On Sunday, November 12, we dedicated our planned gifts for the Blessed to Be a Blessing Generosity campaign. We heard from fellow congregants, about their experiences of being blessed. Further, we will hear more about how we bless our community and the wider world through fellowship, service, and outreach.

Please consider your blessings, as we plan for next year, and how we at Hodges Boulevard Presbyterian Church may respond to God’s call.

If you have already submitted your 2024 Estimate of Giving, we thank you. If you have not, we ask you to please do so by submitting it by mail or online. We pray you will be generous in your giving to our church in the coming year.

On Christmas Eve, at 10 am, we will have a 4th Sunday in Advent service, and at 7 pm, we’ll have the candlelight and Christmas program with children acting out the Christmas story. 

Thank you to our fabulous teachers for always making school fun, even on the rainy days.

The Salvation Army Christmas Angel tags have all been distributed. Thank you to all who are participating. The bags are due back to church by Sunday, November 26. Please follow the directions found in the pocket of the plastic bag.

Call Gale Keeley at 904-314-3375 with questions.

December 14

11:30 am

Seasons 52

The holidays are quickly approaching and we expect more people will need help. Two of our homeless secured jobs in November and we will continue to help them with bus passes until they receive their first paycheck. We fed 257 clients, 137 homeless and helped 4 families financially so far this month.

We are located at 1450 Rogero Rd., open 9am-12pm Monday-Friday and accept donations when we are open. If you would like to learn more about what we do in the community, we are available to speak to your church or group.

Pantry needs are: canned pasta, chili, canned meat, Vienna sausage, canned vegetables and fruit, pasta sauce, mac & cheese, instant potatoes, jelly, crackers, oatmeal, peanut butter crackers, cereal/breakfast bars, snacks, clean T-shirts, and gently used Bibles.

Great news! The search team has hired JoAnne Sharp as our new Director of Faith Formation.

JoAnne is a graduate of St. Andrews Presbyterian College and studied at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. She will receive her Certification in Christian Educator this summer. She has seven years of prior ministry experience and comes to us from Warrenton Presbyterian Church, Warrenton, VA. JoAnne will be with us starting December 1 so she can enjoy Advent and Christmas with us. On Sunday, December 3, please help us welcome JoAnne to our church family.

This week's reading:

1 Corinthians 7 - 2 Corinthians 13

The men’s Bible study, also known as Bibles and No Bagels, will resuming meeting via Zoom on Wednesday, September 6 at 7:30 am. We will continue our study of The Bible Year with the New Testament, Matthew 1 – 12. Contact Dan Gutshall at daniel.gutshal911@gmail.com to receive more information and a link to the Zoom meeting.

This fall we will be reading through the New Testament. Each week we have a lively discussion around that week's aha moments and highlights. We hope you will
join us in exploring Jesus' life and lessons.

The Presbyterian Church (USA) through Presbyterian Disaster Assistance is responding specifically to the aftermath of Idalia on our west coastline. To review what we as a denomination are doing, see a prayer and worship guide, and/or give, please reference:

https://pda.pcusa.org/situation/hurricane-idalia/