Announcements for Nov 23, 2025

The remaining items from the Christmas Bazaar are in the dining room until the end of this month. Please check out the items that would make great Christmas gifts and check out all the jams still looking for a good home. If you brought items for the bazaar, you may pick them up after November 30th or they will be stored until next year.
 
The Forget-Me-Nots are again sponsoring pie donations to the Friendship Room for their Thanksgiving Dinner. There is a sign-up sheet in the Narthex.  Anyone wishing to donate a pie, please have it delivered to St. Paul Lutheran kitchen by 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 26th for delivery to the Friendship Room.  Thank you.
 
Pastor John and Miss Nena are inviting you to a Thanksgiving meal on the 27th of November.  Please don’t spend the holiday alone.  Join us in this meal of thanksgiving.  The event will begin at 1:00 p.m. and end at 4:00 p.m.  Come and enjoy some turkey, pie and the rest of this splendid meal.  If you would like to bring a family favorite dish to pass, please contact the church office.  
 
Next weekend we will collect the noisy offering for the Boys and Girls Club, so bring your change!
 
The November Service Activity is Thunder Bay Jr. High School.  Items needed: Small Healthy Snacks—prepackaged snacks such as granola bars, fruit snacks, crackers, pretzels; Hygiene Products—small shampoos, conditioners, small deodorants, toothpaste and toothbrushes; Clothing— t-shirts—unisex, black leggings/sweatpants, sweatshirts/warmer sweaters; School Supplies—plain two pocket folders, binders, and notebooks. Please leave items on the altar.  Thank you. for your generosity.
 
Come join the celebration, servant volunteers needed to help decorate the building for the Advent and Christmas Season on Monday, December 1st beginning at 2:00 p.m. Call Donna Kensa if you can help at 989-464-5385. Thanks!
 
This year we will have Advent Services on Wednesdays at 12:00 – 12:45 p.m. on December 3rd, 10th, & 17th.  We will have a meal at noon followed by a short service at 12:25 p.m.  Come and share this time of preparation for the Christ Child.  We need volunteers to help prepare a simple meal.
 
Pastor John and Miss Nena have planned Advent Educational Opportunities, that will run December 3rd – 17th.  Pastor John’s Class will meet on Wednesdays at 1:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. and Miss Nena’s class will also meet on Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. Pastor John will hold a Book Study on “A Long Obedience in the Same Direction” by Eugene Peterson and Miss Nena will lead a “Faithful Christmas Through Joseph’s Eyes” Study.
 
Grace Lutheran Church is having a Christmas Bake Sale on Saturday, December 6th from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.  It will feature assorted cookies, bread, candy and other baked items.
 
Life Line Screening, the nation’s leading provider of preventive health screenings will offer non-invasive and painless health screenings at St. Paul Lutheran Church on Friday, December 15th.  A package of four screenings to identify risk for stroke, heart disease and other chronic conditions will be offered for $129.00.  Please call 1-888-324-9458 to register  or visit LLSA.SOCIAL/HSCA. Three discount tickets are available.
 
Stephen Ministry call to service: The Stephen Ministry team is looking for a few more servant leaders to be trained as Stephen Ministers to reach out a listening ear to those going through challenging times in their lives. Three individuals (two men) are approved to begin training on January 8th. Please keep this vital ministry in your prayers.