N EWEST N EWS
Icon Sale!

Now through Christmas,
take $5 off the price of any icon in our bookstore.

Happy Feast!
Landscaping Day at the Church
We need your help! On Saturday, December 14, 8am-noon, we'll clean up our flower beds, plant winter flowers and mulch our trees and beds to protect them during the coming year.

Please plan to join us for the whole morning or just part. Many hands make light work!
Schedule of Services for the Nativity of Christ

Mark your calendar and plan to join us
as we celebrate the birth of the Savior:

Tuesday, December 24
9am Royal Hours of Nativity
3pm Vesperal Divine Liturgy for the Paramon of Nativity

Wednesday, December 25
8:45am Festal Orthros
10am Divine Liturgy for the Nativity of Christ
Upcoming Events

TODAY, Dec. 4, 7pm | Sacrifice, Session 4: "He Transforms Us into Pure Sacrifices"

Thursday, Dec. 5, 5:30pm | Great Vespers for St Nicholas, followed by Festival

Monday, Dec. 9, 7pm | Ladies Bible Study at Sara Gae's home

Tuesday, Dec. 10, 6:30pm | Parish Council

I N C ASE Y OU  M ISSED I T
A Sweet Treat for Everyone on Your List!

Does your sweetie have a sweet tooth?
Could your coworkers use a dose of Christmas spirit?
Does your teacher have enough candles and lotions?
Would your clients care for a cookie?

Then we've got you covered!

Our Hospitality Committee is raising funds to redecorate Adwon Hall. Place your order now, then pick up at Coffee Hour on December 8th or 15th.

Choose from three gourmet, homemade options:

🎁 Regular Cookie Box - $15
Cherry cookies, Russian walnut cookies, Italian ricotta cookies, spiced nuts and gingerbread man cookies

🎁 Vegan Cookie Box - $20
Chocolate chip cookies, thin mints, cinnamon churro popcorn and chocolate almond bark

🎁 Gluten-free Cookie Box - $20
Pumpkin cookies, thin mints, coconut macaroons, spiced nuts and cinnamon churro popcorn

Cash, checks or Paypal are accepted.


A big thanks to Sara Gae Waters for our photography!
Look in our bookstore for Christmas cards, ornaments and more....
The Nativity Fast
The Nativity Fast continues through December 24. During this Fasting Season, it is traditional to abstain from meat, dairy, fish and alcohol, with the following exceptions:
  • fish and moderate alcohol are allowed on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays (until December 20). 
  • moderate alcohol is allowed today (Wednesday) and this Friday (in honor of the saints being celebrated), as well as next Monday (in honor of the Conception of the Theotokos).
S UNDAY S CHOOL S YNERGY
⤾ Looking Back
Sunday School resumes this Sunday, December 8.
⤿ Looking Forward
This Sunday we'll study “Joshua” (Joshua 2, 4, 6, 24:15.  Children's Bible Reader pgs. 106-109)
W HO'S O N D ECK
Prosphora
12/8 - Jane
12/15 - Lily
12/22 - Donna
12/29 - Jay
Readers
12/8 - Whitney
12/15 - Michael P
12/22 - Lisa
12/29-John Mark
Greeters
12/8 - Michael P
12/15 - Miranda
12/22 - Candace
12/29 - Leonard
Coffee Hour
12/8 - Team JSST
12/15 - OPEN
12/22 - Taylor
12/29 - Iryna
Bookstore
12/8 - Devin
12/15 - Jeannine
12/22 - Kristen
12/29 - Devin

Altar Servers
12/8

Jake Crouch
Cole Powers
Davis Fitzgibbon
Caleb Jones
Evan Fitzgibbon


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