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org December 22, 2016 Volume 29, Number 47

Worship
Services
Four unique
worship
opportunities
are offered on
Sunday.

8am
McMurry
Chapel

Informal worship
with a personal
touch. Sharing
prayer concerns
is welcomed.

Come to the next

#beablessing event
We hope to see you on Jan. 8 at 8am, 9:15am or
10:30am for a new sermon series on the power of prayer
in our lives!

9:15am
Sanctuary

Saturday, Jan. 28at 10am

Access Arts (800 Moss St.)
We will make clay bowls
for the Empty Bowls
fundraiser supporting the Columbia Center
for Urban Agriculture.
Please register atmoumc.org/forms.

Worship that
includes a
childrens time
and the Agape
Singers.

10:30am
CLC Atrium
Ignite Worship
designed with
college age
worshippers in
mind!

Nursery Volunteers

The nursery is in need of volunteers

on Christmas Eve at the 5pm and
7pm services. We are also looking for
volunteers on Sunday, Dec. 25 and Sunday,
Jan. 1 as our college students will be on
break. Must be Safe Sanctuary certified.
Please respond on the tear-off or email
Nancy Cooper at nancy@moumc.org.

10:30am
Sanctuary

Worship with
music from the
Chancel Choir.

New Better Together Groups for 2017!

Give Yourself a Gift

This Christmas!
Join a Better Together Group!

Book Studies Bible Studies Parent Groups

Hobby Groups
Meeting in Church Homes Community
Morning Evening Short-Term Long-Term
Get the newest group info from Laura at
lbentley@moumc.org. There is a group for YOU!

New Years Greeters

Can you offer hospitality during the New Years Day Festival on
Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017? Shifts are 2-4pm; 4-6pm; or 6-8pm. Please
contact Jo Lee at 443-3111 or jo@moumc.org to offer your gifts
as we host the community and celebrate the new year.

Concert Series 2016-2017

Saturday Feb. 4, 2017 7pm (Adults $10/Students $5)

An organ concert, with John Walker, Professor Emeritus
at the Johns Hopkins Peabody Conservatory, which will
feature a wide variety of music showing the amazing
capabilities of our Skinner organ.
Saturday April 8, 2017 7pm (Adults $10/Students $5)
Four Other Brothers, a jazz trumpet quartet of Illinois
college music professors, will feature a wide variety of
jazz music both contemporary and historical.
Thursday May 18, 2017 7pm (Adults $10/Students $5)
Students from the Missouri Symphony Society (MOSS)
conservatory will amaze and dazzle the audience as they
demonstrate why they are the best of the best and will
someday be performing on stages around the world.
Tickets for all concerts can be purchased online at www.
moumc.org/forms or at the door where we will accept
cash, checks or credit/debit cards.
Childrens & Family (& Tutoring) Ministries
Nancy Cooper nancy@moumc.org
College Age/Young Adult Ministries
Rev. Kim Parker parker@moumc.org
Better Together Groups & Guest Connections
Rev. Charity Goodwin charity@moumc.org
Discovery Days Weekday Preschool
Courtney Gaunt courtney@moumc.org
Events & Facilities Jo Lee jo@moumc.org
Missions & Youth Ministries
Rev. Hank Jenkins hank@moumc.org
News & Communications
Teressa Gilbreth teressa@moumc.org
Office Info & Sign Ups
Laura Bentley lbentley@moumc.org
Prayer Requests & Pastoral Visits
prayer@moumc.org
Updating Your Church Information
Adriene Floyd adriene@moumc.org
Worship & Administration
Rev. Joan DeBoe joan@moumc.org
The office will be closed Dec. 26-27 and Jan. 2.

moumc.org

Church Family News

Condolences to the family and friends of Jim Jacob, who

passed away on Monday, Dec. 19, 2016. Services will be
held on Thursday, Dec. 22, at 2pm in McMurry Chapel. A
brief reception will follow in the Connector, followed by
interment at 3pm at Memorial Cemetery.
If you would like to announce a church members death or a birth
in a church members family, please send details to messenger@
moumc.org. Submissions will be edited for length and clarity.

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December 22, 2016 - Vol. 29, No. 47

Consider: What shall I leave behind in 2016 ? What shall I carry forth in 2017?
May the peace of Christ, which passes all understanding guard your hearts and
minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:7

Saturday

The year is coming to a close. Im already thinking about new resolutions. May I
resolve to see you more clearly, love you more dearly, follow you more nearly, day
by day into the New Year. ~ Lyrics from Day by Day

Friday

Are things back to normal yet? Back to work, back to my routineStop me and slow
me down, again to experience and think on the wonder of the Christ Child who lives
on in me.

Thursday

God of all wisdom, whose ways are beyond my own, show me the limitations of
relying on my own plans. Help me wake up to what you are inviting me to a crazy
step of faith, a sweet surrender, an act of blind trust. Like Joseph, give me the
courage to follow you in the obedience of faith wherever it may lead for it is you
I trust [this Christmas]. ~ Ruth Haley Barton, DD

Wednesday

Dear God, help us to focus on you today, remembering that the gift of Christ,
Immanuel, is our most treasured gift for the whole year through. Fill us with
your joy and the peace of your Spirit. Direct our hearts and minds towards you.
Thank you for your reminder that both in seasons of celebration and in seasons
of brokenness, youre still with us. You never leave us. Thank you for your daily
Presence in our lives, that we can be assured your heart is towards us, your eyes
are over us, and your ears are open to our prayers. Thank you that your surround us
with favor as with a shield, we are safe in your care. We choose to press in close to
you today. ~ Debbie McDaniel

Tuesday

My Notes:

Read or subscribe to the weekly guide at moumc.org/grow

Printed copies are available at the Connector Desk.

New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission.
All rights reserved.

And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the
glory as of a fathers only son, full of grace and truth.

He was in the world, and the world came into being through him; yet the world did
not know him. He came to what was his own, and his own people did not accept
him. But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to
become children of God, who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or
of the will of man, but of God.

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness
to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. He himself was not
the light, but he came to testify to the light. The true light, which enlightens
everyone, was coming into the world.

May you be filled with the wonder of Mary, the obedience of Joseph, the joy of the
angels, the eagerness of the shepherds, the determination of the magi, and the
peace of the Christ child. Almighty God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit bless you now
and forever.

Monday

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was
God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him,
and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him
was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness did not overcome it.

Scripture: John 1:1-14(NRSV)

Speak Life - December 25

Sunday Sermon

Dear God, sometimes I get too caught in the Christmas commercialism. OK, a lot
of times. Today, Im going to refocus my heart and remember why Im celebrating
this wonderful day in the first place. Im celebrating Jesus todayand every day! In
Jesus name, Amen. ~ Sharon Jaynes

Sunday

A Prayer for Everyday This Christmas Season

Week of December 26 - December 31

a daily scripture guide

Growing Deeply

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204 S. Ninth St.
Columbia, MO 65201-4899
573-443-3111

We exist to connect all people with Jesus Christ. We do this by

welcoming enthusiastically, growing deeply and serving courageously.

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MUMC office closed for the holidays on Dec. 26-27 & Jan. 2
Upcoming Worship Services
Saturday, Dec. 24: Christmas Eve Worship at 5pm,
7pm, 9pm & 11pm
Sunday, Dec. 25: Worship at 10:30am only
Sunday, Jan. 1: Worship at 10:30am only
Sunday, Jan. 8: Worship at 8am, 9:15am &
10:30am (Breakthrough Prayer sermon series
begins)

Covenant Renewal Service

10:30am on Sunday, Jan. 1

Join us as we re-focus ourselves personally for 2017
with Wesleys Covenant Prayer.

Opportunities to Serve
Ushers & Greeters for MUMC Concert Series Contact Susan
Dickerson at smsdickerson@gmail.com.
Worship Tech Volunteers for Christmas Eve - Contact Rev. Joan
DeBoe at joan@moumc.org.
Christmas Eve Office Volunteers - Contact Rev. Joan DeBoe at joan@
moumc.org.
Golf Cart Drivers - Contact Jo at 443-3111 or jo@moumc.org.
Ignite Ministry Meal Volunteers - Contact April Ravert at raverta@
health.missouri.edu or 573-445-0415.
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Staff: Laura Bentley, Administrative Assistant; Nancy Cooper, Childrens & Family Life Leader; Dakota Crider, Facility Steward; Joan DeBoe, Pastor of
Worship & Administration; Adriene Floyd, Executive Assistant; Courtney Gaunt, Director, Discovery Days; Teressa Gilbreth, Director of Communications;
Charity Goodwin, Pastor of Discipleship; Hank Jenkins, Pastor of Missions and Youth Ministries; Jo Lee, Events Coordinator;Chris Munsterman,
Administrative Assistant; Kim Parker, Pastor of New Generations; Ashley Thornhill, Nursery Coordinator;Kendall Waller, Lead Pastor;Preston Williams,
Tech & Facility Steward;Anna Zacherl, Assistant Director, Discovery Days. Music Staff: Craig Datz, Organist; Kaye Miller, Director of Wesleyan Ringers;
Rochelle Parker, Associate Organist; Marilyn Rowe, Serendipity Choir; Rachel Blomquist, Grace Notes Choir