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Thought for the Day
"The root of joy is gratefulness...
It is not joy that makes us grateful;
it is gratitude that makes us joyful."
- Br. David Steindal-Rast from
Gratefulness, The Heart of Prayer
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As we near this season when we're reminded once again of the value of giving thanks, I recalled that...
UCGers all around the country and the world are doing some wonderful work for the common good!
Here's a picture we recently received of recent Denison graduate, Megan Hart, taken in Yaounde, Cameroon, at her swearing her in as an official Peace Corp Volunteer! Congrats and best wishes, Megan!
This Sunday, we gather for an
Agape Meal All Age Worship in the Annex Gym at 10 AM. You can contribute to the celebration in a couple of ways:
(1) by bringing in a hand-made quilt that has meaning to you! We're going to hang these around the gym, as the theme of the service will be
"Stitching our Stories Together: Passing the Good On Through the Generations." On a 3X5 card, share a few words about the quilt's meaning for you, and we'll attach it so that people can read about its "story."
(2) or by bringing bread, cheese, crackers, fruits, veggies or drinks to share during worship, thus Agape
Meal!
Also remember that UCG is co-sponsoring a Thanksgiving Dinner (along with Trinity Episcopal in Newark) in lieu of our usual Lunches on the Square sack lunch distribution this Sunday, and
we've been asked to contribute desserts for that initiative. Donations are much appreciated--just bring them along to church on Sunday (and give Linda Mossholder a heads up by contacting her by
e-mail
if you plan on bringing a dessert).
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Thank you!
... to Patti Burkett & Sue Foster!
for organizing a great UCG Women's Retreat at Pilgrim Hills Camp & Conference Center last weekend! So many reports that it was a great time of renewal and a wonderful opportunity to get to know others in a deeper way.
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 2016 Pledge Drive at $101,962 towards Goal of $136,000 ... More Pledge Cards Due
Thanks to all of you who have contributed to Christ's mission at the United Church of Granville! Our 2016 pledge drive goal is $136,000.
34 stewardship pledge cards have turned to date, including six new members/first time pledgers. There are still 21 families/individuals who pledged in 2015 who haven't yet pledged in 2016. If you haven't turned in a 2016 pledge card, they're available in the back of the Church and you can drop them into the offering plate. If you are continuing with monthly online contributions, please still turn in a pledge card.
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UCG CHRISTMAS PAGEANT coming up!
Here we go!! It's always a good time at the UCG Christmas pageant. This year it will be held on Dec. 13th at 6:00. We'll have a whole church pasta dinner at 5:00--dessert and sides will be potluck.
*Rehearsals are during Children's Church (during the service) with Ken Klatt and Alex Farrenkopf beginning Nov. 29. There will also be rehearsals Dec. 6 and 13. If your child(ren) can be at least 2 of the rehearsals, that would be great. We are also excited to hear any musical numbers your children/family would like to preform. Our very talented Grace Gilbert will be playing (along with Alex) again this year!
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Opportunities to grow & connect...
The Feminist Class will be meeting after the Sunday service every Sunday morning except fourth Sundays. Our focus this fall is "Encountering God as a Woman." We will alternate study of Leonard Shlain's book,
The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image, with meetings where we tell stories about our own experiences with female forms of the divine. There are three copies of the book available through the Ohio library system that can be ordered through any local public library. JoAnne Geiger at Reader's Garden Book Store will also place orders for local pickup.
Monday Book Group & Meditation...
Monday's 3 PM spiritual life book group has resumed in the Martin library, reviewing/reading the book,
Radical Acceptance: Embracing your Life with the Heart of the Buddha by Tara Brach. This Monday we will discuss the Chapter 6: "Radical Acceptance of Desire - Awakening to the Source of Longing." Please enter through the "Office" door. Meditation/Contemplation will follow, from 4:15-4:45. All are welcome!
- Doris Jane Conway
Thursday-night Sitting Zen (Zazen)
Every Thursday night in UCG's chapel. 6:30 PM for first-timers. Bell will ring at 7:00 for a 20 minute sitting. Participants may stay afterwards for 15 minutes or so of sharing if they'd like.
Click here for a good, short introduction to sitting from Fr. Ruben Habito's Maria Kannon Zen Center in Dallas. You may bring your own zafu/zabuton if you have a set--there are a number in the chapel as well. You may sit in a chair if it's more comfortable, too. This is free & open to anyone of any (or no) religious tradition. Peace.
- Dwight
"Chaplain's Table" (most) Every Friday
Denison University's Slayter Dining Hall
Some may not know that the pastors of our four corner churches in Granville (& Msgr. Enke of St. Edward's) are considered adjunct chaplains at Denison. Pastor Dwight hosts "Chaplain's Table" every Friday from 12 noon to 1 PM up in Slayter. Come by and share lunch or just stop to say hello. All are welcome--"town & gown."
Pastor's River Road Coffee Hours
Most Tuesdays, 1:30-3 PM (check
the web before heading out! If "Pastor's River Road Coffee Hours" is not listed, that means I'm otherwise occupied on that afternoon!) Come by to chat or to share a cup of coffee. No program--just conversation!
Growing Old Together
A group which meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 7 PM, and focuses on issues of interest around living in the last decades of life.
The Breakfast Meeting
at the Sparta Restaurant, 16 W. Main St., Newark
First Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30 AM
Come join in for good conversation & good food. All are welcome! Next Breakfast, December 2nd!
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This Sunday, Nov. 22nd
26th Sunday after Pentecost
Agape Meal All Age Worship
In the Annex Gym, 10 a.m.
All Age Worship at 10 AM will be in the style of an Agape Meal in the Annex Gym. Our theme is "Stitching our Stories Together: Passing the Good on Through the Generations."
Do you have a handmade quilt that is meaningful to you? Bring it on Nov. 22nd to help decorate the walls of the Annex! Also bring a small 3X5 card briefly sharing the quilt's "story." Julie Reiswig has a surpise for us this day, too!
It's also a joy this Sunday to welcome into our membership
Rene Guo, and
Jeff & Gretchen Burkett!
We will be sharing a
cheese, crackers, bread, fruits & drinks at our tables. Bring something along to share if you can. Also remember that, for LUNCHES ON THE SQUARE that day, we're asked to provide
desserts for the Thanksgiving meal being served at Trinity Episcopal in Newark at 2 PM. These desserts can be dropped off in the chapel. Thank you!
At 7 PM that evening, UCG hosts the
Granville Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service
! Details below...
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Also this Sunday, we host...
THE GRANVILLE ECUMENICAL THANKSGIVING SERVICE
The Granville Ministerium will hold its annual Community Thanksgiving Service on Sunday, November 22, at 7:00 pm
at The United Church of Granville.
Each year, one of the churches of the Ministerium hosts this community-wide service.
The Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service has been on the Sunday before Thanksgiving for the last several years since so many Granvillians travel over the holiday weekend. This year, Monsignor Enke of St. Edward's Roman Catholic Church will preach, and Jackie Dawson, musician at the United Church, will be gathering a community choir and church musicians from the Granville churches to provide music for the occasion. The clergy of the Granville Ministerium will participate, and refreshments will follow the service in UCG's Chapel. This year's offering has been designated to go to the Food Pantry Network of Licking County.
Ecumenical Youth Event before the Thanksgiving Service!
At 5:00 PM at the Presbyterian church across the street there will be a Ecumenical High School Youth Event (& food) before the Community Thanksgiving Service (which starts at 7 PM)... Middle Schoolers are also welcome to come at 5:30 & join the group. There will be pie-making over there and the pies will go to St. Vincent's shelter for the homeless at Thanksgiving. Thanks to FPC's Trip Porch for organizing this!
Sing with the Combined Choir at the Granville Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service! Sunday, Nov. 22nd
The combined choirs from The United Church of Granville, First Presbyterian Church, St. Luke's Church, Centenary Methodist Church and Church of St. Edward the Confessor will sing two anthems. The first is "Thanksgiving Canticle", a Mark Hayes arrangement based on NUN DANKET ALLE GOTT. The second is a Lloyd Larson arrangement on the tune KREMSER, "We Praise You, O God." There will be a rehearsal before the service on Sunday, November 22nd at 5:15 and the Community Service will begin at 7:00 PM. Anyone who would like to sing with the choir is welcome! Please contact Jackie Dawson at 740-745-3393 or the UCG office at 740-587-0336 if you would like to sing and we will make sure we have music available for you.
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Note! The UCG Church Office will be closed Thursday, Nov. 26th through Monday, Nov. 30th for the Thanksgiving holiday!
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Advent begins Sunday, Nov. 29th!
2015 Advent Theme: Everything Must Change
1st Advent, Sunday, Nov. 29th
"The Power Structure" Must Change!
(Jer. 33:15-16)
2nd Advent, Sunday, Dec. 6th
"Might Makes Right" Must Change!
(Luke 1:72-75)
3rd Advent, Sunday, Dec. 13th
"What's Mine is Mine" Must Change!
(Luke 3:10-11)
4th Advent, Sunday, Dec. 20th
"An Eye for an Eye" Must Change!
(Micah 5:1-5)
Christmas Eve, Thursday, Dec. 24th, 7 PM
Even the Darkest Night is Changed!
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Trades of Hope Party, December 2nd
Also benefiting Rancho Ebenezer
7 PM in the UCG Chapel
PLEASE COME!!! All UCG church members and friends (and please bring additional friends as well... the more the merrier!!!) to a party that empowers women out of poverty all over the world!
WHAT: Trades of Hope is about creating sustainable business for women who are in desperate situations. Through your purchase, you are rescuing women out of the sex trade, slums, sweatshops, and extreme poverty! You are giving a voice to a woman who has no voice. These are women making beautiful products that will now be able to put food on their table, keep a roof over their head, and send their children to school - just like you!
WHEN & WHERE: Wed, DEC 2nd @ 7PM at UCG in the chapel!!! Just in time to order special (and meaningful) gifts for your loved ones for the holidays. Each item purchased comes with a description card about that particular artisan group and the difference you are making in their lives.
EXTRA,EXTRA: some of this party's proceeds will go to RANCHO EBENEZER's sewing project!
SHOP ONLINE: If you are not able to come to the party, but would like to shop online to help support these artisans from around the world AND help Rancho Ebenezer at the same time...here is the direct link!
Once you place your order online, it will ship to your home immediately!
QUESTIONS: [email protected]
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Granville Candlelight Walking Tour, December 5
Christmas is Coming...The Geese are getting fat!......
Time to sign up for Christmas activities at UCG!! And feel the Spirit! Coming up is Tree Trimming and Decorating the church for the Candlelight Walk, Saturday, Dec. 5. The Ohio grown, fresh tree for the Chapel will be delivered Tuesday, Dec. 1st, along with a truck load of GREENS...we need lots of hands to decorate a "tall tree" and make wreaths and swags for the sanctuary. We will be waiting for your help on Dec 1st and 2nd.
And, what about the FOOD?
TO BRING:
Soup,
Mac 'n Cheese and
Brownies...Please sign up to bring your choice of food...signup sheets will be available the next 2 Sundays on the back table. Again this year we are giving you five soup suggestions: CHICKEN NOODLE / CHILI / WHITE BEAN & KALE / SPICY BUTTERNUT SQUASH / SPICY BLACK BEAN. Soup recipes will be available, but you can always tweek them to your liking. Use your own Mac 'n Cheese and Brownie (gluten free is welcome) recipes. Thanks and HO! HO! HO!
- Lyn and Mike Robertson and Kitty Leatham
Again this year, many events are being planned here at UCG!
Music in the Sanctuary, 2:00 - 7:00 p.m.
2:00 - 3:00 - Denison Suzuki Program Piano Holiday Concert
3:15 - 4:15 - Denison Suzuki Program Strings & Flute Concert with guest string quartet, ETHEL (Ensemble in Residence at Denison University)
4:30 - 4:50 - Christmas Preludes on the Organ, UCG Organist, Jackie Dawson
5:00 - 5:20 - Seasonal Songs by Men's Trio, "Be Not Flat" -- Tom Thompson, Tom Held, and Bryan Spurgeon, accompanied by Jackie Dawson
5:30 - 5:50 - Denison Horn Trio -- David Nesmith, Gabrielle Brant, Maggie Gorski
6:00 - 6:20 - Hammered Dulcimer and Guitar -- Jennifer Evans-Kinsley & Dick Kinsley
6:30 - 6:50 - Celtic Harp -- Christine Ramsey
"Trades of Hope" Table, 4:30-7:00 p.m. - an opportunity to purchase handmade clothing, jewelry and other merchandise supporting women around the world trying to make their way out of the poverty, sweatshops or the sex trade. A socially-conscious holiday gift-giving option!
"Holiday Supper" in the Chapel, 5:00-8:00 p.m.
An Assortment of Holiday Soups, Macaroni and Cheese, Beverages, and Assorted Brownies. Proceeds will go toward preservation of our historic building.
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