November 2022 Hermitage Heartbeat Monthly Newsletter

Hermitage Heartbeat

November 2022

published 10/31/22

The Hermitage Heartbeat is sent monthly from Hermitage Presbyterian Church to update you on the life of our church community.

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"This Church Exists for the People

Outside Its Doors"

Daylight Savings Time Ends!

Remember to turn back your clocks this Saturday night (November 5). It's time to "Fall Back!"

Pastor Jaci will conclude our fall series, God of the Harvest, on November 13. We will observe Christ the King Sunday on November 20, which will mark the end of the current year church calendar. November 27, we will observe the first Sunday in Advent and hope you can join us.

Sunday School continues after worship. Adults have a focused discussion on the day's sermon passage from Scripture. Youth are welcome to join the adults; children will be led by Tammy Goff as she continues to lead lessons around landmark Old Testament stories and characters.

Hermitage Presbyterian Church

Sunday Morning Worship at 9:45 a.m.

Sunday School at 11:00 a.m.

Choir practice begins at 8:45 a.m.

You are always welcome.

November Events

Sunday, November 6th

9:45 am - Celebration of the Lord’s Supper during the Worship Service (All Saints’ Day)

Four-Cents-A-Meal Offering Collection

10:45 am - Birthday Blessings

11:15 am - Sunday School

Tuesday, November 8th

6:30 pm - Session Meeting

Friday, November 11th

5:00-7:00 pm - Pizza, fun and vision night

Sunday, November 13th

8:30 am - Congregational Breakfast (Fellowship Hall)

9:45 am - Worship (Sanctuary)

11:00 am - Sunday School

Sunday, November 20th

9:30 am - Worship (Christ the King Sunday)

11:00 am - Sunday School

Decorating of the church (Hanging of the Greens) followed by a light lunch and fellowship.

Thursday, November 24th

Happy Thanksgiving

Sunday, November 27th

9:30 am - Worship- Celebration of the Lord’s Supper and First Sunday in Advent.

11:00 am - Sunday School

Volunteer to provide refreshments for a Birthday Blessings celebration. There is a signup sheet on the bulletin board going into the social hall, where you can select the month of your choice. The next Birthday Blessings will be on November 6th. Items for November donated by Linda Armstrong and Vicky Layne. Thank you!

November Birthdays

Kelly Vandemark Stratton - November 4th

Jerry Cupp - November 5th

Kaila Glover - November 9th

Mary Alice Drumheller - November 10th

Janet Arndt - November 11th

Dana Drumheller - November 15th

Greg Gruver - November 22nd

Travis Mader - November 27th

Victoria Alt - November 30th

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The company you keep

At a concert, a Christian musician talked about growing up in the South, saying his accent was a giveaway. Then he described his relationship with Jesus, noting that he spends lots of time in God’s Word. By “hanging out with Jesus,” he said, he has “picked up Jesus’ accent.” Just as people know he’s from the South because of how his voice sounds, they know he follows Christ through his actions and words.

Proverbs 13:20 emphasizes that the company you keep can greatly influence you, for better or worse. Imagine the impact we can have on other people by hanging out with Jesus more!

Dear God, we invite you into our daily lives. Hang out in our hearts and minds so that when people see and hear us, they’ll know whose we are. Amen.

—Julie Lee

Below was submitted by Request of Kathy Glover in Memory of Barbara Clark

Many Thanks!!

We are so grateful to Tammy and Chuck Goff for hosting the annual church picnic. It was a lovely fall gathering! Thanks, too, to all who brought food. In addition to the wonderful fellowship, we were so fortunate to have such a feast.

This time of year offers so many ministry opportunities. Let's take every opportunity we can, not only to offer thanksgiving, but also to be giving. We have our Four-Cents-A-Meal program, Operation Christmas Child, and watch for more details about a canned food drive later in the month!

Operation Christmas Child boxes are due back to church for collection by November 13th. For more information, contact Nancy Mader.

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November Prayer List

Willie Almarode

Hurricane Ian Survivors -

for strength in the aftermath

Barbara Craighead, Tricia Shifflett (close friends of Elizabeth Fitzgerald)

Steve Dodge & family

(Cousin of Mac Sterrett)

The people of Ukraine

Donna Lester

Nancy Evers

Jackie Davis

Ernie Ambler & family

Glenn Drumheller

Robyn, Zach, Jacob &

Matthew Stratton &

their families

Richard & Sandy Gruver

Janet Arndt and

Janice Holland's family

Jason Mader

Fred & Nancy Mader

Lisa Teachey

(Kitty Coffey’s daughter)

Judy Abbott

Ray Drumheller

Logan Drumheller

Adam Garst

Jane Glenn

(friend of Vicky Layne)

Warren & Barbara Gilmer

Charlotte Glover

(Jim Glover's sister-in-law)

Anna Hartman

Joe Kennedy &

Mary Kennedy

Gary Layne

Michelle Lough

(Kitty Coffey's daughter)

Edna Marshall

(Anna Hartman's sister-in-

law)

Cheri Moats

(Daughter of Warren Gilmer)

Sharon Painter (niece of

Ellie Garst; receiving chemo)

Keith & Cherylon Pitchford

(from Lisa Drumheller)

Karen Proffitt

(Barbara Gilmer's daughter)

Janet Ragland

(Nancy Mader's sister, who

was recently widowed)

Jane Rexrode

Don Rierson

Betty & Jimmy Simmons

Larry Theiry

(Friend of Janet Arndt)

Carl Tyson

Paul Watts

(requested by

Ed and Brenda Taylor)

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Jars of clay remind us of our dependency on God. Our need for Him remind us to be thankful for His faithfulness. In every situation, He is with us. Every single day, His mercies are new.

-Meg Bucher