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Calendar of Events

Dec. 1-Dec. 7, 2019 Sun. 9:00 am

10:15 am Sunday School Worship

Tues, 6:00 pm Ministry of Mission

Tues. 7:00 pm Ministries Meeting

Wed. 7:00 pm Choir

Fri. 1:00 pm O.A.

Sat. 6:00 pm Worship

Sun. 9:00 am SCS

6:00-8:00

GS Senior Ambassadors

10:15am Worship

12:30pm Iglesia El Divino Maestro

Mon. 5:30 pm Girl Scouts

6:30 pm Girl Scout Leaders

Tues 6:00 Missions

7:00 Ministries(in sanctuary)

Wed 7:00 pm Iglesia El Divino Maestro Bible Study

Wed 7:00 pm Choir

Thurs 9:00 am Food Bank

Fri. 1:15 pm

O.A.

Sat. 6:00 pm

Worship

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Sun. 9:00 am 10:15 am

Sunday School Worship

Tues, 6:00 pm Ministry of Mission

Tues. 7:00 pm Ministries Meeting

Wed. 7:00 pm Choir

Fri. 1:00 pm O.A.

Sat. 6:00 pm Worship

Advent Pancake Breakfast, Crafts and a Visit

with Saint Nicholas As part of your Advent journey, you are invited to the annual Advent Pancake Breakfast and Crafts on Saturday, December 7th, from 9:00 am to 11:30 am. The breakfast menu includes pancakes, eggs, sausage, pastries, juice and coffee. The schedule:

Breakfast 9:00 - 10:30 am

Crafts for the children 9:45 - 11:00 am

Visit and photos with St. Nicholas 11:00 -11:30 am Reservation forms are available in the narthex and in the Gleanings. Please complete a form and place it in the reservation box on the table in the narthex; or, return your form to the church office by Sunday, December 1st. If you can assist with the crafts, please sign up on the Education bulletin board. In keeping with our Child Protection Policy, those adults assisting with the crafts must have their clearances. Bring a friend!

Christmas Caroling to Redeemer’s

Shut-in Members Share some Christmas spirit with Redeemer’s homebound members! Christmas caroling will take place on Sunday, December 15th. This activity is an opportunity for families with children, teens and adult members to share the gift of giving with others. We will gather in the Fellowship Hall following worship. While we’re waiting for the pizza to arrive, we’ll prepare tins of cookies (please bring 2 dozen in a tin) to share on our visits. After lunch, we’ll visit some of Redeemer’s homebound members to sing Christmas carols, enjoy a little fellowship and share our cookies. Following caroling, we are invited to the home of Barb and Jim Lindenmuth at 2025 W. Livingston Street for some additional fellowship time.

Please sign-up on the Fellowship bulletin board by December 8th if you plan to attend.

(You don’t have to be a great singer to participate. Your willing spirit will truly be appreciated.)

All voices are welcome!

Happy Birthday –

Gale James - Dec. 5

Gloria Beil - Dec. 17

Poinsettias Monday, December 16th is the last day to submit your Poinsettia Sponsorships for Christmas Eve. The cost of each sponsorship is $10. Help is needed to deliver the poinsettias to the shut ins. Poinsettias may be taken at the 4:00 p.m. service. If they are all not delivered or taken on Christmas Eve, they will be available in the Narthex.

If we at Redeemer receive your offering by mail before Friday, Dec. 27th or in the offering plate no later than Sunday, December 29th, then your contribution will be credited as a 2019 offering.

Advent Devotionals Advent Reflections devotionals are also available and have been graciously provided by On Eagles Wings.

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Welcome to

REDEEMER!

Welcome to all visitors who are worshipping with us today – we are happy that you have joined us! Please fill out a white card located in the pew to let us know who you are and how we can reach you (if you so desire). There is also a place on the card to indicate that you have received Holy Communion. Thank you and we hope you worship with us again! If you need a pastor in an emergency, please call Pastor Grace on her cell at (610) 533-3527. You may also reach her at gracecameronolson@ gmail.com

Reverse Advent Backpack Project Mission Ministry is, again, offering the Advent Calendar backpack project. You are given an empty, new backpack and a list of items to purchase for the Allentown homeless, and asked to put those items in this backpack. When your project has been completed, bring it to one of the Christmas services at Redeemer (or earlier in Dec.). Filled backpacks will be blessed and given to the homeless at the Warming Site as a New Year's gift. We thank you for supporting this ministry!

You may sign up and pick up a backpack in the narthex after the service . 4 backpacks are remaining and waiting for you to take home and fill!

SCRIP Update The orders on the 17th totaled $590 which gave us a rebate of $24.91. This is the 2nd Sunday after the transfer of $1000 to Thrivent. The fund total is now $100.01.

SCRIP cards make excellent gifts for the holiday season.

SCRIP cards can be bought to help the “In Gathering”

Back packs are being distributed to be filled with items for the homeless. Those items can be purchased using SCRIP cards at retailers including but not limited to Weis, Giant, Target, Walmart, Walgreens, CVS and more.

Weekly 2019 Worship Attendance

Weekend Sat. Sun. Nov. 9-10 29 72 Nov. 16-17 24 76 Nov 23-24 20 70

Welcome to

REDEEMER!

Welcome to all visitors who are worshipping with us today – we are happy that you have joined us! Please fill out a white card located in the pew to let us know who you are and how we can reach you (if you so desire). There is also a place on the card to indicate that you have received Holy Communion. Thank you and we hope you worship with us again! If you need a pastor in an emergency, please call Pastor Grace on her cell at (610) 533-3527. You may also reach her at gracecameronolson@

The Quarterly Gleanings was mailed out on

Thursday, Nov. 21st and the Stewardship letter

Nov. 13th. If you did not receive one, please call the office. There have been some issues with the mailing program on the computer that has since been resolved.

Extras are available in the narthex.

Stay Informed Are you interested in the finances and other ongoing ministries at Redeemer? There is a binder in the narthex with all of the monthly Church Council Reports for each month. If you have questions please see a Church Council Member.

The Food Bank needs the following items:

Stuffing mix in a box, sugar or flour – 2lb or 5lb bags, small canned ham or Spam, vegetable oil, powdered milk, coffee - 1lb or cans, cranberry sauce, canned pumpkin

Christmas Ingathering The Christmas Ingathering small items will be packed up this week and taken to St. John’s in Emmaus on Dec. 4th for the Christmas Ingathering Day. Thank you to all who made this project a big success! Kay Dilliard and Linda Zmitrovich

Severe Weather It’s getting to be that time of the year! In the event of severe weather for safety reasons - be sure to watch Channel 69 for church closings or go to www.wfmz.com to check for closing information. More details are forthcoming. If you are not comfortable with conditions outside and driving to church, then be safe and worship in the comfort of your home! If it is for a Ministries Meeting, the Convener will be responsible for calling ministry members.

Twelfth Night January 2019 will mark the 38th performance of the Twelfth Night Festival at Christ Church. Performance date is Thursday, January 9th. This year, in order to keep with the increasing costs of production and music licensing, they have suggested a donation of $10.00 per ticket. If you are interested in a ticket, please call the office as soon as possible.