Advent Events

November 2014

Vol. 3 Issue 11

The Branch ADVENT CHRISTMAS EDITION

Connecting Generations to Grow Relationships with God, Others, and Creation

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Holiday Sermon Series

Advent Sermon Series

8:55 Orchard Worship Service

November 30- Anticipation

Luke 21:25-36

December 7-The Way of Peace

Luke 1:68-79

December 14- Children’s Christmas Program

December 21- Leap For Joy

Luke 1:39-55

Christmas Eve- …this Day (9 PM Service)

Luke 2:1-20

December 28- Growing Up – Moving Out

Luke 2:41-52

January 4- Returning a Different Way

Matthew 2:1-12

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Deck the Halls of Latham! Chris Klaus, Minister of Music and Worship

Article link: http://www.al.com/living/index.ssf/2014/11/christmas_grief.html

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Operation Christmas Child Drop Off

As of this publication, Wednesday

the 19th, our OCC Packing Team

has received 1868 boxes with 4 days

to go. We have filled one complete

Pod and it will be delivered

tomorrow. The pictures you see are

of First Baptist New Hope; they

brought 1100 boxes.

Hanging of the Greens: A Service of Symbols and Traditions Chris Klaus, Minister of Music and Worship

Chancel Choir Cantata, Sunday, December 21st

Chris Klaus, Minister of Music and Worship

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The Latham Chancel Choir will present Tom

Fettke’s “God Is With Us” Sunday, December 21

at 11:00am. Latham Sanctuary. Music retailer

J.W. Pepper describes “God Is With Us” as follows:

Celebrate a miracle: the appearance of God on earth

in the body and human soul of Jesus Christ. The In-

carnation is a sacred event so thrilling, so humbling,

so mystifying that we stand breathless in wonder and

awe. God Is With Us tells the Christmas story using

choir, soloists and a scripture narrative. It combines

exciting and moving classical music by Faure, Bee-

thoven, Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky, and Billings with some

of the world's most loved Christmas Carols. It opens

with the awe-filled simplicity of a Gregorian chant

and ends with a fun, festive journey through favorite

carols with a Nutcracker flair. And between, one ex-

periences exquisitely beautiful music, worthy of the

celebration of such a glorious and miraculous

event. We hope that you will be able to join the

Latham Chancel Choir as well as guest musicians and

soloists for this fun and festive celebration of the

birth of Christ!

Sunday, November 30 5:00pm

What is a Chrismon? Why do we use cedars and

holly for decoration? The answers to these ques-

tions and others will be addressed at our Hanging of

the Greens service and dinner on Sunday evening,

November 30 at 5:00pm in Farley Hall. Join us as

we begin to prepare for the coming of the Christ

Child by remembering our traditions and recogniz-

ing the symbols that are prevalent in our homes and

worship spaces. The service this year will take

place in Farley Hall and will be accompanied by

covered dishes of your favorite foods! This will

truly be an intergenerational service as people of all ages will be taking part! We hope that this will be a

blessed start to the Advent season!

Concert performed by Huntsville Concert Band Marsha Asquith, Music Director

The Christmas Program for Dec. 7, 2014 at 4pm is entitled “Classical Nostalgia.” We will be performing

music from yester-year, including Silver Bells, Wonderful Child, March of the Toys, ‘Twas the Night Before

Christmas (with narrator), as well as featuring our brass and woodwind ensembles. There is even a sing-along

for the audience, too! We hope you’ll come and bring your family and friends!

Marsha Asquith, Music Director of the Huntsville Concert Band, received her bachelor's and master's degrees

in Music Education from the University of Southern Mississippi. Since 1989, she has taught K-12 band and

choir in both Alabama and Texas, and she is currently the band director at Meridianville Middle School. Mrs.

Asquith has twice been selected for Who's Who Among American Teachers, and she has been active in the

Alpha Delta Kappa International Honorary Organization for Women Educators since 1993. Mrs. Asquith has

played French horn with professional orchestras throughout the South, performs frequently in local churches,

and teaches privately. She is the co-founder and manager of the Twickenham Winds community band. Mrs.

Asquith is a member of the National Association for Music Education, the Alabama Music Educators Associa-

tion, the Alabama Bandmasters Association and is currently Vice-Chairman of the Alabama Bandmasters As-

sociation, District 1.

The Huntsville Concert Band is a community band that performs year-round for residents of the City of Hunts-

ville and the Tennessee Valley. Founded in 1963, the Band regularly appears at Huntsville's annual Veterans

Day and Memorial Day ceremonies, at neighborhood gatherings and senior residences, and at Panoply and

Concerts in the Park.

The Huntsville Concert Band is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and a member of the Association of Con-

cert Bands and The Arts Council. The Music Director and all members are volunteers, and membership is open

to anyone in the community who plays a band instrument and can participate in rehearsals and performances.

No auditions are required.

If you would like to join the Band or schedule a performance, please contact us at info@huntsvilleband.org or

visit our website or Facebook page. www.huntsvilleband.org, www.facebook.com/HuntsvilleConcertBand

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Staff-Parish Relations Dean Stone, Chairman

We are approaching the time of year when the LUMC Staff-Parish Relations Committee conducts its evalua-

tions of the pastors and staff for the period covering the last calendar year. We would like to have your input

to include in that process. Please take the time to provide us with any praises, concerns, and comments you

may wish to make about any of the pastors and staff. Try to be as specific and detailed as possible, as we need

any details you can provide to properly prepare our evaluations. We will definitely read and consider anything

you would like to say.

If you would like to provide written comments, please leave them at the office (indicate on the envelope or

outside of the folded paper you may use that it is for the SPRC, and I will pick them up – the SPRC members

will be the only ones who read them) or mail or email them to me at the address’ listed below. If you would

prefer to speak with us, please contact any member of the SPRC listed below. You do not need to include your

name or contact information, but it would be helpful if we have any follow-up questions. We would like to

have your comments by December 14, 2014, to ensure that they are available as we meet to conduct our delib-

erations. We appreciate your time and effort in assisting us in making decisions which reflect the feelings of

the entire church body of Latham.

Address: 2608 Gawain Road SE E-mail: adeanstone@comcast.net

Huntsville, AL 35803 Telephone: 256-880-2915 (home) 256-509-3070 (cell)

2014 Latham UMC Staff-Parish Committee:

Shirley Fugit Don Lambert Lou Rau Jim Gatherer Jackie Langhout

Dean Stone Chris Hazelrig Karen Pollard Bernadette Williams

Ex-officio members: Marty Martin – Chair, Board of Stewards; Richard/Dale Peters – Lay Delegates to

Annual Conference; Ken Stephens – Lay Leader

As 2014 begins to wind down we are already thinking about our Outreach efforts for the coming year. For a

number of years, the biggest line item in our Outreach budget has been Habitat for Humanity. Through that

great ministry, we have had the opportunity to partner with several other local churches in providing homes for

a number of local families. But as with other mission and ministry activities within our church, we need to

periodically re-evaluate the use of our resources and make sure they are in sync with our priorities.

After discussing our Outreach plans for 2015 with our Outreach coordinator, Doug Seay, and some others, we

have decided to re-direct the funds previously used for Habitat toward something we are calling “Southeast

Huntsville Outreach Events.” The model for these events is basically what we held at Lily Flagg apartments

back in June of this year. Our plans are to hold quarterly events at Lily Flagg during 2015 and also to hold

four other events in either a city park or another apartment complex. Our hope is to build relationships with

new people in their environment – to be an incarnational presence where they are, which is what the Body of

Christ is called to be.

We want our financial resources to always be linked with our hands and feet in service to the world around us.

Our belief is that when we are intentionally engaged in the ministries we are supporting financially it becomes

transformational for both those we are serving, as well as for us. We believe that these outreach events are a

great opportunity to make a difference in our community here in Southeast Huntsville and our hope and prayer

is that we will have great participation from many of you when these events take place.

Outreach Chris Martin, Associate Pastor

Elderberries Note Bill Barnes

Church Membership Class

Join the Elderberries Thursday, December 18, in Far-

ley Hall at 11:30 to enjoy food, fellowship and a pro-

gram of Christmas music presented by the Wesley

Singers under the direction of Chris Klaus. Call Dot

Coombe for lunch reservations if you are not on the

calling list. Visitors will be welcomed whether or

not you join us for lunch.

Health Ministry Team Faye Cook, Lay Leader

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HEMSI- Ambulance—has a van service which will

come and assist with helping your loved ones when

they have fallen and cannot get up. This service is

free, call 256-722-7158

Alzheimer/Dementia Support Group—has been

well received. We meet every 1st Tuesday of the

month in room 151 at 10am. This is open to anyone,

come and join us as we share our needs and receive

solutions for our situations.

LifeSouth Blood Mobile—will be December 14th in

the north parking lot. This will be our last one, since

the support of this endeavor has not been well

received.

Nurses Meeting—has been canceled for November

and will start back again in January. We meet in the

welcome area at 6PM on the last Monday of every

other month. We welcome any RN’s who would like

to be a member. Our next meeting will be January

26th. Contact Person: Faye Cook, 256-652-5802.

Our pastors will lead membership orientation classes

on 3 consecutive Sundays, January 11, 18, and 25,

2015. The sessions will start at 10:00 and conclude at

10:45 each week. They will be held in the Confer-

ence Room of the office building, which is on the

same hall with the pastors’ offices. Sign up if you

are new to Latham and would like to know more

about becoming a member or if you have joined the

church in recent months. The information shared

will help you become involved with small groups

and activities that serve others while helping you

grow in your faith and knowledge of Christ. The

classes will cover 1) distinctive teachings and prac-

tices of United Methodists, 2) understanding our or-

ganization, and 3) opportunities for service.

You can sign up for these classes through the home-

page of the church website or by calling (256-881-

4069) or emailing (office@lathamumc.org).

Latham’s administrative assistant Marvene

Borntrager to let her know you plan to attend.

Save the Dates…. Liz Hall Zeman

Budget Series Coming in January!!

A series of presentations that will cover budgeting

basis, tracking income problems, saving techniques,

and investment strategies will be offered in January-

February 2015. Watch for more details about

speakers, times and place.

Volunteer Appreciation Event in January

The 3rd annual volunteer appreciation event will be

held on January 27, 2015, from 11:30-1:00 p.m!

Hint: a special Event is Coming In March!!

The women at Latham are invited to attend a retreat

at Camp Sumatanga on March 13-15, 2015. Come

enjoy reflective times with old friends, meet new

friends, and discover joyful spirituality!

Moose Charms!

Recently, one of our own has

been fighting the battle of his

life. In July, Brackin, “The

Moose”, Clark, was diag-

nosed with Non-Hodgkin’s

Lymphoma. Since that time,

he and his family have been

in Memphis working hard to

bring him home healthy and

cancer free. When our youth

heard about his cancer, they started thinking of

ways to help him. One day, two of our young ladies

decided a “moose” charm sale was the way to go!

Immediately, Keri Klaus was on the hunt and found

the perfect one! The charms were a hit, not only in

our church, but in the community as well. We are

proud to say that the charms have sold and the youth

was able to put over $1000 into an account that was

set up in Brackin’s honor! Our children and our

church have truly seen what can happen when we

rally together to help someone.

Two Church-wide Dinners Coming Up….

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Youth Ministry Matt Savage, Interim Youth Director

You should be very proud of your youth group. We just finished a mission to 305 8th Street, a group home for

disabled adults. The youth represented Christ and His church very well! They had a wonderful evening of

games and quality time with the residents; but this youth group does not rest on their laurels! We are excited to

join the congregation in its advent services. And, to make it better, there will be several opportunities for the

congregation to show up and support our young group over the next month.

November 30th- Several of the youth will be singing and doing some of the readings for the Hanging of the

Greens Service.

December 7th- The youth band will be joining the Orchard Praise Band to lead worship Sunday morning.

December 14th- The youth will be at the Happy Birthday Jesus party, and we will also go caroling, along with

the rest of the church, to homebound church members.

December 31st- If we are lucky enough to find the adults needed, we will be having a New Year’s Ball drop

party in the youth room. If you are interested in helping you can call me at (256) 698-2686 or you can email

me at zmsavage614@gmail.com.

I can say from personal experience that the youth group planted the seed, but it was the unconditional love

shown by the entire congregation that nurtured that seed into the faith I have today. I can also see that is still

what goes on! I hope that you will be able to come out and support this wonderful group of kids that we have

and, through that support, help develop them into the future leaders of Christ’s church! On behalf of the youth,

the youth coordinators, and myself; I want to say thank you.

November 30 - after the Hanging of the Greens

service. Bring your favorite entrée, side dish dessert

or Thanksgiving leftovers!!

December 14 -

SOUP-ER HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS PARTY -

Bring your favorite soup or side. Cake provided.

After dinner, we will divide up and go caroling to

our homebound residents.

Brackin's Bike-a-Thon (picture coming)

When you ask the children at

Latham to throw themselves into

something...they don't go half-

way!!! They raised $832.75 for

Brackin Clark St. Jude Fund at

Brackin's Bike-a-Thon on No-

vember 1st. I call that awesome-

ness!!!! If you would still like to

make a donation, go to any Red-

stone Federal Credit Union, tell

them you would like to contrib-

ute to the Brackin Clark St. Jude

Fund, and they will make sure

your money gets in the right place! Many thanks to the riders, the parents and to Dave Stone for doing a safety

check on all our bikes and helmets. We love you Brackin!!!

PUMPKIN TIME IS OVER!!!

Another season in the pumpkin patch is over. Once again, we met some really nice people from our neighbor-

hood and made some new friends. Several new parents came to make their children's pictures with our pump-

kins and our pumpkins participated in many carving contests around town. Every day I worked at least one

person told me that they waited for Latham to open their patch before they bought their pumpkins, even if they

did cost a little more. One of the things we are known for is being "the pumpkin church" and maybe that's not

such a bad thing!

It wasn't a record year, but it came in close. We reported $14,946.90 in sales. We keep 33% of that, so with the

donations made (which we don't have to report) the youth and children will each get over $3,000 this year.

That will be spent on missions for children and youth, such as Behold, mission trips and outreach events.

Thanks so much to all those who helped unload and who worked The Patch. This fundraiser would not be pos-

sible without you!

After The Patch closed, we took our

leftover pumpkins to the North Ala-

bama Food bank. They distributed them

to various churches and agencies across

the region, along with instructions on

how to bake them. So, not only did our

Patch help with missions for youth and

children, we fed the hungry from it too!

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Children’s Ministry Susan Terry, Minister of Connect an d Children’s Ministry

Meet at 5PM for HANGING OF THE GREENS in Farley Hall,

followed by a church-wide covered dish dinner. We will help fin-

ish decorating the Farley Hall Chrismon Tree after dinner.

No other activities tonight.

Meet at 2:30 to go to HARBOR CHASE to sing at their worship

service. Back in time for Orff. Those not in Orff can help make

Christmas cards for homebound members. Christmas dinner fol-

lowed by choir and the CHILDREN’S TALENT SHOW in the

Choir Room.

SATURDAY practice for the Children’s Christmas Program from

10AM until noon.

Children meet at 8:30 AM in Farley Hall to warm up for program.

HARK, THE HERALD presented by the Children’s Choirs and

Orff Choir at 9AM. That night is the SOUP-er HAPPY BIRTH-

DAY JESUS party. Bring your favorite soup, sandwiches or

bread. Cake provided. Afterwards, everyone (children, youth and

adults) will divide into groups and carol to the homebound

members.

HOLIDAY CAKE DECORATING CLASS - bring a 9-inch cake

(baked but NOT iced). We will ice and decorate. MUST PRE-

REGISTER BY DECEMBER 18 to susanterry@lathamumc.org.

CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICES at 5PM and 9PM. Nursery for

infants provided at 5PM service only.

The children and their families will help Latham DECK THE

HALLS. Meet at 3PM in the Sanctuary to begin putting up gar-

lands, trees and wreaths. We will begin our usual Sunday evening

activities at 5PM, ending at 7PM.

Operation Santa Claus-A Mission Project Donna Whitacre

Child Development Center Traci Harris, Director

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Our little friends at LUMCDC have had lots of Fall

Fun and are now looking forward to Holiday Happi-

ness!

What a wonderful time of year. November is filled

with gratitude and generosity. We had a very suc-

cessful Canned Soup Drive and collected 79 cans

and packages of soup to benefit the Homeless Veter-

ans and Citizens of Huntsville. We are happy to help

the less fortunate in our community, especially since

the cold weather has arrived.

We love books! Our Usborne Book Fair was a huge

success. Thanks to the many school families and

church member purchases, LUMCDC earned over

$400 in FREE educational books from Usborne. We

are so very excited to add to our school library and classroom learning resources.

Our Thanksgiving Feast is Wednesday, November 19 at 11:30 am where Pilgrims, Indians, and Turkeys will

come enjoy traditional feast foods. We have so very much to be thankful for!

December will prove to be a fabulous month of celebrating the birth of Jesus! What joy comes from seeing the

season through a child's eyes.

Our annual Christmas Program will be Tuesday, December 16 at 11:30am. We will re-enact the nativity com-

plete with stable animals and song. We are trying really hard to be good boys and girls so Santa will visit our

school on Tuesday, December 9. We will be focusing on giving this holiday season and encourage our school

families and Latham church members to donate new children's pajamas (sizes 12 months-teens) or a package

of diapers to benefit our friends at Manna House this holiday season. Pajamas can be pinned to the garland in

the Children's wing and diapers placed in the red wagon from December 1-17. The gift of giving is a true

blessing to not only the receiver but the giver as well.

Happy Holidays from Latham Child Development Center!

NO, Santa is not going under the knife...nor being anesthetized! He had a great recovery after last year’s op-

eration and is up and running at full speed! Those who helped him last year will remember the “operation!” It

is a project to deliver specific gifts to specific persons!

The community has many mentally challenged individuals who live in assisted homes with a very marginal

income. Operation Santa Claus makes it possible for them to receive a true Christmas gift...one that they have

wished for. Latham was most generous last year and filled over 70 of these requests…a true Christmas Spirit.

The operation is simple, choose a card in the Welcome Center the Sunday after Thanksgiving. Then do your

shopping and return the gift along with the card the following Sunday. No need to wrap, but you can enclose a

cheery Christmas card. It’s a fast and easy project with many warm and “fuzzy” blessings!

In case confusion reigns, the card you pick up will have a number, a first name and the item requested on

it...size, color, etc. See, it is easy! See you the Sunday after Thanksgiving!

P.S. I still have some 2015 Calendars available at $8.00 each. Call me at 256-881-5685.

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Bake Sale Success! Liz Hall Zeman

Expanding and Resourcing Discipleship…

One aspect of making discipleship our ministry priority as

a church was to initiate an evaluation of all our existing

mission and ministry activities utilizing our discipleship

filters of relationships, transformation, reproduction, and

Christlikeness. Our desire is that these filters will help us

to expand and resource discipleship across the whole

church, and you might wonder how this will actually take

place. The basic idea of this process is to simply use these

filters to ask questions about what we’re doing. If we were

evaluating our youth ministry, the first question would be,

“How are we building relationships through our youth ministry?” and we would use the other filters to gener-

ate similar questions. The answers would then help us to understand what we are doing right and where we

need to improve our efforts or even look to make significant changes in our approach. Even though this was

part of our Long Range Plan that was approved several months ago, this evaluation process has yet to take

place. Our plans are to start this process early in 2015.

Discipleship Groups

We will be forming new “Intensive” discipleship groups in the January/February time frame in 2015. If you

receive an invitation to be part of one of these groups, I ask you to prayerfully consider it, as this is critical for

the future of this church. If other church commitments are impacting your ability to say “yes,” I would invite

you to come talk with me – we’ll figure something out.

“Congregational” discipleship groups are still going strong and if you would like to be a part of one of these

groups, opportunities are still available. If you cannot be part of a group, I would invite you to join with us in

reading through the Bible in a year. I have lots of extra copies of the “Life Journal,” which provide you with

our daily reading plan and space for journaling. Copies are $7 and you can call me if you would like one –

256.881.4069.

We raised $317.60 at the November Bake Sale. The money will support scholarships to the Women’s Retreat

in March. We appreciate your support by baking and buying goodies! The few that were left were immedi-

ately frozen to be used in the Casserole Ministry.

December Bake Sale to Feature Side Dishes

We tried to make your Thanksgiving holidays a little different or easier with our November Bake Sale. Now

it’s time to do the same with your Christmas holidays. We are asking folks to make side dishes (enough for 4

people) or Christmas cookies. We have been told that this approach will make holidays easier for folks for

whom holiday cooking is difficult (or it may make your holiday table a little different).

Bake Sale: Sunday, December 14th, between services

Bring goodies to Farley Hall Kitchen on Saturday, December 13th, 1:00-3:00 p.m.

Food should be frozen and wrapped in saran wrap, labeled with ingredients, and re-heating instructions.

Discipleship Chris Martin, Associate Pastor

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November 2014 Event and Birthday Calendar

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

Virginia Campbell

Frank Blankenship

2

All Saint’s Day

Blood Pressure checks

7a UMM Breakfast

3

11:30a IN REACH Appreciation

1p Morris Tutoring

7p Nominations & Leadership Dev.

Nancy Connell

Lesa Brahm

4

10a Alzheimer’s Support Group Mtg

1p Morris Tutoring

Erin Brahm

Alan Teed

James Scott

5

9a Bob Ross Painting Class

Donna Freese

6

10a In Stitches

10a Circle 5

Jane Lessley

7

11a Latham Ladies

Donna Whitaker

Jason Sutherland

8

Kathy Fleming

9

Food Pantry

Noon—Bracken Clark BBQ Lunch

Mack Savage

Marie McCutcheon

Betty Langhout

Millie Byram

10

1p Morris Tutoring

2p Jo Walton Group

7p Nominations & Leadership Dev.

Mike Duncan

Harold Patton

Charles Rowden

11

OFFICE/CDC

CLOSED

9:30p Circle 3

1p Morris Tutoring

1:30p Circle 1

7p Tutoring

Jim Gillespie

Carolyn Glaese

Ralph Green

Pennie Kirsch

12

9:30a UMW Board Meeting

Shannon Putnam

Alexis Eberhardt

13

10a Circle 5 Mtg

10a InStitches

Amanda Clark

Jim Cape

14

Trillis Weems

Brenda Zimmermann

Sandy Ekstrom

David Angle

15

9a Boy Scouts Paper Drive

Eric Vosahlik

Meredith Tid-more

16

Blood Mobile

Bake Sale

Lisa Minor

17

1p Morris Tutoring

1p Circle 6

Nicole Cleary

Chris Martin

18

9:30a Circle 4

1p Morris Tutoring

7p Tutoring

Robert Lee

June Kidd

Becky Vosahlik

19

10a Circle 2

Erica Lewis

Dennis Remley

20

10a Elderberry Board Mtg

11:30a Elderberry Luncheon

Doreen Fulcher

21

11a Latham Ladies

Stacy Pickens

Richard Broughton

Jackie Simpson

22

Jackie Langhout

Lucia Torsten-son

Monica Kruse

Blake Schmitt

23

Debbie Ingleright

Linda Sutinen

24

1p Morris Tutoring

6p Health Ministry

6p Hope for the Holidays

7p Circle 7

Gerald Livingston

25

1p Morris Tutoring

6p Back Packing Party

7p Tutoring

Sarah Haynes

Dave Sheehan

26

Edith Nevels

Jean Wood

Jackie Shivers

27

OFFICE/CDC CLOSED

Judy Moore

Steve Newton

Laura Cowley

28

OFFICE/CDC CLOSED

Haden Williams

Mary Vaughn

Kellie Osborn

29

Betty Vaughn

Barbara Jeffcoat

Braylan Lasseter

30

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD DROP OFF DAYS

Bruce Ekstrom

Dixon Tidmore

Bobbie Lambert

Betty Selby

Barbara Hockenberry

Hughey Reynolds

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December 2014 Event and Birthday Calendar

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

1p Morris Tutoring

6p Hope for the Holidays

Betty Booth

Genette Stephens

Doris Owen

2

10a Alzheimer’s Support Group

1p Morris Tutoring

Elfriede Schlumpf

Mike Wilkinson

Peggy Holmes

Charles Hester

3

10a UMW General Meeting

Em Wills

Margaret Pearson

David Barron

James Brahm

4

David Parsons

Linda Moore

Danny Braswell

5

11a Latham Ladies

6p UMM & Ladies Christmas Dinner

Kathy Brown

Rose Battle

Tom Parker

Roy Lewis

6

Sue Reid

7

Blood Pressure Check

8

10:30a Circle 2

1p Morris Tutoring

2p Jo Walton Literary Group

6p Hope for the Holidays

9

9:30a Circle 3

1p Morris Tutoring

1:30p Circle 1

June Young

10

Carol Lessley

11

9:30a NE District

10a In Stitches

10a Circle 5

Jane Childress

Fran Nicholson

Clara Conley

12

Derek Wells

Christopher Sims

13

4p HCC Concert

7:30p HCC

Concert

Bella Och

Sara Carson

14 Food Pantry

Blood Drive

8a Bake Sale

5p Church wide dinner, caroling

Dawson Angle

Debbie Rose

15

1p Circle 6

1p Morris Tutoring

6p Hope for the Holidays

Scott Rose

Patricia Morris

Jim Kirsch

16

9:30a Circle 4

1p Morris Tutoring

Gerri Cogburn

Marvella Prevatte

Gippa Kendall

17

10a Circle 2

Nan Favor

Nicole Hanson

Helen Hagler

18

11:30a Elderberry Luncheon

Doreen Foster

Carol Patty

19

11a Latham Ladies

Kathy Smith

Mary Jane Speake

20

21

Cookie White

Nat Hurford

Kendra Lee

22

7p Circle 7

23

Althea Nicholson

24

Office/CDC Closed Half Day

5p Christmas Eve Service

9p Christmas Eve Service

Sheila Parton

25

OFFICE/CDC CLOSED

Rebecca Schultz

Christy Worsham

26

6:30PM

LIFETREE CAFE

Barbara Herrington

Rachel Peveler

27

Pat Sinopole

Dorothy Wendt

Don Beaver

28

Dorothy Rowe

Cindy Towry

Andrew White

29

Diana Underwood

Dan Speake

Jan Weaver

30

Austin Duncan

Jeremy Och

31

Office/CDC Closed Half Day

Carol Wells

Every Monday:

8:30a Bend & Stretch

6:00p Just Faith

6:00p Praise Band

Every Tuesday:

7:00p Tutoring

Every Thursday:

8:30a Bend & Stretch

6:30p Lifetree Café

Every Wednesday:

10:00a Ladies Bible Study

10:30a Staff Meeting

1:30p Wesley Singers

6:00p Boys Scouts

6:00p Jubilation Handbells

7:00p Ladies Bible Study

7:00p Chancel Choir

Every Sunday:

7:45a Band Rehearsal

8:30a Morning Watch

8:55a Orchard Service

10:05a Sunday School

11:05a Liturgical Service

5:00p Pastor’s Bible Study

5:00p Treehouse-Children

5:00p Youth Program

5:30p Celebration Choir

109 Weatherly Road

Huntsville, AL 35803

Phone: 256-881-4069

Fax: 256-880-0305

On the web: lathamumc.org

Connect with the Staff

Lifetree Café

Rev. Dr. Hughey Reynolds, Senior Pastor

Chris Martin, Minister of Discipleship

Susan Terry, Minister of Connect & Children’s Ministries

Chris Klaus, Minister of Music & Worship

Marvene Borntrager, Staff Coordinator for Inreach

Anita Banks, Business Administrator

Traci Harris, Director of Child Development Center

Cherry Keeton, Organist

Joey Evans, Pianist

hughey@lathamumc.org

chrismartin@lathamumc.org

susanterry@lathamumc.org

chrisklaus@lathamumc.org

office@lathamumc.org

admin@lathamumc.org

lathamcdc@lathamumc.org

Latham United Methodist Church

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Join the conversation each Thursday Night at 6:30 PM. An hour long experience is packed with

interesting stories, fascinating people, and lively conversation that will feed your soul.

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