Announcements for November 25

Please Return Your Pledge Cards
If you have not already returned your pledge cards, you may place them in the offering plate at any service or return them to the parish office. Thank you.

St. John’s Holiday Cookie Walk is Next Saturday, December 1
The Cookie Walk depends upon bakers throughout the parish providing homemade cookies. It’s time to bake! The Cookie Walk is a significant fundraiser that benefits local charities as well as the parish. Please bring your cookies to the church on Friday, November 30. For information or to help out, contact Alison Deniston.

Pick Up Your Copy of Thrive 
Copies of the new feature magazine Thrive from the Diocese of Chicago are available at the church. Pick up a copy (one per household, please). It is also available on line here.

Calling Little Hands Bakers
Youth of the church are invited to come make cookies for the Cookie Walk: Thursday, November 29, from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at the Moxleys.

Sunday School Classes on Vacation for Thanksgiving
All Sunday School classes for children and adults are on vacation this Sunday, November 25.

Cathedral Shelter Christmas Basket Pick Up is December 7
One family of two still needs to be adopted. Please bring all wrapped, boxed and labeled gifts to the parish office by 9:00 a.m. on Friday, December 7.

Little Hands Christmas Basket Shopping
The youth of Little Hands will meet at the church on Sunday, December 2, at 3:00 p.m. to go shopping for their family. They’ll return to church to wrap the gifts.

Daughters of the King Help Lawrence Hall
Once again the Daughters of the King will be coordinating the St. John the Evangelist Church Wish List Drive for the children, youth and families at Lawrence Hall Youth Services. Every holiday season they care for nearly 1,000 children and families. Gift cards from Target, grocery stores, book or music stores, clothing stores or cash or checks (made out to Lawrence Hall Youth Services) would all be appreciated. December 14 is the deadline. You may give your donation to Iris Bestow or any Daughter of the King.

Blue Jeans Sunday This Sunday
Last call to help tidy up St. John’s grounds for the winter. Wear blue jeans this Sunday and stay for an hour or after church to help rake and bag.

Homewood Education Foundation Selling Christmas Trees Again 
Foundation 153, which raises money for Homewood's elementary schools, is selling premium Frasier firs straight from Michigan. Order online, and pick up your tree at Homewood's Holiday Lights Festival on Friday, December 7 from 3 - 9 pm. For more information, see Tracie or Mark Moxley.

Wonderful Holiday Concert December 9
The Grande Prairie Singers open their 2012-13 concert season at 4 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 9, Faith UP Church in Park Forest, with “Winterlude.” It features Pergolesi's Magnificat, “Ave Maria” by both Bruckner and Rachmaninoff, and holiday favorites such as “Let It Snow” and “White Christmas.” Tickets are $15 in advance; $20 at the door; and $10 for students. Season subscriptions, including the March and May concerts, are $40. Contact Bob or Betsy Burgwald.