November 29, 2012

November 29, 2012

This Sunday - This Sunday is the first of Advent. Can you believe it? We're just weeks away from Christmas. With all that this means, it's exciting to so many of us. And yet, Advent continues to serve as a season prior to Christmas reminding us of the period of waiting for Israel before Christ came and the period we the Church are in as we wait for Christ's return. Each week we will once again worship around a theme. This week's is Hope. Join us as we worship together in this season building up to Christmas. Pastor Jeremy will be preaching out of the Lectionary passages this week: Psalm 25:1-10, Jeremiah 33:14-16, 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13, and Luke 21:25-36. You can read them here.

Also, be sure to mark your calendars now for our Christmas Eve: Gathering of Lights service on December 24 at 4:16 PM (sundown).

Faith Promise Update - As of this past Sunday (11/25), we are up to almost 60% of our goal. We're getting there!

 Spanish Word of the Week - advenimiento, which means "advent"

 Parking - A note on our parking situation: As of now, we should not park in the parking lot next to the chapel anymore (AKA "The Hersey House"). In addition, you may have noticed that a new driveway will be installed along the property that will take out all of the available street parking. For now, those who are able should park up Thaxter Street in the dirt lot by "Hersey Field". We will be working on firmer options with the Town of Hingham. As always, please save the spots directly behind the chapel for the mobile-challenged, guests, and those who come late. Stay tuned in the coming weeks for more information.
A great way to support Friends of the Homeless - As a fund-raiser for Friends of the Homeless of the South Shore, a trial run of Stop & Shop gift cards will be available by pre-order. 5% of the proceeds of these gift cards will be donated to the Shelter. If you are interested in helping out, check your budget for what you spend at grocery stores in a month (or two, if possible), or check your bank/credit card statements and find an average of what you might expect to spend in that time period. Once you have a figure that works in your budget that you can afford to pay upfront, send an email to Nathan Scott or call (781) 964-6084 and your pledge will be noted. Once the gift cards are in, Nathan will be in  touch with you to arrange pick up and gather your pledged funds. At that point just use your gift cards to make purchases at Stop & Shop as you would your credit card over the space you had budgeted out. (By the by, these are a great way to keep track of when you are tending over budget for groceries). The cards should be here in time for Christmas as well, if you want to give a very useful gift card to someone as a gift. All this with the knowledge that 5% of your purchase goes to help a good cause. If things go smoothly staff at Friends of the Homeless would be interested in placing orders with Stop & Shop's Cash for Causes program on a recurring basis as interest dictates. Thank you.

Ktizo Gallery - One of the beauties of a community is that we each bring various ways of worshiping. Though we most often worship communally through scripture, prayer, and song, many of us also worship through the visual arts. We want to remind you that our Ktizo Nook/Gallery is an open space for exactly that purpose! So please bring in your visual and written arts to display: photography, paintings, drawings, poetry, etc. to share in that gallery space. If you have questions about it, ask Sarah!

  • Handel's Messiah at ENC - Eastern Nazarene College's Choral Union will proudly present music from the G.F. Handel's oratorio Messiah on Saturday, Dec. 1 at 7pm and Sunday, Dec. 2 at 3pm. The choral union, comprised of college students and community members (including several from the North St. community), will be joined by professional orchestra and soloists to present the beloved work of classical music. All are invited to this FREE concert!

Other Reminders:

Sunday, December 2nd
Gathering to Worship (9:30 AM)
Sunday School (10:30 AM~)

Wednesday, December 5th
Community Dinner (6:00 PM)
Bible Study (7:00 PM)- Psalmist's Cry

Upcoming Dates:
  • The Remembrance: Advent Edition - Dec. 14th at 6:30 PM
  • Christmas Eve Gathering of Lights Service - Dec. 24th at 4:16 PM
  • Wesley Covenant Service - Dec. 30th at 9:30 AM
  • Annual Retreat- Feb. 15th-18th
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Use our online calendar for these and other dates/events as well as our other online sites below! (If you would like to add the church calendar to your Google Calendar, just search for "communication@northst.org" where it says "Add a friend's calendar".)