A young Native-American boy and a Franciscan priest learn the true meaning of Christmas during a holiday party at a reservation mission.
Daily Archives: December 3, 2012
2012 Pender Woman and Man of the Year
2012 Pender Woman / Man of the Year
Nominations for 2012 United Methodist Woman of the Year
Please take a moment to nominate a woman (or multiple women) who you feel have done exemplary work for our church and/or community in 2012. (Please note that past recipients are not eligible and a list of previous recipients may be found in the back of the UMW Directory.)
Nomination forms can be found in the UMW mailbox by the elevators and completed forms can be handed to Joyce Munt.
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Nominations for 2012 United Methodist Man of the Year
The Pender United Methodist Men’s Ministry serves to educate and support the men of Pender Church in fulfilling their Godly roles as fathers, husbands, leaders, and/or servants.
Each year, the Men’s Ministry meets to select and recognize the contribution sand service of one particular volunteer who demonstrates and exemplifies what it means to faithfully and courageously love and serve God, the Church, and our Neighbors.
We are now seeking nominations for the 2012 Man of Year and encourage you to consider nominating a special man of Pender who has to Steve Hocker no later than December 28th and should include a brief description of why you are making the nomination.
Christmas Handbell Concert, December 9, 2012
Christmas Handbell Concert
Today, December 9, will be our Annual Christmas Handbell Concert.
Eight of Pender’s handbell choirs will ring Christmas music at the 8:15 and 11:00AM services.
Please join us for a program of Christmas favorites old and new.
Christmas Music, Part 3 – Angels We Have Heard On High
Angels We Have Heard On High
- Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o’er the plains
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strainsCHORUS:
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
What the gladsome tidings be
Which inspire your heavenly song? ChorusCome to Bethlehem and see
Him Whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee,
Christ the Lord, the newborn King. ChorusSee Him in a manger laid
Jesus Lord of heaven and earth;
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
With us sing our Savior’s birth. Chorus
This is a traditional French carol (Les Anges dans nos Campagnes) that was translated into English by Bishop James Chadwick.
This carol commemorates the story of the birth of Jesus Christ found in the Gospel of Luke, in which shepherds outside Bethlehem encounter a multitude of angels singing and praising the newborn child.
In 2009, Andrea Bocelli and David Foster collaborated to produce a Christmas album with a number of other music legends. This is “Angels We Have Heard on High” with choir and orchestra.
