NYE BUNCO PARTY
Join in celebrating New Year’s Eve with friends, Bunco, and finger foods. Not cost, just bring your favorite finger food. Everyone is welcome!
BORN FOR YOU!
BORN FOR YOU!
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24: Christmas Eve
(No 8:00AM service) 10:30AM: Worship, including the Sunday School Christmas Program 7:00PM: Worship (nursery provided) 10:00PM: Worship
MONDAY, DECEMBER 25: CHRISTMAS DAY
10:00AM: Worship Our normal schedule resumes Dec. 31, with services at 8:00AM and 10:30AM
SHARING TREE
Our Sharing Tree is up! Here’s how it works: Take a tag from the tree, purchase the gift/s listed on the tag, and then bring the gift AND the tag back to the church by the designated time.
There’s also a “No Shop” option: Take any tag from the tree and return it to the church office with case or a check donation to cover the cost, and someone will purchase items and deliver them for you.
Please return all items by SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17. Make sure the Sharing Tree gift tag is visibly attached to the gift, whether the gift is wrapped or not. All gift cards should be taken to the church office along with the tag from the Sharing Tree.
This year’s gift recipients include:
Josephine Caring Ministries
El Camino de Emaus Lutheran Church families
The WI-Cares-sponsored Ukrainian family
Holiday House teen gifts
El Camino de Emaus Lutheran Church families
The WI-Cares-sponsored Ukrainian family
Holiday House teen gifts
Thank you for sharing!
ADVENT AT OHLC
Join us this Advent season for our adult Bible study on Sunday mornings and midweek Advent services on Wednesdays as we “Shake the Branches of Jesus’ Family Tree.” Through Bible study on Sundays and dramatic presentations on Wednesdays we will learn more about what the genealogy of Jesus tells us about who he is and why he came, and what it means for us who have been grafted into this same family through faith.
Our midweek services will include a midday liturgy at Noon and Holden Evening Prayer at the 6:00PM service. Soup suppers will follow.
Sunday Morning Adult Bible Study:
9:15AM in the church library
9:15AM in the church library
December 3: Unlikely Great-Grandmas: Tamar & Rahab
December 10: Jesse: From Sons to Stump
December 17: A Jagged Royal Line: Jehoshaphat to Zerubbabel
December 10: Jesse: From Sons to Stump
December 17: A Jagged Royal Line: Jehoshaphat to Zerubbabel
Midweek Advent Services:
Noon & 6pm, soup suppers following
Noon & 6pm, soup suppers following
December 6: Ruth, The Grafted-In Gentile
December 13: David, A Great Sinner with Great Faith
December 20: Joseph, Plucked from the Dustbin of History
December 13: David, A Great Sinner with Great Faith
December 20: Joseph, Plucked from the Dustbin of History
COAT DRIVE
We’re collecting warm, preferably washable coats in all sizes, children through adults. Clean and gently-used coats are welcome, too, as well as mittens, gloves, hats, and new, warm socks. Items may be placed in the designated bin in the narthex. We’ll share them with neighbors in need on Whidbey and in the Skagit Valley.
DEC. 3: ADVENT IN HEART AND HOME
Plan on joining us on Sunday, December 3, from 6:00PM to 7:30PM as we kick off the season of Advent with a night of fun, fellowship, and learning!
We’ll have our annual epic hot chocolate bar with all kinds of add-ins so you can make your masterpiece.
We’ll learn about the “Jesse Tree” (Jesus’ family tree) and how it can become part of your keeping of Advent this year, with a craft project and a Jesse Tree Advent devotional book written by Pastor Spencer for you to take home.