 Advent devotional. If you are interested in writing an Advent devotion this year which will be emailed to members during Advent, please contact Pastor Nick.
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 The Angel Tree has five angels left—children from our sister congregation, San Gabriel Lutheran Church in Alvarado. Please select a child or two and shop using the list provided. Wrap and return your presents with the white angel gift tag attached by Sunday, December 16. If you have questions, please contact Lori Anderson.
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 Property workday. Please help us get our property ready for Christmas. We will have a property workday on Saturday December 15 at 9:00 a.m. All are welcome!
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The choir and orchestra will present Joel Raney's cantata "Love Came Down at Christmas" on Sunday, December 23. There will be a single worship service that Sunday at 10:00 a.m. Invite your family and friends!
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Ronald McDonald House. Abiding Grace will be providing dinner to families staying at the Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth on Sunday, January 13, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. The Ronald McDonald House is a “home-away-from-home” for families of seriously ill children at Cook Children's Medical Center. We need a minimum of 5 people and a maximum of 15 people to serve on this day. All volunteers must be 14 years or older. If you would like to volunteer please sign up at the Outreach kiosk. More information is available online, and for questions, please see Lori Anderson.
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 Ornament exchange. Calling all ladies, Kim Riley is hosting the annual ornament exchange at her home on Tuesday, December 11, at 6:30 p.m. Please bring a new, wrapped ornament to exchange and a salad, appetizer, or dessert to share. Details can be found at the Fellowship kiosk.
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The annual Advent Dinner and Variety Show was held last Sunday. Thanks to the Fellowship Committee and all their helpers in providing everyone with a lovely evening! Special thanks to Men's Group who smoked hams and fried turkeys, all the talented performers, and our guest emcee Alissa Peters who flew in from Chicago (she reported that 'boy, her arms were tired'). Photos and videos are available online.
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 AmazonSmile. As a reminder, if your holiday shopping takes you to Amazon, please use AmazonSmile—0.5% of the purchase price of all eligible purchases you make will be donated to Abiding Grace at no cost to you. Sign in to your Amazon account at http://smile.amazon.com/ch/32-0313440 to use.
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 Keep in prayer. Please keep the following people in your prayers: Samantha, Ron, Debbie, Alan, Jerry, LaRue, Gary, Pam, Lorraine, Berniece, Buddy, Darla, Piper family, Mishoe family, Brenda and Kelly, Joan, Virginia, Lara and Gabe, Sean, Gae, Peters family, Adam, Bria, Troy, Jett, Jillian, Corbin, D, and Roger.
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