* Gifting Our Community Christmas Eve (Services at 5 and 8 pm – please use the cards to invite friends and neighbors!)

* Alter Flowers were donated by Andy Hagelin and Jeff McGuire in Loving Memory of David’s Husband, Andy Brangenberg

* The church office will be closed on and after December 25 and reopen on January 5

* Thanks to all of our Advent Devotion writers, David Garrett and Barbara Kurtz – find all of them on the calendar

* WINGS Welcome Desk hosts have a gift for all new visitors and can answer questions about Epworth

* David Hagelin released the November Financial notes

* Breakfast with Santa a Wonderful Time! and the Cookie Walk was a hit! Thanks to all who baked such delicious cookies and to the elves who staffed yesterday’s sale

* Epworth Food Ministry YTD Numbers

* Thanks to everyone who generously donated gifts for the Lewes Elementary children whose names were on our Christmas Joy! Giving Tree!

* Thanks to those who write cards for every person who receives food at Epworth: Kathleen Chmielewski, Erica Webb, Lynne Wilmer, Donna Lipscomb, Jane Okma, Thea Quillen, Sarah Rice, and Patty Trump

* We distributed over 150 Thanksgiving Dinner Kits – thanks to all who donated food (especially the Hawkeye Community and Kings Creek Country Club) and to our hero volunteers who make this gift possible