Mark your calendar:
Sunday, December 7th @ 7 p.m
“JINGLE JAM”
MCCC’s Family Christmas Experience, Jingle Jam. Jingle Jam is a multi visual Christmas celebration that the whole family will enjoy. Admission is free. Donations of canned food will be accepted for donation to Inter Parish Ministry.
Thank You’s
Visit Didi’s blog spot on our website, http://www.mtcarmelchurch.org/ this week to read some amazing thank you notes.
Coming soon…
Mt. Carmel Christmas Card exchange post office. Save postage. See details soon.
Mt. Carmel Open House
The Mt. Carmel Open House is open to anyone that has interest in learning more about the church and membership. The next class, led by Pastor Didi Bacon will take place on Wednesday, December 3rd. To register, please call the office at 528.0230, email Susan at szwerin@mtcarmelchurch.org or sign up on the sheet located in the coffee room.
Christmas Shop & Craft Show
The annual fund-raising event at the Mount Healthy Christian Home will be on Saturday, December 13th, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
The schedule of family fun includes entertainment, food and baked goods, breakfast with Santa, carriage rides and local crafters. For information, call 931.5000.
Christmas Dinner Theater 2008
December 3 – 6, 2008
20th Anniversary
Doors open at 6 p.m., Performance begins at 6.30 p.m.
Presented and organized by the Music & Worship Department and the Theater Organization on the Campus of Cincinnati Christian University. Tickets are $28 and your evening includes “A Work in Progress” plus a complete Christmas dinner buffet. Ticket sales online at www.CCUniversity.edu/cdt.
Births
None this week.
Hospital
No new admissions this week.
Deaths
None this week.
Children / Students
Preschool Helpers needed
Would you consider partnering with us to serve in our Children’s Ministry? How can we continue to reach kids for Christ without the ongoing help of volunteers? We need 10 – 12 people who are willing to teach our young ones about who God is and how much he wants to be their friend. We need help during all service times. If you would like to serve in this ministry and want more details, please call Shannon Hogan, Children’s Minister @ 528.0230 or send an email to shogan@mtcarmelchurch.org.
Services for:
children, Jr. and Sr. High students
Nursery/Preschool [birth-5s]
Sunday 8.45am / 10.00am / 11.15am
Kidzone [K-4th grade]
Sunday 8.45am / 10.00am / 11.15am
Route 56 [5th & 6th grade]
Sunday 10.00am / 11.15am
Shannon Hogan
Children’s Minister
shogan@mtcarmelchurch.org
Refuel Student Ministry
Jr. High [7th & 8th grade]
Sunday 10.00am / 11.15am / Basement
The Gathering [Sr. High]
Sunday 11.15am / Basement
November 30th – Family Sunday
No teen programming.
Tim Dunn, Youth Minister
tdunn@mtcarmelchurch.org
Serving Opportunities
Blanket distribution on Christmas! On Christmas morning, people from Mt. Carmel Christian Church will be going downtown to distribute blankets and sleeping bags (new and used) and goodie bags to the homeless. We will be meeting at 7 a.m. at the church and carpool. This will be a very humbling experience and a wonderful way to show how to Love God with Passion, Love each other with Joy, and Take Love to our Neighbors. We encourage everyone young and old to participate. Please mark your calendars and don’t miss out on this opportunity to serve. If you are interested please sign up in the coffee area. Blankets may be placed in the box next to the Christmas tree. Also, these items are needed for the goodie bags (which may be placed in the same box): toothbrushes, small tube of toothpaste, hand warmers, combs, socks, hand wipes, hand sanitizer, Kleenex, boxes of raisins, fruit and baked goods. If you have any questions contact Connie Brasington at 513.312.9733 or send an email to conniebrasington@yahoo.com.
The Giving Tree is up!
Please visit the giving tree in the foyer to select your names for gift giving opportunities this season. All gifts should be placed under the tree no later than December 7th. This is an excellent opportunity to put a smile on the face of a child at Christmas time and help families that need assistance. If you have any questions please call the office, 528.0230.
Video Help needed
Please contact Justin Manny at 528.0230 or email jmanny@mtcarmelchurch.org.
Pictures needed
Good pictures for the foyer needed. Please contact Justin Manny at 528.0230 for more information.
Pop Tabs Collection
We are still collecting pop tabs for the Cincinnati Ronald McDonald House and Children’s Hospital. You can place the tabs in the Ronald McDonald House box located in the coffee room.
Church Library
We are in the process of establishing a library at the church. Our goal is to fill the library with current, gently used Christian Fiction and Christian Living books. If you have any of these type books that you would like to donate please bring them in and place them in the bin located in the prayer room. For call Tonya Spurlock, 753.1144 for more information about contributing or if you are interested in helping to set it up.
Inter Parish Ministries
Help by donating canned food for those in need.
We refer people weekly to the Inter Parish Ministries so that their family will have food. Inter Parish Ministries is an interdenominational social service agency that provides people in need with food. They are running extremely low on canned food items and we would like to help them replenish their shelves with tuna, peanut butter and canned beans. If you can spare a few cans of any of these items it would be used for a great cause. So many families are in need right now. We have placed baskets in the foyer by the front door and items can be places in the baskets. If you would prefer to donate money, a container for monetary donations is on the table. Checks are to made to MCCC and put in the money container. All money will be used to buy canned items. If you have any questions please call the church office or contact Gail at grizzo@mtcarmelchurch.org.
Groups / Community
Extra Furniture?
Do you have furniture that you don’t know what to do with? “New Life Furniture” will accept furniture donations and distribute it to people in need for no charge. To contact them call 600.3286 or go online to http://www.nlfurniture.org/
Casting Prayers
Are you interested in knitting, crocheting, quilting or sewing? Beginners and experienced ladies welcome. This group meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursday each month at the home of Cheryl Denton. If you are interested in attending or for more information please contact Kim Thompson, 528.6201 or Cheryl Denton, 232.3511.
You may wonder “how do I connect to this church?” A great way to connect and build relationships is to be a part of a small group. There are groups for adults of all ages and stages of life and spiritual maturity. Most people who have been a part of a small group say the greatest benefit is the close relationships and friendships that develop. For a list of groups, meeting times and locations contact Arlan Howard at 528.0230.
If you have a prayer request please call the office, 528.0230 or email szwerin@mtcarmelchurch.org. You may also list your prayer requests on the communication card located in the back of the chairs in the sanctuary.
How Are We Doing?
Love God with Passion
Attendance 11.16.08
Adults – 545
Youth & Children – 227
Total - 772
Giving
Budget - $16,029
11.16.08 - $19,342
Love each other with Joy
Small groups sharing life - 15
Take love to our neighbors
Baptism in 08 – 42
New Members in 08 – 32
