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Today,
December 21st:
Please come
to the parish hall, following today’s service, to greet
Deacon
Mark and Sandy
Christmas Memorial Envelopes
for poinsettias are in today’s bulletin; please put your donation in
the envelope with a note stating for whom the memorial is made.
Christmas Services
Wednesday, December 24 (Christmas Eve)
5:30 – Family service, with children’s
program and Communion
7:30 – Carol Sing (in the church)
8:00 – Holy Eucharist
Thursday, December 25 (Christmas Day)
9:15 – Holy Eucharist
12 Noon -- Community-wide Christmas
dinner in the Parish Hall
Christmas Dinner at Intercession
December 25, Noon, in the Parish Hall
Join
Fr. Jim and Deacon Mary in welcoming our community for an old
fashioned Christmas dinner. Please sign up if you can attend, and to
help with set-up or clean-up; and/or to bring and help prepare food.
Invite your friends to join you. This will be a time of great food,
fellowship and Christmas fun, and an important outreach to the
community!
There will be NO Youth Group, potluck, or bible
study on Wednesday, December 24th (Christmas Eve).
Call for Nominations
Vestry, Wardens, and Convention
Delegates
At
our annual meeting on January 25th, we will elect new
Senior and Junior Wardens (for one year terms), TWO vestry members
(for 3 year terms) and FOUR delegates to Diocesan Convention.
Nominations may be made using the forms in the Parish Hall. Please
pray about who you might be called to nominate. These are important
leadership positions in the Church. Please consult the recent
Intercession News (p.8) for qualifications for Vestry & Warden
positions. You may nominate yourself.
Holiday Food Basket:
The holidays are just around the corner and Operation
Bootstrap is in full swing helping families in Portage County have a
joyous Holiday. As we have done in years past, The Church of The
Intercession will participate in this program by sponsoring a family
of 4-5 members. The family will receive a basket of food worth
approximately $75. In addition, the Outreach committee has agreed to
sponsor a local war veteran's family with the same holiday spirit.
Giving
Tree: The Giving Tree is located in the
parish. Children of the families receiving holiday food baskets will
also receive gifts in the $25 range. First names of these children
along with their wish lists will be placed in cards and hung on the
Giving Tree for your selection and purchase. Donations can be
deposited in the Christmas wrapped box titled, 'Holiday Food Basket /
Giving Tree' in the parish hall. Checks should be made payable to the
Church of the Intercession. Please help spread the joy and love this
holiday by supporting these very worthwhile causes.
Ongoing Youth Group Fundraisers:
The youth group continues to sell handmade greeting
cards for 50 cents each to support mission projects. Please leave your
payment in the church office. We will also recycle your used cell
phones and ink cartridges.
Food Basket: Need
knows no season, and not having enough food to donate to the Crisis
Center is always a concern so please bring non-perishable food
donations each Sunday, place in the basket in rear of church. Your
donations make a difference to needy families. If you have questions
on what to bring please contact me, Kathy Orlikowski.
For
the Soldiers:
PLEASE NEW & UNOPENED ITEMS ONLY! Tightly packed cookies (no chocolate
coatings), Gatorade powder, Nutella or similar sweet spread in plastic
jars, beige cotton socks, Gold Bond foot powder, current
- outdoor or car magazines, wrapped hard candies, batteries, nuts and
dried fruit packages are still needed. Please give your items to Jane
Dreier.
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