Fourth Sunday in Advent

December 22, 2019

Calendar Sunday, DEC 22 4th Sunday of Advent 8:15a — Traditional Worship 10:45a — Contemporary Worship

Tuesday, DEC 24 Christmas Eve 4:00p Family Worship, gymnasium

Tuesday, DEC 24 Christmas Eve 7:00p Candlelight Worship, gym

Wednesday, DEC 25 Christmas Day Communion Worship, 10:00a, gym

Sunday, DEC 29 First Sunday after Christmas

8:15a — Traditional Worship 10:45a — Contemporary Worship 12:00p — Gym Clear Out

Coming Soon:

DEC 30, Gym Floor Resurfacing Begins JAN 6, School Back in Session JAN 6, SPYC 4:30p JAN 9, SPYC 8:30a JAN 11, Frostbite 5K & Fun Run JAN 12, Discipleship Hour Classes Back JAN 12, Dedication RSVP Due JAN 16, Adult Bible Study, 10:00a JAN 18, “Grand Reopening” Work Day

Sanctuary Dedication – Save the Date! We’ll dedicate our new Sanctuary in services February 2 and have a celebration lunch that day. We will likely worship there before that date when the space is ready…but this date accommodates planning and some travel plans. The scheduled completion from the construction company is December 31. There will likely be other parts of the project (e.g. furniture installation, organ testing, technology tweaks, etc.) that come together soon after. Look for an evite invitation in your email inbox. Please RSVP by January 12 so the planning committee has an accurate number!

Christmas Worship Opportunities See the listing below for special worship times. Please note there will be no “Discipleship Hour” classes from December 22nd thru January 5th. Regular Sunday classes will resume on January 12th.

It’s 2020 GaSSO Donation Time Supporting St. Paul Lutheran School has never been easier. But… time is running out! Visit GeorgiaSSO.us to submit your request to participate in the 2020

Qualified Education Expense Tax Credit program; takes only seconds to sign up. Questions? Please contact Kim Langner: klangner@stpaulptc.org

Sunday December 29 The normal after-church activity of putting away chairs and chancel furniture gets ratcheted up! Everything must go! The entire gym needs to be emptied in order for the floor renovation project to begin on Monday, December 30. AND – this COULD be the final Sunday we take down chairs – you don’t want to miss the last Sunday of church tear down, so plan to help us clear the gym after second service (about 12:10 pm).

Worship With Us this December

24 TUE 4:00p Family Christmas Eve

24 TUE 7:00p Candlelight Christmas Eve

25 WED 10:00a Christmas Communion Worship

29 SUN 8:15a Traditional Worship

29 SUN 10:45a Contemporary Worship

2020 Thursday Bible Study

January

16

Who Is Jesus?

St. Paul “Grand Reopening” work day! After a season of construction, we’re looking forward to having every-thing clean and shiny again – maybe even better than before! That will only happen with a lot of help on Saturday morning, January 18. Many offices and rooms have been displaced and things have been temporarily stored. Some rooms just need a good cleaning. Some painting has been delayed and some yard work is needed. Dishes coming out of boxes need to be run through the new dishwasher before being stored and the whole kitchen wiped down. By this time, the dirtiest part of construction will be done! Will you save the date and help out? We’ll have more information in the new year.

The Frostbite is now Live! 5K & Fun Run starts at 8:30am. Register online: https://www.itsyourrace.com/event.aspx?id=13111 OR fill out a registration form and drop off a check, attention Pamela Dietrich. Early Bird registration ends on Friday, 12/20. The first 100 registrants receive a LED rechargeable flashlight (courtesy of Cooper Lighting/

Eaton). To help: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090D45AFAA23A3F85-frostbite

December 15, 2019 Combined Worship Attendance — 138

2019-20 Fiscal Year Operating Budget = $709,150 DEC 15 giving (General) $14,932 DEC Month-to-Date $34,377 DEC Budget Need $67,150 [5 weeks]

DEC Variance ($32,773) week 3 Total Y-T-D Giving $293,593 [Year-to-Date] Total Year Budget $709,150 [July-June] YTD Variance ($415,557) week 24 of 52

Birthdays This Week

Joanne Poole Cindy Acosta Ken Gaynor

Anniversaries

Peter & Rita Wessinger Brian & Andriea Chapman

Thank You

George & Kelly Martin

For last week’s Flowers Celebrating their Anniversary

2020 Altar Flower Chart Now Available

Cost = $60 per Sunday

Senior Pastor, Rev. Mark Dahn, mdahn@stpaulptc.org

Associate Pastor/Mission and Ministry Facilitator, Rev. Dr. Joel Dietrich, jdietrich@stpaulptc.org Minister to Children and Youth, Nathan De Young, ndeyoung@stpaulptc.org

Please remember to submit Announcements to Phyllis by Tuesday! pdanielsonkrug@stpaulptc.org

Acolyte: 8:15 Jake Barber 10:45 Kayla Spieler

Altar Guild: 8:15 Dana Walter 10:45 Kayla Dahn

Counters: Butch & Rhonda Jones

Elders: 8:15 Allen Vehrs 10:45 Joel Heil

Greeters: 8:15 Charles & Ruth Plunkett 10:45 Joel & Nerissa Heil

Reader: 8:15 Becky Dingler 10:45 Dianne Kulow

Set Up: Team Jones

Ushers: 8:15 Mike Mehaffie –L, George & Kelly Martin

10:45 Michelle Johnson –L, Stacy Johnson

Video Tech: 10:45 Robby Senger

❖ Special prayers of thanksgiving for Ellianna Marie Kinkead. The Mehaffie’s Granddaughter will be baptized Sunday evening at 5:00 pm.

❖ Please pray for care-givers as they minister to sick and elderly loved ones. Grace, peace, and patience.

Strength and Healing ❖ Please pray for David Brillhart (Ronda’s Dad) he is

hospitalized after suffering a stroke last week. ❖ Brooklynn Reeves needs our prayers. This young

lady was recently diagnosed with diabetes. Strength and peace for her family.

❖ Prayers of healing and recovery for: Wyatt Crouse, Terri Dewberry, Kevin Brown, Ron, Bob, Fran, Connor Hersman, Bruce Maxwell, Jeff Johnston

❖ Grace and healing for those struggling with health issues: Cecilia Vastra and Dale Prestidge.

❖ We pray for those battling cancer: Linda Kean, John Vass, Mike Schwartz, Wanda Pugh, Sharon Wright, Tinleigh Culver, Sharon Dauchot, Paul Gilbert, Rhonda Jones, Lois Sunderman, Noah Stratton, Nancy Collins, Brian, Amy, Diane Means, Michelle Wells, Rachel Marsh, Geoff Oldham, and Luna Wasowski. Those requiring long term care: Vivian Vehrs, Donna Clark, Mary Marchand.

For Our Nation. Military Personnel and Families:

Ken Jackson, Jeff Reeves, Nicholas Kirkland, Clay Kinkead, Katherine Mehaffie Kinkead, Dustin Ellis, Taylor Lee, Sean Blanchard, Tyler Styles, Benjamin Jones, Sebastian Jones, Alex Tovani, Tom Weekely

Prayer Line needs to Sharon sncook2@gmail.com For bulletin, Phyllis pdanielsonkrug@stpaulptc.org

Church Office 770-487-0339 ● School Office 770-486-3545

www.stpaulptc.org

Altar Flowers

Chairs, Chairs, and more Chairs… If you haven’t been on the upper level of the building lately, you haven’t seen the large shipment of sanctuary chairs that are everywhere! Several of these chairs have been unpacked and are currently down in the gym – have a seat and test them out. Soon our new sanctuary will be completed, the chairs will be moved in, and we will celebrate sitting on these chairs together for many wonderful years to come!

Please continue to keep our construction workers and the

construction process in your prayers.

Realize Pledges: $1,223,000

Realize Giving Last Week: $17,340

Realize Giving to Date $683,738

Birthdays This Week

Camilla Reeves

Carlisle Cook

Benjamin Yarri

Nathaniel Jones

Fusako Soneoka