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November 27, 2007 - Volume 28, #42

• Appleseed Presents....

  

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• Oops...
  
  
  Oops.... In the December birthday list, we inadvertently left someone off...Jessica Battelle. Jessica's birthday is December 24.
   

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• Please Join Us
  
  We need voices for our Christmas Choir. We have a wonderful and enthusiastic group in the choir already and would love to include you. If you are interested, please contact Kathryn Woods. Call the church office at 492-9065. Leave a message (including a good time to call you back).
   

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• Check it Out!
  

  You are looking at our new website - explore!

  Send comments and suggestions to: webmaster@alcsyracuse.org.

  Coming soon...you will be able to subscribe to electronic copies of the Messenger!

   

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• Holiday Food Basket Needs

  We are gathering the necessary items for Christmas baskets and need your help. Contributions are always welcome. Last year, filling out the baskets, after sorting through the donations, cost almost $900.

  Many of our families have children who are off from school and need to be fed the two meals that they usually get at school. At Thanksgiving and Easter we feed at least 12 families and at Christmas we do at least 12 baskets plus meat for about 30 additional families. Any help is appreciated. We can use all the usual food pantry items plus for Christmas baskets -

  Please bring:

  Peanut butter and Jelly Mac and cheese - boxed Hi C or other fruit juice drink (with vitamin C) Cereal Jell-O and pudding mix Coffee Turkey Stuffing mix Boxed mashed potatoes Canned beans and Corn Canned cranberry sauce Quick bread mixes Canned fruit - peaches, pears or mixed fruit Holiday candy

  Spaghetti Sauce Spaghetti (36 pounds) Soups - especially chunky type Cans of stew, spam, tuna or other canned meat Raman noodles Pumpkin pie filling (not plain pumpkin) Evaporated milk Pie crust mix Seasonal funfetti cakes and icing Cranberry sauce

  Thank you for your generosity!

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• Atonement Youth Activities

  Christmas Eve Youth Pageant
  Atonement youth from nursery school through high school will present "Three Women of Bethlehem" during the 7 p.m. family service on Christmas Eve. Please join us for this very special celebration of Jesus' birth.

  Rehearsal schedule:
  Parents are asked to ensure that their children (nursery through high school) attend Sunday school as often as possible during Advent, as many of the children will be preparing for the pageant during this time period. Older youth who have been given speaking roles in the pageant are reminded that they also need to attend rehearsals from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 15 and Saturday, Dec. 22. In addition, all of the younger children who are participating in the pageant are asked to join us for the Saturday, Dec. 22 rehearsal.

  NOTE: If your child needs a ride to either of the Saturday rehearsals, please call Judy Holmes.

  Annual Sunday Church School Cookie Bake
  Children from nursery through sixth grade will be baking cookies on Sunday, Dec. 2 during the Sunday School hour. The cookies will be served on Christmas Eve after the 7 p.m. family service. Parents are welcome to donate cookie dough and/or to stay and help us bake cookies and do crafts.

  Questions: Call or e-mail Judy Holmes at 673-9393 (after 6 p.m.) or EWHolmes@att.net

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• Thanksgiving at Atonement
  
  
  Last Wednesday's Thanksgiving dinner and service were well-attended by members of our Atonement family. Our next dinner is Sunday, December 16 after the 10:45 service. Join us!