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November Grocery Cart

The Grocery Cart for November supports Kentucky Refugee Ministries (KRM), a Louisville-based organization that helps refugees and other displaced individuals and families resettle in Kentucky. This month, you can help provide essential household items and everyday necessities including dried white rice, canned fish or chicken, salt and pepper seasoning, canola or vegetable cooking oil, liquid laundry detergent, all-purpose cleaning spray, liquid dish soap, toilet paper, shampoo and conditioner, and diapers (sizes 5 and 6). As the colder months approach, KRM is also collecting winter gloves and scarves for men, women, and children. Your donations help welcome and support our refugee neighbors as they establish their new lives in Louisville. 

Stewardship: A Future of Hope

There’s a lot to be thankful for at Harvey Browne: a community that supports one another, a congregation that shares God’s love, a church with deep roots and a hopeful future. We invite you to be part of Harvey Browne’s future with hope by sharing your time, talents and financial gifts. Please let us know your plans for giving in 2027 by turning in your pledge card on Pledge Sunday, November 8th. Your pledge helps the Session plan for the year ahead and supports the worship, learning, care, and service that make our life together possible. Fill out your pledge card online now or find one in your pew this Sunday. Thank you for helping Harvey Browne grow into the future God is calling us toward!

An Afternoon at Cedar Ridge

We’re going to camp! All are welcome to spend an afternoon at Cedar Ridge Camp (4010 Old Routt Rd). Come on out any time between 2:00-5:00pm on Sunday, November 8. We’ll gather around the camp fire, as well as have opportunities for canoeing (2:30-3:30), archery (3:30-4:30), and fishing (bring your own equipment), plus s’mores, gaga ball, a nature craft, and time to be together in God’s creation. See you there!

Travel to Guatemala with Looking For Lilith

For over 20 years, Looking for Lilith Theatre company and First Presbyterian Church in Winchester, Virginia have been partnering with the Historias de Fe group and ecumenical organization CEDEPCA on the Faith Stories Project (FSP). The FSP brings together women in Guatemala and the U.S. by artistically exploring the complexities of how faith affects their lives. During our annual visits to Guatemala women from both countries share their stories and participate in the creation scenes based on those stories, a process that often provides deeper reflection on the experience. FSP is a relational mission project. Rather than focusing on physical work, it centers mutual support and encouragement, building self-esteem, and creating a sense of community for women of faith in both countries as we struggle to tear down barriers and explore how we are more alike than different. If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of, we would love for you to join us on our next trip, February 6-13 2027!! This year will will gather with our partners for a retreat and visit the community of one of our partners. You can learn more about the FSP here. If you are interested or would like more information contact Jennifer Thalman Kepler.

Thank Offering

We hope you come to the Wednesday Night Dinner on November 11. You will have an opportunity to count your blessings, be thankful, and honor a 138-year-old tradition. The Thank Offering of Presbyterian Women began in 1888 when one woman wanted “to give a thank offering to her Lord”. So, she gave an extra $1 to support mission work, and she encouraged other women to do the same. This initiative was the first national women’s offering in a Presbyterian denomination and set the precedent for the annual Thank Offering that continues today. We hope you too will offer a little extra in support of mission work. Last year, Harvey Browne’s collective Thank-Offering added up to $824.00. Our money, combined with Thank-Offerings from all presbyteries, provided support for nine projects that care for, nourish, protect, and shelter our neighbors in need locally and around the world. Information about last year’s recipients will be available at your tables. ($1 in 1888 = $35 in 2026).

Book Drive for Malawi

The Friends class would like to invite Harvey Browne to participate in another book drive for children and youth in Malawi. Rochelle Holms will distribute the books to their local schools and community groups.  Here is an updated wish list: 

  • especially a need/gap for middle to high school level books.  
  • easy chapter books
  • Soccer books (even if it is older books it is ok)
  • Craft how-to books such as crochet and knitting (this may help reluctant readers and they often have good photos)
  • Art and drawing books (again, this may help reluctant readers and often have good photos)
  • poetry
  • cookbooks (again, for reluctant readers sometimes easy cookbooks can be a window into fun reading. Things such as basic Betty Crocker cookbooks come to mind as a really good fit for this need).
  • Any level and topic of National Geographic (these books often have good photos and content and for reluctant readers or those behind reading level even elementary level books at middle or high school can be slipped in with no shame).
  • Harry Potter, Nancy Drew, Honest June, Babysitters Club, Hardy Boys, Percy Jackson, or other similar middle school series
  • As many copies as possible of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind of any version (there are 3 versions – picture, middle-grade, and the grownup version)
  • (Rochelle advises it is best to stay away from topics of witchcraft, vampires, or Halloween books. Though Harry Potter or Percy Jackson or Magic Treehouse are fine.)

Used books in good condition are welcome.  There will be a box in the main office to drop your contributions by Weds November 18. Thanks as always for your generosity.

Advent Buddies Needed!

The Advent Buddy program is an opportunity for adults and children (through fifth grade) to better get to know one another at Harvey Browne. Each child is paired with an adult who will journey with them throughout the Advent season in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Advent buddies will be announced at the Advent Kickoff Party on November 29 after worship. Buddies will be paired and complete an Advent activity together. On Sundays December 6 and 13 adult buddies will be responsible for leaving a note, card, or prayer in their child buddy’s mailbox which will accompany a small trinket provided by the Christian Education Committee. On the final Sunday, December 20 adult buddies may leave a small gift ($15 or less) in their child buddy’s mailbox. The deadline to sign up is Sunday, November 22. Sign up to participate (adults and children) at hbpres.net/sign-up. 

FAQs
Q: Do I have to be present each Sunday in Advent in order to be a buddy? A: No. It would be great if buddies are able to attend the Advent Kickoff Party on Sunday, November 29 so that they can connect with their buddy at the lunch. On other Sundays, adult buddies may leave their note in the mailbox at any time or give to a friend or HB staff to put in the mailbox. 
Q: Are adult buddies supposed to give a gift to their buddy each Sunday of Advent? A: No. Adult Advent Buddies will only be responsible for providing a small gift (less than $15) to their buddy on the final Sunday, December 20. On December 6 and 13 adult buddies are encouraged to leave a note or card or prayer in their buddy’s mailbox which will accompany a small trinket provided by the Christian Education Committee. 
Q: Are children encouraged to give their Adult Buddy notes or cards? Yes, child buddies could give their adult buddy a note or drawing or card at any time during Advent.
Q: If I wanted to give my buddy a gift each Sunday of Advent, could I still do that? A: That’s so thoughtful! However, the goal of Advent buddies is relationships and connection, and we strive for the experience to be somewhat equitable for each child, so we ask that you stick with just the one gift on Sunday, December 20. 

Men’s Breakfast

Men of all ages are invited to our next Men’s Breakfast on Saturday, November 21 at 9:00 a.m. in the Session Room. Whether you’re 18 or 100 (or somewhere on either side), come enjoy coffee, treats, prayer, and the chance to build connections across generations. This is a relaxed gathering, just bring yourself and an appetite. Come be part of the gathering. We hope to see you there!

2026 Cabbage Patch Help Needed

During worship on October 25, a Special Offering was collected for Harvey Browne’s Cabbage Patch 2026 Christmas Ministry. These donations from our congregation are used to provide Christmas baskets for struggling families served by Louisville’s Cabbage Patch Settlement House. In 2025, HB delivered baskets of gifts and goods to ten families. This year we hope to provide baskets to twelve families. We can make this happen with your help. Volunteer commitment is needed now to get us started in November. Assistance is needed in the following ways: If you have assisted in any portion of the Cabbage Patch basket project in the past, will you invite others to join you this year? Can you help by shopping with a Cabbage Patch family member on Saturday morning, November 14, at the Jeffersontown Meijer store on Hurstbourne Lane? Can you assist in bringing the purchased items from Meijer to the designated Christmas wrapping area at HB immediately after the shopping trip? If you can help November 14th, please contact Heather Drake. Are you able to help wrap (and tag) the gifts for the twelve families here at HB? Would you be interested in shopping on your own for one personal gift for a child served by Cabbage Patch? Can you help sort each family’s Christmas items and carry them to Emory Hall at a designated time before the Delivery Day? Can you help move gifts from the HB Grocery Cart to Emory Hall at a designated time before Delivery Day Christmas Delivery Day to Cabbage Patch families is on Sunday, December 1 immediately after worship. Can you help on that day by carrying the gifts from Emory to the cars of the HB members who will deliver them? Will you serve as a Delivery driver, bringing with you one or two others who can help you carry the packages to the family’s home (or to Cabbage Patch)?
Your donations, assistance, and prayers are deeply appreciated.

From the Hunger Justice, Earth Care Committee

Did you know that our Presbyterian Church USA has an Office of Public Witness? This office, located in Washington, D.C., is charged with providing information and advocacy on priority issues which the General Assembly has approved. You can check out what it’s all about online. Search online for: PCUSA Office of Public Witness. The website has an Action section you can use to easily send communications to your legislators. Carefully crafted letters are included to which you can add personal messages if you wish and click “send”. You can also get on the action “alerts” email list and receive alerts in a timely manner. HJEC encourages you to take a look.