Posts from 2014
Advent Conspiracy
Can I tell you how excited I am? And I mean really excited. I’m talking about the kind of excited that kids get around their birthdays. I’m talking about the kind of excited that our dog gets when we get home. I’m talking about the kind of excited that we don’t always get around Christmas. Because we can get bogged down in lists and shopping and where the kids (if we have any living at home) will be when school’s…
Interfaith Shelter and PB UMC
With the arrival of our guests on December 28, PB UMC will once again participate in the Interfaith Shelter Network. The guests will be at the church from 5 pm in the evening to 7 am the next morning during their two-week stay. They will sleep at the church, shower at the church, and eat their breakfasts and dinners at the church. During the day they will be working, job hunting, or going to school. We will send them out…
Christmas for our Wednesday Night Guests
Our Christmas Dinner for our Wednesday Night guests will be held on December 17th this year. Chef Ben is planning on cooking a wonderful Ham dinner with all of the fixings! If you would like to share in this Christmas offering to our less fortunate neighbors, you have plenty of opportunities to contribute! Gifts: We are seeking contributions of new (mostly) men’s athletic crew or longer socks, adult-sized watch caps (also known as beanies, tooks, knit caps), neck scarfs, hoodie…
Hark! the Angel Sang Off-Key
The young songsters of PB UMC have been working on, and having fun getting their Christmas play ready for the afternoon of December 14th at 3 pm. The play is “Hark! the Angel Sang Off-Key.” Come join us as the Herald angel choir learns about getting to proclaim a very special birth, and how to really listen for God’s message. Florence will provide a dessert immediately following the performance. All are invited to attend. Our thanks to Maggie for accompanying…
“When Carol Met Cookie”
A Happily-Ever-After Holiday Story By Lynn ‘Twas many years past, though I recall it as only moments ago; the story of how two loves first discovered each other and the enchantment that meeting would bring to their village. This year you too can discover, or rediscover, the enchantment that happens when Carol and Cookie are together again. Find out for yourself how the story grows when we set out to- gether to share carols with local PB UMC family members;…
Christmas Eve at PB UMC
This Christmas, we enter again into the story of Christ’s birth. It is wonderful to celebrate Christmas each year so that we can be reminded that God is continually making things new; that our God is a life-giving God. Please plan on coming to worship on Christmas Eve and consider inviting a friend or a neighbor. This year, PB UMC will offer three worship services on Christmas Eve: 5 pm – story and song for children and families. 7 pm…
The Homecoming
Question: What do you have in common with a 30-voice choir, a blue grass band, 10 actors and a great compelling story? Answer: A date with destiny on December 7th. In the tradition of great Christmas musicals, the Voices of Praise and the Act of Faith Players will present “The Homecoming: A Smoky Mountain Christmas,” at 9:00 am, 10:30 am and 6:00 pm in the PB UMC Sanctuary. The compelling and humorous story of sibling love and conflict comes to…
Countdown to Christmas
This Holiday Season is going to be filled with lots of laughter, love, and worship! We invite you to be a part of it. Highlights of this Holy Season are: “The Homecoming,” a wonderful way to start off the Christmas season with song, story, and laughter. For more information, click here. “Hark! The Angel Sang Off-Key.” Not that our Children’s Choir would ever do so! Come celebrate our children singing to the Glory of God! For more information, click here.…
Beach Breeze – December 2014
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Connexion
Back when the film Gone in 60 Seconds came out (the one from 2000, not the one from 1974), Beth and I had the opportunity to go to the film’s “red-carpet” premiere. It was a good time, it was completely packed… And I met both Michael Clark Duncan and Ben Affleck. In the bathroom. When I worked at Six Flags Magic Mountain, part of my job as an “Operations Supervisor” was to walk VIPs around the park, especially for those…
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