BRIGHT HOPE LAUREL UNITED METHODIST CHU RCH
Rev. Bruce E Johnson, Pastor
Andrea Bailey, Music Director
SUN
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2nd Sunday Advent Meeting with District Committee on
Happy Anniversary Otha and Judy
Womble
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4th Sunday Advent
A Service of Lessons and Carols
(11 AM)
Christmas Play (4 PM)
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Christmas Sunday
Love Feast Service
Happy Birthday Rich Ashley
Elizabeth Hamrick, Pianist
John Hamrick, Organist
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Office Hours 1-8 PM Pastor on Visitations
Hand bells - 5:30 PM Office Hours 1-3 PM
Choir - 6:45 PM
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Office Hours 10-5 PM Office Hours 1-8 PM Pastor on Visitations Community Breakfast and
Ministry Hand bells - 5:30 PM Office Hours 1-3 PM Outreach Fellowship
Choir - 6:45 PM Happy Birthday Jay West and 8:30 AM
Benjamin Robert Duchan Happy Birthday Lore Lang
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Office Hours 10-5 PM Office Hours 10-5 PM Office Hours 1-8 PM Pastor on Visitations Happy Birthday Emily West Happy Anniversary Harry and
Happy Birthday Bob Brotherton Happy Birthday Marsha Boyd Hand bells - 5:30 PM Office Hours 1-3 PM Happy Anniversary Al and June Barbara Miles
Choir - 6:45 PM Happy Birthday Charles Gardner Tapio
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Office Hours 10-5 PM Office Hours 10-5 PM Hand bells - 5:30 PM Pastor on Visitations Christmas Eve Service Merry Christmas …
Choir - 6:45 PM Office Hours 1-3 PM 7 PM Happy Birthday Jesus!!!
Happy Birthday Brandon Naulty, Happy Birthday Carol Dodge and Happy Anniversary Ed and Carolyn
Ed Ponder, and Libby Barrett Katie Rose Merrill Ponder
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office Hand bells - 5:30 PM Office Hours 1-3 PM Happy Anniversary George and
Happy Birthday Kaylianna Rose Happy Anniversary Glenn and Choir - 6:45 PM Happy Birthday Kate Veeder Libby Barrett
Duchan and Brian Dodge Deborah White and Bruce and Happy Anniversary Tom and Sherry Happy Anniversary John and Mary
Nicole Johnson Lesley Whitt
271 Laurel Valley Road, Mars Hill, NC 28754
Phone: 828-689-5486 (Church Office) 828-680-9931 (Parsonage) 828-380-2974 (Pastor’s Cell) Fax: 509-695-6570
http://www.brighthopelaurel.org/ E-mail: mail@brighthopelaurel.org
 Bright Hope Laurel United Methodist Church
Dedicated to sharing God’s Love and Forgiveness with the World

Volume 2, Issue 12 December, 2010

From the Pastor’s Desk - That Bright, Bright Star
Coming up at BHL …

 Community
Outreach Breakfast -
December 11th at
8:30 AM. All are
invited to join us for
breakfast.

 Open House at the

Parsonage - December
18th from 4-7 PM.

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find ourselves at the 2nd week of Advent and how many of us are really, truly preparing our
hearts and minds for the coming of Jesus Christ. I know how it is. We have things to clean and
 A Service of Lessons
and Carols (Advent) -
This service is an
advent version of the
Christmas Festival of
Nine Lessons and
homes to decorate. The trees are in and the wreaths are hung. Maybe the stocking are even Carols which focuses
on the prophets and
return of Jesus Christ?

I
the prophecy of the
coming Christ child. It
will be on Sunday,
December 19th during
worship.

plan, plays at church to schedule … this or that … home or church … we stay busy. Yet
this season, may we never be too “busy” to see that bright star! May we never lose sight of that  The Christmas Play
prize we all watch for which is nothing less that the 2nd coming of the Messiah. will be on Sunday,

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December 19th at 4
PM and will be
followed by a covered
dish meal. The play
his month (into January), Bright Hope Laurel will be having more than just our regular will include the
worship services. Myself, Andrea, and others hope that we services that are meaningful, that children, the adult
allow each of us to fill God’s blessings, and above all prepare us for the coming of the Lord. In the choir, and the hand
coming weeks, we will have services with candlelight, scriptures and carols being sang, fresh bell choir.
bread being shared in love, and a chance for us to once more commit our lives to our Savior. I
urge each of you to not only ae nd thes e ser vi ces but to pr ay for them as we stri ve to gr ow cl os er  The Church will
to God, closer to one another, and become brighter beacons of light and hope to our friends, participate in a Love
family, and neighbor in our community. Feast on Christmas

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Sunday, December
26th, during worship.

 The church will

oin me this month as we together look for and share that “Outrageously bright, blinding,
celebrate a “Covenant
supernaturally giganc love that come s from and thr ough Chr i st al one.
Renewal Service” on
Epiphany Sunday,
January 2nd, during
May you each feel God’s blessings this season;
worship.
Pastor Bruce