We set a goal to raise $300,000 in pledges for 2022 and you surpassed it! We have 90 pledges representing almost 150 people. To put that in perspective, in 2017, Allendale had 30 pledges for $120K. We have grown a lot in 5 years.
The investments you made in our work together were evenly spread over different generations. There was about 50K in new pledges, and 30 pledges that increased their pledge from last year for an additional 30K. These are all signs of a very healthy community that understands our interdependence on one another.
I am excited to see what 2022 has to bring!
PS…
If you want to take part in investing in 2022 and haven’t yet made your pledge, please visit www.allendaleumc.org/pledge
Gifts
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Text-to-give: 727-312-0808
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Missed Sunday’s worship service! Click the image to watch.
Sat Dec 11 Neighborhood Caroling with Tru (Meet @ Allendale) 5:30 PM
Sun Dec 12 Toy Drive & New Member Sunday @ Allendale
Sun Dec 12 St. Pete Community Band Christmas Concert (Sanctuary) 3 PM
Sun Dec 19 Christmas Choir Music Sunday (Sanctuary) During worship
Sun Dec 19 Cookie Exchange (Narthex) Following worship
Tue Dec 21 Longest Night Worship Service: for those grieving (Sanctuary) 6 PM
Wed Dec 22 Dinner With Santa (Community Center) 5 PM
Impromptu Christmas Pageant (Sanctuary) 6:30 PM
Fri Dec 24 Christmas Eve Candlelight Service (Sanctuary) 6 PM
Sun Jan 16 Allendale Tru-Time Orchestra Concert (Sanctuary) 4 PM
Mon Jan 17 Allendale Tru-Time Orchestra Concert (Sanctuary) 7:30 PM
Mar 14-18 Youth Spring Break Trip to Montgomery Lynching Memorial
Sign-up at www.allendaleumc.org/montgomery
WANT TO JOIN ALLENDALE?:
New member Sunday is Sun Dec 12!
Sign up at www.allendaleumc.org/join
Caroling Opportunities: Sat Dec 4 and 11, 5:45 PM – Neighborhood caroling
Meet at Allendale – Caroling with Tru!
BRING A NEW UNWRAPPED TOY TO WORSHIP next Sun (Dec 12) to participate in a community Xmas toy drive with Rep. Michele Rayner’s office.
BRING COOKIES TO WORSHIP ON SUN DEC 19
for a cookie exchange following worship!
Tuesday, Dec 21 – 6PM
Longest Night Worship Service: for those grieving during the season and for all to stand with them
Join us on the longest night of the year, the Winter Solstice, as we take time to lean on one another in our collective grief and sorrow, holding space for loss in this season that tries to insist on us being jolly.
Dinner with Santa and Impromptu Xmas Pageant
Wednesday, Dec 22
5-6:30 Dinner with Santa (come anytime)
6:30 Impromptu Christmas Pageant RSVP: www.allendaleumc.org/santa
There will be Christmas crafts, fun games, and a spaghetti dinner!
Impromptu Christmas Pageant: The children will participate in telling the Christmas story in whatever costume they would like! Dress up as Mary, Joseph, a donkey, or camel, Batmans, fairies, Pokemons, or dress up any way your child would like! If you do not have a costume, we have some available to grab before the service begins. They will join the manager scene when their character is called (whichever character they would like to be!). The Christmas story is meant for everyone! \
Friday, Dec 24 – 6PM
CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHT WORSHIP:
There is no room for Mary and Joseph in the inn. They are displaced from their home, journeying to fulfill their civic requirements to be counted in the census. And yet, the time comes to give birth where they are, and so a humble home is found. A place is made, among the feeding trough, in a cramped room abounding with chaos. In many ways, Jesus is born without an invitation, and yet, he devotes his life to inviting people who are cast out. In the same way, we might imagine the story of Christmas as God’s invitation to be welcomed home despite all barriers. How will we respond?
Youth/Adult Spring Break Trip to Montgomery Lynching Museum
Join us March 14 -18, 2022 for our discovery trip. We will be going to Montgomery, AL to learn the history of slavery and how it intersect with our current problem of mass incarceration. We will travel by charter bus and visit the Equal Justice Initiative Museum, the Monument of Peace and Justice, have a walking tour of the south and many more activities. This trip is in partnership with Community Tampa Bay. We hope you can make it! Fill out the application at www.allendaleumc.org/montgomery
Click the image to register for Allendale’s Christmas Choir workshops and singing in worship
Click the image to download the Advent Devotional
SCHEDULE OF VIRTUAL GATHERINGS
Gatherings will be held via Zoom. Click event to join!
Click on an event at the appropriate time to join!
In-Person Youth Gatherings
Youth will meet on Sunday nights from 5:30pm-8:00pm
Edwin Hotaling – Dec 4
Scott Brown – Dec 5
Jessica Throop – Dec 6
Michelle Taylor – Dec 7
Noble Carter – Dec 8
Brandon Wise – Dec 9
Donna Vollmer – Dec 9
Sam Mattheus – Dec 9
Nathalie Valdez – Dec 12
