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Office Notes To contact us:

Pastor

Reverend Dr. Timothy Osment Tel. (W) (843) 756-1629

(H) (843) 716-0346

(M) (843) 877-1217

First Presbyterian Church 5435 Main Street/PO Box 425

Loris, SC 29569

Phone: (843) 756-1629

Fax: (843) 756-2836

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.lorisfpc.com

Youth Director

Mr. Ron Barron

[email protected]

Clerk of Session:

Mrs. Bobbie Ingle

Treasurer:

Mrs. Jennifer Anderson

[email protected]

Every Week Sunday School - 9:30 am Sunday Worship Service - 10:30 am (Nursery Available During Worship Service) Adult Choir Practice - 5:00 pm Sundays Sunday Night Bible Study -6:00pm Wednesday Morning Bible Study - 10:00 am Wednesday Evening Fellowship Meal –6:00pm Wednesday Evening Bible Study - 6:45 pm Thursday Prayer Group - 10:00 am

Monthly Meetings Stated Session Meeting 2nd Sunday, 7:30 am Silver Lining Group 3rd Tuesday, 11:30 am Presbyterian Men 4th Tuesday, 6:30 pm

The Newsletter The Newsletter is a monthly publication keeping you informed of all the news and activities at Loris First Presbyterian Church. Stories and calendar items are welcome.

December 2018 Happenings

First Presbyterian Church

5435 Main Street

MAILING ADDRESS :

PO Box 425

Loris, SC 29569

5435 Main Street Post Office Box 425 Loris, South Carolina 29569

“Building on Faith”

FROM THE PASTOR’ S DESK

December 2018 Happenings First Presbyterian Church Loris, SC

“So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the

manger.”

(Luke 2:16 NIV). We are transitioning into a very eventful time.

Socially we are entering into what is known as the “Christmas Season”. There are the parties, concerts, feasts, shopping and the like that go along with this time our culture engages in each year.

Spiritually we are entering into the Season of Advent. That is what the church has seen tradi-tionally as the four weeks prior to Christmas. Advent means “waiting” and the season is meant to remind us of the first Advent where the world waited for the Messiah to be born and the Second Advent where we are waiting on Christ to return.

We often confuse or intermingle those two sea-sons. Sometimes we see Advent and Christmas as the same thing and use the words inter-changeably. It is important for us to remember that for the church the “Christmas Season” doesn’t begin until Christmas Day. None of us should rigidly observe that and remove our-selves from the good aspects of our social ob-servances this time of the year. But as we party and sing and give gifts, we should keep things in perspective at least in our hearts.

This year we are planning to help everyone re-main focused on Advent and Christmas. For the

four Sunday’s of Advent we will be focusing on a different aspect of the Family of Jesus. This will begin in the Sunday School hour on Sunday morning where each Sunday School class will study the same biblical characters from the fam-ily of Jesus. And then each Sunday after Sun-day School the sermon for that day will focus on the same characters.

We will look at Elizabeth, who was a relative of Mary, and her husband Zechariah. We will look at their son, John, who became the forerunner of Jesus. We will study Joseph – while not biolog-ically the father of Jesus he raised the Christ child as his own son. And finally, we look at Mary, the young woman whose life was turned upside down so that the son of God would be born in Bethlehem.

The schedule is as follows:

December 2 – Elizabeth & Zechariah December 9 – John the Baptizer

December 16 – Joseph December 23 – Mary

Please be in prayer for our church and the whole world as we seek to learn from the family of Jesus. May our own Advent and Christmas be more special than ever before.

Have a blessed Advent season and a Merry Christmas,

Pastor Tim

First Presbyterian Church Happenings - December 2018

Coming Soon:

Flag Football and Cheerleading

Registration

Thank you to all the coaches, referees, players,

and volunteers for making Our 10th Anniversary Soccer

Season a great success!

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The Stated Session meeting for December will be Sunday, December 9th at 7:30 am.

The Silver Lining Group will be holding their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, December 18th at 11:30 am at Golden Corral in North Myrtle Beach.

Remember to support the Food Pantry with non-perishable food items. The first Sunday of each month is our day to focus on collections for the Food Pantry.

Children’s Church is available for children K-3rd grade every Sunday after the Children’s Sermon.

Please keep Pastor Tim updated on joys and prayer concerns.

Please pray for the Family Life Center Committee as they commit their time and talents to this project.

Pastor Tim will be on leave from December 24th—January 1st.

Please remember in your prayers: Members: Nancy Barton, Mary Brogdon, Dr. Jim Craigie, Bridgett Fowler, Patrick Fowler, Hilda Fowler, Al Gore, Charles Grainger, John Harrelson, Ruth Ann Jones, Bill Josephs, Libby Kyzer, Carl Long, Betty Nain, Frances Nain, Maud O’Neill, Rae-gan Powell, Emeline Rankin, Holly Rankin, Jo Marie Rankin, Pam Richard, Lisa Shropshire, Lloyd Soles, Frances Tanner, Joyce Wilhelm Members in assisted living: Marinell Allsbrook, Arnie and Marlene Gaspersohn Family & Friends: Family of Roy Aiken, Eric Azor, Lyndsey Ball, Larry Batton, Edie Beford, Diane Bell, Donna Blevins, Mark Boyd, Wendy Boyd, Bryan Branton, Melinda Brooks, David Buffkin, Mary Jo Burle, Louise Canady, Debbie Carroll, Nellie Carter, Aaron Chesson, Jean Cox, Sam Cox, Betty Crowe, Faye Daniels, Tracy Davis, Mary Derr, Jim and Shel-by Dickson, Rudolf Dorman, Christel Durant, Chris Dunning, Christina Edney, Alana Ford, Chris and Katie Fowler, Harvey Fowler, Betty Galea, Michael Garrett, Bertie Gause, Jordan Gause, Rose Gause, John and Pat Gimber, Clifford and Hilda Gore, Logan Gore, Lucille Gore, Annie Graham, Jeremy Graham, W.J. Hardee, Martha Hardwick, Victoria Harrelson, Shirley Harris, Judson Hendrick, Levi Holmes, Jean Howard, Kristi Hucks, Jessica Hughes, Hester and Ed James, Billie Johnson, Frankie Brittany Jones, Camer-on Jones, Emelie Josephs, Crickett Kesler, Patricia Ketchie, Cheryl Lara, Agnes Lee, Greg Lee, Lee Lewis, Tommy Long, Bruce Major, Hilda McDow-ell, Billy and Darlene McDuffie, Renee McKinney, Joan McMakin, Patrick Milligan, Doris Mills, Steve Mincey, Kathleen Moore, Debbie Morris, Amy Mul-vaney, Patrick Myers, Jimmy Neally, Henry Nichols, Evelyn Osment, Robert Pike, Kenneth Porter, Ervin Powell, Robert Praete, Donald Rabon, Joe Ray, Roger Richard, Family and friends of Clyde Richardson, Maggie Roth, Ginger Scott, John Sebados, Brenda Sharp, Ann Shropshire, Michael Smith, Rob Smith, Earl J. Spivey, Mae Stuart, Hilda Suggs, Slade Tay-lor, Keith Tedder, Chad Thompkins, Billy Thompson, Harold Thompson, Greg Tyler, Mildred VanKannel, Darryl Vaught, Joy Vess & Family, Felicia Walker, Wanda Ward, Paul Waters, Jeremy Weaver, Melissa White, Ann Wirt, Ed Wooten, Jennifer Yates


The Bible should be at the center of everything we do as a church. Bible Study is, therefore, an integral part of our lives as disciples. In order to make our small group Bible Studies more available we have several sessions, as listed below. Each of our Bible Study groups is different. Please consider attending one of these sessions on a regular basis or let Pastor Tim know if there is another time that would work better for you.

Current Bible Study Sessions Sunday - 6:00 PM The Life of Paul

Wednesday - 10:00 AM (Luke) Wednesday - 6:30 PM (Revelation)

Youth Group Bible Study Session

Sunday - 6:00 pm (Exodus)

Upcoming Christmas Events: Let’s spend this season together, celebrating the birth of

our Savior, Jesus Christ December 7th.

Church Christmas Party at Radd Dew’s BBQ at 6:00 pm Hosted by the Men’s Group

December 15th Children’s Christmas Play at 7:00 pm

December 16th Encore Performance of the Children’s

Christmas Play at 10:30 pm December 19th

Youth & Family Christmas Party at 5:00 pm December 21st

Christmas Caroling, Dinner & Christmas Lights 5:30 pm

December 23rd Candlelight Communion at 7:00 pm


Labor Day Service Project! Our youth are awesome!

Bible Study: Sunday Nights @ 6pm Middle & High School

Every Tuesday, at 7:15am

High School Youth group Breakfast and Devotions at Bojangle’s

Wednesday, December 5th

Christmas Play Practice MS/HS Youth Activities

Wednesday, December 12th

Christmas Play Practice MS/HS Youth Activities

Saturday, December 15th & 16th

Christmas Play Wednesday, December 19th

Youth & Family Christmas Party 5:00 pm—8 pm

Friday, December 21st

Christmas Caroling, Dinner & Christmas Lights 5:30 pm

Wednesday, December26th

No Evening Activities

Greetings!

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and is looking forward to the upcoming season of Advent! Advent is a very exciting time but also tends to be quite busy as well, with Christmas parties, plays, outings, family get-togethers, etc. And this December is no differ-ent, especially here at LFPC. There are many activities and outings planned for our youth and their families as we move closer to the celebration of the birth of our Savior - and we hope you'll take part in all of it. But in the midst of it all, let us take the time to remember and reflect on the reason for this season -- Je-sus! Merry Christmas!

RB

USHERS

December 2nd Barry Brooks & Will Duncan December 9th Dewitt Elliott & Rick Richard

December 16th Christian Anderson & Rick Pierce

December 23rd Elton Boyd & Jeb Flesch December 30th Freddie Moore & Trey Josephs

December 2 Tracy Ray December 9th Karen Westlund December 16th December 23 Lessons & Carols December 30 Jennifer Anderson

DECEMBER SOUND ROOM

Volunteers Needed Training is available

Please contact Steve Westlund or Christian Anderson

December Nursery Volunteers December 2nd Trey & Marie December 9th Karen Westlund December 16th Rodney & Renee December 23rd Jim & Jane Roberts December 30th Jessica Spivey


Sunday School Teachers Needed

Do you remember your childhood Sunday School Teacher?

You could make a difference in the spiritual growth of the children at LFPC.

Please see Mrs. Bobbie Ingle


Candlelight

Communion

Service

Sunday,

December 23rd

2019 Session Members

Christian Anderson

Dawn Brooks Terry Fowler

Suzanne Gore Bobbie Ingle

Gwyn McCutchen Venson Powers

Tracy Ray Rev. Dr. Tim Osment, moderator

Commit this year to pray for the ac-tive session members of the church.

Mark your calendars:

January Events

Women’s Retreat January 17th-19th

Sign Up Today Please see Kim Barron for more

details

Fish Fry Fundraiser

Combined efforts for OCC and the LFPC Youth Group

Saturday, January 19th. Volunteers needed


Mission Statement

The mission of ECO is to build flourishing churches that make disciples of Jesus Christ.

Contributions Year to Date YTD Budget

Pledge Tithing $ 189,020.83 $221,859.08

Restricted Funds $ 37,367.70

Special Offerings $ 3,761.57

Unbudgeted Contributions $ 0.00

Total Contributions $ 230,150.10 $221,859.08

Distributions

Church Operations $ 207,672.77 $ 192,043.90

Benevolence $ 761.72

Restricted Funds $ 17,366.49

Building Fund Transfer $ 3,000.00

Unbudgeted Items $ 28,088.00

Total Distributions $ 256,888.98 $ 192,043.90

Net ($30,169.68) $ 29,815.18

2018 Financial Statistics January—October


Labor Day Service Project! Our youth are awesome!

Get the App! To receive messages from the church on your phone:

Download the Remind 101 App and visit the following

link:

For LFPC: For LFPC Youth text @8cfaf text @lfpcy to 843-486-2530 843-486-2530

We are still accepting contributions toward the

refurbishment of the grand piano for the

sanctuary. Designate “piano” in the memo line

of your donation.

No exercise class on Wednesday, December 26th and Wednesday,

January 2nd.

Exercise Class every Wednesday at 9:00 am. It’s a great time to join!

Enjoy Bible Study at 10:00 am,

immediately following exercise class

“Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give,

not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a

cheerful giver.” 2 Cor 9:7


December 1st Tracy Ray

December 2nd Ruth Ann Jones Russ Dagon

December 3rd Cindy Hardwick Avery Warren

December 4th Freddie Moore

December 5th Teresa Hilburn

December 12th Mary Williams

December 16th Blanche Sager Lisa McCutchen

December 21st Karen Westlund

December 24th Pat Burt

December 29th Frances Nain Jordyn Suggs

December 30th Rick Richard Amy Williams

December 31st Riggs Pierce

Do you have a

birthday coming up?

Did we miss someone?

Check with Jennifer in the church office to make sure we have your

updated information [email protected]

December 2nd Brent & Jamie Norman

December 13th Bill & Drucilla Josephs Brooke & Will Duncan

December 14th Charles & Winkie Grainger

December 17th Andy & Paula Zink

December 19th Timmy & Lori Suggs

December 21st Trey & Marie Josephs

Wednesday Evening Fellowship Meals

A few reminders: It is very helpful to have everyone sign up if you plan to attend. A form

will be on the table in the lobby or you can email Jennifer at

[email protected]

A donation basket will be available,

Menu: 12/5 - Sandwiches Hosted By the Youth Group

12/12 - Host Choice 12/19 - Youth & Family Christmas Party

12/26 - No Wednesday Evening Activities

Being a host only requires that you organize and set up the meal, you are not financially

responsible.


Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1

1

9:30 am Sunday School

10:30 am Worship Service

5:00pm Choir Practice

6:00 Bible Study

Food Pantry

3

7;00 am - Men’s

Prayer Meeting

4

7:15 am Youth

Devotion’s @

Bojangle’s

5

9:00 am Exercise Class

10:00 am Bible Study

6:00 pm Fellowship Meal

6:45 pm Bible Study &

Youth Activities

6

10:00 am Prayer

Group

7

6:00 pm

Christmas Party

at Radd Dew’s

BBQ

8

9

7:30 am Session Meeting



5:00pm Choir Practice

6:00 Bible Study

10

11

7:15 am Youth

Devotion’s @

Bojangle’s

12



6:00 pm Fellowship Meal

6:45 pm Bible Study&

Youth Activities

13

10:00 am - Prayer

Group

14

9:00 am

2nd Friday

Prayer Group

15

6:00 pm Youth

Christmas Play

16



Christmas Play

5:00 pm Choir Practice

6:00 pm Bible Study

17

18

7:15 am Youth

Devotion’s @

Bojangle’s

11:30 am - SLG

Luncheon

19



5:00 pm Youth & Family

Christmas Party

20

10:00 am - Prayer

Group

21

Christmas

Caroling &

Christmas Lights

22

23



7:00 pm - Candlelight

Communion

24 25

Merry Christmas

26

No Activities

27

10:00 am - Prayer

Group

29 29

30



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