Can you believe it is already December! Christmas will be here before we know it! Make sure you keep Christ at the center of your Christmas celebrations by taking advantage of the many opportunities for worship and gathering at Sugarloaf this month. Check out our new website for all the details and schedules.
It’s going to be a great Christmas season!
Stuart Greene, Senior Pastor
Click here to download this weeks Sunday Newsletter.
Adult Education Information:
Starting Point kicks off for the new year in January! Starting Point is an awesome, fun, informative class for anyone (not just newcomers!) who want to know more about Sugarloaf UMC. It is the first step to membership.
This 4-week class meets each Sunday morning in January at 9:30 am. (Jan 9, 16, 23 &30th) in the downstairs classroom called “Town Hall”. During the 4-weeks you will get an opportunity to meet the SUMC pastors, meet other families, meet small group (Bible Studies, Grow Group and Sunday morning classes) facilitators and hear about current opportunities to “grow” in your faith, and hear about serving opportunities around the campus and around the world. A light breakfast buffet is served and everyone is welcome. Please click here to register
Beyond the Walls Ministry Information:
Season of Compassion Update:
We are almost there! Please take one of the 30 remaining ornaments off the trees by the end of the week. We need all items purchased and returned no later than Sunday, December 12. Didn’t get an ornament? You can still help by purchasing a $25 grocery or Wal-Mart gift card that we will give the families to allow them to buy perishables and holiday gifts for their own children and family. You can purchase these on your own or at our table in the lobby this Sunday. Please contact lucyfaxon@bellsouth.net or betsysachais@hotmail.com for any questions.
Season of Compassion Serving Opportunity:
Tuesday, December 7 – Packing Operation Christmas Child Shoe-boxes
Millions of lives are touched each year by the collection of shoe box gifts through Operation Christmas Child. These gifts are sent around the world and need careful inspection in preparation for overseas shipment.
Tuesday, December 7 from 5 – 9pm we will take a volunteer group to the local processing center in Lawrenceville to assist with packing. Ages 13 and up. Deadline is Wednesday, December 1 to sign up. Contact: Tami McLaughlin at tami@sugarloaf.org
Flu Shot update:
Dr. Perry gave over 750 shots in exchange for canned food that was donated to the North Gwinnett Coop. Flu shots are still available for $20 per shot during regular office hours at Gwinnett Urgent Care. 770-831-5525.
Thanks Dr. Perry!
The need is constant. The gratification is instant. Give blood!
American Cross Blood Drive - January 8,2011
9am - 2pm Sugarloaf Arts Center
To donate:
http://www.redcrossblood.org/make-donation-sponsor?field_sponsor_code_value=sugarloaf
To volunteer: Contact Gary Nelson at gary.nelson@yahoo.com
Help Sugarloaf achieve our goal of 40 pints!
Ladies...Mark your calendars for these awesome events:
January 9th - Women's Ministry Planning Meeting
March 22nd, 2011- Ladies Night Out!
Women's Ministry
2nd Annual
Cookie and Ornament Exchange
It is not to late to register!!
Ladies, mark your calendar...
Our Annual Cookie/Ornament Exchange is
Tuesday, December 7th
From 7:00-9:00pm
Located in the Arts Center.
Last year's event was a blast!
Come on & share your favorite cookies and recipes and get others as well.
The ornament exchange is so much fun!
You never know who will "steal" your ornament from you!
Here is how it works. Bring a dozen cookies or your favorite holiday treat to share along with
the recipe. This is a great way to get new recipes for your holiday baking.
Also, bring an wrapped ornament ($10 limit) to exchange.
Please register here so that we can ensure we have enough space/supplies.
Register here
If you have any questions, contact Chris Aker
"Sugarloafers"
Are you 50 or over and looking for a monthly outing, trips and fellowship?
Do we have a group for YOU!
The Sugarloafers are fun, full of energy and always looking to make new friends.
For more information about upcoming Sugarloafer events,
contact Penny Griffin at hpytravlr@juno.com or Karen Wargo at 770-495-9839.
Special Guest Speaker Pat Nagle
THIS Tuesday, November 30th
2:00pm in the Rec Center
The Sugarloafers are honored to host special guest speaker Pat Nagle, whose father was the last man to leave the USS Arizona when it was bombed and sank on December 7th 1941 at Pearl Harbor.
Lieutenant Commander Sam Fuqua was awarded the Medal of Honor by Franklin Roosevelt and later promoted to Admiral.Mrs. Nagle will take you behind the scenes and tell you about her father’s experiences before, during and after the bombing of the USS Arizona. We would like to invite everyone from the congregation to listen to Pat's talk, as it will be of interest to everyone interested in the history of the beginning of World War 11.
Everyone is invited to attend. Please register here so that we can ensure we have enough space/supplies.
If you have any questions about this event contact Karen Wargo at kwargo@bellsouth.net
Click here to see upcoming Sugarloafer events.
The SUMC Women's Ministry will be selling Honey Baked Ham Gift Certificates on
Sundays Dec. 5th & Dec 12th. You can pick them up on Sunday December 20th.
This is a great Christmas gift idea or use it for your family!
Gift Certificates come in $10, $25, $35 or $50.
If you have any questions please contact Chris Aker at chris@sugarloaf.org.
SOAR:
YOUTH BASKETBALL REGISTRATIONS:
Boys & Girls Divisions: K thru 8th Grade
Skill Evaluations: Dec. 11th, 2010
Season Begins: Jan. 8th, 2011
Sign-Up Online at www.sugarloaf.org or CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
SOAR OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE:
BASKETBALL COACHES NEEDED
SOAR is always in need of new coaches
Coaching a team is a two hour weekly commitment
1 hr practice + 1 hr game = Lives Impacted 4-Ever
REFEREES NEEDED:
Game day referees are needed for Saturday mornings.
For more information on serving SOAR as a coach or referee or to sign up your son or daughter for SOAR Youth Basketball please contact Kevin Clement at
kevin@sugarloaf.org
Student Life Information:
From Aaron Young, Director of Student Life Ministry
Click here of our new blog page
How are you doing? I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are now looking forward to the Christmas season. We only have 3 weeks left before the Christmas break and still have a lot of 2010 details left before we move in to 2011! Here’s what you need to know:
We are still in the middle of processing all of the mission trip applications and deposits. Thanks to all of you who turned those in on time. If the Thanksgiving break snuck up on you and you haven’t turned those in yet, please get those in as soon as possible this week. We are currently maxed out for the Chicago, Tijuana, Costa Rica, and South Africa mission trips. We have 1 spot each for the Mobile and Czech Republic mission trips and have plenty of space available for the Nashville and New Orleans mission trips. We should know more this week regarding those currently on the waiting list for the Chicago mission trip (if you are on the waiting list I will let you know later this week if your student is in for sure or not). Please also don’t forget that if you are applying for the church-provided scholarship, I need a scholarship application turned in as soon as possible. If you don’t have one, you can download it from the church website.
Sugarloaf Kids Information:
From Lori Cotter, Director of Sugarloaf Kids Ministry
We hope you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving break. Starting this week at Sugarloaf Kids we will be beginning Christmas full-force! We are getting holiday decorations out, setting up new workshops and preparing lessons. Wednesday is our annual event called Meet us at the Manger (this event is full – sorry) and starting this Sunday we will begin our Christmas units with our nursery, preschool and elementary children. At the end of the month we will have our Family Christmas Eve Service at 5 pm on Friday, December 24th! So make it a point to be with us the month of December at Sugarloaf Kids.
Click here for our new blog page for this weeks "What's Happening with Sugarloaf Kids".
Worship Arts Information:
Sugarloaf Band:
Do you play an instrument proficiently?
How about lending your talents to the Sugarloaf Band?
Rehearsal Schedule: Thursday 7:30 - 9:00pm and Sundays at 7:30am
Performance Times: Sundays, 9:30am & 11:00am
Contact: Kendra Marzen at kendra@sugarloaf.org
We would love to have you join our Usher Team!
Our ushers assist everyone in finding a place to sit, hand out Sunday Newsletters and help the team by collecting the offering on Sunday mornings.
The Ushers serve once a month either the 9:30am or 11:00am Service.
If you are interested in serving contact Kendra Marzen at kendra@sugarlaof.org
Volunteer Opportunities:
We have several volunteer areas around the campus at any given time. Click here to see what areas that we need you to help us with.
