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11/20/25 View this email in your browser

PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS WANTED FOR CHRISTMAS EVE EVE AND CHRISTMAS EVE
Calling all public school students! We would love for you to be a part of this year's Christmas Eve Eve and Christmas Eve services. Students will have the opportunity to serve at one of the Christmas Eve worship services by reading a scripture or playing the role of Mary or Joseph. There are no rehearsals to attend and no speaking parts for Mary or Joseph. If you sign up to read you'll receive the reading ahead of time to rehearse. On the evening of your service, show up 30 minutes early and we'll run through everything. Thank you! We'll need one student at each service to be a reader, Mary, and Joseph. Families may sign up their student HERE.
Students who do not wish to be the reader, Mary, or Joseph but who want to participate can grab a simple costume on the way into the service. These costumes include shepherds, angels, sheep, and other various animals. Sign-up for these parts is not required.

ENJOY A WELL-DESERVED NIGHT OUT WHILE SUPPORTING OUR 8TH GRADERS!
Need a night to shop, wrap gifts, or simply enjoy some peace and quiet this season? Drop your kids off with our responsible 8th-grade students and their parents! We’ll keep your children busy with games, movies, and supervised fun while you take a much-needed break.

Join us on Sunday, December 7th from 3:00–6:00 PM in the St. Peter Gym (Bartz Hall Entrance). This event is open to children ages 3–12 who are potty-trained.

All proceeds go directly toward the 8th Grade Washington, D.C. Trip, helping our students experience history firsthand!
Suggested minimum offering: $45 per child.

Enjoy a night out—you’ve earned it!

GERMAN CHRISTMAS SERVICE AT SAINT PAUL
Saint Paul Lutheran Church in Mount Prospect will be hosting its annual German language Christmas Service on Sunday, December 21, at 5:00 p.m. This is the congregation’s thirteenth annual German Christmas Service, and it draws worshipers from across the Chicago Northwest Suburbs. While the traditional Lutheran service will be conducted in German, an English translation of the sermon will be available. The German Christmas service is one of the few of its kind being held in Chicago’s Northwest Suburbs. Musical selections will be sung by the German- American Singers of Chicago Choir. The service is being held on Sunday evening and not the usual Saturday evening to ensure the participation of the German choir. Saint Paul is located at 100 S. School Street on the corner of Busse Avenue and School Street.

GRACE & GATHER: ADVENT CELEBRATION
Tuesday, December 2 at 6:30 PM
Our December Grace & Gather is one of the most joyful gatherings of the year — filled with song, laughter, friendship, and plenty of delicious food! Take a moment to slow down, celebrate the season, and prepare your heart for Christmas alongside women of all ages.

We’d love your help making the night beautiful and festive!
Sign up to bring appetizers, desserts, and/or holiday table décor using the link below.

Ways to participate:

🧀 Appetizers: Help us fill the table with your favorite appetizers — think charcuterie bites, dips, meatballs, pinwheels, veggie trays, or any fun holiday favorite.
🍰 Desserts: Sweeten the night with a dessert to share — cookies, bars, fudge, cupcakes, chocolate-dipped treats — we love them all!
🎄 Table Décor: Help make the room shine by decorating a table with a holiday-themed centerpiece. A red tablecloth will be provided! Bring your creativity — flameless candles, mini lights, greenery, ornaments, mini trees, or nativity décor are all great options.

Click the button above to sign up and let us know how you’d like to participate. We can’t wait to celebrate this joyful season together!

Please save the date! Celebrate Christmas as our high school youth tell the story of Jesus’ birth through costumed characters, live animals, and your favorite Christmas carols. This outdoor event will be Sunday, December 7th at 10:00am on the north lawn.

High school students, it’s not too late to sign up! Click HERE to sign up and learn more about this unique opportunity.

🎄COMMUNITY PARTNERS CARING TREES🎄
The Community Partners Team is placing Christmas trees in the Narthex and Life Center decorated with ornaments representing various organizations we support. Each ornament lists the wishes and needs of individuals along with any special instructions for the gifts. The trees will be up starting the weekend of November 15 & 16, and all gifts should be returned to the church by Sunday, December 14.
Round Red Ornaments — A child from Jehovah’s School, Good Shepherd Christian Academy
Christmas Trees — PADS (Local Homeless Shelter guests)
Blue Angels — Safe Families for Children (Partners with parents in crisis)
Yellow Stars — LINC

Your support and generosity are greatly appreciated and truly blesses those in need. Thank you.

PURCHASE WORSHIP FLOWERS

ST. PETER FINANCIAL REPORTS

ESTATE PLANNING
We can face competing priorities when we think about planning our estates someday. The big decision to make is whether an estate plan is merely a legal/financial activity or is it an activity of faith. An estate transfer can be a simple financial transaction, harsh and cold. Or the transference of gifts to family or ministry can be a faith guided, prayer covered, activity including specific plans to shower others with the grace of Jesus. Your Christian Gift Planning Counselor can help you keep this focus. Contact Ray Pagels at raymondpagels1@gmail.com or his cell 847-226-2262

COMMUNITY • EMPOWERING • BOLDNESS • JOY

Mission: Leading People To A Full Life In Christ
I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. John 10:10

Vision: Seeing Lives And Communities Transformed As We Become More Like Jesus
And we all… are being transformed into His image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. 2 Corinthians 3:18

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