Thanksgiving Baskets
It’s that time of year again. We will provide Thanksgiving baskets to the needy in our community on Saturday, Nov. 18th. The need has never been greater. Extra pandemic benefits have ceased for many families, which helped with much-needed resources during the height of covid. While extra benefits have ended, the costs have endured. We currently have approximately 130 families to serve for this year’s campaign and want to serve as many as possible.
To sign-up to help, please click the button below. Questions? Contact Tina Isbel at 514-532-9510 or tina.m.isbel@gmail.com.
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Advent Wreath Making
& Soup Supper
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19
5:30 - 7 p.m. in the Ark
Come enjoy supper together and then make an advent wreath with your family. Live greens, candles, and all supplies provided. Click the button below to sign up now for this FREE, meaningful, and fun event!
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We look forward to hosting our Family Promise/Interfaith Hospitality Network families on November 26 to December 2. Our families find themselves temporarily homeless and are being housed in local hotels. Thank you in advance for being the hands and feet of Jesus as we provide meals, gift bags, Bibles, cards of encouragement, and prayer for our IHN families. We will also have a play date with the families at LPC on Thursday, November 30.
Note: Serving quantities will be updated on Friday, November 24 with final headcount. NOT TO EXCEED 20 servings. Thank you for your flexibility so we can best serve our IHN families and allow us not to waste your gift and time.
Below are the signups. Signups will also be available on Sunday, November 18, after services.
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PREPARED SIDE DISHES: Deliver to the Ark church kitchen at the time designated on the day that you select. | | NEEDS LIST: Deliver to Ark Kitchen Sunday, November 26, between 8am-12:30 p.m. Someone will be there to assist. | |
LPC Live Nativity & Open House
December 2 - 5:30 p.m.
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We are looking for volunteers for our Live Nativity. If you are interested in participating please sign-up at the Information Table on Sunday morning. | |
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We are also looking for those who are interested in baking! Pull out your favorite cookie recipe, show off your baking skills, and cook a dozen or more cookies. Our goal is to have at least 113 dozen cookies for the open house on December 2nd. Questions? Contact Chris Brown at Chris@browncowtech.com.
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Christmas Cantata: WONDER
Please join the Sanctuary Choir and guests for an evening of Advent Vespers on Sunday, December 10th at 5 p.m. in the LPC Sanctuary. Vespers is taken from Latin meaning evening. The theme will be “Wonder” as we explore with the eyewitnesses to the baby Jesus the wonder of His birth. The purpose of this service is to welcome our Savior in soliloquy, prayer and song. As the sun sets we will welcome the Light of the World.
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Women's Winter Bible Study
Room 102 Thursdays 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
The Women's Bible Study will meet on Thursday afternoons from 1 pm -3 pm. We will be offering the Study "The Faithful." This study is led by 5 different authors: Beth Moore, Kelly Minter, Priscilla Shirer, Jennifer Rothschild, and Lisa Harper. It is a 5-week study, beginning on January 11, and running until February 8. There will be a DVD lesson to watch each week, along with a workbook and home study. The Book Fee is $16. Please sign up by Dec 3, 2023.
For future planning, we will offer a Spring study from March 7 to April 25. This study will be on Ruth, led by Kelly Minter. We will have 7 sessions. Please sign up by February 4, 2024. The Book Fee is $21.99.
To make sure we have adequate materials for everyone, please sign up NOW for Winter and/or Spring sessions by calling or texting Mary Jo Oliver at 513-235-1844, or email at mjoliver1@yahoo.com.
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Christmas Giving at LPC
Giving is a Christmas tradition at LPC as we celebrate our Savior’s birth.
Five options are presented this year for your consideration.
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Angel Tree
Share the hope of Jesus with a child in our community as we deliver a Christmas present and a personal message of love on behalf of their loved one in prison. It starts with a gift and opens the door for year-round ministry opportunities.
Thank you to everyone who took an Angel Tree tag. Please return the wrapped gift with the Angel Tree tag to the office by Friday, December 1. Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday – Thursday and 8 a.m. to noon on Friday. We can also make other arrangements if these times are not convenient.
Our Children’s Ministry Team is inviting the children, along with their guardian, to a birthday party for Jesus. They will have an opportunity to play games, make a craft and take home a goody bag and their Christmas gift.
If you have any questions or would like to hear of other ways you can help with this wonderful ministry, please contact Sherry Showalter at sherry@lebanonpresbyterian.org or 513-932-2751.
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Elizabeth's New Life Center Giving Tree
Our church is happy to again participate in the Elizabeth’s New Life Center Giving Tree Project to benefit Women’s Center in Lebanon, a pro-life, non-profit pregnancy resource center that helps women navigate unexpected pregnancies and assists with parenting guidance and resources thereafter.
The consultants at the center encourage each mother to choose life for her child, providing her with assistance in her spiritual, material, educational, and medical needs. These material needs include baby clothes, diapers, wipes, bottles, and many other essential infant care items. We ask that your family shares the joy of Christmas by donating an item listed on the Giving Tree ornament of your choice located near the stairway by the Sanctuary or the ArK. The items do not need to be gift-wrapped; they are used to help those in need throughout the year. Collection will run from Sunday November 26 through Friday December 15. For more information please contact: Melody Bain at 513-260-6041 or admin@lebanonpresbyterian.org.
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Lebanon Christmas for Tots
Toys (unwrapped) are being collected for children in need (infant - age 14) and who reside in the Lebanon School district. A barrel will be in the Narthex for collection on Sunday, November 19th, 26th, and December 3. During the week, you may bring items to the church office. We try to keep gifts of value around $20-$25. Gift wrap, hats, and mittens are also needed. Questions? Call Mary Deerhake at 513-932-2307 or email admin@lebanonpresbyterian.org.
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Every year LPC has a Special Offering at our Christmas Eve service. Traditionally one half goes to a U.S. project and the other half is used internationally. This year, the Missions Committee has chosen:
5.7 COMMUNITY CHURCH in inner-city Detroit is starting a S.A.Y. Yes! Center for youth development. This afterschool program will feature tutoring, Bible lessons, life skills, art, and sports for ages six through 11. An anonymous gift was given for the start-up of the program and the Christmas Eve offering will add to it. 5.7 Community Church is a sister church of LPC; this summer our high school and college youth worked there and in the vicinity for the annual summer trip.
INDIA GOSPEL LEAGUE, one of our trusted partner organizations, has a God-inspired goal of building a church in every Indian village, ministering to millions of people, some of whom have never even heard the name of JESUS! Each church will only take about $1,500 to start, a small enough amount so that we should be able to construct several with the help of our members and families.
This year as you celebrate the joyous and abundant gifts that we are so blessed with in our country, we pray that you will generously give to the less fortunate in our midst and abroad, and remember that all we do is in the name of our Savior, the Lord, Jesus Christ.
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If you know someone who is not receiving our Weekly Update email or calls about immediate information, please have them contact Sherry Showalter at admin@lebanonpresbyterian.org so we can get them added to our congregational lists. | | |
To Request Prayer from our Praying Friends at LPC | |
prayerlist@lebanonpresbyterian.org will get your request to the Prayer Warriors ASAP.
prayerrequest@lebanonpresbyterian.org will get your request to a staff member who will handle your request confidentially and will only send out information you would like shared with our Prayer Warriors.
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Lebanon Presbyterian Church Office Hours
Monday – Thursday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. to noon
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