NORTHMINSTER NEWS - December 2021
December 1-24 Daily Advent Devotions
Please join us Monday thru Friday at 8am for a daily Advent devotion via ZOOM. The booklet Joy to the World will be used and you may get a copy from the church office. Each morning will have a short devotion, discussion, and prayer. Everyone is invited to join in as we learn more about this Advent season.
Please attend as your schedule permits, perfect attendance is not required!
December 1, 8, 15, 22 5:30pm Food and Fellowship
Each Wednesday evening in December we will be gathering in Congdon Hall for a delicious home-made meal and a short devotion. Families, friends, neighbors are all invited. You may come each Wednesday or come when you can. This promises to be a good time. The entire evening should last about an hour.
December 5 1pm Ladle Fellowship
Ladle Fellowship, located at First Presbyterian Church of San Diego, has been serving San Diego's homeless community with hot meals and clothing since 1983. Services have been limited since the COVID19 pandemic, however, now many restrictions have been lifted, and Ladle is again serving guests. Volunteers from churches and the community are always needed. Northminster Presbyterian Church (NPC) has agreed to provide 6 to 8 volunteers every couple of months. If you would like to join others from NPC in helping with this ministry on Dec. 5 from 1-5pm please contact Peggy Brown at 858.614.0107 or nbpb@san.rr.com.
December 11 12pm Holiday Tea Luncheon
Join us for a fun afternoon of good food and fellowship. Here come the holidays and our Northminster Family will once again be having the Christmas Tea Luncheon. This tradition was started by Olive and Winnie over 30 years ago and continues to be a bright part of the Christmas season. Please join us on Saturday December 11, at Noon for the Christmas Tea Luncheon. All are welcome, this is a family friendly event. Please bring finger food to share (sandwiches, sweet or savory food, fruit, desserts). Scones will be provided. If you would like to participate in our entertainment lineup, please contact Paula.
We will be collecting infant baby clothes: onesies, sleepers- size 0-3, diapers, wipes, baby wash, and receiving blankets to support Community Christian Service Infant Layette program. We welcome your donations of goods and money.
Kindly RSVP toPaula Cunningham.
December 12 4pm Christmas Caroling
Dust off your car, warm up your voice and drive to church as the sun is setting. NPC is hosting their second annual parking lot drive-in Christmas caroling party. Guests sit in their car and sing along as Joel and friends lead us in singing some of our favorite carols and popular songs of the season. Song books will be provided. The musicians will be on the grassy area in front of Congdon Hall and will be broadcasting the music so we can all hear it in our cars. Rumor has it that the ‘cookie baker and her helpers’ have already begun baking and will have a bag of treats for each person attending! You might want to bring your own drinks. This is a fun event for the whole family, so bring the kids, relatives, and friends and come join in some Christmas caroling with your NPC family!
December 19 Cookie Exchange and Potluck
Our annual cookie exchange promises to be bigger and better this year. Everyone is invited to participate. Mix up your favorite cookie recipe, and bake 3 dozen cookies, wrap or bag them in groups of 2 and label them as to which recipe you used. A potluck lunch is planned before the exchange, so please bring a favorite dish to share. You may drop off both your items in Congdon Hall before church. Please contact Rechelle for more details. After church, we will gather in Congdon Hall for a potluck lunch followed by the cookie exchange. Each participant in the cookie exchange will go home with a variety of goodies. This is a great way to have an assortment of sweets to enjoy without having to do a lot of baking. Maybe there will be enough cookies so that some can be sampled at the potluck!
December 24 Christmas Eve Service
A family friendly church service will be held Christmas Eve in the sanctuary and on ZOOM. Joel and his musicians are planning a variety of songs, including hymns and carols. Pastor Jay will have a special message to share.A love offering will be taken for our Deacon ministry.
REMINDERS
CCSA is asking for food and clothing donation’s this holiday season. Please contact the church office or Peggy Brown for more information.
Christmas Joy offering will be received on December 19.
Deacon love offering will be received on December 24.