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Lunch Ladies - will be meeting on Monday, December 1 at noon We will be meeting at Ally's Bistro, N72 W13350 Lund Lane in Menomonee Falls. All are welcome - no book to read - just good friends and good conversation!
Christmas Pointsettias - The sign up sheet for donating pointsettias is in the rear of the church. Today is the last day to sign up.
Breakfast with Santa/Cookie Sale - The big day is fast approaching. You may bring your cookies to the Chalet on Friday evening, Dec. 19, between 5pm and 7pm. There is another event at the Chalet that evening so most of our set up will need to be done on Saturday morning. Workers should arrive by 6:30 on Saturday, Dec. 20, to get set up done. Talk to Paul or Wendy for additional details.
November 30 marks the beginning of a new church year. Purple, the color for penitence and royalty, is used to mark the seasons of Advent and Lent, the times of preparation before Christmas and Easter. Like the cycles of the church year, we are reminded that God is the first and last, the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. He is our bright Morning Star. We remember this with the star-shaped leaves of the poinsettia.
Christmas Giving – Operation Christmas Child collects shoebox gifts filled with fun toys, school supplies, and personal care items – and delivers them to children in need around the world to demonstrate God’s love in a tangible way. For many of these children, the gift-filled shoebox is the first gift they have ever received. Started by Franklin Graham, since 1993 OCC has collected and delivered more than 209 million shoebox gifts to children in more than 170 countries and territories.
Again this year, St. Jacobi will be donating profits from our Breakfast with Santa to Operation Christmas Child. Also again this year, the Council has designated Operation Christmas Child as our Christmas Giving charity. If you’d like to help this organization by contributing cash or checks to help offset the cost of collecting, processing and shipping these boxes, then please place your donation in this envelop and drop it in the collection plate. (Checks can be made out to: St. Jacobi)
Bible Study - Next year's Bible Study is on the topic of Forgiveness. We will be using the booklets from Life Guide as we did in the past.
We will meet on the first two Sundays of each month (February, March, April, and May), starting at 8:30 - 9:30 am. We will not meet on April 5, as that is Easter Sunday. We will double-up on one of the other Sundays to make up for the missed April 8 study.
If you are interested in participating, please let me know so we can order a book for you. It will to be paid for by the church. Thanks.
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MONTHLY FELLOWSHIP will be held on the last Sunday of the month at church. If you would like to provide food and beverages or sponsor a Monthly Fellowship, please see the sign-up sheet which can be found at the rear of the church sanctuary. Thank you.
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