Announcements for the week of December 19 - December 25

We are doing our Christmas decorating today. We’ll meet at 4:00 pm to prepare the church for Christmas and for our annual Potluck Chili Supper. Come prepared to lend a hand with the decorating and stay for the chili. We ask everyone to bring either a pot of chili or some of whatever is good with it. There is a sign up sheet for chili and condiments in the Parish Hall.

We would like to have a chance to greet one another after the Christmas Eve Services. It would be nice to have some refreshments to go along with that. If you are able, please bring something to share with you when you come this Saturday evening. The Doris Boyd Memorial Eggnog will appear after the Midnight Mass.

Christmas Poinsettias this year are $20 each. You will find forms and envelopes for Christmas flower requests included in the bulletin. All forms and donations must be in today in order to be included in the Christmas service booklet. Your generous donation at this time of year helps to strengthen our Flower Fund.The Flower Fund enables us to ensure that the altar is always adorned, even in the absence of a specific donor for a particular Sunday or feast.

Thank you to all the folks that made quick and generous responses to the Angel Tree families this year. You have brought joy to the families that we adopted.

Please remember that green box sitting on the table in the narthex. It is there to receive donations for our Northern Malawi Centurion program. Our centurion is Fr. Connex Nyirenda of St. Peter’s Cathedral on Likoma Island. It costs about $100 a month to support a priest in Northern Malawi. Please be generous.

We continue to collect non-perishable food items for our Parish Outreach. The food is distributed through Iglesia San Miguel, our Hispanic mission on the East side of town. Please place your donation in the white basket located in the narthex.