Today...

• Puzzle Swap today! There is a table by the library for all the gently used puzzles you bring. If any puzzles are left by next Sunday, they might be donated.
• Coffee orders are due
• Gift Discernment affirmation sheets due
• Michelle Kuhl concert, 6:30 pm

Men's prayer breakfast @ 1st UMC, 7-8 am on Wednesday, December 4th. Seth Vantifflan will be the speaker.

Holidays can be especially hard for those who have recently lost a loved one. Pigeon River Mennonite Church is offering a one-session seminar on Tuesday, December 3, from 12-2 pm. Surviving the Holidays will give the participants ideas and tools to help them navigate this season of their grief. It will start with a meal provided by Scheurer Health at noon and will include a video and discussion time. Please contact Diane Wilson to register.

Clothe-A-Child of Huron County is a program to provide clothing for children at Christmas. If you want to participate please see the bulletin board for more info.

We are still in need of soup contestants. Please sign up at the Welcome Center.

The Mennonite Youth Choir Festival is March 1 & 2, 2025 in Berne, IN. Registration is open for children who love to sing—grades 3 through 9. Here is the link. If you have/plan to register, please let the office know.

The Relief/Missions Committee will be packing Christmas treat bags for our primary dept. children, our senior (65 and up) and inmates at the Huron County jail. Individually wrapped homemade cookies and treats or store-bought cookies & candy are needed to fill approximately 135 bags. If you would like to contribute, please leave your items on the table in the Fellowship room by Saturday, December 14th @ 9 am. Thank you for giving generously as we bless those around us!

Hunger Relief meeting, tomorrow, December 2nd @ 7 pm. All are welcome to attend the fall wrap-up meeting of 2024 harvest year.

Offerings: You can mail in your donation or use our online giving portal in One Church. You can also check out how easy it is to text to give. Simply text the word “GIVE” and your amount to (833)428-2181. If you'd like to schedule direct deposit donations, contact Darrel Yoder. We appreciate your generosity and flexibility.

Worship Leader this week: Barry Maust

Worship Leader next week: Dale Yoder

Fellowship Greeter this week: Tom & Karen Beachy

Fellowship Greeter next week: Jon & Kim Good

Pastoral Care this week: Tom & Brenda Kreh

Pastoral Care next week: Diane Wilson

Nursery this week: Esther Prisciliano

Nursery next week: Kim & Luke Good

Scripture for next week: Lamentations 3:19-26

Prayers for the local church

· Men, Meat the Messiah outreach - 12/14/24, w/speaker, Mike Tison

Health Concerns

· Bob McIntosh rehab at Courtney Manor w/ cancer

· Franklin (Frankie) Deming pain, transferred to Courtney Manor

· Cliff Maust recovery from surgery

· Esther Prisciliano's brother Aaron - hospitalized; heart surgery date rescheduled

· Pat Yoder - chemo treatments, peace of mind, side effects subside

· Ruth Dutcher - on hospice

· Kathy Gnagey - eye surgery on Dec. 5th

Missions/Organization

· RI - Mediterranean, Judah & Reyna, Over 100,000 displaced people in this couple’s city are still living in temporary containers a year after a devastating earthquake. Pray that safe, permanent housing could be provided quickly so these people would be able to return to “normal” life. Pray also against the remaining fear of earthquakes, which was rekindled with a 6.0 earthquake in October.

US/World

· People affected by the war in Ukraine/Russia

· People affected by the war in Gaza/Israel/Lebanon

· Season of Thanksgiving & Gratefulness to God

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