The Christmas pageant is just around the corner! This year’s
pageant will be on Sunday, December 20, during the 10:00 service in the Great Hall. There will be three practices:
(1) Sunday, December 6, from 9:00 to 9:45 a.m. (for kids with speaking parts only) (followed by Sunday School);
(2) Sunday, December 13, from 9:00 to 9:45 a.m. (entire cast) (followed by Sunday School); and
(3) Saturday, December 19, from 9:00 to 11:00 or 11:30 (entire cast).

Please contact Cindy White ASAP bcdjc@comcast.net if your child or children will be participating in the pageant and if he/she/they would like to have speaking parts. As always, we will need assistance from parents and Sunday School teachers in rehearsing and coordinating scenes and costumes.

Create a Star
Barbara Filleul and the PIT Crew/Youth Class invite the entire parish to create scenery for the Christmas Pageant. Please, make a “stuffed” star to hang from the Great Hall rafters. The stars will be similar to the doves created for Miranda’s ordination. Create your own star pattern or use the pattern placed on the coffee table in the Great Hall. The stars should be returned to the church by Saturday, December 19th. Call Marti Hunt at 927-4046 or email at mahunt@tds.net with questions.

The Heifer banks will be collected this Sunday, December 6.

Sunday, December 13th is the last day to make a donation and receive honor cards, which you can present to a loved one in their honor as an alternative Christmas present. They will be available at this Sunday’s Coffee Hour. Give enough to provide a family with a beehive, some geese, a tree, a pig – whatever you’d like to share!

The gift of a goat…or a rabbit, sheep, or duck? With the help of our Sunday School, you can take care of your Christmas shopping list while providing useful animals to people in need around the world. Heifer International www.heifer.org is a nonprofit organization working to end hunger by providing 27 different kinds of livestock to families in 47 countries, including the United States.

To learn more, contact Sarah Summerlin at 224-4306 at sarahsummerlin@fairpoint.net

These gatherings will begin again after the Holidays. If you would like to host a gathering please let us know. We are looking for hosts and for possible themes. Gatherings don’t have to be formal, they can be from 4 people to 24 people, depending on the hosts and their accommodations. This new approach to St. A’s Gatherings is very new and we are working hard to make sure people who want to socialize with one another have an opportunity. And, we want to hear from you. Please join the conversation by contacting, Lisa Brown 224-0364, Librown@aol.com, Audrey Knight 228-0192, Knight03@comcast.net or Patti Gerseny 746-3751, pmgerseny@aol.com