“Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.” Mk. 9:50b
Devotion for the fourth week of Advent
Time to prepare our hearts for Jesus’ birth.
This week: LOVE
Read: Luke 1:39-55
Ponder: But God is present in reality no matter what unreality our practices and our ponderings imply. He is forever trying to establish communication; forever aware of the wrong directions we are taking and wishing to warn us; forever offering solutions for the problems that baffle us; forever standing at the door of our loneliness, eager to bring us such comradeship as the most intelligent living mortal could not supply; forever clinging to our indifference in the hope that someday our needs, or at least our tragedies will waken us to respond to his advances.
-Albert Edward Day
Devotion for Christmas
Celebrate the birth of Jesus.
Read: Luke 1:1-20
Ponder: Loving Jesu, gentle Lamb, in thy gracious hands I am; Make me, Saviour, what thou art! Live thyself within my heart. I shall then show forth thy praise; Serve thee all my happy days; Then the world shall always see Christ, the Holy Child, in me.
-Charles Wesley
DONUTS have returned! Thanks for adding some sweetness to your life and supporting our youth and young adults!
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8th “Dig Deeper” gathered to celebrate Advent and Christmas.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12th we packed 120 lunches for OPEN DOOR. Thank you, Chapel Hill for continuing to support our volunteer work in the community. At UMYF on Sunday afternoon we celebrated with a Christmas Party!
Sunday, Dec. 5th: Zaina Salman, Dallas Dismuke, Lucas Smith & Addi Gutzmer
ILLUMINATIONS on Sunday, Dec. 5th:
Illuminations set-up at BOTANICA, Sunday Nov. 14th:
Thanks for volunteering in our community!
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31st featured our Youth & Young Adults in worship. Thank you youth & young adults for your leadership and service!
Enjoy the service with this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obTKeh4HTnk
SUNDAY SCHOOL on Dec. 26th & Jan. 2nd at 9:30 a.m. Come celebrate the Feast of Christmas & Epiphany!
All youth meet @ 9:30 in LL4 on Dec. 26th & Jan. 2nd
Sunday School at 9:30 & Worship at 11:00! Sunday School is a time to catch up with friends & youth sponsors, see what’s on the horizon, learn, grow in faith & be in Christian community.
PRAYER:
Almighty God,
may the transforming power
of your Gospel
be at work in my life today and always.
Amen.
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*CALENDAR NOTES:
Sunday School: Sundays @ 9:30 a.m. Middle School (6th-8th grades) & High School (9th-12th + grades)
Worship: Sundays @ 11:00 a.m.
UMYF: Sunday afternoons
- UMYF resumes in 2022!
WEDNESDAYS: “Dig Deeper”
- We’ll start up again in 2022!
- All high school & young adults are welcome to join us–we’ll connect & dig deeper together!
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May the Lord bless you and keep you, May the Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you, May the Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace. Shalom. -Numbers 6: 24-26
God is Good. All the Time.
Heidi K. Greenwood Doell Director of Youth & Young Adult Ministries