VOTERS MEETING will be held after worship today to vote on budget and vote on a new https://gracenf.org/wp-content/uploads/IMG_1126.jpg to the council.
IMPORTANT: Please fill out the attendance sheet found in your bulletin EACH WEEK with your name and date, and place it in the offering plate. This will assist us in making sure that all of our members are being cared for as needed during our vacancy.
THANK YOU for your generous donations of turkeys and hams. The remaining donations are being delivered today to help our local agencies provide a Christmas dinner for those in need.
ADVENT GIVING TREE: Trees are available in the chapel and narthex through the Advent and Christmas seasons. The trees are decorated with tags listing items needed by clients of Heart, Love, & Soul, Lighthouse, and the Niagara Gospel Mission. If you would like to participate in this project, please take a tag from the tree, purchase the items listed, and return it unwrapped to the tree table. All donations will be delivered in January to the appropriate agency.
NEXT SUNDAY YOU’RE INVITED to celebrate with us! The Sunday School is excited about Jesus’ upcoming birthday, and they are planning a special celebration for next Sunday. They will sing during worship, and they will be participating in the service that day by helping with the readings, greeting, ushering, and acolyting. The congregation is invited to stay after worship for pizza, cake and snacks in the chapel. What a great way to start off the week leading up to the greatest birth in the history of the world! Mark your calendars so you won’t forget!!
DECEMBER MISSION ENVELOPES have been designated to support Help & Hope for the Homeless, Inc. This local charity was founded by Grace member John Loss with the purpose of helping a homeless individual or family receive the training and skills they require to put their lives on a path to success. If you wish to support this charity, place your mission envelope in the offering plate during December or donate online at www.gracenf.org using the “monthly mission” option.
PLEASE SAVE your old Christmas cards. There is a box on the shelf of the coatroom marked “Christmas cards”. We will be using the pictures from your cards for an upcoming project in 2023.
CHOIR will practice after this Wednesday’s Advent service. Please do your best to attend since this will be our only rehearsal before we sing on Christmas Eve at the 5 PM service.
THE ALTAR GUILD is currently looking for members to join. The guild is run on a monthly commitment and you will be matched with a current guild member and/or trained on the weekly guild duties. Please contact either the church office or Erika Tuscher if you are interested.
2022 ADVENT Devotionals are at either entrance. You have two choices: “This is My Son”, a more traditional devotion book, and “How do They Celebrate Christmas?”, a look at Christmas in different cultures.
The 2023 FLOWER CHART is now hanging in the narthex. Cost for a centerpiece is $47, or you can choose two vases at a cost of $60. When you sign up for a date, please find the altar flower order form outside either sanctuary entrance. Please complete the form and return to the church office no later than the Sunday before your date.
Purchase Christian books for the loved ones in your life. Available today in the Chapel. Cash or check only, please.
The next American Red Cross blood drive will be held here at Grace on Saturday, December 17th from 8:00am – 1:00pm.