Come together to pack Shoebox Gifts for Operation Christmas Child!
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For this service, we are looking for the following roles:
Sign up in the fellowship area then arrange to pick up your costume before the 17th and wear an outfit the costume can easily be worn over. Attend rehearsal in the Sanctuary on Sunday, Dec. 17th at 9:00am.
All children who attend SPL Kids (Sunday Education or SPL Kids Worship) will practice the children’s choir parts at the following times (you do NOT have to attend all these – please try to attend 2):
Sign up in the fellowship area and attend the final run-through on Sunday, December 17th at 9:00am in the Sanctuary.
Sign up in the fellowship area. I will email you your part. Practice it at home and attend the final rehearsal on Sunday, December 17th at 9:00am in the Sanctuary.
Attend at least one of these four rehearsals in addition to the final rehearsal on Sunday, December 17th at 9:00am in the Sanctuary (the Wednesday’s are prior to Advent Worship):
We will learn the closing song of our worship time with some motions. I would love to see many families participate in this special song. It will be a fun way to close our worship service together!
Our service on December 17th will include a time of family sharing. We will select a few families to share during the service as well as several which we will share in the bulletin or on slides before the service. Please consider sitting down with your family to answer the following questions (you do not have to answer all questions):
Please handwrite or type up your answers and turn in to the church office or email to jennifer@spldecatur.org by December 5th.
If your family is participating in this service, please bring a gift for our Advent Conspiracy Project (Backpack project for Bags of Hope Kids) including items such as handmade cards, gift cards to fast food restaurants, oatmeal packets, ramen noodle cups, mac and cheese cups, granola bars, fruit cups/applesauce, or other Bags of Hope food items. We will bring these gifts forward (they can be wrapped or unwrapped) to place in the manger during the service.
All participants should plan to wear Christmas Best. If you are in the nativity, please make sure your costume can fit easily and quickly over your Christmas Best.
All participants and families should plan to attend the final rehearsal on Sunday, December 17th at 9:00am in the Sanctuary. Please be there on time, dressed, and ready to rehearse. Parents, please suggest children use the restroom prior to 9:00am.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask! You can reach me at 217-423-6955 or jennifer@spldecatur.org. You can also find me before contemporary services in the fellowship area and after contemporary services upstairs in the Great Room.
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