Don't miss our Virtual Mission Gathering THIS SUNDAY, 5:30pm!!

In lieu of our annual Christmas Mission Dinner we will gather virtually for a special presentation from our children & youth, music, memories, and an opportunity to take up an offering to benefit the Lee County DHR and Salvation Army. You may make your donation at any time at www.fpcauburn.org/give by entering the amount under "Special Offerings." Click HERE at 5:30 to join us for the celebration.

As we prepare for this year's virtual Christmas Eve service we are hoping to include images of members' home Advent wreaths. If you have a wreath set up, please snap a picture of it with one or more of the candles lit and email it to Rev. Nick Reed.

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9-11am: Drive Thru Cookie Walk (Habitat for Humanity) at Grace United Methodist Church. The WeHelp Coalition of Churches will host a drive-through donation event in the parking lot of Grace United Methodist Church. As you enter the parking lot, you drive through a line of 70 Habitat homeowners, volunteers, and supporters—each one holding a house that represents the 70 homes that Habitat for Humanity has built in Lee County since its founding. At the end of the line, monetary donations will be collected by volunteers, and in keeping with our Cookie Walk theme, each donor will receive an individually wrapped cookie.

Sunday's Advent Wreath Reading and Prayer: Peace - Psalm 23

"When despair for the world grows

in me… I come into the peace of

wild things who do not tax their

lives with forethought of grief . I

come into the presence of still

water . ” - Wendell Berry

When everything feels hopeless,

God calls us to breathe in the holy

breath of peace. When we light the

candle of Peace, we breathe in the

One who restores us.

12:00pm: Office Hours Bible Study - Throughout the Advent Season, the Office Hours Bible Study will be offering a thematic series on the figure of Mary in the New Testament and beyond. Topics include Mary in early Christian thought, Mary in the Qu’ran and Islam, and Mary in Orthodox Christianity and in Christian Art. You can sign up for Office Hours at https://www.ctsnet.edu/advent - watch the lecture on Facebook or You Tube (search Office Hours Bible Study) and email Rev. Kathy Reed (kreed@fpcauburn.org) to receive the zoom link for the Tuesday discussion group.

12:00pm: Bible Art Journaling - Because this Christmas season will be different from years past, our focus will be on exploring God’s unwavering promise to us during the season of Advent. Advent is a season of waiting. While we wait for a vaccine, for a cure, to be able to see our families and friends, to be able to go to church, we will focus on how God’s promises in Isaiah helped his people wait until they were fulfilled in Luke. We wait for: Justice – Isaiah 40: 1-11.

 You do not need to be artistic or creative to participate. You can journal in your personal Bible, a notebook, a prayer journal, or on a sheet of paper. You can use any medium you like such as colored pencils, watercolor pencils, watercolor paints, even a pen or pencil. Contact Susan Fillippeli at fillise@att.net to be sent the Zoom Link and a brief introduction to Bible art journaling.

Our church’s COVID Task Force has determined that we are now in Phase 2 of our reopening plan, however our outdoor worship activities and outdoor youth activities will continue during this time.

It is our hope to worship together via our church’s YouTube Channel.  To view the service you can go directly to our church’s YouTube Channel via your computer, smartphone, or Smart TV app (https://tinyurl.com/t7dl8vh) or you can access the worship service through our website or Facebook page. Knowing we are at the mercy of technology, we appreciate your patience and grace if all does not go according to plan. Attached you will find a bulletin for this Sunday’s service.

**IMPORTANT INFORMATION**

Sunday Worship now on 99.9FM

Presbyterian Women Circles will continue to meet via Zoom on Tuesday, December 8. Circles 1 & 2 will meet at 9:30 am, and Circle 3 will meet at 2:30 pm. Members will receive a reminder email prior to the meeting including the Zoom link. If you are not already in a PW Circle and would like to join, you are most welcome. Circle leaders are Barbara Dunham #1 (229.881.2957), Marianne Cone #2 (404.375.3940), Barbara Fletcher #3 (334.203.1484).

Two Sundays a month we will have Zoom Sunday school classes taught by our Sunday school teachers.

December 6 and 20

Pre-K through 1st grade will be from 9:45 – 10 am; 2nd through 5th grade will be from 10:15 – 10:30 am

This Sunday is our Jr. and Sr. High Youth Christmas Party. We will gather in the church courtyard at 7pm to watch the movie Elf. Please bring a chair and masks are required.

Meetings are all weather permitting. Keep an eye on your email for updates.

Jr. and Sr. High Youth and Parents, follow us on Instagram @fpc_auyouth

Birthdays

Dec. 7 - Lily Wells, Duncan Whatley

Dec. 9 - Mary Baird, Hap Reeves

Dec. 10 - Doug Booth, Emmie Larson, Terri Rouillard

Dec. 11 - Conrad Bonsi, Sean Cooper

Dec. 12 - Noah Dimick, Sarah Wolak

Anniversaries

Dec. 6 - Ed and Dorothy Moran

• Prayers of comfort for Denise Salo and her children as they grieve the death of Daniel Long, Sr. Daniel was Denise Salo’s previous husband who had been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and had been undergoing treatment. Please keep Denise and Denise and Daniel's children Katie, Dan Jr, Tami, grandchildren, and Daniel’s wife Sharon in your prayers.