ANNOUNCEMENTS

 WELCOME.  We want to welcome any and all visitors with us today.  If you would like to make yourself known to us, then please fill out a yellow card found in the pews and place it in the alms plate when that is passed.  Please also join us for fellowship after the service in the parish hall which is to your right as you exit the sanctuary.  AND REMEMBER THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH ALWAYS WELCOMES YOU!

ALTAR GUILD will meet today at 11:30 a.m. to prepare for Advent.

YOUTH will meet tonight at 6:30 p.m. for play practice.

VESTRY will meet this Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.

WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY & FELLOWSHIP will meet this Thursday at 2:00 -4:00 at the home of Marilyn Rafters.

 RESCUE MISSION will meet this Thursday at 4:30 p.m.

CHRISTMAS FAMILIES The Daughters of the King have arranged for two families each consisting of mother, father and two children to be adopted by St. Alban’s this year through Lutheran Social Services.  Last Sunday November 19 a tree filled with ornaments that have gift requests listed on the back is in the narthex.  Please be sure to register your gift selection with a Daughter at a table nearby, where the ornament will be exchanged for a gift tag which you will attach to your gift.  All gifts should be new and wrapped in Christmas paper.  A basket of labels, from which you may choose food and hygiene items needed by the families, will also be available at the table.  You do not have to wrap these items; just place them in the laundry basket with the family number, located by the tree.  All gifts, food and hygiene items are due at the church by Sunday,  December 3.  Thank you for your assistance with this project.

CALLING ALL CHILDREN! Christmas will be here before we know it and it’s time to start preparing for the annual St. Albans Christmas pageant held on Christmas Eve. If your children are interested in being a part of this wonderful pageant, please plan on joining us on the practice dates.  The pageant practices will be as follows: December 3, December 10, December 17.  All practices will be held immediately following the 10:15 service and will last approximately 30 minutes. The pageant will be held at the 4:00 pm Christmas Eve service.  If there are any questions, please contact Janine Steinbrunner at janinesteinb@yahoo.com or 797-7598 Thank you.

NICHOLAS PARTY – DECEMBER 3. The St. Nicholas Party will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 3. Children will decorate cookies and Reverend Layden will explain the Jesse Tree.  Please see the signup sheet on the bulletin board in the narthex.  

YOUTH GROUP PLAY PRACTICE. will meet at 6:30 on Sunday, December 3.  Will meet at noon Decemer 10. THE PLAY WILL BE AT 6:00 p.m. on Sunday December 17. The cast will report December 17 after church.

ATTENDANCE last Sunday was 78

REMEMBER IN PRAYER Terry Babcock, Ed Brackman, Cheryl Banks, Joe Bartow, Peggy Brandes, Cassie, Dick & Bonnie Camp, Mary Ann Clemmer, Christina Connelly, Dick Donnelly, Carolyn DuClos, Susie Foley, Chris Foreman, Ian Fox, Denise Frede, Tammy Gillig, Carolyn Grate, Gloria Guindon, Imhausen family, Shirley Johnson, Tim & Patty Kerlin, David Kurz, Steve Levendowski, Juli Lieb, Rick McMahan, Jeff Mobley, Don Mefford, Catherine Michael, Michelle Nolan, Bart Noll, Larry Sanxter, Tom Shadid, Cindy Spice, Rick Spice, Les Stath, Carol Sumney, Sandra Svensen, Bill Townsend.

For those unable to worship with us:  Ed Brackmann, John Diver, Frances Krauskopf, Tom Kurtz, Gene Pettibone, Jim Trueblood, and Paul Wiseheart.

Military: Kaylee Collins, Sean Collins, Daxton Demorest, Jeremy Faux, Dylan Frick, Adam Johns, Eric Lamberty, Matthew Michael, Jamie Stooky, Ty Sumner