Northside Presbyterian Church Weekly eUpdate |
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Coming Sunday and Beyond
This Sunday is the Fourth Sunday of Advent. Linda's message is “Being Dad (Love).” The choir will perform "Mary, Did You Know?" to enhance the worship service. Kay and Joe Hunnings will light the fourth Advent candle. We will also collect the Christmas Joy offering.
The Christmas Eve candlelight service will be on Wednesday, Dec. 23, at 7:30 p.m. The service on Sunday, Dec. 28, will be a service of carols and spiritual songs.
Bruce will not be in the office next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 23 and 24. The church office will be closed from Christmas Day, Dec. 25, until Jan. 2.
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Christmas Joy
After the choir performed its beautiful cantata for the worship service, everyone enjoyed the Joy Gift lunch. The main dish was ham, with a variety of side dishes brought by members and friends. As always, the dessert table was loaded with goodies. After the lunch, there was an interactive program that involved all in telling the Christmas story.
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Scholarship Award The National Council on Family Relations awarded to Aran Garnett-Deakin the Cindy Winter Scholarship Award, which honors a student or new professional who has demonstrated outstanding leadership/service in the discipline of Family Science. Congratulations, Aran!
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Annual Reports It's coming up on that time again -- annual reports are due to be presented at the congregational meeting in January. Chairs of each committee and those in leadership positions should begin compiling your notes and data so you can have your full written report to Bruce by Dec. 30. Format isn't important because the content will be dropped into a template. Please email your report to secretary.northside@gmail.com |
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Monday Night Supper
The meal on Monday was lasagna, cucumbers and tomatoes or green beans, fruit and cookies and chicken nuggets when the lasagna ran out. We served 101 meals. Thank you to The whole Green family (Cory, Lisa, Henry, Izzy, and Ella), Ann Marie and Maria, Barbara, George and Marge, Susan, Marshall, Alex, Georgia, Linda, Heidi and Bruce for volunteering.
We will not give meals on Dec. 22 and 29 due to the holidays and travel. We will resume on Jan. 5.
Volunteers to help prepare and pack meals are always welcome and needed. |
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Volunteers -- December 21 Nursery:
Usher:
Greeter: Kay
Fellowship:
Scripture: Rosemary Candle Lighters: Kay and Joe Hunnings |
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Officer on CallDec. 14-20 Forest Arnold 443-757-2223
Dec. 21-27 Ann Marie 540-392-2490
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There are a number of open slots for volunteer service. See https://www.northsidebburg.org/volsign/ to sign up. |
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Homebound Members For those wishing to keep in touch with our homebound members, here are some addresses: |
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Janis Brown Heritage Hall, Room 307
3610 S. Main St.
Blacksburg VA 24060
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Nedra Underwood English Meadows #112 3400 South Point Drive Blacksburg, VA 24060
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Harvey Sowers 140 Maple Dr. Christiansburg, VA 24073
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Sue and Joe Herbein 6964 Pinehurst Place Radford, VA 24141
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Jan and Leon Geyer
English Meadows #242
3400 South Point Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24060
Jan is now in Kroontje for rehab after her fall.
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Mary Rhodes English Meadows #H116 3400 South Point Drive Blacksburg, VA 24060
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Betty Simpkins
1910 Meadowbrook Dr. N.W.
Blacksburg VA 24060
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Pastoral Care "Offer prayers and petitions in the Spirit all the time." – Eph. 6.18 Please be in prayer for: |
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Jan and Leon Geyer Matthew Harper Betty Manus Margaret Bender Kristin Adams Elnathan Rathjen Robyn Gregg Brenda Payne Keith Wright Michael Schreiber Jeff Kallas - Bronwyn’s husband Wes Dickerson Our Monday Night Congregation Cody - Darrell’s brother in law |
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Lindsay Salany Mary Rhodes Asa Peeples Lea & Ricky Teasdale Christy Knox Lavetta Cumbee Daniel, Erika, and Ted Harper June Rieley Bob Dawson – Jane's friend Kathleen Bonelli - Jane's sister-in-law Mary Jones - Jane's aunt Deanie Heath Andrew Harper Rylan Lester |
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Please let the church office know if names should be added to or removed from the list. They will remain on the list for a month unless we are told otherwise. |
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Coming Events
• Dec. 17 7:30 pm Choir Practice
• Dec. 21 All Day Christmas Joy Offering
• Dec. 21 10:00 am Worship
• Dec. 23 3:45 pm Food Pantry
• Dec. 24 All Day Christmas Season Begins
• Dec. 24 7:30 pm Christmas Eve Service
• Dec. 25-Jan. 2 Church Office Closed
• Dec. 28 10:00 am Worship - Carol Sing
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Lectionary for Sunday Isaiah 7:10–16 Psalm 80:1–7, 17–19 Romans 1:1–7 Matthew 1:18–25
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“Welcome home!
Come walk with us!” |
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Northside Presbyterian Church, reflecting the love of God, celebrates inclusion and diversity. Whoever you are, whatever your ancestry, ability, or identity, you are made in God’s image. Wherever you are in your faith journey, come as you are. We welcome you and invite you to walk with us. (adopted by the Session, April 21, 2024) |
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DO YOU KNOW? You have an online way to support Northside! Your REGULAR OFFERING, PLEDGE, OR 2 CENTS A MEAL. Go to the page on our church website (northsidebburg.org), and click the button. OR just scan the QR code below to take you there: |
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The rainbow flag was created by paul2520 based on the original Daniel Quasar version, which was released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License ([1]).Colors: “5 half sized stripes representing trans and non-binary individuals (light blue, light pink, white), marginalized POC communities (brown, black), as well as those living with AIDS and the stigma and prejudice surrounding them, and those who have been lost to the disease (black)”. [2], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=92282672
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