Our Preschool teachers want to thank everyone who contributed toward Christmas Gifts for our students… Together we were able to donate $453.00; that’s $18.87 for each of our 24 preschool students. We also received the unexpected gift of dozens of handmade wooden toys from Santa's Helpers, Makers of Fine Toys, of Erie, PA and delivered to the church office by Peter and Brigitte Ratko. These gifts will be wrapped and presented to the preschoolers Santa Claus at their preschool Christmas party on December 20th and 21st. We are still in need of shoeboxes in which to wrap the gifts. Thank you for your generosity toward our little students!
 

Choir Practice has begun…everyone interested in singing Advent and during the Christmas season, please stay each Sunday directly after church at 11:00 a.m. for practice in the front right corner near the piano.
 

Fellowship/Ping Pong… continues every Monday evening at 6:00 pm.
 

Women’s Bible Study… Our final class of the year will be on Tuesday December 12th at 9:30 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall. We will be having a Christmas wrapping party to wrap the gifts the church purchased for the preschoolers, followed by a Christmas luncheon at Valenza’s Restaurant.  Please bring shoe boxes, wrapping paper, scissors, tape and ribbon if you have some available. Please join us, even if you haven’t been attending the study! 

Evening Bible Study… Our final class of the year will be Tuesday December 12th at 6:00 p.m. Led by Pastor Taylor, we are studying the whole Bible from the aspect of the Book of Revelation. 
 

Our First Advent Soup Supper was a great success… we enjoyed watching the movie “I Heard the Bells”, the inspiring story behind the writing of the beloved Christmas carol. These soup suppers will continue the next two Wednesdays in Advent at 6:30 pm directly preceding the Midweek Advent Service at 7:00 pm. This week December 13th the soup will be chili with corn bread and dessert. Please come enjoy food and fellowship! This Service, as well as all Holy Trinity Worship Services, are live-streamed on our Facebook page: facebook.com/HolyTLAlbion and on our YouTube channel youtube.com/@holytrinitylutheranchurch9176 . Service bulletins are posted on our website: holytrinitylutheranalbion.org/documents . Please join us in person when you are able. 



 

LOOKING AHEAD…
 

Quarterly Voters’ Meeting… will be held on Sunday December 17th at 11:00 a.m. immediately following the 10 a.m. Worship Service. On the agenda are the proposed budget for 2024 and the election of an elder, as John Niemla’s term is ending.
 

Preschool Christmas Program… You and your family and friends are invited to attend our annual Christmas Program presented by Holy
Trinity Preschool on Tuesday, December 19th at 7:00 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. We are humbly grateful to support our
preschoolers and their families as they learn about our faith and hope in the true meaning of Christmas. Please come to support our children as they display their faith concerning the birth of Baby Jesus.
 

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service... 
Sunday, December 24 at 7:00 p.m. This simple, beautiful service focuses our attention on the real meaning of Christ’s birth. We read from the Scriptures, sing favorite carols of Christmas, and reflect on Jesus’ entry into the world. At the end of the service, the entire Sanctuary will be filled with candlelight as we sing “Silent Night.” All are welcome, and it’s FREE! Consider inviting your friends and family to this joyful, intimate service to hear the angel’s message to the shepherds: 

“Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.” And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: “Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”
 

2024 Pro-Life Breakfast… Get ready to be inspired at the annual Pro-Life Breakfast on January 13th at the Bayfront Convention Center. Last January’s event was a sellout, so early reservations are extra- advisable. The speaker is Egyptian-born Rhodes Scholar Sherif Girgis, associate professor of law at the University of Notre Dame and coauthor of the book What is Marriage? Tickets are $26 for ages over 12, $22 for children 3 to 12, under 3 are free, childcare will be available. Doors open at 8am, program at 9am, breakfast will conclude at 11:30 am. Make checks payable to Holy Trinity with a note Pro-Life Breakfast. Let’s fill a whole table with supporters from Holy Trinity for this worthy cause!