E-Connection
December 7, 2020
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Jayné Kirk
Director of Children & Family Ministries
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Our Christmas play is in production. Yes, you read that right. We are having a Christmas play. We might have started a little late, and there won’t be any choreography to learn. But there’s no way we could let this year go by without bringing you some Christmas joy. We’re taking the lead from the schools and companies across the world and we’re going virtual. I can already tell it’s going to be a year to remember. Our completed video “Home for Christmas” will be posted on Christmas Eve with our worship service, so make sure to tune in and see what we have been working on.
For some family fun we will be having a drive through game around the church. On the week of December 13, there will be some Bible stories posted in the windows around the church. But the fun part is they will be told through emojis. What do you do?
1. Gather your family.
2. Get everyone in the car and drive to the church.
3. Check the windows for picture clues.
4. Figure out the Bible story!
5. Email Jayné your answers and mailing address. jayne@forrestburdette.com
6. Wait excitedly for your prize!
It doesn’t take a lot to have some family fun, just the people you love and quality time. Have fun!
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Service Saturday is This Week! |
Our monthly Service Saturday is Saturday, December 12! We meet at the church and ride together at 9:30 a.m., and we work at the Heart & Hand Thrift Store from 10:00 a.m.—noon, with a lunch stop on the way home. These are great times serving together, and this activity is available for YOUTH of ALL AGES ;)
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Unwrapped gifts, with your Angel attached, are due by December 15. Contact JoAnn Kennedy (304-561-7100) or Lisa Fawcett (304-539-2860) if you need us to pick up your gifts from your home. Donations of new rolls of wrapping paper or gift bags are welcome as well. Thank you so much!
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Unless designated otherwise, the Christmas Eve offering is directed for the Good Samaritan Fund. This fund provides temporary utility assistance to those in the Hurricane area, as applied by Heart & Hand Community Services Center. Although we will not have in-person Christmas Eve services, please mail or drop off your Christmas Eve offerings as you are able so that we may continue to serve our community with the Good Samaritan Fund in 2021. Mark your envelope accordingly.
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Whispers of Christmas Copies Available
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Forrest Burdette member Robbie Parsons has published his second book, Whispers of Christmas: Devotions for the Holiday, and we have free copies available in limited supply (one per household). This book offers daily devotional readings throughout the month of December. Please visit the church office during the week to pick up your copy. Or, for no contact pick up or delivery, call the office at 304-562-5903. May this publication add to our blessed Advent season!
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Disciplines: A Book of Daily Devotions 2021 |
We have received our copies of the 2021 Upper Room Disciplines. Our cost was $10.99 per copy; we are offering them to you for $5 each. This book contains a year of daily devotions and makes a great Christmas gift! Copies are available in the church office during the week.
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Your Prayers & Thanksgivings |
We welcome your regular prayers and continued giving. Prayer requests to be included in the Sunday worship announcements are to be submitted via our website, or you can click here for a quick link to submit joys and concerns. Click here to access the online giving instructions from the Forrest Burdette website. Your continued giving to the church, as you are able, is important for us to keep paying our expenses. Thank you so much for sending your offerings! If not online, then please mail your regular offering to 2848 Putnam Avenue, Hurricane WV 25526. To save a stamp, you may deposit your offering in our locked mailbox on Putnam Avenue. Open the top door, and slide your envelope all the way to the back of the box, where it will fall into the locked area. Thank you for your support of this ministry.
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Forrest Burdette Memorial United Methodist Church | 304-562-6103 | 2848 Putnam Avenue, Hurricane WV 25526 | www.forrestburdette.com |
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