though they may not be readily seen. I would like you to try to find things to be thankful for every day of the year. See God s hand at work in your life and thank Him. Remember that daily He gives multiple blessings. Life has it s difficulties, but focus on the load of blessings that surround you and thank God for them. Remember, a thankful heart is a joyful heart! Collections and Attendance information is published in each Sunday s bulletin so that the congregation is kept informed of the church s financial condition. Below is the chart included in the bulletin with explanations for each item: * ** *** **** * Weekly income needed to cover budgeted expenses for 2014 ** Amount actually received in the stated week s offering *** Difference between Year-to-Date ACTUAL offering income versus ACTUAL church expenses. **** Lakeside/Special Offerings total collections. 9

10 Birthdays are in italics. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 9 AM- Worship Service 11 AM- Worship Service Daylight Savings Time Ends Mickey Clyburn 9 AM- Worship Service 11 AM- Worship Service 12:30 PM Session Belle Bailey, Nancy Small, Holley Platt 9 AM- Worship Service 11 AM- Worship Service 11 AM Worship Service Congregational Meeting Holiday Covered Dish Greening of the Church 9 AM- Worship Service 11 AM- Worship Service 9:30 AM I Love to Tell the Story Bethesda 10:00 AM Election Day Choir Practice Stephanie Sowell 8:00 AM Men s Prayer Breakfast Ina Horton 10:00 AM Choir Practice 8:00 AM Men s Prayer Breakfast Meg McFarland Ina Horton 10:00 AM Chet Riffle Baxter Starnes Don Kidd 5:30 PM 6:30 PM Soaking Prayer Service Choir Practice Rob DuBose 8:00 AM Men s Prayer Breakfast Carole Cook 10:00 AM Community Thanksgiving Service Neal Clark Baylor Gibson 1 10

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12 Surely the Lord is in this place! Genesis 28:16 Liberty Hill Presbyterian Church 20 Meeting Lane P.O. Box 170 Liberty Hill, SC RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED Nonprofit Org. US Postage Paid Liberty Hill, SC Permit #1 Phone: Fax: We're on the Web! My Estimate of Giving to Liberty Hill Church for 2015 is $ per week or $ per month or $ per year. Name Date Mailing Address Phone This is a good faith estimate of giving that can be adjusted or cancelled at any time depending my ability to give. If you were unable to complete an Estimate of Giving Card for 2015 provided at the church, please complete the above form and mail to: LHPC, PO Box 170, Liberty Hill, SC