Last Sunday for returning Estimate of Giving cards is December 4th. Bring yours on Sunday or mail it to the church by December 9th.

San Juan Bautista Assists Asylum Family

ELCA congregation San Juan Bautista, located in South Tucson, recently took in new residents to their parsonage. A Columbian family of 9, representing 4 generations, came legally into America through the asylum process, but lost their sponsor once they were here. San Juan Bautista has worked to help provide the needed legal assistance and is currently providing shelter at the parsonage. 

At their October meeting, Council voted to send our remaining $1500 of emergency aid to San Juan Bautista to help offset the expenses to their congregation in providing care for this family--but this is only a temporary aid. Asylum seekers are unable to work while they are awaiting their legal decision and the process can take up to one year. They are ineligible for government aid, with the exception of WIC, which this family of 9 qualifies for because it is made up of 3 adult women, 3 teenage women, 1 nine-year-old girl, and 2 babies. 

San Juan Bautista will need the assistance of ALL the congregations in our conference for months to come, and you can help in a few ways:

1. Make a special gift to the church, ear marked for San Juan Bautista and we will pass it along. 
2. Reach out to Annette Chavez, Pastor Mateo's wife at San Juan Bautista, and ask to be included on the list of the family's individual needs that is emailed out as they become known.
3. Contribute to the GoFundMe set up through Pastor Amalia at Our Saviour's: Colombia Care, organized by Amalia Vagts 
4. Finally, follow up with our church Council in the coming months and ask how they are working to help support San Juan Bautista in the critical work they do in South Tucson long term, so that families like this one continue to have a place to turn when they need help.

Next Primavera Delivery - December 16

Thank you to all of the volunteers who contributed food items and delivered the meal to the shelter for the month of November. Your donations helped homeless men stay warm and fed during these cold nights. To participate by providing needed items or delivering the groceries for next month, please sign-up on the clipboard on the Activities Counter in the lobby. We--and the folks at Primavera Men's Shelter--appreciate your participation in this monthly ministry.

 ~ Community Service Team

On-Going Community Service Ministries:

• Non-perishable food collection: Non-perishable food items placed in the basket at the west end of the Activities Counter help feed hungry people who come to the Interfaith Community Services (ICS) Food Banks. If you would prefer to give a monetary donation make checks payable to Lutheran Church of the Foothills, mark your donation “ICS,” and put it in the Sunday offering basket. ~ Sheryl Perry.   
• Proceeds from your pocket change that are put into our Hunger Loose Change Jar (on the stand inside the entrance to our worship area) are shared with our church’s World Hunger program. Thanks for your generosity. November total: $125. ~ Charles & Pat Erickson.
• To help with our church's response to the war in Ukraine and the Eastern European Crisis, look for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Lutheran Disaster Response forms on the Activities Counter in the lobby. ~ Community Service Team.

Poinsettia Time

Poinsettias to decorate the sanctuary may be purchased for $18.50 each. You may put your donation for the plants in the offering and note "poinsettia" in the memo. As always, donate a plant in honor of or in memory of family and friends. Please sign up by December 4 on the sign up sheet located on the Activities Counter in the lobby. If you have any questions, contact Beth Daum.