PAGEANT REHEARSAL will be held today at 9:15 a.m.

HANGING OF THE GREENS Please join us today following the 10:15 service as we work together to prepare the church for the joyous Christmas season.

4th ANNUAL YOUTH PLAY & DINNER Join us for a wonderful evening of food and entertainment at 5:00 p.m. today. Help us explore winter wonderland winds in the wacky Cricket County Blizzard. Dinner will be prepared and served by our youth and then you will be able to sit back and laugh with us as we enter Cricket County on Christmas Eve. Tickets are sold between the services and after the 10:15 service today. The cost for adults is $8.00, kids 4-12, $4.00 and kids 3 and under are free. 100% of the proceeds go to our youth. If you have any questions or would like to help out in some way, contact Cindy Spice at 348-7061.

FOR TAX PURPOSES, contributions for 2013 must be received by next Sunday, December 29, to appear on your 2013 giving statement.

RISING STARS PARTNERSHIP Arlington school is in need of one or more people to assist with a second grade reading group on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:15 – 10:30.

ALTAR FLOWER AND SANCTUARY CANDLE CHARTS FOR 2014 are posted. Just sign for the Sunday when you would like to have the flowers or candle – in thanksgiving for an important event in your life or in memory of a loved one. More than one family may sign for the same Sunday. Make your check payable to St. Alban’s and place it in the offering plate. Special envelopes are found beneath the charts. Cost of altar flowers is $33.00. Cost of sanctuary candles is $3.00. Please include on the chart in the narthex the information you would like listed in the bulletin.

FOOD BANK We have distributed our Christmas baskets. Thank you for making this possible. Our needs in the pantry are: fruit juice, crackers, beef broth, cake mix, facial tissues.

ATTENDANCE last Sunday was 62.

Please remember in prayer: Nancy Ashley, John Bojrab, Jack Boyd, Kathy Bromley, Dick Camp, Andrew Davis, John & Phyllis Diver, Bob Edington, Alexa Foland, Denise Frede, Nick Frede, Micaela Fulk, Norm Grams, Jeanne Hahn, Jim Hawkins, Shirley Johnson, Larry Link, Sylvia Little, Pat MacWhorter, Reggie McMahan, Carol Newell, Sandra Rademaker, Cindy Spice, Rick Spice, Jim Swan, Carolyn Townsend, Bill Townsend, Rita Townsend  Military: Jeremy Faux, Derek Palmer, Kaylee Sumner, Ty Sumner