December has arrived and it's time to prepare for Christmas. The choir is getting ready for their concert on Sunday, December 13 at 4:00. The Sunday School children and teachers are hard at work on special Christmas projects: wreath making, cookie baking and ornament creating. The first rehearsal for the pageant, which will take place on Christmas Eve at 5:00, is on Sunday after our 10:30 service. Scripts will be handed out and major roles assigned. Along with these activities, an important inner task is also underway. You are preparing yourself emotionally and spiritually for the coming of Christmas. Think about people that are most important to you. Do little things to help people in need. Take time to step back and observe the joy that is unfolding. Make gratitude a practice everyday. Use love to smooth out the rough places this holiday season. Advent is a time of light, a time when that single match or spark can banish the darkness. Nurish the flame and enjoy the growing pulse of Advent.
St. Philip's Church in the Highlands
Here at St. Philip's, we have a close relationship with both the Philipstown Food Pantry, which is housed in the Presbyterian Church in Cold Spring, and the food pantry in Peekskill that is run by the Salvation Army. There are two ways to help. The first is to bring a donation of non-perishable food items to church on Sunday. Especially helpful are hearty items like spaghetti sauce, canned stew, tuna fish, pork and beans, soup, cereal and instant oatmeal. The second way to help is to write a check to St. Philip's and to designate on the check that it is for the local food pantries. You may either mail it to the church or put it in the collection plate on Sunday. These funds will be used to purchase perishable food items in bulk at discount prices. |  The Rev. Frank Geer
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