December 2015 - January 2016
State Road Community Church of the Nazarene A place for friendship, learning, enrichment, service, and worship. Pastor: Phil Hurlbert
December/15—January/16
Coming Events! (Details inside) December 6 Sock Party December 9 Caravan Christmas December 12 Ladies Prayer Hour (& January 9) Project Gift December 13 Hurlbert Open House December 16 & January 20 Cornerstone Youth Meal December 17 & January 21 Victory Church Meals December 19 Ladies Christmas Paraty December 20 Children’s Christmas Program December 24 Communion, Carols, Candlelight January 16 NYI Quizzing at SRC
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given,. . . And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah
Pastor Phil
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2015-2016
Church Family News Socks N’ Soup’s On Party is the evening of December 6 at 6 PM. This year everyone is asked to bring a pair of heavy socks for the homeless. The evening will feature a soup dinner followed by a feature about St. Nicholas and some Christmas carols. Bring a friend! Sign up to bring soup, salad or dessert. Women’s Book Study will not meet in December but will begin again Jan. 4. Join the discussion of the book Lies Women Believe.
Mission News Project Gift is December 12. Please be sure to get your gifts in to Michelle and Kristen by December 6 to help make a nicer Christmas for our friends at Victory Church. Help with the party is always welcome. Each month SRC sponsors a Meal at Victory Church in the inner city. Adele Etherton heads up this great ministry. Dinners will be served Dec. 17 and Jan. 21. Cooks and servers are always needed. How can you help?
Ladies’ Christmas Party at Carol Vandetti’s home, December 19, 6 PM. White elephant exchange. Potluck.
CORNERSTONE
The Hurlbert Christmas Open House is the evening of December 13. Drop in anytime between 5-8 PM. Food provided. Teens! Don’t miss the great times on Wednesday nights and the upcoming Bring fellowship. meals on December 16 and January 20 at 6:30 PM. Good food. Good fun. The Cradle, The Cross, The Crown is Bring friends! the Children’s Program for Sunday, Dec. 20, in AM worship. Invite your family and The great Ugly friends for this wonderful presentation. Christmas Sweater Party is Don’t miss out on our December 16. Christmas Eve Service Leave your pink December 24 Communbunny suits at home ion, Carols, and Canbut wear the craziest dlelight. Christmas sweater you can find (or emJanuary’s Book Club selections are The bellish). There will Note and The Canopy by Angela Hunt. be contests, food Readers will meet at Adele Etherton’s and fun. home January 24 after church.
State Road Community Church of the Nazarene
Children’s Ministry The Children’s Christmas program will be presented on December 20 in morning worship. Practice is every Sunday morning at 10:45AM with special practices on Wednesday, Dec. 16 and Saturday, Dec. 19. See Sandy Hanzel for the full schedule. Saturday’s practice will be followed by a cast Christmas party. Children’s Quizzing is going on now. Some have already earned honors in the first meets. Please be in prayer for them as they study
Caravan Christmas Party is Wednesday, December 9, at 7 PM. Treats and a special Christmas show. The Secret Santa Shop will also be open then and you can purchase gifts for others for 25 cents to 1 dollar. Gift wrapping is free!
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Birthdays and Anniversaries
December 6 Olivia Jordan 7 Elizabeth Clark 14 Hannah Elwood 15 Jonathan May 16 Forrest Novak, Tomi Keating 18 Trude Grady 19 Aubrey Hurlbert 20 Carol Vandetti 21 Gavin Elwood 26 Dylan Etherton, Jonathon Moore, 30 Ray Moore January 2 Pat Zeleny, Phil & Danita Hurlbert 4 Greg Ackerman, Phil & Rita Clark 15 Noah Giguere If we missed your birthday or anniversary, please contact the church office so we can update our information.
2SAT9AM SRC hosts NYI Quizzing January 16! Lots of help is needed in setting up Friday night. Saturday serving lunch and clean up, (noon— 1:30) then setting up for church around 3 PM will take a few more volunteers. Food donations are also welcome. See Danita Hurlbert for more details.
Do you know what this is? It has to do with the power of prayer. The 2nd Saturday of each month SRC women gather for an hour of prayer at 9 AM. Join us, won’t you? Snip this corner off your newsletter and post it where you’ll be reminded.
The Back Page I don't remember the man. I honestly never even heard of him until I read a story about him. He was a radio host/songwriter in the 1950's. His name was Stuart Hamblim. His big hit in the 1950's was, "I wont go hunting with you Jake, but I'll go chasing women". I never heard the song before in my life and I am not sure that I want to but according to the story I read, the song described Stuart to a tee. He loved to drink, loved to party and loved to chase women, and he did all this to the extreme in the midst of his elite Hollywood friends.They loved him for it. So that was Stuart’s life. He seemed to have it all—money, fame fortune and plenty of willing women. That is how he lived his life until the day a young preacher came to town. This preacher was holding revival meetings in a tent near Stuart’s home and was causing quit a ruckus in town. Stuart decided to have this young preacher as a guest on his radio show so he could have some fun with him. In order to gather more information for his show Stuart even showed up at the preacher’s revival meetings so he could continue to slam him on his show. Now, this preacher was no fool. He knew why Stuart was there and early in one of his services the preacher boldly announced to the stunned crowed, "There is one man in the audience who is a big fake!.” Many in the crowd thought the preacher was referring to them but Stuart was convinced the young preacher was directing his words to him. The preacher’s words seemed to haunt Stuart. A couple of nights later he showed up at the preacher’s hotel room in a drunken rage and demanded that the preacher pray for him. The preacher refused!, "This is between you and God and I am not going to get in the middle of it", said the preacher. The preacher did however invite Stuart into his hotel room and the two had a heartwarming talk until 5 in the morning. Then something shocking happened! Stuart started to change his life. He quit drinking, quit partying, and yes, he even quit chasing women. He quit everything that he once thought was fun and because of this he quickly fell out of favor with his Hollywood friends. Stuart was fired from his popular radio show after he refused a beer company as one its sponsors. He was in a rut. He tried writing songs but had very little success. As his life continued to spiral downward his longtime friend named John visited him so they could talk. "All your troubles started with religion. Was it all worth it?” lamented John "Yes,” replied Stuart. "You liked your booze so much. Don't you miss it?” asked John "No!" said Stuart "I just don't understand how you could give it all up so easily,” said John Stuart replied, “Its no big secret. All things are possible with God.” "That's a catchy phrase, you should write a song about it!" The rest is history! The song Stuart wrote was It Is No Secret. We all know that song don't we? We all have sung it many times in church together. "It is no secret what God can do. What he’s done for others he’ll do for you.” But that's not the end to the story. Stuart’s friend John’s last name was Wayne and that young preacher who refused to pray for Stuart, his name is Billy Graham! Sometime when reading the bible it is hard to think of God doing miracles in our lifetime. It’s so easy to think of God as someone from the past and then try at apply it to our lives from that perspective, but there are millions of unwritten stories out there just like Stuart’s and they are happening right now! Maybe some of you even have your own story that has yet to be told (I’d love to hear them!!). Our God is an awesome God and his business is this----TO CHANGE LIVES. God has never stop changing the lives of his children since the Garden and he will never stop until the end of time! Changed lives! Miracles! Divine intervention! They are all alive and well and they are all around us!
State Road Community 8600 State Road North Royalton, OH 44133 Phone: 440-237-2344 Fax: 440-237-1877 Email:[email protected] Website:stateroadcommunity.com
Schedule of Services Sundays Prayer around the altar Sunday School Worship Service Children’s Church Evening Worship Wednesdays Caravan Teen Bible Study Prayer Group
9:00 AM 9:45 AM 10:45 AM 10:45 AM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM
December/15—January/16
Coming Events! (Details inside) December 6 Sock Party December 9 Caravan Christmas December 12 Ladies Prayer Hour (& January 9) Project Gift December 13 Hurlbert Open House December 16 & January 20 Cornerstone Youth Meal December 17 & January 21 Victory Church Meals December 19 Ladies Christmas Paraty December 20 Children’s Christmas Program December 24 Communion, Carols, Candlelight January 16 NYI Quizzing at SRC
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given,. . . And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah
Pastor Phil
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2015-2016
Church Family News Socks N’ Soup’s On Party is the evening of December 6 at 6 PM. This year everyone is asked to bring a pair of heavy socks for the homeless. The evening will feature a soup dinner followed by a feature about St. Nicholas and some Christmas carols. Bring a friend! Sign up to bring soup, salad or dessert. Women’s Book Study will not meet in December but will begin again Jan. 4. Join the discussion of the book Lies Women Believe.
Mission News Project Gift is December 12. Please be sure to get your gifts in to Michelle and Kristen by December 6 to help make a nicer Christmas for our friends at Victory Church. Help with the party is always welcome. Each month SRC sponsors a Meal at Victory Church in the inner city. Adele Etherton heads up this great ministry. Dinners will be served Dec. 17 and Jan. 21. Cooks and servers are always needed. How can you help?
Ladies’ Christmas Party at Carol Vandetti’s home, December 19, 6 PM. White elephant exchange. Potluck.
CORNERSTONE
The Hurlbert Christmas Open House is the evening of December 13. Drop in anytime between 5-8 PM. Food provided. Teens! Don’t miss the great times on Wednesday nights and the upcoming Bring fellowship. meals on December 16 and January 20 at 6:30 PM. Good food. Good fun. The Cradle, The Cross, The Crown is Bring friends! the Children’s Program for Sunday, Dec. 20, in AM worship. Invite your family and The great Ugly friends for this wonderful presentation. Christmas Sweater Party is Don’t miss out on our December 16. Christmas Eve Service Leave your pink December 24 Communbunny suits at home ion, Carols, and Canbut wear the craziest dlelight. Christmas sweater you can find (or emJanuary’s Book Club selections are The bellish). There will Note and The Canopy by Angela Hunt. be contests, food Readers will meet at Adele Etherton’s and fun. home January 24 after church.
State Road Community Church of the Nazarene
Children’s Ministry The Children’s Christmas program will be presented on December 20 in morning worship. Practice is every Sunday morning at 10:45AM with special practices on Wednesday, Dec. 16 and Saturday, Dec. 19. See Sandy Hanzel for the full schedule. Saturday’s practice will be followed by a cast Christmas party. Children’s Quizzing is going on now. Some have already earned honors in the first meets. Please be in prayer for them as they study
Caravan Christmas Party is Wednesday, December 9, at 7 PM. Treats and a special Christmas show. The Secret Santa Shop will also be open then and you can purchase gifts for others for 25 cents to 1 dollar. Gift wrapping is free!
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Birthdays and Anniversaries
December 6 Olivia Jordan 7 Elizabeth Clark 14 Hannah Elwood 15 Jonathan May 16 Forrest Novak, Tomi Keating 18 Trude Grady 19 Aubrey Hurlbert 20 Carol Vandetti 21 Gavin Elwood 26 Dylan Etherton, Jonathon Moore, 30 Ray Moore January 2 Pat Zeleny, Phil & Danita Hurlbert 4 Greg Ackerman, Phil & Rita Clark 15 Noah Giguere If we missed your birthday or anniversary, please contact the church office so we can update our information.
2SAT9AM SRC hosts NYI Quizzing January 16! Lots of help is needed in setting up Friday night. Saturday serving lunch and clean up, (noon— 1:30) then setting up for church around 3 PM will take a few more volunteers. Food donations are also welcome. See Danita Hurlbert for more details.
Do you know what this is? It has to do with the power of prayer. The 2nd Saturday of each month SRC women gather for an hour of prayer at 9 AM. Join us, won’t you? Snip this corner off your newsletter and post it where you’ll be reminded.
The Back Page I don't remember the man. I honestly never even heard of him until I read a story about him. He was a radio host/songwriter in the 1950's. His name was Stuart Hamblim. His big hit in the 1950's was, "I wont go hunting with you Jake, but I'll go chasing women". I never heard the song before in my life and I am not sure that I want to but according to the story I read, the song described Stuart to a tee. He loved to drink, loved to party and loved to chase women, and he did all this to the extreme in the midst of his elite Hollywood friends.They loved him for it. So that was Stuart’s life. He seemed to have it all—money, fame fortune and plenty of willing women. That is how he lived his life until the day a young preacher came to town. This preacher was holding revival meetings in a tent near Stuart’s home and was causing quit a ruckus in town. Stuart decided to have this young preacher as a guest on his radio show so he could have some fun with him. In order to gather more information for his show Stuart even showed up at the preacher’s revival meetings so he could continue to slam him on his show. Now, this preacher was no fool. He knew why Stuart was there and early in one of his services the preacher boldly announced to the stunned crowed, "There is one man in the audience who is a big fake!.” Many in the crowd thought the preacher was referring to them but Stuart was convinced the young preacher was directing his words to him. The preacher’s words seemed to haunt Stuart. A couple of nights later he showed up at the preacher’s hotel room in a drunken rage and demanded that the preacher pray for him. The preacher refused!, "This is between you and God and I am not going to get in the middle of it", said the preacher. The preacher did however invite Stuart into his hotel room and the two had a heartwarming talk until 5 in the morning. Then something shocking happened! Stuart started to change his life. He quit drinking, quit partying, and yes, he even quit chasing women. He quit everything that he once thought was fun and because of this he quickly fell out of favor with his Hollywood friends. Stuart was fired from his popular radio show after he refused a beer company as one its sponsors. He was in a rut. He tried writing songs but had very little success. As his life continued to spiral downward his longtime friend named John visited him so they could talk. "All your troubles started with religion. Was it all worth it?” lamented John "Yes,” replied Stuart. "You liked your booze so much. Don't you miss it?” asked John "No!" said Stuart "I just don't understand how you could give it all up so easily,” said John Stuart replied, “Its no big secret. All things are possible with God.” "That's a catchy phrase, you should write a song about it!" The rest is history! The song Stuart wrote was It Is No Secret. We all know that song don't we? We all have sung it many times in church together. "It is no secret what God can do. What he’s done for others he’ll do for you.” But that's not the end to the story. Stuart’s friend John’s last name was Wayne and that young preacher who refused to pray for Stuart, his name is Billy Graham! Sometime when reading the bible it is hard to think of God doing miracles in our lifetime. It’s so easy to think of God as someone from the past and then try at apply it to our lives from that perspective, but there are millions of unwritten stories out there just like Stuart’s and they are happening right now! Maybe some of you even have your own story that has yet to be told (I’d love to hear them!!). Our God is an awesome God and his business is this----TO CHANGE LIVES. God has never stop changing the lives of his children since the Garden and he will never stop until the end of time! Changed lives! Miracles! Divine intervention! They are all alive and well and they are all around us!
State Road Community 8600 State Road North Royalton, OH 44133 Phone: 440-237-2344 Fax: 440-237-1877 Email:[email protected] Website:stateroadcommunity.com
Schedule of Services Sundays Prayer around the altar Sunday School Worship Service Children’s Church Evening Worship Wednesdays Caravan Teen Bible Study Prayer Group
9:00 AM 9:45 AM 10:45 AM 10:45 AM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM
