The holiday season is upon us and we have lots of events and activities coming up. Check the Knollwood News for the latest. We also made a December Invite Card that you can easily give to your family and friends to invite them to join us. Invite Cards are available in the foyer. Help us get the word out and grab a few flyers to hand out to family and friends! You can also send the invite digitally via text or email using knoll.org/christmas.

Slots are filling fast! As a way to serve our local community this holiday season, we are hosting a FREE Christmas family photo session (one photo per family) downstairs in our Family Center. There will be hot chocolate, cookies, and a family-friendly Christmas movie while families wait for their turn. Photos will be emailed within one week. If you have friends or neighbors who may be interested, please give them a December Invite Card or send them to knoll.org/christmas. Contact Moises with any questions.

We are so excited to serve our community with this free family photo session and we already have over 30 families signed up for photos! We need lots of help to pull it off! There are volunteer slots for set-up/take-down, bringing cookies/milk, servers, greeters, assistants, registration, etc. If you’re willing to help, we have a place for you! Sign up to volunteer below and email Moises with any questions.

Help us support Burke School’s fundraiser! Run, walk, skip or crawl a one mile route and receive a cup of cocoa at the finish line! Registration (suggested donation $20 per family) qualifies participants for a raffle drawing. Caroling provided by Lake Braddock singers. Contact Moises Altamirano with any questions.

Help us give thanks to the Burke School staff who give so much to special needs children. We’ll be giving them a small Christmas tree decorated with treats and a large basket of snacks for their break room. Drop off your pre-packaged lunch snacks (chips, nuts, granola bars, snack crackers, cookies, etc.) to the Christmas basket in the foyer by Sunday, December 5. Contact Sandy Rogers with any questions.

Winter in DC can be dangerously cold and there are people in our community who don’t have the proper clothing. We are collecting items for our ministry partner, Central Union Mission. You can help by donating new or gently used coats, hats, gloves, and scarves of all sizes for men, women and children. We will be collecting items in the box in the foyer through Sunday, December 5. Contact Glenn Keller with any questions.

December Food Pantry Items Needed: 200 Baking Mixes (Cake, Brownies, or Cookies), 100 Frostings, 200 Vegetable Oils, Large Grocery Size Paper Bags (New or Used). Contact Glenn Keller with any questions.

Invite your friends and family to join us for cookies and a Christmas-themed Petting Zoo immediately following the worship service. There will be a camel, sheep, lamb, etc. Sign up below to make some cookies! If you have any questions, contact Katie Conaway.

Have you ever wanted to read through the entire Bible? Now’s your chance! TGN is a community read-through-the-Bible program. Experience the Bible as a unified story that leads to Jesus! We’ll have weekly teaching and discussion on Sunday mornings before the worship service. If you’re interested in hearing more or if you have any questions, contact Brian Conaway. Go to knoll.org/tgn-faq for Frequently Asked Questions and testimonials. Registration is now open and will run until January 15 (two weeks into the reading plan).

We are so thankful for our children’s ministry families and we hope you have an amazing Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends! Please register your kids for this Sunday so that we know how many volunteers we need. If there are no spots left in a class you need, email Ben Foster

Nov 28: No Youth Meetings this Sunday Happy Thanksgiving!

Dec 05: KSM Meeting 4:00-5:00 p.m.

Email Ben Foster with any questions.

Did you know that every school year, our amazing Preschool teachers cook up a full Thanksgiving dinner for our preschoolers? Teachers serve their students homemade turkey, mashed potatoes, corn, bread and more. Preschoolers make a Thanksgiving placemat which the teachers laminate to commemorate the special event for years to come. Happy Thanksgiving, Knollwood preschoolers and thank you to our KCP staff for putting on such a special event!

This year the preschool celebrated Thanksgiving by putting together 20 boxes of Thanksgiving food for needy families in the Springfield area. Students donated the food and decorated and stuffed the boxes. Thank you to our KCP families for donating your time and love to those in need.

Thank you to everyone who filled up Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes with toys and supplies for kids. Special thanks to Tom and Judy Corcoran who collected and dropped off 137 boxes. The drop location they went to said that donations were double from last year, so that’s a lot of blessings! Thank you!

Thank you all of the volunteers who came out (a few pictured here) to serve at the second Saturday in November where the Abiding Presence Food Pantry was fully staffed by Knollwood folks. It was truly an extremely busy day. We were able to provide food for 221 families, which is a new record at AP Food Bank! If you’re interested in serving in the future, email Glenn Keller!

The Grand Narrative Registration is open (Study starts in January)

NOV 28 Baby Dedication

DEC 04 Cocoa Dash for Burke School

DEC 05 Winter Coat Drive Deadline

DEC 05 Burke School Staff Treats Due

DEC 05 Food Collection Items Due

DEC 05 Free Family Photo Night

DEC 12 Petting Zoo & Cookies

DEC 24 Christmas Eve Service