Chrysalis Retreat
This is the Synod-wide High School retreat at the 4H center in Front Royal. We will be leaving the church parking lot around 4 p.m. on Friday and return around 2:30 p.m. on Sunday.
December 11 - 13, Friday - Sunday
Confirmation Retreat
This is our West River Confirmation Retreat weekend. All confirmands should plan on attending. We will meet at the church at 4 p.m. and leave from there. We will return on Sunday around noon.
December 13, Sunday, 9:30 a.m.
Santa Lucia
At the end of our first worship service, we will have our Santa Lucia celebration. As Lucia and the star-children leave we will follow them to partake in the goodies during Fellowship hour.
December 13, Sunday, 1:30 p.m.
Youth Christmas Party
All youth (7th to 12th grade) are invite to the Hunley’s home for a Christmas party.
December 14, Monday, Noon
Fun Bunch
The Fun Bunch will meet this month at the home of Lois Jones. Lois will play some seasonal music again this year and then lead us as we sing carols. There will be directions by the sign-up sheet in the Narthex.
December 20, Sunday, 11 a.m.
Christmas Pageant
The children and youth of Emmanuel will present their Christmas Pageant as an important part of the second worship service on that day. We will have a reception in the Fellowship Hall following the worship service to thank the children and youth.
December 20, Sunday, 4 p.m.
Caroling at the National Lutheran Home and Potluck Dinner
Everyone of all ages are invited to join us as we go out to the National Lutheran Home to do some caroling. We will meet in the lobby at 4 p.m. and then go to visit and sing carols. Afterwards we will head over to the Beardall’s for our tradition post-caroling potluck dinner.
We will have directions available after we finish caroling.
December 24, Thursday, 5 p.m.
Family Christmas Eve Service
Everyone is invited to come celebrate the birth of our Lord at this family Christmas Eve Service. Come hear the good news, sing Christmas carols, and listen to the Joyful Noise children’s choir as we worship and remember the reason for the season.
December 24, Thursday, 9 p.m. & 11 p.m.
Christmas Eve Worship Service
Join us for a more traditional Christmas Eve Worship service at either 9 or 11 p.m.
December 25, Friday, 10 a.m.
Christmas Day Service
All are welcome to our “Christ-mass” Christmas Day worship service.
SPECTACULAR
YOUTH SKI RETREAT
January 22 - 24 2010
Seven Springs Ski Resort
YOUTH SKI RETREAT
January 22 - 24 2010
Seven Springs Ski Resort
All youth (and some adult volunteers) are invited to come on the SPECTACULAR Youth Ski Retreat on the weekend of January 22-24, 2010 at Seven Springs Ski Resort, Somerset,
PA. We will depart from Emmanuel at 5 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 22 and stop at McDonald’s in Breezewood, PA for supper (bring money.) We will sleep Friday and Saturday nights at Trinity
Lutheran Church in Somerset, PA, ski all day Saturday and Sunday, and return to Emmanuel around 7 p.m. on Sunday, January 24.
You do not have to know how to ski to come on this trip. We will teach you. In fact, it’s a great way to learn how to ski, and many of our youth have learned to ski on previous years’ trips.
The cost is $180 per person, which includes transportation, lodging, food Saturday and Sunday, and lift tickets. Adult volunteers are needed to help with driving and to assist as mentors. A large van is needed to transport the skis, boots, and poles.
Sign-up packets will be available in the Narthex in December.
If you have any questions, contact the trip leader, Jim Audas or Pastor Lewis.
