Chicken          Lunch
Our December Lunch will be held on Wednesday the 11th. Remember serving begins at noon sharp, so don’t be late. Just $10 for our delicious buffet lunch including baked chicken, potatoes, vegetables, salads, desserts and beverages.
                 See You then.

We have too much fun to cancel Family Fun Night just because the Fellowship Hall is set up for the Craft Fair! So, we’ll meet in the Joseph Room for our Turkey Tacos. As an added bonus, we’ll plan to make Advent wreaths …. Or just play games! Come join in the fun November 24th, 5pm.

UpperRoom.org
A global ministry dedicated to supporting the spiritual formation of Christians seeking to know and experience God more fully.

The Living Prayer Center
www.prayer-center.upperroom.org
Upper Room’s live, 24/7 prayer ministry.

UMCOR.org
The United Methodist Committee on Relief, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to alleviating human suffering around the globe. UMCOR’s work reaches people in more than 80 countries, including the United States.

GBOD.org
An agency of The United Methodist Church, GBOD (The General Board of Discipleship) helps local church, district, and conference leaders fulfill the shared dream of making world changing disciples.

Gratefulness.org
A website dedicated to grateful living.

Crosswalk.com
Christian news in the 21st century.
“The intersection of faith and life.”

Devozine.upperroom.org
We encourage youth to check out The Upper Room’s Devo Zine, where you can find articles about spiritually active teens all around the world, connect with their social media outlets, post and respond to a live prayer wall, and even contribute articles and devotionals of your own.

General Board of Church and Society
www.umc-gbcs.org

General Board of Global Ministries www.umcmission.org

Methodist Federation for Social Action www.mfsaweb.org

cnumc.org
California-Nevada Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church

LIFE AFTER THURSDAY

It’s nearly December and that means it’s time for our crazy gift exchange and delicious Christmas potluck.  We will be meeting at Heather’s home on Friday, December 6th at 6:00pm. If you need help to find Heather’s call the church office at 265-2797 for information. Please bring your special holiday potluck item for the gathering time or the meal, table service and cold beverage of choice.  Coffee and tea will be provided.  And for your crazy gift, it can be a “White Elephant” item or a re-gift or candy or whatever, but please don’t spend too much money, this is for fun and on the cheap!!!  And if you know you will be coming a day or so before the 6th, please give Heather a call at 264-7347 so she knows about how many people to expect.  See you on Friday, December 6th at 6pm for a fun Christmas party.  

We are a group of NCUMC church family who walk at the fairgrounds on Tuesdays and Fridays. This gives us a chance to get a little exercise while, at the same time, catching up with one another. The group began walking over 10 years ago (not sure of the exact date). The number of walkers have gone up and down over the years and are now between 5 and 7. We walk for approximately 30 minutes through the beautiful fairgrounds starting at gate 1. We are always encouraging more folks to join us so, just let us know if you are interested and we will look for you before we start our walk, which is presently at 8:30 a.m.

There is much to do to accomplish our Christmas Outreach Ministry to our community.  We need you to sign up to brings gifts for children, purchase needed groceries to fill bags that each family receives,  bake cookies or make some fudge, be here to help when you can with sorting and  packing on Monday, December 23rd and  distribution on Tuesday, December 24th.   This year we have an extremely tight time schedule!  Maybe you have some good used clothing that has been outgrown, or toys that your children or grandchildren no longer use. We have these items ready for people to choose what they can use.  Do stop and check out all the information and schedules posted near the nursery and help where you can.

There will be two Christmas Concerts this season, both at Peace Lutheran Church. One afternoon concert on Saturday, Dec 14th, at 2:00 P.M. The other will be an evening concert on Tuesday, Dec 17th, at 7:00 P.M. Tickets are available from Ken Davenport at church for $15. Of that cost $5.00 will be donated back to NCUMC from GVMVC.