You are all very welcome to Church today. We would love any visitors to sign our visitors book

at the information desk in the porch. If you would like to become more than a visitor please

complete a welcome card and leave it at the information desk.

Sunday 18th Morning 11.00am

Nativity Service

Sunday 4th

11.00am Ian Cahoon 7.00pm Rev Dr John Dunlop

Minister

Rev Richard Graham

JOYMOUNT LIFE DECEMBER EDITION 2016

Sunday 11th Morning Christmas Tree Service with Choir Cantata

When we donate a present to help Social Services bring Christmas

cheer to children in our community. Please bring your present

along to the morning service.

Please do not wrap your present.

Sunday 11th 3.00pm Oakfield Primary School Carol Service.

Everyone welcome

Sunday 11th Evening Service 7.00pm

Sing Carols with the CWA Silver Band

Merry Christmas and a Happy and Peaceful New YearMerry Christmas and a Happy and Peaceful New Year

Sunday 18th 7.00pm

In North Street

Thursday 22nd Car Boot Sale Carol Service 10.30am

Sunday 1st January 2017 11.00am Family Service. Stephen McGall.

There will be no evening service tonight.

Sunday 8th January 2017 The sacrament of the Lord’s supper will be observed at

both services.

Mondays

10am Tots & Co Lower Hall

6.00pm Joy Boys’ Upper Hall

8.10pm Badminton Upper Hall

Tuesdays

10am Coffee at the bus stop

Girls’ Brigade

6.30—7.45pm Tiny Tots & Explorers

7.00—9.00pm Juniors & Seniors

7.30— 9.50pm Brigaders

Wednesdays

10am—noon Joymount Art Club

9.30– 10.30pm Football Leisure Centre

Boys’ Brigade

6.30—7.30pm Anchor Boys

7.00—8.15pm Junior Section

7.30— 9.45pm Company

Thursdays

9am— noon Car Boot Sale Car park & Lower Hall

8.00pm Church Choir Upper Hall

Fridays

7.30 - 9.30pm ‘PAUSE’ (9—16 year old)

Joymount Weekly Activities Joymount Monthly Activities

Mondays

7.30pm Kirk Session 2nd Monday of each month.

7.30pm Church Committee 3rd Monday. (Alternate months)

Wednesdays

2.30 –4pm Friendship Club 2nd & 4th Wednesdays of each month.

Lower Hall

Thursdays

7.30—10.00pm Joymount PW : meet 1st Thursday of each

month. Lower Hall.

7.30—8.45pm Joymount Prospects: meet 3rd Thursday of each

month. Lower Hall.

7.30—9.00pm Joymount History Group: meet 4th Thursday of each

month. Crèche Room

Other Activities in Joymount

Monday 12.00noon — 4.30pm U3A Monthly Meeting Lower Hall

Monday 7.30pm—9.30pm Carrick Contact Centre

Management Committee Rob Row

Monday 11am – 12noon U3A Line Dancing Upper Hall

Tuesday 10.00 —11.00am U3A Tai Chi Lower Hall

Tuesday 2.00 – 4.00 pm U3A Art Club Upper Hall

Wednesday 2.00 - 4.00pm U3A Crèche Room

Friday 2.00pm — 3pm U3A Tai Chi Lower Hall

Sunday December 11th - Christmas Cantata & gifts received.

The Choir will be leading us in a special Christmas Cantata ‘ Rejoice in His Coming’ during the morning service on Sunday 11th December. A Cantata is a story which is told through a series of songs, so please join with us as we continue in Advent in this special way. This is also the service where we will be accepting the gifts for social services. Your generosity in giving is always deeply appreciated by those in need.

Free daily devotional booklet for Advent

We have put together a little booklet of daily readings for Advent, which is available to collect today. The readings begin on December 1st and take you through to Christmas Eve. These have been designed to either read on your own as part of your daily devotions, or to do as a family (with children or grandchildren). If this isn't something you've done before then the season of Advent is perfect opportunity to start. Advent is a time of ‘expectant waiting’ - so what better way to use it than by hearing God’s story of God’s arrival into God’s world. Pick up yours from the Information Desk in the Porch.

Christmas outreach in the De Courcy Centre. Following on from something similar at Easter, we are planning a Christmas Outreach in the De Courcy centre on two Saturdays in December. We plan to take a group of people from Joymount to do some Carol Singing, give out warm mince pieces, and copies of the ‘Christmas in three words’ booklet by Vaughan Roberts. If you would like to be part of this, please sign up on the sheet on the Information Desk over the next coupe of Sundays. There will be a chance to sign up either as a carol singer, someone to to give away the booklets and mince pies, or as one of the group to be at the church to help warm the mince pies. We are planning to do this on Saturday 10th December, from 1pm to 2pm (which will be after the annual family cinema trip). On Saturday 17th December we will be doing the same again from 11am to 12noon. Feel free to sign up for one of the Saturdays, but if you can do both that would be great. Also, in order to be able to do this we will need around 200 mince pies, so if you can buy a spare box in your shopping over the next couple of weeks thats would be a great help. Ideally, we need to receive these on or before Sunday 3rd December.

Men’s Breakfast. There will be no Men’s Breakfast in January, as we are joining with the rest of the Church Family for the Prayer Breakfast on Saturday 7th January. We will resume as normal on Sunday 4th February, with more information in the next edition of Joymount Life.

Christmas Nativity Practices: On Sunday 4th and 11th of December, Sunday School and Youth Cafe Church will be getting

together in the church to run through things for the Nativity family service, while tea and coffee is served in the halls. This is

a chance for everyone to practise reading and singing etc. with the sound equipment.

Joymount P.W. Thursday 1st December. Christmas Theme. Spud Bear speaker.

Pause: Friday 9th December will be our last night of the year with a Christmas theme, so come along in your Christmas

jumper for a night of festive banter! We will then be back again on 6th January.

Family movie screening: Our family movie screening is becoming quite a tradition in Joymount at Christmas, and so this

year is no different! On Saturday 10th December we are planning our own private screening of the new Disney

film “Moana” this movie will be confirmed closer to the time). Whether you are 6 or 60, you are very welcome to come

along as a member of our Joymount family. We plan to meet at 10am in Carrick Omniplex where you can buy some goodies

before we enjoy the movie together.

Please return a form which you can pick up at the church info desk, and money (as well as a consent form for anyone who is

attending without a parent or guardian) by Sunday 4th December.

Care & Share: The Shopping Trolley will be in the porch during all of December so you can bring along anything you wish

to give on any Sunday.

Coffee at the Bus Stop. Each Tuesday morning 10am to 12noon for the Joymount ladies and their friends to get

together for a cup of tea/coffee and some chat.

Men’s Breakfast - Saturday 3rd December. The final Men’s Breakfast of 2016 takes place on Saturday 3rd December

at 8am in Ownies. Our speaker for this will be Cameron Jones, who is the Curate in St Nicholas. Cameron is from Australia

and moved to the England a few years ago, and eventually Northern Ireland to study for Church of Ireland ministry. He will

be along to tell us about what led him to make that move and bit more about himself and his faith. If you would like to

book your place, please confirm with Ian Cahoon, Jim Agnew, Peter Denny, Jim Humphreys or Gary Montgomery by Mon-

day 28th November. The cost is £7, which is payable on the morning. If you have never been before we’d love to see

you there. It’s a relaxed morning, finished by 9.30am, with good food, good company and a good speaker on offer each

month.t Nicholas Church of Ireland.

Friendship Club. Saturday 3rd December Christmas Party. Wednesday 14th December Christmas Carols at 2.30pm.

Girls ‘ Brigade. Christmas Party Tuesday 13th December Holidays Tuesday 20th & 27th December.

Youth Cafe Church: We will finish with our Christmas Nativity service on Sunday 18th December as we join together with our church family to celebrate Jesus, the true meaning of Christmas. We will then be back on Sunday 8th January.

Boys’ Brigade. Christmas Party Wednesday 14th December Holidays Wednesday 21st & 28th December.

Joymount Prospects. Thursday 15th at 7.30pm. Christmas Party. Leaders & Helpers please meet at 7.10pm

Car Boot Sale. Holiday on Thursday 29th December.

Kirk Session. Monday 9th January 2017 at 7.30pm. Business committee please meet at 7.00pm

New Year’s Day: On Sunday 1st January our family service theme will be “New year, new you?” We all tend to make resolutions that never last, but there is a way for us to really change for the better in 2017. Come along as we worship God together at the start of a new year.

A new Year’s Resolution: Come to Prayer Start with a Prayer Breakfast, Saturday 7 January, 8.20am in the lower hall. Have breakfast together then pray for our Church, our neighbours and our world at the start of the New Year.

Church Rota December 2016 Door Rota:

Morning: Karen Harpur Anne Galashan Peter Denney Graham Wills

Evening: J Dunlop

Crèche Rota:

04th Joanne Graham & Andrea Matheson

11th Joanne Graham & Andrea Matheson

18th Nativity

25th Christmas Day North Street Service

Counting Teams Rota

06th Sam & Mary Jackson Stuart Nelson

13th Edwin Boal Billy McCartney

20th Hugh McAvoy Rosemary McFarland Jennifer Smyth

26th Ken Hogg Iris McKinstry

Announcements: If you would like an announcement entered in Joymount Life or on the screen please leave your announce-

ment at the information desk or contact the Church Office, detailed as above.

Todays service is available on DVD & CD. Please contact the information desk to obtain a free coy or

arrange for one to be given to someone unable to attend Church.

Joymount Members in Hospital. If a member of your family or you know of a member of the congregation

who is in hospital please inform the Minister or the Church Office.

Contacts

Minister: Rev. Richard Graham 02893363570 minister@joymount.org

Assistant Minster Ian Cahoon 07749972408 Ian@joymount.org

Youth & Children’s Stephen McGall 07724739762 stephenmcgalllive@hotmail.co.uk

Worker

Church Office: Jim Bodles 02893350926 bodles7dw@btinternet.com

www.joymount.org

‘Joymount Presbyterian Church’

December Tea/Coffee Rota.

Edwin Boal Glenn Alderdice Stephen Drake Dorinda Potter Sunday 18th :- Kirk Session