December Events

Good Evening,

As I indicated in my text reminders, I will be starting to send a monthly email to remind everyone of what we have going on.  Please take a moment to note the dates/times below in order to help out and be active where ever you feel you can. The month of December is going to be a busy month!  We have several different things going on, hope you can join us!

Tuesday, December 6th from 5-7:30 - We will be helping with Community Night at Chillicothe Middle/High School Cafeteria.  If you are able to help serve hotdogs, lemonade, chips, etc... please let me know.  This is an awesome outreach to our community.  

Sunday, December 11th - Youth Group from 6-8 pm.  DON'T forget, this is the deadline to sign up/ register for the Mission trip that will take place the week of July 9-14 to Nashville, TN.  By this date I will need a commitment to participate by making a $100 deposit toward the trip.  Please see attached document for more information regarding our Mission Trip.  

Sunday, December 18th from 5-8 pm we will be sorting the Giving Tree gifts, having our Christmas Dinner and participating in our living nativity from 6:30-8pm.  Please plan to bring a $5 gift wrapped creatively for our gift exchange...PLEASE NOTE THE EXTENDED TIME FOR YOUTH....

Monday, December 19th from 4:00 - 7:30 pm we will be preparing and providing a Christmas dinner and crafts for the families of Lincoln Park.  We will be preparing at the church from 4-5 them packing up and heading to Lincoln Park from 5:30-7:00pm.  

Thursday, December 22nd from 6:00-8:00 pm we will be helping with the Christmas Gift distribution for the Giving tree. 

Friday, December 23rd from  9:00am - 12:00 pm we will be helping to distribute giving tree gifts.

Sunday, December 25th - NO Youth Group...LOL

Confirmation

This year we will be holding classes on Sunday mornings (11am-12pm) and evenings before youth group (4:00-6:00pm) and it is expected that you be at both. The United Methodist Church has put together a 14 week (1.5 hours each) confirmation curriculum that we are going to do over the course of seven Sunday morning and evening sessions. It is our hope that by not stretching the program out fourteen weeks that it will be more manageable for your schedules.  

Here are the dates and topics for class this year: 

January 15th - Creation, Sin, Redemption

January 22nd - Holy Spirit and Church

January 29th - New Creation and Way of Discipleship

February 5th - No Class

February 12th - Way of Salvation, Wesleyan Quadrilateral and Worship

February 19th -Sacraments and Living a Holy Life

February 26th - Renounce, Reject, Repent

March 5th - Accept/Confess and I Believe 

March 12th - Make up Class due to inclement weather

March 19th - Confirmation Sunday

The confirmation ceremony for confirmands will be held on March 19th at the worship service of your choice. Please let Matt Ballentine know if you have any questions or concerns, he can be reached at mballentine@walnutstreetumc.com 

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, give me a call.  

Have a great Friday,

Matt