167 Shady Grove Church Road ● Winston Salem ● NC 27107 ● 336-769-2942 ● www.shadygroveumc.com

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Friends, It's hard to believe this is the last newsletter of 2019! Seems like just a short time ago I was writing the January newsletter article about 2019 being the Year of Compassion! And it has been a year of compassion! During this past year, we have sent international mission teams to Costa Rica, the Dominican Repub-lic, and Guatemala. We have distributed $48,462 to a number of local and regional ministries through our weekly Mission Box. We sent a building team - along with $34,612 collected on Christmas Eve 2018 -- to the panhandle of Florida to repair houses damaged by Hurricane Matthew. We have supported Ward Street Shelter, the Bethesda Shelter, and other local ministries. We have provided financial re-sources, volunteers, and a number of donations to our partner church New Story in Winston Salem. We have fed local needy families at Soup for Souls and provided much-needed groceries through the food pantry. And that's not all! Our Care Team along with our staff has visited countless members of our church family at home, in nursing homes and assisted living centers, and in hospitals. Our church family has provided meals for families going through challenging times, and provided many other acts of compassion to show the love of God in tangible ways both inside and outside the church. This list is surely incomplete. There's no way we could list every act of compassion that flowed from this church family during this year. And there is more to come with the Compassion Experience on Dec. 13-16. Please go to shadygroveumc.com to sign up for your time to go through the Experience. Then please be here on December 15th for Compassion Sunday! We will be partnering with Compassion Interna-tional to rescue children from poverty in Jesus' name. We can change the world, one child at a time! It's been a great year! Love is on the move at Shady Grove! Peace, Tom

Pursue God • Build Community • Release Compassion

Gifts Given in November

Gifts were given in loving memory of

Andy Reece by:

Helen Euliss, Greg & Angela Meredith,

Keith & Dianne

Armstrong, Craig &

Bobbie Burris,

Steve & Elaine Smith,

Rita Farabee

Ponder Christmas The Shady Grove Adult Choir will present "Ponder Christmas" on Sunday, December 15th at 6 PM in the Sanctuary. Please join

us as we consider the miraculous events that led to the arrival of our Emmanuel, Christ Jesus!

Please Join Us For The Upcoming Advent/Christmas Events At Shady Grove United Methodist Church This Year

First Sunday of Advent-Sunday, December 1, 2019 8:30, 9:45 & 11:00 AM Worship Services Family Advent Workshop/Chicken Stew Dinner-Sunday, December 1, 2019 6:00 - 7:00 PM in the Fellowship Hall Gingerbread House Building-Tuesday, December 3, 2019 The fun begins at 6:30 PM in the Fellowship Hall. Second Sunday of Advent-Sunday, December 8, 2019 8:30, 9:45 & 11:00 AM Worship Services, Holy Communion 3:00 PM Children’s Christmas Play, “Heaven and Nature Sing!” Third Sunday of Advent-Sunday, December 15, 2019 8:30 & 9:45 & 11:00 AM Worship Services 6:00 PM Choir Cantata, “Ponder Christmas” Fourth Sunday of Advent-Sunday, December 22, 2019 8:30, 9:45 & 11:00 AM Worship Services Christmas Eve-Tuesday, December 24, 2019 5:00 PM Children and Families Service. This service is specifically focused towards young

children, however all are invited. 8:00 & 11:00 PM Candlelight and Holy Communion Services. Lighting of the Christ Candle, carols, lessons, special music, Holy Communion and concluding with a candlelight service.

May God Bless You And Your Family This Christmas!

UPCOMING EVENTS

United Methodist Men

Meeting on Sunday, December 8th at

7:00 AM for breakfast and fellowship.

Meals For Missions

Wednesday, December 4th at 5:30 PM

in the Fellowship Hall.

Trustees

Meeting on Sunday, December 8th at

6:00 PM in the Lounge.

Soup For Souls

Thursday, December 5th at 11:00 AM

in the Fellowship Hall.

Finance Committee Meeting

Meeting on Tuesday, December 10th at

7:00 PM in Room 201.

Women’s Group

Christmas Party Monday, December 2nd at 6:30 PM

in the Fellowship Hall.

The Joy Group

Meeting on Monday, December 2nd to go

out to eat and shop for the Angel Tree.

Missions Committee Meeting

Meeting on Thursday, December 19th at

6:30 PM in Room 200.

Unhanging Of

The Greens

Sunday,

December 29th,

from 11 AM to 2 PM.

Christmas Play

December 8

3 PM Join us as our children share the

true meaning of Christmas.

You will leave uplifted, renewed

and filled with the Christmas spirit.

Children should arrive at 2:30 PM

wearing jeans and their

Clubhouse T-Shirts. Please

bring a snack to share

after the performance.

(No nuts please.)

October Budget Report

Financial giving October 1, 2019

through October 31, 2019

to the General Fund Income: $58,672 Expense: $53,726

Anniversaries

Birthdays 1-John McKenzie

Tessa Myers

4-Bruce Ward

Nathan Konze

5-Hunter Jones

Chase Portaro

Cora Rubley

6-Deborah Ferrell

John Bailey

Leigh Bartoli

Andrea Bartoli

Sean Taylor

7-Madison Clodfelter

8-Bill Levy

Jeremy Bertschi

9-Cindy Hege

9-Jeremy Robinson

Roger Bryant

10-Jill Cecil

Gerald Smith

Rick Louya

Drew Hundley

11-Kathy Brooks

Jane Koch

Will Essick

Steven Tilly

12-Lori Adkins

Erica Levy

Tony Howard

13-Jim McAbee

14-Joel Mize

15-Holly Pericozzi

15-Miranda Dyer

16-Becky Smith

Jill Hanson

Kelly Sullivan

Duke Boger

17-Cheryl Pericozzi

Amanda Myers

18-Tom Hanson

Tom Mabry

David McElwain

Eddie Cooley

19-Teresa Little

Jana Coulter

20-Ronnie Kennedy

Willie Jean Reid

Ellen Gossett

1-Mark & Karen Overby

3-Darren & Amber Hunt

10-Daniel & Melanie Kennedy

10-Mark & DeAnna Curry

21-Danielle Harrelson

23-Kristen Ralls

Jeff Hughes

27-Elizabeth Butcher

Quinn Tilly

Ken Craven

29-Layla Grace

Brieanna Moore

31-Karla Jones

Alisa Henderson

16-Donald & Joyce Clodfelter

18-Roger & Julie Bryant

31-Russ & Vicky Hey

Office Closed

The Church office will be closed on Wednesday, De-

cember 25th and Thursday, December 26th in

observance of Christmas. The Church will also be

closed on Wednesday, January 1st, in observance of

New Year’s Day. Please use the following numbers if

you should have an emergency.

Tom Mabry 336-260-5634

Leigh Bartoli 336-416-3925

Please have all information for the January Newsletter

to the Church office by December 16th.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Blood Drive

12-4:30 4:00 Tadpoles 4:00 Clubhouse 4:00 Club 56 4:00 The Grove 6:00 Advent Workshop

2 6:30 Women’s Group Christmas Party 6:00 Prayer Time

3 10:00 Ledford Homemakers 6:30 Gingerbread House Building 7:00 Choir

4 5:30 Meals For Missions 6:30 WOW 6:30 Preteens 6:30 The Table

5 11:00 Soup For Souls 6:30 Praise Team

6 7 9:00 Christmas Play Practice 5:30 Youth to Tanglewood 7:00 Preteen Christmas Party

8 7:00 UMM 3:00 Christmas Play 4:00 Youth Christmas Party 6:00 Trustees

9 6:00 Prayer Time 7:00 REFIT

10 7:00 Finance Mtg 7:00 Choir

11 6:30 Preteens 6:30 The Table

12 6:30 Praise Team

13 Compassion Experience

10-5:40

14 Compassion Experience

10-7:40

15 Compassion Experience

9:40-5 6:00 Cantata

16 Compassion Experience

12-5:40 6:00 Prayer Time 7:00 REFIT

17 7:30 Choir

18 6:00 Preteens 6:30 The Table

19 11:00 Friends At The Grove 6:30 Missions Committee 6:30 Praise Team

20 21

22 6:00 Confirmation Love Feast

23 6:00 Prayer Time

24 Christmas Eve

Services 5:00, 8:00, 11:00

25 Christmas Day -Office Closed-

26 -Office Closed-

27 28

29 11:00 Unhanging Of The Greens

30 6:00 Prayer Time 7:00 REFIT

31 New Year’s Eve

2019

Shady Grove UMC 167 Shady Grove Church Rd.

Winston-Salem, NC 27107

December Volunteer Schedule

NURSERY 8:30 1-Abby Kennedy 8-Kloe Hester 15-Shea Williams 22-Lisa & Samantha Harris 29-Neta Mitchell 9:45 Leader-Ladena Davis 1-Lindsey Smith 8-Sherry Holland 15-Allison Meadows 22-Jessica Davis 29-Veronica Perras

CRAWLER NURSERY 9:45 1-Jordan Smith 8-Pam Harrelson 15-Neta Mitchell, Kristie Hege 22-Amy Thiessen 29-Ladena Davis

11:00 BIRTH through 3 YRS. 1-Jill Hanson 8-Ladena Davis 15-Allison Meadows 22-Meg Riddle 29-Ladena Davis

FINANCIAL ASSISTANTS 1-Charles Fitzgerald, Angela Meredith 8-Gerald & Becky Smith, Ruth Fine 15-Lynette Bowers, Greg Meredith 22-Charlene Fitzgerald, Steve & Elaine Smith 29-Charlene Fitzgerald, Greg Meredith

WELCOME TEAM 1-Brian Coward, Tom Hanson, Paul Pericozzi, Tony Allen 8-Mark Overby, Dale Bowers, Kenis Caudill, Brian Sapp 15-Jeremy Bertschi, Frank Cathey, Mark Mason, Dustin Essick, JD Mitchell, Randy Brice 22-Andrew Butcher, Keith Vestrat, Randall Thompson, Jeremy Robinson, Chapin Robinson 29-Mark Smith, Jody Davis, Clay Harris, Lou Saypharath

GREETERS 8:30 December-Ann Hucks, Rose Lambeth January-Suzanne Hill, Michaelene Wirth

9:45 December-Susan McAbee, Laura & Olivia Saypharath January-Meg Gay, Rick Louya, Linda Humphries

11:00 December-Christina Maxwell, Allison Weckerle January-Mike & Deborah Ferrell

USHERS

December-Chuck Portaro, Wayne Wilson, Randall & Debbie Thompson January-Chris Golden, Brian Sapp, Steve Smith, Wayne Wilson