Announcements

December has arrived–a time to prepare for the advent of Jesus’ birth. Before that, though, on December 8 is the Grace Lutheran Annual meeting. Please plan to attend the meeting and help the congregation prepare for the year ahead. Following the meeting will be a potluck dinner in the dining room. All are invited!

This year the Wednesday worship service theme will be “Sent: Delivering the Gift of Hope at Christmas.” Holy Communion will be available at each of the Wednesday evening worship services. More information about December activities is available in the December newsletter and on the December calendar.

Sewing Circle: We need more members! If you are willing to share one or two Wednesday mornings a month to help assemble and tie Lutheran World Relief quilts, please check us out on one of our sewing days. No experience or special abilities are needed!!! In addition, the sewing circle is always in need of new or used sheets or blankets to use in quilt assembly.

Lutheran World Relief: During the month of August we assembled kits for Lutheran World Relief. Those kits were blessed during the service on September 8. While we especially concentrate on kits at the end of summer when school supplies are plentiful, supplies for kits can be brought to the church any time during the year. Listed below are the supplies need for school kits and personal care kits.

Each School Kit must have:

4 spiral bound 70-page notebooks
5 unsharpened pencils
5 ball point stick pens with caps
pencil sharpener
2-inch pink eraser
ruler with both inches and metric
scissors with rounded tip
one box of 12 crayons

Each Personal Care Kit must have:

27″ by 52″ (approximately) dark towel (preferably not very heavy)
2 4-ounce bars of mild soap
fingernail clipper
individually wrapped tooth brush
comb with VERY, VERY wide teeth