Sermon title: “All Beautiful the March of Days”

We welcome all of our visitors today and invite you to the fellowship hall for beverages and cookies after the worship service. Please follow the congregation to the left out of the sanctuary.

TODAY

COMMUNION

THIS WEEK

UCC OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED – on New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2018 and New Year’s Day, January 1, 2019.

YOGA is canceled on Tuesday, January 1, 2019. Yoga will meet on Friday, January 4, at 10:00am, in the basement.

NEXT WEEK

GROWTH COMMITTEE MEETING will meet on Sunday, January 6, 2019, at 9:00am.

STEPHEN MINISTERS meets Thursday, January 10, at 2:00 p.m., in the office conference room.

YOGA meets every Tuesday at 4:00 and Friday, at 10:00, in fellowship hall. The cost for the Tuesday class is $5 because it is instructor led.

THE 2019 FLOWER SCHEDULE is on the PIC board in Fellowship Hall. Sign up early to get your preferred date. There is a copy of the 2017 schedule on the back if you need a reminder of your preferred date.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the Annual Meeting of University Congregational Church, Wichita, KS, as provided for in the church’s bylaws. The meeting will be held on Sunday, January 13, 2019, in the sanctuary immediately
following the worship service at 11:30.

2018 CONTRIBUTIONS must be received or postmarked by midnight 12/31/18, due to legal requirements. Anything received after that date will be recorded as a 2019 contribution.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED – Sign up on the PIC board if you would like to help. Paul is coordinating the volunteers. If you have questions, please contact him.

TRAVEL SIZE SUPPLIES NEEDED – We are taking supplies year round for the hygiene bags that we provide to the Inter-Faith Ministries Men’s Overflow Shelter.  We are only requesting travel size or the ones you get when staying in a hotel.  We need shampoo, conditioner, soap, lotion, body wash, etc… You may drop them in the box marked IFM Hygiene Bag Supplies located in fellowship hall.

We welcome all of our visitors today and invite you to the fellowship hall for beverages and cookies after the worship service. Please follow the congregation to the left out of the sanctuary.

TODAY

CHRISTMAS VESPERS – there will be music, poetry, and scripture on
December 23, at 4:00pm. Listen to Helen Griffin, piano, and Laura Williams, organ. Special guests include JoyAnn Brake, flute, Matthew Udland, vocalist, Ann Reddy, harp. Please bring a donation item for the hygiene pantry. There will be a reception following in the parlor.

Fourth Sunday of Advent – Love

THIS WEEK

CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHT SERVICES – will be held on December 24, at 4:00pm and 6:00pm, in the sanctuary. Communion will be served. Offerings collected at both services will go to the Head to Toe Hygiene Pantry and to Jon and Julia Romain.

UCC OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED – on Christmas Eve and on Christmas Day, December 24 and 25.

YOGA is canceled on Tuesday, December 25, and Tuesday, January 1, 2019.

NEXT WEEK

YOGA is canceled on Tuesday, January 1, 2019. Yoga will meet on Friday, January 4, at 10:00am, in the basement.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED – Sign up on the PIC board if you would like to help. Paul is coordinating the volunteers. If you have questions, please contact him.

ADDITIONAL UPCOMING EVENTS

December 23 – Vespers, 4:00pm, sanctuary
December 24 – Christmas Eve Service, 4:00pm and 6:00p.m., sanctuary

“Dear UCC family,

At this time of year, I always look back and remember how much I appreciate your love and support.  You provide strength and comfort for many.

The church brings together people who want to help each other and the community, and UCC is doing a wonderful job of both. Even when this may seem a difficult time for our nation and its people, we must all continue to move forward.  For as Margaret Mead reminded us, “Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world.  For, indeed, that’s all who ever have.”

May your holidays be full of warmth and kindness, 
Billie Meyers

Sermon Title: “Jesus as Joy”

Special Music: Bach’s Magnificat

We welcome all of our visitors today and invite you to the fellowship hall for beverages and cookies after the worship service. Please follow the congregation to the left out of the sanctuary.

TODAY

BACH’S MAGNIFICAT CHRISTMAS MUSIC – Music is performed by the UCC Chancel Choir and special guests. This performance is being underwritten by the family of Jan Riordan in her honor.

Third Sunday of Advent – Joy

THIS WEEK

ALL BOARDS MEET on Sunday, December 16, immediately following the worship service at 11:45 a.m.

COUNCIL MEETING on Monday, December 17, at 6:00 p.m., in the basement conference room.

LARKSFIELD DISCUSSION GROUP meets on December 19, at 10:00 a.m., in the club room.

YOGA meets every Tuesday at 4:00 and Friday, at 10:00, in fellowship hall. The cost for the Tuesday class is $5 because it is instructor led.

NEXT WEEK

CHRISTMAS VESPERS – there will be music, poetry, and scripture on
December 23, at 4:00pm. Listen to Helen Griffin, piano, and Laura Williams, organ. Special guests include JoyAnn Brake, flautist, and Matthew Udland, vocalist. Please bring a donation item for the hygiene pantry. There will be a reception following in the parlor.

CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHT SERVICES – will be held on December 24, at 4:00pm and 6:00pm, in the sanctuary. Communion will be served. Offerings collected at both services will go to the Head to Toe Hygiene Pantry and to Jon and Julia Romain.

UCC OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED – on Christmas Eve and on Christmas Day, December 24 and 25.

YOGA is canceled on Tuesday, December 25, and Tuesday, January 1, 2019.

SMORGASCHORUS CHRISTMAS CONCERT- On Saturday, December 15, at 7:00pm, internationally ranked SmorgasChorus will present their Christmas concert in Galichia Auditorium at Collegiate Upper School, 13th and Webb Rd.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED – Sign up on the PIC board if you would like to help. Paul is coordinating the volunteers. If you have questions, please contact him.

Sermon Title: “Jesus as Peace”
We welcome all of our visitors today and invite you to the fellowship hall for beverages and cookies after the worship service. Please follow the congregation to the left out of the sanctuary.

TODAY

CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS TABLEAU

Second Sunday of Advent – Peace

THIS WEEK

BLANKET COLLECTION FOR INTER-FAITH MINISTERIES OPERATION HOLIDAY – Our church collected more than 90 blankets for those in need last year. Let’s make it 100 this year! Please bring new full or queen size blankets to the collection box in fellowship hall anytime through today Sunday, December 9.

HEAD-TO-TOE HYGIENE PANTRY workday is Thursday, December 13, from 9:00-11:00 am, at 2130 E. 21st St. N. The Pantry is open on Saturday, December 15, from 9:00-11:30 a.m.

YOGA meets every Tuesday at 4:00 and Friday, at 10:00, in fellowship hall. The cost for the Tuesday class is $5 because it is instructor led.

NEXT WEEK

BACH’S MAGNIFICAT CHRISTMAS MUSIC – Is on Sunday, December 16, at 10:30, during worship. Music is performed by the UCC Chancel Choir and special guests. This performance is being underwritten by the family of Jan Riordan in her honor.

ALL BOARDS MEET on Sunday, December 16, immediately following the worship service at 11:45 a.m.

COUNCIL MEETING on Monday, December 17, at 6:30 p.m., in the basement conference room.

LARKSFIELD DISCUSSION GROUP meets on December 19, at 10:00 a.m., in the club room.

CHRISTMAS VESPERS – there will be music, poetry and scripture on
December 23, at 4:00pm. Listen to Helen Griffin, piano, and Laura Williams, organ with special guests: JoyAnn Brake, flautist, and Matthew Udland, vocalist. Please bring a donation item for the hygiene pantry. There will be a reception following in the parlor.

CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHT SERVICES – will be held on December 24, at 4:00pm and 6:00pm, in the sanctuary.

SMORGASCHORUS CHRISTMAS CONCERT- On Saturday, December 15, at 7:00pm, internationally ranked SmorgasChorus will present their Christmas concert in Galichia Auditorium at Collegiate Upper School, 13th and Webb Rd.

IT’S POINSETTIA TIME! – If you would like to contribute to the Christmas floral display, please send a check for $10.00 to the church, payable to UCC by
December 10, or you may put it in the offering plate today. Be sure to write flowers on the memo line and indicate if your donation is in honor of, or in memory of someone special.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED – Sign up on the PIC board if you would like to help. Paul is coordinating the volunteers. If you have questions, please contact him.