SESSION Kim Carlson Phyllis Carriere Mark Chavel Pam Decker Jennifer Ejbisz Dave English William Faust Maria Glass David Matson Richard Owen Cheryl Panfil Barb Rickard Clerk of Session Maria Glass DEACONS Joy Boccolucci Janet Evert John England Audrey Hawthorne Tracey Kalembkiewicz Mark Panfil Lisa Laffrado Lisa Passarelli Lesle Persons STAFF Pastor Pastor Catherine Rieley-Goddard Secretary Julie Horwood Sunday School Coordinator Karen Klug Music Coordinator Christine Clendening Librarian Karen Peiffer Custodian Kim Carlson Pastor Emeritus David Persons

Wayside Presbyterian Church A safe, inclusive place for all people to worship

91 Years in Ministry

5017 Lake Shore Road Hamburg, New York 14075 Sunday Service @ 9:30 AM

Sunday School (Dec 8, 15, 22) @ 9:30 Communion is Served on the 1st Sunday of Month

Pastor: Catherine Rieley-Goddard

Email: pastorcathywayside@gmail.com Cell: 716-310-6860

Church Office:

Monday-Friday 9:00am - 1:00pm Julie Horwood 716-627-2150

Fax: 716-627-5162 Email: waysidechurch@hotmail.com

Web: www.waysidepch.org Facebook: Wayside Presbyterian Church

Clerk of Session:

Maria Glass Email: clerkofsession@hotmail.com

Sunday School Coordinator:

Karen Klug Email: takk55@icloud.com

December 2019 VOLUME 91, Number 12

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Dear Friends, It seems to me that our fall and winter holidays are closer and closer together. It is hard for me, in the fast pace of life to celebrate one without feeling like I need to get it done so I can move on to the next. I loved all of the things people wrote on our thankful pumpkin last month. Please take moment to look at it and see what we are thankful for in our congregation.

Now we are entering into Advent. A season of preparation and celebration. I hope you will find time during this season to participate in some kind of practice to help you prepare. We have devotional booklets available. Friday, December 6, we have a film and activity to help us get ready. We have the Reverse Advent Calendar. Maybe you have some rituals of your own. Whatever you choose, I encourage you to spend a few moments everyday reflecting on the season, the gift of grace and hope we receive from God, and how God transforms us through the birth of Christ. Spend time with friends and family, too. Have fun and enjoy all that the season offers us with music and parties and gatherings. And remember We celebrate God’s good gifts to us this season and throughout the year. Blessings, Cathy Here is a poem I came across last week. It is from our Poet Laureate, Joy Harjo. Perhaps the World Ends Here BY JOY HARJO The world begins at a kitchen table. No matter what, we must eat to live. The gifts of earth are brought and prepared, set on the table. So it has been since creation, and it will go on. We chase chickens or dogs away from it. Babies teethe at the corners. They scrape their knees under it. It is here that children are given instructions on what it means to be human. We make men at it, we make women. At this table we gossip, recall enemies and the ghosts of lovers. Our dreams drink coffee with us as they put their arms around our children. They laugh with us at our poor falling-down selves and as we put ourselves back together once again at the table. This table has been a house in the rain, an umbrella in the sun. Wars have begun and ended at this table. It is a place to hide in the shadow of terror. A place to celebrate the terrible victory. We have given birth on this table, and have prepared our parents for burial here. At this table we sing with joy, with sorrow. We pray of suffering and remorse. We give thanks. Perhaps the world will end at the kitchen table, while we are laughing and crying, eating of the last sweet bite.

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ASSISTANTS FOR DECEMBER

Communion Servers December 1 Kim Carlson, Mary Lou Zerby, Rich Owen, Bill Faust Assistants December 1 Robin Miller December 8 Kim Carlson December 15 Mark Chavel December 22 Debi Dinkuhn

CHURCH OFFERING ENVELOPES

If you would like to receive our weekly giving envelopes, or give by credit card

but are unsure about how it works, please give Julie a call at 627-2150.

OCTOBER 2019

TOTAL RECEIPTS: $22,866.48 TOTAL EXPENSES: $16,427.50

If you would like to sign up and have your credit card charged monthly for your giv-ing, please call Julie in the office.

VISA, MASTERCARD AND DISCOVER

ACCEPTED ANYTIME

GIVE ONLINE

If you would like to give online, use your smartphone to read this code. It will take you directly to our giving portal. The site is se-cure and accepts credit card payments.

FAMILY ROOM & NURSERY CARE

We have a comfortable Family Room at the rear of the Sanctuary for you to sit with your little ones should they

become fussy during the service. Please note: children should not be in the Family Room without a parent. Nursery Care is

also available during worship if you would like. You can find Barb and Lynn downstairs in the Nursery Room (106)

waiting for your little ones (infants through age 3).

2019 OCTOBER DATE ATTENDANCE 10/06/19 97 adults 10/13/19 54 adults 10/20/19 61 adults 10/27/19 61 adults

2018 OCTOBER DATE ATTENDANCE 10/07/18 52 adults 10/14/18 68 adults 10/21/18 n/a 10/28/18 58 adults

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ANNUAL REPORTS WILL SOON BE DUE If you chair a committee or belong to an organization that meets at Wayside, Annual Reports will soon be due! Please email just a synopsis of what your committee or organization did during 2019. You can email me at waysidechurch@hotmail.com. Please submit them no later than January 12 2020, so I can have them prepared for our Annual Meeting. If you have any questions, or need help, please give me a call at 627-2150. Thank you, Julie

REMINDER!! For income tax purposes, any contributions received after Sunday, December 29, 2019, will be applied to your January 2020 giving.

PER CAPITA

The end of the year is fast approaching. If you have not yet given your 2019 annual

per capita apportionment of $30.00 please do so as soon as possible. Please

remember when paying your "Per Capita", be sure to designate that it is for “Per

Capita.”

GIVING STATEMENTS

Your giving statements are available at any time, so don’t hesitate to call Julie

in the office at 716-627-2150 to find out about your donations. Please know that

ALL your donations are kept confidential and not shared with

anyone.

We've had a large amount of our commitment cards returned. If you have not yet returned your card, please do so as soon as possible. Give Julie a call at 627-2150 if

you have any questions or if you need another card.

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December Anniversaries

Raymond & Frances Wise December 12 John & Joanne England December 30

December Birthday’s Melinda Disare December 06 Steven Schmittendorf December 07 Donna Leigh December 09 Sandra Fox December 15 Kathryn Lake December 15 Bill Faust December 17 Scott Panfil December 17 Jeffrey Dole December 18 Ambie Tompkins December 19 Rhoda Peace December 20 Dawn Riordan December 21 Kenneth Thompson December 26 Kimberly Carlson December 29

The Deacon for the month of December is

TRACY KALEMBIEWICZ

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Bill Dorsheimer, U.S. Navy Aaron Blair, U.S. Air Force Jon Keogh, U.S. Army, Iraq Rudy McEnry, U.S. Army Pat Werely, U.S. Army Cody Easter, U.S. Army Nathan Filkins, U.S. Air Force Jason Nowak, U.S. Air Force Kyle F. Klug, U.S. Marines Matthew Ward, U.S. Air Force Tyler J. Koehler, U.S. Air Force Garrett Dio, U.S. Marines Kalob Berg, U.S. Marines Hixon Kasey, U.S. Army

Thelma Muffoletto Carol Sutfin Nina Jilliana Elise Marybelle John England Dick Fox Gene Gavin Margie Sullivan Jay List Matthew Trembley Lisa Pearison Jimmy Wright Loretta Chavel Lois Thompson Benedict Family John Case Andrew Case Kim Chase Logan’s Family Sara Chase Karen Cavana Jordan Tokarczyk Janet Brooks Robert & Lynn Palyszeski Baby Natalie Kelsey Rohwer Robert Seufert

Rosemary Kozacki Julie Wood Jennifer Chase Diane Miles Dawn Hauser Robert Sishou Sherry White Rhoda Peace Lucia Youngers Wendy Ritchey Peter Johnston Adam Spunt Andrew Lotocki Jack Panfil Nicholas Horwood Gordon Poecking Bill & Arlene Key Teresa Evans Bev Hall Sharon Hanson Ray & Fran Wise Shirley Nowak Dick Smith Kristina Carlson Joanna Pearison Lily Pearison Brian Boquard Robin List Ken Kalembkiewicz

The advent wreath has been made in memory of Louise

Hagner, the original maker of the advent wreath many years ago here at Wayside. Thank

you to the Saab family for their donation of greens for our

sanctuary.

The families who will be light the advent wreath each week: Dec. 1- Ejbisz family 8- Hilliman family 15- Swyers/Merritt 22- Matson family 24- (5:00 service) Privateer family

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Coffee Hour treats Do you enjoy all the goodies that are available on Sunday morning

during Coffee Hour? There is usually an assortment of sweets,

fruits and munchies to choose from. Please see the Coffee Hour Treats sign-up sheet outside the

office (the one with the picture of a coffee cup on it) and pick a week to help supply these healthy and

sweet treats for coffee hour. Please call the office if you have

any questions.

Sharing your Nativity Sets Many families have a special nativity set. I know a priest in Buffalo who has collected sets from all over the world. This year we are inviting families to share their nativity sets in our Sanctuary windows. Each family will be able will provide a story about their set and display it in the window of their choice during the month of December. Sign up to share your family’s story outside the office.

O Come Let Us Adore Him Come celebrate with your family and friends at Wayside December 24, 2019. 5:00 pm Christmas Eve Family Service 10:00 pm Traditional Candlelight Service Merry Christmas

STITCHIN’ II

Stitchin’ II is on their winter hiatus. They will be sewing again in May 2020. Watch the Waysider for the dates and times. Have a wonderful winter!

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WAYSIDE CHURCH BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP - WINTER

Here are our selections until March 2020.

Read one or read them all and come join us for the discussion.

If you plan on going to Bible Study after, feel free to bring

your lunch and beverage to the Book Discussion in our Library.

Monday, December 16 at 12:30 PM Two by Two by Nicholas Sparks (note change of date)

Monday, January 27 at 12:30 PM The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown

Monday, March 23 at 12:30 PM The Alienist by Caleb Carr

Bestselling author Nicholas Sparks returns with an emotionally powerful story of unconditional love, its challenges, its risks and most of all, its rewards. Russ Green has it all and then all of a sudden he doesn’t. Russ embarks on a journey at once terrifying and rewarding—one that will test his abilities and his emotional resources beyond anything he ever imagined.

The actual title is: The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

We think you will love this book. It’s a story of how the ‘underdog’ rowing team from the University of Washington overcame adversity and went on to defeat the Nazis in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. The games that Hitler was using to show the world the Nazis ‘ true power and sophistication. The power he was hoping to use to take over the world.

Monday, February 24 at 12:30 PM Fate and Furies by Lauren Groff

This novel depicts two lives, and each life is shaped by the kind of story favored by the person who lives it. Lancelot “Lotto” Satterwhite and Mathilde Yoder meet in college and wed two weeks later; they will be married for 24 largely happy years. Lotto fails as an actor in New York City, then succeeds, under Mathilde’s covert guidance, as a playwright. They live together intimately, but the stories they tell themselves about their relationship and how the world works are far, far apart. Come to the discussion and let’s talk about your impressions of this novel.

The year is 1896. The city is New York. Newspaper reporter John Schuyler Moore is summoned by his friend Dr. Laszlo Kreizler—a psychologist, or “alienist”—to view the horribly mutilated body of an adolescent boy abandoned on the unfinished Williamsburg Bridge. From there the two embark on a revolutionary effort in criminology: creating a psychological profile of the perpetrator based on the details of his crimes. Their dangerous quest takes them into the tortured past and twisted mind of a murderer who will kill again before their hunt is over. Fast-paced and riveting, infused with historical detail, The Alienist conjures up Gilded Age New York, with its tenements and mansions, corrupt cops and flamboyant gangsters, shining opera houses and seamy gin mills. It is an age in which questioning society’s belief that all killers are born, not made, could have unexpected and fatal consequences.

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SUNDAY SCHOOL SNIPPETS

On November 17th the Sunday School children decorated the food donation bags for the upcoming Christmas season. Please fill the bags with nonperishable items and return by December 15th. Also please check the expiration dates before donating. Christmas Pageant rehearsals will be on Sundays, December 1, 8, 15 and 22 during Sunday School. Costume fittings will be December 8. There may also be a final rehearsal on Monday, December 23rd. Keep watch for more information in the upcoming Sunday School emails. Upcoming important dates No Sunday School or Nursery Care on December 1 (except for those in pageant) and December 29.

November 17th Children’s message about “Thankfulness”

On November 17th the Sunday School children decorated the food donation bags

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Please join us at Wayside as we gather to watch the “The Last Straw” on Friday, December 6 at 5:30 PM. We’ll watch the movie, enjoy a pot luck dinner together and each family will be able to make a manger for

baby Jesus on Christmas Eve. Every day leading up to Christmas, family members can put a piece of hay/straw in the manger when they do something nice for someone (without telling anyone what they did, it’s supposed to be a secret). On Christmas Eve there will be a nice

soft place to lay baby Jesus.

Please sign-up downstairs outside of the main office. Any questions, please see Alicia Faust.

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Looking for a way for your family to spread Christmas joy? Consider using the reverse Advent Calendar to help put together a box of diverse foods to share with a local food

pantry. If you have any questions, please see Shirley Vandepoll or Pam Decker.

The giving tree is up. Please consider taking a tag and purchasing a gift for one of our family members. We are adopting two families through the Family Help Center and one Veteran’s family through Western New York Heroes. If you are unable to shop and would like us to shop for you, please see Kathy McKinney and she will accept a monetary donation. Due to the short time between Thanksgiving and Christmas, please return gifts by Sunday, December 15th. Thank you for supporting our Outreach Program

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November 1st Wayside Square dance

With Creek Bend

Kim Carlson is collecting new and gently used coats, hats, gloves, blankets and sleeping bags for Friends of Night. There is a collection box in the Fellowship Hall until Sunday December 1st.

Who knows what Old Man Winter has in store for us this season, but if we do need to close the office, cancel a meeting, or even cancel Sunday Service, please listen to the following stations for all your Wayside delays or closing information and of course we will also post on Facebook. WKBW-TV, Channel 7 WIVB, Channel 4 WGRZ, Channel 2

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The Quilt for the Lord group at Wayside gathered their fabric, cut kits,

sewed quilt tops and binding to finish the quilts for the last year. The fabric for the

tops was donated by the women, backing and batting was purchased from our treasury at a wholesale cost. Chasen

Dreams Quilting donated additional backing and all of the quilting. It has

been a year long project to complete 50 quilts. The love, care and prayers that go

into one of these quilts is priceless. We will once again be working with WNY

Heroes to distribute the quilts and this project will go to women veterans. The

material, batting, backing and quilting would be about $7,500 if you were to

cost out our project. This doesn't include the labor involved. All this through the

generosity of our women. Thank you to our group for their commitment to giving.

Making Our Commitments for Generosity Sunday

The Wayside Thankfulness Pumpkin

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Wayside Shopping Spree 2019

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Wayside Shopping Spree 2019

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GET THE JUMP ON CHRISTMAS AND GIFT GIVING

It’s fall and our food bags are back. With the addition of a few ingredients, and a little cooking, you have a heartwarming meal or snack. These are great gift items for teachers, grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends, students, or yourself when you need a quick meal or yummy treat. We want to be sure we can fill everyone’s order, so you can pre-order your bags and pick them up on a Sunday morning starting now (fill in the date below). We will do our best to fill the order, but it is on a first come, first

served basis.

Cones will be not sold on December 1st due to the potluck and decorating of the church. The last date to purchase cones is Sunday, December 8th.

FOOD BAG ORDER FORM

_____Friendship Soup – a delightfully seasoned mix of assorted peas, beans, rice, and pasta.

Makes a huge pot of soup to serve family and friends. $7.00

_____Friendship Soup- 1/2 size-The same great soup as above, but half the amount. $5.00

_____Potato Soup- This is so easy, you only need to add boiling water and parmesan cheese and

you’ll have a bowl of ‘deliciousness’….how easy is that? $7.00

Potato Soup - 1/2 size same as above, but half the amount for smaller families or appetites. $5.00

_____Tortilla Soup—Back by popular demand. Chicken, spice, and everything nice makes this just

the soup for those cold winter days. $5.00

_____Turkey Surprise – Just add 1# of ground turkey & some tomatoes for a great meal in under 1

hour 5.00

_____Almond Joy® Brownies—If you love Almond Joy® candy, you will Love these. $7.00

_____Gluten-free Double Chocolate Cookies—You asked, and we delivered….a gluten-free

cookies that you will Love. Deliciously loaded with white and semi sweet chocolate. $7.00

_____Cranberry Hootycreeks- White chocolate, pecans & cranberries combine to make this delec-

table cookie. you’ll be back for more. Our Best-Selling Cookie mix. $7.00

_____Holiday Cookies – M&M’s, white chocolate chips, and so much more. Perfect for eating and

perfect for gift giving. $7.00

_____TOTAL AMOUNT DUE

LARGE BAGS ~ $7.00 each or 3 for $20.00 SMALL BAGS ~ $5.00 each.

Return your completed order blank and check (made out to Wayside P.C.) to the Church office. We’ll fill and have ready the next Sunday.

Name_______________________________________ Phone Number__________________________ Email______________________________________________________________________________ Pick Up Date________________________________________________________________________

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ANNUAL POINSETTIA & CANDLE SALE 2019

We are now taking Poinsettia and Light-A-Candle orders. The cost of the Poinsettias will be $9.00 and the Light-A-Candles are $2.00. We ask that you please send or drop off a check at the Church Office when you are ordering. Thank you all for your orders. NAME:________________________________________________________

ADDRESS:_____________________________________________________

PHONE:_______________________________________________________

IN HONOR OF:———————————————————————-—

IN MEMORY OF:_______________________________________________

PLEASE ORDER #_____POINSETTIAS @ $9.00 EACH.

AMOUNT ENCLOSED $______________

____I WILL TAKE THE POINSETTIA(S) HOME AFTER THE CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICES.

____I WILL DONATE THE POINSETTIA(S)

*****************************************************************************************************

NAME:________________________________________________________

ADDRESS:_____________________________________________________

PHONE:________________________________________________________

IN HONOR OF:———————————————————————–—-

IN MEMORY OF:____________________________________________

PLEASE ORDER #______LIGHT A CANDLE @ $2.00 EACH.

AMOUNT ENCLOSED $____________________

ALL POINSETTIA AND CANDLE ORDERS ARE DUE BY DECEMBER 8th. PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: WAYSIDE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

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