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Announcements for February 10, 2008
Happening
Today - First Sunday in Lent
Worship 8:15, 9:45, Sanctuary
and 11:15 - Historic Church
Westminster Woods Breakfast
Adult Bible Study 9:45am -
Fireside Room
Y.E.S. Practice 11:15 -
Sanctuary
Monday,
February 11th
Finance Team 9am - Resource Room
HELP Placement 1:30pm - Fireside Room
Rebekah Circle 1:30pm - Price Hall
HELP Board 6:30pm - Resource Room
Lent Series 6:30pm - Price Hall
Peace & Justice 6:45pm - Fireside Room
Tuesday,
February 12th
PATH 8:30 & 9:45 - Price Hall
Historic Church open noon-12:30 for
Lenten Reading
Bells Appealing 4:30pm - Sanctuary
God’s Promises 5:30pm - Sanctuary
Kids of the Kingdom 6pm - Sanctuary
Congregation Team 6:30pm - Health
Ministry Room
Wednesday,
February 13th
FCW Board 10am - Fireside Room
Staff Meeting 10am - Health Ministry Room
Celtic Communion noon - Historic Church
Worship Ministry Team 4:30pm - Health
Ministry Room
Jr. High 4:30pm - Youth Room / Price Hall
Sr. High 6pm - Youth Room / Price Hall
Praise Team 6pm - Sanctuary
Celebration Singers 7pm - Sanctuary
Thursday,
February 14th
El Dorado Convalescent Worship 10am
Historic Church open noon-12:30 for
Lenten Reading
Lamplighters 1pm - Price Hall
Friendship Circle 6:30pm - Price Hall
Friday,
February 15th
PATH 8:30 & 9:45 - Price Hall
Saturday,
February 16th
Dorthea Engstrom Memorial 11am -
Sanctuary
Next Sunday,
February 17th
Worship 8:15, 9:45 Sanctuary
and 11:15 Historic Church
Blood Pressure Sunday
Adult Bible Study 9:45am -
Fireside Room
Y.E.S. Practice 11:15 -
Sanctuary
Visit our website!
www.eldoradofederatedchurch.org
Lenten Prayer Evenings
~
Mondays 6:30-9:00 pm ~ February 11th thru March 17th
Experience quiet moments and time for prayerful
meditation and reflection during your Lenten journey. Through guided
meditation and a listening to scripture in the prayer form of
‘Lectio Divina’ this Lenten Prayer time will invite a contemplation
of these words from Matthew’s gospel and their meaning in our lives:
“But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to
your Father, who is unseen…Then your Father, who sees what is done
in secret, will reward you.” Matt. 6:5
- Facilitated by Lucie Chalifour, Spiritual Director
- Suggested donation $10.00 -
All are welcome - No prior experience with meditation/Lectio Divina necessary.
Federated Peace with Justice Ministry -
The newly reactivated
Federated, Peace with Justice Ministry Team is having its second meeting
of the new year. The meeting will be Monday February 11th
at 6:45 pm in the Fireside Room. We will be planning our next events or
projects. Ideas are welcome. Everyone is invited (young to experienced)
and the Team hopes to see you there.
ALWAYS REFORMING! As our worship services
change, our sanctuary changes, too. The Worship Ministry Team is
exploring ways to make our chancel area more useful and more beautiful
in the service of the church. If you have any ideas, please join us at
our next meeting, Wednesday, February 13 at 4:30 in the
Sanctuary. We will be listening to input and gathering ideas for future
planning.
Lamplighters
will meet on Thursday, February 14 at 1:00pm. All are heartily
welcome to come to Price Hall for coffee, tea, and dessert, as well as
heart-warming fellowship. For more information or to let us know
that you are planning to come, please contact Fred or Helen Unterleitner
at fritz@cal.net.
Federated Sunday at Upper Room February 17 - Shift Times
Have Been Shortened! The third Sunday of every month is
Federated’s turn to prepare and serve the meal at the Upper Room, the
local dining hall that serves a hot meal to low-income and homeless
people 364 days a year. Since we have such an efficient crew, we’ve
shortened the shift times. Preparation is from 1:30-3:30, and serving
is from 3:30-6:00. The sign up sheet is in the church entry, or call
Helen at 622-0273, ext. 16.
Ways You Can Help the Youth Build Bridges in Mexico!
- Okay, so we are really building three houses this year, but
what we do also builds bridges. And even if you aren't a youth, you can
help with the trip in these ways:
Sign up to provide 2 dozen cookies; Sign up to provide a
housewarming gift for one of the Mexican families; Buy a cross of nails
(all of these are on a little white table outside the church
entrance!); Contribute to the Ray Perry Memorial Scholarship fund
which helps youth who otherwise would not be able to afford the trips.
FEDERATED BOOK CLUB -
Please join us at 1pm in the Fireside Room the first
Thursday of the month - the next meeting will be on March 6th.
The upcoming selections are: March - Water for Elephants by Sara
Green; April - Henri Nouwen: A Restless Seeking for God by Jurgen
Beumer; May - Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert; June -
Rolf in the Woods by Ernest Thompson Seaton.
Baptism & Beginnings:
New Member Class 2008 - If you are an adult interested in membership or
in baptism for yourself or your child, you are invited to consider the
meaning of baptism and new beginnings at our annual new member class.
The class will be held from 6:15 to 7:45pm (time change) on three
consecutive Sundays - February 24th, March 2nd
and March 9th; the sacrament of baptism and reception of
new members will take place on Easter Sunday, March 23rd.
Please speak to a staff member or call the office if you are interested.
Sunday, February 24th
- The Ministry of Word and Sacrament -
An evening with Andrew
Sunday, March 2nd -
Ministry in Praise and Pastoral Care -
An evening with
Bonnie and Karen
Sunday, March 9th
- Ministry with Children and Youth -
An evening with Helen and Jodie
GATHERING
NEWS AND NOTIONS, DUE FEBRUARY 24 – Everything you ever
wanted to know about Federated Church has a place in the Gathering.
The next issue will be published the first of March—please email
articles, photos and graphics to shunn@comcast.net or place them in the
Gathering mailbox in the church office no later than Sunday,
February 24th. Earlier is better! Questions? Contact
Susan Hunn, shunn@comcast.net.
Small Dinner Groups -
Would you like to meet and enjoy dinner and friendships
together? Join a small dinner group - lunch, dinner, picnic - whatever
you’d like to do. Call Marilyn Allen or Virginia Duncan to sign up.
Do you need a
prayer? The prayer chain is available at all times for your
prayer request. If you have a prayer request, please call Dot Polston
Norma Paulin or Carol White. We need more links added to our chain - if
you believe in the power of prayer; you can add powerful strength to our
chain. We need you and you have only one call to make to pass on a
prayer request. Call Dot Polston if you would like to be a part of this
powerful ministry.
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Health Ministry
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Blood pressure screenings will be offered next
Sunday in Price Hall!
Here are
some great websites for health and older adult health questions:
medlineplus.gov
-sponsored by the National Institute of Health provides reliable and up
to date information on health, illness, medications and
wellness/prevention.
nihseniorhealth.gov -a senior-friendly website from the
National Institute on Aging and National Library of Medicine. This
simple to use website features popular health topics for older adults.
It has large type and a 'talking' function that reads the text out loud.
YOUTH MINISTRY AT FEDERATED
Fellowship and fun for youth 7th-12th grade
Junior High 4:30-6:00
Senior High 6:00-8:00
Join us for food, fellowship, and fun. This week’s topic is “What Do You
Absolutely Have to Have?” We’ll be talking about how attached to our
“stuff” we get and how consistent that is with our faith values.
One Space Available for Sierra Service Project
This year we will be going to the Table Bluff Reservation to do home
repair for the Wiyot tribe. The dates are July 27-Aug. 2. We have
worked with this tribe before and it was a very rich cultural
experience. The deadline for claiming this space is March 1, so don’t
delay.
Helen’s Schedule This Semester
Helen is in the bay area for classes (really hard classes!)
Monday-Tuesday, and Thursday this semester. If you really, really need
to reach her (ie, EMERGENCY) you can call her on her cell 530-558-5473.
Otherwise leave a message on her office voice mail listed below or email
her. She will return your call or email on Wednesday.
For more information on any youth activities, contact Helen Mansfield at
622-0273, ext. 16, or email her at victori@directcon.net
Lent and the
Holiness of Ordinary Things
Lent began on Ash
Wednesday. On that day the shape of a cross was inscribed on the
foreheads of Christians using ashes from last year’s Palm Sunday
branches. The imposition of these ashes speaks of our mortality, fear
of death and our hope of eternal life in Christ. During Lent, we will
continue thinking about these themes in the light of the simple objects
we use in worship Sunday by Sunday.
A Lenten Series on the Objects We Use in
Worship
1st
Sunday in Lent: Today, February 10th
Scripture: Isaiah 40:1-8; Luke 3:1-20
Theme:
“The Pulpit, the Preacher and How to Listen to Sermons”
2nd
Sunday In Lent: February 17th
Scripture:
Genesis 1; Revelation:1
Message:
“The Celtic Cross and the Color Purple”
3rd
Sunday In Lent: February 28th
Scripture:
Romans 6:1-14
Message:
“The Font and the Meaning of Baptism”
4th
Sunday In Lent: March 2nd
Scripture:
I Kings 19:1-8; John 6:25-40
Message:
“The Plate and the Bread of Life”
5th
Sunday In Lent: March 9th
Scripture:
Matthew 26:17-30, 36-46
Message:
“The Cup and the New Wine of Salvation”
6th
Sunday In Lent: Passion Sunday, March 16th
Scripture:
Psalm 23; Luke 22:24-30
Message:
“The Table and Life in the Kingdom”
GREAT DECISIONS 2008
8 Wednesday nights and/or 8 Sunday mornings
beginning after Easter (March 26/30)
study books available now in Patio Hall
For
the fifth year Federated Church will offer the Great Decisions eight
week series, coordinated by Rev. Bob Olmstead. Topics for 2008 include:
A
Endgame in Iraq - What Can We Hope For?
A Russia
and
>Putinism=
- Friend or Foe?”
A
U.S. / China Trade Rivalry
A
U.S. Defense Policy - Who Is the Enemy?
A
European Unification . . . Is Latin America Going
>Left
? . .
New Philanthropy
The
Great Decisions series is published annually by the Foreign Policy
Association, a non-partisan group dedicated to helping Americans discuss
the U.S. role in the world with accurate information. Colleges,
churches, libraries and other groups utilize the materials. Public
Broadcasting Systems carry half-hour video debates.
Classes (including video) are designed to present information and elicit
discussion, not to promote a position.
Attend when you can and when the topic interests you.
If
you have knowledgeable guest speakers to suggest - or if you would/could
assist in leading one of the sessions - please contact Bob Olmstead:
BobOlmst@aol.com / 295-5561.
Children
& Families Programs
Welcome to Bartholomew’s Basement!
Bartholomew’s Basement is the name of our children’s classroom area
downstairs.
Children are encouraged to be curious and feel at-home in this space
that is created just for them.
Children's Sunday School lessons & activities are offered at the 9:45am
worship.
The nursery is open as a changing room during the 8:15 service and staffed
for baby/toddler/PreK care during the 9:45am worship service.
Babies, Toddlers and Pre-K’s:
The Nursery is open for happy and loving play time with our energetic
and loving Nursery Caregivers: Anna Jennings, Deanna Vincent and
Jocelyn Lane. The nursery is upstairs in the back hallway. Our nursery
has a changing table, clean toys & a safe & fun play area. Be sure to
leave your cell phone number with the staff and turn your phone on
vibrate so that we can contact you during worship if your child needs
you. Thank You!
Grandchildren and young relatives coming for Easter?
Why not bring them to the 9:45am service to be with the other children?
We’ll have a big group for an energetic and meaningful Easter Lesson.
9:45am Worship Today ~ “SECOND SUNDAY”
Right After Children’s Time ~ Children go downstairs for a special youth
presentation about Westminster Woods: (www.westminsterwoods.org)
“A Christian camp & retreat center
dedicated to the glory of God”
Youth who have gone to this camp for many years
will come tell the children all about their faith building experiences
there.
(Today is the Westminster Woods fund-raising Breakfast in Price Hall)
We will also kick-off our Children’s Lenten Series.
Children
Return to Worship today
for
communion and anointing with their families.


Children’s Lenten Series
The Fruits of the Spirit: Galations 5:22-23
February 10: Love
February 17: Joy
February 24: Peace
March 2: Patience &
Kindness
March 9: Goodness
March 16: Faithfulness
March 23: Gentleness
6/5 Alive Students will also be part of the Fruits of the Spirit Series
They will keep a weekly Character Trait Journal
(Compassion; Sense of Humor; Peace
Seeking;
Understanding Others; Generosity;
Loyalty; and Humility)
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“LIGHT” Training Class
for 2nd, 3rd, 4th graders
Would your child like to light candles during worship?
Let Jodie know. Training Class on Palm Sunday, March 16th,
right after worship
Tuesday
Evening Dinners
Everyone is welcome to come eat together in Price Hall.
For a small price, you can feed your family before or after choir, or
just for fun. We alternate between Pizza & Salad, Quesadillas and “Taco
Mountain”
Flat File?
Does anyone have a flat-drawer filing cabinet that they would be willing
to donate to children’s ministries? We have posters that need better
storage.
Thank you!
Announcements for December
9, 2007
Happening Today - Second Sunday in Advent
Worship 8:15, 9:45 Sanctuary and 11:15 Historic
Church
Youth/Westminster Woods Breakfast - Price Hall
Peace and Justice 9:15am - Health Ministry Room
Adult Bible Study 9:45am - Fireside Room
Y.E.S. Practice 11:15 - Sanctuary
Pierce Powers is 90 today! Please come and
join in cake and song
in Price Hall after the first and second
services!
Miracle on
Main Street 2pm - Sanctuary
Monday,
December 10th
HELP Placement 1:30pm - Fireside Room
Rebekah Circle 1:30pm - Price Hall
HELP 4pm - Fireside Room
HELP Board 6:30pm - Resource Center
Tuesday,
December 11th
PATH 8:30, 9:45 - Price Hall
Bells Appealing 4:30pm - Sanctuary
Congregation Team 6:30pm - Health Ministry Room
Wednesday, December 12th
Staff Meeting 10am - Health Ministry Room
FCW Board 10am - Fireside Room
Celtic Communion Noon - Historic Church
Worship Team 4:30pm - Health Ministry Room
Jr. & Sr. High Youth 5:30-7:30pm - Location to be
announced
Praise Team 6pm - Sanctuary
Celebration Singers 7pm - Sanctuary
Thursday, December 13th
El Dorado Convalescent Worship 10am
Connections Ministry Team 6:30 - Fireside Room
Friday,
December 14th
PATH 8:30, 9:45 - Price Hall
Next
Sunday, December 16th - Second Sunday in Advent
Worship 8:15, 9:45 Sanctuary and 11:15 Historic
Church
Blood Pressure Sunday
Adult Bible Study 9:45am - Fireside Room
Y.E.S. Practice 11:15 - Sanctuary
Visit our website!
www.eldoradofederatedchurch.org
Many thanks
to Dottie McCalley of Ardencaple Christmas Forest for donating the
beautiful tree for the Historic Church this year.
do you need a prayer? The prayer chain is available at all
times for your prayer request. If you have a prayer request, please
call Dot Polston, Norma Paulin or Carol White. We need more links added
to our chain - if you believe in the power of prayer; you can add
powerful strength to our chain. We need you and you have only one call
to make to pass on a prayer request. Call Dot Polston if you would like
to be a part of this powerful ministry.
Sunday Bible Study
- All adults are invited to Sunday Bible Study at 9:45am in
the Fireside Room. Our present focus is the Atonement and our teacher
is Dr. R. C. Speoul, pastor, theologian and Bible teacher on radio and
TV. Questions? See Burney Sheeks.
The Little Blue
Book - Take Advent and Christmas one day at a time!
Enjoy a 6 minute daily reflection on the weekday gospels in The
Little Blue Book from December 2 through January 13. Time of day
will vary for you, but this booklet gives you a pattern for prayer. The
right hand page is the gospel reflection. The left hand page is the
feast about various traditions and customs of Christmas. This Advent
booklet is based upon the writing of Bishop Ken Untener, a friend of
neighbor of our very own Leslie and Dick Bush when they lived in
Saginaw, Michigan.
STEPPIN' FORTH in
2008: Every year we have to count on new people to "step up"
in the footsteps of older members who die, or move away, or find
themselves in reduced circumstances. Happily, Federated Church has just
such folks ready to "step up" and be counted (on). We have received 25
NEW pledges and 39 INCREASED pledges (a total of 200 pledges) for 2008.
Pledges for 2008 already exceed the total for this year by nearly $7,000
and there remain a few folks still to be heard from. We welcome the
gifts of time, talents and treasure from ALL our people; and at this
time we offer special THANKS to those who pledged for 2008. Federated
wants to budget prudently and pledges (estimates of giving) make this
possible.
THANKS FROM YOUR TREE OF KINDNESS TEAM!
Wow – The response to the Tree of Kindness has been fantastic! However,
I do have one request: BE SURE TO FILL OUT THE GREEN ½ SHEET AND PUT IT
IN THE RED BOX BESIDE THE TREE OF KINDNESS. We need to know who has
adopted each family in case there is a change or we need to contact you
for some reason. I am missing green sheets for these families: 8,
15, 17, 25, 28, 30, 43, 44, and 69. If you took a green sheet home
by mistake, PLEASE call to tell me (Robin Stanley) your name and
phone number and the name and number of the family you adopted (you can
leave a message). Also, because we had more large families this year, I
divided some of those families into two requests to make adopting “half”
of a family a bit easier Remember – gifts that will be picked up by the
families are due to the church by Sunday, Dec. 16th. Please
let me know if you have any questions. Robin Stanley.
FEDERATED BOOK CLUB -
Please join us at 1pm in the Fireside
Room
January 3rd
- The Mapmaker's Wife by Robert Whitaker
February 7th
- A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
Federated Sunday at
Upper Room Next Sunday December 16 - Shift Times Have Been Shortened!
The third Sunday of every month is Federated’s turn to
prepare and serve the meal at the Upper Room, a local soup kitchen that
serves a hot meal to low-income and homeless people 364 days a year.
Since we have such an efficient crew, we’ve shortened the shift times.
Preparation is from 1:30-3:30, and serving is from 3:30-6:00. The sign
up sheet is in the church entry, or call Helen at 622-0273, ext. 16.
Grace Place
- the guests at Grace Place badly need some warm socks. Grey or dark
colors would be best. Also, there is a need for more towels. Please
leave the items clearly marked for ‘Grace Place’ in the Resource
Center and the Sunday Team Leader can take them to Grace Place. Many
Thanks.
TIRED OF SINGING
ALONE IN YOUR CAR? Come raise the roof with your family and
friends, singing carols in joyful praise in the old church on
Thursday, Dec. 20, at 7:00 p.m. Cookies and fellowship afterwards
in Price Hall. Want to bring some cookies to share? Please call Leslie
Bush.
Glenn and Marian
White have a new address: Heritage Pointe - 1765 Shuey Ave.
- Apt. 127 - Walnut Creek 94596
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HOW EXCITING IT IS
TO KNOW THAT THROUGH YOUR ALTERNATIVE GIFT GIVING WE HAVE SHARED WITH
PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD!
40 Jerry cans to carry water
3 shares of a pump (toward a $1000
pump)
42 oral re-hydration
kits 2 shares of a well (toward a $5000
well)
(helping save the lives of
children) 1 share of a school rehabilitation ($15,800)
11 school
kits 3 health care for
orphans
28 pairs of
rabbits 3 water buffalo
550
chicks 4 literacy
training
50 chicks and a wire
coop 9 health kits
10 seeds and tools (hoe,
etc.) 2 ½ micro-credit loans of $10
64
blankets 3/10 of a
sewing machine plus training
Just think of the lives you have touched through Church World Service!
AND …….. WE HAVE ENOUGH ($2500) TO HELP SET UP A GRANARY FOR A VILLAGE
IN THE CAMEROONS WITH A START ON A SECOND VILLAGE. The granary will be
used to store grain for the next year’s planting and for food. The
people of the village will be trained on how to keep records of the
grain and also to make sure that it is dispensed properly. This project
is under Joining Hands for Hunger of the Presbyterian Church with
Christi Boyd as our contact in the Cameroons. The Boyd family visited
us this summer and were with many of our children at Kamp Koinonia.
CHRISTMAS JOY
OFFERING - What better way to share the Joy of Christmas than
to help with the work of our Methodist mission partners, the Graner
family, who work with the Thiu Rancho Center in Bolivia. (See their
Christmas card and newsletter on the bulletin board near Price Hall).
We will send half of our Joy offering to the Graners and half to
Presbyterian Disaster Relief for the people in the state of Tabasco in
Mexico, where devastating floods occurred a few months ago. Joy
offering envelopes are in the pews and the offering will be next
Sunday, Dec. 16.
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Health Ministry
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Deacons meet
this Wednesday at 6:00 pm in the Health Ministry room.
Holiday Health
Tip #4 Rest your mind! Silence during this busy season can
be a rarity. Our senses are bombarded with the music, lights, to do
lists, and our days are filled with self imposed expectations. Take time
during this Advent season of waiting, carving out a time in your day, a
quiet space to just sit, gaze, pray, listen. Silence is good self
care.
“Legal Made Simple”
is the focus of the December 19 workshop with Diana Steele, attorney
with El Dorado County Senior Legal services. Learn about trusts, living
wills, estate planning to plan now to safeguard yourself and those you
love. Workshop held at the Placerville Senior Center, 937 Spring St
from 1:30-3:00 pm.
YOUTH MINISTRY AT FEDERATED
Fellowship and fun for youth 7th-12th grade
Christmas Party for Junior and Senior High Youth This Week!
Bring a side dish to share and a wrapped white
elephant gift for exchange. We’ll provide pizza and sodas. If you plan
to attend, email (victori@directcon.net) or call Helen and she will tell
you where it will be. We kinda decided last minute to do the party
that evening because more people could attend, but haven’t confirmed
whose house it will be at! We’ll split the difference timewise and have
it from 5:30-7:30 pm.
God still needs a few good carpenters…
And roofers, painters, wheel chair ramp builders, and
just generally handy people with a heart for spreading God’s love!
That’s exactly what our youth do when they go to Mexico over spring
break to build houses and to Native American reservations over the
summer to do home repair. The Mexico trip costs youth $550 and the
Sierra Service Project trip costs $410. One thing we are doing this
year to help offset costs is offering crosses made from carpenter’s
nails. Youth will be in front of the church from now until we leave for
Mexico or SSP with these crosses. Your donation for a cross helps
defray the costs of these mission trips. Check them out toady!
For more information on any youth activities,
contact Helen Mansfield at 622-0273, ext. 16.
Children
& Families Programs
Welcome to Bartholomew’s Basement!
Bartholomew’s Basement is the name of our children’s classroom area
downstairs.
Children are encouraged to be curious and feel at-home in this space that
is created just for them.
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Children's Sunday School lessons & activities are offered at the 9:45am
worship.
The nursery is open as a changing room during the
8:15 service and staffed for baby/toddler/PreK care during the 9:45am
worship service.
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Babies, Toddlers and Pre-K’s: At 9:45, the
Nursery is open for happy and loving play time with our energetic and
loving Nursery Caregivers:
Deanna Vincent and Jocelyn Lane.
The nursery is upstairs in the back hallway. Our nursery has a changing
table, clean toys & a safe & fun play area. Be sure to leave your cell
phone number with the staff and turn your phone on vibrate so that we
can contact you during worship if your child needs you.
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9:45am Worship
Today:
It’s “Second Sunday”
Today the children will go with Jodie Regan for a short time during the
sermon.
They will return for communion and anointing with their families.
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Tuesday Evening Dinner is done for the year
See you January 6th
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Calling all Jars!
We would like to make “snow globes” in the
Children’s Program.
If you
would like to donate small jars with lids, please bring them to the
kitchen and label them “Children’s Snow Globes.” Thank you very much |