December 10th – December 17th Sunday Morning Services are held at 8:30 & 11:00 a.m.

Website: honesdaleumc.org Email: [email protected] Phone: 570-253-3291

LIFE

Sunday School & Adult Christian Education classes are held at 9:45 a.m.

It seems no matter where you look today we are loosing our Traditional identity. The flavor of the season between thanksgiving and Christmas even has largely been co-opted by big box merchants. Fundamentalist Chiristians decry that there is a war against Christmas going on because Starbucks prefers plain red cups, even though everywhere you look there are signs of the season! After Black Friday the average American goes into debt to the tune of $1000, and congregants pressure their clergy to start singing those fun Christmas carols in worship. Everybody wants Christmas and they want it now. We don’t know what to make about Advent. Our evangelical friends ignore it all together . However, this time is unique and it matters to our spiritual life. I read an article by the theologian Dianna Butler Bass who claims that “the war on Christmas” is really “a war on Advent” . Advent is a time when the open-hearted, empty-handed friends of God have recognized for millennia that when all is bleakest, this is precisely when we let go of our burdens and wait. The word comes from the Latin word Adventus, which means arrival. Yet During advent, we don’t yet celebrate the arrival of the Christ. The problem is, our capitalist culture isn’t very good at waiting. It wants us to buy now and feel a hit of excitement when we make a purchase. It makes sense that our culture wants us to extend the season of Christmas for as long as possible. That’s what the secular Christmas of consumerism is all about. It doesn’t have much of anything to do with a baby in a manger. But let’s not be seduced by Christmas consumerism. Rather, let’s pay attention to Advent. Advent is a time of waiting, but it isn’t just passive waiting. It’s a time of preparing our hearts and spirits and minds for Christmas, for the birth of Christ to enter the world, so that He can be born in our hearts everyday of our lives. Part of Advent preparation is to understand why Jesus needed to be born at all. Jesus, the Prince of Peace, was born because the powers and principalities of the world are not set aright. There is healing that needs to be done, not just in people but between nations. The traditional themes of advent (hope, peace, joy and love) help to provide focus in this time of Advent . Each of them gives testimony to the light that entered the world which the darkness could not overcome. (John 1) The only way that we can see this Light and understand its relevance for us and our world is by preparing ourselves so we can be ready to receive the great news of the meaning of the season. Together, let’s reclaim Advent and make it great again for our faith. See you in church, Pastor Rob

Advent: A Season to Celebrate

Advent 2 (December 10) – Celebrate Healing Advent 3 (December 17) – Celebrate Recovery Advent 4 (December 24) – Celebrate New Life

December 16th - CUMC is sponsoring a free community luncheon for those in need. Gifts of warm winter-wear will be distributed to each individual. Please come to help! 11:00 A.M. until 1:00 P.M. please see Tim Eldred or Betty Faliski for details.

UNITED METHODIST WOMEN The United Methodist Women will meet on th Monday, December 11 , at 1:30 p.m. in the Wesley Room. Please bring box tops for education. We will get them ready for submission to Red Bird Mission and share a few cookies during our time of refreshments and fellowship. All are welcome. There will be no meetings in January and February. Please note our inclement weather policy: If school is released early or closed due to inclement weather that day, there will be no UMW meeting.

Tis' the season Please contact the office with your Poinsettia dedications, OR fill out our online form by Wednesday, December 20th. Flowers must be dropped off on Saturday, December 23rd, between 9-12 in the Annex.

LUMINAIRES Please place your orders for Luminaires this year In Honor or in Memory of loved ones

XYZ members please mark your calendars for TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12th, at noon. Our annual Christmas party will be at the Zipperlen's again this year. No need to bring your place settings-- just a dish to share. We hope to see you there. Noisy Change: Last week we collected $181.57 for our Houston, TX Mission Trip. Thank you all!!

PRAYER REQUESTS Family of Troy Johnson, Family of Betty Mang, Tyson Family, Cpls. Kelly, Family of Joyce Yevitch, Lily, Keith & Al, Rob Baker, Jeff Judge, Charlie, Christopher, Pete Zuroff, Donna, Tara, Anna, Charlie, Becky Eldred, Dorothy Melody & Family, Sue Sadak, Jerry Murphy, Patty Figura,, Hunter Welles, Missy Robbins, Alberta Robbins, John Ryan, Evelyn Smith, Peter & Nancy Wilken, Pat Seipp, Lois Garrett, Drake Evans, Dorothy Gauch, Alvira Risner, Sandy Jones, Glenn Lee, Macey Hessling, Marquita Maher, Reese Burdette, military personnel: Kyle Lebrecht, P.O. 3rd class and his shipmates aboard the submarine U.S.S. Virginia on a 6 month deployment, & our shut-ins. Please contact the church office with updates, or if a member is hospitalized & requests a visitation from one of our Lay people.

through the church office or by using our online form. Each dedication costs $2.00. They’ll be available to order until

Tuesday, December 19th. HAPPENING THIS WEEK: Sunday, December 10th: ~ Second Sunday of Advent 8:30 Informal Worship Service – Wesley Room 9:30 John Keyes Kenya Presentation – Social Room 9:45 Sunday School – Education Building 11:00 Traditional Service – Sanctuary Monday, December 11th: 1:30 United Methodist Women – Wesley Room Tuesday, December 12th: 12:00 XYZ’s Christmas Party – Zipperlen’s 6:30 Men’s Faith Study Wednesday, December 6th: 9:00 – 10:00 Rob’s “Office Hours” -Black & Brass 3:15 King’s Ringers – Sanctuary 6:45 Chancel Choir – Sanctuary Thursday, December 7th: 3:15 Emmanuel’s Angels – Sanctuary 6:45 Wesley Ringers – Sanctuary Saturday, December 16th: 11:00 – 1:00 Community Luncheon – Social Room Sunday, December 17th: ~ Third Sunday of Advent 8:30 Informal Worship Service – Wesley Room 9:45 Sunday School – Education Building 11:00 Traditional Service – Sanctuary

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Seipp, Lois Garrett, Drake Evans, Dorothy Gauch, Alvira Risner,. Sandy Jones, Glenn Lee, Macey Hessling, Marquita Maher, Reese. Burdette, military personnel: Kyle Lebrecht, P.O. 3rd class and his. shipmates aboard the submarine U.S.S. Virginia on a 6 month. deployment, & our shut-ins. Please contact the church office.

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