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November 27, First Sunday of Advent
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Partial Schedule of upcoming events and meetings
November 27: Blessing of the Prayer Shawl
 Ministry
both services
No Sunday School
November 28: Book Club 7 p.m.
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi
Picoult
November 30: Family Advent Event 6-7 p.m.
December 2: 6 p,m, Lighted Christmas Parade: All Youth are invited to
walk with the St. John float. Meet at 5:40 on Blunt St.
December 4: Finance Board will give an update at both services
December 5: 6 p.m. Lighting of the Hospice Tree of Life at St. John
December 6: Help decorate the Church and the Christmas Tree at 4 p.m.
December 11: Christmas Program at the 10:15 service
Soup dinner after the program.
December 18: Cookies for Christ sale after services
POINSETTIAS: If you would like to donate toward the poinsettias for Christmas, please notify the church office at 228-3397.
Wednesday Night Supper menu: B.B.Q. Meatballs, French Fries
Basil green beans, cottage cheese, cake
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Anyone interested in knitting or crocheting is invited to begin making a prayer shawl or lap robe. Quilted prayer shawls are also a good option when made with a warm backing such as flannel or knit fabric. Dimensions are 20" x 60" as a standard, but may be larger or triangular. No fringe please if it is for someone in a wheelchair.
We are planning on using the third Thursday morning each month (9-11) as a knit/crochet group and informal monthly Prayer Shawl Meeting. We can maybe even teach beginners to knit or crochet.
We will meet in the Fireside Room in the for easy access. If this is of interest contact Janet at petefishj@mchsi.com or just show up. The coffee pot will be on; this is a Lutheran ministry after all. Good conversation is guaranteed.
We will also be interested in people willing to deliver them and spend a bit of time with the recipient and family. The visit, conversation and prayer are often times as beneficial as the actual shawl. Please consider involvement in this part of the ministry.
There will be a special Blessing of the Prayer Shawl Ministry November 27th. We hope to have a few shawls ready (totally done or in-process) by then. Bring them and present them at the service in whatever state they are at that time. I will have one on needles as well as a completed one.
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Angel Tree Ministry
Again, this year, St. John is pleased to participate in "Angel Tree", a Prison Fellowship program that provides a pathway for incarcerated parents to restore and strengthen relationships with their children and families. Volunteers from our church give Christmas gifts and the Good News of God's love to children in the name of mothers and fathers behind bars".
The majority of the Angel Gift Tags were picked-up in church on November 20th, but a few are left. Please consider choosing one this Sunday. The gifts should be returned to church on or before December 11th. The participating families, children and caregivers, will come to pick up their gifts on Saturday morning, December 17th.
There will also be a donation box available for people to help with shipping costs for some of the presents, because a few of the recipients are outside the local area. We appreciate your help.
For more information contact Jean Rima 641-220-4171 or Shirley Holm at 641-330-8336
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Family Advent Event
Wednesday, November 30th, in the Parish Hall from 6-7pm.
This is an opportunity for parents and children to make an ALL ABOUT ADVENT poster and some additional crafts together.
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Lighted float
December 2: 6 p.m.
The Charles City Lighted Parade is Friday, December 2nd, at 6 pm. All St. John Youth are invited to ride the float or walk with it. We will meet at 5:40pm on Friday, the 2nd, on Blunt St., near TLC. Jeremy Heyer will be driving. If you have any questions, please call Laurie at 228-3397. (2nd Grade and younger will need an adult to accompany them.)
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Put Jesus On Your Christmas list this year!
The Stewardship board would like to encourage everyone to take the typical amount that you would spend on a Christmas gift and put it in an envelope and then place it in the special box that is in the narthex. Envelopes can be found next to the special
box. These gifts, which are above and beyond your regular giving, will go toward the general budget and be used to carry on the many ministries of St. John!
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Hospice Lighting of the Tree of Life
Hospice of North Iowa
invites you to remember your loved ones or honor those living with a light on the Tree of Life. With your special gift to Hospice, a light will be placed on the Tree of Life. Names of those you wish to remember and honor will be listed at each tree lighting service you specify. Your contributions to the Tree of Life will help extend hospice care to others, so they can live the last months of their lives with dignity, often in the comfort of their own home.
The tree lighting ceremony in Charles City will be at St. John on December 5th at 6:00 p.m.
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Help Trim the Tree
The Deacons invite everyone to come help Trim the Christmas tree and decorate the church on December 6th at 4 p.m.
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Cookies for Christ
The Women's Ministry will have the "Cookies for Christ" event
December 18th after each service. Mixed plates of cookies will be on sale in the Narthex. (What an easy way to take care of your Christmas cookie baking!) Money from the sale will go into the Women's Ministry account which funds many church special requests throughout the year. We are asking for donated Christmas style cookies for this event. Please have them at the church by 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 17th.
We could use help with plating the cookies on Saturday and then with selling them on Sunday. We appreciate your help in this annual fundraiser.
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