Tidings of Peace Online ~November 18, 2009
GOOD AFTERNOON!
DON’T FORGET TO LOOK AT THE ATTACHMENTS: TAKING FAITH HOME!
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THIS WEEK AT PEACE:
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Wednesday, November 18 – Bonfire Remembrance Day
1:00pm GIFT
5:30pm LYO Team Meeting
6:30pm Confirmation
6:30pm LYO
7:30pm Adult Choir Practice
Thursday, November 19
7:00pm Toastmasters
Friday, November 20
6:00pm Girl Scout Troop 9553
Sunday, November 22 – Christ the King Sunday
Poinsettias on Sale
8:15am Early Service
9:30am Sunday School
10:45am Ragsdale/Schlinke Baptism
10:45am Late Service
4:00pm Boy Scouts
Monday, November 23
NEWSLETTER DAY!
7:00pm Aggie Lutheran Treehouse
Tuesday, November 24
6:30am Men's Bible Study
11:30am Piecemakers
7:00pm Boy Scouts
Wednesday, November 25
CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED
1:00pm GIFT
6:30pm Thanksgiving Eve Worship
7:30pm Adult Choir Practice
Thursday, November 26 -- Thanksgiving
CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED
Sunday, November 29
Baptismal Remembrance for November
Poinsettias on
8:15am Early Service
9:30am Great Adventure Youth Group Activity
9:30am Adult Sunday School
10:45am Late Service
Monday, November 30
Tuesday, December 1
6:30am Men's Breakfast
9:30am Bible Study
11:30am Piecemakers
Wednesday, December 2
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HIGHLIGHTS FOR NOVEMBER:
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Order your Christmas Poinsettias THIS SUNDAY THROUGH DECEMBER 6TH! Help decorate the church sanctuary with Christmas Poinsettias. Cost is $10 per plant and may be given in memory or in honor of a loved one. Or...if preferred, you may donate the cost of a poinsettia to Peace’s Social Concerns Ministry. Order forms are available in Sunday Bulletins, by email, in the Narthex, or Church Office. Orders are due by Dec. 6th at noon. Church office: 979-693-4403 or office@peacelutheranbcs.org.
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November 25-27th—The Church office will be closed for the Thanksgiving Holiday.
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November 22nd—W.E.L.C.A. presents “Thank Offering Sunday”—Thank offerings are offerings given as an expression of thanks. There are moments in each day when we can and should be thankful to God. It can be something as significant as a child’s first step, a recovery from illness, or landing a new job. It can be something as ordinary as seeing your child off to school complete with lunch and home-work, making it home safely after rush hour on the bypass, or listening to bird calls while walking through your back yard.
When any of these significant or ordinary moments happen, we can say thank you to God. We Lutheran women also have a tradition of combining our prayer of thanks with an offering gift, a thank offering. That’s why we have (in the past) those cardboard boxes known as Thank offering boxes. When that moment happens and we are thankful, we place an offering into the box as a further expression of our thanks.
On Sunday, Nov. 15th, special envelopes for your Thank offering will be handed out at both services. They are to be returned on the following Sunday, Nov. 22nd. As good stewards of the bounty of blessings received, respond with a thankful heart.
W.E.L.C.A. is an acronym for Women of the
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November 23rd—P.L.A.Y. & Pies. All youth 3rd through 6th grade are invited to join the P.L.A.Y. Group in making Thanksgiving Pies for the Twin City Mission on Monday, November 23rd at 5:30 PM in the kitchen at Peace Lutheran Church. We hope to bring joy to the families in need at the Mission through our delicious pies. Please join us for this wonderful service project and enjoy the fellowship of this thankful holiday! For more information, contact Megan Reynolds at 979-574-3361.
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NOVEMBER 24TH—CONFIRMATION YOUTH & PIES. All Confirmation Youth are encouraged to join us in making Thanksgiving Pies for the Twin City Mission on Tuesday, November 24th at 6:30 PM in the kitchen at Peace Lutheran Church. Please join us for this fun and wonderful service project! For more information, contact Donna Adcock at 979-774-4515 or donfly@suddenlink.net.
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NOVEMBER 24TH—
Each year Peace families support our community at Thanksgiving by providing homemade pies to the Twin City Mission's annual Thanksgiving dinner at their Community Cafe. The TCM has moved into bigger quarters, and has a much larger café & kitchen facility now. As a result of the economic downturn, their family shelter rooms have been full since they opened the new building this summer. There are currently 7 families with 15 children, and a total of about 100 people staying at The Bridge shelter. In addition to the shelter residents, the staff and anyone from the community is served a free Thanksgiving
Please sign up on the board in the narthex starting Nov 8th. The pies need to be either dropped at the TCM (410
It is a great service project for kids and families to bake pies and talk about Thanksgiving, then the sight of so many pies in our kitchen all going to help needy folks celebrate the same holiday together is so heartwarming. Please consider giving to others this year, either through this project or one of the many other service opportunities available in the community.
Thanks,
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November 25th—Thanksgiving Eve Service. Join us on the Eve of Thanksgiving at
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November 29th—December 6th—The annual Angel Tree benefiting the Twin City Mission and the Family Promise program will be in the Narthex. Please take a "wish," fill it, and bring it back wrapped with the identifying tag by Dec 13th. Generic gift certificates also accepted for gas stations, HEB, Wal-Mart, bus coupons, FIT for Kids child care, etc. Contact Bari Creager for more information at 979-218-0768 or bari.creager@gmail.com.
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November & December—The Adults Caring for Aging Parents Group will not meet the months of November, nor December. We will resume our discussion of Chapter 4 in January 2010.
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December 3rd—First Thursday Gathering. The Sanctuary will be opened at
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December 3rd—The Fellowship Committee will meet after the 1st Thursday meal to finalize plans for the “Twelfth Night” Celebration. For more information, contact Rebecca Bardenhagen at 979-690-5935.
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December 6th—Peace Book Club... Peace Book Club will meet at
Our other dates/books are:
January 24- Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
March 21- Praying for Reform: Luther, Prayer and the Christian Life by William R. Russell
May 16- Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller
Contact: Stephanie Gossett at (979) 574-1617 or stephg06@live.com for more information.
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December 6th—December 13th—Family Promise Host Week. The Family Promise guests will start arriving on December 6th for their week-long stay at Peace. We will have 4 families for a total of 13 guests. Volunteers are needed to help with the hospitality throughout their stay with us in our church home There are many ways to help! Check out our sign-up sheet in the narthex starting November 15th. We will need maximum volunteer coverage as we have a large group this time. Please consider this as a family opportunity to share our blessings with those in need. Provide homeless families with a safe, comfortable, and homelike environment during their visit with us at Peace. For more information, please contact Bari Creager at 979-218-0768 or bari.creager@gmail.com, or Laura Gonzalez at 979-229-7520 or lgonzalez@medlib.tamu.edu.
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December 6TH—BV CHURCH PANTRY DAY. Help stock the Church Pantry. Please bring non-perishable food items to church on Sunday to help feed the hungry in the Brazos Valley. You may also bring toiletries such as soap, shampoo, diapers, toothpaste, etc. Look for the white wicker trunk/basket in the Narthex near the Cry Room. For more information, contact Ted Hazen at thazen@verizon.net.
Brazos Church Pantry Update...Retirees, college students, stay-at-home parents...Can you help one day a week for two hours, or maybe over the Christmas break? The hours that help is needed in on Monday & Wednesday,
The Church pantry located at 304-A
PLEASE NOTE: The pantry has no facilities for children under the age of 16 years, and the pantry phone is not answered as it is for information only.
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December 7th—women’s christmas party. 'Tis the season & It’s sneaking up fast! The 2009 Women’s Christmas Social will be held on December 7th at
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DECEMBER 10TH— The "TWO OR MORE" group will meet at
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December 13th—Christmas chorale sunday. Save the date for the Christmas Worship & Choir Concert at both 8:15 AM and
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December 13th—P.L.A.Y. Christmas Shopping Day for The Bridge. All youth 3rd—6th grade are invited to join the P.L.A.Y. Group in their annual shopping trip to Wal-Mart to purchase Christmas gifts for longterm care dorm residents at the Twin City Mission (The Bridge) homeless shelter sponsored by Thrivent for Lutherans Care in Communities program funds. Meet at the Peace parking lot after 2nd service. We’ll shop, then return to Peace to wrap gifts, and enjoy pizza & snacks. Adults are needed to help. Please bring a roll of Christmas wrapping paper (or gift bags & tissue), gift tags, and $4 for the pizza & snacks. For more information, please contact Bari Creager at 979-218-0768 or bari.creager@gmail.com.
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DEcember 20th—Peace Christmas Celebration. This is the Children’s Christmas Program that will be presented at the
All Children & Youth (2 years -High School) are needed to help. Sign up this Sunday on the Sign-up sheets found in the Bulletin.
Rehearsal Dates: 12/5, 12/12, 12/19
Rehearsal Time:
Adults—We need your help to make this special day successful. Below please indicate what you can provide or help organize:
*Assist with Rehearsals (lead youth through their parts at the rehearsals)
*Snacks (bring and be in charge of snacks at rehearsals)
*Costumes (help organize and pass out costumes)
*Provide Musical Talent (We are looking for High school youth with musical talent)
*Extras (to help to controlled the chaos.)
*Props help with set up and take down of any props used in worship
*Other (please indicate)
Questions? Contact Angela Fleeger @ 979-693-4403 or angela@peacelutheranbcs.org.
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WEEKLY GATHERINGS:
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EVERY TUESDAY MORNING—BIBLE STUDY meets at
BIBLE STUDY HOLIDAY SCHEDULE:
November 24th ~ Cancelled
December 1st ~ Class begins at 9:30 AM
December 8th ~ Class begins at 9:30 AM
December 15th ~ Class begins at 9:30 AM
December 22nd ~ Cancelled
December 29th ~ Cancelled
January 5th ~ Cancelled
January 12th ~ Cancelled
We will resume the regular class schedule of every Tuesday morning at
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EVERY WEDNESDAY—ADULT CHOIR PRACTICE meets every Wednesday at