The 2026 Altar Guild Sign-up Sheet is posted in the Sacristy. Please sign-up for your desired month. More than one person can sign-up for a month. Training is available. Many thanks to those who assist those who sign-up!
ST. ANNE’S CHRISTMAS BAZAAR was very successful. Thanks to all the volunteers and donations of cookies and supplies for the chili. Again you have made our fund raiser a success. Thank you!
ST. ANNE’S CHRISTMAS PARTY will be Wednesday, December 17th at 6:30. Please bring an hors d’oeuvre and your beverage choice. Bring a wrapped gift (approximately $10-$15 in value) if you would like to participate in the Dirty Santa gift exchange game.
NEEDS
Peanut butter and fruit for food pantry.
ANGEL TREE The Appomattox United Methodist Church is joining us in make Christmas morning a little brighter for children in our area. Tags with gift information are available in Rose Hall. Please return your wrapped gift by Wednesday, December 17th with the name tag showing. Please help decorate the angel tree by putting on several angel ornaments when you return your gifts. Thanks so much for your generous help with our Angel Tree project! There are tags still available.
COFFEE HOUR SIGN-UP SHEET is available on the table in Rose Hall. Thanks to those who have been providing refreshments after Sunday services.
Jamerson Memorial Library’s “Think Beyond the Can”
Help your neighbors in need by creating a Meal in a Bag Kit. The library is providing gallon-sized zippered bags with recipe cards for volunteers to fill with the suggested ingredients and return them to the library. The Meal in a Bag Kits will be distributed to households in Appomattox County that sign up on the library website. Please share the news about this new project. Bags and flyers are available in Rose Hall. For more information contact Evelyn, visit the library at 157 Main Street, call them at 434 352-5340 or visit www.jrjml.org/tbtc .
Forward Day by Day
St. Anne's Episcopal Church provides Forward Day by Day to you as a simple and effective daily prayer practice. Each day features a Bible verse from the daily readings and a related reflection written by a different author each month, all in less than 200 words. It even includes the daily feast days, as well as prompts to take faithful action in your daily life. Please pick up your copy in Rose Hall.
2025 ALTAR FLOWER CALENDAR is posted on the bulletin board in Rose Hall. Please sign up for any Sundays you would like to sponsor for $15 each. Checks can be made payable to St. Anne's with "Altar Guild" on the memo line.
Ministers for December 21
VOM for November: Linda Tyler
Altar Guild: Dorothy Rice
Celebrant: The Rev. David Perkins
EM: Mary White
Lector/POP: Evelyn Ford
CALENDAR
December 14: Annual Church Meeting, after the service
December 17: Christmas Party @ 6:30 PM
December 17: Angel Tree Gift Deadline
Tuesdays: AA & AlAnon at 7:00 pm
Wednesday at 4:00 pm TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly)
Wednesdays: Bible Study at 6:30 pm
Thursdays: AA at 12:00 noon
TODAY’S ALTAR FLOWERS GIVEN TO THE GLORY OF GOD
THANKSGIVINGS FOR ONE MORE BEAUTIFUL DAY and Sharon Drelick celebrating her birthday this week.
ST. ANNE’S PRAYER- Heavenly Father, Shepherd of your people, we, your faithful family at St. Anne’s, give thanks for all the blessing you have showered upon us. Strengthen us in our faith in You and in ourselves. Uphold us in our ministries, together and individually, as we continue to strive to be Your hands and feet to each other and to our community. All this we ask through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit. One God, now and forever. Amen.
Please contact the church office in the event of serious illness on a loved one. We will assist you in any way we possibly can, including keeping your loved one in our parish prayers. The contact number at the church is (434) 352-8296, the email is [email protected]. Rev. David Perkins, priest, [email protected], 434-956-9054. If you are aware of someone who is sick and/or a shut in, and you think they would appreciate a visit, and/or communion please notify Kim Woodley (434) 352-0130, [email protected] .