Weekly Update, November 24th, 2023
Hi church,
Hope you enjoyed an incredible Thanksgiving! God is very good to us. This Sunday I will speak about a hero of the faith. I plan to do this once a year where I talk about the life of a spiritual giant and weave in biblical principles for our lives. I believe we need to learn from the powerful examples of others and tap into some of the vast riches of church history. We need to know our roots. This week I will talk about Augustine. His impact was tremendous and his life reads like a Hollywood story.
Christmas Decorating
Tracie Link will be overseeing the Christmas decorations this year and will be decorating on Sunday after the service. Many hands make light work! If you are interested in helping, please email the office (office@weemscreek.com). We will be providing lunch and need to know how many to plan for.
Operation Christmas Child Success!
Weems Creek filled 325 shoeboxes, collected an additional 1233 shoeboxes, and had 21 people participate in collection week! Thank you to everyone who volunteered and filled boxes.
Christmas Caroling
What better way to celebrate the birth of our Savior than singing songs of joy all throughout Annapolis? Please join us on Dec. 3 at 6pm for a night of church fellowship and fun as we carol throughout Annapolis, spreading the joy of Jesus’ birth and inviting people to our Christmas Eve Service! Once we are done caroling, we will all gather back together at the church for a time of fellowship with cookies and cocoa! Please sign up at the Connect Center.
Advent Devotions
As the Advent season approaches, we would like to offer a free family Advent devotion book called “The Way to the Manger” by Abbey & Jeff Land to each of our families with children in preschool through 5th grade. Please stop by the Child Check-in Desk to pick up your family’s copy! We hope this blesses your family during this busy Advent season and also helps establish the habit of family devotion time!
For everyone else, we are offering a free Advent devotional called “The Joy of Christmas” by John Piper. Those will be available at the Connect Center.
Women’s Ministry Cookies & Cocoa
Make plans to join the women of Weems Creek for Cookies and Cocoa, a holiday fellowship on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2-4 p.m. Bring a dozen of your favorite Christmas cookies to share and enjoy the favorites from your sisters! Please sign up at this link: Cookies & Cocoa, in the Church Center App or at the Connect Center. Also, submit a copy of your favorite Christmas cookie recipe PRIOR to the event. You can drop it off at the Connect Center or send an email with your recipe to Jenny Francis, jcheston.francis@gmail.com. Some of the ladies will be creating a Cookie Cookbook to be given out at the event.
Christmas Program
On Dec. 17th at 6pm we will have a Coffee House style Christmas program in the multipurpose room with a fellowship to follow. Please bring a finger food snack to share.
Children’s Choir
Our children will sing during the Christmas Coffee House this year! We will practice on Sundays, after service from 12:15-12:30pm in the multipurpose room and then perform our song on Sunday evening December 17th. If your child loves to sing and is interested in participating, please join us even if you missed the first rehearsal. Email Melissa Gardner at melissa@weemscreek.com if you have any questions!
SonShiners Christmas Party
Those 55 and older are invited to join us for sing-along Christmas carols, white elephant gift exchange, and a pot-luck luncheon on Thursday, Dec. 14 at noon. The church will provide a ham. Please bring a gag type gift for the white elephant gift exchange. This is always a highlight of the event! Sign up at the Connect Center.
Candlelight Service – Dec. 24, 6pm
See you Sunday!
Pastor Bryan