Hello First Lutheran,

November/December 2011

We who live in Southern California know that Fall officially

starts in September just like it does in every other place in the

US even if it‘s not very evident by the weather, leaves and

clouds. We have to look a bit closer, and when we do, the gifts

of autumn are all over the place.

The other morning as I was slumming around in the psalms (no surprise there!) a

verse popped out at me again. I stopped and considered ―the blessings of God are

too many to be counted.‖

God‘s gifts to me are there. Sometimes I just have look a bit closer. As the church

year draws to a close and we get ready for all the festivities that come along with it,

I‘m going to try and take notice of the many gifts that come to us during Reforma-

tion, All Saints, Thanksgiving, Advent, Christmas and New Years.

I know the tendency to get ―caught up in all the rush‖ at the end of the year is com-

mon to us all, but I also know that my Lord says I can redeem (buy back) the time

and give thanks for all His blessings. Hmmmm. I like that. What would my life be

like without singing ―A Mighty Fortress is our God‖ or not knowing the confidence

and promises that Psalm 46 brings me? How utterly sad and devastated I would be if

I didn‘t hear God‘s promise on All Saints Day that the dead in Christ will rise again?

If God didn‘t tell me in the Scriptures that it‘s Him Who provided everything I

needed this past year, I wouldn‘t step in church on Thanksgiving. If my parents and

pastors hadn‘t taught me about the first and second Advent of Jesus, do you really

think I‘d be within a hundred miles of a manger scene or love singing ―O Come, O

Come Immanuel‖? If I never heard the Gospel of God‘s love for me in Christ, I‘m

sure that Christmas would be just another disappointing holiday because I didn‘t get

what I want.

Psalm 103 extols the virtues of faith giving thanks to God Who loves, heals, for-

gives, strengthens, etc. me and all believers in Christ Jesus. Dear Lord, thank You

for Your blessings (more than I count) for providing me with everything I need for

my life, faith and eternity. Thanks for the seasons, the church year, the household of

faith and for Fall, even if I do have to look a little harder to see it. Amen.

+Pastor

CROSS CURRENTS

Fir st Lutheran Church November/December 2011

Pastor

Rev. Kevin Kolander

Music Director

Gail Christiansen

CHURCH COUNCIL

President

Mike Haworth

Vice President

Leonard Cloer

Secretary

Mary Kenagy

Treasurer

Cheryl Cheek

Financial Secretary

Beverly Leckie

Education Director

Heather Haworth

Evangelism Director

Susan Kaneshiro

Stewardship Director

Ray Knight

Trustees

Maurice Kaneshiro

Tom McDermott

Jim Smith

Jesse Washington

Honorary Trustees

Frank Crow

David Dick

Rick Wellington

Elders

Bob Brown

Don Crow

Justin Morris

William Neebe

Michael Sunshine

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ATTENDANCE

November/December 2011

NOVEMBER

BIRTHDAYS

6 — Donald Foster

8 — Jim Smith

10 — Frieda Bartsch

11 — Travis Wilson

18 — Rhonda Gainey

18 — Valerie Smith

19 — John Wilson

21 — Susie Wysong

26 — Ruby Atkinson

28 — Donald Detviler

28 — Emilyn Kyle

28 — Sue Rohrbach

29 — Christopher Bergman

30 — Shirley Brown

DECEMBER

BIRTHDAYS

2 — Bob Fuhr

2 — Hedder Gomez

8 — Christine DeKoker

9 — Gerry Connellan

10 — Debbie Bergman

15 — Lynn Lipa

16 — Kimberly Neebe

16 — Nancy Purcha

21 — Emily Reinitz

21 — Ted Rosenbladt

26 — Ellie Spellum

29 — Mary Kenagy

SEPTEMBER 4 11 18 25

Worship 106 103 116 106

Communed 99 106

Bible Class 37 35 33 38

Sun. School * * * 8

Offerings $6190. $2350. $2342. $1833.

OCTOBER 2 9 16 23 30

Worship 106 107 107 105 120

Communed 91 *

Bible Class 41 42 35 39 36

Sun. School * * * * *

Offerings. $4347.25. $2686. $2868. $3049. $3173.

*—denotes not listed

W E P RA Y F OR O U R FA MI LY A ND F R I E ND S

Pray for Our Church Family & Loved Ones Irene Rieger;

Meagan (Christian Kyle‘s friend); Mary Gainey (surgery);

Shirley Brown; Lore Tucker (friend Marshall); Andrea Hall; Jim

Smith; Madeline Dulmatch; Courtney Rosenbladt (sister

Coleen); Sharon Timms (husband Ken); Ralph Purcha; Don &

Kay Foster & daughter Terri; Lisa Pantacky (family friend of

Brown‘s & Kolander‘s).

Work David Dick; Steve Byrnes; Ted Rosenbladt; Pat Kyle;

Carol Bucker; John Klek; Meagan Bergman (teaching/Kuwait); Seminarian Blaise

Marin (adopted by the LWML); Brian Christensen (college/MN).

Members and Loved Ones Serving in the Armed Forces Robert Steiner; Debbie

Bergman (nephew); Mary Kenagy (nephew Joshua); Emily & Austin Reinitz

(grandsons); Erla Cloer (grandson); Nancy Purcha (3 grandsons); Brenda Romanek

(brother); Alan & Helene Peterson (son Erick); Mary Gainey (grandson & great

nephew); Rick & Francine Wellington (grandson); Jean Eilers (grandson); Andrea

Hall (nephew); Don & Ruth Detviler (grandson); Chris Underwood (friend of the

Eilers family who was seriously wounded in Afghanistan).

Our Lutheran Pastors Rev. Rohwer (Muslims) & Rev. Bernard (Haiti; West In-

dies).

Our Homebound Betty Leonhart; Ruby Atkinson; Clara Morgan; Helen Winchester;

Anna Mevis

First Lutheran web page

Have you checked out FLC‘s homepage on the internet? Go to

the internet and type in www.firstluth.com, and you will find

our web page. It is a great web page and has a current calen-

dar, Bible Study information, our Sunday sermons that you

can click on and hear, a history of our church, and our Cross

Currents Newsletter is posted every month. This month look

for additional pictures of the LWML Cranberry Tea.

Remember: www.firstluth.com

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CROSS CURRENTS

LUTHERAN WOMENS Missionary league

FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH LWML MISSION

PROJECT/GRANTS FOR 2011 $50 Concordia Theological Seminary Food and Clothing Co-op

(Fort Wayne, IN)

$50 Good Shepherd Home of the West

$100 HOPE—local food distribution center

$50 Lutheran in Mexico

$50 Lutheran Prison Ministry

$50 Lutheran Navajo School

$500 Rev. Thomas Bernard, Haiti

$50 Lutheran Social Services

$25 Lutheran Rose Parade Float

$100 Lutheran Missionaries in Canada

$100 Dakota Boys and Girls Camp

$50 Orphan Grain Train

$1500 Seminary student Blaise Marin (Fort Wayne, IN)

$1500 California Lutheran High School

50 School backpacks and supplies for elementary school

Care packages in December for our military

NOVEMBER 4 & 5 CRAFT FAIRE 8:00 AM TO 3:00 PM

65th Anniversary of First Lutheran This year is our

65th anniversary and we‘re planning a party in February

(anniversary month) to give thanks, eat and enjoy. Susan

Kaneshiro has posted sign-up sheets on the board for things

to do and we‘re even going to order special shirts. Thank

the Lord and sing His praise, tell everyone what He has

done!

If you have an extra stamp and a couple of minutes, how about sending a

Thanksgiving card or a Christmas greeting to Brian Christensen at Bethany

Lutheran College, 700 Luther Drive, Mankato., MN 56001.

Continuing the Growing in Christ Sunday School Program, our November

lessons are: The Passover, Crossing the Red Sea, God's Provision, and The Ten

Commandments. We are looking forward to a winter program that will bless

our students and teachers according to God's perfect will. ―Father, bless our

school today; be in all we do or say; Jesus, well-beloved Son, may Your

will by us be done." Amen

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NOVEMBER

ANNIVERSARIES

7—Frank & Pat Crow

7—Michael & Catherine DiBella

7—Michael & Kim Sunshine

18—Erla & Leonard Cloer

24—Bob & Shirley Brown

DECEMBER

ANNIVERSARIES

10—Bob & Lois Salchow

15—Justin & Susan Morris

20—Mark & Karol Steiner

24—Paul & Ellie Niehouse

OFFICIAL ACTS

NEW MEMBERS

Received

November 25, 2011

Chris Bieber

Immanuel Lutheran

Orange

Dorothy & Steven Byrnes

Lutheran Church in Las Vegas

CHURCH CLEANING

SCHEDULE

November

Morris, Steiner, & Gomez

December

Kyle & Anton

―In 2009, when I arrived in Ntshongweni, the

crèche (day care) and community center were not

yet completed. Somewhere in the back of my

mind, I thought, ‗The time will come when these

buildings will have to be operational. I don‘t

know the first thing about opening and running a

crèche.‘ But God, in His wisdom, led us on the

path we needed to follow and opened many

doors for us. There were times when we were

frustrated, tired and just didn‘t know what to do. Here it is June 2011, and both the center

and creche are in full swing. Everyday there is the laughter of children at the crèche; it has

become a beacon in the community. God has carried us thus far!

The dream for the community center was that it would be a place where people could learn

skills and that the youth would have a safe place to go. One of the things that the commu-

nity center is used for is the ladies sewing group. In 2009, a group of ladies from the U.S.

came on a short-term team and taught the local ladies the basics of sewing. God has blessed

us with a wonderful instructor, Gori, who comes out to each the ladies several times a week.

There are about 10 ladies that sew weekly and they are improving their skills. Two of the

ladies have taken on a leadership role. They have been making tote bags which have be-

come their specialty and recently received an order for 70 from the U.S. They were very

happy about that. The ladies have named their group Siyathuthuka, which means ‗we are

progressing.‘ And indeed they are, God‘s hand of favor continues to be with us.

We have been blessed with a wonderful partnership in working with the social workers

from Christian Social Services. They were involved with the project from the very begin-

ning and were instrumental at that time in helping to identify the families that would receive

a house. Our recent partnership with them has led to a support group for the caregivers.

The group has been a blessing in bringing the ladies together and developing friendships

and they are able to support and encourage each other. At our last meeting, we had a special

guest, Gogo Cwengi, from the Hillcrest AIDS Center Trust who leads 27 granny groups in

the Valley of 1,000 Hills. She talked to the ladies about the importance of staying active

and exercising to keep healthy and led them in singing and dancing.

It was exciting to see some of the older ladies dancing and laughing. Gogo Cwengi also

stressed the need to support each other. We are blessed to have met Gogo Cwengi and look

forward to working with her. God is

opening the door to many local re-

sources for us. The social workers re-

ceived funding to train the youth in a

security course. Twenty youth from the

orphan project and community center

came to the church for a three-week

course. Fellow GEO missionary Julia,

Pastor Thwala and I attended the

graduation. It was amazing to see how

proud and happy they were. They

seemed to be more confident.‖

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GOD BLESSES HOLISTIC MINISTRY IN SOUTH

AFRICAN VILLAGE

November/December 2011

REFRESHMENTS

NOVEMBER

6th Debbie Bergman

Dana Davidson

Frieda Bartsch

13th Susan Kaneshiro

Ida Williams

Jean Eilers

20th Maurine Hahn

Heather Haworth

Ruth Detviler

27th Potluck

Susan Morris

Karol Steiner

Kim Sunshine

DECEMBER

4th Pat Crow

Mary Gainey

Dot Mericle

11th Kathy McCaleb

Elie Niehouse

Nancy Purcha

18th Gerry Connellan

Michael Haworth

Beverly Leckie

25th Christmas Day

Children at the day care in Ntshongweni form a circle.

Shara Cunningham

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Dorothy jean byrnes FLOWER SCHEDULE

NOVEMBER

6—Frieda Bartsch

Birthday

13—Geri Daughtry

Daughter‘s Birthday

20—Leonard & Erla Cloer

4th Anniversary

27—Kyle Family

Emilyn‘s Birthday

Jim & Sue Rohrbach

Sue‘s Birthday

DECEMBER

4—

11—Nancy Purcha

For Mom and Dad

18—The Crow Family

Robert & Shawn‘s

Birthdays

25—Paul and Ellie Niehouse

61st Anniversary

Nancy Nesland

Dorothy Jean Stevenson was born on April 29,

1932 in South San Francisco to Leonard and

Dorothy Stevenson. Dorothy‘s parents had

originally wanted to name her Marjorie, but

when her father‘s brother and wife had picked

that name for their daughter, her parents had to

find another name. Her brother Fred, at the age

of three, decided that she should be called

Dorothy Jean, after her mother Dorothy Adele,

and the name stuck. Her father, Leonard,

worked in advertising and later in engineering

before he died when Dorothy was in high

school. Her mother was a talented coloratura

soprano, appearing in many stage productions

in and around the San Francisco area and lived

ninety-nine years.

Dorothy lived in the San Francisco area until the third grade when she moved

to West Hollywood with her family. In West Hollywood, Dorothy attended Rose-

wood Grammar School, Bancroft Junior High, and Fairfax High School, where she

graduated from in 1950. Beginning in her high school years, Dorothy became an

avid horsewoman. She jumped and performed in the calisthenics division for Pick-

wick Stables. She was also able to purchase two horses, with the help of a close

friend. However, she ended up giving the horses to her cousin mainly due to the ex-

pense of taking care of them.

Dorothy attended college at UCLA for a short time. Due to her father‘s

early death, her mother was struggling financially. Dorothy decided to leave college

and get her first ―real job‖ with a company called Commercial Casting where she

quickly moved up from a door knob painter to bookkeeper in another division of the

company. It ended up being a formative job for her career, which made her follow-

ing job as Controller/Secretary-Treasurer at National Missile and Electronics possi-

ble.

Dorothy also had other interesting jobs at places such as the California Rac-

quet Club, where she rubbed shoulders with many famous people. She was also the

personal gift wrapper for Lucile Ball for a short time.

Dorothy moved to Manhattan Beach when she took the job at National Mis-

sile, and that is when she met her husband, Joseph ―Jay‖ Byrnes. She and Jay met at

a party. She remembers that when they first met she couldn‘t remember his name the

second time they met. He talked about law incessantly, a subject, she says, she was

not remotely interested in. It turned out that he was in the middle of studying for the

bar exam to become an attorney. She and Jay were married on January 11, 1965. In

1968, she and Jay moved to Mission Viejo, California. Jay had a successful legal

career in Orange County. He retired a few years before he died from lung cancer in

2005. Dorothy and Jay had two children: Gillian and Stephen. Gillian married

Adam Haynes in Orange County on March 9, 2001. They have two daughters: Sa-

vannah, age nine, and Delaney, who will be three in December. Gillian and Adam

now live in Richmond, Virginia. In 2006, Dorothy and her son, Steve, moved to Las

Vegas with the hope of working with some good friends to start a theatrical employ-

ment agency there. Although there was some success, things went downhill very

rapidly once the recession hit. After six long years, Dorothy, Steve, and their cat

ONGOING MINISTRIES

E-Prayer—Pastor Kolander

H.O.P.E. Basket —1st & 3rd

Sunday—McCaleb‘s, Gerry

Connellan & Delores

Zegestosky

Ladies Prayer Chain—

Bev Leckie

Newsletter—Ruth Detviler

Publicity—Maurine Hahn

Greeters—Contact person

Melody Anton

600 West Sumner Avenue

Lake Elsinore, CA 9250

F ir st Lutheran

Church

Phone: (951) 674-2757

Web Page: www.firstluth.com

E-mail: pastor@firstluth.com

―Ninja‖ were able to happily move back to California to their current home in Lake Elsi-

nore.

Dorothy grew up in the Episcopal Church. She was baptized in May 1932. She

was later confirmed on June 13, 1948 at St. George‘s Episcopal Church in Beverly Hills

at the age of thirteen. Dorothy was first exposed to Lutheranism when she decided to en-

roll her children in the school at Abiding Savior Lutheran Church in Mission Viejo and

had to attend new members classes in order to get the discount on tuition. She was, how-

ever, very involved at St. George‘s Episcopal Church in Laguna Hills for many years. In

the late nineties, Dorothy moved back up to Northern California for a short time to take

care of her mother. While living up there, she began attending Messiah Lutheran Church

in Santa Cruz, California. She took the new member class there and became a member.

When she moved back down to Mission Viejo, she began attending Holy Trinity Lutheran

Church in Hacienda Heights, California. While in Las Vegas, she attended Redeemer

Lutheran Church, which she says was the only thing they liked about Las Vegas. She is

very happy to be a part of First Lutheran Church and looks forward to a a long and happy

association with all of her new friends.

Courtney Rosbenbladt, FLC Roving Reporter

BIBLE STUDIES

AT

FIRST LUTHERAN

Sunday 9:00—10:00AM

Praying the

Book of Psalms

Wednesday

10:30 AM—12:00 Noon

Book of Acts

Friday

Chain the Cat

6:00 PM—Supper

6:30 PM—Prayers

7:00 PM—Bible Study

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LUTHERAN HERITAGE — C. F.W. WALTHER

C. F. W. Walther and the First Synodical Lutheran Hymnal

Born October 25, 1811 in Saxony, C.F.W. Walther has been called ―The Martin Luther of America,‖ because of the in-fluence he had on the Lutheran Church in America.

In May 1841 Walther became Pastor of Trinity Lu-theran Church in St. Louis, a position he held until his death. Soon Walther, a sometime-hymn writer himself, began work on a Lutheran hymnal for use by the emigrant Lutherans. Up to this time, one of the school teachers had to read the words of a hymn verse aloud to the congregation who then sang it.

Walther compiled hymns as well as liturgies from old Lutheran liturgical practices out of favor in Germany since the Age of Enlightenment. Thus the liturgies in this hymnal resembled what Martin Luther would have used. Trinity used their hymnal for the first time in August of 1847.

In 1863, this hymnal, already introduced to all congregations of the Missouri Synod, was given by Trinity congregation as a gift to the Synod of Missouri, Ohio and other States together with all revenue derived from its publication and sales. The melo-dies and words for these hymns and the liturgy continued in LCMS hymnals for many years.

Pastor Walther’s Further Accomplishments

C.F.W. Walther, achieved several major accomplishments while he was pastor, beside creating a hymnal. On the national scene, he introduced the idea of a synodical body to unify the efforts of doctrinally like-minded Lutheran churches throughout the Midwest, including the training of pastors and teachers. After receiving approval from Trinity‘s voters and meeting with other Lutheran leaders, in 1847 he went to Chicago to meet with the pastors of thirteen other parishes. They voted to form what was then called ―The Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio and other States,‖ today‘s 2.5 mil-lion-member Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.

He died in St. Louis on May 7, 1887, and was buried at Concordia Cemetery, where a mausoleum was later built in his honor.

THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS AT FIRST LUTHERAN

November 23 Thanksgiving Eve Worship with Lord‘s Supper @ 7:15 PM

November 26 Decorate Church for Christmas @ 8:00 AM

November 27 Advent 1 Matins @ 10:30 AM

November 30 Soup Supper @ 6:00 PM and Advent Vespers @ 7:15 PM

December 4 Advent 2 Worship Service with Lord‘s Supper @ 10:30 AM

December 7 Soup Supper @ 6:00 PM and Advent Vespers @ 7:15 PM

December 11 Advent 3 Worship Service @ 10:30 AM

December 14 Soup Supper @ 6:00 PM and Advent Vespers @ 7:15 PM

December 18 Advent 4 Worship with Lord‘s Supper @ 10:30 AM

December 24 Christmas Eve Service @ 7:15 AM

December 25 Christmas Day Worship with Lord‘s Supper @ 10:30 AM

December 31 New Year‘s Eve Vespers @ 7:15 PM

LETTER FROM PASTOR BERNARD

Bonswa mon ami= Good evening my friend!

I am sorry for not sending a note to you since a long; my internet service does not really work good this time. When I

have a little time to get in touch with my friends it is always at this time that my internet service does not work espe-

cially when it is raining.

We are fine and it is raining every day as the cyclone is passing close to Haiti. It is raining since this morning and the

humidity is unacceptable. I pray that it won't be that harmful to us this time.

Did I tell you that I have 22 weddings the coming December only at Village of Peace and a couple at Good Shepherd?

The people at Village of Peace who are going to get married are new members who have been living together for years

and having children but since now they become converts, we talk to them and let them know the importance of getting

married so that they can be baptized and become communicant members of the church at Village of Peace. Now the

biggest challenge is to get some rings for them since they cannot afford for that. I will get all of them at Good Shep-

herd at Delmas in just two sequences. Isn't that something? I thank God to convince them of their sins and make plans

to change their lives. Your prayers on their behalf are very much appreciated.

I also want to thank you for the continuing support of the First Lutheran Church. The wire sent by Mrs. Cheryl on Sep-

tember has arrived and will be used for the purpose it has been sent. Again, thank you so much for everything and may

our God continue to bless you and the ministry he has entrusted to you!

Hugs and greetings to the saints of the church and especially to Christina and the sons.

Thomas.

LWML CRANBERRY TEA

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

28

Potluck Sunday

Trinity 10 Sunday

9:00 AM SS/Bible Class

10:30 AM Worship Service

29

AA Meeting

30 31

10:30 AM Bible

Class

1

7:00 PM

Handbells

2 3

4

Trinity 11 Sunday

9:00 AM SS/Bible Class

10:30 AM Worship

w/Communion

5

AA Meeting

Labor Day

6

10:00 AM LWML

7

10:30 AM

Bible Class

8

7:00 PM

Handbells

9

6:00 PM Chain

the Cat

10

11

Trinity 12 Sunday

Elders Mtg. after church

9:00 AM SS/Bible Class

10:30 AM Worship Service

12

AA Meeting

13 14

10:30 AM

Bible Class

5:30 PM

Choir Practice

7:00 PM

Church Council

15

7:00 PM

Handbells

16

6:00 PM Chain

the Cat

17

18

Trinity 13 Sunday

9:00 AM SS/Bible Class

10:30 AM Worship

w/Communion

19

AA Meeting

20 21

10:30 AM

Bible Class

5:30 PM

Choir Practice

22

7:00 PM

Handbells

23

First Day of

Autumn

6:00 PM Chain

the Cat

24

25 Trinity 14 Sunday

Mite Box Sunday

Potluck Sunday

9:00 AM SS/Bible Class

10:30 AM Matins

26

AA Meeting

27 28

10:30 AM

Bible Class

5:30 PM

Choir Practice

29

7:00 PM

Handbells

30

6:00 PM Chain

the Cat

1

11:30 AM

Cranberry Tea

NOVEMBER 2011

DECEMBER 2011

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

All Saints Day

10:00 AM LWML

2

10:30 AM Bible

Class

5:30 PM Choir

Practice

3

7:00 PM

Hand bells

4

6:00 PM Chain

the Cat

LWML CRAFT

FAIR

5 LWML

CRAFT FAIR

6 All Saints Sunday

9:00 AM SS/Bible Class

10:30 AM Worship

w/Communion

Daylight Savings Time

ends

7

AA Meeting

8 9 10:30 AM Bible

Class

5:30 PM Choir

Practice

7:00 PM Church

Council

10

7:00 PM

Hand bells

11

Veterans Day

12

13 Trinity 21 Sunday

Elder's Meeting

9:00 AM SS/Bible Class

10:30 AM Worship Service

14

AA Meeting

15 16

10:30 AM Bible

Class

5:30 PM Choir

Practice

17

7:00 PM

Hand bells

18

6:00 PM Chain

the Cat

19

20 Trinity 22 Sunday

Voters Meeting

9:00 AM SS/Bible Class

10:30 AM Worship

w/Communion

21

AA Meeting

22 23

7:15 PM

Thanksgiving Eve

Worship

w/Communion

24

Thanksgiving

Day

25 26 8:00 AM

Decorate Church

for Christmas

27

Advent

Potluck Sunday

9:00 AM SS/Bible Class

10:30 AM Worship Service

28

AA Meeting

29 30

4:30 PM Choir

Practice

6:00 PM Soup

Supper

7:15 PM Vespers

1

2

3

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

7:00 PM Hand

bells

2

6:00 PM Chain

the Cat

3

4

Advent 2 Sunday

9:00 AM SS/Bible Class

10:30 AM Worship

w/Communion

5

AA Meeting

6

10:00 AM LWML

7

4:30 PM Choir

Practice

6:00 PM Soup

Supper

7:15 PM Vespers

8

7:00 PM Hand

bells

9

6:00 PM Chain

the Cat

10

11

Advent 3 Sunday

Elder's Meeting

9:00 AM SS/Bible Class

10:30 AM Worship

Service

12

AA Meeting

13 14

4:30 PM Choir

Practice

6:00 PM Soup

Supper

7:15 PM Vespers

15

7:00 PM Hand

bells

16

6:00 PM Chain

the Cat

17

18

Advent 4 Sunday

9:00 AM SS/Bible Class

10:30 AM Worship

w/Communion

19

AA Meeting

20 21

4:30 PM Choir

Practice

6:00 PM Soup

Supper

7:15 PM Vespers

22

First Day of

Winter

7:00 PM Hand

bells

23 24

7:15 PM

Christmas Eve

Worship

25

Christmas Day

10:30 AM Worship

Service

26

AA Meeting

27 28 29 30 31