This Week

Monday Pause and Pray

Wednesday Bible Study 

Choir Practice

This Sunday

Worship Information and Bulletin

Upcoming Events & Announcements

Thanksgiving and Consecration Sunday, November 20

Christmas Offering for Women at Chino Penitentiary

Advent- Sailing Toward Bethlehem with 5 Words and 40 Prayers

Service of Hanging of the Greens Sunday, November 27

Reverse Advent Calendar

Prayer Requests and Praise Reports

Bible Study This Week!

We will be studying Deuteronomy 26:1-11

All are welcome to join us in this Zoom Discussion.

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This Sunday!

Setting Sail into our Future

A Service of Thanksgiving and Consecration

Sunday, November 20

Please join us THIS Sunday, November 20, as we give thanks for God's blessings of the last year and commit ourselves to raising our sails and allowing the Spirit to propel us into the new year and beyond.

Please prayerfully consider making a commitment to:

• Join in 40 Days of Prayer using the Prayer Guide from Sailboat Church
• Prioritize the Discernment Weekend scheduled for January 21-22
• Estimate your financial support of our church's mission in 2023

Please bring your completed pledge card with you to worship on the 20th. We will offer them to God as part of the worship service.

This Sunday Pastor Kim will preach from

Scripture: Deuteronomy 26:1-11

Sermon: Giving Thanks for Milk AND Honey

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Can You Help Make Christmas a Littler Merrier?

For many years two women at All Saints Episcopal in Pasadena made sure that the nearly 1000 women incarcerated in Chino Penitentiary were remembered each year at Christmas with a small Christmas bag filled with small travel size bottles of shampoo and conditioner, soap, toothpaste, toothbrush, comb, and a wrapped candy cane.

Unfortunately, one of the women died this year and the other cannot continue the work. That is when Suzanne Darwesh, a former member of our congregation, stepped in. She, and the congregation of St Mark Presbyterian, have taken on the ministry, but they are asking for help from us and other area churches.

Please consider donating some of the items listed above. You may bring them to the church anytime between now and Sunday, November 27. A collection basket will be set up in the Narthex or you may drop them off in the church office during regular hours. If you are interested in helping with the bagging of the gifts at Suzanne's home and at St Mark Presbyterian, please contact Pastor Kim.

Let's make sure the the light of the world shines brightly this Christmas,

even in the darkness of a prison cell.

Sailing Toward Bethlehem with 5 Words and 40 Prayers

We will continue of voyage of discernment during Advent and Christmas through a focus on Five Words and Forty Prayers

This year, on our Advent journey to Christmas, we will reflect on five words inspired by the Angel's announcement to Mary that she would bear the Christ child: Delight, Question, Bear, Accede, and Depart. These words will not only help us to better understand Mary's journey, but hopefully will help us understand our own call to allow God to be born into the world through us.

We will also commit ourselves to 40 Days of Prayer using the scripture-based prayer prompts from Sailboat Church by Joan Gray. There will be print copies of the prayer prompts available for those who prefer or who do not have a copy of the book to use.

Next Sunday, November 27

A Service of Hanging of the Greens.

During worship we will delight in the meaning of our traditional Advent and Christmas decorations as we begin to put them up in the sanctuary. Following worship we invite everyone to stay and help us finish decking the halls of our church. A light lunch will be provided for those who remain to help.

We pray that these symbols of the season that signal our Christmas preparations will also remind us of our need to prepare our hearts as well.

Reverse Advent Calendar

An Advent calendar helps countdown the days until Christmas. Each day from December 1 until Christmas, a small door is opened to reveal a surprise. As kids our favorite calendars were the ones with a daily piece of candy. 

However, since it is more blessed to give than to receive, this year we invite you to flip that tradition and instead of receiving a gift each day, donate an item for the Pathways of Hope Food Bank.

Calendars in the form of reusable shopping bags will be available beginning on November 27. Each bag will have a suggested item to add for each day, but any item will do. The purpose is not to check off all the items on a list, but to prepare to welcome the birth of Christ with a small, daily act of generosity. 

Please pray for Glory Lopez' former Mother-in-Law, Jeanine, who remains in the hospital with sepsis. (While you are at it, you may also pray that Glory will recover quickly from a case of Bronchitis)

Please pray for those in treatment for cancer: Catherine Morris, Rosemary Ford, Bill Anderson (Bruce Anderson's Brother).

Please pray for those on hospice: Patricia Carl, Dave Maresh (Glory's brother).

Please continue to pray for the health of: Mary Bouas, Norma Leichtweis, Dave Maresh, Marilyn Worden, Clif Buchanan, William Thode (Ruth Dorman's brother in law), Jane Canfield (Glory's sister).

If you have a prayer request that you would like to add to our prayer list, 

please contact the church office: offices@anaheimfirstpres.org or 714.535.2176.