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From Pastor Jay The poem is one of thinking to the past year and the events that have led up to today, December 31st, 2008. After tonight, you'll never have another 2008. You'll look back on 2008 with fond memories and maybe a few winces as you think of the bad things that have happened this year. Some of us would probably be happy forgetting the "old acquaintance" of sin's effects in our lives. We've made some bone-headed decisions and have been through our share of pain. Still some of the "acquaintance" of our time hasn't been so bad. Some of it even is to be celebrated and enjoyed. Robert Burns' poem realizes that this life of ours is one that is sometimes filled with tragedy and sometimes filled with glory, but the important thing in Burns' poem isn't the details of our lives, but rather who we spend our life with. It's a song about friendship and companionship. By the end of the poem, Burns and his friends are taking "a goodwill draught", a swig of the pint that they've bought earlier in the poem. Tonight we will be celebrating the arrival of a New Year and we'll be looking back at our year past. We will be celebrating communion, which tonight may take on a bit of the notion of "a goodwill draught" from the One who forgives us our sins and celebrates with us in His glory. We hope you can make it for auld lang syne. In Christ, Pastor Jay Clear
Your Calendars! New and
Important
Calendar Items! December 24th - TONIGHT - New Year's Eve Worship - 7pm Join us tonight for New Year's Eve worship at 7pm. January 4th - The Second Sunday of Christmas
January 8th - Serve at HOPE Community Sign up on the bulletin board outside the kitchen. Join us tonight for New Year's Eve One of the things that I love about New Years is getting to make resolutions. These little goals that I make up don't always last throughout the year, but traces of them always remain with me for the whole year. Over the year I've noticed that when I worship on New Year's Eve, those resolutions seem to take on more meaning for me. Please consider worshiping with us tonight and see if the same happens for you. New Year's Eve Worship - 7pm If you're drinking tonight... Please carry this number with you: Tallahassee Yellow Cab 850 580 8080 Wednesday - 7pm - NOOMA "Shells" Join us this Wednesday as we watch and talk about the NOOMA video "Shells" at 7pm. Dinner is served at 6:30pm. Thanks for the Christmas Gift! Thank you to everyone from the staff and myself for our Christmas gifts! It is a gift to just know you all and to be able to serve you. Spring Break in New Orleans! - "Out of the Ashes" Spring Break may seem like it's far away, but it's just around the corner. This Spring Break (March 8-14) we will be leaving Tallahassee and working at Camp Restore in New Orleans, LA. The theme for this service retreat will be "Out of the Ashes" as we will be considering how our lives come out of the ashes of Ash Wednesday, and focusing on helping New Orleans come out of the ashes of disaster. For more information visit our facebook event or contact Pastor Jay. Strategic Leadership Team - Your Books Are STILL In The Strategic Leadership Team is not meeting in December, but you have a reading assignment, "Simple Church" by Thom S. Rainer and Eric Geiger. The books have come in. Stop by PJ's office and pick yours up. These must be read by January 25th. This Week's
"Pastor's Challenge" Send
a Card Consider sending a
card or celebrating with the following people in some way this week:
Good
Stuff 1. To give it a Times Square feel, everyone is pick-pocketed 2. The 'Party Hats' look suspiciously like stolen traffic cones 3. There's a "Happy 1995" sticker on the packet of shrimp you've been eating all night 4. It's January 6th 5. Prison regulations require lights out at 10:00 pm 6. The guests have decided to start the midnight countdown at 10,000 7. At midnight everyone gathers around to watch your Uncle Earl's pants drop 8. You hear a guy doing a count down before using the bathroom 9. The 'Champagne' tastes suspiciously like apple juice mixed with Alka Seltzer 10. An announcement was just made that someone needs to kiss the family dog at midnight.
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Are you sure you read your Bible this week? Then answer this question: What was the sacrifice that Joseph and
Mary brought to the Temple of the Lord after Jesus was born?
Forget Your Checkbook
Last Sunday?a.) two pheasants b.) a caban of grain c.) two gold coins d.) a pair of pigeons See below, under "Visit us on the web" for the answer. Send in your offering via University Lutheran's web site. Prayer List (Please consider including the following in your
prayer life this week) For peace in the Gaza strip. All those who are traveling during this holiday season. The East Carolina coaching staff that is traveling. All those who deal with broken relationships because of sin, death, and the devil. Connie, Ethan, and Oliver Brink who are sick. Sarah Freeman who is in Calcutta, India. Udit and Helga, for healing in their lives. Brent who is going to be deployed to Afghanistan. For Clifford, may God grant Him strength. All those who mourn the loss of Leonard. Ourselves, that our resolutions may be good and God fearing things. ...and that our prayers may be joined with the prayers of all God's saints here on earth. Weekly
Events Sunday @ 10:15am - Choir Sunday @ 11am -
WORSHIP Wednesday @ 6:30pm
- Dinner at ULC Wednesday @ 7pm
- Click
here for ULC's Calendar of Events Email
Links: Get This
In Your Email Box! LutherNOLE T-Shirts Peer
Minister Corner No meeting this week. Your Peer
Ministers are Adam
Douthwaite, Randee
Garrett,
and Crystal
Berner.
Last
Sunday In Perspective
Do you have a special event, concert, game, birthday, Something to say? Email the Editor Visit us on the web ULC Web Site ULC Calendar ULC E-News Archives Bible Trivia Answer The correct
answer is "d", two pigeons or turtledoves. You heard this during
the Gospel lesson last week from Luke 2. Click here to read
or listen to Luke 2.
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