Advent and Christmas
Advent Festival/Hanging of the Greens
Sunday, November 27
4:00 p.m. — Carol Sing in the Sanctuary
4:30 p.m. — Crafts and Hanging of the Greens
5:30 p.m.— Dinner in the Fellowship Hall
Join us for a night of Advent celebration as we “Hang the Greens,” fellowship together and prepare our hearts and minds to welcome the infant Christ in our midst.
Jubilee Christmas 2011
Saturday, December 10, 12:30 – 2:30 p.m.
First Presbyterian
Church, South Bend
Preparations for this years' Jubilee Christmas Celebration have begun. Jubilee is a co-operative effort by several local Presbyterian Churches to assist local families in need to provide their families with a Christmas, in a hands on way. Jubilee Christmas which gives low-income parents an opportunity to wrap donated new toys and new or slightly used clothing for their children as Christmas gifts.
Sunnyside members are asked to pick a gift tag from the Giving Tree and bring new or slightly used children’s clothing and monetary donations. Volunteers are also needed to bake cookies and to serve as hosts for the parents on Jubilee Day. Host volunteers will telephone the parents and help them wrap the pre-selected gifts. For more information, please call Hayley Sesterhenn 247-0386, Bonnie Herreman, 274-7955 or the church office, 287-1524.
CHRISTMAS BRUNCH-SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11
An afternoon of family entertainment and good food. It will be held at the Morris Park Country Club on December 11th at noon. Prices are $23.95 for ages 12 and up, $7.95 for ages 6-11 and free for those age 5 and under. Your check is your reservation. Reservations are accepted no later than December 7th. Please bring a canned good with you for the food pantry. There will be crafts for children and Santa Claus will also be there. Please contact Nancy Johnson at 243-1149.
CHURCH CHRISTMAS CARD
This year as you send out your holiday greetings to friends and family, we suggest that in lieu of sending cards to people in your Sunnyside family, that you send one card to the church office with a donation to be given to Blanket and Tools of Hope, for Church World Service.
All cards sent to the church will be hung on a Christmas tree in the narthex and family names will appear in the bulletin on December 18, 24, and 25.
