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Our Annual Church Charge Conference
will take place on
Saturday, November 21
from 2:00pm to 5:00pm
All
church members are encouraged to attend and are able to vote for the 2010 church
budget. Please
mark your calendars and plan on attending.
A Special Ladies Day is being planned for you. A day to come together, relax, and spend time with each other. The exact details of the day…. that will be a surprise! Why not bring a friend, a sister or mom with you because this day will be set apart just for fellowship. Save the date now - November 7th, 9:45am.-4:00pm. The cost if able- is a $5.00 donation. Please speak to Leslie or Katie. Please sign up at the welcome center.
Our annual Christmas Bazaar and Wreath
Sale will take place on Saturday,
December 5 from 9:00am to 3:00pm. This
is our largest fundraiser of the year and volunteers are always needed.
Please plan on attending
and helping out if you can. Please
contact Joyce if you can help.
Please tell your family and friends and
don’t forget to purchase your wreaths and poinsettias!
Do you have any next-to-new items you do not want? Or do you have any new
items you do not have room for?
Consider donating them to the Silent Auction.
Bring any items to church prior to 9am on
Saturday, December 5.
Children’s Choir rehearsals are held
immediately following Sunday service in the Sanctuary.
All children, ages 4 - 12, are welcome to join!
We will be singing once a month for the Sunday service.
See Nan if interested, or call the church office.
Adult Choir rehearsals are held Wednesdays at 6:30pm in the Sanctuary. All are welcome to join! No musical experience needed, just a love of Jesus and a desire to serve through the ministry of music! See Nan if interested , or call the church office.
Save the
dates!!!
Saturday, November 21
at 7:30pm - Dove Award Winning
Singer-Songwriter, Mitch McVicker, in concert at Harris Hill UMC!
Mitch is an original member of Rich Mullins and the Ragamuffin Band.
He was in the fatal car crash that killed Rich Mullins ten years ago, and
shares his miraculous testimony of God’s grace and healing power, as he
survived a coma and had to learn to walk and talk again.
His music and ministry
is Spirit-filled, and you won’t want to miss this opportunity to share in a
very special evening with him. Admission is FREE and a love offering will be
taken for Mitch. He will also be
sharing and leading in word and music the Sunday morning service on November 22
with us!! If any individuals or
families feel led to help sponsor this concert and help defray the costs, please
see Nan or call the church office.
Check out Mitch’s website: www.mitchmcvicker.com.
Saturday, December 12
at 7:00pm - Christmas Concert and Carol
Sing-A-Long. Wear your favorite
Christmas outfit, bring your bells, and join us for a fun-filled evening of
celebrating our Savior’s birth and the joy of the season!
See Nan Keller if you are interested in singing, playing an instrument or
acting. Our liturgical dance team
will also be sharing in this evening.
ABITIBI
PAPER RECYCLING
We need ALL your
Newspaper - Magazines - Shopping
catalogs - Mail - paper
NO Corrugated Cardboard
Please!
Please place in the bin
in the parking lot.
Please save
your Campbell’s labels and General Mills Box Tops for Education for the
church. The collection box is on the
welcome center.
Canned goods and non-perishable food items are collected on the first Sunday of the month. They can be placed in the box in the foyer.
Michael S. was welcomed into membership of the Harris Hill United Methodist Church on September 20, 2009. Mike has been participating in church activities for many years. Welcome Mike!
Happy
Thanksgiving!!
COFFEE HOURS: Please
consider hosting one and sign up on the sheet in the Welcome
Center. They are usually the
first Sunday of each month but can be flexible/changed.
Your menu can be
anything you choose, from simple to not-so-simple.
It’s the fellowship that’s important.
You will be reimbursed for expenses.
If you have any questions please contact or the church office.
What Does God Expect
of Us?
The answer that changed my life and might just change the world
The
words above are part of the title of the most compelling book I’ve read about
world missions. It is called, The Hole in Our Gospel by Richard Stearns who is the
president of World Vision U.S. He asks the thought-provoking question: Have we embraced the
whole gospel or a gospel with a hole in it?
Pastor Beth will lead a discussion
group based on this challenging topic beginning in January.
If you would like to get a head start
the book can be ordered on-line. This group will meet on Tuesday evenings, so
please block out space on your 2010 calendars. The book also contains the study
questions for
discussion.
CHICKS:
No meeting on November 13 (Katie will be at school).
We will meet on November 20 to cover chapters 81-85 and
December 11 for chapters 86-90.
A
lecturer when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of
water and asked, “How heavy is this glass of water?”.
Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g.
The lecturer replied, “The absolute weight doesn’t matter.
It depends on how long you try to hold it.
If I hold it for a minute, that’s not a problem,.
If I hold it for an hour, I’ll have an ache in my right arm.
If I hold it for a day, you’ll have to call an ambulance.
In each case, it’s the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the
heavier it becomes.” He continued,
“And that’s the way it is with stress management.
If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, as the burden
becomes increasingly heavy, we won’t be able to carry on.
As with the glass of water, you have to put it down for a while and rest
before holding it again. When
we’re refreshed, we can carry on with the burden.”
So, put down anything that may be a burden to you right now.
Don’t pick it up again until you’ve rested a while.
There
are times when situations or weather make it unsafe for our Pastor’s Beth and
Katie to respond to calls alone. If
anyone would like to go as a driver or to accompany our Pastors as needed,
please sign up on the sheet on the welcome center or call the church
office.
Once
again we will be collecting ‘Shoeboxes’ to send to children in need through
Operation Christmas Child. Please bring your filled and wrapped shoeboxes to the
church, along with the $7.00 per box
shipping fee, no later than November 15.
The following is a list of the items that can be included:
small toys, stuffed animals, balls, kazoos, slinky,
harmonicas, jump ropes, yo-yos, pens, pencils and sharpeners, crayons,
markers, coloring books, writing tablets, toothbrushes, toothpaste, mild bar
soap, combs, washcloths, ball caps, t-shirts, socks,
sunglasses, hair clips, toy jewelry, hard candy, mints, lollipops, and
gum. Please double bag all candy.
A
wealthy man and his son loved to collect rare works of art. They had everything
in their collection, from Picasso to Raphael. They would often sit together and
admire the great works of art. When the Vietnam conflict broke out, the
son went to war. He was very courageous and died in battle while
rescuing another soldier.
The father was notified and grieved deeply for his only son.
About a month later, just before
Christmas, there was a knock at the door. A
young man stood at the door with a large package in his hands. He said,
"Sir, you don't know me, but I am the soldier for whom your son gave his
life. He saved many lives that day,
and he was carrying me to safety when a bullet struck him in the heart and he
died instantly. He often talked about you, and your love for art." The
young man held out this package. "I know this isn't much.
I'm not really a great artist, but I think your son would have wanted you
to have this."
The father opened the package. It was a
portrait of his son, painted by the young man. He stared in awe at the way
the soldier had captured the personality of his son in the painting. The father
was so drawn to the eyes that his own eyes welled up with tears. He thanked the
young man and offered to pay him for the picture. "Oh, no sir, I could
never repay what your son did for me. It's a gift."
The father hung the portrait over his
mantle. Every time visitors came to his home he took them to see the portrait of
his son before he showed them any of the other great works he had collected.
The man died a few months later. There was to be a great auction of his
paintings. Many influential people gathered, excited over seeing the great
paintings and having an opportunity to purchase one for their collection.
On the
platform sat the painting of the son. The auctioneer pounded his gavel.
"We will start the bidding with this picture of the son. Who will bid for
this picture?"
There was silence.
Then a voice in the back of the room
shouted, "We want to see the famous paintings. Skip this one."
But the auctioneer persisted. "Will someone bid for this painting? Who will
start the bidding? $100, $200?"
Another
voice shouted angrily. "We didn't come to see this painting. We came to see
the Van Gogh's, the Rembrandts. Get on with the real bids!"
But
still the auctioneer continued. "The son! The son! Who'll take the
son?"
Finally, a voice came from the very back of the room. It was the longtime
gardener of the man and his son. "I'll give $10 for the painting."
Being a poor man, it was all he could afford.
"We have $10, who will bid $20?"
"Give it to him for $10. Let's see the masters."
"$10 is the bid, won't someone bid $20?"
The crowd was becoming angry. They didn't want the picture of the son.
They wanted the more worthy investments for their collections.
The auctioneer pounded the gavel. "Going once, twice, SOLD for
$10!"
A man sitting on the second row shouted, "Now let's get on with the
collection!"
The auctioneer laid down his gavel.
"I'm sorry, the auction is over."
"What about the paintings?"
"I am sorry. When I was called to
conduct this auction, I was told of a secret stipulation in the will. I was not
allowed to reveal that stipulation until this time. Only the painting of
the son would be
auctioned. Whoever bought that painting would inherit the entire estate,
including the paintings.
The man who took the son gets
everything!"
God gave His son 2,000 years ago to die
on a cruel cross. Much like the auctioneer, His message today is:
"The son, the son, who'll take the son?"
Because, you see, whoever takes the Son gets everything.
There was a man who had four sons. He
wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them each
on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance
away.
The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in summer,
and the youngest son in the fall. When
they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they
had seen.
The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted.
The second son said no it was covered with green buds and full of promise.
The third son disagreed; he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so
sweet and looked so beautiful,
it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen.
The last son disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and drooping with
fruit, full of life and
fulfillment.
The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had
each seen but only one season in the tree's life.
He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one
season, and that the essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy, and love
that come from that life can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons
are up. If you give up when it's
winter, you will miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer,
fulfillment of your fall.
Make a Right onto Believeth Blvd.
Keep straight and go through the Green Light, which is Jesus Christ.
There, you must turn onto the Bridge of Faith , which is over troubled water.
When you get off the bridge, make a Right turn and Keep Straight.
You are on the King's Highway - Heaven-bound.
Keep going for three miles: One for the Father, One for the Son, and One for the Holy Ghost.
Then exit off onto Grace Blvd.
From there, make a Right turn on Gospel Lane.
Keep Straight and then make another Right on Prayer Road .
As you go on your way, Yield Not to the traffic on Temptation Ave.
Also, avoid SIN STREET because it is a DEAD END.
Pass up Envy Drive, and Hate Avenue .
Also, pass Hypocrisy Street, Gossiping Lane, and Backbiting Blvd.
However, you have to go down Long-suffering Lane, Persecution Blvd. and Trials and Tribulations Ave.
But that's all right, because VICTORY Street is straight ahead!