FUMC-BA News this Week! December 22, 2013

Luke 2:1-7 1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree

that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place

while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register.

4 So Joseph also went up from the town of

Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of

David. 5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a

child. 6 While they were there, the time came for the

baby to be born, 7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a

manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

This Week!

A Christmas Story

There are hundreds of Christmas

stories – dozens of Christmas movies

are shown every year. Some

become ‘classics’ like “A

Christmas Story” – the story of one

little boy’s dreams of receiving a BB

gun for Christmas – but what do

these stories tell us about how we

view the real Christmas story? What are we truly

longing for at Christmas? Come next week for the

final Sunday of Advent!

We are pleased to announce that Graeme Collett will be joining

our staff on January 1st. For the last three and a half years

Graeme served as Director of Student Ministries at the First

United Methodist Church of Sand Springs. His wife, Jetonne

Collett, is finishing nursing school and plans to work at St.

Francis South Hospital. Born in Mantiboa, Canada, raised in

Nebraska, Graeme graduated from Oklahoma State University

in Stillwater, where he met Jetonne. We are excited to welcome

Graeme and Jetonne to FUMCBA!!

Thank you for the

support you gave to

Broken Arrow Neighbors

and Cookson Hills. And

thank you for adopting

Christmas Angels.

Everyone of our

angels was adopted and

received a gift. One

terrific thing this year

was that two Sunday

School classes got

together and paid rent for

one month for a

deserving single mother.

We are such a giving and

loving church, and it is

very much appreciated,

especially at this time of

year.

Missions

Calendar Sunday, December 22 - Fourth Sunday of Advent

8:30 & 11:00am Traditional Worship

9:45am Contemporary Worship

9:45 & 11:00am Sunday School for All Ages

Tuesday, December 24 - Candlelight Christmas Eve Service

Noon Office Closes

4:00pm Children’s (and parents) Christmas Eve/Fellowship Hall

5:00pm Candlelight/Communion Christmas Eve Service

7:30pm Candlelight/Communion Christmas Eve Service

11:00pm Candlelight/Communion Christmas Eve Service

Wednesday, December 25 - Merry Christmas Office is Closed

Thursday, December 26 Office is Closed

Friday, December 27 Office is Closed

5:00pm College Dinner and Scavenger Hunt-Offsite

Sunday, December 29 - Special Sunday Service & Breakfast

9:00am Fellowship Breakfast with homemade breakfast

provided by the Men’s Group/Fellowship Hall

10:30am Worship in the Sanctuary

6:30pm Chapel Choir Rehearsal/SB105

Looking Ahead

Dec 30 Exercise Class Begins Again

Jan 5 Youth Leadership Meeting - Meet Graeme Collett

Jan 6 Missions Commission Meeting

Jan 8 FaithBreak Classes Begins Again

December 15, 2013

Sunday School: Worship: Children 74 8:30 a.m. 259

Youth 26 9:45 a.m. 130

Adult 273 11:00 a.m. 419

Total 379 Total 808

General Fund: $38,657.00

MEMORIALS AND HONORS Prayer Card Fund In memory of C. Harlan Davis given by Sharon and Jerry Roberts.

Thanks for all the prayer cards. Food, and especially the prayers. God has been with us through Barney’s back surgery, my singles and knee surgery. God bless all of you. Barney and Melba Mecom

Bunko has been postponed until further notice due to the

OSU Bowl game on January 3rd.

First Church Prayer List ► In the Hospital: Pat Kelley, Post Acute Medical Specialty Hospital of Tulsa ► Out of the Hospital: Doug Ralston, Jim Robertson ► In Sympathy: Betty Waymire and Family on the passing of Betty’s sister, Sue Smith December 16, 2013. ► Prayers and Healing (Names will remain on this list for 6 weeks unless it has been requested they stay on longer or be removed earlier. New names are bolded.): Louise Altice, Lee Baker, Ed Barnes, Bailey Benton, Jim Beeman, Dale Bilbrey, Ray Billue, Ray Birkinsha, Mike Boles, Rebecah Brobecker, David Brown,

Isabella Buckley, Janice Burnett, Jimmy Burns, Ron Butler, Jerry Byers, Beverly Cagle, Fannie Cannon, Mance

Cannon, Don Carlton, Olivia Catcher, David Chalker, Patsy Christian, Layton Cline, Garrett Cochrane, Tommy &

Barbara Cook, Glenna Cooper, Mona Cooper, Gladys

Coshow, Kim Cuyler, Paul Cunningham, Pam Daniel, Rick Darrow, Harlan Davis, Linda Dunsmore, Charlene Edgar,

John & Amy Emerick, Celia Engelhardt, Craig Estes, Susan Everett, Jerry Fletcher, Violet Frieze, Will Gall, Clara

Geiger, Donnie Gillespie, Monica Graham, Karyn Hall, Karen Hicks, Ella Hildebrandt, Matt Hobbs, Mike Hook,

Angela Henshaw, Terry Hess, Ann Hollowell, Amanda Holden, Greg Hopper, Geraldine Horn, Loretta Hughes,

Carroll & Barbara Hunt, Jean Issacs, Arlene Jackson, Elane

Jacobs, Rich James, Tracy Jamison, Kara Jaringen, Dr. T.A. Jones, Andrew Johnnie, Kim Johnson, Mary Johnson,

Steve Jones, Mary Jurgenson, Pat Kelley, Doug Kerley, Arthur Kent King, Terry Kolkmann, Austin Leedy, Blake &

Demi Lewis, Susan Lewis, Ken Lollman, Nova Luce, John Mason, Mitchell Martin, Tom Martin, Virginia Martin, Dawn

Mayberry, Glenda McCollum, Ronnie McCulley, Mark McDonald, Doug Miller, Morgan Mitchell, Randall Moore,

Joann Morris, Susan Paul, Pete Peterson, Robert Price,

Juanita Ralston, Elouise Reed, Jan Rueb, Rhonda Richert, Allen Richardson, Myrtle Ricks, Jim Robertson, Hope

Runyon, Mark Ryan, Tommie Schwarz, Mary Segraves, Leland Sharp, Lynette Shaw, Tommy Sherry, Jim Sloan,

Amy Smith, Bob Smith, Shayna Smith & Family, Sandra Snelling, Aaron & Sara Southerland, Carol Strole, Frances

Stout, William Sullivan, Patricia Swope, Fred Thayer, Caroline Thompson, John Thompson, Taryn Trotter,

Kathleen Tucker, Rachael VanMeter, Tina Vassar, DJ

Walters, Serenity Warnock, Betty Waymire, Tammie White, Reece Whitehead, Bert Wilcher, Ruth Woods,

Donna Yorba, Dick Zwart. ► Prayers for the health & safety of our expectant

moms and their babies: Lauren McClung, Julie

Brakey Hazzard, Diane Walden Saghi, Sara Wintle, Bre Oberdick, Lindsay (Kallenberger) Corsini, Kendra

Fincannon. ► Prayers for those in the military who are

deployed to a war zone (If your loved one is no longer deployed, please let us know so we can remove their name from this list): Ryan Alfaro, Erick Anderson, Ronald Barnett, Michael Batton, Dustin Bayer,

Al Boyer, Jessica Davis, James “Nick” Ellis, Chad Field, Johnathan Fornes, Jeremy Graves, Yolanda Ivy, Robbie

Jackson, Brock Lewis, Art Medina, Ryan Miller, Matthew Moulton, Andy Putnam, Nathan Redick, Andy Rice, Thom

Rychecky, David Schultz, David Segraves, Robert Shaw, Riley Syfrett, Shannon Syfrett, Jim Teel, Tony Walker,

Daniel Wells, Jon-Robert Williams.

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