e-newsletter Dec 20 2018

The Moscow United Methodist Church126 Church Street Office Phone: 570-842-7251Moscow, PA 18444 e-newsletter December 20, 2018 In This Newsletter Christmas & Epiphany Worship at MUMC Scholarship Opportunities Financial Peace U @MUMC MUMC Book Club NewsChristmas – Epiphany Worship Russian Christmas & New Year Events4th Sunday Advent, Dec 23, 11 amDec 24, Christmas Eve Candlelight, 7 pm In Loving Memory…Dec 25, Merry Christmas! Thank You! A Christmas PoemDec 30, A Contemporary Christmas, 11 amJan 6, Epiphany Sunday, 11 am, Coffee Hour Open House at the parsonage Sunday school resumes 9:30 amJan 13, Baptism of Our Lord, 11 amCourageous Questions and Conversations: A sermon series beginning thisJanuary, exploring ways we can engage in civil dialogue in our life of faith

MUMC’s August and Melba Fleckenstein Scholarship Thanks to the generosity of the Fleckenstein Family, Moscow UMC is pleased to announce applications for the 2019 August and Melba Fleckenstein Memorial Scholarship are open. This scholarship is for active Moscow UMC high school seniors applying to a trade or vocational college or school for higher education. Applications may be picked up in the church office during office hours or requested via email and submitted by Friday, March 1, 2019

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MUMC’s 2019 Book Discussions All Welcome !!Call 570-842-7251 for more informationThursday January 3, 2018, 6 p Thursday, February 7, 2018, 6 pm Thursday, March 7, 2018, 6 pm A Prayer for Owen Meany Manhunt: The 12-day chase Little Women & Little Men By John Irving For Lincoln’s Killer (nonfiction) By James L. Swanson By Louisa May Alcott 150 year anniversary





In Loving Memory: Deborah Holmes Palmer Deborah Holmes Palmer, 66, recently of Morristown, Tenn., went home be with her Lord on Friday, Dec. 7. During her lifetime she expressed her faith through the support of numerous local churches, including First United Methodist (Morristown, Tenn.), Community Chapel (Nashua, N.H.), Bedford Baptist (Merrimack, N.H.), Main Street United Methodist (Nashua, N.H.) and Moscow United Methodist (Moscow, Pa.). Among others, she was involved in Sunday School, adult choir, VBS and social and senior activities. Her talent for catching and training feral kittens was legendary. Born in Baltimore, Md., she was raised in Moscow. She was preceded in death by her parents, Earl Holmes (Arkansas) and Linda Mobley (Towanda, Pa.). She is survived by her husband, Scott Palmer (Rochester, N.Y.); and loving family including her sister, Nora Holmes Bromberg; and half- brother, Edward Holmes (Tuscon, Ariz.); three nieces, Rebecca Bromberg Burgett (Corryton, Tenn.); Nicole Bromberg Sedgwick (Granbury, Texas); and Jessica Bromberg Pope, her Godchild (Lakeland, Fla.); and seven great- nieces and nephews, including Gabriel, Jacob, Ezekiel, Ezra, Zaeda, Zachary and Ziva. Moscow UMC are invited to reach out to Deborah’s sister: Nora Holmes Bromberg, 403 Phyllis Circle, Talbott, TN 37877 and/or her husband: Scott Palmer, 3925 Teresas Way, Morristown, TN 37814

Thank you to all our Moscow UMC friends who brought joy this holiday season by:• Donating food, dry goods and cash to our North Pocono Food & Dry Goods Pantries or volunteered helping those in need of food• Purchasing gifts for local children through Project Joy• Purchasing gifts for children with an incarcerated parent through the Angel Tree program• Donating items for cleaning buckets and health kits for flood victims• Helped a homeless vet find housing, food, clothing, and friendship• And so much more… A Christmas Poem I have seen the infant Jesus, Just as plainly, just as near As if I’d been there in that stable Watching in the starlight clear. I have heard his baby laughter In a different time and place, And when I held a newborn child I felt his breath upon my face. In the night I’ve heard him crying; I have seen his streaming tears Upon the cheeks of hungry children Who were cold and full of fears. I have seen the infant Jesus And have marveled at his birth, For there is evidence of him In all the children of the earth. By Sarah Miller