Prayer Groups, Advent 2024, Bake Sale!
Dear Stillmeadow Family,
In our sermon series Just Mercy, we are examining how God calls us to become involved in his redemption plan for the world.
As I prepared for Sunday’s message, this quote from one of our Nazarene theologians, Tom Noble grabbed my heart’s attention:
The Lord wants to relate to us not merely as the Creator to his creatures, nor as a king to his subjects, nor as a master to redeemed slaves, nor as a judge to pardoned convicts. He comes in the Person of the Son because he wants to adopt us into personal relationships of love and trust within the familial fellowship (koinonia) of his Holy Spirit.
In the incarnation, we see that God didn’t fix the problems of the world from a distance physically or relationally. Jesus is physically joined to us and relationally available to us today! When we put our faith in him, we are adopted into His family and become a part of his family outreach into the world. The church is essentially a family working with God to extend the family!
This has massive implications for our work in the world. As we noted in Sunday, Jesus (and Boaz before him) reminds us that serving others comes with a price, is an expression of obedience to God and requires us to get personal.
When we asked, “Will you stand for the children?” we were asking, “Will you be like Jesus and pay the price, be obedient and get personal?”
Please take time to pray through the opportunities we are highlighting each week this month. Ask God how he is inviting you to respond and represent his grace and truth in these days. Check out www.stillnaz.com/justmercy for info on Habitat for Humanity, the Foster Care Initiative, Good News Global and the Nursing Home Blessing.
As you respond to his call, engage his word this week. Here’s the reading schedule that includes further exploration of what the Bible has to say…
Weekly Reading (November 11-16)
Monday: Psalm 113; 1 Timothy 5:1-8
Tuesday: Psalm 94; 1 Timothy 5:9-16
Wednesday: Psalm 94; Luke 4:16-30
Thursday: Psalm 16; 1 Timothy 6:11-21
Friday: Daniel 4:19-27; Colossians 2:6-15
Saturday: Daniel 4:28-37; Mark 12:1-12
In His Hands and In His Time,
Pastor Josh
And check out the services at the Stillmeadow Lane Campus and the York City Campus!
The Main Announcements
Prayer Groups
Advent 2024
EJAM Bake Sale in Cafe Area
Prayer Groups
As we grow together, prayer is the foundation for our community. We have many groups that focus on prayer. Checkout our prayer opportunities at stillnaz.com/prayer.
Advent 2024
We want to engage in the season of Advent as a church together. Advent is a season of waiting and watching, planning and preparing for Christmas. And the Family Advent Experience (Nov 24 in our 9:00 and 10:30 services) is a way of preparing the entire church family for the Advent season. Sign up to get the Advent Devotions emailed to you daily or grab a devotional at the Welcome Center. Sign up HERE.
EJAM Bake Sale!
Are you in need of baked goods for Christmas? We have you covered! Visit our table beside the cafe on Sunday for a bake sale to support our upcoming work and witness trip to East Jamaica (EJAM)! Enjoy pies, sand tarts, whoopie pies and more! Sale ends Nov 17th!
Grow with us
No one matures alone. Check out our listing of groups and let us know if you’re interested in one. Contact Karon Kagan (kkagan@stillnaz.com) or Pastor Tabitha Martin (pastortabitha@stillnaz.com) if you’d like help signing up or learning more.
We believe that as followers of Jesus, we are on the pathway of discipleship. This pathway is not linear, but we grow when we gather together, when we take courses to grow in our spiritual formation, when we commit to a lifegroup to practice the mission of Jesus together, when we begin to lead others, and when we pray together. Join our discipleship pathway as we grow with Jesus and one another!
Prayer Groups- Prayer- As we grow together, prayer is the foundation for our community. We have many groups that focus on prayer. Checkout our prayer opportunities at stillnaz.com/prayer.
Serve with us
You have been gifted and we’d be honored to serve with you. We’d love to have you partner with us. Click the “Serve” button below for more opportunities.
JTAG Christmas Choir —If you like to sing or play an instrument, join us for the Christmas Musical Program that will take place in both services December 15th! You can sign up at stillnaz.com/choir. Questions? Email pastorjohn@stillnaz.com.
Community Thanksgiving Dinner-Sunday, November 24th from 2-5PM! This event is a multi-church event that will be held at our York City Campus (350 Chestnut St.). Invite your friends and neighbors and join us for food and fellowship! Many hands are needed to feed the community a Thanksgiving meal! If you would like to serve you can sign-up HERE.
Foster Care Initiative—Join with us in supporting resource and adoptive families in our community. You can pray, join a care community or donate. Check out www.stillnaz.com/fostercare for more.
Pray with us
You can find a guide to prayer and submit a prayer request at www.stillnaz.com/pray. This week, let us pray for:
The Hurricane Helene Disaster Response Team — We have 13 people from Stillmeadow going down to serve with Samaritan’s Purse in Boone, NC. Check out the work that is being done here.
The daily prayer: The Governor of Pennsylvania, the General Assembly, and all who work in State Government. All who work in businesses which provide services to others. All who work in construction. Hospitals and nursing homes: patients, residents, and staff; all who provide health care. Victims of violent crime; all who commit violent crime. All senior citizens.
Give with us
Hurricane Disaster Help-For ways to give, provide Crisis Care Kits, or to be a part of a future work team, please go to stillnaz.com/hurricane.
Youth 30 Hour Famine took place November 8 & 9!
Did you know that the number of people facing hunger doubled in 2020 and is now 270 million, that one in every ten people in the developing world do not have enough to eat and 6,000 plus kids under age 5 die from preventable hunger related causes daily? You can still support our youth who fasted, served and raised funds to combat world hunger! You can donate to combat world hunger by going HERE.
Crisis Care Kits
One way the Church of the Nazarene supports people facing natural and humanitarian disasters is through Crisis Care Kits. These are little packs that help meet basic needs. If you’d like to help, you can build kits of your own and bring them into Stillmeadow. You can find the list and instructions HERE.
Quarterly Giving Statement
Stillmeadow accomplishes its mission of Jesus to All Generations through the faithful generosity of God’s people. Because our accountability and transparency are important our quarterly income and expense report for the most recent quarter can be seen at stillnaz.com/give.
Congratulations to…
Mitchell & Leah (Shaffer) George who were married on October 12.
Condolences to…
The family of Denny (and Vanessa) Williams who lost his mother Lois Elaine Williams on October 11.
The family of Rich (and Lida) Renoll who lost his mother Nancy Renoll , grandmother to Nate and Brandon, on November 2.