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

* Dottie Outland and Tammy Zhang met with the Staff at Taco Reho and Tough Luck Tattoo to accept $2,100 donation to Epworth Food Ministries for the Heavy Metal Flash Sale event during the month of November.

* The Cookie Walk raised $4,060.00 for Christmas Joy 365. Thanks to our Epworth family, Food and Love kitchen crews, and neighbors who baked so many delicious cookies and to the elves who staffed the sale

* Ruth Ann Barnes thanks the Emmaus alums and Epworth’s WINGs group for their generosity toward her neighbor and her four grandchildren

* Alter Flowers were donated by Gay LaNasa in memory of Kathy Keefer and a Happy New Year for All!

* New Group Studies Immigration January 15

* 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

* 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

* Epworth’s annual worship theme for September 1, 2025 – August 31, 2026 is Ubuntu: I AM because we are

* Use the hashtag #epworthrb to post to our Instagram page

* You may use our Prayer Request Form

* Hearing Assistance Available at Epworth!

* Pastor Bo’s New Title: Pastor of Media and Communication

* 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

* Drive Away Hunger Golf Outing Raises $16,0000

* Youth Group Update

* Volunteer opportunity: Mentoring Programs – Cape Henlopen School District

* Thanks to all who donated winter clothing for the Community Resource Center

* See Immigration Rights info on the Baltimore Washington Conference site

* Immigration Law & Justice Network News

* UMC Bishops finish Canvassing of Amendments; All Four are Ratified

* From our Bishop: Making a Difference in the Life of a Child

* Give to UMCOR relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Melissa damage in Jamaica and the Caribbean