SERVICE OF

HOLY WORSHIP

November 29, 2015

11:00 am

First Sunday of Advent

Sermon:

“Promise”

Dr. Michael Cheuk

Scriptures:

Jeremiah 33:14-16

Luke 21:25-33

Anthem:

Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming

— arr. Schweizer

Deacons: *Shirley Clark, Ed Smith, Joe

Zhu, Ray Gaines, W.C. Keith, Don Long

Nursery Workers: Aimee Marshall,

Javaneh Brown, Wyatt Minor, Mary Jo

Hendricks

Ushers for November: Ian Pallini, Ed

Barker, Melvin & Mildred Spicer, Hugh

Ames, Ron Tweel

Greeters: Pam & Jim Hallissy

Medical On Call: Sally Chewning

UNIVERSITY BAPTIST CHURCH CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA

November 24, 2015 Expanded Edition Vol. 67, No. 46

1223 West Main Street, Charlottesville, VA 22903 www.universitybaptist.org

Christmas 2015 at University Baptist Church

Sunday, Nov. 29 First Sunday of Advent ~ Promise

11:00 am Worship Service

Wed., Dec. 2 6:15 pm Service of Remembrance, Fellowship Hall

Sunday, Dec. 6

11:00 am Jubilate presents “Lessons and Carols”

12:00 noon Chili Lunch and Christmas Caroling

Wed., Dec. 9 6:15 pm Preschool/Children’s Christmas

Night (Christmas store, Arts and Crafts and

activities for children and parents)

Saturday, Dec.. 12 8:00 pm Jubilate presents “Lessons and Carols”

at UVA Chapel

Sunday, Dec. 13 Third Sunday of Advent ~ Praise

11:00 am Worship Service

Wed., Dec. 16 6:15 pm Christmas Memories and

Sunday, Dec. 20 Fourth Sunday of Advent ~ Presence

11:00 am The Sanctuary Choir presents a program

of Christmas anthems

Thu., Dec. 24 5:30 pm Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

~ Proclamation

Featuring the Sanctuary Choir,

Reading of the Christmas Story, and

Lighting of Candles

UBC Advent Booklets You can pick up your copy of the UBC Devotions for Advent 2015 beginning Wednesday, November 25, in the Church Office. They will also be available on Sunday morning, November 29, and Wednesday evening, December 2.

Thank you to every-one who contribut-ed a devotion. Thank you, Stephanie Corbell, for your hard work in putting the book-let together.

CBF

Global Missions

During the month of December, we will be collecting money for the CBF Global Missions Fund. Our goal is $4000.

The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship supports more than 130 field personnel serving in remote villages and large cities around the world. They make a differ-ence in the lives of the world's most neglected people.

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Christmas Shop Gifts for family members can be purchased for 50¢ each. Little Manger There will be dress-ups for play and picture taking.

Ornament Making

Cookie Decorating (and eating!)

Parents are invited to join their children in all activities (except the Christmas Shop!).

Preschool/Children Christmas Night

Wednesday, December 9, 6:15-7:45 pm

The Christmas Post Office for Global Missions, sponsored by the Kittie Colvin Trail Circle, opens Sunday, November 29. This is a way for you to exchange Christmas greetings with other church members and regular attenders and to support Global

Missions at the same time.

The “post office” box is located on a table in the first floor lobby.

Write the names of the recipients on your cards and place

them in the appropriate alphabet slots.

Deposit 49¢ per card (and any additional contribution) into the container on the table, or give it to any Kittie Colvin Trail Circle member.

If you are sending cards to members who are shut-ins or who might not be here in December, please write the address on the card so we can deliver it after Christmas.

Pick up any cards addressed to you or your family. Please do not remove any cards but your own.

Do not place cards in the box after Thursday, December 24.

Please do not include cards for members who do not attend regularly or have moved away.

ALL proceeds go to the CBF Global Missions Fund.

Global Missions Christmas Post Office

ALL proceeds go to the CBF Global Missions Fund.

We are fifteen women, ages 40 to 60-something, from all walks of life, single to grandmothers, who come together to minister to each other, to our commu-nity, and out into the world. We do this with laughter and a sense of joy. During the school year, we meet the first Tuesday of each month in members’ homes at 7:00 pm.

In addition to participating in the church-wide WMU ministries, we also spon-sor a Christmas Post Office where church members and regular attenders can “mail” their Christmas cards to other members and attenders and donate the postage cost to Global Missions. We adopt a family through Albemarle Coun-ty Schools and purchase clothing for the children at Christmas. We regularly take treats, individual-serving heat-and-eat foods, and laundry supplies to the University of Virginia Hospitality House. We cook and serve dinner one night each winter when UBC hosts area homeless men for two weeks through PACEM. We sponsor a kindergarten class through the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Mission in Nada, Kentucky. We provide gifts and cards to UBC shut-ins at Christmas, on their birthdays, and on other holidays.

Each February, we draw names for Secret Pals and give little treats, gifts, and surprises for each other throughout the year. During the summer, our meetings are held on Sunday evenings at area restaurants for a special girls-night-out.

For more information, contact Sarah Buchanan at 434-409-9064 or sarabucha@gmail.com

Kittie Colvin Trail Circle

Service of Remembrance

Wednesday, December 2

6:15 pm in Fellowship Hall

This will be a service to remember our departed loved ones, to support each other in our pain and loss during this holiday season, and to support our community during this time of unusual stress.

Candles will be lit to acknowledge family and friends, our pain and loss, our worries and struggles, and God’s faithfulness in our lives.

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Poinsettias

If you would like a poinsettia placed in the church in memory or in honor of a loved one, please place your order by submitting a check payable to UBC for $8.00 per plant by Monday, December 7.

Youth Angel Tree Shopping

Sunday, December 6, following the chili lunch after worship, the youth will do their annual shopping for needy kids and families. They will return to UBC by 3:00 pm. There will not be a Real Life meeting that night.

Operation Christmas Child

We collected 71 shoeboxes filled with fun and useful items for needy children around the world. Many thanks go out to everyone who contributed!

Toiletry Kits

for Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women

We collected 28 toiletry kits, which have been taken to FCCW. Thanks to everyone who made donations. We also collected 4 big boxes of cards, stationery, pen-cils, and stamps for FCCW.

Christmas Dinner in a Bag

Fill a gro-cery bag with the following:

Put the bag on the stage

in Fellowship Hall by Wednesday, December 16.

The WMU will add a Food Lion gift card (for turkey or ham). Donations for gift cards are appreciated.

The bags will be delivered to Love INC to be distributed to needy families for Christmas.

1 box stove-top stuffing mix 1 box instant potatoes 1 jar gravy 1 large can sweet potatoes 1 large can green beans 1 can cranberry sauce 1 box Jiffy pie crust mix 1 can pie filling

A Quiet Place to Study

Volunteers are needed to host students in Fellowship Hall December 9-17 from 1:00 pm to 11:00 pm each day as they prepare for exams. If you can be there for a couple of hours or prepare snacks and goodies for the students, check the sign-up board or contact Alba Beasley.

Hope and A Future Stewardship 2016

“I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans

to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11

The total number of Planned Giving Cards received to date is 81, representing an amount of $343,352.

Last year at this time, we had received 82 cards, repre-senting an amount of $430,330.

You can still send your Planned Giving Card to the church office, call Sue Walton at the office, email office@universitybaptist.org, or put it in the offering plate on Sunday.

God has called University Baptist Church to minister to the University Community and to the residents of the Greater Charlottesville-Albemarle Community serving as agents of Christ’s love and justice for those in need and offering a vital family of faith.

UBC Mission Statement

Please consider how your financial commitment affects the way that our fellowship can serve as God’s agents of love and justice for those in need.

— Hugh Ames, Stewardship Committee Chair

UNIVERSITY BAPTIST CHURCH

1223 West Main Street Charlottesville, VA 22903

Phone (434) 293-5106

Fax (434) 979-6433

Prayer Line (434) 923-0120

Web Site www.universitybaptist.org

CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED

WEDNESDAY, November 25

9:30 Pre-K Play Group

No Supper or Activities

THURSDAY, November 26 and

FRIDAY, November 27

CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED

SUNDAY, November 29

9:00 Children’s & Chapel Choirs

Fellowship

9:30 Joyful Servants Bible Study

Seekers Bible Study

9:45 Bible Study

11:00 Worship

6:00 Jubilate Rehearsal

MONDAY, November 30

10:30 Bible Study at Rosewood

TUESDAY, December 1

9:00 Painting Group

10:00 Staff Meeting

WEDNESDAY, December 2

9:30 Parent’s Morning Out

5:00 Supper (Oven-fried chicken)

6:00 Prayer Time

6:15 Service of Remembrance

Children’s Programming

7:10 Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal

DVD Series

Welcome, New Member!

We welcome Jocelyn Brumbaugh as a member of UBC following her baptism this past Sunday during the worship service.

Concerns

Hugh “Doc” Litchfield — At Home Barbara Weber — At Home Ruth Dillard — HealthSouth

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Will and Erin Brown on the birth of a son, Seth Rob-ert, on November16. His big brother is Luke, and the proud grandparents are Jim and Pam Hallissy.

Pray for people who just need to know that someone cares.

Children’s Christmas Shop

We are collecting small gift items that our children can “purchase” as Christmas gifts for their family members.

Bring donations to the Preschool Department by Monday, December 8.

Wednesday, December 2

5:00 Supper — Oven-fried chicken, Corn, Salad

6:15 Program — Service of Remembrance

Having fun

at the

Children’s

Pizza and

Movie

Night!