The weekly newsletter of Broadway United Methodist Church

“God’s Love”
Sunday we will celebrate God’s love in music, praise, and worship. Our choir with orchestra will present “To Us a Child Is Born” by Bach. We will ponder John 3:16 as our scripture for the day. We will see what God has done and is doing for those he wants a relationship with. Will you accept the gift, or will you decide against God? This is our choice.

God promises eternal life to those who accept and believes in His Son. For those who do not, they will perish after this physical life has ended. Do you want to feel the grace of God? Come and receive a blessing as we continue to prepare for the entrance of God’s gift of His Son at Christmas.

                                                Merry Christmas,

Don’t Forget PDO Silent Auction
You can still place a bid on items at the Parents Day Out Silent Auction. Items will be on the stage in the W. R. Allen Hall, and you will be able to place bids on Thursday, December 13. That evening you are invited to their annual Christmas Pageant and Winter Carnival which begins at 6:00 p.m. Stop by and see what they have!
 

Christmas Dinner and Children’s Program Is Coming!   Come see the children of BUMC present their Christmas Program at 6:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 19, in the sanctuary. Following the program we will move to the W. R. Allen Hall for our annual Christmas Dinner. This is a covered dish dinner with the church providing the drinks.
 

Bells Ring For Rejuvenation Station
This Sunday, the Epworth Bells will help ring in Christmas with a selection featuring two Czechoslovakian carols, Christmas Bells and The Rocking Carol.
 

Children’s Choir and Handbell Schedule
Wednesday, December 19, the Children’s handbells will meet at their regular time, 4:15 pm, while the Children’s Choir will meet at 4:45 pm to rehearse for their participation in 10:45 worship on December 23. Immediately following choir, the children will go to costuming before the Christmas dinner program.
 

Old Chimers Christmas Concert
On Monday, December 14, at 6:15 pm in the Asbury Place Chapel, the Old Chimers will present their annual Christmas program of favorite songs and carols. Everyone is invited to this free concert. For more information, contact Bob Ergenbright through the church office.
 

Holiday Schedule
The church office will be closed December 24 and 25 for Christmas and January 1 for New Year’s. Our Administrative Assistant, Judy Woods, will be on vacation December 26.

Update on Consecration Sunday
As of Tuesday, December 11, we have received 118 pledges. If you have not turned in your pledge card, please CLICK HERE, or contact the church office as soon as possible.
 

Christmas Vacation Bible School - 9:30-10:15 Sunday mornings

Sunday mornings in the W. R. Allen Hall, all the children are invited to come explore Bethlehem. There will be songs, Bible stories, and crafts. This is a lot of fun for the kids; come and join us.

December 19 - Parents, please let us know if you and your child will be able to attend. There will be a sign up sheet at children’s Sunday school and in the narthex. The children will host a Christmas pageant at 6:00 p.m. followed by a yummy potluck dinner downstairs at 6:30. Parents, we will start gathering and do costumes around 5:00. If you can not make it at 5:00 just get there when you can. Practice for the pageant will be on Wednesday during the Discovery Club time. The pageant will be easy enough for kids that can not make it to Discovery Club to still participate, so please make plans to help us celebrate the coming of the Christ child.

Rejuvenation Station                                    8:45 AM

Conductor                                       Charlie Wimmer

Sunday School                                             9:30 AM

Traditional Worship                                    10:30 AM

Rev. Dan Moore

Scripture                                                   John 3:16

Sermon                                         “God Loves You”

The Messenger Schedule

We will not have a newsletter the week of December 24th. There will be one the week of December 31. However, all articles must be in the church office by 8:30 on Monday, December 31, to be included.

Special Music For Sunday Worship
This Sunday during 10:45 worship, we will celebrate Advent with J. S. Bach’s stirring Cantata 142, To Us a Child Is Born. We welcome members of the Knoxville Symphony who will join us as they accompany the choir and soloists Bob Ergenbright, Ed Sooter, and Jennifer Barnett.

Johann Sebastian Bach (1675-1750), who through his works codified the harmonic and melodic patterns which form the basis of Western art music from Baroque to the 20th Century, enjoyed an uneventful but successful career, similar to that of other musicians of his time in Lutheran Germany. He served as organist at Arrnstadt, as court organist at Muhlhausen and later concertmaster in the chapel of the Duke of Weimar, as music director at the court of a Prince of Cothen, and, finally, as Cantor of the St. Thomas School in Leipzig. The latter was a respected, important position in the Lutheran world to which Bach applied after the death of cantor Johann Kuhnau. He was offered the position after it had been declined by two other eminent musicians, Georg Telemann and Christopher Graupner. Bach’s music was most often dictated by the requirements of whatever position he held at any given time and was always written for the glory of God.

Uns ist ein Kind geboren, “Unto Us a Child Is Born,” takes as its text the Epistle of Titus, Chapter 2, verses 11-14 (“the grace of God appeared to me”), and the Gospel of Luke Chapter 2, verses 1-14, relating the nativity of Christ. It is identified in lists of works by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) as Cantata BWV (Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis) 142, but is now thought by most scholars to be the work of Johann Kuhnau (1660-1722). Kuhnau, who preceded Bach as cantor of the city of Leipzig, was an organist and a scholarly writer on music, as well as a composer best known for keyboard works.

In Memory

Harry Brooks:
     George & Maire Ledford
     Charles & Ruth Peterson
     Carleen Howard
     M/M Howard Davis - Budget
     Lib Beaver
     D/M Newsom Baker
Edith Leitch:
     M/M Bo Henry - Helping Hand
     M/M Don Watson
     Robert & Laura Townsend
     Hugh F. LaRue, III
     Jim & Mary Swann
     M/M Richard Bailey - Helping Hand
     Ed Harmon
     Fidelia Parham
     Mrs. Sam Roberson
P. W. Mitchell, father of Jerry Mitchell:
     Square One - Helping Hand
     M/M Richard Bailey - Helping Hand

Flower Calendar For 2008 Is Up
The Flower Calendar for 2008 is now up in the church office. This is a wonderful opportunity to remember or honor a loved one. The price of flowers for 2008 will be $40.00. To reserve your Sunday, call the church office, 982-6192, or stop by.

A Note Concerning Tax Laws
December 31. Donors must deliver or mail (and postmark) checks on or by this date in order to claim a charitable contribution deduction for 2007. Checks that are placed in the church offering on the first Sunday of 2008 will not qualify for a charitable contribution deduction for 2007, even if the check is predated to 2007 or was actually written in 2007. However, checks that are written, mailed, and postmarked in 2007 will be deductible in 2007 though they are not received by the church until 2008.

December 16 5:00-8:30 Christmas Caroling
and Youth Party. Gather at the church at 5:00 in full voice. We will sing and hopefully spread Christmas cheer. Later we will gather at the Hays’ home for a party and gift exchange. Parents, pick-up will be at the Hays’ house at 8:30.

Resurrection Youth Retreat, January 18-20, 2008   Deadline for Registration is Sunday, December 16!!!!!!!  Resurrection is a youth retreat in Gatlinburg, TN. It is sponsored by the Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church. It is one of the largest gatherings of U.M.Y. in the country. There are four sessions in the Convention Center, with great speakers, music by Star Field and crazy dances with Don. This is always a spirit-filled, life-affirming weekend.

Pastor: Daniel F. Moore
Dir. Of Program and Music: Robert Ergenbright
Dir. Of Children and Youth Ministries: Charlie Wimmer
Director Parents Day Out: Laura Kolarik
Administrative Assistant: Judy Woods
Organist: Gail Hafner
Financial Secretary: Karen Harville
Custodian: Vanessa Ingle
Church Phone:(865) 982-6192
Fax: (865) 982-6142
e-mail: office@broadwayumc.net
Web Page: www.broadwayumc.net
Parents Day Out: 982-1183

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