HANGING OF
THE GREENS
Come and
join in the fun of hanging the ‘greens’
November 23,
at 4:00 pm. Come and enjoy Christmas music, fellowship and food. We
will decorate the church and finish with soup and sandwiches. See
Lloyd Colegrove defy gravity as he hangs the giant wreath above the
cross. Help Nell Denman turn an ordinary Christmas tree into a
Chrismon tree. Jan Campbell and crew will ready the Fellowship Hall
for all our festivities. There are activities for all ages and skill
levels. The materials await - choose your favorite, and let’s get to
work! At the end of the evening, the sanctuary will be ready for
November 30th, the first Sunday of Advent.
THANKSGIVING
DINNER
Fellowship
Team is talkin’ turkey! The Annual Thanksgiving Dinner will be held
November 27
beginning
at 11:30 am in Fellowship Hall. Please sign up on the poster in
Fellowship Hall beginning November 2 with the number of your family
to attend and the side dish or dessert you plan to bring.
SAVE THE
DATE
Dec. 14 -
All Church Christmas Dinner
- Plan to enjoy a festive
celebration beginning at 5:30 pm.
HARVEST FESTIVAL
During the next few weeks, we will be collecting nonperishable food
items for our local food pantries. Donations may be brought to the
collection wagon on Sundays or weekdays during office hours. The
food items will be gathered in the sanctuary for Harvest Festival
during worship on
November 23.
YOUTH
GROUP NEWS
Sunday, November 9
ALL
YOUTH! Meet at the Activity Hall for the annual FOOD SCAVENGER HUNT!
Fun, competition and great prizes for the winning teams!
THE BIG EVENT!
What: Time of fun and worship shared with other Lake Jackson
youth groups
When: Sunday, November 16, 1:30-8:30 pm
Where: The Grand Event, Sugarland Cost: $25 per
person
You MUST
sign up on Stacy's door by Sunday, November 9th in order to
go! We'll have unlimited fun for several hours - go-carts, skating,
bowling, bumper cars, ferris wheel, and much, much more!! - AND a
combined worship time. You won't want to miss this!!!!
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD
Operation Christmas Child brings joy and hope to children in
desperate situations around the world through gift-filled shoe boxes
and the Good News of God’s love. Since 1993, more than 61 million
shoe boxes have been packed, shipped, and delivered across the
globe. People of all ages can be involved in this simple, hands-on
missions project while focusing on the true meaning of Christmas -
Jesus Christ.
If you would like to share God’s love with children around the
world, fill a box for Operation Christmas Child. Shoeboxes and
instructions for filling them are available on the table in the
Fellowship Hall.
Filled boxes are due back to the church by
November 16.
PRAYER
CONCERNS
Comfort, peace and healing:
John
Myers; Gerald & Shirley Peterson; Marge Johnson; Steve & Donna
Fisher; Tina Stremmel.
For those in Leadership:
Pastor
Alan Trafford; Worship Team; Session.
This week we pray for these in our church family:
Doris
Wingate; Mark & Vallarie Wolf; Tim, Carrie & Nathaniel Woolsey; John
& Julie Yonge. Those wishing to be part of our prayer ministry are
welcome on Wednesdays at 8:30 a.m., in the Chapel.
SNOOP
Jimmy Duke
made the
1st grade Honor Roll at Roberts Elementary.
Bruce & Becky Lewis
accepted
an award for
Bruce’s
sister,
Sally Lewis,
from the Arts Center.
Jan & Gardner Campbell
hosted friends for the week. The ladies took classes at the quilt
show.
Carl Orr
is carving charming bud vases.
Laura Rollwage
and
Dixie Broesche
took one to
Marge Johnson
last week.
Haley Orr
saved her
own money for her "classy" new shoes - good for her! All the
Ragsdales
were in church Sunday -
Jessica
from Conroe and
Zachary
from UT.
Dick & Joyce Johnston's
daughter and grandsons came down from Anchorage, Alaska, for a
visit.
Noah Davis
and his
Texas Thunder 10 and under teammates won the Slugfest in Sweeny at
the end of October.
Tim, Carrie & Nathanial Woolsey
took in the NASCAR race in Ft. Worth last weekend.
Tom Mathews
skipped the race this fall and went fishing with his brother in
Alexandria, LA.
Matt Spoon
and his girl friend,
Stephanie,
were in
for the weekend with his mom,
Diane.
Sanctuary flowers last Sunday were given by
Heather, Josh, Rachel, & Sean Williams
in thanksgiving for life's many blessings.
Stacy Sander
filled the pulpit in Alan's absence. Lay Leaders were
Johan van Leeuwen
and
Nancy Lander.
Pennies for Hunger were collected Sunday - thanks to
Jim Erskine
for counting all those coins.
Madlyn Sutton
was well enough to worship with the
Meyer
girls, along with
Paige Hyer.
Erick San Miguel
opened
hunting season with an eight-point buck. Thanks to all who helped
Craig Sander,
Neal Beeson
and the
Evangelism Team have a Ton O’ Fun last Friday night.
Spiritual Scoop,
Deadline: Monday, 5:00 p.m.
979-297-3049 Office Phone
979-297-2372 Fax
www.fpc-lj.org Web Address
fpc-lj@sbcglobal.net E-Mail Address
Pastor - Alan Trafford
fpc-lj-pastor@sbcglobal.net
Youth Director - Stacy Sander fpc-lj-stacy@sbcglobal.net
Christian Education Director -
Stephanie Stacks
fpc-lj-stephanie@sbcglobal.net
Julie
Sabrsula
fpc-lj-julie@sbcglobal.net
Mary
Anne Jones
fpc-lj-maryanne@sbcglobal.net
Hantie van
Leeuwen
fpc-lj-financial@sbcglobal.net
First
Presbyterian Church, Lake
Jackson
