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A Christmas message from Rev. Megan Johnson, Associate Pastor.
Join us this Sunday, December 22 for Advent IV: Love
Dr. Mark Brewer "Proclaim: Love" Isaiah 7:10-16

8:15 a.m. Prayer (Library)
9:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship
10:15 a.m. Discipleship
11:15 a.m. Traditional Worship
Join us this Tuesday, December 24 for Christmas Eve at NAPC!
Church offices will close at 12 p.m. noon

Christmas Eve Worship - 
All services will conclude with the lighting of candles.


The 4:00 p.m. Christmas Eve Family Celebrations are kid-friendly and perfect for families who want to get home in time for dinner and an early bedtime. Come sing familiar Christmas carols, hear a Christmas message written for all ages, and celebrate the light of Jesus Christ! 

The 7:00 p.m. Acoustic Christmas Eve Worship Service is a reflective time that leads us through the joy of a Savior coming, the magnitude of that gift, and offers the space to begin processing what that good news really means for us.

The 10:00 p.m. Christmas Eve Candlelight Communion Service is a special way to joyfully celebrate the entrance of Jesus Christ into the world. 
Sunday, December 29 -  Join us the First Sunday of Christmas for one combined morning worship service at 11:15 a.m. (No Discipleship). The Rev. Dr. Fahed Abu-Akel will be preaching on Acts 1:1-8 “You will be my witnesses."
NAPC Holiday Hours:

Tuesday, December 24, 2019  - church offices will close at 12 p.m. noon 
Wednesday, December 25 - Thursday, December 26 - church offices closed. Merry Christmas!
Friday, December 27 - 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Monday, December 30 - 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, December 31 - 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Wednesday, January 1 - church offices will be closed.
Happy New Year!
Thursday, January 2 - church office normal hours resume
Chinese Christmas Market - Come do some last-minute Christmas shopping and take home a beautiful cloisonne bell, bracelets, or other special arts items unique to China! These proceeds support the many Bibles and videos, children’s Bibles, and materials used for sharing the message of Christ with our Chinese friends. Please come by and visit our table in the alcove behind the fellowship hall. December 8, 15 and 22. 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Community Dinners -  Join your North Avenue neighbors for time to connect and share a potluck dinner in homes around the city. We will celebrate Epiphany together, the wise men’s visit to the Christ child. Visit www.napc.org/connections for more information and to RSVP. The purpose of these gatherings is to create space for us as a church to know one another and care for one another better. Our first neighborhood gathering was a great launch with 214 North Avenue people gathered in eleven homes around the city to enjoy good food and connection. Come be part of this fellowship.  Contact Kim Goldsmith, Connections Coordinator kim@napc.org with any questions.  Sign up for a group here.  
But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? Everything comes from You, and we have given You only what comes from Your hand. 1 Chronicles 29:14

Generosity - With the end of the year, it is especially important that your 2019 pledges are fulfilled and your pledges for 2020 are submitted. This church can clearly be described as one of extravagant generosity and it is particularly evident during Advent and Christmas. As our pastor nominating committee works diligently to call a new senior pastor/head of staff to join us in the coming year, let us all help steward the great gift of North Avenue Presbyterian Church by ending the year in black, fulfilling the promises we made to our church and mission partners, and making an impact in the world and community around us. For next year, let us commit the resources/pledges necessary to fully support our many programs and missions. The need is no less than it has been in the past. Every gift makes a difference! 

 
You can give and pledge online at www.napc.org. Pledge cards are also available in the pews and information stations. Any questions, please reach out to Kenny Kyle at 404-875-0431 x222 or kenny@napc.org.



 
Pledge online here at www.napc.org/pledge or drop off your pledge card at the church or place in the offering plate in worship. For questions or further information, contact Kenny at kenny@napc.org.
Pop-Up Mission Conference – Save the date for Sunday, Jan. 19, for our next Mission Conference. David Roth, Director of Memorial Drive Ministries (MDM) will be speaking at a combined worship service at 10:15 a.m. followed by a church-wide potluck. we will get to sample cookies from JUST Bakery and also be able to purchase items from the Amani Women’s Center, which are both a part of MDM. Keep an eye out for more information in the new year!
 
Combined Worship Service:  10:15 a.m.
Potluck immediately following.
No Discipleship hour.

Parking Changes - Starting, Monday, December 2, SP+ Parking, the company that leases and manages our parking garage at NAPC for the Bank of America building, will be actively parking cars there again for the first time since the SHINE renovation project started.

This will mean that, on Monday – Friday, from 7a.m. until 7p.m. access to the upper deck and half of the lower deck will be gated and limited to their tenants. Our staff, the ACS staff, and regular weekly church visitors will continue to enter off of Courtland and park in the non-gated areas.

They are providing exceptions to this for us for (1) regular Thursday morning and Second Tuesday Bible study groups; and (2) special events and funerals. Some of these events may require us to overflow our available parking into the Bank of America building’s garage as we currently do with bigger weekend events at church.

We will make available a limited number of NAPC Member hanging tags that you can keep in your car in case our primary lot is full during the week. We are working to arrange for you to be allowed into the gated parking area if you have such a hanging tag. If you don’t happen to have a hanging tag and our side of the lot is full, just drive up to the gate, press the intercom button to call the attendant, and let him/her know that you are a member of North Avenue and you will be granted access. (Gates will automatically open for you on the way out.) You may need to do the same after 5 p.m. Monday – Friday.

We will also need to start enforcing parking rules again, so don’t leave your vehicle parked in our limited parking spaces for any length of time without some identification.

I am sure there will be issues that come up. Please make us aware of them as they arise and we will work to find a solution for it.

Contact Kenny Kyle - kenny@napc.org

Watch Worship Live – If you are out of town or unable to attend church, we invite you to watch the worship service live this Sunday at 11:15 a.m. online at: 
www.napc.org/live

Want to know more about what's happening in NAPC Children & Family Ministries? Click here to learn.  Download the December issue of the CFM Newsletter here.

Prayer Over Our Transition - The Prayer Team invites you to join us in prayer on Sundays from 8:15-8:50 a.m. in the Library, on Wednesdays set a reminder at 2 p.m. for a “Pause for Prayer” wherever you are. Information: www.napc.org/transition.

  • Prayer on Sundays. There will be silent prayer and directed prayer in the Library.
  • “Pause for Prayer” on Wednesdays at 2 p.m. Please stop where you are to pray for North Avenue through this time of transition. 

Questions/Information: Claire Hertzler, clairehertzler@gmail.com

"Now I am doing a new thing; do you not perceive it?” Isaiah 43:19  

Support NAPC Ministry & Mission

Your generous gifts make all these ministries possible. Thank you for being a part of what makes North Avenue so special as we seek to know Jesus and make him known! You can give to North Avenue here

 

December Newsletter  - Be sure you stay in the know on all that has, is, and will happen at North Avenue by reading our November Newsletter now available throughout the church and online here.  Register online for NAPC events on our events page here.

Employment - Want to join the NAPC team? We are committed (1) to knowing Jesus and to making Him known, displaying values of "radical hospitality, passionate worship, transformational faith development, risk-taking mission and service, and extravagant generosity" and (2) to helping the congregation "love and honor God in WORSHIP, GROW in the fullness of Christ, and GO into the world with the Holy Spirit."  Click here for current job openings. Please submit all applications to Kenny Kyle, Executive Director of Finance & Operations. 
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