Altar Guild will be taking orders for poinsettias to be placed around the altar for Christmas services. Orders will be taken in the narthex before and after church services on December 7-8 and 14-15.
To order a plant, please fill out an order form and give it to an Altar Guild member in the narthex on the above dates, along with your payment. Make your checks payable to "Glidden Florist." Orders must be received by Monday, December 16.
Salem News
Good Deed Gift Opportunity Through December 15
Salem's tradition of giving Good Deed Gifts will continue this Christmas season.
The Good Deed Angel Tree will be in place on Sunday, November 24 and anyone wishing to participate can take from the tree an angel with the name of a client at Avancer, formerly known as Genesis House. All of the residents there have special challenges, some physically, some developmentally. All of them could use a little cheering up during the holiday season, especially because some of their own families have financial challenges. And all of these group-home residents will be grateful for anything that Salem members can provide for them!
The angels this year will be a photograph album for the gift giver to keep. Some members of Salem have a collection of these angel ornaments from each year that we've been providing gifts for community members who aren't as well off as we are.
We know that in the holiday rush, these angel tags can be misplaced, so there will be a sign-up sheet near the tree as a fail-safe measure. Signed-for angel tags can be replaced if they slip away somewhere! The sign-up list won't make the gifts less anonymous.
Individual lists of suggestions will be printed on sticky-back paper, which should be peeled off whole and adhered onto the top corner of the wrapped gift. The suggestion list also will include sizes and toy ideas to make the gift appropriate for the person and with that person's functioning age, as many have a child-like attitude on life.
The gifts should be placed in a box and wrapped as prettily as you want and, when the Sticky Tag is affixed to the present securely, bring the gift back to Salem, where each house's gifts will be placed in a bag to be distributed by Avancer. We've found that boxes ride better together in the big bags, which are much like Santa's sacks of gifts and presents.
If you should have more than one gift for a person, please make sure they're all tied together securely and labeled well so they get to your person.
All the gifts should be returned to Salem by December 15, and we thank you for carrying on this tradition!
The Good Deed Angel Tree will be in place on Sunday, November 24 and anyone wishing to participate can take from the tree an angel with the name of a client at Avancer, formerly known as Genesis House. All of the residents there have special challenges, some physically, some developmentally. All of them could use a little cheering up during the holiday season, especially because some of their own families have financial challenges. And all of these group-home residents will be grateful for anything that Salem members can provide for them!
The angels this year will be a photograph album for the gift giver to keep. Some members of Salem have a collection of these angel ornaments from each year that we've been providing gifts for community members who aren't as well off as we are.
We know that in the holiday rush, these angel tags can be misplaced, so there will be a sign-up sheet near the tree as a fail-safe measure. Signed-for angel tags can be replaced if they slip away somewhere! The sign-up list won't make the gifts less anonymous.
Individual lists of suggestions will be printed on sticky-back paper, which should be peeled off whole and adhered onto the top corner of the wrapped gift. The suggestion list also will include sizes and toy ideas to make the gift appropriate for the person and with that person's functioning age, as many have a child-like attitude on life.
The gifts should be placed in a box and wrapped as prettily as you want and, when the Sticky Tag is affixed to the present securely, bring the gift back to Salem, where each house's gifts will be placed in a bag to be distributed by Avancer. We've found that boxes ride better together in the big bags, which are much like Santa's sacks of gifts and presents.
If you should have more than one gift for a person, please make sure they're all tied together securely and labeled well so they get to your person.
All the gifts should be returned to Salem by December 15, and we thank you for carrying on this tradition!
"Life Lessons from Hebrews" Study Concludes December 15
"Life Lessons from Hebrews"
November 3 - December 15
Between the 8am and 10:30am Sunday worship services
This will be a group experience of discovery in terms of the connection between disciples of the 1st century Christian Church and 21st century disciples of Jesus in U.S. American culture through the lens of the Book of Hebrews. This can be a life-giving encounter with the living Word as found in the New Testament writings from the developing Church. You are invited to share scripture study, conversation, coffee, and prayer with brothers and sisters in the Faith Community of Salem.
Sunday School Christmas Program December 15
Salem Sunday School children grades Beginners through 5th are working hard learning and practicing for a Christmas Program they will be presenting on December 15 at the 10:30am Grace service. Please mark your calendars and start inviting family and friends. The children are excited and looking forward to sharing this special morning with you!
Peder Eide Christmas Concert December 8
Peder is bringing his Peder Eide Wondrous Love Christmas Tour 2013 to Salem on Sunday, December 8, at 7pm. If you enjoyed his music at his last Salem appearance, or you saw him at confirmation retreats at LOMC or Youth Quake, you're sure to enjoy his Christmas Concert as well. Please join us in welcoming Peder back to Salem. No tickets necessary, a free will offering will be collected. Partial funding provided by the Mary E. Stevens Concert and Lecture Fund and through generous private donations from Salem members and Shrove Tuesday participants.
Salem's Christmas Cantata December 7-8
What Sweeter Music - A Festival of Carols by Mark Hayes
Presented for Salem worship services:
Saturday, December 7 - 5pm
Sunday, December 8 - 10:30am
Christmas Cantatas employ scripture, thoughtful narration, and medleys of songs and carols new and old to tell the most beloved story of Jesus come to earth. Singers of all ages combine with an instrumental ensemble to share this Good News. Familiar titles include Angels We Have Heard on High, O Holy Night, We Three Kings, Good Christians All Rejoice, Joy to the World, and O Come All Ye Faithful as well as a Cradle Medley including Away in a Manger and Silent Night. Some carol arrangements include the congregation. The cantata is presented by Salem Creative Arts Ministry under the leadership of Ron and Carla Vanatta.
What Sweeter Music is a Singing Memorial gifted in memory of Doris Castenson by her family and friends and in memory of Martha Jeanne Vanatta by the Celebration Voices Choir, Jim & Edie Eklund, and Ron & Carla Vanatta.
Presented for Salem worship services:
Saturday, December 7 - 5pm
Sunday, December 8 - 10:30am
Christmas Cantatas employ scripture, thoughtful narration, and medleys of songs and carols new and old to tell the most beloved story of Jesus come to earth. Singers of all ages combine with an instrumental ensemble to share this Good News. Familiar titles include Angels We Have Heard on High, O Holy Night, We Three Kings, Good Christians All Rejoice, Joy to the World, and O Come All Ye Faithful as well as a Cradle Medley including Away in a Manger and Silent Night. Some carol arrangements include the congregation. The cantata is presented by Salem Creative Arts Ministry under the leadership of Ron and Carla Vanatta.
What Sweeter Music is a Singing Memorial gifted in memory of Doris Castenson by her family and friends and in memory of Martha Jeanne Vanatta by the Celebration Voices Choir, Jim & Edie Eklund, and Ron & Carla Vanatta.
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