www.gilfordcommunitychurch.org DECEMBER 2015 Issue 12 VILLAGE NEWSLETTER Village Newsletter * Gilford Community Church * Issue 12 December 2015 * Page 1 Friday, December 4 (5-7 pm) Saturday, December 5 (9-1) SANTA LAND: At the Youth Center: Friday (5-7:30) Saturday (10-12) Set up for Christmas Fair is November 29th right after Coffee Hour. Give an hour if you can! If you ordered a wreath or swag from the Vietens, they may be picked up at the church garage during Fair hours. Poinsettias will be in the fellowship Hall. The first week in December—drop by the church anytime to help display & price the merchandise. Drop off baked goods by Friday afternoon, please. A Gift Card Silent Auction is planned for the fair. Please drop off gift cards for any amount to any restaurant, shop, hair salon, store, etc. Volunteers are needed Friday night for the White Elephant & other areas—and on Saturday for the White Elephant, fair breakdown and merchandise loading at 1 pm. Want to volunteer? Call Holly Vieten at 387-3105 or email [email protected]of 2016, this is also the time to catch up with the pledge you made to the church for 2015. If you need to know how much you have paid on that pledge and how much, if any, you owe, call the office at 524-6057 and we will have Nan Fay contact you. Is Your 2015 Pledge Up to Date? As we prepare ourselves to review and renew our church pledges for the coming year The Carter Mountain Brass Band Presents BRASS GOES POPS Christmas Concert First United Methodist Church December 5, 2015 7 p.m. Admission $8.00
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www.gilfordcommunitychurch.org DECEMBER 2015 Issue 12
VILLAGE
NEWSLETTER
Village Newsletter * Gilford Community Church * Issue 12 December 2015 * Page 1
Friday, December 4 (5-7 pm)
Saturday, December 5 (9-1)
SANTA LAND: At the Youth Center:
Friday (5-7:30)
Saturday (10-12)
Set up for Christmas Fair is November 29th right
after Coffee Hour. Give an hour if you can!
If you ordered a wreath or swag from the Vietens,
they may be picked up at the church garage
during Fair hours. Poinsettias will be in the
fellowship Hall.
The first week in December—drop by the church
anytime to help display & price the merchandise.
Drop off baked goods by Friday afternoon, please.
A Gift Card Silent Auction is planned for the fair.
Village Newsletter * Gilford Community Church * Issue 12 * December 2015 * Page 2
I don’t remember if I ever actually sat down to make out a Christmas Wish List, but I
do know that for many years, I at least had a long list in my mind. Over the years, my lists included: Lincoln Logs, a high-handle bar bike, Hot Wheels, a catcher’s mitt,
fishing equipment, a ten-speed bicycle, tickets to a Detroit Piston’s game, and a Farrah Fawcett poster (I was given a Linda Ronstadt poster instead). What about you? What was on your list all those years ago?
How about this year – what do you want? It’s funny, but I actually can’t think of one thing I want (not to mention need!) – at least nothing that I would find under the
Christmas Tree. But if I had to make a list, this year’s list would include: I want to continue to grow old with my Cindie. I want my children to be happy, but I also want
life to challenge them in ways that help them to grow. I want my grandchildren to begin to discover how life has gifted them. I want them to grow up to be other-centered and to recognize the sacredness of life. I want my father to continue to
age gracefully and to be surrounded by people who love and appreciate him. I want Cindie’s brother, Jimmy, to fully recover from his stroke. I want to be more willing to
step outside my comfort zone. I better stop, before I get carried away. My favorite songwriter – guess who – has written a song that really captures all of this
so well and puts things in perfect perspective. The song begins with a long list of potential Christmas gifts one might find under the tree:
There could be a blue kazoo, a pair of ruby shoes, a silky new, fetching red kimono, a Pakistani rug, an Elvis Presley mug, or “The Very Best of Perry Como.” There could be a handsome blonde, a Harry Potter wand or little strips to help you quit snoring, an anti-aging cream, a healthy self-esteem waiting there for you on Christmas morning. Then again, in light of life’s uncertainties, you may not find a single one of these. But then the song makes a wonderful turn:
But guaranteed, underneath that tree will be a brand new day begun with the ones who love you, the turning earth and a great big shining sun, a big
old shining sun.
A new day, loved ones, a big shining sun. Not bad. After a few more wish list items,
the song concludes with these wondrous grateful words:
You still might be surprised, and even realize that you got everything you wanted when you see, underneath that tree, another brand new day begun; the ones who love you, the turning earth; and a great big shining sun; a big old shining sun; that giant fireball, the biggest ornament of all hung in the sky on Christmas Morning.