ADVENT FAMILY NIGHT FESTIVITIES
and ALTERNATIVE GIFT FAIR
Sunday, December 4
Beginning at 5:00 pm (sanctuary)
All are welcome!!
Plan to invite extended family and friends
Children’s and Youth Choirs present
“Around the World It’s Christmas” with music from
Also music by the Cherub and Handbell Choirs
Look forward to hearing
“O Little Town of Bethlehem
There will also be time for congregational carol singing
AFTERWARD, MEET IN FELLOWSHIP HALL FOR
Advent Crafts
Wassail and Fellowship
Decorating of the Fellowship Hall Christmas Tree
Our theme is Christmas Around the World
PLEASE BRING AN ORNAMENT FOR OUR CHRITMAS TREE FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY
IF YOU CAN FOR A FESTIVE INTERNATIONAL CHRISTMAS TREE !
Music by the Mansfield APC member Chuck Reeder
Alternative Giving Opportunities (Fellowship Hall alcove) (please turn over for details)
SHARE TOGETHER IN A FINGER FOOD POTLUCK SUPPER
Please bring plentiful quantities of finger foods to share:
appetizers, chicken, sandwiches, pizza, veggies, desserts, etc.
THE JOY OF GIVING. . .
2011 Alternative Giving Opportunities
through Ardmore
Items listed under Give and Donate will be available for purchase at Advent Family Night and, if supplies last, following worship on Sundays, December 11th and 18th.
GIVE. . . in the name of a loved one or friend and make a difference.
Appropriate gift cards will be available to explain gift to recipient.
PROJECT NEEDS FOR CARING HANDS MINISTRY , INDIA
ARUN & SHOBA MASSEY, Directors
To be given in Christ’s name to the children of the Devadasi (temple prostitute) community
$10 = school supplies; $15 = food supplement; $15 = saree; $5 = Christmas gifts
SOLE (Shoe Gift Care Program)
Sole provides Payless gift cards for people who need assistance to buy shoes. The Philadelphia Presbytery provides these cards to Care Closets, churches and organizations with which they partner.
$15 = children’s shoes; $18 = women’s shoes; $20 = men’s shoes)
HEIFER PROJECT – “Give the World a Present” (A tradition at APC )
Instead of material gifts, choose to honor your friends, family or business associates with gifts that help struggling families lift themselves out of poverty.
Rabbits, honeybees, tree seedlings and more (Gifts available from $10 to $500)
PURCHASE with a purpose - gifts that help create a sustainable life for others.
FAIR TRADE ITEMS
Fair trade shares the bounty of trade with those who grow the crops.
Olive Oil (750 and 500 ml bottles), organic hot cocoa mix, coffee, candy bars
DONATE. . . gifts allowing your shopping to have a meaningful purpose.
THE MITTEN TREE
Items will be given to Maternity Care Coalition of Philadelphia
Strengthening families, one baby at a time.
Bring hand-knit or purchased mittens, hats and scarves to decorate the tree in the church entry beginning Sunday, November 27th (1st Sunday in Advent).
JOHN GLOUCESTER GIFT ITEMS
Provide gifts for children in the Point Breeze community of Philadelphia
Needed: Educational, sports/recreational toys or gift cards for children from 1st – 8th grades
Bring unwrapped gifts to Advent Family Night or to the church office by
Monday, December 12th.
