Christmas Toy Drive for the Florida Dream Center

Over 400 children are blessed through the Florida Dream Center’s annual toy drive. Clearview has been asked again to support this fantastic mission partner by focusing our efforts on gifts for teenagers, as they often get overlooked during this season. Please see the lists near the gift box for gift ideas for teenagers. Gift cards and cash are also accepted if this works better for you. Gifts are due to church by Friday, Dec 8.

Advent Study Groups Forming

Join us for one of the Zoe Empowers Advent Study Groups.

Sundays • 10:45 am • Care & Share Room • Led by Pastor Erick

Wednesdays • 6:30 pm • Care & Share Room • Led by Judy Tenison

Dedications & Desserts

You’re invited to join us for Dedications & Desserts TODAY, at 4 pm. For over a year, renovations have taken place to upgrade and transform our Fellowship Hall and Kitchen to offer Community Dinners/Dinner Church and other Fresh Expressions. The Pastor’s House (aka Fish House) will also be open to walk through. We are so thankful for all the church has done to create a beautiful home for the pastor’s family...come, see, and celebrate!

Blue Christmas Worship

Are you grieving the death of a loved one; facing life after divorce, separation, or the loss of a meaningful relationship; coping with the loss of a job; living with cancer or some other disease that puts a question mark over the future; or saddened by the violence and wars happening around our world? You are not alone. Our Blue Christmas worship service is designed to give you hope in the pain and bleakness. We invite you to join us for a time filled with promises of God's hope and healing. We hope to see you on Tuesday, Dec 5 at 7 pm.

Make a Christmas Card Class

Join us on Sunday, Dec 10, from 3:00 to 4:30 in the Care & Share Room for a Christmas card-making class. Come out and make a hand-stamped Christmas card and gift tag. All skill levels are welcome. It’s fun and easy. All materials are provided, and it’s FREE! Sign up in the East Wing or online at clearviewumc.org/signups. We are looking at adding a second date on Dec 17 if needed. The deadline to sign up is TODAY. 

Help Add Beauty To The Sanctuary on Christmas Eve

See the insert to purchase a poinsettia in honor or memory of someone special. After Candlelight Christmas Eve Worship, you can take it home to decorate or share it with someone you know. Cost is $12 each. Complete the order form and place it in the offering plate or purchase online at clearviewumc.org/signups.

Adopt-A-Claus Festival Volunteers Needed

Once again, Clearview will host the Florida Dream Center’s Adopt-A-Claus Festival on Saturday, Dec 16, 10 am-3 pm. We need volunteers like YOU to make this great! Contact Dawn to sign up. (dawn@floridadreamcenter.org or 727-851-9074)

Here are two opportunities for you to help in a MAJOR way!

• Help Parents Wrap Christmas Gifts the week of the festival.
• Volunteer at the festival on Dec 16.

SUNDAY, DEC 3

• Worship, 9:30 am – Sanctuary & Online
• Zoe Empowers Advent Bible Study, 10:45 am – Care & Share Room
• Dedications & Desserts, 4-5:30 pm – Fellowship Hall & Fish House

MONDAY, DEC 4

• Adler School, 8 am-3 pm
• Boy Scout Troop #334, 6 pm – Scout House & Pavilion
• BS (BIBLE STUDY), 6:45 pm – Care & Share Room
• Alcoholics Anonymous (Gratitude), 8 pm – Fellowship Hall & Room 11

TUESDAY, DEC 5

• Adler School, 8 am-3 pm
• Blue Christmas Worship, 7 pm – Sanctuary & Online
• Alcoholics Anonymous (Fe y Esperanza), 8 pm – Module #31
• Alcoholics Anonymous (Recovery Begins), 8 pm – Fellowship Hall

WEDNESDAY, DEC 6

• Adler School, 8 am-3 pm
• Zoe Empowers Advent Bible Study, 6:30 pm – Care & Share Room

THURSDAY, DEC 7

• Adler School, 8 am-3 pm
• Alcoholics Anonymous, (Serenity, Back to the 40s), 11 am – Module #31
• Alcoholics Anonymous (A Clear View of the Big Book), 6:30 pm – Module #32

FRIDAY, DEC 8

• Adler School, 8 am-3 pm
• Alcoholics Anonymous (Common Solution), 7 pm – Module #32
• Alcoholics Anonymous (Fe y Esperanza), 8 pm – Module #31

SATURDAY, DEC 9

• Adopt-A-Block Food Distribution, 9 am - Pavilion & Field

SUNDAY, Dec 10

• Worship, 9:30 am – Sanctuary & Online
• Zoe Empowers Advent Bible Study, 10:45 am – Care & Share Room
• Make A Christmas Card Class, 3-4:30 pm – Care & Share Room

Mark Your Calendars



Dec 3        1^st Sunday of Advent Worship, 9:30 am

Dec 3         Dedications & Desserts, 4 pm

Dec 5         Blue Christmas Worship, 7 pm

Dec 10       2^nd Sunday of Advent Worship, 9:30 am

Dec 10       Make A Christmas Card Class w/Barbara Finnical, 3-4:30 pm

Dec 16       Adopt-A-Claus Event with Florida Dream Center, 10 am-3 pm

Dec 17      3^rd Sunday of Advent Worship, 9:30 am

Dec 24      4^th Sunday of Advent Worship, 9:30 am

Dec 24       Christmas Eve Candlelight Worship, 6:30 pm 

Dec 31       Wesleyan Covenant Service