The Thanksgiving Day Dinner will
once again be on Thanksgiving Day from noon until 1:30 PM. All members of the community are invited to this free, sit down,
full service meal with all the fixin's. St. Matthias has offered this Thanksgiving Day event for over twenty years, and typically
serves around 800 meals. All the work is done by volunteers, and Dave Donovan will have a table set up after each Sunday service
for signups if you can volunteer to donate time, food, or money for the dinner. During the week the office can be contacted
to sign-up or to offer more information.
Christmas Stockings for Soldiers.
For the second year, St. Matthias will be sending stockings full of small gifts to soldiers in Iraq. Suggested items include
hygiene items, CDs and DVDs, small games, and even small toys that can be given to local children. All items must be at the
church by November 30th for mailing. See Kay Lozano for more information.
Kirkin
of the Tartans will take place at the end of the 10:00 service on November 30th Wear your family or professional
tartan, or carry a swatch of it, for this joyous time. The Black Watch Honor Guard will be providing the authentic atmosphere
and music.
The Women's Book Group will be reading
for December The Handmaid and the Carpenter, by Elizabeth Berg. This is a novel about Mary and Joseph as their life might
have been. See Nancy Jenkins or Kay Lozano if you want this book ordered for you. The cost is $10, and the group will meet
December 2nd at 2:00 PM.
The St. Matthias Alternative
Christmas Gift opportunity is available until
Christmas so that you can make donations to the Soup Hour Ministry in the name of someone on your Christmas shopping list.
All donations go to support the St. Matthias programs to help the poor, including the Soup Hour, Cold Weather Shelter, and
the Community Nurse programs. Alternative Christmas donations can be made after church each Sunday or weekdays in the office.
Model Railroaders continue to meet Tuesday
evening. Help us prepare the room so we can begin layout construction. See Fred Torres or contact the church office for
more information.
“Finding Christ in our Culture: Study and Prayer” This discussion, led by Nancy Jenkins,
continues monthly on the second Thursday of the month at 7:00 PM in the Chapel.
Operation Paperback Ten boxes of gently used paperbacks
from our book sale have been sent to men and women in our Armed Forces. Their names are listed after Please pray for...all
in the Military on the back of the bulletin. There are small libraries all over Iraq and Afghanistan, and paperbacks can be
easily transported when troops are deployed to another location. If you would like to help to pay for more shipments, mark
your donations “for the troops.” If you would like further information, please contact Carol McCracken or go to
www.operationpaperback.org.
