The Pinnacle for November 19, 2021

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The Pinnacle

November 19, 2021

November 21 Livestream * Order of Worship * Scriptures

Community Thanksgiving Service

Each year NDBC joins other local congregations--including Ahavath Achim Synagogue, Trinity Presbyterian Church, Northside Church, St. Anne's Episcopal Church, and New Hope AME Church--in a community-wide Thanksgiving service.

Please join with the community at this year's service, which will be Sunday, November 21, at 4:00 p.m. in the sanctuary of Trinity Presbyterian Church, 3003 Howell Mill Rd.

Opportunities for Christmas Giving

Every Christmas season, Northside Drive provides many ways for members to brighten the holidays for others. Through gifts of clothing, food, toys, time, and money, we share God’s love in our community and beyond.

Christmas giving includes opportunities to purchase items and bring them to the church, shop online, and/or make donations through the church.

Please prayerfully consult the NDBC Missions Committee's detailed list of how and where you can help.

All Shall Be Well: Advent Devotional Guide

Advent begins on Sunday, November 28, and the Adult Education Committee is making available to each NDBC household a devotional guide to aid in spiritual growth during this special season of the year.

All Shall Be Well is written by NDBC member Dr. Steve Sheeley, who selected each day's reflection from his extensive writing on Advent over the years. He has graciously given this compilation to our church as his gift to us.

You can pick up a copy of All Shall Be Well in the narthex beginning this Sunday, November 21. If you cannot attend on Sunday or pick up a copy from the church at another time, we will mail one directly to you. Please contact Cathy Wooten at cathy.t.wooten@gmail.com or call Will Mathews in the church office at 404-237-8621.

Please note that we also have a large-print version of All Shall Be Well.

Please Remember to Pledge

With about half way to go before our November 30 deadline, our 2022 pledges total only about 45% of our goal. If you have not already made your pledge, please do so as soon as possible. You can return the card which was recently mailed to all members, contact business manager Rose Hidlay at 404-237-8621 or rose@northsidedrive.org, or pledge online at northsidedrive.org/giving.

Thank you for your support of NDBC's mission.

Dave Wooten, Chair

NDBC Finance Committee

Congregational Care and Concern

We extend the prayers and concern of our congregation to Lindsay and Bil Cadaret on the death of Lindsay's grandmother Mary Frances White, who died in Nashville, Tenn, on November 4.

Gaudete Sunday December 12

Gaudete Sunday--the third Sunday of Advent--occurs this year on December 12. In keeping with NDBC tradition, the 11 a.m. worship service will feature the sanctuary choir. They will perform A Cavalcade of Carols, compiled by Keith H. Walker, director of music ministries, and featuring seasonal carols by John Ness Beck, Gustav Holst, Martin How, Alice Parker, Noel Regney, Gloria Shayne, John Rutter, André Thomas, and Dale Wood. NDBC organist Melinda Clark will accompany the choir, assisted by harpist Nella Rigell, violinists Heather Lin and Jennifer Derringer, violist Cecilia Trode, and cellist Cliff Redwine.

Mark your calendar and plan to join us for this service of music.

Advent Poinsettias

In keeping with a long-time Northside Drive tradition, we will display poinsettias in our sanctuary from Gaudete Sunday, December 12, through Christmas Eve, December 24. We invite everyone to donate a poinsettia in honor or memory of friends or loved ones or in thankfulness for a meaningful event or person in your life.

The cost per poinsettia is $20, and you can participate by putting a check in a special order envelope found in the sanctuary and dropping it in an offering plate or by calling Will Mathews in the church office at 404-237-8621.

After the service on December 24, you are welcome to take your poinsettia home. The deadline to order is Monday, December 8.

*Please note that U.S. tax regulations do not allow NDBC to offer contribution credit for this purchase, because the plants are returned to the giver.

Sunday Worship

Each week you receive a reminder encouraging you to register your attendance for Sunday morning worship, which helps in case we should ever need to do Covid contact tracing.

While this is helpful, it is not mandatory. If you forget to register or decide late on Sunday morning that you want to come to worship, please do so! We want to see you whenever possible.

This Sunday in Art & Soul

This Sunday at 9 a.m. Art & Soul will conclude its study of the Amy-Jill Levine book Short Stories by Jesus. The class will discuss the book's final chapter, which looks back on the previous lessons. Hartwell Dew will facilitate the discussion, and you are invited to join by Zoom.