Southminster This Week

Caritas is Coming!

Friends,

We are back after a hiatus from our weekly emails! Make sure to take a look at our updated prayer concerns below.

This week our volunteers will be making their final preparations for our Caritas guests to arrive on Saturday. 

Please join me in praying for our guests as well as our volunteers-- your prayers make a difference both for our church family and our community! 

Peace,

Caitlin

Southminster This Week

Christmas Eve

Friends,

Here we are just a few days before Christmas! I hope to see many of you for our two Christmas Eve worship services at 5pm and 8pm-- these are always a beautiful and joyous experience.

Prayers for many of you as you travel in the coming days! If you will be here on Christmas morning, I hope you will come and join us for a festive Christmas Day worship. We anticipate a small but cozy group-- we will sing lots of Christmas songs as well as reflect on the meaning of the season. 

Peace,

Caitlin

Southminster This Week

Fourth Sunday of Advent

Friends,

Thank you to all of you who organized, participated in, or attended our wonderful Service of Song and Light last Sunday evening-- particularly our sanctuary choir and musicans who made the night so beautiful!

We had a great turnout, with around 275 people in attendance including many family, friends and neighbors. What a great celebration of the season! If you missed it the full service is available online by clicking on the link below. 

Don't forget-- tonight we will gather for our Birthday Party for Jesus Spagetti Dinner starting at 6:00 pm. Don't have any plans for dinner tonight? Well, come on over! All you need to bring is a can of food to donate and a healthy appetite. 

Peace,

Caitlin

Southminster This Week

Third Sunday of Advent

Friends,

This Sunday is our big event of the season-- our Service of Song and Light on Sunday at 7 pm! I hope to see you all there. This is a wonderful chance to invite friends and neighbors to church!

Peace,

Caitlin

Southminster This Week

Second Sunday of Advent

Friends,

Advent is here!

Sign up this week for the Church Progressive Dinner on Saturday, December 10th--you don't want to miss it!  

Also, make sure you plan on attending our Service of Song and Light on Sunday, December 11th at 7 pm! This year's program will be very special as it is also serving as a graduate recital for Demas, our wonderful music director. If you had any doubt that Demas is pulling out all the stops, this Sunday you will notice that the organ for Haydn's "Little Organ Mass" will be set up in the front of the church ready for next week's dress rehearsal!

Advent is an exciting time! 

Peace,

Caitlin

Southminster This Week

First Sunday of Advent

Friends,

Advent is here! This Sunday kicks off the countdown to Christmas. 

As you plan don't forget to make time to celebrate the reason for the season! Here are a few of the opportunities:

• The Church Progressive Dinner will be Saturday, December 10th. 

• Our Southminster Choir will be putting on a special Service of Song and Light on Sunday, December 11th at 7 pm.

• The Annual Birthday Party for Jesus is Wednesday, December 14th at 6 pm. 

• Join us for Christmas Eve Worship at 5pm and 8pm on Saturday, December 24th.

• Finally, we will worship Christmas Day on Sunday, December 25th at 11:00 am. 

Peace,

Caitlin

Southminster This Week

Thanksgiving Sunday

Friends,

Thank you to all of you who have already turned in your 2017 pledge cards! If you were not able to be in worship on Sunday, please bring your pledges this Sunday and place them in the offering plate. Our Session and Finance Committee are hard at work planning the 2017 budget and your pledges make it possible for them to do their good work. 

Speaking of gifts...this Sunday we will spend some time reflecting on all of the things we are thankful for this Thanksgiving week. I hope to see you in worship. 

Peace,

Caitlin

Southminster This Week

Commitment Sunday

Friends,

If you are looking for a bit of refuge and healing from the politics we have been so saturdated in for these past few months-- you have come to the right place. 

This Sunday at Southminster is Commitment Sunday. We will refocus on our God-given mission to serve our neighbors and to be a light of hope for the world. This is a Sunday not just about words, but about action! So please bring your volunteer pledge cards as well as your financial pledge cards so that you can join me in the symbolic action of offering those pledge cards and claiming God's mission as your own. 

After worship we will celebrate together with our Annual Scottish Tea hosted by our Presbyterian Women. Many of them are probably carefully baking scones and crafting finger sandwiches for your enjoyement right now! While you enjoy some baked goods, take a look around our Alternative Gift Market-- another opportunity for you to think about how you can make a positive impact on the world. 

Looking forward to seeing you then! 

Peace,

Caitlin

Southminster This Week

All Saints Day and CROP Walk

Friends,

A big shout out to our Laity Sunday team! It was such a fun event, if you missed it you will definitely want to check out the video below! 

This Sunday we will take some special time to remember the friends and family we have lost in this past year and beyond. I hope you will join us for that special worship service. 

Also, our youth will be collecting funds to fight hunger for their annual Church World Service CROP Hunger Walk. Check out this video about world hunger and the impact of CROP walk.

Peace,

Caitlin

Southminster This Week

Laity Sunday

Friends,

I hope you all are enjoying the cooler fall weather this week! Tonight at 6pm we will be having our Harvest Festival. I hope many of you will join us!

Don't forget that this Sunday is Laity Sunday.  This year's service is going to be extra creative and fun so you won't want to miss it. A big thank you to Bonnie Kowalski and Gail DeCosta who worked so hard on this year's service. 


Peace,

Caitlin