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prayer chain request

If you have a prayer chain request, please call the church office at 278-2097 or Jan Davisson at 251-4894. To be added to the e-mail prayer chain distribution list, please call the church office or Jan.

Thank You:

New Hope UMC hasn’t looked so

festive! A huge thank you to the

following for the time and energy they

gave to beautifying the church for our

holiday season.

Jann Williams & Kirk Dickey

Kim & Larry Buske

Denice Sutton

Andy, Allie & Zane Sutton

Esther Stout

Sharon Smith

Triston Nearmyer

Mark Sahlin

Lisa & Steve Jackson

Jon Musgrave

Cathy & Rick Homard

Thea Holcomb

Cindy & Ashlyn Meyer

Dani Jaschen & Keel

Angie & Alyssa Eaves

I just want to personally thank all

the Members of the Care Team and all

the wonderful Ladies /Men who

prepare the meals and deliver the

meals and to the New Hope Needlers

for all the beautiful quilts they make

for delivery to our parishioners.

What a blessing they all are to our

church family.

Too often we forget to thank these

people who are doing the work of the

Lord and who are the hands of our

Lord reaching out to our church

family.

Sincerely,

Clarice Rubek, Chair of Care Team page 2 December 2011

Prayer Concerns Phoebe Landis; Gerald Perdue;

Linda Kielsmeier;

Paul Weisskopf; Jann Williams;

Barb Easton; LaJeune Williams,

mother of Jann Williams;

Bishop Julius Trimble; District

Superintendent, David Weesner.

Prayers for the following military

personnel: Andy Bell, CPT Jeff

Bleakley, Major Chris Latcham

and our national and world

leaders, our military and their

families.

Change of Address: George & Armenta Buckingham

4507 Beaver Ave.

Des Moines, IA 50310

Thank You: We wish to thank everyone for

your prayers, calls, cards,

flowers, meal, and for your

presents and prayers before and

after surgery. A special thanks

for the delicious food prepared

by the Care Team. We so

appreciated each meal at a time

when most needed. Our praise

goes out to each of you during

this surgery and recovery.

Blessings to our New Hope

family.

Dale & Laura Myers

Thank You:

Dear New Hope Family:

I was raised an only child which has

always made family a little on the

sparse side. But now, as a Member of

the New Hope Family, I am blessed

with lots and lots of brothers and

sisters in Christ. Lynn and I want to

say a great big "THANK YOU" to all

of you for the beautiful cards and

notes, for the meals, the gift cards, the

telephone calls and Email messages,

for the visits both at the hospital and at

home, the beautiful flowers and for the

prayers which are being answered

every day as I recover from the

surgery and get stronger. Thank you

to Neil for going over to the hospital

so very early the morning of my

surgery and praying with us and for

being with my family for awhile that

morning; we really appreciated that.

In Christian Love,

Jan and Lynn Davisson

Thank you for the visits, cards, phone

calls and prayers. I appreciate every-

one’s get well wishes.

Phoebe Landis

A Christmas Blessing

During this Christmas season, The gladness of the season, May you be blessed which is hope, With the spirit of the season, And the heart of the season, which is peace, which is love.

New Hope UMC Staff

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Life Groups are a great way to meet new friends, build existing relationships, deepen your faith,

and dig into scripture. If you are interested in joining or starting a Life Group please contact

Pastor Ferguson at 319-939-6788 or craig@newhopedsm.org.

Friday Night Fellowship: 1st & 3rd Fridays, 7:00 p.m. at Kevin & Jo Christensen's,

8417 Weybridge Johnston, 515-277-6695 or jokevchristensen@gmail.com. Everyone is welcome,

kids are welcome. Study will be based on a video/book called Living Crazy Love.

Faith in the Post-Modern World: 2nd and 4th Saturdays @ 4:30 PM at Billy Nuzum's,

8050 NW 63rd Court, Johnston. 515-238-2302. Everyone is welcome. We will be looking at

recent events in the news or general events and how they effect the world we live in and the faith we hold.

Traveling Group: (World Religions), Nov. 12th @ 4:00 PM, contact Nick & Sherri Bogue, boguesa@gmail.com,

for the location. Everyone is welcome, kids are welcome- child care provided. This group will take a look at what

major religions of the world believe; an engaging topic and a fun group.

Saturday Night Worship December 3rd, 5:00 p.m.

Beaver Creek Elementary,

8701 Lyndhurst Drive, Johnston.

And

December 17th, 5:00 p.m.

A Johnston Community Christmas at the Johnston Barn,

6169 Northglenn Drive.

Johnstonriveroflife.org

Sunday Adult Education class 9:30 & 10:45 a.m. in the Ruby Chapel.

Our adult classes will be studying

Adam Hamilton’s DVD resource

entitled “The Journey.” It’s a resource

by Adam Hamilton, Senior Pastor of

Church of the Resurrection, a United

Methodist Church in the Kansas City

area. Through the DVD, we will travel with Mary and

Joseph to some of the places of the Christmas story and

learn of their importance. Join us for a fun and mean-

ingful study to help us prepare for the Christmas season.

Beggars Night at the Johnston Barn was a huge success!! This event was sponsored by Johnston River of Life. Thank

you to ALL THE VOLUNTEERS that helped with this event. The barn was packed with games, kids, and families.

Inflatables were part of the fun, too! More pictures are posted on Johnston River of Life’s Facebook page.

7th & 8th graders -

Join us for the following

December events:

Sat., Dec. 10: We will be bowling at Plaza Lanes

from 1:30-3:30pm. For those of you that were not

there last year, we had a BLAST! This is an event

that you will not want to miss! We will have

parents drop off and pick up at the bowling alley

and friends are welcome to attend. Cost of this

activity will be determined soon.......be watching

your email.

Sun., Dec. 18: We will be meeting at the church for

a White Elephant gift exchange and games (yes,

we are sure Sardines will be involved). This

activity will start at 4pm and end at 6pm. Please

bring a wrapped gift ( do not spend more than $5)

and a snack to share. Remember, if you are last to

pick, this is a good thing :-) Rules of the gift

exchange will be discussed at the event so don't

worry if you have not done this before.

Please RSVP to these events to:

Brian/Stacie Bridges, slbridges2003@yahoo.com

Or

BLAST Jr. High

9th - 12th graders: Join us for the following

activities!

Sunday, Dec. 4, 6:00-7:30pm: How well do you

know the Christmas story? You just might be

surprised at what you find out!

Sunday, Dec. 18, 6:00-7:30pm: Our Christmas

party. Watch for details at a later date.

If you have any questions or need more details about

our meetings, just give us a call. Dani, 254-0156,

or Julie Craighton, 276-2886.

BLAST Sr. High

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Confirmation Schedule

for November:

December 4, 4:00 p.m. Topic: “New Testament 101”

The Flamingo Flock fundraiser by

Sr. High Blast has been a

wonderful success.

Pink birds have been showing up

all over the metro Des Moines

area and suburbs.

Contributions will go toward the

Sr. High BLAST mission trip.

Thank you all for your support!

TGIW—A midweek ministry dedicated to children & adults of all ages, teaching the Word of

God in Scripture, Music and Fun! Wednesday nights begin with dinner at 5:30 p.m., followed

by activities from 6:00-7:30 p.m.

Dinner Activities 12/7 Breakfast-4-Supper Santa's Attic! Children will be able to purchase gifts for family members and

wrap them this night. Donations for Santa's Attic may be placed in the 1st and

2nd grade Classroom (orange room). Also, if you are able to stay and help with

shopping and wrapping that night, all hands would be appreciated

12/14 Pizza Christmas Party! Bring a friend for games, gift making, crafts, snacks, and lots

of fun! Help us to give a great big party to honor the birth of Jesus!

12/21 & 12/28 - NO TGIW (TGIW will resume on Jan. 4)

***Please remember in case of inclement weather, and schools are closed, there will be no TGIW.***

Children’s

ministries

Gathering is for all children ages 3 through 6th grade on

Sundays at 10:30 a.m. 3 year olds through Kindergarten

students meet in the Pre K-K classroom for gathering.

Grades 1-6 meet in the Family Life Center for gathering.

December's B.I.G. Idea:

We believe that the story of Jesus'

birth in Bethlehem shows us that

Jesus is the promised Messiah.

December's Bible Verse:

He will be born in Bethlehem, just as the prophet wrote.

Matthew 2:5

December's B.I.G. Theme: The story of Bethlehem

Each Sunday during gathering we will be working on

our Christmas program. Please try to arrive at gather-

ing at 10:30 to work on our songs and lines.

Sunday, December 18th: We will be having a

Birthday Party for Jesus. Join us in celebrating the

Birth of the Messiah with games, and snacks. If you

would like to bring a gift,

please bring in a new,

unwrapped gift and we will

donate it to Toys for Tots.

Christian Learning Time (CLT)

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The children's Christmas Program will be held on December 11th, at 6:30 pm in

the Family Life Center. Please have your children report to their age group class-

room by 6:15p.m.

Children involved in CLT, Cherub Choir, Junior Choristers, Joyful Ringers, and

Junior Ringers will be performing.

Children's Worship Children's Worship is held during the 9:30 a.m. service and is a meaningful time for children ages 3 years

through 2nd grade to worship and connect with God. Children will participate in an engaging worship

serrvice geared just for them in the Sanctuary. This service will follow a traditional format, with praise songs,

prayers, joys/concerns, offering, scripture reading, and a message. We will include a time for fellowship at

the end of our service. Kids will gather back in the 1st/2nd grade classroom to share in a healthy snack of

fruits or vegetables and have time to visit with their friends.

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Nut Clusters Wed., December 7, 9:00 a.m. We will once again be making nut

clusters as part of our outreach

ministry as a means of inviting

people to join us for our Christmas

Eve Services. We will be making the

nut clusters at 9:00 am on Wed., De-

cember 7th in the church kitchen.

Please come join us! Advanced

cooking skills not needed! If you're

handy with a spoon or know how to

run a microwave we can find a job

for you!

Exercise the

Winter Blahs

away!

Exercise classes are being formed

for women/men of all ages. They

will be held in the Family Life Center

starting the week of January 9th.

Join us from 6pm to 6:45pm on

Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays. It

will be a variety of classes...from

weights to cardio. Something

different every time. Go at your own

pace...low impact or high impact.

Watch for sign up sheets and more

details later in December/early

January.

Also, a weekly Wednesday class,

11:45am-12:30pm, will be offered,

starting January 11th. This will be a

weights/resistance band class.

Help is needed! We would like to

offer childcare during these times.

If anyone would like to volunteer in

the nursery, please contact Penny

Dolberg at 252-8856

Bishop

Julius

Trimble

to

preach

at New

Hope

We are honored to have Bishop

Julius Trimble preach at New Hope

UMC at both the 9:30 and 10:45 a.m.

services on Sunday, January 15. We

hope you will join us at one of these

services.

Cookie Walk The Women’s Fellowship is

having a Cookie Walk on

Sunday, December 4th, 2011

after all three Services with

the proceeds going to our

mission work.

We will display all donated

home-baked cookies and you

will walk around the table to

choose your favorite cookies,

placing them in a styrofoam

box (size 9 ½ x 9 ½ x3),

which we provide for a mere

$8.00 per box. You get the

whole box full for $8.00 as

long as you can close the lid.

Please join us on

December 4th to fill your box with

delicious cookies to go. Everyone is

welcome to participate and enjoy.

Heartbeat Bell Choir Sunday, December 4, 6:00 p.m. The HeartBeat bell choir will be

performing a concert in the

Sanctuary.

The program will be a Christmas

concert.

Proceeds from the free-will offering

will go toward support of the bell

program.

Library

Grand Opening Sunday, December 11 Come view the updated church

library in the Fellowship Hall.

Learn how to

check out books

and where to

return them.

There is a lot of

wonderful

books available

to you!

JAR SALE The bell choir will be holding their

"recipe in a jar" jar sale on

Sunday, December 11th. These jars

make excellent gifts for teachers,

neighbors, and that hard to buy for

person - we all like to eat. The cost

of a jar is $10.

These jars

will contain

soup mixes,

brownies

mixes, and

cakes mixes.

Proceeds will

go to support our handbell program.

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Harvest Dinner and Auction Approximately $3900 was raised from the Harvest Auction

that was held on November 13th.

Thank you to everyone that donated auction items, partici-

pated in the Farmers Market, and to all that purchased

auction items. Thank you also to the wonderful volunteers

that helped with the Harvest Dinner and Auction.

DeVonne Douglas

Garlands of Gifts Over 50 vendors rented spaces throughout the Fellowship

Hall, Narthex, and Family Life Center on November 12th

for the 2nd annual “Garlands of Gifts” event. Thank you

to everyone that supported this event. Also, thank you to

everyone that donated bake sale items! It’s amazing how

many people look forward to buying baked goods from

New Hope’s bake sale!

A special thank you to the committee: Kelly Fagen,

Tamara Evans, Deb Henry and Nancy Monthei.

New Hope Needlers Fun was had by all that attended the Veteran’s

Day Sew In on November 11th.

Placemats were made for the Harvest Auction

along with other projects.

A potluck lunch was shared.

A great time for sewing and fellowship!

Thank you to Kim Buske and Shirley Frus for

organizing this event.

sunday volunteers Greeters arrive at worship service fifteen minutes early to welcome worshipers. Lectors read the scripture lessons for the day at the 8:30 and 10:45 worship services. Children’s Church meets during 9:30 a.m. worship service in the 1st/2nd grade classroom. Volunteers read a Bible story to the children and supervise craft and play time. Hosts buy or bake six to eight dozen cookies, and serve coffee and lemonade after the 9:30 contemporary and 10:45 traditional worship services. New Hope purchases three to five dozen cookies to also be served with the hosts’ cookies. After fellowship time the hosts wash, dry, and put away the cookie platters, rinse out and dry the coffee canisters, and take the trash out to the trash bin. When you sign up to host, a letter from New Hope will be mailed to you before you host with instruc-tions on how to host. If you are interested in volunteering for any of these positions, please call Nancy Monthei, church secretary, at 278-2097.

8:30am Traditional Service

Greeters 4 Charlotte Schultz 11 Marge Carnahan 18 Mike, Kris & Samantha

Wakeman Lectors 4 Vicki O’Brien 11 Maurine Myers 18 Cathy Short Traditional Service Callers 4 Bob & Marlys

Borcherding 11 Mark & Leah Scherer 18 Jim & Norma Smith Contemporary Service Callers 4 Melissa Forbes &

Pam Frey 11 OPEN 18 Michele Hamilton

9:30am Contemporary Service

Greeters 4 Teri & Jim Gairns 11 Pam Frey 18 The Roquet family

Hosts 4 Cookie Walk 11 Library Committee 18 Michele Hamilton

Children’s Church 4 Elaine Sheer 11 Elaine Sheer 18 Suzanne Neu

Nursery Sherry Faulkner Money Counters 4 Tony & Tracy Hoffman,

Glenna Ross 11 Linda Holloway, Larry

Wood, Jon Verner, Clark Howland

18 Jerry Kielsmeier, Mike Sandberg, Kim Traylor

25 DeVonne Douglas, Randy Jansen, Ron Zoss

10:45am Traditional Service

Greeters 4 Paulette & Larry Wood 11 Mel & Ginny Ghee 18 Earl & Sharon Lewis

Lectors 4 11 18

Hosts 4 Cookie Walk 11 Library Committee 18 Sheldon & Esther Stout

Nursery Sherry Faulkner Pal Friday: 9 a.m. 2 Pat Papenheim 9 Marlys Borcherding 16 Shirley Frus Thrs., 22nd: Norma Sutton Thrs, 29th: Darlene Caldwell

Those who serve New Hope in December

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thank you for volunteering to help with the worship

services. If something comes up and you have a conflict, please contact another church member to switch with you and call the church office with the changes (278-2097).

Friday Small Group December 2, 16 & 30

We will meet in the private meet-

ing room of the HyVee Cafeteria

and Deli, 1990 Grand Ave., West

Des Moines at 1:00 PM for lunch

with study and discussion to

follow, ending at approx. 3:00 PM.

Questions? contact

Donnafred Hinman, 226-2141.

Men’s Breakfast Saturday, December 10

at 7:30 a.m. in the Fellowship

Hall.

Women’s Fellowship Thursday, December 15

at 9:00 a.m. at the church. If you

have any questions, please contact

Shirley Frus at 279-1130.

Care Ministry Team This team ministers to congregation

members who have had new babies,

have been in the hospital, have been

ill or are dealing with grief. This

team meets on a quarterly basis and

the next meeting is Mon., March 26

at 6:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall.

If you would like to join the Care

Ministry team, please contact

Clarice Rubek or Mary Ann Rice.

Library Committee Volunteers to help with the church

library are welcome to join the

Library Committee on Tuesdays at

10:00 a.m. at the church.

New Hope Needlers Next gathering is Thurs.,

December 8 at 1:00 pm. at

New Hope.

Blood Pressure Check New Hope is offering free Blood

Pressure checks each month.

December 18 will be the next BP

checks. Come to the Narthex after

each worship service.

Support Groups Al-Anon Every Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. in the

Ruby Chapel.

Alcoholics Anonymous Every Tuesday at Noon in the Ruby

Chapel.

Des Moines Area Parkinson’s

Support Group 1st Wednesday of the month

(March - November) at

3:30 p.m.

Stroke Club of Iowa 3rd Tuesday of the month

(February - October) at

7:00 p.m.

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Cooks Needed for New Hope Care Team Our New Hope Care Team contacts people who are just getting home from the hospital

due to surgery or sickness or a new baby and offers to provide them with a home

cooked meal to help in their recovery process. This is a ministry of our church to

support the families in their time of need and to show them that our church family cares

for them and loves them.

We have a group of dedicated ladies that prepare these meals and deliver them but as

our church grows and as a lot of the members get older, we have a lot of need for this

ministry. Our ladies are getting worn down and tired and we need assistance.

Please consider signing up to help with this wonderful outreach ministry. If you do agree to help you would be contacted by Paulette Wood, our chair for meals, and she would visit

with you about the need and the location of the person and determine if you might be able to help with a

meal. Often two people will work together on a meal.

Please consider helping your church with this ministry. And if you find it in your heart to serve in this

capacity please call Clarice Rubek at 515-965-8897. We do need you and the wonderful ministry that you can

provide. I ask you to prayerfully think about this opportunity and I thank you in advance.

Sincerely ,

Clarice Rubek

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Heifer Project - The Ark

Flock of Ducks/Geese: $20

Flock of Chicks: $20

Honeybees: $30

Share of Rabbits: $10

Trio of Rabbits: $60

Tree Seedlings: $60

Flock of Hope (includes chicks,

ducklings and goslings): $60

Share of a Pig: $10

Pig: $120

Share of a Sheep: $10

Sheep: $120

Share of a Goat: $10

Goat: $120

Share of a Llama: $20

Llama: $150

Share of a Buffalo: $25

Water Buffalo: $250

Share of Heifer: $50

Heifer: $500

Share of Camel: $85

Camel: $850

*Please write your check out to New Hope UMC and indicate in the memo line that it is for Heifer and include name of animal. Please place your check in the offering plate.

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Hand of Luke Wed., December 14

“Clear the Freezer” Menu

BBQ Beef or Turkey Sandwich

French Fries

BBQ Beans

Pie

If you would like to contribute to our ministry by

making food donations, cooking or serving, please sign

up in the Fellowship Hall.

Cooks meet at the church between 3:00-3:30pm.

Servers transport the food to the Central Iowa Shelter &

Services at 5:30pm and return by 8:00pm.

When individuals drop off their non perishables, we

ask that they clearly label them HOL and clearly

indicate who it is from and leave them on the kitchen

counter.

Frozen items may be placed in the new industrial

freezer, on the upper two left shelves. If possible,

please indicate on the sign up sheet where you placed

your item(s) (for example, “in pantry”, or “in the

refrig.”).

THANK YOU!!!

In the kitchen supply

room there are 4 new

frying pans.

2-12" and 2-10" Infinite Circulon (non stick) frying

pans. Posted above the frying pans are cooking and

cleaning directions. These are very good frying pans.

Please place paper towels between the pans when storing

the pans.

Also, due to our garbage disposal in the old kitchen

getting plugged up and Rotor Rooter needing to clean out

the pipes, I have posted signs by the disposal switches in

the old kitchen. These directions tell what NOT to place

in the garbage disposal. It is best if we use the garbage

disposals sparingly. The waste from the disposal goes

into the septic tank.

Thank you,

The Kitchen Keepers

Year-End Reminder

All giving to the church for

recording on your 2011

statements should be received

no later than December 31,

2011 to be posted to the

individual giving records for

the year 2011.

Thank you!

2012 Offering

Envelopes

Please pick up your 2012

offering envelopes from the

table in the Fellowship Hall on

December 18.

If you did not indicate on your

2012 pledge sheet that you want

offering envelopes and would

like to have them, please

contact the church office by

December 12.

The money counters appreciate

you using the envelopes.

2012 Altar Flower

Calendar

For the Traditional Services

(8:30 & 10:45), if you would

like to have flowers on the altar

in celebration of a birthday,

anniversary, graduation, or in

honor or in memory of a loved

one, please sign up on the

flower calendar which is

located across from church

office. The cost is $30.00 per

Sunday and you may take your

flowers home after the

10:45 a.m. service.

sign up to receive the LINK by email If you would like to help minimize both our costs and our impact on the planet by receiving The LINK via e-mail, please contact the church office at 515.278.2097 or send an email to nhfamily@newhopedsm.org.

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Electronic Giving You may give to New Hope through electron-

ic giving.

A step-by-step process is available on our web-site,

www.newhopedsm.org, by clicking the “Donate” button and

following the instructions. Or there is sheet on electronic giving

available at the sign-up table in the Fellowship Hall.

Stewardship Update During the first week of our Fall Campaign, 88 pledge sheets were turned in for the 2012 budget year. These

pledges amounted to a total of $239,816 which breaks down to $173,390 to the general

fund, $16,342 to the mission fund, and $50,084 to the mortgage. If you have not yet had

the chance to complete your pledge sheet, please do so. You may turn it in to the church

office or in the offering plate.

The Stewardship & Finance Committee sincerely thanks everyone in their commitment to

being a part of New Hope’s continued growth in ministries for Jesus Christ. We feel God is doing great things

through our New Hope UMC family.

The Stewardship & Finance Committee

1

7p, Prayer Ministry Mtg.

2 Pal: Pat Papenheim

1:00p, Small Grp at

HyVee, 1990 Grand Ave.,

West Des Moines

6-8:30pm, Sanctuary &

Ruby Chapel reserved

3

5:00p, Johnston River of

Life worship at Beaver

Creek Elementary

4 2nd Sunday of Advent

Holy Communion

Cookie Walk

9:30a, baptisms

4p, Confirmation

6p, Sr. BLAST at church

6p, Heartbeat Bell concert

5

7:00p, Trustees Mtg.

7:00p, Advent by

Candelight

6 9:30a, Alanon

9:30a, Sr. Singers practice

10a, Library Committee

Noon, AA

7

9a, Nut Clusters

5:30p, TGIW—Santa’s

Attic

6:30p, Chancel Choir

7:45p, Praise Team

8

1:00-3:00p, New Hope

Needlers at church

9

Pal: Marlys Borcherding

10

7:30a, Men’s Breakfast

11a-5p, F.Hall rented

1:30-3:30, Jr. BLAST

bowling @ Plaza Lanes

11 3rd Sunday of Advent

8:30 & 10:45, Cantata

Library Open House

Jar Sale

Noon, Compassionate

Callers

6:15p, Kids arrive

6:30p, Christmas Program

12

7:00p, SPRC Mtg.

13 9:30a, Alanon

10a, Library Committee

Noon, AA

7:00p, Finance Meeting

14

3:30p, Hand of Luke

4:30p, Missions Mtg.

5:30p, TGIW—Christmas

Party

6:30p, Chancel Choir

7:45p, Praise Team

15 Deadline for January

LINK

9:00a, Women’s

Fellowship at church

7:00p, Worship Design

16 Pal: Shirley Frus

1:00p, Small Grp at

HyVee, 1990 Grand Ave.,

West Des Moines

17

5:00p, Christmas at the

Johnston Barn

18

Food Pantry Sunday

Blood Pressure Sunday

CLT—Birthday Party for

Jesus

4-6p, Jr. BLAST

6p, Sr. BLAST

19

20 9:30a, Alanon

10a, Library Committee

Noon, AA

7:00p, AD Council

21

NO TGIW

6:30p, Chancel Choir

7:45p, Praise Team

22

Pal: Norma Sutton

23

OFFICE CLOSED

24

Eve Services:

5:30p, 7:30p, 10:00p

25

10:00 a.m. in the

Sanctuary

26

OFFICE CLOSED

27

Office Hours: 8a-Noon

9:30a, Alanon

Noon, AA

28

Office Hours: 8a-Noon

NO TGIW

6:30p, Chancel Choir

7:45p, Praise Team

29

Office Hours: 8a-Noon

Pal: Darlene Caldwell

30

OFFICE CLOSED

1:00p, Small Grp at

HyVee, 1990 Grand Ave.,

West Des Moines

Hager/DeVore rehearsal

31

4p, Hager/DeVore

wedding

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

If you see that your name is not listed, please

call the church office at 278-2097, or email at

nhfamily@newhopedsm.org, so we can update

our files.

“May God’s many blessings, be yours the year through.”

Looking Ahead:

Jan. 15: Bishop Trimble will preach at 9:30 & 10:45 a.m.

Jan. 9, 10, 12, 6:00-6:45 exercise classes begin Jan. 11, 11:45-12:30 exercise class begins

Happy Birthday to you!!

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Happy Anniversary!!!

Staff: Pastor Cross will be on vacation the week of December 26th.

1 Dean Peterson, Gabrielle Sandberg,

Camden Troncin, Jason Juran

2 Brandon Thompson 3 Linda Dean, Paul Speck

4 Charity Johnson

5 Charles Smith, Alec Beck-Cross 6 Jean Moffitt, Mike Warren

7 Gene Lesch, Lisa Rooney

8 Kristy Hegwood 9 Kristi Haughenburg, Kaylee Stubbs,

Lexi Dean, Max Gerleman, Liz Grow

10 Vickie Friedow 12 Obi Ukabiala, Matthew Stern,

Mary Grace Leyda

13 Emma Naumann 14 Peg Schipman, Nolan Monthei

15 Kevin Lewis, Tom Stanfield,

Cathy Short, Alexis Evans

16 Lindsey Robertson 17 Mary Ann Rice, Austin Cook

18 Sheri Thompson, Andrew Doxon,

Alexis Redies 19 Neil Cross, Brady Jansen,

Kyle Hegwood, Finley Walker,

Amanda Young, Spencer Sutton 20 Teri Reierson, Larry Buske,

Sarah Wiles, Carter Naumann,

Sheldon Astley 21 Matt Stringham, Adam Hartung,

Zoe Wilson

22 Paulette Wood 23 Susan Baldwin, Ellie Naumann

24 Harlan Gee

25 Renee Haugland, Jennifer Riley 26 Joan Clary

27 Kim Buske, Keara Bowers

29 Richard Kile 30 Jeffrey Merrill, Jaedyn Cale

31 Michael White, Quinn Merrill,

Michele Hamilton, Miyoko Hikiji

16 Tom Beasley & Miyoko Hikiji 21 Gus & Karen Skovgard

28 Ethan & Maya Johnston

29 Blaine & Kay Goff 29 Curtis & Danielle Malone

29 Chuck & Connie Staples

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