Ray Kitagawa Deacon Of The Month chefboyrk@gmail.com Cell: 640-2067

Pua Niau-Puhipau Acting Weekday Preschool Director weekdaypreschool@universityavenuebaptist.org Office: 947-6679

Emory Gaskins Pastor emory@universityavenuebaptist.org Cell: 233-9025

Ikaika Higa Hamama Community Church Pastor ikaika.stacey@gmail.com Cell: 343-4214

Hongly Khuy Khemeras Center Leader honglykhuy@gmail.com Cell: 542-9353

Bernie Maybin Office Manager office@universityavenuebaptist.org Office: 947-5008

Meredith Palicte Worship & Internationals Minister meredith@universityavenuebaptist.org Cell: 919-697-0835

Dong Yu Book Keeper finance@universityavenuebaptist.org Office: 947-5008

Brent Young Assoc. Pastor of Students & Outreach brent@universityavenuebaptist.org Cell: 291-0804

Trong Bui Dong Tam Church Pastor pikabui@hotmail.com Cell: 741-1471

Dani Beth Crosby Family & Communications Minister danibeth@universityavenuebaptist.org Cell: 782-6587

CONTACT US2305 University Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96822 universityavenuebaptist.org 947-5008

Our mission is to prepare every generation to change their world for Christ by: Encouraging every believer to identify their oikos;

Motivating every believer to intentionally engage their oikos; Preparing every believer to both demonstrate and communicate their faith in Christ.

oikos A Greek term used to describe one’s extended household or circle of influence

RESOURCES AVAILABLEPick up a copy of the daily Lectionary Reading Guide, Open Windows, and other devotionals at the entryway table. As a reminder, all church members have access to Right Now Media, an online library with thousands of videos. If you have forgotten your Right Now Media login, or are a new member and would like access to this great resource, please contact the church office.

OFFERING SUMMARYMonthly Needs $45,851

October Offering $58,401

Budget YTD $458,510

Offering YTD $394,753

SUNDAYS AT UABCBREAKFAST is served in the Fellowship Hall from 8:30 AM-9:15 AM each Sunday morning.

NURSERY & PRESCHOOL CARE is provided for children, birth through Kindergarten, during the worship service and Bible study groups in the Koon Mission Building (Nursery: Room 4, Preschool: Room 2).

1ST-6TH GRADE STUDENTS will remain in the entire worship service this month.

FELLOWSHIP LUNCH will be held on November 5 & 23 in the Fellowship Hall. You are invited to join us for this special time together.

BIRTHDAYS11/2 Jodi Litten Townsend

11/3 Hayes Beissel

11/4 Margaret Nosse

11/5 David HaitsukaGloria Williaford

11/15 Dennis HuynhCatherine Nguyen

11/18 Jin Ai Chun

11/19 Jordy DavenportSarah DavenportHien Nguyen

11/21 Farida Roberts

11/23 Khim Souvannarath

11/25 Isaiah Le

11/26 Kaila BakerTho Trinh

11/27 Bob Brett

11/28 Karen Jolly

11/29 Diane BurtonShahiza Lehmann

12/1 Caroline Kitagawa

12/3 Lethan NguyenDamin Zheng

GREETERS11/5 Powell Family

11/12 Julie Petherbridge's Class

11/19 Bob Kam & Dan Tom's Class

11/26 Dick Bento & Pam Ito

If we have missed your birthday/anniversary, or if we have the wrong date, please contact the church

office and let us know!

ONLINE GIVINGTo give online visit universityavenuebaptist.org/giving

TEXT GIVINGTo give by text message, send a text to (808) 518-2347 with the amount you would like to give. You will be sent a link to a giving form. Unless you specify a particular missions fund, your gift will be made to the church budget. To specify a specific fund, text the amount and the first word of the fund name (e.g. $50 Hamama). For more information on how to give online or by text message, including instructional videos, visit universityavenuebaptist.org/giving.

ANNIVERSARIES11/5 Carmi & Meredith Palicte

1 Year

11/12 Dick & Alice Bento54 Years

10/16 Lyle & Claudette Chee 38 Years

11/25 David & Diane Burton28 Years

NOVEMBER 2017

WELCOME!We hope you feel loved and encouraged today as we worship God together. You are a valued part of our

church family! This newsletter includes many opportunities for you to share God's love and connect with others. Our goal is to be a church family who knows and cares for one another and those in

our oikos, or circle of influence.

Guests, please fill out a welcome card, found in your chair pocket, so we may have a record of your visit. Completed welcome cards may be left in the attendance notebook, or placed in the offering plate at the

end of the service. Mahalo!

MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES

SIGN UP FOR MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES ONLINE AT UNIVERSITYAVENUEBAPTIST.ORG/EVENTS

A.S.K. PRAYER GROUP meets each Monday at 6:15 PM in the sanctuary. All are welcome.

CHUUKESE TUTORING MINISTRY meets each Monday at Waipahu District Park and on Thursday evenings at Kalihi Baptist Church. This outreach includes tutoring, a dinner, and a Bible study. The ministry is in need of more tutors from 4:30 PM-6:00 PM. The tutoring ministry will not meet on Thursday, November 9, or Thursday, November 23, this month. For more information, contact Brent Young.

ADVENTING ADVENT, a multi-generational learning experience to help individuals and families prepare to observe the Advent season, will meet on November 8 & 15. Dinner will be served from 6:15 PM and planned activ-ities will begin at 6:45 PM in the Fellowship Hall.

I.H.S. DINNER FOR THE HOMELESS is on the second Monday of each month. Join us this month on Monday, November 13, at 5:30 PM. If you are interested in helping, please sign up on the lanai, in your Bible study class, or online. For more information, contact Brent Young.

THE HAWAII PACIFIC BAPTIST CONVENTION ANNUAL MEETING is November 9-10 at Hawaii Baptist Academy (2429 Pali Hwy). The meeting will begin on Thursday at 5 PM and will resume on Friday morning at 7 AM.

YOUTH GIRLS' GROUP, a Bible study for girls in 6th-12th grades, will meet on Friday, November 17, and Friday, December 1, at 6:15 PM at Lynda Powell's home.

YOUTH GUYS are invited to help feed and minister to the homeless on Friday, November 17, from 6 PM-8:15 PM at Olivet Baptist Church. Contact Brent Young for more information.

PRETEEN GIRLS' GROUP is Friday, November 24, from 6:30 PM-9 PM at Dani Beth's House. This gathering is for 4th-6th grade girls. This will be our final Bible study night of 2017!

GRATITUDE & GOOD GIFTS

Juarez Mission Team

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22 - PIE NIGHTPie Night is Wednesday, November 22, from 6:15 PM-8:15 PM at Dani Beth Crosby's house. This "Thanksgiving Eve" event is a pie potluck for families of youth and children -- and anyone else who would like to join in on the fun! Please bring a pie dessert to share. Pizza pie will be provided for dinner. Please RSVP by signing up on the lanai, in your Bible study class, or online. For more information, contact Dani Beth Crosby.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3 - PARADE HAT DECORATING We hope you will join us in marching with our church family in the Manoa Christmas Parade. Last year, we began wearing crazy Christmas hats as we marched in the parade. On Sunday, December 3, you are invited to bring a hat to decorate for the parade during Fellowship Lunch.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3 - MUG UP AT THE GASKINS'You are invited to an open house at Pastor Emory & Cindy Gaskins' home (3407 Oahu Ave.) from 4-6 PM. Bring your favorite mug and join us for holiday drinks and pupus.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6 - J.O.Y. GROUP CHRISTMAS LUNCH AT THE WILLOWSJ.O.Y. Group's annual Christmas lunch at The Willows is Wednesday, December 6, at 11 AM. If you would like to join us for the lunch, please RSVP by signing up on the lanai, in your Bible study class, or online. The price for guests 65+ is $15. The cost for all other adults is $30.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9 - MANOA CHRISTMAS PARADE & FAMILY AFTER PARTYJoin us as we march in the Manoa Christmas Parade! We will meet in the parking lot of Noelani Elementary School at 4:40 PM. The parade will begin at 5 PM. If you would like to wear a UABC t-shirt, but do not have one, sign up on the lanai, in your Bible study class, or online. UABC t-shirts are $10. Child and adult sizes are available. Join us after the parade for pizza & Christmas cookies in the Fellowship Hall!

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10 - WEEKDAY PRESCHOOL CHRISTMAS PROGRAM AND POTLUCK You are invited to attend University Avenue Baptist Preschool's Christmas Program at 6:30 PM in the worship center. This is a great opportunity for you to connect with families from our weekday preschool ministry!

HOLIDAY SERVICESTHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23 - THANKSGIVING DAY SERVICE We hope you will join us for our Thanksgiving Day Service at 10 AM. We will collect our annual offering for the homeless during this service.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26 - END OF THE YEAR SERVICE This special service, annually observed on the last Sunday of the church calendar year, will include reports from various ministries and a church family picture. We will decorate the church for Advent & Christmas, pack international student care packages, and make Christmas cards for shut-ins after the service. Bible study groups will not meet on this day. We hope you will join us as we celebrate all God has done in and through UABC this year! As a reminder, we will continue to have worship services for the rest of 2017. We call this Sunday's celebration the "End of the Year Service", because it is the last Sunday of the church calendar year (the church calendar year begins with Advent).

HOLIDAY EVENTS

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10 - OHANA CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION SERVICEOhana Christmas Celebration is an adapted Lessons & Carols service led by members of our church family. Join us as we celebrate the hope we have in Jesus through songs, hymns, and Scripture readings. After the service, we will pack Welcome Home Baskets for I.H.S. together. Bible study groups will not meet on this day.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24 - CHRISTMAS EVE MORNING WORSHIP SERVICEJoin us for worship on Sunday morning at 9:15 AM. Childcare will not be provided for this service. Bible study groups will not meet on this day. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24 - CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHT SERVICEInvite your oikos and join us at 6:30 PM! Childcare will not be provided for this service.

Flick or Treat

Preteen Girls' Group

Shanta Danaraj's Retirement Reception & Celebration

Holidays can be a lonely time for international students. School is out and friends are home celebrating with their families. What an opportunity to welcome students into our homes and show them that they are loved! With Thanksgiving coming up, we are looking for families who would be willing to invite one or two international students into your home for your Thanksgiving meal. All you have to do is sign up (on the lanai, in your Bible study class, or online) and we will connect you with a student. For some students, this may be their one and only Thanksgiving. To be welcomed into a Christian home for this special American holiday will surely be something they will always remember. Please consider inviting a student to share Thanksgiving lunch or dinner with you. For more information, contact Meredith Palicte.

A THANKSGIVING INVITATION

Please help us fill Welcome Home Baskets for IHS to bless families and individuals who are moving from IHS' emergency shelters to various new homes. Outfitting a new home with supplies can get expensive, so these families and individuals need help as they begin their fresh new start. Any new or used-in-good-condi-tion household items you can donate to help fill the laundry baskets will be much appreciated. The list of most frequently requested items will be posted on the bulletin board. Please bring your donated items by Sunday, December 10. We will pack Welcome Home Baskets together after the Ohana Christmas Celebration service.

WELCOME HOME BASKETS

As Christians, we know that true happiness will never consist of things. Contentment will never be found through satisfying the desires of this life. But a culture that begs us to buy, buy, buy in an effort to make ourselves “better” does not leave us better off in any real sense—or ultimately satisfied. The Apostle Paul wrote from prison, “I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.” He learned that contentment is never achieved by satisfying our desires, because desires, once satisfied, do not stay satisfied. So how do learn contentment?

This is where the habits of gratitude and generosity can form in us real lasting contentment. These are habits, not “one off” events. During this Thanksgiving, Advent, and Christmas season, practice gratitude ev-ery day. Every single day. Out loud. And Give Good Gifts that make a difference, not just gifts that satisfy a passing desire. There are a few great ideas for Good Gifts in this newsletter. And you are always en-couraged to Give Good Gifts to your church and missions. Consistently. Make it a habit. Starting now. Remember the biblical habit of giving is rooted in a person, not a rule. As you Give Good Gifts as a habit, you will find that you can trust God to meet all your needs. He is faithful.