News from Northwest Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) December 2019

Sunday, December 1 - First Sunday of Advent 8:00 am Chapel Worship - 10:30 am Worship Service

Sunday, December 8 - Second Sunday of Advent 8:00 am Chapel Worship - 10:30 am Worship Service

Hanging of the Greens Our children and youth lead us into the season of waiting for the birth of Christ.

Sunday, December 15 - Third Sunday of Advent 8:00 am Chapel Worship - 10:30 am Worship Service

3:00 pm Chalice Arts Program “ Journey to Bethlehem” Followed by an Italian Christmas Feast

Sunday, December 22 - Fourth Sunday of Advent 8:00 am Chapel Worship - 10:30 am Worship Service

Feast of Lessons and Carols Through scripture and music with Chalice Choir and brass,

we anticipate Christ’s coming.

Tuesday, December 24 - Christmas Eve Worship 6:45 pm The carols of Christmas

7:00 pm Candlelight Communion Service

As we begin the ancient observance of Advent, our secular culture pushes us forward in anticipating Christmas. Even in the church, it is hard for us to "hold back" the celebration of the Word become flesh- Emmanuel- God with us! Though the world rushes ahead with advertisements of baubles and bangles, the church tries to present a counter-cultural claim that tells us to "slow down" and experience the joy of anticipation.

A little story reminds us of our need to "be still and know God." It speaks of a seeker (aren't we all?) who did not quite recognize the visitations of God.

The seeker whispered, "O God, speak to me," and a meadowlark sang but the seeker did not listen. So the seeker shouted, "O God, speak to me!" And thunder rolled across the sky but the seeker, again, would not listen. Then, the seeker, looked around and said, "O God, let me see you," and behold, a star shone brightly, but the seeker did not take notice of it. Again, the seeker shouted, "My good God, show me a miracle," and a baby was born, but the seeker did not even think about it. Instead, the seeker cried out in despair, "Touch me, dear God, and let me know that you are still here!" Whereupon, God reached down and touched the seeker, but the seeker brushed off the butterfly and walked away, never knowing.

May these Advent and Christmas seasons provide you ample opportunities to experience God more fully. Please take time to be still… and to hear, see, feel, and know God. A blessed Christmas to you and yours,

Pastor Jeff Pastor Cindy

December 2019 Newsletter

“Spread the Warmth” Christmas Collection

Brrr… the winter winds are starting to blow! Let’s help everyone stay warm this winter by donating new mittens, hats, scarves, and gloves during our “Spread the Warmth” Christmas collection from November 24th – December 22nd. Adult and child sizes are both needed. Items can be placed by the fireplace in the Narthex and will be distributed to many organizations including:

Free Store at Camp Christian Riverview International Center Darby Woods Elementary School (where Rhonda Rose teaches) Dunloe Elementary (where Barbara Wheeler teaches) London City Schools (where Trey Solon teaches)

There are many needs – please give generously!

Thanks to all the NWCC children for creating lovely

ornaments to distribute during Hanging of the Greens. We cherish this special gift

that you make for your church family every year!

Please note the

following schedule changes:

December 29th – We will have one worship service at 10:30am – No other classes will

be held on this Sunday.

January 5th – A “Welcome to 2020” pancake breakfast

will be held during the Sunday school hour.

November 2019 Newsletter

Disciple Women will not

meet in December.

Mark your calendars now for our next

gathering on Monday, January 27th.

We will share in a soup and salad

potluck dinner and welcome Dianne

Williams from Catch Court as our

guest speaker for the night.

Disciple

December 14, 2019

Disciple

8:00 am in Fellowship Hall

All are invited to attend!

James 1:2-5,9 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and

sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds,

because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let

perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking

anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all

without finding fault, and it will be given to you. Believers in humble circumstances

ought to take pride in their high position.

When it comes to stewardship, we sometimes find ourselves motivated to give more

of our finances or service than we actually have. We are aware of great needs and

truly want to contribute, but find ourselves without means. In James, we have the

assurance that God will provide the wisdom we need to decide how much we can

give to our church and to those in need.

But he also mentions the value of being in humble circumstances. We get to trust

God to maximize our growth experience through the trial. We know that God will help

us make progress in our spiritual maturity.

As we approach the Advent season, we will become aware of those who are having

a difficult time. It is upon us to help where we can, and trust God for the rest.

Carla Nuenke, Stewardship Moderator

Please remember those on our special care list with a Christmas card

Eleanor Holroyd

Sunrise at Worthington

6525 N. High Street

Worthington, OH 43085

Marietta Schumann

Mayfair Village

3000 Bethel Road

Columbus, OH 43220

Dee Hedges

Columbus West Park

1700 Heinzerling Drive

Columbus, OH 43223

Jim Moore

Hilliard Assisted Living

4303 Trueman Boulevard

Hilliard, OH 43026

Maxine Cardosi

1035 Parkleigh Road

Columbus, OH 43220

Jack Wheeler

The Laurels of Hilliard

5471 Scioto Darby Rd. Room 214

Hilliard, OH 43026

Mary Lu and Phil Wilcox

2401 Bristol Rd.

Columbus, OH 43221

Mary Lou McConaghy

Parkside Village

730 North Spring Rd. Apt. 244

Westerville, OH 43082

Claire Rothenbuhler

727 S. Laclede Station Rd. #214

St. Louis, MO 63119

December

12/1 - 12/15 - Pasta Collection 12/7 - Church Decorating 12/8 - Hanging of the Greens Worship 12/14 - Men’s Breakfast / Choirs’ Rehearsals 12/15 - Journey to Bethlehem Chalice Arts concert followed by Catered Christmas Dinner 12/22 - Lessons and Carols Worship 12/24 - Christmas Eve Service 12/25 - Office Closed for Christmas

January

1/1 - Office Closed for New Years Day 1/5 - New Year Pancake Breakfast 1/11-12 - Youth Winter Retreat at Camp Christian 1/11 - Men’s Breakfast 1/20 - Office Closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day 1/25 - Youth Lock-in 1/26 - Youth Talent Auction 1/27 - Women’s Ministries

February

2/8 - Men’s Breakfast 2/16 - Chalice Arts - Justin Stahl Stage and Screen 2/17 - Elder’s Meeting 2/24 - Women’s Ministries 2/26 - Ash Wednesday

March

3/13 - 3/14 - Friends Forever Youth Musical 3/14 - Men’s Breakfast 3/16 - Elder’s Meeting 3/23 - Women’s Ministries

April

4/5 - Palm Sunday 4/5 - Chalice Arts Concert 4/6 - Elder’s Maundy Thursday Practice 4/9 - Maundy Thursday 4/10 - Good Friday Prayer Vigil 4/11 - Men’s Breakfast 4/12 - Easter 4/19 - Capriccio Youth Choir Chalice Arts Concert 4/27 - Women’s Ministries

May

5/3 - Moses and the Freedom Fanatics Kids of the Kingdom Musical 5/9 - Men’s Breakfast 5/18 - Elder’s Meeting 5/18 - Women’s Ministries 5/25 - Office Closed for Memorial Day 5/31 - Graduation / Youth Sunday

June

6/6 - 6/13 - Youth Mission Trip 6/15 - 6/19 - Adult Conference

Closed December 25 & January 1

Our Christmas offering

goes to support our

Region (Ohio) of the

Christian Church,

Disciples of Christ.

Our region is rebuilding

to provide support for

Disciples and our Ohio

churches. They have

streamlined to minimize

costs, while continuing

many regional ministry

efforts, including

successes for our

beloved Camp Christian.

Northwest's Christmas

Offering goal is $4000.

Giant Eagle - In addition to groceries, you can also purchase department store, movie theatre or restaurant gift cards. Pick out

your gift cards, scan your card when paying and NWCC will benefit from your purchase.

For NWCC to earn 5% on purchases you must first purchase Giant Eagle gift cards from Keith Rose or stop by the church office

during the week.

.Kroger - designate NWCC to benefit from your shopping by enrolling online using our organization number (TN874).

3 easy ways NWCC

earns 5% on your

purchases.

Dear NWCC,

During the time period of

8/1/19-10/31/19 Thirty-nine families

donated $231.60. Thank you for being such an

important organization in our community.

Attention Pasta Angels!

We will be collecting 300, 1 lb boxes of

pasta again this year for the Boulevard

Presbyterian Christmas packages. 2 lb boxes

are also welcome, as most packages get 2 lbs.

We will collect starting Nov. 10, until

Dec. 8. Volunteers can help with packing

morning on Dec. 14, and can help deliver

packages on Dec. 15 in the afternoon.

Ask Lori Beals for details, and sign up

at the volunteer table if

you can help.

Ways To Give

At NWCC Check or cash offering envelopes

are available in the pews. You can

place your gift in the offering plate

as it is passed during worship.

Mail Checks can be mailed directly

to the church at:

1340 Fishinger Rd.

Columbus, OH 43221

Mobile App Donate directly through “GivePlus

App” available through the App

Store and Google Play.

1. Download “Give + app”

2. Allow access to your location

3. Select Northwest Christian Church

Online You can give by visiting

www.northwestchristian.org

And clicking the “Donate” button

in the upper right hand corner.

You can also utilize the online

banking function through your

personal bank.

Questions: (614) 457-6290

Do your Christmas shopping

on Amazon! 5% of every

purchase goes to NWCC! Go through

www.northwestchristian.org

Click on the Amazon Smile option

and shop away!

We surpassed our goal of $500

for the Thanksgiving offering

by receiving $515!

Many Thanks!

Christmas Dinner Sunday, December, 15 2019

Following the 3:00 pm Chalice Arts program

Catered by

Tickets are required and must be purchased by December 9th:

Adults - $12 Children (under 12) - $6

Maximum Per Household - $35

Menu

Insalata di Cavolo Tuscano - Tuscan Kale Salad

Zuppa di Nozze - Italian Wedding Soup

Lasagna ai Funghi - Lasagna with Mushrooms

Polpette al’Sugo - Meatballs in Sauce

Insalata di Pasta - Italian Pasta Salad

Christmas Cookies

December 15, 2019 at 3:00 pm

The choirs of Northwest Christian Church will present this festive

program of music celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ.

Please join us as a part of your personal Advent journey.

Attention Friends of

Camp Christian!

There is now a Camp Christian

Committee website as well as Social Media

pages!! Please check out AND FOLLOW these

pages to keep up with the work of, and

communications from the Camp Christian

Committee.

*Website - https://mycampchristian.com/

*Facebook and Twitter - @mycampchristian

*Instagram – mycampchristian These pages will have constant movement about

the Who, What, When, Where, and Why about

Camp Christian from the work being done by the

volunteers who make up the Camp Christian

Committee. Here we go on this new path to

doing a new things in order to bring new life,

energy, and resources to Camp Christian!

12/17 Glenn and Melissa Allen

12/24 Steve and Cheryl Jennings

12/27 Lorenzo and Kylie Thomas

12/11 Lina Taylor

12/20 Neil Fife

12/20 Jeanie Lisak

12/20 Carole Strawn

12/21 Kelsey Velazquez

12/23 Joseph Trent

12/26 Ursula Jochem

12/29 Marie Stephens

12/31 PJ Homik

12/31 Barbara Proicou

12/1 Robert Argo

12/1 Mara Fife

12/5 Cindy Adcock

12/5 Mark Hamilton

12/5 Jack Suess

12/5 Lynda Wright

12/6 Keith Rose

12/8 Isanina Huang

12/10 Herb Badgeley

12/10 Laura Rings

We apologize if we’ve missed your birthday or

anniversary. Please contact the office so we can update our church

records Thank you!!

December Needs

Toilet Tissue, Canned Meats (tuna, fish; chicken), bars of soap, razors, toothbrushes, toothpaste, shaving cream.

Northwest Christian Church — 1340 Fishinger Road, Columbus, OH 43221 Worship Hours: 8:00am and 10:30am / Summer Worship Hours (Memorial Weekend-September) 10:30am

Sunday School—Adult and Youth 9:15am (9:00am Summer) / Children’s Bible Zone (during Worship) Office Hours: 9:00am-2:30pm Monday-Friday / Phone: 614-457-6290

Website: www.northwestchristian.org

Rev. Cindy

May this Advent and Christmas season bring your family the

gifts of hope, peace, joy and love!

Rev. Jeff Al Adcock

Rev. Faith Debbie Stephan

Rebecca Bean Madison Buty

Congratulations to NWCC for being selected as the 2019 Best of Upper

Arlington Awards in the category of Places of Worship.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 First Sunday of Advent

8am Chapel Worship

8:30am Youth Choir Rehearsal

9:15am FF, KOK,Sunday School

10:30am Worship

4pm Youth Movie

2

7:30pm

Chamber Singers

Rehearsal

3

10am Staff Meeting

4

10am Lectionary

Bible Study

5

6:45pm Chalice

Ringers

7:30pm Chalice

Choir

6 7 9am

8

Second Sunday of Advent

8am Chapel Worship

8:30am Youth Choir Rehearsal

9:15am FF, KOK,Sunday School

10:30am Worship

12pm Cousins Lunch @ Houlihans Chi Rho shop for Cleveland Christian Home

9 Deadline for

purchasing

Christmas dinner

tickets

7:30pm

Chamber Singers

Rehearsal

10

10am Staff Meeting

11

10am Lectionary

Bible Study

12

6:45pm Chalice

Ringers

7:30pm Chalice

Choir

13

6:30pm Bears Blankets and Buckeyes Camp Christian

14

8am Men’s Breakfast

9:15am Chalice

Ringers

10am Chalice Choir

15 Third Sunday of Advent

8am Chapel Worship

8:30am Youth Choir Rehearsal

9:15am FF, KOK,Sunday School

10:30am Worship

3pm Chalice Concert

4:30pm Christmas Dinner

16

5pm Personnel

Committee Meeting

17

10am Staff Meeting

4pm-8pm

Camp Christian

Camp Christmas!

18

10am Lectionary

Bible Study

12pm District 9 Clergy Meeting

19

7:30pm Chalice

Choir

20 21

22

Fourth Sunday of Advent

8am Chapel Worship

9:15am FF, Sunday School

10:30am Worship

12pm Icthus Cookie Baking

23 24

25 office closed

26

27 28

29

10:30am Worship

30 31

NWCC Calendar of Events

6:45pm Christmas Carols

7pm Candlelight Service