I hope you were here for last Sunday’s Christmas musical. It was incredible! I hope you will join us for worship this Sunday. My topic will be “I Hate Christmas!” Yes, you heard that right! But please don’t rush to judge me. I think you’ll understand better after the service. Check out these seasonal worship and serving opportunities below!
Stuart Greene, Senior Pastor
(click here for Stuart's "Just Checking In" blog)
Want to know what is going on at SUMC this week? Every Sunday we give out our Sunday Newsletter. It contains all the upcoming events and information.
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:
Wednesday, December 15
Tuesday, December 21
Tuesday, December 28
Tuesday, January 4
We will meet at Cross Pointe Church at 9:00AM and with 8 to 10 volunteers or more should be through by noon. Please e-mail John Lane at 10achombo@charter.net or call 404-310-6623
to let him know what dates you can volunteer.
Caroling, Hymns and Visiting
Wednesday, December 22 from 6:00 pm--8:00pm.
To sign up contact Pamela Austin 770-932-0717.
Serve the week of December 21-27
Family Promise families staying at Grayson UMC in Grayson. Volunteers are needed
to prepare and serve dinner ot to serve as overnight hosts.
If interested contact Pat Pino orTerri Schraudenbach
*New and Very Special Opportunity to Reach Out on Christmas Day:
A group will be going to several extended stay hotels in our area where many displaced families have found themselves due to economic conditions. We will bring and serve Christmas lunch and spend time talking and visiting with these families. We would love to have others join us to help provide and serve meals to these families on Christmas Day. A group of us did this on Thanksgiving and our experience was amazing......we hope to continue that experience on Christmas. The number of people volunteering will determine the number of hotels we will serve. Please contact Tami Dillard at tamfram2002@yahoo.com or Pam Lewis at pam.chavezlewis@gmail.com if you are interested in joining us.
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LIVELOVE
Serve Project LiveLove, January 8, 2011
A group from SUMC will meet at 11:30 to head to downtown Atlanta and will
serve meals, clean tent city, build furniture, and better a shelter.
Go to www.projectlivelove.com to register for one of these four projects.
For more questions contact project leader, Kevin Burke at kevinmburke@live.com.
*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:
March 22nd, 2011- Ladies Night Out!
"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.
Click here to see upcoming Sugarloafer events.
Gentlemen...mark your calendars!Our annual Men's Retreat is February 25 & 26 at Strong Rock. More info & registrations to come soon.
SOAR:
YOUTH BASKETBALL REGISTRATIONS:
Boys & Girls Divisions: K thru 8th Grade
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
How are you all doing? We’re just 12 days away from Christmas, so I suppose it’s time to start singing about partridges and pear trees! I’m sure your students are excited about this week being the last week of school before the Christmas break. I know we’re all looking forward to a little break. We’re still going strong through Sunday, so click below to see what’s going on.
This Wednesday night is our final SHIFT of 2010!! We’re wrapping up the year with our annual SHIFT Christmas Party, full of Christmas games, songs and gifts. Students should have signed up last Wednesday night to bring some sort of Christmas treat snack for their small group’s mini-Christmas party. We’ll also be having a gift exchange in our small groups, so students who want to participate in that need to bring a $5 wrapped gift (no gift cards). Again, a good rule of thumb is to pick out something they would personally want themselves. The Christmas Party will run our normal schedule from 6:30-8:15pm.. Big Al’s will be open beforehand selling pizza and other snacks. We’ll also be taking up a special collection tonight for our Compassion kids’ Christmas presents.
Click here of our new blog pageSugarloaf Kids Information:
From Lori Cotter, Director of Sugarloaf Kids Ministry
Hi and hope this finds you doing well. This Sunday is our last Sunday of our Christmas Unit for our Nursery, Preschool and Elementary children. Here is our schedule for the next several weeks:
- Sunday, December 19th – Regular BLASt and Nursery (Final Week of Christmas Units)
- Friday, December 24th at 5 pm – Family Christmas Eve Service (A fully staff Nursery is available for ages 0-2 only.
- Sunday, December 26th One Service only at 11 am – In order for our volunteers and SK Staff to enjoy Christmas and worship together as a family, there will be NO ELEMENTARY OR PRESCHOOL BLAST. We will have Nursery for ages 0-2 only!
- Sunday, January 2nd Services at 9:30 and 11 – Movie Day for Elementary Children. We will offer 4 different movies for everyone to pick from. Regular programming for our Nursery and Preschool Children.
Worship Arts Information:
START Spreading the news.....
The choir is selling homemade (made in our SUMC kitchen) pies again!
(Sweet potato, pumpkin or apple pies available for pre-order)
Pies will be ready for pickup on Sunday, December 19th upstairs in the Connections Cafe'
The funds raised will go towards their NYC trip in 2011 to sing at the Hope of Christmas Concert at Carnige Hall.
Contact Kendra at kendra@sugarloaf.org to pre-order your pie.
Also stop the Cafe' to buy a CD to help support your choir on their NYC trip
coming in 11 of 11.
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.
