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Advent is the season of hope and preparation.
Advent, which means "coming”, has past, present, and future dimensions. Certainly it refers to the prophetic hope for a Messiah that was fulfilled in Jesus' birth over 2000 years ago. But it refers also to the anticipation of the return of Christ and the ultimate fulfillment of the Kingdom of God. Advent is a time to heed "the voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.'" (Luke 3:4) Worship Schedule for December Again this year, we will observe a special worship schedule during Advent & Christmas to allow the entire congregation to share together in all of the special music offerings that highlight this liturgical season. Accordingly, we will have a single worship service at 10 o'clock a.m. on each of the five Sundays of December. 1. Dec 1st is the 1st Sunday of Advent. The beginning of Advent marks the start of the "new year" in the liturgical calendar. It is a fitting occasion for our church family to come together in worship to be spiritually refreshed and to share Communion in unity with Jesus Christ. 2. On Dec 8th, the 2nd Sunday of Advent, music offered by our handbell choirs will lift our spirits in an expression of joyous worship. 3. On Dec 15th, our Chancel Choir will present its Christmas Cantata as a glorious musical offering marking the 3rd Sunday of Advent. 4. On Dec 22nd, we will celebrate the 4th Sunday of Advent in a worship service featuring special music from our wonderfully gifted Worship Leadership Team. 5. On Tuesday, December 24 we will have two evening Christmas Eve Candlelight services at 6:00 p.m. (Contemporary) and at 8:00 p.m. (Traditional). We will celebrate the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper at both evening services. Come reflect with awe on a miracle beyond human comprehension -- that "the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth" (John 1:14). 6. On December 29, the 1st Sunday after Christmas, we will be blessed as the Special Gathering visits MIPC to share their radiant joy through music and fellowship with us
This Saturday December 7th-Kids Klub Performance at 7 pm and Sunday December 8th at 4 pm
Kids Klub - It’s Showtime!
Kids Klub will present their Christmas musical “Candy Cane Lane” on Saturday, December 7th at 7:00 pm and Sunday, December 8th at 4:00 pm in Fellowship Hall. This show is a reprise - it was such a hit with the children and adults we decided to “pull it out of the archives” and do a repeat performance!! Don’t miss this wonderful production! At 3:30 on Sunday, the Generation Ringers will present their Christmas Music. Please come out and support this special ministry. The children work hard to learn their lines and songs. Your presence is a great encouragement to them. Performances are FREE so bring a friend!
YOU'RE INVITED TO
THE 3rd ANNUAL MIPC COOKIE EXCHANGE !!!
Take a break from the holiday rush and share the Christmas spirit with old and new friends. Christmas music, appetizers, hot spiced cider, crazy games and delicious cookies! Bring 6 dozen homemade cookies & an appetizer to share. Don’t forget a container to take home your new cookies ! DATE: Thursday, December 12th, 2013 TIME: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. PLACE: MIPC Activities Room RSVP: 452-5689 (Beverly @ MIPC Office) or 536-8486 (Trish’s Cell) by December 10th We look forward to seeing you !
MIPC Mission Committee
Tutoring Program: Thank you to our tutors for working with children each Thursday in the fall. Tutoring begins again January 16th; tutor training January 9th.
Canned Goods: Thank you for your donations! By the time you read this, we will have met our goal of 1003 items for the Central Brevard Sharing Center. Please continue to bring canned goods and other non-perishable items to the narthex.
Toy Drive - For our annual Toy Drive, please bring unwrapped, new toys on December 8th; leave in Sharing Center box in narthex.
Joy Offering – On Sunday December 22, we will collect our annual Joy Offering. “A Presbyterian tradition for nearly 70 years, the Christmas Joy Offering gives vital funding to the Assistance Program of the Board of Pensions as well as to Presbyterian-related racial-ethnic schools and colleges. It is one of the four special offerings designated by the PC(USA) General Assembly to provide congregations direct ways to support those in need.” (www.pcusa.org)
Christmas Eve Offering – Our Christmas Eve offering will be divided among several of our local missions. Please watch your bulletin for more information.
Carepacks for Homeless – Consider packing several gallon size ziploc bags to keep in your car to give to people who are asking for food or donations. Suggested items: non-perishable snack items, bottles of water, toiletries (travel size items of toothpaste, soap, etc.).
Mission Trip to Haiti
We drove to Ft. Lauderdale on Sunday, November 10th after the delicious Thanksgiving Dinner (thank you Fellowship Committtee)and depart for Haiti early the 11th. We returned home Tuesday, November 19th. We are taking the generous donations that you made, down to the orphanage and school.
Please lift us up in prayer as we travel and work in Haiti and keep all of the Haitians in your prayers. We look forward to seeing you at Tremendous Tuesday on the 19th!!
The MIPC Tutoring program will be back in full swing-Thursdays 3-5 pm in January on the 17th.
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From the Pastor
We just returned from a mission trip seven of us will never forget: The Haiti 7. It's taken us time to reflect and readjust. I think the phrase that comes to mind when people ask about our trip is "I'm still processing the experience." I want to read more about the country. I'm almost finished with Paul Farmers book written after the earthquake and will look at others in the future. Haiti is still a country in process. Will they ever break out of the cycle of poverty? We who have so much can learn from those who have so little. As we come into the Advent/Christmas season, we see that the living arrangements of the Holy Family as well had their challenges: an unwed pregnant girl who is close to being shunned by her fiancé and family, a journey in the final month of gestation to a crowded tiny village, a birth that in no way resembles that of royalty in a stable built for livestock. This was no prelude for a king. But the kingdom that our faith discloses is not always "of this world." It is out of this world. As a church of Jesus Christ here on Merritt Island, we reflect on the upcoming 50 years we've witnessed to the gospel ministry. Many have come and gone throughout the years. Only a few remain to share the tales of our beginnings. We also have come through struggles and tough times to make it this far. We can now reflect and say as well, "we too are a people in process." During our ministry together we have weathered changes and challenges. This period is a time when we expect transitions to take place. We have strengthened our leadership to move forward to new groundskeepers to keep our property attractive, new housekeeping so we can enjoy hospitable facilities, ½ a dozen new programs including the chapel bazaar and tutoring, new staff with Mary Shoemaker and Janice Everson and the retirement of Beverly Myrick and Diana Hammer. Changes that we weather and endure. Our Lord never said he would take away the difficult days. Our Lord said, "I will never leave you or forsake you" as you go through those trying times. We want to celebrate the foundations of our ministry here with the various musical expressions that bless our church in Advent: Taizé Communion Service, Handbells and Chimes, the Choir Cantata, the Worship Leadership Team and The Special Gathering. All of these services are winners and will begin at 10am. Sunday School begins at 9am. Don't miss out on one itty bitty part and that means the Kid's Klub Christmas program the first full week in December. Oh yeah, Christmas Eve services at 6 and 8pm too. What a Christmas blessing we share in the knowledge that God has come as one of us. When we drive ourselves silly with the crazies of life, over the holidays, over the defeats and set backs we face, yes even in our world with our brothers and sisters in Haiti and the Philippines, the Christ of Christmas comes to us once again in the same form and likeness as a tiny child. God is with us - Emmanuel. Let us never forget that as we move forward into the Kingdom.
Have a blessed Christmas Season. . .Shepp
DECEMBER
Dec 8-Handbells in Worship; Toy Drive
Dec 8-Kids Klub Perforamance 4 PM
Dec 10-Last Tremendous Tuesday of 2013
DECEMBER
Mondays: Church Office closed