December 15, 2023

Dear Church Family,

As the weeks of Advent wind down, we look forward to our Christmas Eve worship services.

Sunday, December 24, 10:30am - A Service of Worship with Children in Mind

Join us for a service for all ages with a focus on children and their families. Children are invited to participate in a processional of the Nativity. Join others in singing some of our favorite carols and the celebration of Holy Communion.

Sunday, December 24, 8:30pm - A Service of Christmas Lessons and Carols

Join us for this service of worship filled with the singing of great Christmas Carols, music from the Centenary Choir and Holy Communion.

Please join us as we come together to celebrate the birth of Christ! I look forward to seeing you!

Peace,

Matt

Sundays at 10:30am

In person and online.

Christmas Eve Offering

As our tradition, our Christmas Eve offering will go to United Methodist Family Services. UMFS is an unwavering champion for high-risk children and families in Virginia. UMFS serves children in foster care and children struggling with mental health and behavioral challenges. They provide foster care and adoption programs, specialized education schools, and mental health programs. Your support of UMFS through this offering will help high-risk children achieve a brighter future. Thank you for supporting this transformative ministry.

Christmas Cards for McGuire Hospital

We will once again send Christmas greetings to our military veterans at McGuire Hospital this year. There will be a box located at the entrance to the Sanctuary for your cards. Deadline to contribute cards is December 17. Please address the envelopes with: To a Veteran, To a Hero, To a Brave Person, etc. Inside the card, please thank them for their service to our country, their devotion to freedom, their sacrifice, admiration for their service, etc. Please sign your card.  Thank you for taking the time to acknowledge these women and men after all they have done in service to our country. 

Estimates of Giving

We continue to receive your Estimate of Giving through December 31. You can submit your estimate online, drop it in the offering plate or mail it to the church.

To read more about it, or to submit your Estimate of Giving online, please use the buttons below.

Zoom Bible Study

Wednesdays at 10:00am

We are taking a break over the holidays!

We will be back on January 10, 2024

and look forward to seeing you then!

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO DECEMBER 17!

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO DECEMBER 17!

2024 ALTAR FLOWERS DATES

It's that time of year again, the weekly altar flower calendar is being set up. Time to choose that special date to honor or remember friends and family or recognize a special event. You may sign up in any of the following ways:

1. Select a date from the list placed in the office hallway
2. Request a date using our online form. You will be contacted to confirm the date.
3. Call the church office and chose your date the "old fashioned way" in person.

You may select any date that is open. First come is first served. Costs. $44.00 for the first Sunday Communion Sunday (2 arrangements). $22.00 for all other Sundays (1 arrangement). You can pay online here. Please choose Flowers-Altar from the pull down menu.

2024 Offering Envelopes

If you use offering envelopes, they are now available for pick up. The boxes will be available on Sunday. Just look for your name on the top of the box! If you want a box of envelopes and don't see your name, please contact the church office.

You may notice that your envelope number has changed. We are ordering fewer boxes, so if you had a higher number - you have reassigned a smaller number!

If you do not use offering envelopes, no worries! You can continue to give online or send a check without an "official" offering envelope. But, please do not put an envelope number on the check, unless you are using an offering envelope.

If You Give and Pledge Online

Please remember that submitting your pledge online does not update any

scheduled giving that you set up in the past. You will need to adjust your automated/scheduled giving separately.

Online Giving Made Easy

Use the QR code to quickly get to

our online giving page.