November 13, 2014

November 13, 2014
I am reading a book now titled “The Geography of Bliss, One Grump’s Search for the
Happiest Places in the World” by Eric Weiner. The author is a self-acknowledged unhappy
person, but as the title suggests he is a pretty funny guy. In the first chapter he visits a think
tank in the Netherlands called the World Database of Happiness where the sum of human
knowledge about what makes us happy, what does not and which places are the happiest has
been technologically collected. The book is an easy read, is entertaining, and is full of insightful
tidbits about the uniquely human emotion we call happiness (yes some animals show signs of
happiness, but when we humans talk about happiness we are talking about a human condition).
Some of the findings are intuitive, some are surprising and some are just plain funny. I’m only
about half way through the book, but I’m pretty sure that the bottom line is that happiness as we
humans understand it is elusive yet universal. All kinds of people in all kinds of places can and
do find happiness, but happiness does not mean a total absence of life’s difficulties.
One of the happiest countries according to the World Database of Human Happiness is
Switzerland. Switzerland is clean, efficient and punctual. There is very little unemployment and
they are famous for chocolate. But the Swiss stereotype is of a practical, no frills, “everything in
moderation’ lifestyle. It turns out the stereotype is accurate. They are also patient and calm.
They have not fought a war since 1848. They may not be joyful people, but they are happy.
Boring is happy.
In Bhutan, a tiny, landlocked country in the Himalayas that has been compared to the mythical
Shangri-La, happiness is basically government policy. A high-ranking government official
explained: “I have achieved happiness because I don’t have unrealistic expectations.” Low
expectations brings happiness.
Qatar is a country where 50 years ago the main sources of income were pearl diving and sheep
herding. Today, thanks to copious amounts of oil, all Qataris are rich. Those who do the lowly
jobs in Qatar are foreigners who have gone there because they can make far more money than
they can in their home countries. On one level, everyone in Qatar might be classified as
happy. It is a whole country that won the lotto. But the science of happiness studies have shown
that while lottery winners generally show a temporary increase in happiness, it does not last.
Money doesn’t buy happiness.
That money doesn’t buy happiness is nothing new. But the happiness study about church people
did surprise some of the new scientists: People who agree with the statement “God is important
in my life” are happier than people who disagree with that statement and people who regularly
attend religious services are happier than people who do not.
See you Sunday!
Mary
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November 16
November 23
November 30
Lunch and Christmas Pageant Pictures
6:00-7:30 “850 Tally Ho” at Faith
6:00-7:30 Pot Luck Supper & Activity
We are a safe place for youth to grow, serve, and participate in activities that are
rooted in faith and inspire action.
For more information please contact Jeannie Dixon (fellowshipce@comcast.net or cell 591-6284)
EVERYONE is invited to participate in our “no stress”
Christmas pageant. We will stage and photogr aph scenes of
the Christmas story and turn that into a slide show for use
during the Christmas Eve service.
We did this last year and want to update some of the photos
this year. We need folks of all ages to participate.
We will have lunch following worship THIS SUNDAY (Nov.
16) and head to the Tallahassee Museum for the afternoon! Costumes provided; we would
love to have folks of all ages involved with the youth.
The Angel Tree
will be in the narthex for the next two Sundays, Nov.16th and
Nov. 23rd. Please sign your name in the book indicating which angels
you selected. Your wrapped gifts should be returned with the angel attached to the gift
no later than Dec. 7th. Please also put a sticker or tag on the gift stating the family's
name or the child's name. The Stitchers are once again coordinating this project. We are
providing gifts for 5 families and hope to fulfill many of their needs and wishes. Feel free
to take more than one paper angel as we have many gifts to provide. If you prefer to make
a cash donation, please make your check out to Fellowship and indicate it is for the Angel
Tree. Call Pat Keough at 656-9269 with questions.
Thank you !!
The Stitchers
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COME ONE, COME ALL!!
Please join your Fellowship Family at an Advent
kick-off Potluck supper on Sunday, November 30th at
6:00 pm. Bring a dish to share created from your
Thanksgiving leftovers and we will vote on the tastiest
dish! Following supper we will have two separate
programs, one for Youth and one for Adults.
Hope to see you all there!!
Senior Friends
Join us for a delightful Christmas luncheon on Tuesday,
December 2nd at 12:00 in Fellowship Hall. Please sign up to bring a
side dish or dessert. Meat and beverage will be provided. We will also
have a gift exchange so please bring a $5.00 wrapped gift.
PW Thank Offering
“Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds."
"
Hebrews 10:24
Our annual Thank Offering is a Presbyterian Women’s offering
collected as a tangible way to express our gratitude for the special
blessings in our lives. The offering funds projects such
as agricultural development, child care, community organization,
criminal justice, drug counseling, economic justice, elderly care,
employment training, homelessness, literacy, violence and women’s
concerns. Almost half of the offering supports health
ministries throughout the world and the remaining amount funds
creative ideas for mission. Everyone will have an opportunity to
contribute to these life-changing projects during the
November 23rd worship service.
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Ministry Opportunities:
CAN YOU HELP?
Make an Impact!
The generosity of our
Fellowship Family never
ceases to be amazing!!
You provided
23 bags of food
and a total of
$705.00
to help ECHO provide a
Thanksgiving meal for
those in need!!
THANK YOU!!
Tuesday, December 2 the world comes together to give… it’s
Join your fellow Presbyterians and participate in the third
annual #GivingTuesday supporting mission and ministry
at home and around the world.Learn more at:
PresbyterianMissionExchange.org/GivingTuesday
Dear Friends in Ministry,
Help! We are in need of Christmas Cards. At Grace Mission we provide Christmas cards to our
members. We also provide stamps and then mail them for everyone. It’s a wonderful gift for people to
connect or reconnect with family and friends. Your help is greatly appreciated. We also need men’s
T-shirts, underwear (all X and XL) and white socks.
Thank You!!
Grace Mission
Grace Mission is a 16-year old ministry to help reach those
who are often the forgotten in society: the homeless, poor,
underemployed, addicted, people with AIDS, etc. We are a
church serving people on the margins.
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NOVEMBER
at
TEN THOUSAND
VILLAGES
Artisans have been paid in full. Not valid with other
discounts, coffee, chocolate, and gift card purchases.
Sat, 15th, Soup Day!!! Tr y samples of Women’s Bean Pr oject
soups and dips. 10% off* your purchases of Women’s Bean
Project items.
Sun, 17th Open 1 – 5pm today and each Sunday through Dec. 21.
Additional hours to admire and purchase handcrafts from 37
developing nations.
Mon, 17th – 24th Set Your Home for the Holidays with selected
tabletop decorative items at 25% off* for holiday enter taining
of family and friends!
Thurs, 27th Closed Thanksgiving Day. A Happy Thanksgiving to
You fr om Ten Thousand Villages!
Fri and Sat, 28-29 “Jewelry BOGO”: Buy one jewelry item and
purchase another of equal or lesser value for 50% off*!
Open 9-6, Mon-Sat; Market Square
Timberlane Rd. ,Garnet Awnings; 906-9010.
http://www.facebook.com/tenthousandvillages.tallahassee
2¢ A MEAL THIS SUNDAY
The money goes to fund
hunger projects
locally and globally.
Our Christ’s Closet items are being used by The Living Harvest
Ministry, either as necessities for the residents or to be sold in
their store to support their ministry and provide affordable items
for the underprivileged in the area. We are now able to accept
“gently used” household items and furniture. If your items are in
“good shape “ and your electronics “still working”, The Living
Harvest will make sure they are put to good use. Especially
needed are any and all kitchen items.
Thank You!!
Gentle Hatha Yoga Class
November 18th at 5:30
November 20th at 10:00
Monday * Wednesday * Friday
at 10:00 am
November 17th * 19th * 21st
Beginner’s Pilates Class
3:00 Tuesday November 18th
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Remember These in Prayer
Church Family in Need of Prayer
Don Powers
Betty Shackelford
Ruby Benoit
Donnie Stover
Dal Hancock
Rita & Roger Sockman
Friends of Family in Need of Prayer
J.Allen Eppinger, Howard Winesett
Virginia Panico, Nyomi and Family,
Christopher Freeman, Doug Fife
(Barbara Robertson)
Lauren Price & Family, The Haire Family
(The Burr family)
(Beth Hall)
Craig Pippel
Barb Home
(Dick & Lorrie Pippel)
(Dottie Gough)
Ramon Muterspaugh, Bill Whichard
(Bill Donalson)
Beverly Yerg, Rodney Hawkins
Suzie Faulk
(Joyce Blocker)
Eugene Majors
(Jay & Cecelia Novak)
(Kay Majors)
Ken Howe, Jeannie Hunnewell ,
Bob & Wendy Gowdy and Family
(Jane Fletcher)
(Meg Wilkins)
Dean & Hollis Vail
Jordan & Wes Weingart
(Marcia Petford)
(The Nesmiths)
Jane Bowles, Grace Seckel
(Jack McCoy)
Jordan Mitchell, Gaven, Zoe & Will
(Betty Sprouse McCoy)
Shirley Lee
(The Raybons)
Trish
(Jeannie Dixon)
Tommy Rossi, Nannie Weismeyer
Janice East
(Walt Wilczek)
(Ora May Keys)
Agatha Kinney, Julie Jordan
Christopher Loveless, Sheila Maxwell, Gail
Loveless & Bobby Boeneke
(Cliff & Melanie Jordan)
Jermaine Hall Family, Inglese Family,
deKloet Family, Brittanee Coates
(Becca Burr)
Mary Ellen Mollo, Arlis Anderson
(David Loveless)
Althea, Irene
(Dawn Martz)
(Sally Smith)
Several Family Members, Jayce Britt
Fellowship’s YMA Renovation Teams
Robert Gamble and This Child Here
All Military & Their Families
Domestic Violence Victims and
Their Families
(Patty Domico)
Kathleen Presley
(Elizabeth McGinniss)
If you have a prayer concern or celebration, or are interested in becoming a part of
this rewarding ministry, please call Jane Fletcher at 668-0976
or send an email to fellowshipprayer@comcast.net
Fellowship Staff
Pastor …………………………...… Mary Vance E-mail: fellowship-pastor@comcast.net
Dir. of Christian Education ….…. Jeannie Dixon E-mail: fellowshipce@comcast.net
Financial Secretary …………...……. Sally Smith E-mail: fellowshipchurch@comcast.net
Dir. of Music ………………...….….. Matt Jarvis E-mail: matt.t.jarvis@gmail.com
Organist/Pianist………...........…….Karey Fowler
Treasurer ……………….………..Marcia Petford
Fellowship Presbyterian Church, USA
3158 Shamrock St. South
Tallahassee FL 32309-3325
Phone- 850-893-0617
Fax 850-668-0326
Pastor’s Cell: 850-933-5061
Church Website-www.fellowshippc.org
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USHERS
November 2
Annual Picnic
November 9
Dick Buys, Captain
Carol Buys
Barry Davis
Linda Davis
Mary Bowers
Hillman & Lin
WORSHIP LEADER
November 16
11/2 Frank McGoogan
11/9 Dottie Gough
11/16 Tara Boyter
11/23 Donna Weisman
11/30 Beth Keating
November 23
PWCT
November 30
COUNTERS
Barry Davis
Susan Groff
POWER POINT
11/2 Ellen Ann Sockman
11/9 Beth Burr
11/16 Cathy Wacksman
11/23 Heather Kidd
11/30 Ellen Ann Sockman
11/16 COMMUNION
SERVERS
Hillman Brannon
Jeannie Dixon
Dottie Gough
Zana Raybon
PREP
Dick & Carol Buys
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4
4
9
11
15
Hillman Brannon
Bernice Whitcomb
Ruby Benoit
Marcia Petford
Linda Davis
Melanie Jordan
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21
21
22
24
Joshua Huff
Lee Elgin
“Doc” Dean
Will Byrum
Mary Kelsay
November 16
November 23
Judges 4:1-7
Psalm 123
1 Thessalonian 5:1-11
Matthew 25:14-30
Ezekiel 34:11-24
Psalm 100
Ephesians 1:15-23
Matthew 25:31-46
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Sun
29:15-PB Prac
Mon
3 10am-Zumba
9:30am-SS
10:00am-Choir Prac
10:30am-Worship
Tue
4
Wed
5 10am-Zumba
9 9:15-PB Prac
6
6:30-StAndrews
6:30-Boy Scouts
6:15-Girl Scouts
NO Yoga
10 10am-Zumba 11
9:30am-SS
10:00am-Choir Prac
10:30am-Worship
11:45am-BellChoir
10am-Hatha Yoga
1:30pm-Pilates
5:30-Hatha Yoga
7-8:30 Boy Scouts D/B
169:15-PB Practice 1710am-Zumba 18
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9:00amChurch Audit
CHURCH
OFFICE CLOSED
9:30amHarmony
Circle at
Wanda’s
6:30pm Cub Scouts
6:30 BikerChickYoga
7:00-Capital Twirlers
12 10am-Zumba
13
14 10am-Zumba 15
10am-Hatha Yoga
1:30pm-Pilates
10am-Joy Circle
6:30-Boy Scouts
6:15-Girl Scouts
CHURCH
OFFICE CLOSED
7:00pmDiscovery
Square
6:00 Prayer Workshop
and labyrinth
6:00 PB Practice
7:00 Choir Practice
6:30pm Cub Scouts
6:30 BikerChickYoga
6:30pm Bridge
Group
19 10am-Zumba
20
21 10am-Zumba 22
930am-SS
10:00am-Choir Prac
10:30am-Worship
11:45am-BellChoir
10am-Hatha Yoga
NO Pilates
CHURCH
OFFICE CLOSED
3:00pm-Pilates
Lunch & Christmas
Pageant Pictures
5:30-Hatha Yoga
6:30-Boy Scouts
7-8:30 Boy Scouts D/B
239:15-PB Practice 2410am-Zumba 25
Youth Group
850 Tally Ho at
Faith 6-7:30
7 10am-Zumba
Sat
6:00 Prayer Workshop
6:00 PB Practice
7:00 Choir Practice
6pm-YMA
9:30am-SS
10:00am-Choir Prac
10:30am-Worship
(Communion)
11:45am-BellChoir
Fri
10am-Stitchers
ELECTION DAY
Annual Picnic
on the Grounds
&
Country Store
Youth Group
850 Tally Ho at
First Pres 6-7:30
Thu
6:00 Prayer Workshop
6:00 PB Practice
7:00 Choir Practice
11am-3 & 6pm
Woodland Hall
6:30 BikerChickYoga
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27
10am-Zumba
Kelly/Chambers
Rehearsal & Dinner
28 10am-Zumba 29
6:00-EPC
7:00pmSession Mtg
4:30-Boy Scouts
6:15-Girl Scouts
NO Hatha Yoga
7-8:30 Boy Scouts D/B
NO Prayer Workshop
6:00 PB Practice
7:00 Choir Practice
309:15-PB Practice
930am-SS
10:00am-Choir Prac
10:30am-Worship
11:45am-BellChoir
Pot Luck Supper
& Advent Study
6:00pm
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Kelly/Chambers
Wedding
CHURCH
OFFICE CLOSED
7:00-Capital Twirlers