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November 9, 2025

119 Humbert Road
Markleton, PA 15551
814-926-4429
www.kingwoodchurch.cggc.org

November 9, 2025

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Our Staff  
Will Miller – Senior Pastor    (814-926-4428)
James L. Monticue – Visitation Pastor  (814-233-6076)
Karey Vough – Youth Y/A Pastor    (814-969-2817)
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:  Beth Miller & Kaci Cramer

Sunday, November 9, 2025
9:30 a.m. – Combined Adult Classes for Veterans Day Sunday School Program in the Sanctuary
7:00 p.m. – Congregational Meeting

Monday, November 10, 2025
8:00 a.m. – Walk Fit Exercise

Tuesday, November 11, 2025
9:30 a.m. – Pickleball

Wednesday, November 12, 2025
8:00 a.m. – Walk Fit Exercise
12:00 p.m. – Retiree Luncheon at FC
7:00 p.m. – Midweek Services

Thursday, November 13, 2025     
6:30 p.m. – Choir Practice

Friday, November 14, 2025
8:00 a.m. – Walk Fit Exercise

Saturday, November 15, 2025
9:00 a.m. – OCC Shoebox Packing Party at FC

Sunday, November 16, 2025
12:30 p.m. – Secret Sister Christmas Party

Offerings needed weekly to balance our budget……..$6,253.85
Offerings received last Sunday……………. $7,825.00
Last Sunday’s Attendance………………….. 137
Last Sunday’s SS Attendance……………… 73

If you’d like to order a poinsettia for the church, they are $8.50.  Please sign up on the sheet in the vestibule and see Heather Hostetter for payment.  The last day to order is November 30.

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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.

Helen King
c/o Meadowview
1404 Hay St.
Berlin, PA  15530

Helen Lucas
c/o Meadowview
1404 Hay St.
Berlin, PA  15530

The children’s Christmas play will be an all-inclusive Nativity program this year.  Any child in attendance at 9:30 on Sunday morning, December 21st will be invited to join the performance.  There will be no practices, and we will provide all costumes.  If you know your child will be here, and they would like to choose their role in the play, you may sign up in the hallway, but sign ups are not necessary otherwise.  We’d love to have a full stage! Please invite all the little ones in your lives to join us.  If you have questions, please see Jill Luster

Wild Game Feed Committee is looking for donations of deer hind quarters for the annual Wild Game Feed Dinner.  Looking for 8 deboned hind quarters.  Packaged hind quarters can be placed in the church basement freezer in the room beside the kitchen.  Hays Butcher Shop said they would debone and package hind quarters being donated to the dinner.  Good luck to all the hunters and stay safe.  Any questions, text or call Nick Faidley at 814-701-6034.

The November 12th Retiree Luncheon is FULL.

We have started a “wait list” should there be cancelations.  Any persons signing the list in the hallway will go on the “wait list” or you can call Jesse at 814-777-7227 no later than 4:00 pm Sunday November 9th to get on the list.

If someone had previously registered for the lunch and their situation has changed, such that they will no longer be able to attend, please call Jesse at 814-777-7227 so that the seat(s) may be given to someone on the “wait list”.

Folks on the “wait list” will be contacted by Monday November 10, 2025 one-way or the other.

The Super Senior final activity will be “An Old-Fashioned Christmas” at the Old Bedford Village, on December 6th. We will go by individual cars and, if the weather is suitable, we can take the church van. We will leave the church at 5:30, which should put us there around 6:30. If it is easier, you can meet us at the village. This will be a stroll through the village by candlelight while they play Christmas music. There will be cookies and hot chocolate available for purchase. The cost is $12.00 per person. We will not be collecting the money in advance. You will just pay at the gate. Please sign up on the sheet in the vestibule if you are planning on coming so we know who to expect.

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The Church Christmas Party will be held at the Fellowship Center on Saturday December 13, 2025 starting at 5:30 p.m. (eat at 6:00).  The meat, potatoes, bread, drink and place sittings will be provided by the Church.  Please bring a side dish AND a dessert to share.  Please sign up on the list in the hallway so we know how many to plan for.

HATS OFF TO SISTER’S IN CHRIST
The Secret Sister annual Christmas party will be Sunday, November 16th at 12:30. Our theme this year is hats, and we are encouraging each sister to wear their favorite hat. We will be voting for the best hat, and there will be a prize for the winning hat. As always, we will be playing the grab bag game, so please remember to bring 3 small, wrapped gifts. This is when we reveal who our secret sister was for the year, so don’t forget your Christmas gift for them. At last year’s party we voted that the gift was to cost around $25.00. There is a sign-up sheet in the vestibule. Please mark if you are bringing a main dish, dessert or side dish, which can be anything from potatoes, vegetable or salad. We would love to see more ladies sign up for the coming year. It is such a blessing to remember a special sister in Christ throughout the year.

OCC – Items for November – $10 Donation per Box

TIME FOR KINGWOOD’S SHOEBOX PACKING PARTY!
(Community Welcome)

November 15 from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at FC

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
PREPPING ITEMS FOR SHOEBOX PACKING PARTY AT FC

11/11, 11/12, 11/13 – 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. and 11/14 – 6:30 p.m. to ?

 

NATIONAL DROP OFF WEEK
KINGWOOD FELLOWSHIP CENTER

11/17 & 11/18 – 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at FC
11/19 – 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at FC
11/20 – 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. & 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at FC
11/21 – 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. & 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at FC
11/22 – 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at FC
11/23 – 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at FC
11/24 – 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at FC

Contact Stacey Hay at 814-926-6321 if you would like to volunteer.

There is a signup sheet on the table in the vestibule for Ministry Partners willing to serve in the downstairs nursery during the 10:30 Worship Service for the next year.  If you are willing to serve, please sign up and specify if there are any days of the month that wouldn’t work for your schedule.  If you have any questions, please see Hillary Whaley.

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Youth Group Schedule:
11/12 – 7pm @ Fellowship Center
11/19 – 7pm @ Fellowship Center (Packing OCC boxes)
11/26 – Thanksgiving Service
12/3 – 7 pm @ Fellowship Center
12/10 – 7pm @ Fellowship Center
12/17 – 7pm Christmas Party with Gingerbread House Contest (grades 6-12 together)
12/24 – Christmas Eve Service
12/31 – New Years Eve, no youth group

A Note of Thanks…
Pastors Will & Jim wish to extend their thanks to the congregation for all the cards, gifts and kindnesses extended to them during Pastor Appreciation Month and throughout the year.

My family and I would like to extend our gratitude for the thoughtful gifts and cards that were shared over the month of October for Pastor Appreciation month. Thank you for your kindness and generosity!

Pastor Karey, Jake, Alessaundra, and Brooks Vough

 

We wish to thank the Kingwood Church of God for making my retirement celebration special.  Thank you for providing food and for all the help.  We appreciated all the cards, well wishes, and fellowship of so many friends.     

Yours in Christ,
Pastor Tim & Rita

 

I would like to thank everyone for your prayers, cards and food during my recent knee replacement surgery and recovery. God bless our wonderful church family and community!                        Keith Knepper

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WORSHIP
Where do we worship?
Nov 9, 2025

John 4:20-26  20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”

21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

25 The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”  26 Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.”

1 Cor. 3:16  16 Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?

1 Peter 2: 4-5 & 11-12 4 As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house[a] to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

11 Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. 12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us. 

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REFLECTION

What do you hear God saying to you about  _________ we __________? What does he have to say about _________?

When have we _______    ___________   our worship to a certain  __________?

What will you do about what you hear God saying?

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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 5^th 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.