Trusting in God's love & concern, we have been

asked to pray throughout the week for:

Known to be hospitalized, ill or homebound:

Stacey Parker, Tom Gallo, Pete Hackett, Frank Pittelli, Rev. John Sluyter, Baby Ralph DiCerbo-O’Connor, Joann Smith-Deitz, Kayla Walsh, Vincent Cannuscio, Joanne Ristau, Gina Munsey, Nikki Miranda, Mindy Diaz, Aaron Valentine, James Glatthaar, Helmut Beutel, Diana Cruz, John Furka, Nancy Janec, Dawn Nocella, Rev. Mitch Maybury, Linda Schiede, Giselle Hubbert, Bob Callow, Nick Ewen, Ann Tactikos, Debra Monaco, George Maurer, Sr., Tom Barritt, Frank Lewitsch, Edith Wilckens, Harold Talbot, Linda Gallo, Ashley Quiambao, Lee Baldwin, Lidia Cohen, Marty Kelly, Scott Black, Dr. Mario Vezza, Kathy Abrescia, Patty McKenzie, Max Figueredo, Drew Gallo, Laura, Sue, Debra Monaco, Walter Petersen, Dot Fullert, Dominick, Patrick Campbell, Abigail Ward, Maria Gramlich, Eleanor Bienenstein, Robert Bryers, Maureen Reddy, Andrea Smith, Nancy Locke, Louise Molendorf, “Mom” Capone, Joan Plenge, Fred Mueller, Bob Gfererer, Barbara Da-rabasht, Kerry Copeland, Alyson Bruu

Those who mourn the passing of:

Kim Robinson, Dennis Murphy, Helen Hayes, Vincent Giancone,

Herbert Howell, Dylan Fatone, Kevin Greene, Brian Mulkeen, Nor-

man Hall, Russell Draghi, Pat Ronga, Beatrice Aranda, Joanne

Boeger, Paul Lynam, Kevin McGill, Josephine McLean

Please let us know if you have a name to add to our prayer list.

Also, please let us know when someone can be taken off the list, so that we can celebrate their recovery.

Unless we hear otherwise, names will remain on the prayer list for a couple of months. Thank you.

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Guess the

Christmas Carol 1) Sir Lancelot with laryngitis 2) Allow frozen precipitation to commence 3) The lad is a diminutive percussionist 4) Decorate the foyers 5) The smog-less bewitching hour arrived 6) Leave and do an elevated broadcast 7) We are Kong, Lear, and Nat Cole 8) ABCDEFGHIJKMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 9) Do you perceive the same longitudinal

pressure which stimulates my auditory sense organs?

10) Assemble everyone who believes 11) Obese personification fabricated of com-

pressed mounds of ice crystals 12) The apartment of 2 psychiatrists 13) Far back in the hay bin 14) Listen, the winged heavenly messengers

are proclaiming tunefully 15) Vehicular homicide was committed on

Dad’s mom by a caribou-like creature

Advent

Repentance A man drove off in his car to do some last-minute Christmas

shopping. Meanwhile, his wife stayed home to bake some

Christmas cookies. While she baked, she was also watching the

local news on TV, when she suddenly heard the announcer say,

"Be very careful and watch driving on the parkway today. There

is a motorist driving the wrong way!"

She quickly called her husband on his cell to warn him. When

she reached him, she informed him of the news, but he replied,

"Pfft, … it’s not just one driver going the wrong way. There are

hundreds of them out here doing it."

Advent is a time of waiting and preparing for God to come … at

Christmas, as well as at the final fulfillment of time. And as we

wait and prepare for God to come, we are also called to repent.

Biblically speaking, to repent doesn’t mean

to feel sorry about or regret something. Ra-

ther, it means to turn - to turn around 180

degrees and go the right way. It means to

undergo a complete change of mind, heart,

and direction - to turn away from selfishness,

meanness, shallowness, and indifference,

and to turn towards the compassion, kindness, civility, and hope

that we all have in us at our best.

So join us this Advent as we wait, ... and prepare, ... and exam-

ine our lives, … and repent. - Pastor Micah

ANSWERS: 1) Silent Night; 2) Let It Snow; 3) Little Drummer Boy; 4) Deck the Halls; 5) It Came Upon a Midnight Clear; 6) Go, Tell It on the Mountain; 7) We Three Kings; 8) Noel; 9) Do You Hear What I Hear?; 10) O Come, All Ye Faithful; 11) Frosty the Snowman; 12) The Nutcracker Suite; 13) Away in a Manger; 14) Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; 15) Grand-ma Got Ran Over by a Reindeer

WELCA Bible Study Monday, December 2nd Faith Lutheran, Syosset

10:00 am

The Giving Tree

Gifts due at church

by Friday, December 6th.

Volunteers needed to help wrap

on Saturday, December 7th

at 9:30 a.m.

For any questions, please call Barbara Puleio at (516) 795-6450

Council Meeting

Tuesday, December 10th

7:30 p.m.

Christmas Caroling Sunday, December 15th

@ 12-noon (after Coffee Hour)

A group of us will gather to go Christ-mas Caroling. Please join us as we have fun singing and spreading the joy to others during this holiday sea-son!

INSIDE Christmas Decorating Saturday, December 21st

Starting at 9:30 a.m.

Help us get ready for our Christmas celebration. Please

contact Jo Ann Justus @ 516-541-7127 if you’re interest-

ed in helping out. Thank you.

King David Fellowship

Saturday, December 21st 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Food, fellowship & a place for all. Join this fun Christian get-together (at the Hilsenbeck’s, 32 New York Ave., Massapequa). Please RSVP to Gloria Thorsen, hostess, (516) 799-8517, or Reverend Juanita & Walt Hilsenbeck (516) 541-5624. All are welcome.

Our Sunday School’s

Christmas Pageant

Sunday, December 22nd

at the 10 a.m. service

followed by a Christmas Party

Please be sure to join us, as this is surely a special event for our children every year.

Children scheduled to be in the pageant should arrive by 9:00 am.

** Our Pageant Rehearsals are during Sunday School and following worship until the pageant.

“Longest Night / Blue Christmas”

Service

Sunday, December 22nd at the 4 p.m. service

The holidays can be a sad and painful time for some. In this special service of Holy Communion, we’ll be offering prayers for healing, for comfort, and for God’s light to break into the dark times of our lives.

Christmas Eve Tuesday, December 24th

4:00 p.m. Young Family Service

7:00 p.m. Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

10:00 p.m. Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

Christmas Day Wednesday, December 25th

10:00 a.m. Christmas Day Service

We give thanks to all who remembered & honored

their friends & loved ones

with a special gift to St. David’s

over the past month.

In loving memory of Helen Hayes

by Richard Von Bargen,

the Ryan Family, and Roberta Cooperman

Weekly Worship Schedule: Sundays @ 10 a.m.

w/ ASL Interpretation & Kids’ Message/Sunday School

Sundays @ 4 p.m. If you miss Sunday morning,

you now have a way to still make it to church.

Why not give this simplified & casual service a try?

Church Choir Practices Sundays @ 9 a.m.

Join the fun.

Come when you can.

Sing when you’re able.

After worship

on Sunday mornings,

please join us downstairs

for food & fellowship:

December Hosts: December 1st: No Coffee Hour (Thanksgiving)

December 8th: Deaf Ministry

December 15th: Maddie & Aimee Brower

December 22nd: Education (Christmas Weekend)

December 29th: Still Open

Needed Supplies Include: Coffee, Tea,

Soft Drinks, Cookies, Cake, etc.

** Hosting opportunities available for the New Year

Sign-up sheet will be posted in the lobby for open

dates. Thank you.

Planning Tools: Our annual Stewardship Emphasis

is over, but if you haven’t yet,

please send in your “Commitment

Cards” & “Time & Talent Sheets.”

They truly are important & helpful tools as we plan

for 2020. Extra copies are available in the back of

the church or in the church office. Thank you.

St. David’s

Preschool

News

Our Thanksgiving Feast was a lovely time for all the St. David’s Preschool families to gather together. What a blessing!

The Fall Fundraiser was a huge suc-cess. A special thanks goes out for your continued support.

Up next: Wednesday, December 18th @ 10:30 am, please join us for a wonderful Christmas Presentation to be held in the Chapel, performed by all of our preschoolers (followed by a gathering in the Fellowship Hall).

A very merry Christmas and a fantas-tic New Year to all!

- Mrs. Smith & the Preschool Team

Our Life Together at St. David’s

Council Highlights:

New Logo for St. David’s: The new logo is

currently being used on the website, letterhead

& communication correspondence, and in the

newsletter. We are also in the process of de-

signing new t-shirts and other promotional ma-

terials.

Preschool: Enrollment is up this calendar

school year; a total of 53 students throughout

the three age groups of classes.

The Murder Mystery Dinner: Tickets were

sold out. Our own Joe DiPretoro will do most

of the cooking. Thanks to Gary Naylor & the

Stewardship Committee and Janis Garone &

the Fellowship Committee for all their planning

and preparations.

Increasing Involvement & Participation: A

large part of our Council meeting was spent

brainstorming ideas on how to encourage more

involvement in our various ministries and activi-

ties with the life of our community. This will be

an ongoing emphasis in 2020.

To Contact

Us:

St. David's Lutheran Church 20 Clark Boulevard Massapequa Park, New York 11762

Church: (516) 799-7832

Preschool: (516) 799-5824

E-mail: parishsecy@stdavidslutheran.net

For December:

“Soldiers’ Angels”