You Are Invited
Our beloved pastor, Reverend Lynn Labs, will be retiring on November 14. Please plan to attend her final service on that day then stay to celebrate her time with us. A catered hot lunch will be served after church with time to reflect on our memories and share our thanks. We need a definite commitment for attendance to arrange for the meal. The cost will be $10.00 per person due no later than November 7. Make checks payable to Nashville UCC.
We also would like to create a personal scrapbook for Lynn. Please contribute to this with a note of thanks, photos of past events, good wishes for her future. These, too, should be given to Becky Blauser or Weslyn Miller by November 7 so they can be assembled.
Plan to attend this special event and remind your friends that they will be welcome too. If you have questions or suggestions, contact Weslyn at 937-776-4121.
The Month of Thanksgiving
As we move from October into November, we move into the month of Thanksgiving.
Each Sunday in November we will focus on a special reason to give thanks.
Sunday, November 7 we will celebrate All Saints’ Day and give thanks for all the saints of our church and our loved ones who have inspired us over the years and who now shine in glory.
Sunday, November 14 we will give thanks for Pastor Lynn Labs for her ministry among us and partnership with us these past 13 years. This will be Pastor’s Lynn’s last Sunday at Nashville UCC as she begins her retirement so come and celebrate with us.
Sunday, November 21 we will celebrate the Thanksgiving Holiday and give thanks together in worship for all God’s blessings to us, our families, and the church. We will also give thanks to God for new beginnings as we begin a new chapter in the life of the church with Interim Pastor Alecia Schroedel-Deuble.
Also, as a spiritual practice in November, we encourage everyone to take part in 30 Days of Gratitude. Each day, give thanks for a blessing in your life. You might want to keep a Prayer Journal or a Thanksgiving journal and write a gratitude each day. Or you can write a gratitude on a slip of paper each day and gather them in a special jar or basket. It would make a nice centerpiece on your Thanksgiving table. Watch the blessings add up! We will give thanks to God from whom all blessings flow on Sunday, November 21.
All Saints’ Sunday
A note from Pastor Lynn
On Sunday, November 7, we will celebrate All Saints’ Sunday by remembering the saints who have gone before us into glory. This year, we will remember by name all the church members who have passed into the life eternal during the time that I have been your pastor, and observe a time of silence to allow you to remember other family members and friends. On that day, we will also celebrate the Sacrament of Holy Communion. We invite you to bring a small remembrance of your departed loved one(s). Nothing too large, please, because your remembrances will be placed in the chancel surrounding the communion table as a symbol that the saints are still with us in spirit. If you cannot be present in person on November 7, please gather your own communion elements at home, and place a remembrance near you as you worship. This service will be especially meaningful to me since it will be the last Holy Communion that I will share with you. I look forward to seeing many of you in worship that day!
This is my last chance to thank all of you for your kindnesses to me over the course of the years that I have been your pastor. It is impossible for me to thank everyone who has given me a gift, whether that gift was something tangible or a gift that cannot be physically held. Thank you for your phone calls, your cards, your support, and most of all, your friendship. I have always said that Nashville UCC spoiled me for any other congregation; and I have not changed that opinion! I have loved all of you, and you have loved me back. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
The Season of Advent
Advent is the season of 4 Sundays that leads us to Christmas. It is a time of expectation, hope, promise, and preparation as we look towards the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. This year Advent begins right after Thanksgiving on Sunday, November 28. Our theme this year will be “Angels, God’s messengers of the Good Tidings.” You will be invited to bring an angel statue from home to place on the altar as we prepare for Christmas. More to follow in next month’s newsletter.
Our beloved pastor, Reverend Lynn Labs, will be retiring on November 14. Please plan to attend her final service on that day then stay to celebrate her time with us. A catered hot lunch will be served after church with time to reflect on our memories and share our thanks. We need a definite commitment for attendance to arrange for the meal. The cost will be $10.00 per person due no later than November 7. Make checks payable to Nashville UCC.
We also would like to create a personal scrapbook for Lynn. Please contribute to this with a note of thanks, photos of past events, good wishes for her future. These, too, should be given to Becky Blauser or Weslyn Miller by November 7 so they can be assembled.
Plan to attend this special event and remind your friends that they will be welcome too. If you have questions or suggestions, contact Weslyn at 937-776-4121.
The Month of Thanksgiving
As we move from October into November, we move into the month of Thanksgiving.
Each Sunday in November we will focus on a special reason to give thanks.
Sunday, November 7 we will celebrate All Saints’ Day and give thanks for all the saints of our church and our loved ones who have inspired us over the years and who now shine in glory.
Sunday, November 14 we will give thanks for Pastor Lynn Labs for her ministry among us and partnership with us these past 13 years. This will be Pastor’s Lynn’s last Sunday at Nashville UCC as she begins her retirement so come and celebrate with us.
Sunday, November 21 we will celebrate the Thanksgiving Holiday and give thanks together in worship for all God’s blessings to us, our families, and the church. We will also give thanks to God for new beginnings as we begin a new chapter in the life of the church with Interim Pastor Alecia Schroedel-Deuble.
Also, as a spiritual practice in November, we encourage everyone to take part in 30 Days of Gratitude. Each day, give thanks for a blessing in your life. You might want to keep a Prayer Journal or a Thanksgiving journal and write a gratitude each day. Or you can write a gratitude on a slip of paper each day and gather them in a special jar or basket. It would make a nice centerpiece on your Thanksgiving table. Watch the blessings add up! We will give thanks to God from whom all blessings flow on Sunday, November 21.
All Saints’ Sunday
A note from Pastor Lynn
On Sunday, November 7, we will celebrate All Saints’ Sunday by remembering the saints who have gone before us into glory. This year, we will remember by name all the church members who have passed into the life eternal during the time that I have been your pastor, and observe a time of silence to allow you to remember other family members and friends. On that day, we will also celebrate the Sacrament of Holy Communion. We invite you to bring a small remembrance of your departed loved one(s). Nothing too large, please, because your remembrances will be placed in the chancel surrounding the communion table as a symbol that the saints are still with us in spirit. If you cannot be present in person on November 7, please gather your own communion elements at home, and place a remembrance near you as you worship. This service will be especially meaningful to me since it will be the last Holy Communion that I will share with you. I look forward to seeing many of you in worship that day!
This is my last chance to thank all of you for your kindnesses to me over the course of the years that I have been your pastor. It is impossible for me to thank everyone who has given me a gift, whether that gift was something tangible or a gift that cannot be physically held. Thank you for your phone calls, your cards, your support, and most of all, your friendship. I have always said that Nashville UCC spoiled me for any other congregation; and I have not changed that opinion! I have loved all of you, and you have loved me back. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
The Season of Advent
Advent is the season of 4 Sundays that leads us to Christmas. It is a time of expectation, hope, promise, and preparation as we look towards the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. This year Advent begins right after Thanksgiving on Sunday, November 28. Our theme this year will be “Angels, God’s messengers of the Good Tidings.” You will be invited to bring an angel statue from home to place on the altar as we prepare for Christmas. More to follow in next month’s newsletter.
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