Table of Contents
Prayers and Comfort
Church News
Synod of the Sun
Faith & Grief
Nurture & Care
A Prayer for Hugs Again!
Session, Officers & Committee Moderators
Staff
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SUNDAYS
Adult Sunday School in Hancock Hall 9:00 a.m.
Worship-Virtual and In-Person 10:30 a.m.
Ghanaian Fellowship Ministry 2:00 p.m.
Office Hours
M - Th, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Closed Fridays
(972)541-0747
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PRAYERS AND COMFORT
To update information, please contact Betty Ladusau, 214.505.6043
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Limited Travelers
Rob Allen
Dick Bock
Dr. Ron Clodfelter
Sharon Dickey
Kathleen "Kitty" Douglas
Scott McKissick
Jack Murphy
Ellen Paul
Gladys Valchar
Paul Wood
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Hospital
Gary Westerman
VIP Living Center
Ladeane Murphy
West Fort Assisted Living
Georgia Christy
Villages on MacArthur
Georgia Batot
Dana Wright
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Caregivers
Ruby Blackwell
Sandy Dickey
Dena Owens
Service Women & Men
and Their Families
SSGT Stephanie Cole,
granddaughter of Bernice Steele
Seaman Houston Neff, grandson of Kitty Neff
Captain Marty Schubert, Chaplain, U.S. Army
USAF Lt. Colonel Phillip Hartnett, grandson of Nancy Miller
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Family Members
Alan and Suzanne Baroody
Georgia Batot's daughter, Linda Rebora
Ruby Blackwell's husband Joel
Gwen Buhmann's step-father
Debbie Dickinson's husband, Gene
Jennifer Douglas' daughters, Sarah Douglas Becker & Lauren Douglas
Kathy and Bob Durham's daughter and son-in-law, Megan and Dan Reese
Eulalia Hallman's son, Rhoden, and granddaughter, Ashton
Heather Meese's mother-in-law, Janice Sharp
Nancy Miller - Mary Logan, wife of St. Stephens Pastor James Logan
Chuck and Dona Holt's son, Kevin Montaque
Elias Muludiki's niece, Terra Muludiki
Dena Owens mother, Lorna Griffis
Cobbie and Dessa Palm, Missionaries
Ellen Paul's brother-in-law, Bob Ralph
Pat Reese's son, Johnny
Margaret Robison's sister, Sara
Gladys Valchar's friend, Marilyn Portis
Gaylene Webb's daughter Sharia Ellis, and friend Jamie NcNiel
Requests are gathered during our worship service, via email, or calls to the office. We do our best to ensure that all requests are included. If you would like to add someone to this list or have your name removed, please contact the church office.
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Hello Fellow Woodhaven Quarantiners, |
I hope everyone had a blessed and memorable Christmas!
We're still in the season of Christmas. You may recognize this familiar story of the magi's visit to Jesus and how they followed a star in the sky to get there. Remember that when hearing a story we've heard before, we may see something new...about ourselves or about the story!
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Next week, we'll hear about Jesus' Baptism. I invite you to add a bowl of water to your sacred space to remember your own Baptism.
Always remember that YOU are a Beloved Child of God, no matter how old you are!
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The flower chart for 2021 is now available in the Narthex. Sign up for the Sunday that you wish to honor birthday, anniversaries, or any special event before it's taken.
If you are not able, or would prefer not to attend services but would like to sign up for flowers, please contact Ottlynne Caviness at (214)732-4007 or email mawmawoc@verizon.net with the date.
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Episodes from the SunSpots Podcast
from Synod of the Sun...
So Much Bible!
On the newest episode of SunSpots, we talk with Rev. Elana Keppel Levy and Rev. Lucus Levy Keppel, who are co-pastors of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Bixby, OK.
Partners in life and in ministry, they both have a background in theatre and a passion for making the gospel come to life. Read "Keeping it Light", the story of a collaboration of pastors from all over the country to create an 18-minute video retelling of the Parable of the 10 Bridesmaids (Matt. 25: 1-13)
Check out SoMuchBible for Elana's offerings of resources like plays, music, word studies and lessons. Don’t listen to podcasts? The same content we post on the SunSpots podcast will also be posted on our YouTube page.
You can find SunSpots on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Amazon Music, Stitcher, Alexa (“Hey Alexa, play the SunSpots podcast”), or wherever you find your favorite podcasts.
Where to find SunSpots!
Find SunSpots on our webpage:
Find SunSpots content on the Synod of the Sun YouTube channel
(click on SunSpots playlist):
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During this time of Covid-19 recommendations, we are offering support gatherings online. For the safety of our participants, we and our host sites will not be hosting in-person support gathers, for the time being. Please check for updates on future in-person support gatherings.
Please register and you will receive an email confirmation with the meeting access link & dial-in instructions, click the link below to register for:
Tuesday, January 5, @Noon
Thursday, January 21, @Noon
Tuesday, February 2, @Noon
Thursday, February 18, @Noon
Register at: https://www.faithandgrief.org/gatherings/
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New Episode Every Wednesday
Download & Listen Today
Learn more at: www.faithandgrief.org/poscast/
Download & listen to the podcast on Spotify, Apple podcasts and Google podcasts. You can listen on your desktop or mobile devices, download these podcast apps today.
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Hello All!
Nurture and Care and Fellowship Committees appreciate all the positive comments in regard to Healing Prayers and the Happy Birthday listing.
We have been on our own, but we still care/miss everyone. If there is anything we can do to help each other, please let me know. Also if you haven't given your birthday information through PowerChurch, you are welcome to send to me via text/email/phone call.
God's grace is with us, together or physically apart. Our Worshiping of God is either by phone, laptop or computer. Yes, this is different; no fellowship and in different surroundings . We are still listening to the scriptures, singing along with the hymns, listening to the sermon and enjoying special music.
Be safe. Stay in touch.
God Bless All,
Betty Ladusau - Nurture and Care
214.505.6043
Ashley Todd - Fellowship
972.603.8679
Committee Members: Georgia Regelsky, Sandra Wright, Peggy Duvall, Gloria Poole, Susie Smith, Melodi Rozell, Tim Ladusau (he does the heavy lifting . . .), and all members of our church as we stay in touch with each other.
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A prayer for hugs again
When I was growing up in the years B.C. (before COVID-19), Ms. Joyce would stoop to wrap each child in her arms as we exited single file from her Sunday school classroom. She’d always say, “Amen.” A hug can be a prayer.
In the year of COVID-19, the church I serve has offered online worship since the outbreak in March. Our congregation recently began gathering for outdoor worship as well. We pray the Lord’s Prayer. We hear familiar scriptures like Matthew 25 and Psalm 23. There have been instrumental versions of “Be Thou My Vision” and “Amazing Grace.”
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A circle from worship the first Sunday of Advent
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Yet a maximum of 50 parishioners can attend each week. They have maintained social distance in their “circles of safety” chalked in the parking lot. Each person has worn a facemask. There have been no receptions in the fellowship hall. No hugs. Are certain people in your congregation proud to refer to themselves as “huggers, not shakers”? One such parishioner told me, “That two-fingered peace sign just ain’t the same.” I think our country is suffering from a deficit of hugs. Our thoughts and prayers are with the hundreds of thousands who are grieving. But we must keep beloved relatives and friends at a distance of six feet. It just ain’t the same.
Recent weeks have brought promising news of vaccines. For the first time, there is light at the end of a tunnel. Although the way the year has gone, a colleague suggested that light might be an incoming train. Still, our Advent faith promises that the people who have walked in deep darkness have seen a great light (Isaiah 9:2). We imagine church on Sunday morning in 1 A.C. (after COVID-19), sitting in our familiar pew, rising to our feet and belting out the old familiars. How sweet the sound!
And after the service, hugs and hugs and HUGS!
Whether great bear hugs or brief side-to-side squeezes or leaning down to wrap arms around a young disciple, those hugs will be Amens. As we wait with hope, we continue to pray:
O Lord, your beloved Son longed to gather us like a mother hen embraces her chicks. We yearn for the comfort of connection, for our losses are terrible, our griefs heavy. As we are wise and patient in taking precautions against this deadly virus, grant us a childlike hope for brighter days. Guide us through this time of physical distancing so that, once it is safe, we will have maintained the emotional connections that allow us to hold one another. Wrap us in your steadfast love in the name of the Incarnate One. Amen and amen.
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2020 - 2021 Session, Officers & Committee Moderators
Discipleship - Elias Muludiki, Priscilla Meadows
Fellowship - Ashley Todd
Finance - Enoch Azu
Mission/Outreach - Carol Wortham
Special Missions - Steve Schlarb
Nurture & Care - Betty Ladusau
Personnel - Alice Owen
Property - Greg Smith
Technology Task Force - Coy Donald
Facilities Task Force - Brian Parker & Gary Westerman
Worship - Martin Osae
Director of Music and Production - Tracy Herron
Stewardship - Peter Buhmann
Youth Elder - Kimberly Jordy
Officers:
Clerk of Session - Brian Parker, clerk@woodhavenpres.org
Assistant Clerk of Session - Alice Owen
Treasurer - Earllene Hausinger, treasurer@woodhavenpres.org
Assistant Treasurer - Stephen Walker
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Minister & Head of Staff
Shane Webb
pastor@woodhavenpres.org
Director of Music and Production
Tracy Herron
tracy@woodhavenpres.org
Organist
William "Joe" Snyder
jsnyder@woodhavenpres.org
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Bookkeeper
Elouise Murphy
bookkeeper@woodhavenpres.org
Office Administrator
Deborah Dickinson
office@woodhavenpres.org
Nursery Attendant
Nikki Homberg
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