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SUNDAY 8:30 A.M.
- Traditional format and music
Welcome
Lighting of the Advent Wreath
Acts of Fellowship
218-It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Apostles’ Creed
Prayer
Special Music Orphans from Imagine Christmas
Offering
Doxology
Scripture, Isaiah 16:4-5
Testimony Bunky Frey
219-What Child Is This?
Sermon
Communion
Congregational Response
Healing Prayer
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SUNDAY 10 A.M.
- Contemporary format and music
Friend of God
Cherub Choir - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Welcome
Lighting of the Advent Wreath
Acts of Fellowship
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Prayer
Special Music - Orphans from Imagine Christmas
Offering
Scripture, Isaiah 16:4-5
Testimony Bunky Frey
What Child Is This?
Sermon
Communion - O Little Town of Bethlehem
Congregational Response
Healing Prayer
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Healing Prayer
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IMAGINE CHRISTMAS IS ALMOST HERE
Mark your calendar and plan to join us on Dec. 9 at 7 p.m., Dec. 10 at 2 p.m. or 6 p.m. or Dec. 11 at 6 p.m. for a Christmas musical presented by our Shout youth. All performances are free, open to the community, and kid-friendly. Childcare will be provided for those age two and younger.
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BIPOLAR SUPPORT GROUP CHRISTMAS LUNCH
The Bipolar Support Group will be meeting on Thursday, Dec. 8 in the Spirit Cafe. The meeting is noon-1:30 p.m. with a Christmas lunch served at the beginning of the meeting. If possible, please bring some cookies for the cookie exchange. There also will be music and games. The support group is for those with Bipolar, their families and friends.
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WRAP IT UP
On Dec. 20 from 6:30-8;30 p.m. we will be hosting a Wrap It Up Party for our Share-A-Christmas families. The families are able to see what their children are getting. We need volunteers to be our “elves” during the party to help our families wrap their gifts. Contact Heather Hammel to help sort the gifts before Dec. 20 or to be an “elf” the evening of Dec. 20 (hhammel@hempfieldumc.org, 285-5156 x246).
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SENIOR ADULT CHRISTMAS DINNER AND MUSICAL
Join us on Wednesday December 14 at noon as we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We will have our own dinner theatre! We will start with a festive Christmas dinner. (Due to limited seating, this portion of the day’s events is only open to HUMC Senior Adults – Click HERE to sign up) Our dinner will be followed at 1 p.m. by Christmas musical program, which is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Please feel free to invite your friends and family to come to the show, Joy to the World, presented by Servant Stage. Click HERE for more information about the show.
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VOLUNTEERS FOR DEC. 10 NEEDED
Youth and adults are needed to help prepare and serve the meal to our community members who have been invited to a dinner on Saturday, Dec. 10 from 4:30-5:30 p.m. Sign up now at bit.ly/2gbx315 or contact Brandon Weese, Events Coordinator (bweese@hempfieldumc.org).
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GIFTS THAT GIVE HOPE
The Alternative Gift Fair inspires hope with a unique shopping experience. Gifts That Give Hope celebrates its ninth year spreading holiday cheer through alternative giving. Visit the Lancaster Farm and Home Center on Saturday, Dec. 10 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for a truly unique shopping experience.
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REMEMBRANCE POINSETTIAS AVAILABLE
You may purchase a poinsettia in memory or honor of a loved one this Christmas. Remembrance Poinsettia cards are in the lobby for you to complete and include with your $5 donation (checks made payable to HUMC). Instructions and more information available in the lobby. Poinsettias may be picked up after the 10 p.m. Christmas Eve service.
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QUIET CHRISTMAS SERVICE TODAY
Quiet Christmas is a service of hope and renewal to honor the loss and heartache experienced this past year. The service is today at 2 p.m. in the sanctuary.
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CHRISTMAS WITH KIDSTUF
Choose to spend some quality time with your family this Christmas season at Kidstuf. We have two Advent productions, so mark your calendar. Dec. 7 at 6:30 p.m. is “Foretweeting” where we will look at God’s promise of a Savior. Dec 21 at 6:30 p.m. is #JOY - Let’s celebrate that Jesus is born! KidStuf is changing our community, one family at a time.
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SERVE OTHERS THIS ADVENT
- Spread the Hope found in Christ by providing a gift for a local family through Share-A-Christmas (formerly known as the Giving Tree). Simply take a card from our tree in the lobby, sign out that ornament at the accompanying lobby table, go shopping, and return the gifts unwrapped (unless the tag says to wrap the gift). Contact Heather Hammel (hhammel@hempfieldumc.org) with questions.
- Show your Love for Christ by serving as a building steward. God has blessed our church with a beautiful building and we show Him thanks and love by taking care of our building. Sign up in the lobby today.
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ADVENT, CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY
- Quiet Christmas service on Dec. 4 at 2 p.m.
- Imagine Christmas, a musical performed by Shout on Dec. 8, 9, 10
- Christmas Dinner and Show on Dec. 14 at noon
- KidStuf Christmas productions on Dec. 7 & 21 at 6:30 p.m.
- Christmas Eve worship services
- Each service tells the biblical story of Christmas and how we still see Hope, Love, Joy and Peace in our world today. Each service is also family-friendly in its pacing and content.
- 4 p.m. (with nursery, traditional carols with a string quartet, piano and organ)
- 6 p.m. (with nursery, traditional and contemporary songs and a choir)
- 8 p.m. (with traditional and contemporary songs and a choir)
- 10 p.m. (with traditional carols, organ and communion)
- HUMC has an annual Christmas Eve food drive to help address food insecurity in Lancaster County. Will you join us in feeding our community? Bring your non-perishable and canned goods to donate on Christmas Eve.
- Christmas Day worship service at 10 a.m. with a carol-sing
- New Years Day worship services at 8:30 a.m. and 10 a.m.
Go to hempfieldumc.org for details on any of the above.
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