Author: Sharon Springs UMC

December 2024

JOIN US AS WE CELEBRATE JESUS THIS CHRISTMAS

Sharon Springs Methodist Church 520 W. 6th Ave., P.O. Box 339 Sharon Springs, KS 67758

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
1 First Sunday of Advent Holy Communion Ed Woods, Speaker	2 Meth Women packing boxes for College students sat 4:00 P.M.	3 / Kings Kids at 3:30 Bell Choir at 5:00	4	5 / Adult Bible Study at Prairie Village 10:15 am	6 / Rehearsal for Children’s Christmas Program from 3:30 to 7:00.	7
8 Second Sunday of Advent Children’s Choir Christmas Program and Basket Dinner Basket Dinner to follow.	9	10	11	12 Charge Conference 5:30 at the Church Adult Bible Study Prairie Village 10:15 am	13	14
15 Third Sunday of Advent / Adm Co Mtg	16 / Girls Scouts from 5:15—7:15 P.M.	17	18 / Meth Women fill the Cookie plates 1:00 pm	19 / Adult Bible Study at Prairie Village 10:15 am	20	21 / First Day of Winter
22 Fourth Sunday of Advent	23	24 Christmas Eve Service at 5:00 pm	25 / Merry Christmas	26	27	28
29	30	31 / New Year’s Eve

Just as the longest night of the approaches, we light all four candles on our Advent wreath. Indeed, Christ’s light shines in our darkness, and the darkness cannot banish it. John 1:5

THE CROSS IN MY POCKET
I carry a cross in my pocket, as simple reminder to me of the fact that I am a Christian no matter where I may be.
This little cross is not magic nor is it a good luck charm. It isn’t meant to protect me from every physical harm
It’s not for identification, for all the world to see. It’s simply an understanding between my Savior and me.
When I put my hand in my pocket to bring out a coin or key, the Cross is there to remind me of the price He paid for me.
It reminds me too, to be thankful, for my blessings day by day, and to strive to serve Him better in all that I do and say.
It reminds me too, to be thankful, for my blessings day by day, and to strive to serve Him better in all that I do and say.
It’s also a daily reminder of the peace ande comfort I share with all who know my Master and give themselves to His care.
So, I carry a cross in my pocket, reminding no one but me, that Jesus Christ is Lord of my life, lif only I’ll let Him be.
—Anonymous

Cookie Plates: Each year the Sharon Springs Methodist Women prepare a cookie plate/box for the elderly and shut ins. We will prepare and deliver these plates on December 11th at 1:15. If you have items to add to the plates/boxes please have them to the church by 1:00 on the 11th. If you know of someone that needs to be added to the list please call the church office. Come join us for this fun time of fellowship as we prepare the plates/boxes.

Sharon Springs Methodist Women’s Meeting on December 4th

Sharon Spring Methodist Women will be meeting on December 4, 2024 at 1:15 PM, for their regular monthly meeting. Plan on sharing your favorite Christmas recipe with the group. If you would like to bring a copy of the recipe we can make additional copies.

December Service Committee ( Church Dinner) Etta Walker, Chairman, Sharon Van Allen, Claire Helsel, Crystal Brown, Cathy Walker.
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December is quickly approaching and so is our annual Wesley Children’s Choir Christmas Program. Please join on December 8, 2024, at 10:00 for our performance of “Wrapping All the Way” by Christy and Daniel Semsen. Based in Tuneville, where the townspeople are known as Tunies, and their leader, Queen Dazzlebaum, has declared that EVERY DAY is Christmas! The conversation is loaded with Christmas-isms and the air is merry and bright as the Christmas extravaganza –“Tinsel Mania”– is about to take place. You won't want to miss it!

CHRISTMAS BELLS
I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, goodwill to men!
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The art of Christmas How can we best keep Christmas?
*By following the star on an inward journey to Bethlehem to stand again in awe and wonder before the Babe in a manger.
*By rediscovering the faith and simplicity of a little child, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
*By being still and listening to the angels sing within our hearts.
*By quietly evaluating our lives according to the Master’s standards as set forth in the Sermon on the mount.
*By resolving to give ourselves away to others in love, joy and devotion.
——Wilferd Peterson, The New book of the Art of Living