I hope your Christmas observance was everything you hoped it would be…and more!
There aren’t many activities at the church this week, but I wanted to encourage you
to remember the church and its mission as you close out 2010.
Are you grateful for the blessings of God in your life? If so, please remember to support
the church with His tithe and your offerings. At the time of this message, we don’t know
the results of our special Christmas Eve offering for “From Hunger to Hope” but I want
to thank everyone who shared in this important challenge. Imagine the joy we will feel
when we gather to package and ship 100,000 meals to children in need! To find out more,
check out the Beyond the Walls page on the website.
Just a reminder, I have recently started a weekly blog called “Just Checking In.” I hope
you will log onto the site regularly so we can stay in touch. You can access the blog by
clicking on the link below.
Happy New Year!
Stuart Greene, Senior Pastor
Click below to see this weeks addition.
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:
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.
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 2011 events:
March 22nd- 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.
COUPLES mark your calendar for "DATE NIGHT!"
Friday, February 11th starting at 6:00pm
Special Guest Speaker - Author, Hal Runkel!!!
Registration and more information will be on the website 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
Click here of our new blog page
Sugarloaf Kids Information:
From Lori Cotter, Director of Sugarloaf Kids Ministry
We hope you had a wonderful Christmas and enjoyed spending time with your family. The Sugarloaf Kids staff is working just a few days this week, as the church is closed, and then ringing in the New Year with their family. There are just a few things you need to know:
· 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.
· BLASt will be back to normal on January 9th.
· The EDGE 5th grade ministry at 9:30 will have a review day on January 2nd begin a new unit on the letters of Paul on January 9th.
· BRIDGE Wednesday night programming will begin again on January 12th with SPECIAL ENTERTAINMENT from 6:30 – 8:15 pm.
Here’s to a prosperous, healthy and happy 2010!
Lori, Stephanie, Steph, Trish, Debbie, Sara and Tony
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.
