We hope you will be able to join us for St. Mary's Christmas Carol Sing following worship on the Sunday after Christmas. This will be a sing-and-learn event, as Twila Garletts will briefly explain the history or meaning behind each carol selected. You can take part in this event! Please send your favorite Christmas carol to Twila Garletts at twilagarletts@verizon.net Before you get too excited, though, there are a few restrictions. Please try to contribute a carol that hasn't

The next meeting of the book club will take place on Wednesday, December 10th at Erlis Wickersham's house. We will be discussing A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain. On January 14th our reading selection will be Hymn on the Morning of Christ's Nativity (1645) by John Milton. On February 11th we will discuss Birding to Change the World (2024) by Trish O'Kane. Everyone is cordially invited to join at any time.

A few great memories from our Fall Food Festival! Images submitted by Thomas Sean Kelleher

After the 10:00am service at Coffee Hour, Beth Tyson will be set up in the Navajo Room to help you adopt a ducky! She will also have a booth in the Fr. Greene Room throughout the festival. Every ducky has a number on the bottom, you pick your Duck(s) then Beth will take your name, $5 for each ducky or $20 for 5 duckies, and a phone number - so you do not need to be present at the drawing. On the day of the Festival, the Rector will blindly select a single Lucky Ducky at 1:30

Have you decided what you will bring to the Fall Food Festival on Saturday, November 15? The casserole you always bring to pot luck suppers?  The cookies you are famous for? Have you signed up on the volunteer sheet? Food containers and recipe cards are available in the Navajo Room. Fresh or frozen casseroles are needed in a variety of sizes.  We need your help!  Can’t cook? No problem----sign up to monitor the bouncy house or help with clean up. This is the WOSM’s yearly fun