St. Thomas Holiday Fair is Almost Here: 

The St. Thomas Holiday Craft Fair and Bake Sale is this Saturday, November 18th from 9:00am to 3:00pm (or until sold out). This is your chance to buy baked goods, Christmas ornaments and presents, and other fun items. There are also two opportunity drawings for $300 in gift cards to local stores and national chains. We are also offering lunch this year! Come out and do some early holiday shopping while supporting our vendors and the St. Thomas ministries. View the Flyer HERE.

Supper Club: 

Susan and John Mora will be hosting the next Supper Club will be tomorrow, Saturday, November 18th at 5:00 PM at their home. Smoked turkey and smoked salmon will be provided. If planning on attending, RSVP to Susan at 310-894-0731 and to let her know what side dish you plan to bring.

November Evensong – Music at Four: 

This Sunday, November 19th at 4pm, Music at Four presents St. Gregory’s Choir and friends in a festive service of Evensong, conducted by Dr. Hanan Yaqub. Join us as we celebrate the feast of St. Andrew with bagpipes and music by A. Herbert Brewer, Elaine Hagenberg and Scottish composer James Mulholland. View the flyer HERE.

Thanksgiving Eve Service: 

As has become our custom, we will be celebrating Thanksgiving Eve with our family at St. Thomas of Canterbury. The annual Thanksgiving Eve Service with the “Blessing of the Buns” will be held on Wednesday, November 22 at 7:00 PM. A pie feast will follow the service! Also, be sure to bring your buns (or any other reasonable token of your Thanksgiving feast) to be blessed during the service and invite your friends and neighbors to begin the holiday in a holy fashion. And please RSVP to the St. Gregory’s office by November 17 if you want to have pie after the service, so we have enough. We look forward to seeing you there. 

Christmas Flower Donations: 

Christmas is just around the corner! If you would like to make a donation to help offset the cost of the wreaths and poinsettias, you can do so by sending a check to the church with “Christmas Flowers” in the memo line. Or you can go through the parish website and use the Other Designated Gift category (just be sure to put Christmas Flowers in the adjacent box). And if you would like to make your donation in Memory of, in Thanksgiving of, or in Honor of someone, you can call the parish office or send an email to Kevin at info@stgregoryschurch.com with the appropriate information. We need dedications no later than Tuesday, December 19th to get information into the Christmas Eve bulletin. Poinsettias will be available for pick-up after Christmas. More on that down the road.

Altar Flower Donations:

Need a wonderful way to honor or remember a loved one or friend? Make a flower donation. If you'd like to donate for altar flowers, you may send a check to the office or pay online by using Vanco, following this link. Make sure you specify your donation is for Altar Flowers. The Altar Guild thanks you.

Sunday School: 

Sunday School is now meeting Sunday mornings at 9:30am for children 5 and over. Please join us in room 7 for lessons based on the Gospel.

Episcopal News Updates: 

The Diocese provides weekly email updates to help you keep informed about what’s happening all over our six-county diocese. If you want to receive the Episcopal News, visit https://diocesela.org/episcopal-news/contact/ and enter your email address in the box provided.

Feed My Lambs & Food Bank Needs:

THANK YOU for your generosity and your donations.

Here’s the latest news on our parish feeding programs.

Feed My Lambs has the following needs: 100 HARDBOILED EGGS; HOMEMADE COOKIES

• Homemade cookies can be brought to church on any Sunday, in ziplock freezer bags, labeled "Feed My Lambs" to the kitchen.
• Wednesday, November 29 from 9:00am to Noon you can deliver to the office: Hardboiled Eggs & Homemade Cookies.
• Thursday, November 30 until 11:00am you can deliver to the kitchen: Hardboiled Eggs & Homemade Cookies.
• Friday, December 1 from 1:00 to 3:00pm you can deliver to the kitchen: Hardboiled Eggs.
• Our Guests always need white athletic socks and belts! Which you can put in the Feed My Lambs bin outside the church on any Sunday.
• Volunteers -- We need some additional help with serving our guests at St. Luke's on the first Saturday of every month. Contact Tamera if interested.

If you have questions about helping out with Feed My Lambs or dropping off items, contact Tamera Benedict (tlbenedict4@gmail.com, 562.301.6800)

Food Bank has the following needs:

• Volunteers -- We need volunteers to assist with the Food Bank distribution on the THIRD Wednesday of the month between 8:30am and 11am.

Please contact Kevin at the Parish Office (info@stgregoryschurch.com, 562.420.1311) for more information about the Food Bank.

Your continued support of our feeding ministries, through product and monetary contributions, is greatly appreciated!

Gratitude for Your Support of the Parish:

We continue to be humbled and so incredibly grateful for your generosity in supporting our parish and its ministries! While you may not be able to drop your donation in a real offering plate, there are still ways you can make sure your donation gets to the parish:

• You can mail your check to the parish office.
• Make donations through our online payment account, accessible through the parish website at http://stgregoryschurch.com/4721-2/.
• Scan the QR code found in the Sunday bulletin.

And again, THANK YOU for your continued support!

Online Parish Directory:

Our online parish directory is at https://www.instantchurchdirectory.com/. This is a secure site and can be accessed using the email address you had published in the parish directory. You can also download the "Instant Church Directory" on your smart phone. Versions are available for Android, iPhone, iPad, and Kindle.

One Body & One Spirit Annual Appeal:

The Diocese has established an ongoing campaign focused on raising funds to assist congregations, schools, affiliated institutions, and their communities who are faced with unprecedented challenges. We are invited to prayerfully consider making a donation to help others in our Diocese who may have unmet needs. More information is available at https://diocesela.org/annual-appeal/. 

Forward Day By Day:

For those who use the "Forward Day by Day" booklet for personal devotions and need the newest edition mailed, please contact Kevin: (562) 420-1311 or info@stgregoryschurch.com   

In Case of Emergency...Notify Your Priest! 

With our combined ministry program with St. Thomas of Canterbury comes additional coverage for pastoral emergencies. In the event of a hospital stay, illness, death in the family, or other pastoral emergency, please call Father Michael on his cell phone (909-373-6478) any day except Monday, his Sabbath day. Mother Sharon (562-833-3393) covers emergencies in both communities on Monday, just as Father Michael covers emergencies in both parishes on Friday, Mother Sharon’s Sabbath. And PLEASE, no excuses about not wanting to bother me. That’s why we are here – for YOU!

St. Gregory's Food Bank:

Our monthly Food Bank distribution takes place the first Wednesday of every month. This ministry helps us help our neighbors by providing a supplemental source of groceries. We CANNOT do this without your generosity. CLICK HERE for more information.

This month we served 55 people!   

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