Announcements for November 27

• Pledge Reminder
  Pledge Sunday was last week, November 21. If you do plan to pledge and have not yet turned in your pledge card, please do so as promptly as possible. Thank you.
  
  
• Holiday Cookie Walk
  Please bring your goodies to the undercroft next Friday, December 2 from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm. Cookies should be brought in disposable containers and candies bagged or wrapped in small quantities. Thank you for taking the time and effort to bake cookies and make candies! The sale begins the following day, December 3, from 9:00 am until 11:30 am. Be sure to bring your families, neighbors and friends.
  
  
• Taizé Service, December 4
  All are warmly invited to this service of simple songs, reflection and prayer. Give yourself the gift of peace and renewal during the Advent season. At St. John’s, Sunday, December 4, at 7:00 p.m.
  
  
• Cathedral Shelter Christmas Baskets
  Information on this year’s Cathedral Shelter Christmas basket program is available in the parish office. Both families and seniors are available for adoption. Pick up day is December 8.
  
  
• Help the Kids at Lawrence Hall
  Since 2004 the Daughters of the King have been committed to sharing the spirit of Christmas with the children of Lawrence Hall. Lawrence Hall Youth Services provides greatly needed services and programs for kids and their families suffering from trauma, abuse and neglect. Gift cards from Target or Best Buy or checks made out to Lawrence Hall may provide the only gifts these children receive this year. If you can help, please contact Iris Bestow before December 6.
  
  
• Make Your Own Advent Wreath
  This Sunday, November 27, we will have materials available to make Advent wreaths for home use. Come to the undercroft during the 9:00 education hour. Sunday School classes are on vacation this Sunday.
  
  
• Handel’s Messiah, December 4
  The Illiana Oratorio Society presents Handel's Messiah at the First Christian Reformed Church, 16248 South Park Ave., in South Holland on Sunday, December 4th at 2:00 p.m. and again at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights on Saturday, December 10th at 7:30 p.m. in the Ozinga Chapel. For further information, see Gale Michael.
  
  
• Vestry Minutes Available Online
  Vestry minutes, along with general parish and diocesan policies on gambling, alcohol and Holy Matrimony/Holy Union are now being posted on this blog. Look for the “Vestry Minutes” or “Policies” labels.