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December Events

HOLIDAY HOURS/SCHEDULE

We will be closed for Thanksgiving on Nov. 28-29, for Christmas Dec. 24-26, and New Year's Day Jan. 1.
In His Service, Session, Youth Game Night, and the Doris Betts Book Club will not meet in December.

THIS SUNDAY, December 1

Last day to bring in your unwrapped gifts for the Salvation Army Angel Tree. Contact Lee Sullivan with any questions.

THIS SUNDAY, December 1, following worship

Meet in the nursery after church to practice for the Christmas skit.

December 7, 8am

Men’s Breakfast in the Fellowship Hall (first Saturday of every month)

December 8, 12pm

Second Sunday Lunch, Crafts, and Parade! For this month’s Second Sunday Lunch, we have invited the Mt. Zion AME church to join us for soup and fellowship before the Pittsboro Christmas parade! We will have crafts for adults and children between lunch and the parade (which starts at 3:00pm). Bring a pot of soup or a loaf of bread if you can (or just your regular Sunday lunch), and plan to stay for lunch, then crafts and then the parade! We will also have hot chocolate and hot apple cider for people along the parade route!

December 12, 6-8pm

Kids Fun Night at PPC! Free event for pre-K through elementary kids. Includes crafts, coloring activities, movies, and more! (2nd Thursday of every month)

December 14, 9:30am

Women’s Breakfast at Virlie’s Grill (2nd Saturday of every month)

December 15, during worship

We’ll be having a Christmas skit performed during service.

December 15, 12pm

Mission and Service meeting

December 19, 7pm

Eco-justice meeting

> > Mark your calendars for January 12th. We'll be having our annual congregational meeting after worship to report the budget and elect any needed people to the nominations committee.

>> Visit our website for a full list of events.

>> All are welcome to attend the committee meetings, breakfasts, and the Session meeting each month.

View the PPC calendar on our website here. Some paper copies (with birthdays) are also available on the book shelf outside of the nursery.

Keith appreciates the 30+ birthday cards sent by the church.

Christmas cards to Keith can be sent to:
Genesis Siler City Center
900 West Dolphin St.
Siler City, NC 27344-3711

We had a great Kids Fun Night in November! Join us again on December 12th at 6pm.

Announcements

Session meeting highlights:

The operating and capital budgets were approved for 2020.
There will be a congregational meeting on Sunday, January 12, for the purposes of presenting information on the pastor’s salary, present the budget, name the officers, and nominate members of the nominating committee.
Communion will be by intinction at the Christmas Eve and Jan 5 services.

Survey of Questions, Insights, and Ideas

We want to hear from you! Study special topics with the pastor to engage some of the most cutting-edge scholarship about the gospel to date. Grab a survey from the hallway table, mark topics of interest and your schedule’s availability and (optionally) include your name so the first session can be announced for January!

Questions, Insights and Ideas—they bubble up all the time in various groups of the church and individually. Now we can finally start collecting those you’re willing to share. They’re anonymous, and will become available to groups or announced in newsletters to help us be in better dialogue with each other and the Holy Spirit. Grab a form from the hallway table!

Want a visit? Simply put your name and phone number in the attendance book and write “would like a visit” to receive a call and visit this week from the pastor.

Adult Sunday School Class

The Adult Sunday school class will be using a book by Dietrich Bonhoeffer titled God is in the Manger: Reflections on Advent and Christmas beginning December 1st (with devotional readings beginning November 25th). They include forty-one devotions that thematically guide and inspire us with scriptures, prayers and words of hope.

Kids Fun Nights and Youth Game Nights

Starting in September, PPC will host monthly events for both kids (pre-K through elementary) and youth (middle and high school). Kids Fun Nights will be every second Thursday evening from 6-8pm and will include activities such as crafts, coloring activities, and movies. Youth Game Nights will be every 4th Friday evening from 7-9pm. Youth should bring their gaming systems and favorite video games. Registration forms and more details will be posted soon. Email Evan at evan@pittsboropres.org with any questions.

Devotionals Available

We have Jesus Calling devotionals available for $15. The daily messages inside are both highly accessible and deep. Contact Rev. Evan if you’d like one (or more).

A Note from the Pastor

The December newsletter is going out right around Thanksgiving and I can’t help but give thanks for God’s faithfulness to this congregation and the generosity with which people in this congregation respond. Thanks to your gifts, amazing ministry has been able to happen throughout this year at PPC. Even with our endowments, PPC worship services, studies, and generosity to the community simply would not have been possible without your financial gifts, service and involvement.

Matthew’s account of the Magi shows that giving to God is not measured in sheer cash-value, but from the intensity with which it is given (see also Matt 26:13). In Chapter 2, Matthew describes Magi who came an incredible distance to bring rich and symbolic gifts to the young Jesus. Consider the time it took them, the sand storms they weathered, the other things they could have done in the comfort of their homes. They wanted so badly to give this gift that even as all-knowing astrologers, they asked the current King of Judea where to find this new “king of the Jews.”

I don’t want my gifts to the church to simply be some checks with numbers or time and energy that I take for granted. I want to give out of awe, wonder and excitement—both for glimpses of God I have already seen, and to see what God will do next. How intensely and joyfully can we give to God this year through a local congregation? It doesn’t matter whether we give more or less than the person in that pew over there.

Holy God, please allow us to give out of gratitude, joy and excitement that we may better see how we fit into the larger narrative of your kingdom.

May the blessings of peace, the beauty of hope, the comfort of faith, and the spirit of love be your presents this Christmas season!

Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

PPC Info

December Ushers
Martha Adcox and Susie Eckblad

Office Hours
Monday & Wednesday 8:30am-4pm
Thursday 8:30am-3pm

Pastor’s Office Hours
Monday & Wednesday 10am-12pm or by appointment

Pastor Visits
Sign up for a visit using the notebook across from the church study, visiting https://evanvisit.setmore.com/ or contacting him directly.

Contact
Office: office@pittsboropres.org, (919) 542-4702
Evan: evan@pittsboropres.org, (919) 200-1970

PPC Mailing Address:
PO Box 713, Pittsboro 27312

Online at www.PittsboroPres.org:
• Submit an event for the PPC calendar, newsletter, and/or Facebook on our website here.
• Sorry to miss a service? Wish someone could have heard the sermon today? Watch past sermons online h ere.

Solar Panel Info
You can now logon to see PPC’s solar production, energy consumption, its environmental impact, and more.

Visit https://monitoring.solaredge.com.
Username: pittsboropres@gmail.com
Password: Solar4702

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