WHAT S HAPPENING THIS WEEK December 17 Christmas Eve December 24 : Today 9:30 am Choir Practice 10:00am Sunday School 11:00 am Worship 3nd Sunday of Advent Choir and Children Present Christmas Music Monday Tuesday 11:30am Senior Lunch Bunch DeAnna s Kitchen in Midland Wednesday 6;00pm Let s Go Caroling!!!! Christmas Party after Caroling Thursday 6:00pm Weight Watchers 7:00pm Session Meeting Friday Saturday Sunday 9:30 am Choir Practice 10:00am Sunday School 11:00am Worship 4th Sunday of Advent 6:00pm Candlelight Christmas Eve UPCOMING EVENTS Bible Study resumes American Red Cross Blood Drive at LPC Installation & Ordination of Elders Annual Cong. Mtg & Covered Dish Lunch January 7, 7:00pm January 8, 2;30-7pm January 14, 11:00am January 28, Noon Super Bowl Boston Butt Sale February 3 The Hatley Family & Hinson Girls Concert February 18, 5:00pm BULLETIN & PRAYER CONCERN If you have an announcement for the bulletin or a prayer concern please submit to Amy Bates @ abbiv4@yahoo.com or leave message at 704.622.5003. Bulletin information needs to be submitted by noon on Thursdays. The Journey to Bethlehem A Christmas Celebration Locust Presbyterian Church December 17, 2017 Third Sunday of Advent Our Mission: To be a place where people want and need to be - where God is glorified in Jesus Christ and real human needs are met. We will do this as Christ s Church through the power of the Holy Spirit as we worship, study, serve and fellowship.
rn LOCUST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION SERVICE 3 rd Sunday of Advent December 17, 2017; 11:00 AM Rev. Evan Amo, Pastor We welcome any visitors who may be with us today. May the Lord bless our fellowship time together. We wish you a Merry Christmas. Prelude, Welcome, Announcements Honoring Birthdays and Anniversaries Children s Message Opening Hymn: Angels, from the Realms of Glory #22 Presbyterian Hymnal Lighting of the Advent Wreath Allie Figueroa, Maverick Baucom, Lilly Hall O Come, All Ye Faithful O Little Town of Bethlehem Joy to the World *********************** Youth Christmas Program The Wondrous Gift Directed by Contina Salyer ********************** Tithes and Offering Offering Response Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him all creatures here below. Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost, Amen Morning Prayer MISSION OUTREACH WITH COOKIES Last Saturday during the snow Evan, Lauren, Chris, Cindy and Amy met in the kitchen and made gingerbread and sugar cookies!!! On Tuesday our Girl Scouts decorated them in Christmas fashion!!! Thank you to Cindy Fish for delivering the baskets of treats to the new Locust Apartments along with an invitation to join us in Christmas activities!!! NEW LPC T-SHIRTS Time to get your new LPC t-shirts!!! They are light grey short sleeve Gildan T- shirts. The LPC tree logo on the front and our mission statement on the back. They are $10.00 and various sizes available. We hope you will get yours!!! Questions see Amy Bates. UPDATE YOUR INFO If you have had a change of phone number, email, update picture or need to be added to the church directory-please see Amy Bates. LINKER SCHOLORSHIP This scholarship is available to LPC College students and the forms are available in the church office. The funds will be disbursed in January 2018. This scholarship is made available thru the generous gift of Bill and Helen Linker. WEDNESDAY DINNER Thank you to our wonderful cook teams for the meals in 2017!! The next Wednesday meal will be January 3. Put this on your new calendar!!! WEST STANLY CHRISTIAN MINSTRY Regarding the pantry, here s a list of our most crucial needs: Toilet Paper (many folks don t know that food stamps DO NOT cover this) Canned beef stew, Spaghetti and Meatballs (Canned), Canned Ravioli, Pinto, navy, and northern beans (dried), Tomato Soup,Chicken Noodle Soup,Saltine and Club Crackers You may take directly or place in buggy in back and we will see that it gets to the Ministry. HELP THE BOY SCOUTS Peanut sale Time to buy those Houston s Roasted in the Shell peanuts for your friends this Christmas. The Boy Scouts are selling these to help raise funds for camp and a trip to Yosemite National Park in the summer of 2018. About 30 boys from Troop 202 will be making the trip to California. Any help is appreciated. The peanuts are in the Fellowship Hall.
OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE Adult Choir Members: Patsy Smith Greta Baucom Vicki Higgins Joan Hall Janice Hils Dennis Joyner Scott Hall Michael Longhurst Adult Choir Narrators: Hank Suhr Leah Joyner Robin Hill Tammi Remsburg Lauren Osga Charlie Higgins Skip Hall Bob Remsburg Maverick Baucom Organist: Pianist: Sound Technician: Kay Howell Patsy Smith Stephen Remsburg PLEASE JOIN US IN PRAYER FOR: Our Session and Our LPC Family, Our Government Leaders, LPC Prayer Shawl Ministry, Our Youth, LPC Choir, Our Military. Our Police Officers, Bill Dehn, Ruth Fitton, Laura Medlin, Fannie Hathcock, Virginia Hartsell Eugene Colavito SR,, Fred Stewart, Lee Smith broken arm, Nicole Beaver-Thyroid Cancer Treatments, Junior Carter, Kelly Hill-injuries from a fall, John Butler-broken foot, Paul Walton Hip replacement on 12-5-17, Family of Jeff Watts, Helen Smetts-broken hip-carrington Place in Matthews, NC. Pastor Evan and Lauren are traveling to see family in Colorado and California this weekend. Please pray for safe travels. Alexander Remsburg P.O. Box 235, Haubstadt, IN 47639 704-245-3127 cell Our Servanthood Schedule... No Service is too Small... December Greeters: Kay & Larry Baucom December Head Usher: Eugene Colavito ACOLYTES - Lilly Hall Emma Salyer, Jadyn Salyer, Emma Haggerty COLLECTION COUNTERS To Volunteer see Cindy Fish 12/17 Greta Baucom & Deb Bradford 12/10 Joan Hall & Chris Fish MEAL TEAMS Robin Hill-1 st Wed, Cindy Fish- 3 rd Wed & Contina Salyer-5 th Wed. December 20- Caroling Party January 3 February 7 January 17 February 21 January 31 ELDERS Larry Baucom 17 Dianne Haggerty 18 Ray Bradford 19 Bob Remsburg 17 Matt Salyer 18 Chris Fish 19 Fred Wickert 17 Lee Smith 18 Joan Hall 19 Elder Class to be installed & ordained in Jan. Nancy Bartlett, Jane Blackman.& Michael Longhurst. MINISTERS: All of the Members of LPC Pastor: Evan Amo Choir Leader: Bob Remsburg Youth Leader: Organist: Kay Howell Piano: Patsy Smith Treasurer: Cindy Fish Sound Board: Stephen Remsburg & Maverick Baucom LPC FINANCIAL UPDATE Needed Weekly in General Fund: $ 3,072.00 Given Last Week General Fund: $
PASTOR EVAN AMO The church office phone number is 704.888.4339. During other times Evan can be reached at 714.397.4832. MUSIC NOTES They ll be lots of music today. First, the youth will be sharing their program of message and song and then the adult choir will share their annual Christmas Cantata. In modern terms, a mash-up is when you mix two or more songs or types of music together. Today the choir will do a Christmas Cantata mash-up. We started to do a cantata we hadn t done in many years called There Is a Bethlehem. It is very good, but a few of the songs didn t inspire us, so we searched several other cantatas from the past to see what we could mash-up and came up with a mixture of three cantatas. We re calling this Journey to Bethlehem because it follows Mary and Joseph s experience as reflected in Matthew and Luke. We hope you enjoy our presentation as we sing to the glory of God and in praise of the gift of Christ our Savior. CAROLING AND CHRISTMAS PARTY A long time Christmas tradition at LPC is the caroling to the shut-ins and then returning for our Christmas party. This Wednesday at 6:00 PM. Come join together as we travel to homes of shut-ins and perhaps a few others to share some Christmas joy in song! We ll come back to the Fellowship Hall by 7:30 and enjoy a time of fellowship. If you cannot make the singing don t miss the party come at 7:30! (Due to Evan and Lauren flying in on Wednesday we will celebrate in the Fellowship Hall. Bring your favorite Christmas food item to share!!! CANDLIGHT SERVICE Save the date and invite friends and family to our traditional Candlelight Christmas Eve Service at 6:00pm. CHRISTMAS BREAKFAST LPC Family please join us for Christmas breakfast in the fellowship hall at 9:00am.. Breakfast will be sponsored by the Baucom s and Janice Hill. See you there!!! SENIOR LUNCH BUNCH Come celebrate with the Senior Lunch Bunch on Tuesday at DeAnna s kitchen in Midland. Thank you Glenda Love for organizing this each month. SESSION MEETING Thursday at 7:00pm will be the monthly Session meeting. As always members are invited to attend. Adult Choir Cantata Journey to Bethlehem Directed by Bob Remsburg Narrated by Maverick Baucom and Hank Suhr Come to Bethlehem Written by Isaac Watts, George Frederick Handel; Arranged by Marty Hamby Almost Bethlehem Words and Music by Dave Clark, Tony Wood; Arranged by Marty Hamby That s Where Faith Begins Words and Music by Dave Clark, Tony Wood; Arranged by Marty Hamby Jesus, Born on This Day Solo by Tammi Remsburg Words and Music by Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff; Arranged by Russell Glory, Glory in the Highest Solo by Scott Hall Words and Music by Russell, Sue C. Smith; Arranged by Russell Birthday of a King Written by George F. Handell, William H. Neidlinger; Arranged by Russell Bethlehem Morning Words and Music by Morris Chapman; Arranged by Russell The Messiah Has Come Medley Joy to the World!; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; Hallelujah Chorus Written by Isaac Watts, George F. Handel, Charles Wesley, Felix Mendelssohn; Arranged by Russell Prayer and Benediction ϯ