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Altar Flowers are a wonderful way to honor a loved one. The 2010 Flower Calendar is posted on the bulletin board next to the Choir Room. Please begin signing up for flowers for next year, especially for January and February.
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The Christian life is full of highs and lows, but we make it because we travel this journey together.
As you have need of pastoral care to share the highs and lows, please feel free to contact Pastor Bill
by cell phone at 693-7000 or call the church
at 449-7421 or drop by the office for a visit, Monday, Wednesday, or Thursday from
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon, or by appointment..
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The Church Secretary will be taking vacation on Friday, November 20, and Monday-Wednesday, November 30 - December 2. For pastoral emergencies, please call Pastor Bill on his cell phone at (336) 693-7000.
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All bulletin announcements are due on Monday, November 23, at 9:00 a.m. for the Sunday bulletin for November 29.
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The congregation is invited to Friedens’ traditional Thanksgiving Eve Meal on November 25 at 6:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Bring your favorite covered dish and enjoy an evening of fellowship, worship, and thanksgiving for all the blessings God has bestowed on us.
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The 8:30 and 11:00 Choirs will be rehearsing the Christmas musical setting for “Celebrate the Gift” each Sunday from 4:00-5:30 p.m. We invite anyone in the congregation who would like to sing with us to join us at rehearsals. This music celebration will be for the combined 10:30 a.m. Sunday service on December 20.
Rehearsals.......... 4:00-5:30 p.m.
November 15 and 22... Sanctuary
November 29.......... NO REHEARSAL
December 6 and 13.... Sanctuary
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Social Ministries is having a HOUSEPLANT SALE!!! The plants (donated by Jeanette Phillips) are in the
Fellowship Hall. The cost is $5.00 each. Please either give monies to Sharon during Church Office hours or put a check in the offering plate with “H.E.L.P. Fund” in the memo line. The monies will help replenish this fund which is used for unbudgeted needs of those in the church and elsewhere who are experiencing great difficulties or catastrophic events in their lives.
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Youth Cantata Practice will be held today from 3:00-4:00 p.m. There will be no practice next Sunday, November 29. Be sure to listen to your CD and learn your parts and the songs.
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Liturgical Dance Practice will be held today, Sunday Nov. 22, from 4:00-5:00 p.m.
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There will be no God and Family class this Wednesday. The next class will be on Wednesday, December 2.
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All youth and families are invited to spread Christmas Cheer while caroling to our homebound friends on Saturday, December 5. We will meet at 6:30 p.m. and should be done visiting around
9:00 p.m. Please sign up on the Youth Board if you are planning to join in this special tradition.
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All Friedens’ members are invited to ride on Friedens’ float provided by Gary and Brenda Cobb
in the Gibsonville Christmas Parade on Saturday, December 12. Plan to meet at the float at
1:00 p.m.on Mineola Street in Downtown Gibsonville.; We will have drinks and snacks while we wait for the parade to begin at 2:00 p.m. Sign up
on the Youth Board if you plan to ride. If you would like to donate candy to be given out at the parade along with information about our church, please leave it in the church library marked “youth.”
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IN OUR PRAYERS TODAY:
Stephen Younger, Jr.; Daniel and Virginia Wagoner, Lois Phillippe, Cliff Phillips, Janna Smith, Benny Thomas, Doris Fields, Ruth Bowers, Ruth Bricker, Ann Marie Rierson, Delores Sockwell, Bill and Frances Howerton, Paul and Ruth Wyrick, Kathy Schnader, Libby Graham, Alex Ingle, Janet Howard, Glenda Huckabee, Nellie and Harmon Ouzts, Lula Cobb, and Carolyn Fesperman
For The Prayers in Sunday worship, please use the Prayer Cards available (an usher can give you a card) or contact the Church Office or Pastor Bill. Names requested to be included in The Prayers will be called for 2 weeks. If you wish for a name to be continued, please notify the Church Office. Those suffering long-term illnesses may be listed in our monthly newsletter which is also subject to revision month by month. We appreciate updates on your loved ones as we continue to pray for them.
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Remember those away from home in the military:
Three of our members’ relatives are in the military and will be away from home for the
holidays. A remembrance would be appreciated by them.
They are:
The Hillary’s granddaughter SA Brandy Miller, 900 Beach Thoroughfare,
Atlantic City, NJ 08401. She is in the Coast Guard.
The LeBaube’s grandson John LeBaube, CJSO TF-A, 1/7, APO, AE 09355.
He is in Afghanistan on his second tour of duty. His birthday is December 9.
Karen (Bradburn) Shelton’s husband Gordon S. Shelton, 194th Military
Police Company, Camp Ramadi, Iraq, APO AE 09396.
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CALENDAR:
Sunday November 22
3:00 pm Youth Cantata Practice
4:00 pm Liturgical Dance Practice
4:00 pm “Celebrate the Gift” Rehearsal
Wednesday November 25
Social Ministry prepares meal
for Allied Churches.
6:30 pm Thanksgiving Eve Meal/Worship
Choir Practice following service
Thursday November 26
Thanksgiving Day Church Office/Childcare Closed
Friday November 27
Thanksgiving Holiday Church Office/Childcare Closed
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| Prayer Shawl Outreach Ministry
Attention: All Ladies Who Knit or Crochet
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The Prayer Shawl Ministry will resume meeting beginning September 21
The Third MONDAY of each month, at 1:30 PM, in the church library.
Please note the new time! We have decided to try a daytime meeting to make it easier for members who do not like to drive at night to come join us.
If you are not familiar with the Prayer Shawl Ministry, we knit and crochet prayer shawls to give to anyone, man or woman, who is going through difficult times or blessed with a happy occasion. Church members are welcome to select a shawl to send or give to someone they know might be in need. Records are kept so that we keep count of the number of shawls that were made and to whom they were given. If we have an abundance of shawls, we send some to Moses Cone Hospital to give to those in need.
We have a nice supply of yarn, in the library closet, bought with the donations people send us to keep the ministry going. If you are considering a memorial to church, you might consider the Prayer Shawl Ministry. The yarn is free for you to take to knit or crochet a shawl, or if you chose, use yarn you might have. We invite anyone interested to come to the meeting, and we will help you get started in this wonderful ministry. The meetings are a time of exchanging of ideas and fellowship. At the close of each meeting, all the shawls members have completed are blessed.
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If you are interested, please join us on Mondays.
We need you! If you have any questions, please call or e-mail:
Shirley Smith (538-6940)
e-mail Click Here!
Helen Bouchelle (584-7230) e-mail Click Here!
Lora Womack (449-4049) e-mail Click Here!
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| Quilting at Friedens
There will be no Quilting meetings through the months of July and August. Quilting will resume on Tuesday, September 1, at 9:30 a.m. and Thursday, September 10, at 6:00 p.m.
We will be making simple quilts to send to Lutheran World Relief who will distribute them worldwide. These quilts will be used for warmth, as a carryall for belongings, as a cover to protect from the sun or rain. They mean a great deal to those who receive them.
Beginning in February, there will be two quilting opportunities to choose from:
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We will have morning sessions on the first and third Tuesdays of the month from 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
(Bring a sack lunch if you like, and when quilting is done, we will have lunch together and then clean up.)
The evening sessions will be on the 2nd and 4th Thursday from 6:00-9:00 p.m.
We always accept donations of materials: cutters, cutting mats, thread, sewing machines, scissors, etc.
Questions? Call Donna Hillary at (336) 317-1676.
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