Room to Worship, Serve and Grow

POINSETTIAS: Orders for memorial poinsettias will be taken TODAY. Double stem plants are $12 and triple stem plants are $16. Please place your order with an altar guild member sitting at a table in the narthex. The memorials will be listed in the bulletin on Sundays December 16 and 23.

TODAY IS THE DAY to bring your wrapped Giving Tree gifts to the church. Please bring them to the Community Room by 12:00 noon. And please remember to securely attach the tag you took from the tree to the outside of the box. Thank you for making Christmas more special to those in need.

COME CAROLING TO OUR SHUT-INS on Sunday, December 16 at 4:00pm. Sign up in the Narthex today!

JOIN US FOR A LAST MINUTE "GET CAUGHT UP" for Christmas with the Evening Women's Group.  On Thursday, December 13 at 7:00pm in the * (Hospitality room) you can bring your gifts to wrap, cards to address or your gift list and finish your shopping.  Babysitting will be available if needed, just let us know.  Please bring an appetizer or dessert to share and let's enjoy some good company while finishing up our Christmas tasks. RSVP to Lisa Martin at 330-665-2232 by Tuesday, December 11.

THANK YOU to all our members and guests that provided a strong turnout for the Akron Symphony Orchestra's performance of "The Messiah" last Sunday. It was a wonderful performance. The musicians all really enjoyed performing in our beautiful sanctuary. We had the largest audience of the 3 performances - 329 were in attendance at Bath, 305 at St. Bernard's and 225 at Trinity UCC in Wadsworth.

THANK YOU – THANK YOU- THANK YOU to all our hosts and hostesses, to the kitchen crew, and to all who attended the Christmas Dinner. Great fun was had by all.

WALKING THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS after the Death of a Loved One - Sunday afternoon December 9, 2007 - 1:30-3:00 pm, with Reverend Jim Cunningham and Karen Lordan. Feeling caught between the need to grieve and the pressure to get into a festive spirit this holiday season? Wondering whether to or how to speak about your loved one who died with out putting a cloud over the day for the whole family?  This is a special invitation for you and any of your loved ones to join us. In this Sunday afternoon event, we will listen to your concerns, address your questions, and offer tips for coping with grief during the holiday.

IT’S ABOUT THAT TIME!! Sunday, December 16^th is our annual Christmas Cookie Walk. Join us in the Hospitality Room off the Narthex. Please stop in and purchase home baked cookies for $5 per pound between services. Proceeds will help the youth as they raise funds for their Work Camp trip next summer.

Without your help, this fundraiser cannot be a success. Please, if you are interested in baking cookies, they can be dropped off Saturday December 15^th in the Hospitality Room between 9am-1pm. Thank you for your support!

HEY HOLIDAY SINGERS! If any of you folks out there in the congregation have house guests, children home from boarding school, or college students with you over the holidays and they like to sing, we would like them to join us. Give me a call and I’d be glad to let you know rehearsal and worship times.

Chancel Choir and Sanguine Singers

Debbie Heubeck, Music Director, 330-666-0257

MILLER AVENUE MISSION PARTNERSHIP: On Sunday, December 30, 2007 the Miller Avenue Mission will serve dinner and celebrate Fifth Sunday Service at 4:30 pm. Bath Church will help prepare the meal and serve. Anyone interested in helping should contact Lynne Dowling (330 666 6020) or Dom Pica (330 666 2666). Everyone is invited to attend the service and dinner. Our partnership mission at Miller Avenue is in the process of making plans for 2008. Lunch On Us will continue to be served on the last two Saturdays of the month. A special service and dinner is served on the fifth Sunday of the month. In addition, a wide variety of support programs are planned for those in need. Come get involved.

GREETER COORDINATOR NEEDED to arrange the schedule for our Sunday morning greeters. Interested? See Rev. Frey or Donna Robinson.

MAIL WOULD BE NICE!! Members of our church would love some mail. It would be nice to shower them with cards for Christmas during this time away from family. Please send your notes on to:

Jessica Jensen (Peace Corp),

BP 57, Meri, Cameroon, Africa.

2^nd Lieutenant Jim Whitmore (stationed in Korea)

B/6 -37FA, Unit #15406, APO, AP 96224-5406

THE 2008 FLOWER CHART is posted in the Sacristy. Please sign up for any Sunday you would like to donate flowers to be placed on the altar. The flowers can be given as a memorial to loved ones or in honor of someone special or for recognition of a significant event.

LINK articles are due early this month. Please have your article or notice for the January newsletter into the church office by

The Third Sunday of Advent: Love

Theme: Angels – Rev. Frey preaching: Matthew 1:18-25, Anointing for Healing

Cookie Walk, Caroling to Shut-Ins