To support our weekly Plan for Ministry, $5,490 is needed each week.

---November 29th through December 5th giving totaled: $7,306

To support our Plan for Ministry thus far, $263,176 is needed

---Our year to date giving is: $236,176

It's a wonderful hands on devo to help lead us through this season

This is the last weekend to place your order for poinsettias - make sure to get those in to help decorate our sanctuary for Christmas Eve. These can be given in memory/honor of someone. See Ginny Hestekind with questions.

Will you be around for worship on Christmas Eve? We need your help with ushering, greeting, and readings. If you will be in town and are available, please sign up to help. You can sign up via sign up genius or there is a sign up in the narthex as well. Thank you!

Thank you to everyone who helped our families out! We were able to provide a little more joy this Christmas, to the five families we helped out. Thank you again!

If you are interested in donating food or gas cards, please drop them off in the office. Amounts should stay between $10-$20 and ideas of stores are: Target, Walmart, Cub Foods, Holiday.

This next week is your last opportunity to drop off mittens/hats/scarves for the mitten tree. We will be delivering to Centennial Schools and to the Alexander House next week.

The Centennial Ministerial Association in collaboration with the Centennial School District is once again helping families facing food insecurity over the holiday break. This is a community wide initiative and helps families in the Centennial area who regularly rely on school lunches to supplement their grocery budget. We are collecting financial donation which will be used to purchase gift cards at local grocery stores.

You can donate funds via our giving page or by dropping off a cash/check at church with Project Feeding families in the memo line. Donations are due by December 19th.

Also - pray for those who hunger and are living with food insecurity in our neighborhoods.

Thank you for your continued support of our community members!

Looking for something to do as a family? Hope 4 Youth (the organization we are supporting with adopt a family this year), will be the charity partner for the Glow Holiday Festival on Tuesday December 14th. One dollar for every ticket sold will be donated to them! The Glow Holiday Festival is located at the state fair grounds and tickets can be purchased here: https://www.glowholiday.com/tickets. Can’t attend on the 14th - use this code: H4YOUTH at check out and they’ll still get the $1.

-Kathy and Bill Christensen's as they grieve the death of Bob.

-Becky and family as they grieve the death of Dick.

-Karen Gregory's sister, Susan

-Mark, Swede's brother

-Kent Barnard's dad, Richard

-Robbin Sonnenberg, in her new diagnosis of colon cancer and perforated bowel.

-Lisa Hutchinson's sister-in-law, Susan Bushey (and family) who is starting cancer treatment.

-Yvonne Guptill

The new schedule for greeters, ushers, lectors, prayers and communion assistants is now out for the first four months of 2022. You can find a copy of it here.

We are still in need of some volunteers to be Worship Hosts (someone, besides Pastor Mollie or Jenny, that makes sure all of our greeters, ushers, lectors, and reader of the prayers are in worship that morning). If you're interested, sign up here. Thanks!

St. Mark November Council Minutes ------- St. Mark October Account Balances