November 24 @ St. Paul's UMC: Announcements

+The Advent/Christmas devotional is available in print and will be on the blog starting December 1. The devotional contains a prayer and a quote for the season and continues through to the Day of Epiphany, January 6. 

+Hanging of the Greens will be Wednesday, November 27, at 5:00 p.m. Pizza and salad will be provided. Please RSVP to Amy Abshire or Martha Batch if you can attend. We need a head count for ordering pizza. We’re looking forward to a wonderful Advent season!

+Ladies Lunch Bunch will meet on Thursday, December 5, at 11:45 a.m. at The Huckleberry (700 Main Street, Louisville). Please RSVP by December 3 to Myrle   Myers.

+Join us for a send-off potluck luncheon after worship on Sunday, December 8. December 8 is Pastor Charles and Belinda’s last Sunday with us before they move to Minnesota for new ministry opportunities. If you would like, bring a favorite hors d’oeuvre to share.

+EFAA will not have their Holiday Gift Room this year. Therefore, St. Paul’s will not collect gifts as we have in the past. However, you can support EFAA in these ways: food donations (the Holiday Table wish list is posted, a monetary gift to EFAA, or a donation to EFAA on Colorado Gives Day (December 10). See more information in the December Epistle.

+December's Breakfast Fellowship will meet on Saturday, December 14 (the second Saturday of the month as usual), at 8:00 a.m. at Home Cookin’ Café (328 S.  McCaslin Blvd., Louisville). A change of date was announced previously to accommodate Pastor Charles and Belinda, but the regular second Saturday has been restored.

+Our 2024 Church Conference will take place on December 15 following worship. The Rev. Jessica Rooks, Colorado Front Range District superintendent, will be our preacher and will conduct the Church Conference gathering.

+The choir will offer its musical gift to God and to the congregation on December 22 with its annual Christmas cantata. Please be sure to invite your friends, family, and neighbors to this wonderful celebration of the season.

+St. Paul's will not be offering a Christmas Eve service this year. A list of area United Methodist churches that are holding Christmas Eve service(s) will be on the blog on December 23.

+Claudia Mills will lead our worship service on December 29 as we bring 2024 to a joyful conclusion.