1 january 2014 newsletter

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4 list New Holland UMC as your church on the intake forms, do not assume that the church is notified. Therefore, please contact the church office or Pastor Ray when you know of someone who is a patient at a hospital or a resident of a nursing home. Thanks for your help! Ray

---- Pastor

Say a Prayer! There’s a lady I’ve known forever. She’s very sick. On top of that, she’s being abused by those to whom she has given everything …Lies about her abound, and seem to come from all sides. Just breaks my heart. Seems there’s nothing I can do alone but maybe, if we join in and lift her up together, we can heal her. She’s well over 230 years old, but way too young to die. Her name is ‘America’ … And I love her and have always been proud of her. Take time to say a prayer for her – even if it is a short, simple prayer like, “Lord please heal our land. Amen.” Thanks. -- Submitted by Ralph McComas a reprint from the Chaplin, USS Wright Reunion

Thanks to the Saturday Night Ignite Group for decorating the sanctuary for Christmas! -- The Worship Committee

Thanks to those who helped with the lighting of the Advent Wreath during December (The Voran family, Hank and Selma Wells, Terry Schaffer, John and Barb Mask, and the Mitton family). – The Worship Committee

NOW would like to thank everyone who contributed to our Christmas Child shoeboexes. We filled 20 boxes, and they were shipped Nov. 22. Wonder where they went? We pray that the children who received them were truly blessed and now know that God loves them. We pray that you, in your giving, were also blessed. Thank you again! -- The NOW Committee We want to say thank you to everyone who baked cookies for the Christmas

Pastor’s Request Generally, in order to comply with HIPPA regulations, nursing homes and hospitals do not notify the church when an individual is admitted. Even when you 4


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