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Listed below are the news articles for the month of November.

November 26, 2007

Advent at Sunday School

We will have Sunday School the first four Sundays of December. There is no Sunday School on Dec. 30. Our pageant will be very similar to last year's, with children playing an integral role as narrators and actors. The casting time will be at 9:30 on December 9th, and there will be two rehearsals on December 16 and 23rd, after the 10:30 service. I'd like to have a supply of simple costumes for visiting children...

If you're available to help make costumes, please let me know. If your child is interested in participating in the pageant, please contact me ASAP via email or my cell phone, 510-205-9843.

Advent Mood Lighting at the 10:30 Joy Service

This season we invite you and your family to light a votive candle or two as you enter the church at the 10:30 service and place it on one of the window ledges. The contrast of light and dark is one of the classic themes of Advent; we’re moving into the darkest season of the year, and candles are an ancient invocation of the light of Christ that is about to come into the world.

November 28, 2007

2008 PLEDGES ARE DUE NOW!

2008 PLEDGES ARE DUE NOW! Our goal is an 8% increase in pledge support, and so far we’re tracking at a 7.5% increase in the average pledge amount. We are grateful for every pledge, big or small. Thanks to those whose names already appear on the Stewardship tree in the Tierney Room. Here’s how we’re doing as of Nov 27th:

Total pledges: 126 (vs. a total of 219 for 2007)
New pledges: 13 (special thanks for these!)
Increased pledges: 65
Equal to 2007: 39
Decreased: 9
Total pledge $ to date: $432,700 (69% of our $626,000 goal)

We’re missing about 100 Trinity households! Do you need a pledge card? Pick one up in the pews, at the Church Office, or online at www.trinitymenlopark.org. Drop it off, snail mail, or email, but please get your pledge in NOW! Vestry will set the 2008 budget in mid-December based on your pledges of support.
Thank you!
Your Stewardship Commission