CHOIR will NOT rehearse this week. Our next rehearsal will be on December 1 immediately following the Wednesday Advent service.
THANK YOU for your generous donations to this year’s Harvest Food Collection. Your gifts will be delivered next weekend to help St. Vincent de Paul food pantry restock as they begin the busy holiday season.
TURKEYS AND HAMS: We will continue to accept donations of turkeys and hams until December 12. They are needed by local soup kitchens for their upcoming holiday dinners. Donations can be stored in the downstairs kitchen freezer. Please ask an usher for assistance to carry your donation if needed.
NEXT SUNDAY is the last Sunday to donate to our November mission envelopes for GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH in Houma, Louisiana. Their minister, Pastor Rudnik, was a seminary classmate of Pastor Bahr. Grace suffered extensive damage from Hurricane Ida. Many windows were broken, the roof needs replacement, and water damage ruined most of the inside which now needs to be gutted and rebuilt. Your donations during November will be sent directly to Grace to help with construction costs as they move forward.
OUR ADVENT GIVING TREES will be available in the chapel and narthex beginning next Sunday. We are accepting items that will support Heart, Love, & Soul, Lighthouse (Magdalene), and Niagara Gospel Rescue Mission. If you would like to support these agencies, please take a tag (or two) from the tree and bring the items back to the table unwrapped.
SAVE THE DATE and join the fun! On Saturday, December 4, from 5:30 – 7:00 pm the Board of Education will host a free pizza and sub dinner in the chapel. EVERYONE is welcome to attend our Enduring Faith Celebration, as we gather for food, fellowship, and fun! Test your Bible knowledge with Bible trivia, cheer on our Enduring Faith students as they are awarded prizes for work they have completed, and do some early Christmas shopping at the display of books and resources that will be available for purchase. There is a sign-up sheet available on the glass case.
ADVENT DEVOTIONS are available at both entrances. Advent begins Sunday, November 28th. Please take a book to share!
BEYOND THE SURFACE will not be meeting this Wednesday, November 24th, next meet will be on December 1st.