This Week @ SSUMC

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MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM PASTOR SARAH AND THE STAFF AT SSUMC!

 

SSUMC STAFF APPRECIATION

AND CHRISTMAS CHEER

Thank you, Church, for the gifts of gratitude and appreciation you have poured out upon our fabulous SSUMC Staff this month. Your cards of appreciation and funds given towards a love offering will be presented to our staff this week. 

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Our SSUMC Staff are truly amazing leaders, and I am grateful to serve alongside them.  Please continue to hold all of us in your prayers as we lead God’s people in becoming ever more internally strong in faith and externally focused in service. 

Love, Pastor Sarah

 

JOIN SSUMC IN READING THE BIBLE-IN-A-YEAR

Throughout 2026, we will read God’s Word from Genesis to Revelation chronologically.

Our plan is 5 days/week with daily Old and New Testament readings. Reading guides are available in the Welcome Center and on the Homepage of the SSUMC Website.

 

GROW INTERNALLY STRONG IN FAITH in an UPCOMING 2026 SMALL GROUP

Join Rebecca Crotwell on Sunday Mornings @ 10:40hr in Rm 115/116 beginning January 11 to study Rev. Adam Hamilton’s Why: Making Sense of God’s Will. In this study, we will explore God’s goodness and God’s power in the face of continued tragedy and turmoil. Together, we will seek fresh insight into the age-old question of how to understand God’s will.

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This class will include video and discussion components; participants are encouraged to obtain a person copy of Hamilton’s book.

 

Join Mary Priolo and Friends at 7:30pm on Monday Evenings for Jesus After Dark, hosted in the Priolo home. This group will study Phil Moore’s The Bible in 100 Pages and together see the big picture in God’s Great Story. Participants are encouraged to obtain a personal copy of the book. 

 

Register for these studies in the Welcome Center or via office@southshoreumc.com.

 

BEGIN 2026 WITH GIVING THE GIFT OF LIFE NEXT SUNDAY

Register for an appointment to give blood on January 11 between 9am and 11:30am by navigating to 

https://donor.oneblood.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/1717628

This drive is open to South Shore members, friends, and community members. 

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This is a way that we can be externally focused in service! Spread the word!

 

CAFE FAITH AND SEARCHERS SMALL GROUP ON WINTER BREAK

We will resume our midweek gatherings with a Lenten Study beginning mid February 2026. 

 

SHORE PRAYS IS ON WINTER BREAK

We will gather next in-person and via Zoom to pray for and with God’s people January 7. 

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Prayers requests received in the interim will be emailed out to the prayer group. Thank you. 

 

SHORE YOUTH ON CHRISTMAS BREAK

Join us for our first Youth Group in the New Year on January 11, 2026!

 

 CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED

The Church Office will be closed December 24th, 25th, 31st and January 1st.  The Church Office will reopen for regular office hours Tuesday, January 6th. 

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PASTOR SARAH’S FAMILY LEAVE

Pastor Sarah begins her 8-week Family Leave following our Christmas Eve Worship Services. 

 

Please be in prayer for her and her family during this time of rest and renewal. 

Colleagues of Pastor Sarah will be providing pulpit coverage while she is away as well as responding to Pastoral Care requests. If you need pastoral support during this time, please contact the Church Office to be connected with a clergyperson on-call. Thank you.