DECEMBER CALENDAR AND
NEWS will be available from the ushers after today's
worship. Please note that there are no
worship times listed on the calendar as that will be decided at the December 2nd
Voters' Meeting.
A CONGREGATIONAL POLL to gather input on
preferences regarding our worship schedule will be given out today. Please take a few moments to complete this
poll and hand it to an usher when you leave.
The results of this poll will be made official at the Voters' Meeting next
Sunday.
THE CHURCH COUNCIL will meet this Wednesday after worship
in the Fellowship Room. Your attendance
is very important!
OUR DECEMBER VOTERS'
MEETING will be
held next Sunday, December 2, after worship.
(NO Bible Class that day.) The
business at hand will include accepting the slate of nominees for 2013 church
offices and voting on whether to keep our worship schedule as it is or go back
to 9 AM Sunday School and Bible Class with worship following. Whatever decision
is made will go into effect beginning Sunday, December 16. All confirmed members of our congregation, 18
years and older, are encouraged to attend.
GRAIN TRAIN BUCKETS:
All Orphan Grain Train buckets with cleaning supplies need to be turned
in TODAY. If you did not have a chance
to get your bucket filled, please return the empty bucket. If you need to have your
bucket picked up, please call Betty McCrory (342-3580).
NEW BRICKS purchased this fall have been put
into place. If you have trouble locating
yours, see Ernie & Donna Dettmer.
INGATHERING FOR ARMED
FORCES: A sheet listing needed items for our troops
is available in the narthex. These items
will be gathered and shipped out for the Christmas holiday. Please consider sending in items to help with
this project and let our soldiers know they have our support! A box will be in the front hall of school and
in the church narthex to receive items.
The items will be prepared for shipment on Saturday, December 8, in our
Fellowship Room.
THE CHURCH FOUNDATION is now eligible to receive Thrivent
Choice Dollars. If you would like to
designate your choice dollars for this, please contact Keith Mensendiek
(812-343-3288).
CHRISTMAS EVE PRE-SERVICE
MUSIC: If you would like to participate in the
pre-service Christmas Eve, either singing or playing a musical instrument,
please sign up on the sheet posted on the bulletin board in the front hall of
school.
OPEN HOUSE:
Trinity Lutheran High School invites students and their families to an
open house this Thursday, November 29, from 4:00-6:00 PM. All eighth grade students will be entered in
a drawing to win a Trinity t-shirt.
Interested eighth grade students will also receive a $75 voucher that
covers registration costs at Trinity for the 2013-2014 school year. Please enter through the Commons.
LIVING NATIVITY:
St. Peter, Waymansville, will hold its 5th Annual Living Nativity this
coming Friday and Saturday, November 30 and December 1. Friday hours are from 5:30-8:30 PM, with the
Bethlehem Choir singing at 6:30 and 7:30 in the sanctuary. and Saturday hours
are from 12:00-4:00 PM, with special activities for the children, which include
picture-taking with the animals, a storyteller, and take-home surprises. Free refreshments will be served in the
parish hall on both days. Everyone
invited!
