The
Pioneer News
Welcome to the first newsletter for Ridgeland/Dallas United Methodist Church!!
Here is where we can share our ideas and awesome things going on at our church.
It’s totally open to whatever you want to make it, so start sharing your ideas.
Articles should be sent to Pastor Sue at least 10 days before the end of each month. ******************************************************************
Happy Birthday!! Yep, need to compile a list of everyone’s birthdays for this section!!
Happy Anniversary!! Yep, need to compile a list of anniversaries for this section!!!
Scriptures for the month based on the lectionary.
December 4 Isaiah 40:1-11 Psalm 85:1-2,8-13 2 Peter 3:8-15a Mark 1:1-8
December 11 Isaiah 61:1-4,8-11 Psalm 126 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 John 1:6-8,19-28
December 18 2 Samuel 7:1-11,16 Luke 1:46b-55 Romans 16:25-27 Luke 1:26-38
December 24 Isaiah 9:2-7 Psalm 96 Titus 2:11-14 Luke 2:1-20
December 25 Isaiah 51:7-10 Psalm 98 Hebrews 1:1-4,(5-12) John 1:1-14
December 31 Ecclesiastes 3:1-13 Psalm 8 Revelation 21:1-6a Matthew 25:31-46
Food Pantry Sunday
We’ll be
designating the 3rd
Sunday of every month Food Pantry Sunday. It’s important for us to
remember our local pantry as new families are coming in every month.
The time after the holidays is a rough time for the pantry as
donations are generally down during this time. Let’s see what we
can do to help!
Sunday School
We will begin
our Adult Sunday School on January 6, 2012!! Sunday School will
begin at 9:30am .The book we’ll be using is “Where Is the Holy
Spirit?” by Stonecroft Ministires. The cost of the book for each
participant is $7.36. Please give Pastor Sue your money by December
18th
so we can receive our order in time.
Pastor’s Pen
When I was young I had always had a high school girl to stay with me in the summer when my mom and dad were working. My favorite was Jenny. She was fun to play with and I adored her. But there was one thing you did do, you never interrupted her when her ‘story’ was on television. Each day she tuned in to her favorite soap opera after lunch. The characters were almost real to her. They became like close friends. And Jenny wanted to keep up with all the secret storms of the days of their lives.
Most of us can probably remember when the TV miniseries “Roots” captivated the whole country. We were glued each night to the TV and that evening’s episode was the conversation of the next day.
Good stories are like that. They capture us, intrigue us, we just can’t get enough. Advent is the first season of the new church year and it marks the beginning of our story. It’s the story of two young people, probably both in their teens, who receive the most astounding news ever delivered. It is the story of their faithfulness in an unbelieving and incredulous world. It’s the story of the baby born them, the baby who is to be the Savior of the world. It’s the story of simple people caught up in heaven’s drama. It’s our story and we don’t want to miss a single episode.
The story begins in Matthew 1 with an episode in the story that many of us skip over. It’s the genealogy. It is fourteen generations of names most of us don’t know and can’t even pronounce, but these people connect Jesus the Messiah to the heroes of the Jewish people. This genealogy of Joseph tells us so much about the character of the man, but even more about the character of God. This beginning brings to life Emmanuel, God who is with us.
So stick it out, the story gets even more exciting!
Pastor Sue
Upcoming Meetings
Liturgists for December
December 4 Joyce Plunkett December 11 Joyce Plunkett December 18 Donna Rogers
December 24 Donna Rogers & Barb Norton December 31