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NEWS & EVENTS

This Sunday begins the season of Advent. Advent is a Christian season of preparation for Christmas, which involves waiting and reflecting on both the birth of Jesus and his promised second coming. It is a four-week period that begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas and is marked by traditions like lighting an Advent Wreath, using Advent calendars, and focusing on themes of hope, peace, joy, and love. The name “Advent” comes from the Latin word for “coming” or “arrival”. It refers to both Jesus’s first coming as a baby at Christmas and his anticipated second coming.

Sundays begin with Sunday School from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. This Sunday, December 14, Ruskin Falls will lead the class in a look back at Richard David Precht’s, Who am I?, and a look around at Christmas joys and blues.

Worship begins at 10:45 a.m.  We would delight in having you join us in-person!

Sunday, December 14, the text for Rev. Ruskin Falls’ sermon text is John 1:1-4, 14; 3:16-17.

The hymns for this Sunday are #82, “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus” and #104, “O Lord, How Shall I Meed You.”

The next sack-lunch gathering of the Cinephiles, a cinema-loving group, will be Thursday, December 18 from 11:00a.m. to 1:00p.m. This will be their last Cinephiles meeting for 2025. They will be watching We're No Angels is a 1955 American Christmas comedy film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov, Aldo Ray, Joan Bennett, Basil Rathbone, Leo G. Carroll, and Gloria Talbott. Three convicts – Joseph, Albert and Jules – escape from prison on Devil's Island in French Guiana just before Christmas and arrive at the nearby French colonial town of Cayenne on Christmas Eve. Joseph is a thief; the other two are murderers.

Wednesday, December 24 at 5:30p.m. we will have our Christmas Eve Candlelight Communion Service.

In October 2021, Ruskin published a book of sermons entitled, Metanoia and Other Sermons. The book can be ordered through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Wordsworth. You can find more information about the book at this link: Metanoia and Other Sermons

Unless otherwise designated, money given to our church is placed in what we call the General Fund, through which we cover our regular operating and mission expenses. We also have two special funds through which we fund our work. They are: the Cliff and Audie Lee Jones Ministry Fund, for helping people in financial crisis toward courage, hope, and new opportunity; and the Building Fund, for tending to our building, grounds, and furnishings beyond regular upkeep and maintenance. To donate to these special funds, simply note on your check or envelope the fund you are giving to or you can donate through our website (click the “Donations” button).