TRUMPET December 2018 Newsletter St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church 201 N. Piedmont Avenue, Kings Mountain, NC 28086 Church: 704-739-7466 Fax: 704-730-9887 E-mail: [email protected]Website: www.stmatthewskm.com Serving the community since 1875 Established 1876 _ Kings Mountain Community Advent Services The Kings Mountain Ministerial Association is making available mid-week Advent worship services for the community. The services will begin at noon on Wednesdays and last about forty-five minutes. The Theme is “Faith, Hope, and Love.” Lunch will not be provided this year. The schedule for the Community Advent services is as follows: December 5 at East Gold Street Wesleyan Speaker: Rev. John Houze December 12 at Eastside Baptist Church Speaker: Rev. Moses Nueman December 19 at Advent Lutheran Church Speaker: Rev. Billy Towery Please make plans to add these worship opportunities to your time of Advent preparation. Joint Christmas Cantata featuring choirs from St. Matthew’s and Resurrection “Sing Joy to All the World” December 9 at 11:00am at Resurrection Lutheran (We will not have Sunday school) St. Matthew’s Pre-School Christmas Program will be held on Wednesday, December 19, in our fellowship hall at 10:00am. The Pre-School invites everyone in the congregation to attend. St. Matthew’s Traditional Christmas Eve Candlelight Service on December 24 will take place at 7:00pm. We will Celebrate Holy Communion by Intinction, sing seasonal carols, hear the reading of God’s Word through scripture, be blessed by our choir’s special music, and enjoy the beauty of the nave decorated for the season. Join us for this special time of worship as we welcome the Christ Child!
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TRUMPET December 2018 Newsletter
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church 201 N. Piedmont Avenue, Kings Mountain, NC 28086
The Kings Mountain Ministerial Association is making available mid-week Advent worship services for the community. The services will begin at noon on Wednesdays and last about forty-five minutes. The Theme is “Faith, Hope, and Love.” Lunch will not be provided this year. The schedule for the Community Advent services is as follows: December 5 at East Gold Street Wesleyan Speaker: Rev. John Houze December 12 at Eastside Baptist Church Speaker: Rev. Moses Nueman December 19 at Advent Lutheran Church Speaker: Rev. Billy Towery
Please make plans to add these worship opportunities to your time of Advent preparation.
Joint Christmas Cantata featuring choirs from St. Matthew’s and Resurrection
“Sing Joy to All the World”
December 9 at 11:00am at Resurrection Lutheran (We will not have Sunday school)
St. Matthew’s Pre-School Christmas Program will be held on Wednesday, December 19, in our fellowship hall at
10:00am. The Pre-School invites everyone in the congregation to attend.
St. Matthew’s Traditional Christmas Eve Candlelight Service on
December 24 will take place at 7:00pm. We will Celebrate Holy
Communion by Intinction, sing seasonal carols, hear the reading of God’s
Word through scripture, be blessed by our choir’s special music, and
enjoy the beauty of the nave decorated for the season. Join us for this
special time of worship as we welcome the Christ Child!
1808 so that she can let Rachel know how many will
attend. PLEASE JOIN US.
The Kings Mountain Crisis Ministry can use non-perishable food items such as
Peanut butter Jelly Sugar Flour
Canned Meats Spaghetti & Sauce
Packages of Beans Mac & Cheese Cereal Grits
Oatmeal Rice Cooking Oil Hamburger Helper
Toiletries items Feminine products Paper products
Baby items such as diapers and wipes
If you can donate such items, place them in Mumsie’s
Little Red Wagon in the narthex.
2019 Offering Envelopes The congregation has approved a
budget for 2019 and we need the help
of everyone in meeting that budget. As
you have prayerfully considered what you are able to give,
we ask that you use your new 2019 offering envelopes
so that we can make an accurate recording of your
contributions. The envelopes will be available beginning
December 16 in the narthex for you to pick up. Also,
please deliver any boxes of envelopes that you can as this
saves on postage.
If you have someone to add to the prayer list please contact the church
office. Names will be left on this prayer list for three weeks, then removed
unless we are made aware of an ongoing need. (* Member; **Associate
Member)
● Cindy Campbell (mother of Beth Suber*) was scheduled to be discharged
from Presbyterian/Novant Hospital in Charlotte on 11/30 and taken to Fair
Haven Nursing Home in Forest City
● Claude Suber is in CMC/Atrium Main ICU at CMC/Atrium Main in
Charlotte where he is being treated for post-surgical meningitis
● Kay M. Berkeley, health issues (sister of Charles Mauney**)
● Wally Davis, health issues (son-in-law of Charles** and Lynne** Mauney)
Homebound: Kathleen Bridges*, Meta Kopruch*, and Zada Hairston,
(mother of Nancy Abasiekong*)
VETERANS DAY RECOGNITION Pictured below are the two front pews in St. Matthew’s nave, where pictures and information regarding those who have served in our military were displayed on November 11 as we honored our veterans. Thank you to everyone who supplied the information we requested. And thank you to those who serve, or have served, our country!
SANDWICH SUNDAYS - We
invite you to stay after church on
Sunday, December 16, for a light
lunch. Soup and sandwiches will
be served, and we will enjoy a
time of fellowship and community. Please make room
on your calendar for this opportunity to get together
and share time with one another before Christmas.
Those interested in helping can see Heather White
or Robert Wilson for details. The goal of “Sandwich
Sunday” is to get our members together,
occasionally, for food and fellowship. To kick things
off, Heather and Robert will provide soup and
sandwiches on the 16th, but future events will be
open to other options such as pizza or a bring your
own lunch.
FLOWER CALENDAR
The 2019 Altar Flower calendar will be on the credenza in the narthex beginning December 16. There are several “open” Sundays, so please pencil in your name beside a
date if you want to be added to the schedule to place altar flowers in the church on a specific Sunday. Draw a line
through your name if you want to be taken off the schedule, or indicate if you want to make a change to the
schedule. Contact the church office at 704-739-7466 if you have any questions.
SERVERS’ LISTS We are revising the 2019 schedules for lectors, greeters and ushers using the time and talent
sheets that were turned in on Commitment Sunday. However, if you wish to be added to or deleted from, or make changes to a list and you did not turn in a time and talent sheet, please
contact the Worship & Music chairman, Judy Wilson, at 704-749-3547.
2018 Christmas Form If you wish to purchase white poinsettias for the Advent/Christmas season through the Altar Guild, or
contribute to the cost of the wreaths, or make a donation to the Crisis Ministry for Christmas, please
fill out the information below. Place this form and your contribution in the offering plate or mail it to
the church office to be received by Monday, December 3.
Do you want your flower after Christmas? ________yes _______no
Number of white poinsettias: ______________ @ $ 9.00 each = $__________________ And/or Contribution toward Greenery: $__________________ And/or Donation to KM Crisis Ministry $__________________ TOTAL $__________________
Given by _________________________________________________________________________________________
In Honor of: ______________________________________ _____________________________________________
In Memory of: ____________________________________ _____________________________________________
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- Information regarding poinsettia orders for Christmas - Poinsettias will be white this year with green wrapping. Clay pots are no longer available from the nursery.
Each poinsettia is $9.00. The deadline for ordering poinsettias is Monday, December 3. This deadline is put in place by the nursery, not us. Please see the order form below.
November 18 Congregational Meeting
The following actions were taken at the November 18 congregational meeting:
1) Approved two new council members - Tim Buchanan and Heather White
2) Approved a new Benevolent Foundation member - Jeff Mauney
3) Approved the 2019 budget
Highlights of the 10-14-2018 Church Council meeting
1. Approved meeting agenda and minutes for September 9
2. Accepted pastor’s report and treasurer’s report
3. Heard reports of church committees
4. Confirmed plans for Homecoming Sunday on October 21
5. No joint Reformation service this year
6. Joint cantata at Resurrection Church in December
7. Approved not having a called congregational meeting on
November 11 to discuss the “8 Options” previously given to us
when Pastor Josh Tucker resigned, but to proceed with the
interim pastor model
8. Discussed possible interim
9. Council working on possible nominees for new council
members to serve beginning January 1, 2019
10.Received recommendation from Benevolent Foundation for a
new member – Jeff Mauney
11.Approved “Sandwich Sundays” as requested by Heather White
Highlights of the 11-04-2018
Called Church Council meeting
1. Approved presenting names of Tim Buchanan and Heather
White to serve on council beginning January 1, 2019
2. Approved the recommended budget for 2019 by the Finance
Committee (same as last year)
3. Approved presenting the name of Jeff Mauney as a new
Benevolent Foundation member
These three actions will be presented to the congregation for their
approval at the November 18 congregational meeting.
Church Council Meeting The next meeting of St. Matthew’s Church Council is
Sunday, December 9,
at 8:00 a.m. in the conference room.
Newly elected church council members are asked
to attend the meeting.
The 2018 council will finish any business for this year,
followed by a meeting of the 2019 council to elect council
officers and select a day/time for meetings in 2019.
All church council members will be installed
during worship on Sunday, December 16.
Highlights of the 11-11-2018 Church Council meeting
1. Approved agenda for the meeting
2. Approved minutes for October 14 meeting
3. Accepted pastor’s report . There was no treasurer’s
report
4. Heard reports of committees
5. Preparations underway for November 18
congregational meeting and luncheon
6. Evaluated “Homecoming” which was a success
7. Accepted Robert Wilson’s resignation as organist
upon finding a suitable replacement or effective
Easter, 2019 (this is an interim position at this time)
8. Setting up meeting with possible interim candidate
