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House Of Neighborly Service Toy Drive
Each year the House of Neighborly Service sponsors a gift giving event to provide Christmas presents for those less fortunate. Please join Children’s Ministries in our efforts to collect new toys for those children and students. We will be collecting toys and gifts for children ranging from infant to Sr. High age. If you are able to contribute, please drop off unwrapped gifts in the designated boxes in the Rowley Courtyard on November 25, December 2 and 9. Some suggested items to donate are:

Thank you in advance for your support!

Cragin Elementary Swap Meet
Saturday, November 17, 8:00 - 10:00 am, Cragin Elementary School, 2945 N Tucson Blvd. in the back field. Gates will open for setup at 6:30 A.M. the day of the event.

How about earning extra $$$ for the holidays? For only $10 you can turn your unwanted household items into treasure! Reserve your spot at Cragin Elementary’s 2nd annual PTA Swap Meet!

Sellers are responsible for setup and cleanup of their individual reserved areas located on Cragin’s front lawn. Spots will be given on a first-come, first-serve basis so grab yours quick!

Not the selling type? Grab a friend and come and browse the goods. You know the saying - one man’s trash is someone else’s treasure!

The Cragin PTA will take care of ALL public advertising! If you’d like to participate, please complete a sellers application, available in Cragin’s front office. Forms need to be returned with the $10 payment before Monday, November 12. For additional information, contact Sheila Yamanaka.

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Hanging Of The Greens Correction
The date for the Hanging of the greens was incorrectly printed in the November issue of The Vine & The Branches as Friday, December 1. The correct date is Friday, November 30 at 6:00 P.M. Please mark your calendars accordingly.

Wreaths & Centerpieces
If you purchased a wreath and/or centerpiece to help support the Sr. High mission trip, your order will be available for pickup on Sunday, December 2 & 9 after all three worship services. If you have questions or concerns, please contact Sheila Yamanaka. Thank you for your contributions.

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Christmas Bazaar & Cookie Walk!
The annual Christmas Bazaar will be held in the Fellowship Hall on Saturday, December 8 from 9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. and on Sunday, December 9 between worship services.

Featured will be a Cookie Walk, plus wonderful items for sale for the holidays: quilts, crafts, baked goods and small collectibles.

We need your donations! Here’s a list of what we need:

Donations will be accepted on Friday, December 7, from 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 noon in the Fellowship Hall kitchen.

Please call Diane Shackelford or Julie Crane and let us know if you can bake some cookies and/or provide collectibles or crafts for our sale.

Blood Drive
The next blood drive is Sunday, December 16, 8:00 A.M.-12:30 P.M., in the Fellowship Hall. Please take the time to give the gift of life during this holy season.

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2008 Rocky Point Mission Trip
The Rocky Point mission trip scheduled for February 15-18 is fast approaching. Be aware that all participants must have a current U.S. passport to reenter the U.S.! We are presently signed up to construct the equivalent of three 22’x11’ units. The past several years we constructed a single and double. We will call an organizational meeting in early January. Those interested in participating in this experience should sign up in the church office starting October 29. If we don’t have sufficient participants to do 3 units, we must notify AMORE so that they can reassign a unit to another group.

Angel Tree
It’s time for the Angel tree bags to go out for the Gospel Rescue Mission. The bags will be available in Rowley Courtyard Sunday, November 25, December 2 and 9 after all three worship services. Please return all bags no later than Sunday, December 16. The Deacons thank you for your generosity.

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Help Us Meet Our Goal! - Entertainment Books!
We still have 40 Entertainment Books to sell before we meet our goal of 108 books! Please help spread the word to friends, family, coworkers and others in your network. 2008 Entertainment Books can be purchased by stopping by the church office any time during the week! The cost is only $35! Your purchase will help offset costs of Children’s Ministry programs and special events offered throughout the year. For more information contact Sheila Yamanaka.

Men’s Ministry - Get Connected!
Want a heads up on Men’s Ministry happenings? If you’re not on the Men’s Ministry email list you might be missing out! Please send requests to be added to Sheila Yamanaka.

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Birthday Fund
A birthday fund has been established at Northminster Presbyterian Church to give gratitude to God for another year of life that we have been given. A one dollar per year of life gift to Northminster to further the work of Christ’s church is suggested. This fund will be used for special needs that are outside the normal operating budget of the church. This fund is part of the Permanent Funds at Northminster. Please mark your contribution to the Birthday Fund.

Each month a listing of current birthdays will be made in The Vine & The Branches. This will alert us to the opportunity to send birthday greetings to family and friends, and a contribution to the Birthday Fund in thanks to God for their life. Birthday cards are available for a minimum $5 contribution in the church office to send to the birthday person expressing birthday greetings and to acknowledge a contribution to the NPC Birthday Fund to God in their honor.

Deacon's Food Closet Needs You
The Deacons’ closet is in need of the following items: cereal, gelatin and puddings, peanut butter and jelly and brown paper shopping bags.

Your contributions are greatly appreciated! Thank you!

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