Big Weekend!

Yes–it was.

The bake sale and silent auction raised $1,687.

Wonderful!

Julie Maxwell, in charge of the auction, is an old hand at such things. People gave some good stuff. The cakes were delish. (The ones I tasted.)

Sunday we had a great service with many guests and a good Thanksgiving dinner after.

Unusual Calendar This Year

Advent One is not the Sunday after Thanksgiving this year. This Sunday is Christ the King. Mary is preaching. No choir this week. Julian Rodriquez is bringing our solo.

The last three choral anthems have gotten a lot of comments. Three weeks ago, we had Julian on the flute. Then the guest on the cello. And this last week, just a lovely melody and beautiful words.

All “mighty purdy,” as folks around Kemp used to say.

Time to Prepare

Let me use this space for some “housekeeping” business. The big tree needs to go up after this Sunday.

And we need a smaller tree (six ft.), decorated with lights, to be placed up on the chancel the night of The Christmas Show. So, it will be moved in for the show—and out after the show.

We will need a third tree for the fellowship hall (for the children and Santa).

(Do we have someone in charge of trees? Do we have a Tree Committee? I leave all of this up to the Tree Committee—if we have one!)

I’m ready for Christmas.

I had COVID last year. Missed it all.

No church service. No decorations on my tree.

Fortunately—the Lord is born every Christmas without my help.

See you Sunday.

And God bless—