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New Year’s Eve
There will only be one service: 11:00 a.m.
Asbury United Methodist Church 10,000 Candelaria Rd NE Albuquerque, NM 87112
Phone: 505-299-0643 www.AsburyABQ.org
Rev. Jane Voelkel, Interim Pastor Rev. Milton Propp, Pastor Emeritus
Gil Flores, Lay Pastor Joshua Holley,
Director Youth Ministries Katrina Ortega
Director Children’s Ministries Matt Sauter, Interim
Building Facilities Manager Vesta Major, MDO Director
Susan Mathews, Nursery Director
Come Worship With Us!
Traditional services: Sunday mornings 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. Sunday School for all ages 9:45 a.m.
Contemporary service: Sunday mornings 11:00 a.m.
The Mission of Asbury United Methodist Church is to love God and one another through Jesus Christ as we raise up a new generation of Christians.
Asbury eTrails
December 2017
Christmas Eve Services
Sunday Morning Combined Service at 11:00 a.m.
East Sanctuary
Contemporary Family Service at 6 p.m. - Acts 2, West Hall
Traditional Candlelight Service at 9 p.m. - East Sanctuary
Christmas Tea
Saturday December 23 2:00—3:00 p.m. in the Atrium
All are welcome!
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Revised Lectionary Readings "Copyright General Board of Discipleship. www.GBOD.org Used by permission."
December 3, 2017
First Sunday of Advent
• Isaiah 64:1-9
• Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19
• 1 Corinthians 1:3-9
• Mark 13:24-37
December 10, 2017
Second Sunday of Advent
• Isaiah 40:1-11
• Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13
• 2 Peter 3:8-15a
• Mark 1:1-8
December 17, 2017
Third Sunday of Advent
• Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11
• Psalm 126
• 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24
• John 1:6-8, 19-28
December 24, 2017
Fourth Sunday of Advent
• 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16
• Luke 1:47-55
• Romans 16:25-27
• Luke 1:26-38
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Merry Christmas from the Asbury Library
Our collection contains more than 125 books, videos and DVDs about some aspect of Christmas. Are you looking for a Christmas craft or recipe? How about a beautifully illustrated book of the Christmas story? Did you ever wonder how families in France celebrate Christmas? Do you just need a DVD to keep the kids occupied for an hour or so? Something from the Asbury Library could be just what you are looking for. New in the Asbury Library: Adult: Help Me, I'm Alone: Trusting God in Times of Loneliness and Grief by Joyce Meyer. Donated by Suzanne Rhodes in Memory of Bob and Carolyn Cranfill. Alburquerque by Rudolfo Anaya KingMaker by Marcus Goodloe. Donated by Kay Martinez in honor of Rev. Todd Salzwedel Junior Fiction: My Land Sings by Rudolfo Anaya. Donated by Suzanne Rhodes in Memory of Bob and Carolyn Cranfill. The binder of committee minutes and reports has been updated with the 2017 Church Conference Report. If you were unable to attend this meeting, the report and the minutes of this meeting are now available. The large white binder is labeled and located on the shelf near the computer CPU and next to the globe in the library. Search our online catalog from your home computer or smart phone on the Asbury web site Library Page, found under Church Info, or go directly to www.asburyabq.org/AsburySearch.htm. Use the search function of your browser to find any combination of words, numbers or letters in any column. For Windows that would be Ctrl-F, for an Apple product Command-F or Apple-F, etc. Books currently on the UMW Reading Program have UMW in the Subject column and are found on the wooden cart in the library. A member of the Asbury Library staff is usually in the library during the Sunday School hour and on Thursdays from 9 to 3 to help you. You may contact us by e-mail at [email protected] with any questions, suggestions, requests or to place a hold on a book.
By Pat Phipps, Asbury Librarian
Editor’s note: The following is excerpted from http://www.umcom.org/learn/new-ways-to-celebrate-advent-with-kids. See the link for the entire article.
New Ways to Celebrate Advent with Kids
Advent begins the Christian new year, and everyone — from the youngest to the oldest member — should celebrate. Consider these new ideas to celebrate Advent with children.
1. Advent chain — Make an Advent chain that includes ministry activities children can do. Make a link for each day from the first Sunday in Advent, Dec. 2, through Dec. 25. On each link, write an activity to do as a group
2. Baby boy birth announcement — Have children work together to create a birth announcement for Jesus — complete with a footprint from a baby in the nursery, with the consent of the infant's parents. Make two copies per child — one to keep and one to share to spread the news of Jesus’ birth.
3. Christmas Bingo — For young non-readers, create a Bingo board of different Christmas pictures. Make nine 1-inch squares on a word-processing document and paste a different Christmas clipart image in each square. Use a manger with straw, a star, a cow, a candle, a shepherd with sheep, an angel, Mary, a gift and a donkey. Print a Bingo game card for each child with rearranged images on different cards. Using either small candies or bingo tokens,
4. Memories for the New Year — Reflect on the previous year and capture children’s memories that can become part of your family and church story. Capture these on camera, draw pictures, write songs or have older children journal.
5. Build a nativity snack — Bring Jesus back to the focus of Christmas and build a Nativity set. You will need four large
pretzel rods, two graham crackers, one Hershey Treasure candy, one Tootsie Roll candy, two pretzel sticks, one
marshmallow, five animal crackers, waxed paper, and a container of frosting.
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A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who made our 35th Annual Christmas Bazaar a huge success! Lots of planning & work, but well worth the effort. It couldn't have been done without you! Unit Meeting in December: Please join us on Sunday December 10 (please note the
date change) after the late service for lunch & a mini concert by pianist Gabriel Lonquinhos. Gabriel will treat us to a variety of music and play some of our Christmas favorites. The UMW executive committee will host the luncheon. Come for lunch and stay for some beautiful music. Unit meetings are open to all women in the Asbury community and the greater Albuquerque area. Childcare is provided. Please join us for Christian friendship and fellowship! For more information please call Kay Martinez at (505) 296-7308. Circle Meetings in December: The Elizabeth Circle will meet on Tuesday, 19 December for lunch at the Egg & I; the Hannah Circle will meet on Tuesday December 19 at 7 p.m,. at Kay Martinez's home; the Ruth Circle will meet on Thursday December 21 at 9:30 a.m. at Marjorie Bahm's home. Circle meetings are open to all women in the Asbury community and the greater Albuquerque area. Please join us and bring a friend! UMW Birthdays in December: Happy birthday to Kay Bumgarner on the 8th, Suzie Goodgion on the 10th, Dolores Walcott on the 13th, Darlene Anderson on the 19th, & Alice Mummey on the 20th! Registration is open for the national United Methodist Women Assembly 2018, "The Power of Bold." The Assembly will meet in Columbus, Ohio, May 18th - 20th, 2018. Please visit umwassembly.org to register. Please pray for each other & Asbury United Methodist church. Send updates to [email protected] or call me at (505) 332-8456.
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Rotation Sunday School December Theme—Wisemen
December 3 - Movie
December 10 - Art
December 17 - Games
December 24 - No Rotation Sunday School
December 31 - Drama
Rotation Sunday School is for 1st-5th grades.
We focus on one story for a month, so we can
remember them well. Our year-long theme is
Walking with God.
ASBURY eTRAILS is a monthly publication of Asbury UMC, 10,000 Candelaria NE, Albuquerque, NM 87112.
Rev. Ron Colwell, senior pastor; Barbara Lewis, editor.
Opinions expressed in articles with bylines are those of the individual authors and may not reflect the opinions held by the church.
Please e-mail articles by the 22nd of the month to [email protected] or leave typed, double-spaced articles in the Trails mailbox at the church.
© 2017 Asbury United Methodist Church
Thank you to everyone who has taken an angel and has or is bringing gifts back (by December 10)! We will have a fun delivery on Sunday, December 17 departing Asbury at 5:00 p.m. All generations are welcome to join us. Sing carols, give the gifts, and share Christ's love!
Youth News!
Sunday School Every week @ 10:00 a.m.
December 3: Breaking Bread 4:00 p.m. Other Sundays: Youth at 5:00 p.m.
Contact Joshua Holley for a list of December activities
Christmas Eve Pies
We will distribute pies to our local servants who work for us on Christmas Eve instead of being home with family. There are many ways to get involved!
No make, no bake! You can donate money to purchase the pies, help organize, or deliver to places like Fire, Police, air traffic control, hospitals, nursing homes, etc.
Please contact the church office to volunteer or to donate.
Poinsettias Order forms for poinsettias in honor or memory of a loved one are available at the church. The due date for orders is December 12th.
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Next Meal: December 3, 2017, 4:00 p.m.
Note the change in time
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