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12/8/24 Friday Flash

Dec 6, 2024

3 min read

Hamburg United Methodist Church

116 Union St

Hamburg, New York, 14075

(716) 649-8080

Worship Sundays at 10 am

The Church office is looking for Scripture Readers for The Advent Season

and Christmas Eve Evening Service .

Please contact Cristina if you, or your family would like to be part of the rotation.

Wendy Spaulding would like to express thanks to the congregation for the generous support of the Sparks Food Pantry.

This continues to be a vital resource in our community.

Hearty Non perishables are always appreciated.

This event is being advertised at the request

of the Hamburg Rejuvenation Committee

Come see Linda and Doug ward perform as part of the Orchard Park Symphony.

They have been in the orchard park symphony for 47 years!

Come experience the joy of the holiday season.

SS Peter and Paul Parish Social Ministry is holding their amazing "Christmas Bazaar" again this year. It includes a delectable Bake Sale, huge Basket Raffle, and an awesome decorative garden "Eagle" Raffle. They are having a terrific 50-50 squares table once again! There will be "Treasures Beyond Belief" in our Kids Corner, Holiday decorations, Jewelry, Books, household items and collectables and a smattering of just about everything. Dates and times are Saturday, December 7 9am-5:30pm and Sunday, December 8th, 8:00am- 2:00pm in Parish Social Center at 68 E. Main and Pine streets in Hamburg NY.

Delicious Breakfast Sandwiches, Pizza, Chili and beverages will be available.

Bring your shopping Bags- lots to be had!

This event is being advertised at the request of SS Peters & Paul

Adult Sunday School

John Meader’s Sunday school class is starting a new series of lessons using Rev. Adam Hamilton’s book and DVD “Christianity and World Religions.”

All are welcome to come join in the discussions every Sunday at 9:00 in the parlor.

This information is accurate

Tai Chi is back in person at HUMC-

in Fellowship Hall

No longer on Zoom

The Church office is glad to announce that services going forward will be streamed via YouTube Live, in addition to the current Facebook Live services. You can access the Youtube live stream on our Youtube Channel, or directly on our church website homepage.

Please make sure to "Like" and "Subscribe"

Coffee Hour Schedule December- Sarah Circle

January '25- Missions Outreach

Groups are to provide goodies/ snacks

each Sunday of the month they are scheduled.

Please get in touch with Sue Gagne or Joyce Spencer with any questions.

Order of Worship

Sunday, December 8, 2024 | 10 am

Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/HamburgNYUMC/live_videos Youtube Live: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxRWld9XtaLY0WpX7JsXEcw

Google Meet Dial-In: 617-675-4444 PIN: 301 463 603 6721#

BELL CHOIR PRELUDE: “ Like A River Glorious, We Plow the Fields and Scatter & I Wonder as I Wander”

ANNOUNCEMENTS

CALL TO WORSHIP

Blessed be the Lord, The God of Israel, who has come to set the chosen people free.

The lord has raised up for us a mighty savior from the house of David.

Through the holy prophets, God promised of Old to save us from our enemies, from the hands of all who hate us;

to show mercy to our forebears and to remember the holy covenant.

This was the oath God swore to our father Abraham:

to set us free from the hands of our enemies, free to worship without fear, holy and righteous in the Lord’s sight, all the days of our life.

And you, child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to prepare the way,

To give God’s people knowledge of salvation by the forgiveness of their sins.

In the tender compassion of our God the dawn from on high shall break upon us.

to shine on those who dwell in the darkness and the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the way of peace.

OPENING MUSIC: “Hail to the Lord’s Annointed” #208 UMH

OPENING PRAYER:

Merciful God,

you sent your messengers the prophets

to preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation.

Give us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins,

that we may celebrate aright the commemoration of the nativity,

and may await with joy

the coming in glory of Jesus Christ our Redeemer;

who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,

One God, for ever and ever. Amen.

CHILDREN’S MESSAGE

SCRIPTURE: Malachi 3:1-4, Luke 3:1-6 Read by: Anne Brown

SERMON: “Hearing the Prophets as Good News: the Salvation of God” Rev. David A Nicol

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

THE PEACE

TITHES & OFFERINGS tithes. hamburgumc.org/Give

DOXOLOGY “Praise God from Whom all Blessings Flow” #94 UMH

CAROL COMMUNION

For sung responses, please refer to slides

THE LORD'S PRAYER

SHARING OF BREAD AND CUP

CLOSING HYMN: “Come Thou Long Expected Jesus” #196 UMH

BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE

December 2024 Newsletter

Nov 27, 2024

5 min read

Hamburg United Methodist Church 116 Union St Hamburg, New York, 14075 (716) 649-8080 Sundays at 10 am

Also Streamed Via Facebook Live & Youtube

Church Calendar

Worship Live Stream

Online Giving

Dear Saints,

This week, Advent begins. As in years past, for four Sundays we will prepare for the coming of Christ. The stories we hear are those of the Prophets proclaiming a new and transformed world, and the promise of what God becoming human really means. At the end, we reach the birth of Jesus, the moment when God, the Creator of the cosmos, enters our human story as a participant—the moment when an everyday event changes everything.

Yes, there will be special services, beginning with Versailles UMC’s Christmas on December 13th at 7pm, then on December 21st the Blue Christmas service Hamburg will host for the Hamburg Clergy Alliance to give us space to reflect on the harder parts of the season. Christmas on Sunday the 22nd at Four Corners, then Christmas Eve at Gowanda and Hamburg. Details for all of those will be in the Flash each week as we get closer—and whichever congregation you call home, you’re welcome everywhere when you have the time!

I have added Luke’s account of Jesus’ birth on the sidebar, the last words are “guest room,” a far better rendering than “inn,” in the older translations. I remember when I first heard that, then had it confirmed in the Holy Land when I was blessed to visit. This year, too many of those guest rooms will be empty with the continued war that plagues Gaza and the rest of the region.

If you could visit Manger Square this year, you might visit the Church of the Nativity and see the grotto where a stone trough is remembered as the manger—hollowed out of the living rock, this would have been the lowest level of the house of Joseph’s family. There is much we don’t know about the family, including why Joseph needed to be counted there—was he a native of Bethlehem only working away in Nazareth? Were he and his betrothed really a part of the Bethlehem family, so much so that their home in the north was the residence of a migrant worker? How full was the house?

Many of our guest rooms will be full for Christmas too. Even so, hospitality demanded a private place for the couple and their newborn. In a season where many of our neighbors will celebrate the birth of Jesus, and many more the joy of family and friends, I hope we will reflect on the laborers’ child, born in humblest conditions, who came as King of kings to reshape our lives and the whole world. As Matthew puts it, Emmanuel, God is with us, not just in a birth long ago, but today, and always! This season, make room for Jesus so he can transform your life once again.

May your Advent be rich and your Christmas be Blessed,

Pastor David Nicol

Announcements from the Office

The Church Office will be closing Early (at 11:30 am) on Monday December 23, 2024

for the HUMC Staff Holiday Luncheon.

The Church will remain closed through Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

and re-open on Thursday December 26, 2024

The Church office will be open on New Years Eve (December 31)

and Closed on New Years Day (January 1, 2025)

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As winter weather approaches please make sure to keep an eye out for weather related closings for HUMC and Little Lamb Preschool : on WIVB News 4 and WKBW Channel 7

As a general rule, if Hamburg And/ Or City Of Buffalo Public Schools are closed, then the Church and Little Lamb Preschool will also be closed.

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Content for the gathering space slide show is accepted weekly

and due on Wednesday Morning to the church office.

**Please note for repeating slides, the last Sunday it should be run.

Office hours

Monday- Thursday: 9am-2pm

Friday: 9 am-Noon

Email us!!

Pastor David: PastorDavid@hamburgumc.org

Jeannine Vanwey: Music@hamburgumc.org

Emily Slocum: Treasurer@hamburgumc.org

Patrick Fitzgerald: AV@hamburgumc.org

Cristina Glover: Office@hamburgumc.org

CHURCH FAMILY AND FRIENDS

IN REMEMBRANCE:

Virginia C. Lyons – entered this life February 29, 1922; entered God’s heavenly kingdom October 22, 2024. Virginia is a longtime member of our church.

Ruth W. Waltz – entered this life February 4, 1935; entered God’s heavenly kingdom October 23, 2024. Ruth is the mother of Vivian Ruth Waltz, formerly deacon of our church.

Ronald J. Klimecko – entered this life August 18, 1960; entered God’s heavenly kingdom November 5, 2024. Ron is the brother of Chris Klimecko.

Our prayers are with their families that God will surround them with his comfort and peace.

NEW MEMBERS:

On Sunday November 24, 2024 We welcomed the following individuals into our congregation as members.

Leo Jensen, Brenda Hyman, Steve Hobbs, Susan Hobbs, Joyce Wasnock.

Their photo will be published in the January Newsletter.

CHRISTMAS PLANTS

Poinsettia plants for Christmas will be available for purchase after the worship services Sundays, December 1, 8 and 15. A variety of plants – red, pink, white, marble and glitter – is available at a cost of $15 per plant. When purchasing your plant, you may designate the plant “in memory of” or “in honor of” someone special. The poinsettia plants will be on the altar for Sunday, December 22 and on Christmas Eve.

This event is being advertised at the request of Linda Ward who performs

(along with Doug Ward) as part of the OP Symphony for over 40 years.

Lisa Rood would like to share the news to the Congregataion that Respite's Therapy Dog Thor was recently awarded a new title by the Kennel Club of Buffalo. The title of Rally masters- the highest level in AKC Rally

Congrats to Thor and his handler Lynn Funch

Dive into a Good Book- Join the HUMC Book Club.

We meet in the church library on the 4th Monday of the month at 10:30 am.

The following are the upcoming book selections:

December: First Ladies by Marie Benedict

January: Remarkable Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

February: West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge

Book Club is Zoom-friendly. Contact Karen Klimecko for more information

Coffee Hour Schedule December- Sarah Circle

January 2025- Missions/ Outreach

February 2025 - Finance

March 2025- SPRC

Groups are to provide goodies/ snacks each Sunday of the month they are scheduled.

Please get in touch with Sue Gagne or Joyce Spencer with any questions.

Medical Equipment Lending Closet

Hamburg UMC has a medical equipment lending closet. It is located in Room 18 in the basement. Please check the closet before purchasing wheelchairs, walkers, commodes, crutches, canes, etc. The equipment available constantly changes. If you have medical equipment you are no longer using, you may donate them. We cannot take soft items such as gauze pads, diabetic supplies, incontinence, bandages, etc. For questions, please call Caroline Schneggenburger at 716-289-0541.

RETIRED MEN’S FELLOWSHIP

The Retired Men’s Fellowship of Hamburg UMC will gather for their monthly lunch on Tuesday, December 17 at 12 Noon at ZJ’s Restaurant in the Hamburg Village Plaza. All retired men are invited. Come and bring a friend for good food and good fellowship. Any questions? See Dick Caldwell, facilitator

ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL

John Meader’s Sunday school class is starting a new series of lessons using Rev. Adam Hamilton’s book and DVD “Christianity and World Religions”. All are welcome to come join in the discussions every Sunday at 9:00 in the parlor.

Join us for a virtual fellowship! This group is a place to share prayer requests, devotions, concerns, joys, and even some humor with your church family. Join the Hamburg UMC Fellowship group on Facebook.

PRAYER CONCERNS?

If you would like someone added to our church prayer list, call or text Barb Meader at 716-548-4139 or email her at bmeader712017@gmail.com, or contact anyone who is a Prayer, Care, and Share member, or Cristina in the church office. Our ministry is to pray daily for the concerns that have been shared with us.

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” (Phillipians 4:4-7)

11/22/24 Friday Flash

Nov 22, 2024

3 min read

Hamburg United Methodist Church

116 Union St

Hamburg, New York, 14075

(716) 649-8080

Worship Sundays at 10 am

The Church office is looking for Scripture Readers for The Advent Season

and Christmas Eve Evening Service .

Please contact Cristina if you, or your family would like to be part of the rotation.

Wendy Spaulding would like to express thanks to the congregation for the generous support of the Sparks Food Pantry.

This continues to be a vital resource in our community.

Hearty Non perishables are always appreciated.

This event is being advertised at the request

of the Hamburg Rejuvenation Committee

Come see Linda and Doug ward perform as part of the Orchard Park Symphony.

They have been in the orchard park symphony for 47 years!

Come experience the joy of the holiday season.

Delicious Breakfast Sandwiches, Pizza, Chili and beverages will be available.

Bring your shopping Bags- lots to be had!

This event is being advertised at the request of SS Peters & Paul

Adult Sunday School

John Meader’s Sunday school class is starting a new series of lessons using Rev. Adam Hamilton’s book and DVD “Christianity and World Religions.”

All are welcome to come join in the discussions every Sunday at 9:00 in the parlor.

This information is accurate

Tai Chi is back in person at HUMC-

in Fellowship Hall

No longer on Zoom

Please make sure to "Like" and "Subscribe"

Coffee Hour Schedule November- Trustees & Columbarium

December- Sarah Circle

January '25- Missions Outreach

Groups are to provide goodies/ snacks

each Sunday of the month they are scheduled.

Please get in touch with Sue Gagne or Joyce Spencer with any questions.

Order of Worship

Sunday, November 24, 2024 | 10 am

Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/HamburgNYUMC/live_videos Youtube Live: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxRWld9XtaLY0WpX7JsXEcw

Google Meet Dial-In: 617-675-4444 PIN: 301 463 603 6721#

ANNOUNCEMENTS

CALL TO WORSHIP

We shall see a new heaven and earth,

for the old will pass away.

We shall see a new Jerusalem, the holy city descending from heaven.

The City Shall need no sun or moon, for God’s glory will be its light,

for God’s Lamb will be it’s lamp, and by its light the nations shall walk.

We shall hear a loud voice from the throne”

“Behold, God’s dwelling is with mortals. Indeed, God will dwell with them and they will be god’s people”

God shall wipe away all our tears,

and there shall be no more death.

Mourning, crying, and pain shall cease, for all former things will pass away.

We shall hear One speak from the throne:

“Behold, I make all things new.

I am Alpha and Omega

the beginning and the end.”

Our Lord testifies to these things:

“Behold, I am coming soon.”

The grace is for Lord is with us.

Amen. Come, Jesus! Come!

OPENING MUSIC: “Lo He Comes with Clouds Descending” #718 UMH

OPENING PRAYER:

Almighty God, who gave your Son Jesus Christ a realm where all people, nations and languages shall serve him; make us loyal follows of our living Lord, that we may always hear his word, follow his teachings, and live in his Spirit; and hasten the day where every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that he is Lord; to your eternal glory. Amen

CHILDREN’S MESSAGE

SCRIPTURE: Revelation 1:4b-8, John 18:33-37 Read By: Ewart Morris

SERMON: “The Kingdom of the Son of Man” Rev. David A Nicol

CHOIR ANTHEM: “The Journey”

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

BAPTISMAL COVENANT I

THE PEACE

TITHES & OFFERINGS tithes. hamburgumc.org/Give

DOXOLOGY “Praise God from Whom all Blessings Flow” #94 UMH

The Great Thanksgiving

For sung responses, please refer to slides

THE LORD'S PRAYER

SHARING OF BREAD AND CUP

CLOSING HYMN: “How Great is Our God” #3003 Worship & Song

BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE

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