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Service Time
Sunday Worship - 10 am
Sunday School
Children & Youth - 10:30 am | Adults - 11 am
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Weekly News & Announcements
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An optimist is someone who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.
-Irv Kupcinet
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Sunday, November 5
6 pm at Jonathan & Libby Tullis's
Please join us as we continue a study of the motiviation gifts from the book of Romans. This week we'll be discussing the Teacher, Exhorter, & Giver. Click the button below, sign up on the app or friendship pad, or call the church office to register.
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Saturday, November 11
5 pm
Roy & Harolyn Sharpe will be hosting. The theme is "Giving Thanks". Please RSVP to Joy Atkins by November 7.
Menu: Pork Chops & Chicken Artichoke Casserole (Please bring an appetizer, salad, side, or dessert to share.)
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Please join us this Sunday for worship as Brian Mitchell, Director of Youth & Christian Education shares the Word from the books of John & Psalms in his sermon Hope is the Anthem.
Click the button below to watch online or to download the Order of Worship.
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Cardboard City
November 10-11
| Have you ever tried to navigate social services?Wondered what it would be like to be homeless? Spend the night in Cardboard City and find out. Participation is free & cardboard is provided. For more information, click the button below. | | |
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Saturday, November 11
9 am in Benz Hall
No registration required.
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Monday, November 13
6 pm in the Youth Hut
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Pattie Pallay will be leading a support group for parents with children of all ages (birth-adult) who are seeking support with children who are neurodivergent, have physical disabilities, are struggling with mental illness or just daily life.
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2023 Mission Fair
Sunday, November 5
11 am in Benz Hall
The Mission Fair continues in Benz Hall on Sunday, November 5 after morning worship. Come check out some familiar organizations and learn about a few new ones, too.
The youth will have their annual fundraising bake sale so pick up some homemade treats for good cause.
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Tuesday
November 14, 2023
6:30 pm at Catie Wallace's
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Let the good times ROLL!
Please join us for an evening of food, fun, & fellowship. Don’t know how to play? Don’t worry, we’ll teach you! Please bring an appetizer or snack to share. Click the button below, sign up on the app or friendship pad, or call the church office to register.
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Presbyterian Women
Bible Study
Tuesday, November 14 at 2:30 pm
Benz Hall
| Open to all, the Presbyterian Women have been a firm foundation of the Presbyterian Church for more than 100 years. The current study is Sacred Encounters: The Power and Presence of Jesus Christ in Luke-Acts" by Olive Mahabir. Click the button below, sign up on the app or friendship pad, or call the church office to register. | | | |
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A note from Pastor Joy... | This is a time of year when many of us “count our blessings” and give thanks to God for the many blessings that we have received. Though I know everything isn’t always perfect, and I haven’t always gotten everything I wanted, I have enjoyed abundant blessings in my life that include loving relationships with family and friends, the nurture and fellowship of church family, education opportunities, a more-than-adequate home to live in, and more than enough to eat. | |
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At times I have asked (not ungratefully), “Lord, why me? What does it mean, or does it mean anything, that I have so much when others have so little?”
Years ago, I read a book called Praying Like Jesus: The Lord’s Prayer in a Culture of Prosperity by James Mulholland. In talking about the petition, “give us this day our daily bread,” he addressed those questions that I have asked and maybe you have asked before, too.
It is crucial to remember that none of us did anything to deserve most of the blessings we experience. Simply being born in the United States is an enormous advantage. When I take into account the country of my birth, my loving parents, my excellent education, and my good health, then I become one of a very small group - those who have been blessed beyond measure. Of course, the question for American Christians is whether we are blessed as a sign of God’s favor or blessed in order to be a blessing.
Let me suggest [why] we are blessed. We have been given abundance as a responsibility. Jesus said, “From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked” (Luke 12:48). Our blessing has a purpose. God intends for us to care for our brothers and sisters. His blessing is our resource for establishing the kingdom of God.
The proper response to prosperity is not indulgence. Nor is it the seeking of even more blessing. The proper response to prosperity is not justification. We are not to pretend we deserve what we possess. The proper response to prosperity is not guilt. We are not to bemoan the unfairness of the world. The proper response to prosperity, even modest prosperity, is compassion.
No matter what our lot is in life God has a purpose for each one of us right in the middle of the place and circumstances in which we find ourselves. We don’t have to figure out why things are the way they are. Rather, we need to find out what God intends to do in us and through us in the place where we are with the resources we have. May our thanks to God lead to our giving to God and others in this season of Thanksgiving.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Pastor Joy
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Sunday 11/05
- 11 am - Mission Fair & Youth Bake Sale in Benz Hall
- 6 pm - Dessert & Devotions at the home of Jonathan & Libby Tullis
Monday 11/06
- 5:30 pm - Chair Yoga in Benz Hall
Tuesday 11/07
- 1:30 pm - Handbell practice in the sanctuary
Wednesday 11/08
- 5:30 pm - Band practice in the sanctuary
- 6:30 pm - Choir practice in the choir room
Friday 11/10
- Church office closed in observance of Veterans' Day
Saturday 11/11
- 9 am - Bag Ladies in Benz Hall
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Welcome Maddox Todd Barr!
David, Simone, & Big Sister Margot welcomed Maddox Todd on October 25. The new family of four is doing well & we are looking forward to meeting Maddox!
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- 9 x13 Dispsable Cake Pan w/Lid
- Box of Cake Mix
- Frosting
- Sprinkles
- 12 oz Can of Lemon-Lime Soda
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Katie Ross 4-H Service Project
As a proud member of 4-H, I pledge my HANDS to greater service. This year I am leading a collection drive for UCOM UrbanServ, Inc. I was first introduced to UCOM through the youth group, and it is an organization that is close to my heart. I am asking people to donate cake kits as part of my 4-H Community Service project this year. Please bring assembled kits to the church. There will be a bin in the Narthex. Kits should be donated by Sunday, November 18. They will be delivered to UCOM so they can be distributed in time for the holdiays. I appreciate your support!
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Bud Vases Needed
The Worship Ministry is in need of bud vases they will use to break up the sanctuary flowers so they can be delivered to multiple people & places.
Donations can be dropped off in the church office. Thank you!
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Blessing of the Animals Photos
Thank you to Elizabeth Ross & Will Dickey for taking pictures on Sunday! If you would like copies of your photos, please click the button below.
Photos will be available until November 30.
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Camp Motgomery Thanksgiving Pie Sale
Save yourself the time & order one of Camp Montgomery's delicious pies! With four options to chose from, there is something for everyone.
Pies will be available for pick up from Camp Montgomery after 12 pm on Friday, November 17. If you want to pick up your pie, you must order through the church office.
Pies will be delivered to LPC no later than Wednesday, November 22.
To order directly from Camp Montgomery click the "Order" button below or download the order form & mail it in with your payment. The deadline to order is November 9.
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Carl Marucci
Director of Music & Organist
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With November already upon us, the LPC Chancel Choir is entering "crunch season" as we prepare for the Christmas Cantata (Dec. 17) and Christmas Eve Candlelight Service with Brass Quintet, Timpani, Organ and Chorus (Dec. 24).
This year our Cantata will feature additional volunteer voices from the community who will join our wonderful LPC Chancel Choir. Already we have 10 additional singers committed. If you know of someone in the community (high school age and up, who have a basic music reading ability) who might want to join us for this very short-term commitment (just 2 rehearsals and 1 performance), please send them this link to the Cantata Choir Invitation flyer:https://www.lpcjax.org/sounds-of-lpc-music-corner.
And as always, as we approach the Thanksgiving Holiday, it's so important for me to acknowledge and thank everyone in our music ministry--LPC Handbell Choir, LPC Praise Band, & LPC Chancel Choir--for the special commitments of time and talent that they offer in blessing our congregation in its worship and praise!
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Worship needs YOU!
The Worship ministry is looking for volunteers willing to serve as ushers on an as needed basis. If you are interested in serving, click the button below, add your name to the sign up in the Narthex, or contact Sara Maguire.
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Travel Toiletries Needed
The Bag Ladies are in need of more travel size toiletries for the bags they make for the children of Hubbard House. Donations may be left in the church office.
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Tom Copeman
Judy Phillips
Dan & Doreen Pratt
Rosalie Scarborough
Barbara Travis
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Happy Anniversary!
Patrick & Kiaya Saunders 11/01
Rita & Carlos Mosquera 11/01
Mary & Thomas Abboud 11/05
Ben & Candace Robinson 11/10
Lynn & Tom Vermilya
11/12
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Mark Mueller 11/8
Don Kauppila 11/9
Geoff Pappas 11/11
Matthew Morgan 11/11
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