Announcements for December 21, 2025
Join us at 5pm on Christmas Eve for a very special service of Lessons, Carols, Communion and Candlelight.
Alone on Christmas Day? Celebrate the birth of Christ with fellow members of SOJ with a Christmas potluck dinner followed by bingo fun in the Fellowship Hall. Bring a small wrapped gift to serve as bingo prizes to add to the fun!
Office hours change - Rosie will not be in the office on Christmas Eve but will be in on Friday, December 26, 11am – 4pm.
2026 Giving Envelopes are here! Please pick up your box in the narthex. They are filed in alphabetical order from left to right. In most cases, you will keep the same envelope number from 2025 but a few have been reassigned. If you do not wish to use envelopes anymore, please leave the box in the office with a note attached to it.
Pick an ornament off our Christmas tree to give an ELCA Good Gift. See instructions & order forms in the narthex.
The Verde Valley Homeless Coalition is in continual need of gloves for the homeless. Please leave your donations in the container in the fellowship hall. Thank you!
Thank you to our Worship Assistants this weekend: Greeters/Ushers: A. C. & Mell’O’Dee Gaber; Reader: Marianne Brennan; Communion Assts: Marianne Brennan, Ann & Bill Matzke; A/V: Kim Densmore. We are always in need of Worship Assistants– see the sign-up sheet in the narthex.
Prayer Requests: Please forward all prayer requests directly to Laura Stransky at klstransky@gmail.com or call 970-749-2270.
Today’s altar flowers are donated by Lisa Mathe in honor of Mom’s heavenly birthday.
Happy Birthday to Ronda Hatfield on Dec. 21st, Barb Piotrowski on Dec. 22nd, Everett Hoedl on Dec 27th, Paul Graham and Russ Haslow, both on Dec. 30th. May you be blessed with good health in the coming year!
Last Sunday’s attendance = 69.