The Street Scene This Week at Madison Street Sunday, December 21 9:00am ~ Adult Sunday School Classes Ages & Stages, Room 108 Community, Room 105 Cornerstone, Sarah Mann Center-Room 200A Here & Now, Room 104 Mayhew, Room 106 New Beginnings, Room 109 Pastor’s Class, Annex Large Meeting Room Pathfinders, Room 107 Truth Seekers, Room 116 Willard Blue, Chapel ~ Not a Silent Night Advent Study, CLC-Activity Room 9:00am ~ Dig Deep (Preschool 4s-4th grade), Third Floor ~ Nursery - Preschool 3s, Second Floor ~ Synago (High School), Youth Lounge ~ Route 4:12, Sarah Mann, Room 200B 10:15am ~ Worship, Sanctuary 10:30am ~ Sunday Dinner, Fellowship Hall Monday, December 22 10:00am ~ Rebekah Group 10:30am ~ Esther Group, Room 107 12:00pm ~ Rachel Group, Conference Room 5:30pm ~ Finance Committee, Conference Room A Publication of 319 Madison Street ~ Clarksville, Tennessee 37040 (931) 647-0221 ~ www.madisonstreetumc.org Just off the Press! Every Sunday during Advent, we enjoy a beautiful Chrismon tree in our sanctuary. If you would like to know more about the history, the hand made ornaments and the symbolism of the tree, take a booklet for your family to enjoy. The Chrismon Tree at Madison Street United Methodist Church is available in the narthex and the Johnson Gallery. Christmas Eve Services 5:00pm– Family Service of Carols, Candlelight and Communion Nursery care will be provided for the 5pm service only 11:00pm– Christmas Eve Service of Candlelight and Holy Communion High School Student Dinner and Lock-in The Christmas Progressive Dinner, Lock-in & Gift Exchange will take place tonight, December 19th. We will meet at the church at 5:30pm then travel together to three different houses. We will return around 9:30pm for the lock-in and gift exchange. Please sign up for the secret Santa gift exchange by emailing Vicki Engel or on the sign-up sheet outside her office BEFORE Dec. 14th to participate! Dismissal is Saturday morning at 7am. Come wearing your ugly sweater and get ready for a fun night! Wednesday, December 24 8:00am-12:00pm ~Church Office Hours Congregational & Pastoral Concerns of our 5:00pm ~ Family Service of Carols, Candlelight and Communion Members and Friends Nursery care will be provided for the 5pm service only If you know of someone who would like to be on our prayer list, please call Rev. Laurie Hynson 11:00pm ~ Christmas Eve Service of Candlelight and Holy Communion at the church office at 647-0221 to give us their name and your contact information. Thursday, December 25 Christmas Day ~Merry Christmas, Office Closed Office Closed Friday, December 26 Schedule Changes for Sunday, December 28th As a way to give our leaders time to rest, renew and enjoy the holidays with their families, there will be no Dig Deep, Route 4:12 or Senior High Youth at 9:00am on Sunday morning, December 28th. Adults, please check with your class leader to see if you will be meeting during the 9:00am hour. We look forward to seeing you in worship at 10:15am! Nursery care and Kids Core for 4 year olds and Kindergarteners will be offered. Moninda Biggers Thelma Buhler Jerry Castleman Bertha Christianson Merlin Christianson Virginia Crawford Hazel Dudgeon Cyrus Eads Ted Elliott Brenda Jerles Burnley Kimsey Madison Pace & Family Sherrie Peterson Betty Rudolph Steve Stanfill Bob Stewart Arlene Tesar Eric Wegener Military personnel & their families We extend our sympathy to Denise Van Zee, Rachel and Chris Carlson and family in the death of Denise’s Mother, Rachel’s grandmother, Aletha Mouw. Clay and Jennifer Lewis and family in the death of his grandmother. Our prayer chain is pleased to receive your prayer request. Call the Prayer Chain Coordinator, Katherine Willard (645-4039). Anonymous calls are welcomed. Madison Street United Methodist Church December 21, 2014 Madison Street Announcements Welcome our new member! As our church family is growing, please take a moment to extend your personal greeting to our new member: JoAnne Caldwell Sunday Night Live Sunday Night Live has concluded for the fall season. It will resume on January 25th. New classes will be offered in the spring. Registration will be available January 4th. Thrive! Thrive has concluded for the fall season. It will resume on January 21st with a study of the gospel of Mark. Room in the Inn Needs Innkeepers Two male innkeepers are needed for each night we host Room in the Inn. Here are the remaining dates: January 5 & 19, February 2 & 16, March 2 & 16. Please consider volunteering your time to serve as an Innkeeper for one of these nights. For more information or to volunteer, please email one of our coordinators: Lionel Senseney, Clark Nicholson, or Lisa Martin. Moore Magnet Mentors A new year! A new opportunity to serve! Please consider joining the Moore Magnet Mentors in January 2015! This is a once a week commitment to working with a student to build skills and confidence. Currently we have 9 mentors from our church, but we would like to have 20! This could be a life transforming service opportunity, for you and a student. Email Lisa Martin to join this team of mentors. Thank you to our current Moore Magnet Mentors: Elizabeth Black, Lucile Senseney, Joy Hatcher, Vicki Wright, Susanna Powers, Ruth Breyley, Ann Thompson, Lina Baggett and Lisa Martin. You are making a difference! Mission of the Month for December: Winter Wear for Urban Ministries Please place new and gently used winter wear items in the Mission of the Month bin located just inside the Commerce Street entrance. Winter wear includes coats, jackets, gloves, hats and scarves for children, youth and adults. Thank you to Flower Lily! Madison Street UMC would like to offer sincere appreciation to the Flower Lily Children’s Clothing Store for their creative and generous donation to the F.U.E.L. ministry, with special thanks to owner, Betty Kay Hundley! Food items and monetary gifts to F.U.E.L. are always needed and greatly appreciated. Angel Tree Generosity 50 angels were adopted from our Department of Children's Services Angel Tree this year! Many families and individuals expressed great love and care by returning a generous amount of gifts for these children. On behalf of the Outreach Ministry Team, thank you for responding to this need and for providing support to our Clarksville area foster families. The FUEL supply is running low. Please continue to donate items to the FUEL trunk to keep the shelves well stocked. The request for December is ANY ITEM: BREAKFAST ITEMS DRINKS FRUIT Small individual cereal boxes Juice boxes or pouches Apple sauce Granola bars Fruit cups Pop Tarts Raisins or other dried fruit PROTEIN ITEMS SNACKS CHEESE ITEMS Nuts Chips Cheese Crackers Peanut Butter crackers Trail Mix pouches Cheese w/dipping Fruit Roll-ups sticks or crackers You may also make monetary donations to FUEL at any time. For more information, email Bill & Kay Howard or Lisa Martin. Contribution Benefits Deadlines If you would like to maximize your tax benefits for charitable contributions made for 2014, your gift to the church needs to be received on or before January 5. Checks received after December 31st must be dated “December 31” in order to apply to your 2014 contributions. Rose Window Note Cards are now available for $10 for a package of 10 cards and envelopes. They may be purchased through the church office or by contacting Sherri Harvill at (931) 358-3368. Find us on Facebook! We have a Facebook page! We like to use our page to help keep you up-to-date on activities going on. Click here to find and “Like” our Madison Street United Methodist Church’s page! Music & Arts Academy Have you seen what our Music & Arts Academy has to offer? What would you or your child like to learn? The fall semester will be ready for registration soon! If you are on Facebook, please like page. This will keep you up-to-date about classes, registration, and more! Just click here. For more information about the Music & Arts Academy, please email Abby Haake. Couldn’t make it to church? You can hear Rev. Wright’s sermons or Bible Study 24/7 on-line at www.madisonstreetumc.org. Click here to find the Sunday Morning Worship Podcasts or click here to find the Thrive Podcasts. Scholarships and Funds For those of you who wish to donate memorials and special gifts, we have the following opportunities available: Priscilla Weathersby Flower Fund, Margaret “Peg” Daniel Scholarship Fund, F.U.E.L., Library Memorial Fund, Martin Methodist Scholarship Fund, Memorial and Endowment Fund, Sunday Dinner, Tarpley Music Scholarship Fund, UMW Scholarship, Jonathan Wyatt Scholarship Fund.