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119 Humbert Road
Markleton, PA 15551
814-926-4429
www.kingwoodchurch.cggc.org
November 8, 2026
The Words of Welcome
Items in the Life of the Church
The Prelude
* The Call to Worship
* The Opening Songs
#765
“Come, Ye Thankful People, Come”
#767
“We Gather Together”
#25
“He Has Made Me Glad”
* The Prayer of Invocation
The Ministry of Music
The Morning Offering and Church Projects Offering
* The Doxology
* The Offertory Prayer
* The Expression of Friendship
The Sharing of Joys and Concerns
* The Prayer Song
“All Your Anxieties”
* The Time of Prayer
The Scripture Lesson: Psalm 100, 1Thessalonians 5:12-21
The Morning Message
“Fall Series – Cultivating Gratitude”
* The Closing Song
#771
“Count Your Blessings”
* The Benediction
* The Postlude
* Please stand if you are able
Our Staff
Will Miller – Senior Pastor (814-926-4428)
James L. Monticue – Visitation Pastor (814-233-6076)
Hillary Whaley – Children’s Ministry Director (814-233-8861)
Carey Beth King – Secretary (814-233-0053)
Our Thanks to the following for their services today
Downstairs Nursery: Jenn Gross & Catherine Houghton
Sunday, November 8, 2026
9:15 a.m. – Children’s Worship Leaders Meeting in Sanctuary
Monday, November 9, 2026
8:00 a.m. – Walk Fit Exercise
No Toddler Open Gym at FC
7:00 p.m. – Council Meeting at FC
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
9:30 a.m. – Pickleball
Wednesday, November 11, 2026
8:00 a.m. – Walk Fit Exercise
7:00 p.m. – Midweek, AWANA, Youth Group
Thursday, November 12, 2026
6:30 p.m. – Choir Practice at Church
Friday, November 13, 2026
8:00 a.m. – Walk Fit Exercise
Saturday, November 14, 2026
4:00 p.m. – Miss Patty Cake’s Christmas Live! at Church
Sunday, November 15, 2026
9:30 a.m. – Combined Sunday School
10:30 a.m. – Special Veterans Day Service
7:00 p.m. – Congregational Meeting in Sanctuary
Offerings needed weekly to balance our budget……… $6,558.06
Offerings received last Sunday……………. $8,612.00
Last Sunday’s Attendance………………….. 141
Last Sunday’s SS Attendance……………… 82
The annual Congregational Meeting will be held on November 15 at 7:00 p.m.
The Helping Hands Ministry encourages you to send some “sunshine” (i.e., a card) to let them know that we are thinking of them and are keeping them in our prayers.
Hilton & Loretta Mitchell
c/o Berlin Manor Apt. 118
Berlin, PA 15530
Jack & Jean Romesberg
188 Romesberg Lane
Rockwood, PA 15557
There will be a short meeting for the couples who help lead the Children’s Worship time today, between 1st Service and Sunday School, in the Sanctuary.
There is a sign up sheet in the vestibule listing Scripture and topics for anyone willing to write a 1 page devotional for our Advent Booklet. Completed devotions need to be submitted to Pastor Jim, preferably by email at monticuejim@gmail.com by Nov. 13
There will be a special Veterans Day service during the 10:30 worship service next Sunday. And the Sunday School classes will all be together upstairs for a special service.
The choir will rehearse 11/12, 11/19, 12/3 & 12/10 to be presented on December 13. Please try to make it since we are doing a special number.
There is a signup sheet for the Children’s Christmas Program on the table in the vestibule. Children, ages 3 years-5th grade are welcome to join in the fun as we prepare a program to point us to the true meaning of Christmas! The Program will be held during Sunday School on Sunday, December 20th. Practices will be after Church on November 29, December 6 and 13. If you have any questions, please see Vanessa or Hillary
Thank you to all who served in Children’s Ministry this past year! What a blessing! If you would be willing to serve in Children’s Ministry in 2027 there is a sign-up sheet on the table in the vestibule. Help is needed in the Downstairs Nursery and in the Toddler Room as a helper. For child safety, we need to have two people serving in a room, so lots of help is needed! Please sign up and if you have any preferences or weeks to avoid, please note. Volunteers typically serve once a month. Clearances are also needed to serve. If you have any questions, please see Hillary Whaley (814-233-8861).
The Helping Hands Service Team is collecting new or very gently used winter wear: coats, pants, boots or other winter type shoes for both men and women. These items will be donated to the Somerset County Jail for those individuals on their release during the winter months. There will also be a monetary donation box in the vestibule next to the donation bin, if you would like to donate that way. All money collected will go to the purchase of these needed items. Collection will take place from now until the end of February. Thank you!
Attention: Deer Hunters…10 Deboned Hind Quarters are needed for the Wild Game Dinner in March! If you need yours deboned – please take to Hay’s Butchering and tell them it is for Kingwood. They can be placed in the church freezer. GO OUT, ENJOY AND GET THE BIG BUCK!
There is a sign up sheet for help the day of Miss Patty Cake. (11/14)
There are areas for all ages young and old!!! Please take a moment to look as lots of help is needed to make this a wonderful experience for all…Specifically the children. Your donation of time will be greatly appreciated!
The secret sister’s group: “Sisters in Christ” is planning our annual party on Sunday, November 22, 2026, at 12:30 p.m. in the church basement. Our theme this year is: “Fruits of the Spirit.” All women of the church are invited to attend this event. As a group, we pray for each other throughout the year, send cards for special occasions, and gather once a year for our annual party. We all prepare a delicious, covered dish for the party. We buy a gift for our secret sister and reveal our identity on this day. We play our popular grab bag gift game each year. Please bring three small, wrapped gifts for this game. Watch for the sign-up sheet in the vestibule in November. This is a special ministry for the women of our church. Please consider attending.
Meals on Wheels of Somerset County, Inc., located at 235 W. Church St. Somerset, is hiring a bookkeeper/coordinator. This is a paid position. Key responsibilities include coordinating, overseeing and verifying daily meal packing, maintaining accurate and updated client lists and routes, invoicing clients, tracking payments, providing customer service and assisting as needed with other staff responsibilities. Requirements include basic computer experience with email, spreadsheets, word processing; experience with invoicing; strong communication skills; and ability to lift 25 lb. coolers multiple times each day. Hours 7am-1pm M-F. Interested? Email or call Lori Nist at mow81@gmail.com or 814-443-2787.
A Note of Thanks…
Thank you to all who helped with and/or attended the Retiree Lunch. We served about 188 meals with 169 people eating at the Fellowship Center and 19 meals delivered to shut-in’s. A special Thank You to the 22+ volunteers that made the meal possible.
Thank you to the Church, the Sunday School, and to all the individuals that made Beth and me feel appreciated in a special way in October during Pastor Appreciation month. The care and concern that Kingwood shows for her pastoral staff makes us all feel very loved. Thank you again.
Pastor Will and Beth
Pastor Jim and Melanie would like to express their thanks for all the cards, gifts and kindnesses extended to them during Pastor Appreciation Month and throughout the year. It’s a blessing to serve here.
There are Children’s bulletins on the table for children to use during Worship Service. We have Jr. Church during both services, but children are welcome to stay with their parents during service upstairs. Feel free to use the crayons; please return the crayons to the table at the end of service.
Fall Series
Cultivating Gratitude
Nov. 8, 2026
Psalm 100 A psalm. For giving grateful praise.
1 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. 2 Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. 3 Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. 5 For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.
1 Thess. 5:12-21 12 Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you. 13 Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other. 14 And we urge you, brothers and sisters, warn those who are idle and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone. 15 Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else.
16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
19 Do not quench the Spirit. 20 Do not treat prophecies with contempt 21 but test them all; hold on to what is good,
Other Texts Exodus 34:6-7
REFLECTION
What are you ________ for today? What _________ __________ your __________?
What, _________ ____________, have you perhaps taken for granted?
What is Jesus saying to you today about your __________ of ___________? Or perhaps your lack of ____________?
How will you obey what you hear Jesus saying to
you?
How will you ____________ your _______________?
There are Children’s bulletins on the table for children to use during Worship Service. We have Jr. Church during both services, but children are welcome to stay with their parents during service upstairs. Feel free to use the crayons; please return the crayons to the table at the end of service.
Nurseries
- There is an unstaffed nursery for babies located on the same floor as the sanctuary that may be used at any time.
- There is a staffed nursery for children up through the age of 3 during the 10:30 service, located downstairs in room 1.
- Both nurseries have a closed-circuit TV through which you can watch the worship service.
Jr. Church (Both Worship Services)
- We offer a Jr. Church program during the entire Morning Worship Service downstairs in the social room for children age 3 up to and including 5th grade. – School aged kids will worship upstairs on the first Sunday of each month. Preschool aged kids will be downstairs every Sunday.
Sunday School (9:30)
- We have classes for children (beginning when they are old enough to walk), youth, and adults. If your child is not old enough to walk, feel free to take him/her with you to your class. For more info, please see either the Sunday School brochure or the Welcome Packet. They are located in the pew rack and on a table in the hallway.
Want to know more about our church?
- There are folders with more info about our church in the racks of each pew and on a table in the hallway. Please take one home with you and check it out.
