Thanksgiving is next week and we still need donations to provide 100 hot turkey dinners to needy families on Thanksgiving Day at 11am. Please consider giving a special donation this coming 

Sunday. More details are available on our website:

About our Thanksgiving Hot Meals Program

The Community Outreach Ministry Team is once again supporting the Angel Tree Giving Project for Spring Hill Elementary School and The Senior Giving Tree. 

This coming Sunday, November 24th, three trees will be set up in the church lobby with color-coded gift tags:

• Clothing & Shoes - tags for 20 children the SHES administrative team has identified as being in need of a gift of clothing or shoes. The tags will include the name, gender, grade level, sizes, and favorite color for each child.
• Wish List Items - tags for a student’s wish-list (a toy, game, hobby, activity).
• Just for Seniors - tags for something special for a senior citizen in need this holiday (such as sweaters, pajamas. slippers or a special snack).

Please select a tag (or tags), purchase the suggested items, and return the gifts to the church with the tag no later than Sunday, December 8th.

Community Outreach Ministry members will be available to assist you in the process of selecting name(s) and filling out the sign-up sheet. Written directions will also be available regarding wrapping and tagging the gifts.

If you are unable to go shopping, members of the Community Outreach Ministry will be happy to receive your donation and shop for you. Please contact the church office if you have any questions.

Email us with any Questions

‘Tis the season, so we could use volunteers to help put up Christmas decorations to make the church sparkle this holiday season. If you can volunteer on Wednesday, December 4th at 10 am at the 

church, please let us know by sending an email to our decoration team leaders:

Email us to Volunteer

The Book: Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved by Kate Bowler

This book by Kate Bowler has been billed as: “A meditation on sense-making when there’s no sense to be made, on letting go when we can’t hold on, and on being unafraid even when we’re terrified. And it happens to be hilarious. Above all, though, this is a love letter to life, and it’s gorgeous.” [Lucy Kalanithi, MD, FACP, clinical assistant professor of medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine] making it a perfect companion through the season of Advent.

The study will look at two chapters each week and look for places it intersects with both our lives and the Advent and Christmas narratives. The class will meet Sunday mornings at 9am on December 1, 8, 15 and 22. The book can be bought on amazon.com.

If you're interested, sign up using the registration sheet in the church lobby, or email Pastor Jennifer by clicking the button below.

Sign Up for the Advent Book Study

Sunday, November 24th - Our Bible Study class on Exodus continues at 9am, followed by the weekly service at 10am. If you can’t attend the service in person, you can watch our live Zoom webcast by clicking here. After the service, there will be fellowship time in Fellowship Hall.

Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 28th at 11am - our drive-through hot meals program will provide 100 hot turkey dinners on a first come, first-served basis. Please see our donation appeal above.

See Our November Calendar

Our Annual Cookie Walk and Basket Raffle is Saturday, December 7th, 8am - 2pm at Fellowship Hall. There will be a large variety of homemade cookies for sale by the pound.  You can also take chance on winning homemade baskets stuffed with all sorts of things with 26 tickets going for $10. This is one of our biggest events of the year, so please hold the date.

See The Cookie Walk/Basket Raffle Poster

Our Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry needs donations of Cereal, Soup, Jelly, Ramen, and Mac and Cheese. Donate food using the drop-off location in the church lobby.

The Food for Thought initiative collects healthy snacks for Spring Hill Elementary School (SHES). We need large boxes of cereal (e.g. Honey Nut Cheerios) and snacks (e.g. Pretzels, Goldfish, or Animal 

Crackers). Please drop off donated items in the Food for Thought bin in the church lobby.

Do you know of a community group that needs meeting space, or maybe a local family looking for a central location to host a wedding or reception? Spring Hill UCC offers abundant rental space at reasonable rates. Proceeds fund church operations.

Refer Potential Renters

Got something that’s been on your mind? Pastor Jennifer invites you to Ask Any Question using the message board in the church lobby.

The St. Pauly Clothing Shed in the rear of the church collects gently used clothing and other items for families in need. Please donate clothing, shoes, belts, purses, blankets, sheets, pillowcases, curtains, and stuffed animals. Please do not bring electronics, books, household items, toys, pillows, garbage, rags or fabric scraps.

We have volunteer opportunities for Sunday service greeters, welcome desk attendants, and liturgists. You can learn more and sign up at the welcome desk in the church lobby on Sunday.

If you have information for this newsletter or the church calendar, please see Alice Zawacki on Sundays or send an email.

Your generous contributions help fund the church and our ministries. Click below to donate. Thank you.

Click to Donate 

Not feeling well, or just not able to join us in person? You can participate in our weekly worship service online - from your smart phone, tablet, or on a PC or Mac laptop or desktop computer.

The live Zoom webcast starts just prior to the beginning of our 10am service, and includes the ability to chat with out digital moderator to send us prayer requests, or simply say hello.

Technical tip: please be sure to mute your microphone when joining so you can hear the service.