Presbyterian Women

Christmas Brunch

Congratulations to 

Melody Hannegan,

2025 Woman of the Year!

CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE

Wednesday Dec. 24

SERVICE STARTS AT 3pm

Special prelude with bells, choir, and soloists starts at 2:45pm

This year's Advent devotional is one complete booklet that covers the four weeks in Advent, Christmas Eve, Christmastide, and Epiphany. Click on the button below to access your online copy. For those interested, there are hard copies available in the church Narthex.

YEAR-END DONATIONS must reach the church office by December 31 at 10am to be deposited and recorded in the church books for 2025. After that time, deposits will be made and recorded in 2026. For tax purposes, if a mailed contribution is postmarked by December 31, it can be claimed in 2025.

THE PITTSBURGH PRESBYTERY recently informed us that the per capita rate for 2026 has increased to $40.00 per member, which includes $11.86 for the General Assembly (PCUSA), $2.40 for the Synod of the Trinity, and $25.74 for the Pittsburgh Presbytery. This represents a 5% increase over the 2025 rate of $38.11. The per capita contribution is requested in support of the governance and mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Please prayerfully consider fulfilling your 2026 per capita contribution for each member in 2026.

Clef Notes

Music Director, Stephen Schall

stephen@northmontchurch.org

Christmas is nearly upon us as we celebrate the Fourth Sunday of Advent, and there is much to anticipate. We have a rich offering of joyous and inspirational music prepared for this Sunday’s service.

Because of last week’s storm, the handbell choir will ring this Sunday instead. One thing you may not have considered is just how interdependent a bell choir truly is—if even one ringer is absent, the ensemble cannot perform. Our heartfelt thanks go to all of our dedicated bell ringers for their commitment and flexibility.

Larry Allen will be with us Sunday to accompany the choir in two wonderful works: William Matthias’s rousing setting of Psalm 24:7–10, Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates, and Charles Villiers Stanford’s G-major setting of the Magnificat, the “Song of Mary.”



We hope you will plan to arrive early on Christmas Eve to enjoy bells, choir, and soloists offering music of the season. The prelude will begin at 2:45 p.m. Most of this year’s choral music will be unaccompanied carols, many of them familiar and beloved. It promises to be a beautiful celebration of our Lord’s birth.

Come, Lord Jesus!

BILL MARKUS RETURNS IN DECEMBER

Bill joins us this Sunday, December 21, from 8:45 to 9:45, in Polley Fellowship Hall to speak on the topic of “Venezuela and the USA Today.” We hope you'll be able to join us.

- The Mission Ministry Committee

PLEASE SUBMIT ANY PICTURES you've taken from this past year’s 100th anniversary celebrations, Shrove Tuesday, Lodge Picnic, guest pastor Sundays, etc.

Click below to access the folder for uploading your pictures. You may also email those directly to churchoffice@northmontchurch.org.

All pictures should be submitted by the end of this year. Thank you in advance for helping with Kathy Dobson’s display.

Specialized Ministry

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