Announcements for Sunday, December 10, 2023

Online Announcements for December 10, 2023

 

 
 

UPCOMING 

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10TH 

8:45am – 9:45am Communion Service
11am – 12pm Communion Service
1:30pm – AAUW Reception (P)
8pm – AA (P)

 

MONDAY, DECEMBER 11th

9am – 10am + Morning Prayer
4:30pm – 6pm Community Meal (P)
7pm – 9pm + GVRD Band Rehearsal 
8pm – 9pm AA Meeting (P)

 

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12th                           

7am – 8am AA Meeting (P)
9am – 10am + Morning Prayer
7pm – + GGSOC

 

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13th

7am – 8am AA Meeting (P)
9am – 10am + Morning Prayer
10am – 11am + Wednesday Eucharist
11am – 12pm Bible Study (P)
4:30pm – 6pm Community Meal (P)
7pm – 9pm + GVRD Band Rehearsal

 

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14th                       

7am – 8am AA Meeting (P)
9am – 10am + Morning Prayer
7pm – 8:30 + Traditional Choir Practice

 

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15th

7am – 8am AA Meeting (P)
9am – 10am + Morning Prayer
6:30pm – 7:15pm + Advent Contemplative Prayer
7pm – 8:30pm NA Meeting (P)

 

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16th

7am – 8am AA Meeting
7am – 8am Men’s Meeting
9am – 12pm Tuba Christmas Party (PH)

 

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17TH 

8:45am – 9:45am Communion Service
10am – 11am JoAnn Celebration Coffee Hour
11am – 12pm Communion Service
4pm – 6pm Benicia Sangha Meeting
8pm – 9pm AA Meeting

 

 

Let’s Celebrate JoAnn! 12/17 @ 10 AM  

Join us for a very special potluck brunch to thank and celebrate JoAnn for 20 amazing years with us at St. Paul’s. We’ll present her with a few gifts and share stories!

Please bring a store-bought or homemade brunch dish to the kitchen to share. 

Cards & Retirement Gift for JoAnn
Please stop in the Parish Hall following each service to make a card for our parish administrator. Cards, pens and stickers provided! 

If you’d like to contribute to JoAnn’s retirement gift from the congregation, you can donate online (select “JoAnn Retirement Gift” on the drop down menu). Checks should be made out to St. Paul’s Church with “JoAnn” in the memo. Cash can be added to collection plates in the envelopes marked “J” in the pews.

 

Tuba Christmas – 12/16 @ Noon in front of St. Paul’s

Enjoy Christmas music with a performance by tuba, sousaphone, baritone, and euphonium players!

In case of rain, performance in the parish hall.
 
Christmas Choir Rehearsals on Thursdays

Church members who would like to sing in the choir at the Christmas Eve service can rehearse on Thursdays at 7pm Dec. 7, 14, and 21. If you have any questions, please contact Bill Markley at markleyoffice@gmail.com.

 
To sign up for a party, contact the church office at (707) 745-0307 or admin@stpaulsbenicia.org.

◻Breakfast at the Opera (1/27/24); $35/per person

◻Domaine Carneros Champagne Tasting (1/13/24); $40/pp

◻First Street Scavenger Hunt (9/7/24); $25/team

◻Family Game Night (1/20/24); $20/family; $10/adults 

◻Hike & Bike (5/18/24); $10/pp (free for under age 18)

◻How the Grinch Stole Christmas Party (11/26/23); $15/pp 

◻Mad Hatter’s Tea Party (3/9/24); $20/ family & $10/adults

◻Native Garden Tour 1 & 2 (4/14/24); $20/pp

◻At Your Convenience Scavenger Tour in Benicia and Vallejo (2/1/24); $10/team

◻Sip and Paint (6/8/24); $50/pp
 
 
Volunteer Opportunity: Coffee Hour Coordinator (starting 2024)
The open position is to encourage volunteers to sign up to host coffee hours as well as stock coffee hour supplies. Interested? E-mail: admin@stpaulsbenicia.org
 

 

Golden Gate Symphony Orchestra & Chorus: Sing It Yourself Messiah!
Get Ready to Sing! Maestro Urs Leonhardt Steiner and the Golden Gate Symphony present our annual holiday bash – the Sing it Yourself Messiah! A San Francisco tradition for more than 20 years, come enjoy Handel’s most-loved work with full orchestra, chorus and soloists — AND YOU, the audience.
 
Sunday, December 17, 2023 3:00 PM 

-Benicia Clock Tower 

Monday, December 18, 2023 7:30 PM 

-Herbst Theatre San Francisco

 
 

Morning Prayer Weekdays at 9 a.m. in Church and on Zoom 

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