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Dearly Beloved,

I have encouraged Hope Chapel to share the Christmas story with someone before Christmas day.  Or, in lieu of the Christmas story, to share the gospel of Jesus or one’s own testimony of salvation.

Just in case you desire to bear witness to Jesus in this season, but have not found an opportunity to do so, all is not lost!

I have developed a document I have prepared for my family’s use which includes the main portions of the Christmas story and a list of characters with both speaking and non-speaking roles.  You can find the Word.docx here and the .pdf file here.

My hope is that in your family time on Christmas day you will find time to read the story as a group, passing around the task of serving as the narrator, and finding small figurines or statuettes or even paper cut-outs to serve in place of the characters in the story.

The idea is a simple one:  as the narrator approaches a speaking role someone assumes that part and reads out the words of that character.  This can be accompanied by the holding up of the symbol for that character.  A very large group of people can be included in the story with this methodology.

Feel free to conduct the reading in whatever way suits your family unit.  This will be a blessing to all and, perhaps, will morph into a cherished family tradition.

–geno

Again, it is our Annual Christmas Giving Season for our dear missionary friends.  In December (4, 11, 18) we hope to remember and give to our workers, both here in the USA and overseas, as a Christmas blessing for all their work to serve the Lord throughout the year.

In the coffee area, right outside the sanctuary, there are three tables with a description of each workers’ ministry, and supplied with Christmas cards and stationary. Our workers would love to hear from us – even the little ones can send pictures and messages!  Hope Global Team will gather these and send them on to the workers by the end of December.

In the front foyer is a Christmas Giving Tree where your whole family can pull an ornament (or several!) off the tree and place it in the envelope provided. HGT will collect and record these after each service. Don’t forget to mark the amount and your name on the envelope.

Thank you for participating and we hope this Christmas season is a blessing to you as well!

Come hear about specifics of our building remodel and discuss how Sunday services and other meetings will be conducted. Meal at 5:30;  meeting is from 6:30-8:00 PM. 

Please NOTE: there will be no regular Hope group meetings that evening.

We regret that the deadline has now passed to reserve child care.

Dearly Beloved,

Several folks have asked me how we as a congregation will follow-up our weekend conference with Sally Gary.  While we are in the incipient stages of answering that question at this point, I thought it would be good to make a few suggestions and solicit your ideas.

I have posted several ideas on my blog here.  Please take a look and offer your suggestions for moving forward.

Thanks,

–geno

Since Hope Chapel is in renovation mode, we are changing choir practice time on November 19 to begin at 9am and to end by 10:30 so that, after practice, choir members who are able to can join in on the workday, which should already be in progress.  These are exciting times!

Singers, please mark your calendars and join us, one and all!!  Choir always proves to be fun and fruitful endeavor.

Contact Deb Dorman (deb@thedormans.com) or text Jennifer Boltz at 512-659-1472