9:00a.m. until 3:00p.m.
Church Staff checks phone
messages throughout the day.
Pastor Maxwell is available for
appointments days and eve-
nings and is glad to schedule at
convenient times.

Christian Education (all ages):
Sundays 9:45a.m.
Sunday Worship:

Music Notes from Mary Ellen
Christmas Pageant
Bethlehem Walk 2008
Preschool
Happy Birthday Jesus
Laptop Loaners
Daily Devotions
Library
Youth Stuff
Focus on Sunday School
Go, Make Disciples
Finance Committee Reportr

Older Adult Ministires
Thank You Notes
Shawl Ministry

is snuggling up on the couch with my family and watching Christmas specials that I\u2019ve watched for years. It\u2019s not that I don\u2019t know the ending, or that it\u2019s another chance to drink hot chocolate and eat sausage balls that

The same is true of the Christmas story. Many have heard those familiar words so many times that we pass over them too quickly: \u201cIn those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken\u2026\u201d

referring to on each of the Sundays in December?
Nov 30 \u2013 The Grinches that Steal Christmas
Dec 7 \u2013 One Incredible Moment (Our Christmas Cantata)
Dec 14 \u2013 A Miracle Well Beyond 34th Street
Dec 21 \u2013 It Really is a Wonderful Life
Dec 24 \u2013 A Charlie Brown Christmas
Dec 28 \u2013 A Christmas Story
Join us for worship in Advent. There\u2019s certainly something new God

anticipate the coming of the Christ Child. Thanks to all who participated in
our Hanging of the Greens Service. We hope it helped each of you prepare
your heart for this season. Special thanks go to Patti Davis, Deanna
Llewellyn, Maria Maxwell, and Peggy
Tsaclas for the \u201cbehind the scenes\u201d work
that needed to be done in advance of the
actual service.

important part of our regular worship
services during the Sundays of Advent.
Each week we will have different family
light the appropriate candles and
present a special Scripture and reading.
In advance, we wish to thank each
family that serves our congregation by
participating in this way.

The Christmas cantata, \u201cOne Incredible Moment,\u201d with text by Max Lucado and music by Tom Fettke will be given at New Life UMC on December 7, 2008. This will be presented by our Adult Choir and friends during our 8:30 and 11:00am services of worship.

\u201cNothing could make the biblical account of the birth of Christ more \u2018incredible\u2019 than what is
recorded in Scripture. Our fascination with that
\u2018moment\u2019 raises questions beyond the scope of
what Scripture tells us. Did the angels sing? What thoughts were in the hearts and minds of
Mary and Joseph?\u201d

\u201cThroughout his writings, Max Lucado helps us
to see the people in Scripture as ordinary human
beings experiencing an extraordinary God,
working in mysterious ways. Lucado\u2019s suggestions
of what those people may have been feeling or
thinking are spurred by the scriptural account, but
are not presented on equal footing.\u201d

Tom Fettke has written and arranged the music
to inspire us and lift us to a high sense of worship
during this one incredible moment of the birth of
our Lord.

\u201cMax Lucado and Tom Fettke are proli\ufb01c
expositors of Truth. They have repeatedly shown
their abilities to communicate ultimate majesty
and glory to believers\u2019 hearts.\u201d

The Children\u2019s Christmas Pageant is December
14th at 4:30pm. After wards we will have pizza ($5
donation max per family),drinks, and dessert. Then
we will drive to Brandermill Woods Nursing Home to
sing Christmas carols. Come and be blessed by the
children\u2019s performance and be a blessing to others as
we carol at Brandermill. If you have any questions,
please contact Cindy Butler, 379-3578, education@
newlifeumc.org.