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Announcements

SpH: Spangler Hall
PH: Parish Hall

See the Bellringer Page for the Current Bellringer which has the current monthly calendar and the worship assistants schedule.

Tues.	Nov. 18	Church Council Meeting	SpH Room A 7:00 p.m.
Wed.	Nov.19	Brown Bag Bible Study	SpH Lounge 12:00 pm
Thurs.	Nov. 20	Operation Welcome Home The Saints will travel to BWI to greet and hand out snacks/thank you notes to homebound soldiers. If you would like to participate, please contact Pat (patrobin123@comcast.net or 410-560-1354). Donations of single serving snacks, bottled water, and hand written thank you notes are also needed. When the list of volunteers is complied, we will coordinate the meeting place and time. Please note that this event may require a last minute cancellation due to potential flight delays and/or cancellations. You are strongly encouraged to check our event hotline at 410-630-1555	7:15 pm BWI
Sat. & Mon.	Nov. 22 & Dec. 22	Prayer Vigil for Peace in the Middle East We can support both Israelis and Palestinians by taking part in a churchwide effort that began in Advent 2000. The Ecumenical Prayer Vigil is an opportunity for ELCA members to join Christians all over the USA in regular prayer for peace and healing. Participants focus their prayers on one day each month for the Christian communities in Jerusalem, for all those who are suffering in the Holy Land, for Palestinians and Israelis, and for peace in the Middle East and the world. The day that we in Maryland are especially encouraged to include peace in our prayers is the 22nd of each month.	Saturday, November 22, 7:30 p.m. at St. Benedict Roman Catholic Church, 2600 Wilkins Avenue, Baltimore, MD Monday, December 22, at 7:30 p.m. at Church of the Nativity, 419 Cedarcroft, Baltimore, MD
Wed.	Nov. 26	Thanksgiving Eve Worship Start your Thanksgiving celebration right and join us for worship on Thanksgiving Eve, Wednesday, November 26th at 7:30 p.m. in the church building. “O, Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good!”	7:30 pm
Sun.	Nov. 30	Advent Workshop It's St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church Covered Dish Supper & Advent Workshop Sunday, November 30, 2008, at 4:00 p.m. in Spangler Hall (sign-up deadline before Wednesday, November 26, 2008) This event, a St. Paul’s tradition, is a great way to start the Advent and Christmas seasons!	4:00 pm Spangler Hall
Wed. & Thurs.	start: Dec. 3	Living Faith in Daily Life – A Small Group Study on Prayer: Pastor Mark will be leading this 4-week study and practice on prayer beginning in December. There will be a daytime session on Wednesday, December 3, 10, 17 and 31. We will begin with lunch together at 12:00 noon (for those who wish to brown bag it) followed by our study from 12:30-1:30 p.m. In addition, there will be a Thursday evening offering December 4, 11, 18 and 30 (this last is a Tuesday) from 7:00- 8:15 p.m. If you would like to make this a part of your Advent preparations, please speak with Pastor Mark so that we will know how many materials to order.	see details
		Christmas Decorating Please call Debbie Goodwin (410.560.1756) if you would like to help decorate our buildings for Christmas. Men and youth (earn service hours!) are especially welcome! We need people who can reach or climb to the high places.

Ongoing Announcements

Russo Trust Fund & Other Opportunities to Help
Following the sudden and tragic death on March 25, 2005 of our dear friend and beloved brother in Christ, Brian Russo, a trust fund has been established by Brian’s family to help with educational expenses for his children. Those who would like to make a contribution may send their checks to: Susquehanna Bank, c/o Brian T. Russo Children’s Trust Fund, 2318 York Road, Timonium, MD 21093 (Call 410-628-7777 for more information.) Checks should be made payable to: Brian T. Russo Children’s Trust Fund. For those who would like to help out in some way besides money, you may contact Deborah Zapas at 410-321-0898. Debbie and her family are neighbors of Cindy and the children and she has agreed to coordinate meals, babysitting, household help, yard work, etc. for Cindy.

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