Announcements for week of 11/27-12/3/06

SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
Community Christmas Bellringing
This year we will be participating in the Community Wide Bellringing at Wal-Mart. Sign up in the Friendship Registry or Narthex. If you have any questions, please contact John Person 548-3188 or Phyllis Trittschuh 548-4787.

This week in the Friendship Registry!
Sign up for volunteer opportunities including School Tutoring, (which begins in January), Caring Cooks, or Snow Shoveling.

Armed Forces – If you have a relative or friend serving our country overseas and would like them to receive a church Christmas Card, please leave their name and address in the church office.

Poinsettia Orders
We hope you will again sponsor the great effort to decorate your church for this Christmas season. You may order either 6 1/2 inch pots @ $7.50 or 9 inch pots @ $15.00. You may choose 4 different colors; red, white, pink, or marbled. Sign-up sheets are available in the Narthex or you may call in your order to the
church office 548-3188.

FISH is in need of your help. Next Sunday, December 3rd, you can donate canned foods by placing them in the grocery cart or you can help by making a check out to FISH and putting it into the offering plate or by sending a check made out to FISH to Hazel Blanchard, 271 Dogwood
Drive, Greenville.

Christmas Cards Still Available!
We still have some of our special First Presbyterian Christmas cards available. The cost is $12.00 for a package of 20 cards/envelopes and they may be
purchased in the Narthex or in the church office.

Congratulations! The church celebrates with Dustin Smith & Stephanie Woodson, on their new baby girl, Stella Blue, born on November 19th. Congratulations to grandparents, Tina & Kurt Smith, and great-grandparents, Karen & Gene Henninger.

A Christmas Concert presented by The Village Singers
Sunday, December 3rd at 3:00 p.m. at the Greenville Church of the Brethren, 421 Central Avenue and Sunday, December 10th at 3:00 p.m. at Castine Church of
the Brethren, 624 St. Rt. 127. All concerts are free to the public.

Tuesday Gals will celebrate Christmas on Tuesday, December 12, 2006 at 5:30 p.m. in the Church Social Hall. The dinner will be catered by Nancy Isch. Please bring a wrapped White Elephant gift to exchange. Reservations may be called to Jan Boyer @ 548-1916, or Toni Heggie @ 548-0211 by
December 7th. *You MUST have a reservation for this catered event.

LOGOS NEWS: On November 29, we will try to get everybody back on track with a Good Morning program! We hope to see all of you here, shake off the flu bugs. The LOGOS Store will be open for the last time before Christmas, remember your footprints.
LOGOS is having a FUNDRAISER Bake Sale on Friday December 15th, any donations will be appreciated. Baked goods can be dropped off at the church on Wednesday December 13th. Remember to put a list of all ingredients with
your baked goods.

Toys For Tots – providing toys for children for over 40 years!
Darke County Toys for Tots will be conducting its annual toy drive. Good condition toys can be donated. Collection points include Greenville Fire Department and the Boys and Girls Club building at 613 S. Broadway in Greenville. Monetary donations are much needed as well. Checks can be written payable to Darke County Toys for Tots and given to Ted Finnarn, who serves as Secretary/Treasurer for the program.

New Website!
Our church is in the process of setting up a new website. It is currently being created and can be visited at www.gfpres.blogspot.com. We want to thank Andrew Jones for sharing his expertise in this area and helping to set up our new website. Thanks Andrew!

Casual Sunday – December 3rd
Due to the work involved in decorating our church for the Advent and Christmas seasons, we are having a Casual Sunday on December 3, 2006. Following worship, we will have a light lunch and then it will be time to “roll up our sleeves” and decorate our church. December 3rd is the “Hanging of the Greens” Sunday.
Sign up for lunch in the Narthex and come and help.

The Nutcracker - Cameron, Hayden, & Abigail Clark will be performing with the Dayton Ballet in the Nutcracker, December 15-17 at the Schuster Center. If you are interested in attending, tickets can be purchased online at www.ticketcenterstage.com. The performances are Friday, Dec. 15th at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 16th at 2:30 & 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 17th at
1:00 & 4:30 p.m.

Special Offering!
On December 3rd, we will be taking up a special offering in the Narthex for our missions, including the Holcomb, Castelluchio, and Sommer Families. We will also be using this donation for Toys for Tots, the Tanner Romania Mission, and Strides ‘n’ Stirrups. These families and programs help touch
lives of those less fortunate or with special needs.

Reach out and Touch a Child This Christmas
The Deacon Christmas Tree in the Narthex has childrens’ names who are in need of clothing & toys this holiday. Please take a name, contact the Deacon listed and spend between $25-$30 to make this child’s Christmas special. Please bring the items, unwrapped, to the Church between December 10th -17th.

Live the Life
Kirkmont Center Retreat for 4th, 5th, & 6th graders on December 8-9, 2006. If you are interested in going, please fill out a registration form available in the Narthex and send form and $40.00 payment to Kirkmont Center 6946 County Road, PO Box 128, Zanesfield, OH 43360.