King Avenue Digest 11/25/22

November 25, 2022

UPCOMING EVENTS AND NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • Now through December 4: Poinsettia Orders - Poinsettias are displayed throughout our Sanctuary during the Advent season. The cost of one poinsettia is $15. Your donations will be included in the 7:00pm & 9pm Christmas Eve bulletins on Saturday. December 24. Poinsettias are available to take home after the services. Please submit your payment and necessary information by Sunday, December 4. Please attach your payment to the order form, and place in offering plate or turn into the church office. Make checks payable to KING AVENUE UMC and indicate POINSETTIA on memo line. Payment may also be made on Realm. CHRISTMAS POINSETTIA ORDER FORM

  • Sunday, November 27: The Season of Advent Begins - Please keep your eye on the website for events related to Advent so that you can prepare your hearts for the birth of Jesus. You will also find a card in the pews that contains all of the events in one place. Hang this on your refrigerator or give a copy to a friend. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO

  • Prepare for Christmas with Pastor Linda - Advent (which derives from the Latin adventus or “coming” is a time of active waiting. It is not sitting passively but preparing as we wait. It encourages us to use this waiting time wisely. I have always been intrigued with the idea of “time” in the scriptures. Time is a universal and equalizing dimension for humans, but God stands outside time. Can an eternal God really understand how precious time is to us? Is the whole Christ event, the incarnation of God in the flesh, about God experiencing time as we do? What does the Bible and Jesus teach us about time? How do we use this “waiting time” wisely? Join me over the next 4 weeks as we examine the concept of time in the Bible. Each day there is a short Bible passage, my brief thoughts about the passage, a prayer, and a challenge for the day. The readings will take 2-5 minutes daily. CLICK TO DOWNLOAD ADVENT DEVOTIONS

  • Sunday, November 27: Young Adults Charcuterie of Thanks - King Avenue Young Adults will be getting together after Thanksgiving for food and fellowship. Sometimes the holiday season is hard, so we want to offer a space to gather in community and celebrate together. If you're a young adult (post-college - 35ish) we would love for you to bring a charcuterie board, items to put a board together, or just bring yourself; there will be plenty of food. It's like Friendsgiving, but with snacks! Nov. 27, 6-8:30ish, at Pastor Andy's house (contact him for the address).

  • Sunday, November 27: Lit Club - Join the Lit Club on the last Sunday of each month at 7pm in the Logos Lounge. All are welcome! Simply read the book of the month, and get together to talk about it. The group will discuss The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict on Sunday, November 27.

  • Saturday, December 3: Disaster Relief Kits - Volunteer with the United Women of Faith to assemble Hygiene Kits and Period Packs for UMCOR. Join us on Saturday, December 3, 10 AM to Noon in the Fellowship Hall. UWF (United Women of Faith) will provide all supplies for 200 kits. The average cost is $13 per kit. To help offset cost of supplies, please donate to “UWF Umcor Kits” via check or cash. To donate on Realm, select the “UWF UMCOR” fund. Cookies, coffee and tea will be provided for our volunteers. Questions? Contact Carmen at 614-582-5470 or Gwen at 614-749-0152

  • December 3, 10, & 17: Food Donations - Dennison Place Neighborhood Association requests that King Avenue UMC once again provide the location for the neighborhood December Food Drive on Saturdays, December 3, 10 and 17. There will be a collection tub under the entrance canopy on the south side of the church early Saturday morning, and pick-up donated food at dusk. If you'd like to participate, donations are welcome. Food donations go to NNEMAP.

  • Tuesday, December 6 at 11:30: Retirees Christmas Celebration - Join the Retirees Ministry as we celebrate the Christmas season with singing, food, and fellowship on Tuesday, December 6th at 11:30 in the King Avenue Church Chapel and Parlor. Dave Bowermeister will lead us in carols in the Chapel followed by a White Elephant Gift Exchange. Please bring a gift that is re-cycled, re-gifted or purchased (no more than $10) for the White Elephant Gift Exchange. We are requesting that your gift be placed in a GIFT BAG for easy access! Following the gift exchange, we will have a potluck-style lunch. The Retirees Lead Team will provide a ham. You can provide a side or dessert!

  • Now Through December 7: Bethlehem on Broad Street - King Avenue will be working with other area churches to love our neighbors. This year, BOBS will be distributing hygiene and survival supplies. King Avenue has committed to providing 75 backpacks with hygiene supplies and 75 bags of survival supplies. You can pick up the lists and the bags in the back of the worship space and return them no later than December 7. In lieu of providing supplies, you can also make a monetary donation through Realm or by contacting the church office. We are also looking for volunteers to help with the event on December 10. If you're interested, contact Shawn Compton at comptonlaw@msn.com. If you want to read more about this event and how you can become involved, CLICK HERE.

  • Now Through December 11: Hubbard Holiday Help - The Giving Tree is back! We have the opportunity to love and serve our neighbors at Hubbard Elementary School by giving some of the students Christmas gifts. Stop by the Giving Tree in the back of the milling area to pick up tag with a Hubbard student's age and gender on it and bring back the gift (up to $25 per student) on Sunday, December 11. We will deliver the gifts to Hubbard that week. Alternatively, you can make a donation and designate it for Hubbard School to help with this ministry.

  • Sunday, December 11 at 4:00pm: HeartSong and Friends Holiday Concert – Come join HeartSong and Friends for a musical Christmas extravaganza! This season joining us are our very own organist, Andrew Willis, our Associate Pastor Andy Burns, Pam Springer and Tom Trinter. This event will benefit the children at the orphanage in Mexico. Invite friends and family to share an afternoon listening to the “Wonders of the Season”!

  • December 16, 5:30-8:00pm: Spectrum and Children, Youth, & Family Ministries Christmas Cookie Decorating and Movie Night - Come join Spectrum and the Children, Youth and Family Ministries for a night to get in the Christmas spirit! We will be gathering at 5:30 pm to enjoy some pizza together and begin cookie decorating (not baking). We will be providing sugar cookies and cookie decorating items, however anyone can bring decorating items that they wish to use! At 7 pm, we will begin “The Grinch Stole Christmas” which will last about 40 minutes. Please stay and help us clean up after! ALL ARE WELCOME! Any questions? Contact Ada at ada@kingave.org

  • Sunday, December 18, 9am & 11am: A Service of Lessons & Carols - Join our musicians and instrumentalists for a service of music on December 18 at both the 9am & 11am worship. Come in person, bring a friend, or watch the live-stream.

  • December 19-22: NNEMAP Christmas Shoppe - NNEMAP Food Pantry is gratefully accepting donations of NEW, UNWRAPPED GIFTS for children. Donors like you helped NNEMAP Food Pantry provide gifts for nearly 1,200 kids in 2021. We will probably need more presents than last year. We are seeing 50% more families than last year. While unwrapped gifts are the priority, cash donations are also helpful. We can then go out and purchase items for those age groups or boy/girl where we are running low on presents. Volunteers are also needed. The Gift Shoppe is Open December 19 thru December 23, 2022, 9am-1pm at Linden Life Fellowship at 877 E. 11th Ave, Columbus, OH 43211. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Roy Clark at director@nnemappantry.org or call 614-297-0533

 

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