Wednesday Night Dinner, Study & Kid’s Program: October 23
This Wednesday, our menu will be:
Chicken and Artichoke Casserole
Green Beans with Baby Onions
Marinated Cabbage Salad
Biscuits with Butter & Preserves
Cookies
Our Wednesday night kids program also lets kindergarteners through 5th graders enjoy a fun, loving, Christ-centered atmosphere filled with Children’s devotion, games, crafts, songs and more. Childcare is available for our younger children.
Next Wednesday, October 30, from 5:30-6:30PM in the Great Hall during Wednesday Night Dinner, bring the whole family for food (including a kid-friendly meal), fun and fellowship. At 6PM, the children will “parade” to each dinner table for treats, candy and goodies. Plus, each child will receive a mini flashlight to “shine the light of Jesus” as they trick or treat the next evening. At 6:30PM, adults will adjourn for Bible studies and programs will begin for youth and children (Kidzminster ages K thru 5th grade).
Kirkin’ o’ the Tartans Service
WE INVITE YOU FOR ONE SERVICE to this celebration of heritage and prayer this Sunday, October 27 at 10AM as we remember ancient times and our present kith and kin, while asking God’s help and blessings for the future. Visit epres.org/kirkin to sign up to carry a tartan. There will be no Sunday school this day. Following service, we will have a potluck luncheon honoring John Speiser and his years of service and dedication to Eastminster. Please bring a dish based on your last name:
A-G: Salads
H-P: Vegetable dish
Q-Z: Desserts
Advent Devotional Writers’ Sign Up
SIGN UPS FOR OUR 2019 ADVENT DEVOTIONAL are open now through October 31. The Advent Devotional signups are for anyone who would like to share their faith by writing a one-page reflection on one of our selected passages. The theme this year is “Faith, Hope & Love.” Visit epres.org/advent to sign up, we encourage you to participate this year. What a joy it is to share the love during Advent Season. It will be here before you know it!
Christmas at Eastminster
TREE LIGHTING CELEBRATION: Adopt a tree, wrap the trunk with lights, and pray that the lights of Faith, Hope & Love will shine brightly forth to dispel the darkness for our community and our country. The entire church is invited to join the fun on Wednesday, November 20. Wednesday Night Dinner will begin at 5:30PM with our own version of “Eastminster Trivia Night” with questions for ALL ages, followed by a sing-along of Christmas Carols to get into the spirit of the Christmas season. Then we will take the joy outside to the front portico for the prayer of dedication and tree lighting ceremony as we kick off the 2019 Advent Season of “Lights of Faith, Hope & Love.” Bring your entire family, for this will be a celebration to remember! Finally, take the joy into our community and tell all your neighbors to drive by our beautiful church in the evenings to enjoy the lights of this special Christmas Season. See the details about all our Christmas events at epres.org/christmas.
Christmas at Eastminster
TREE LIGHTING CELEBRATION: Adopt a tree, wrap the trunk with lights, and pray that the lights of Faith, Hope & Love will shine brightly forth to dispel the darkness for our community and our country. The entire church is invited to join the fun on Wednesday, November 20. Wednesday Night Dinner will begin at 5:30PM with our own version of “Eastminster Trivia Night” with questions for ALL ages, followed by a sing-along of Christmas Carols to get into the spirit of the Christmas season. Then we will take the joy outside to the front portico for the prayer of dedication and tree lighting ceremony as we kick off the 2019 Advent Season of “Lights of Faith, Hope & Love.” Bring your entire family, for this will be a celebration to remember! Finally, take the joy into our community and tell all your neighbors to drive by our beautiful church in the evenings to enjoy the lights of this special Christmas Season.
All Saints Day: Sunday, November 3
ALL SAINTS’ DAY, also known as All Hallows’ Day, Hallowmas, Feast of All Saints or Solemnity of All Saints, is a Christian Festival celebrated in honor of all the saints, known and unknown. On November 3 we will continue this tradition, with a Solemn Moment of Remembrance. We will read the names of our Covenant Partners who have died within the past year to commemorate their new life with Jesus in heaven. If you wish to remember a loved one from your immediate family that has passed this year, please send their name to Leigh Sain.
Family News
YOU ARE CORDIALLY invited to attend the marriage ceremony of Leanne Brooke Chesser & Nathan Stephen Wendrick on October 26, 2019 at 4:30PM. While the Chesser family wishes we could host everyone at the reception, it will be by invitation only.