HUMC will be placing poinsettias in the church for the Christmas season. The smaller poinsettias may be ordered for $12 as a memorial or honorarium for your loved one(s). Their names will be placed in our Christmas Eve bulletin. Complete the form inserted in the bulletin or contact the church office by December 8. Please turn in your donations with each order.

Church Council and Trustees meetings will be on December 8. Trustees will meet at 4:30pm and is asking both 2019  and 2020 members to attend. The Council meeting will begin at 6 pm.

Hopewell will have their first annual Christmas Tree Lighting on Thursday, December 12, immediately following the Learning Center’s Christmas program at 6:30 pm. We need 10 people to bring 2 dozen homemade Christmas cookies (kid-friendly and no nuts please). We also need people to act as greeters and to help serve hot chocolate. Please call the church office if you are interested in volunteering at 864-967-8181.

Boys and girls in preschool and elementary school are invited to Sunday School at 9:15 am. We look forward to seeing you!  

Volunteers who are willing to help teach or substitute are asked to contact Mary Russell.

Please join us Sundays at 9:15 am for one of our book studies:

• *NEW* James W. Moore’s book When All Else Fails, Read the Instructions. Please join us as we explore and learn about the Beatitudes, the Ten Commandments, and the new commandment of Jesus.The class meets in the third room on the left as you enter the doors by the kitchen (the copier room).
• “Down Home Wit & Wisdom” by Steve Chapman. This best-selling author shares his favorite and distinctive quips, followed by a true story that reveals the down-home wisdom in action. Meets in the second classroom on the left as you enter the doors by the kitchen.

Hopewell is holding a Bible study on Tuesdays at 9:30am for persons new to the Bible. We will meet in the kitchen of Hopewell and will read the “stories” of the Bible. There is no reading preparation for the class, and each class is a new story. A Bible is necessary; you can bring your own, or one will be provided. If you have questions, please contact Jessica Collins.

Our prayer coordinator, Mary Brown, invites all who would like to be included in the weekly prayer list update email to contact her via email at hopewellprayers@gmail.com .

Please click HERE for a list of 2019 leadership at Hopewell UMC.  

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