Come enjoy an evening of eclectic Christmas music with distinct Inman Park flair! We will feature all your favorite IPUMC performers. Childcare will be available.

IPUMC Youth Friendsgiving & Worship

Christmas CONNECT Lunch after worship on Sunday, Dec. 3rd

All are welcome – please join us! Windell has promised Rev. Max that he will not set himself on fire again while cooking this year!

Would you like to SERVE by joining our Sunday luncheon kitchen committee as a volunteer to cook, serve, clean and plan CONNECT events? If you are interested please contact Windell Keith at 1890kingkeith@gmail.com

Advent & Christmas at IPUMC

▪	Soon we will have Advent devotionals available in the sanctuary. Please take one home to read during Advent!

▪	We will start taking orders for Poinsettias this Sunday. Get ready to order poinsettias in honor or memory of loved ones!

▪	The Youth Christmas Party will be Dec. 6th - Cecelia will send out details!

▪	The Young Adult Christmas Celebration will be Wednesday, Dec 13th at 7:00p - more details soon!

▪	Youth Advent Worship will be Dec. 17th

Update from Commission on the Way Forward

United Methodist bishops are exploring three possible models for how the church should handle LGBTQ inclusion

The models come to the bishops from the Commission on a Way Forward, which has the task of trying to find a way for the church to stay together despite deep divides over homosexuality. Click here to read more.

Quiet Spaces Retreat Cruise - Time to Book!

Imagine all your favorite things: 1) time to be with God; 2) a women's retreat; 3) opportunities for rest and relaxation; 4) time for creativity . . . all on a cruise ship in a tropical location with fruity drinks that have umbrellas in them! That's what we're talking about: the My Quiet Spaces Retreat Cruise!

The Upper Room is hosting the Quiet Spaces Retreat Cruise. The cruise will feature authors, including Kristen Vincent, who will be sharing ways to create quiet spaces and connect with God.

For more than a year we've been talking about this and planning for it. The cruise seemed so far off. NOW IT'S ONLY MONTHS AWAY! Time to register! Here are the details:

January 25-29, 2018 (4 nights)
Royal Caribbean Brilliance of the Seas
Ports: Tampa – Cozumel – Tampa
Costs: Inside Cabin ($399), Ocean View ($499) or Balcony ($599)
plus taxes, fees, and gratuities.
All prices are per person, double occupancy.

Come sail away with me!

CLICK HERE to register.
Your tour host is Kristen Vincent
Host ID number 57143

No Adult GROW on Sunday, Nov. 26th

Pastor Max will be out of the country Nov. 17-24. If you need a pastor during this time please call the church office.

Ecumenical Prayer Cycle

As a way to remember our connection with Christians around the globe, we will start using a great prayer tool: the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle. Each week of the year a number of countries are highlighted to lift up in prayer. There are also prayers written by Christians in those countries that you can use. By following the cycle throughout the year, you would pray your way around the globe. We will start listing the different countries each week in our prayer list.

For the week of November 19 pray for: East Timor, Indonesia, Philippines

To find out more and to find links to the prayers from countries around the world click here.

Click here to see IPUMC's Weekly Kid's Newsletter!

Click here to see IPUMC's Weekly Youth Newsletter!

Happy Birthday!

We have three birthdays that we know of this week:

Kether Mayen - Nov. 16
Mollie Korski - Nov. 17
Deb Maberry - Nov. 21

If it's your birthday but your name is not listed and you would like to be included on the birthday list, please email the church office by replying to this email.

Max Vincent, Minister
Cecelia Reilly, Coordinator of Children & Youth Ministries
Lisa Farnsworth, Music Coordinator
Sarah Adair, Office Manager
David Myles, Maintenance Tech
Justin Schoolcraft, Ministry Intern
404.522.9322