A Whirlwind Month

Where did fall go? And how is it that Christmas is near? I'm not so sure I'm ready for Winter.
With the 70 degree weather it doesn't feel like winter. The weather guessers say we are to have colder weather on Sunday and possible ice on Monday, but it certainly feels like Indian Summer to me!
The building has brick on the outside and sheet rock on the inside. Almost all sheet rock is done in Fellowship Hall, the kitchen cabinets are ready for stain, heating and AC units are being installed both inside and out. On Thursday four different sets of construction teams were busy inside.

This month we've done so many things, I'm not sure where to start. The Lord's Acre was a tremendous success and everyone had a great time (although some claim to STILL be tired of turkey). Then we had our Charge Conference. (Which was delayed two days due to snow - brrr.) Was I ever proud of the church. Not only have we paid out 100% of Apportionments, every committee chair had their reports in (early) and they were well done. What a relief that was for the pastor. After Charge Conference we rolled into Advent and have had a wonderful first Sunday of Advent, with amazing music and much joy shared in the congregation.





On December 2nd we took a group of over 20 persons to the Aldersgate center in Brownwood and enjoyed their live nativity and craft store.










The Glory Be's had a very fun time at Connie K's house celebrating Christmas with a cookie exchange, which also supplied special Christmas cookies for the food pantry and our homebound persons and those in the Rising Star nursing home.










Tonight several of us went to the Kiwanis stew fund raiser and watched Mr. Claus arrive (on the firetruck no less) and the children delight in visiting with him.










All this, and only the 2nd week in December I can't wait for the rest of the month. The Lord could be adding to our membership soon and I'm very excited about the kingdom work we will do.