Hoops & Friendsgiving
Monday, November 23
Southside is partnering with IncludeAbility and NEO Adaptive Sports to serve a Friendsgivng Meal after a Cleveland Cavaliers Wheelchair Basketball Team plays at the Gault Recreation Center! The game will be at 6pm with the meal directly after, served at 7pm. We are in need of volunteers to provide food as well as serve the meal. Sign up at the table in the back!
Benevolence Christmas Bag Project
The Benevolence Team has planned an opportunity for us to participate in personal ministry during the Christmas season. We’re accepting cash donations in person or online, or you can also purchase items from this Amazon Wishlist here that will be put into the bags. These bags will then be available on December 6th for any Southsider to take and give to a neighbor, co-worker, or other friend or family member as an opportunity for personal ministry. We’ll be accepting donations through November 29th.
Women’s Holiday Gathering: Christ, Crafts, & Crockpots
Saturday, December 5, 10:30am-12:30pm @ Southside
Ladies, you’re invited! Our Women’s Ministry team has planned a fun and Christ centered morning to invest in community with one another. There will be a devotional and a craft to bring in the Christmas season, and if you’re able, bring along a favorite crockpot meal to share. Please bring printed copies of the recipe as well so everyone can leave with new meal ideas to get through the winter season. You’re welcome to invite guests too, just make sure to RSVP both your guests and yourself at the Sign Up Station by Nov 29th
Kids Christmas Program
On Sunday, December 13th, our kids will perform their Christmas program! We encourage the kids to perform at the beginning of both services and then would be free to leave after the second performance. Also, the Elementary Class (1st-5th grade) WILL have Sunday School available at both the 9:00 and 10:30 service that Sunday.
In preparation for this Christmas Program, all Toddlers through 5th Graders (and their parents), are invited to a Christmas party and rehearsal on Saturday December 12th, 5:30-7:00pm. We will have pizza & Christmas crafts in addition to practicing the program.
Parenting: Tending the Vine, Trusting the Gardener
Wednesday, November 18, 6:30-8:00pm @ Southside
Greg will share some of the most valuable lessons he’s learned (and is still learning!) about parenting in the Kingdom. Biblical. Practical. Formational.
Childcare will be provided. RSVP at the Sign Up Station.
Everyone is invited, even if you don’t have kids. It may provide some insights as to how you were raised, or how you can be of help to others - it does, indeed, take a village.
Christmas Choir
We’re planning to have a choir for Christmas again! No matter your experience, all are welcome. Rehearsals will be from 6:30-8:00pm on Wednesdays, Dec 2nd, 9th, & 16th. The choir will sing on Sunday, Dec 20th during both services, and lead us in some a capella carols for our Christmas Eve service. If you’re interested in being part of the choir, sign up in the back.
What Every Child Should Know About Prayer
Last week, in tandem with our baby dedication service, we offered copies of this book about prayer for free. If you have children 5th grade and younger, make sure your family grabs one of these books from the Resource Room!
Kids Ministry Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast
Sunday, January 17, 9:00-10:30am
(In place of our regular Sunday morning services.)
If you are one of our treasured volunteers for Kids Ministry (infant through 5th grade), you are serving on the front lines of what might be Southside's most important ministry. We would love to thank you for your sacrifice and love for our kids by serving you breakfast, and sharing a bit of our vision for the Kids Ministry moving forward. Childcare will be provided, but please feed your kiddos breakfast before coming. We're only spoiling the adults with breakfast this time
Wish List
We have an Amazon wish list that we update periodically with current needs as an option to serve Southside for those who are looking for small sporadic opportunities. Purchasing items from this list helps to make our Sunday morning gatherings thrive - anything from diapers for the nursery, to snacks for our Kids Ministry, to basic cleaning supplies. You can view the list here.
Coming up…
November 15 - Garden Team Lunch Meeting | after 10:30am service
November 18 - Parenting Equipping | 6:30-8:00pm
November 23 - Hoops & Friendsgiving | 6:00pm @ The Gault Recreation Center
December 2 - Christmas Choir Practice | 6:30-8:00pm
December 3 - All Staff Meeting | 6:00-7:00pm
December 3 - Management Team Meeting | 7:00-9:00pm
December 5 - Women’s Holiday Gathering | 10:30am-12:30pm
December 6 - Parent Meeting (infant through 5th grade) | 11:45am-12:15pm
December 9 - Christmas Choir Practice | 6:30-8:00pm
December 12 - Kids Christmas Party & Rehearsal | 5:30-7:00pm
December 16 - Christmas Choir Practice | 6:30-8:00pm
December 24 - Christmas Eve Service @ The Wellspring | Time TBD
January 17 - Kids Ministry Volunteers Appreciation Breakfast | 9:00-10:30am