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Please donate to the
Christmas Restoration Fund
This year the sanctuary will not be decorated because of the Restoration
Project. Your donations (please use the envelope provided and place in offering
plate) will be given to the Christmas Restoration Fund in lieu of fresh
poinsettias and evergreens. The 2005 Offering envelopes are ready. We
pray you will use them faithfully to support the work of our beloved church. Information on the restoration effort can be found at
www.newutrechtchurch.org/savenurc.
Friday, December 24: Christmas Eve Worship
On Friday, December 24 at 10 PM New Utrecht Reformed
Church, along with Mirral Church, will hold an English-Korean Christmas
Communion service of Lessons & Carols in the Parish House. All are welcome.
Sunday, January 9: Congregational Meeting
A Congregational Meeting will take place on Sunday, January 9 during
service. The congregation is to place in nomination from the list of nominees
two elders and two deacons. Church members, please put an "E" for Elder after
two names and a "D" for a Deacon after two names on the ballot handed or mailed
to you. Ballots should be returned by Sunday, January 2, 2005. Please hand to a
consistory member.
Thank you!
Our thanks to Elder Louise Fabiszak, the Outreach Committee and the many,
many members who made our Living Nativity come to
life! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Our thanks also to Deacon Deborah Siciargo
for helping the homeless and to Bill Nicotra for bringing toys to the homeless
this Advent!
Thanks to the Thanksgiving volunteers!
Michelle Paredies, coordinator of the Thanksgiving Dinner, gave a special
thanks to all the volunteers at service today. She said that 18 people,
including several Boy Scouts, participated and that all the volunteers enjoyed
contributing or serving at the dinner on Wednesday, November 24 at
Project Hospitality's two
locations on Staten Island.
Study series for new believers
This week we begin an education series for new believers! Join us after
church at 12:30 PM for a half hour study time.
Commissioning
event postponed
The commissioning event on October 17 celebrating the Rev. Terry Troia's 10th
anniversary as minister of this church has been postponed until May 2005.
Extra envelopes for the Restoration Fund
Extra envelopes will be provided for the New Utrecht Reformed Church
Restoration
Fund at each Sunday service. Please contribute generously.
Ongoing food drive
Deacon Debbie Siciargo has started a ongoing Food Drive. The donations are
somewhat less than expected. Please buy a little
extra of nonperishable food for the needy and bring the items to the collection
basket at the Parish House before service.
Pray for...
Alice Hightower;
Marion Hodgman who is seriously ill;
Rose Lood;
Fr. Jack Ryan's mother;
Anna Schroeder;
Debbie Siciargo and
the Rev. Bob Peterson, our organist, who suffers
from Parkinson's Disease.
Christmas wisdom
Nearer and closer to our hearts be the Christmas sprirt, which is the spirit
of active usefulness, perseverance, cheerful discharge of duty, kindness, and
forbearance.
- Charles Dickens
Faith came singing
Faith came singing into my room
And other guests took flight
Grief, anxiety, fear and gloom,
Sped out into the night
- Elizabeth Cheney in
The Christian's Treasury
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