THIS WEEK AT ST. ANNE’S

WELCOME If you are a guest and visiting us for the first time, please join us for Hospitality Hour following the service. It’s great to have you here.

GREENING THE CHURCH FOR CHRISTMAS today, following the 10:15 service please plan to stay and help decorate the church for Advent Carol’s and Christmas Eve Mass. It’s always fun to share in the holiday spirit.

SEARCH COMMITTEE UPDATE We have placed our Parish and OTM Profiles on alternate sites as well as the National Office for Transition Ministries.  We continue to wait for responses.

MORNING PRAYER is held at 9 a.m. on Monday and Tuesday in the chapel.

EVENING PRAYER is held at 5:30 p.m. on Monday in the chapel.

MID WEEK HOLY EUCHARIST is being held on Tuesday this week at 5:30 p.m. in the chapel.

JANUARY/FEBRUARY SERVING SCHEDULE will be posted soon. If you know of a date you are not available to serve, please email office@stanneswarsaw.org.

OUTREACH MINISTRIES To realize its Mission, St. Anne’s has multiple Outreach Ministries: some ongoing and some focused in a specific month. Each ministry helps fill an important need in our community. For details on each ministry please see the St. Anne’s website or the bulletin board in Rose Hall. To donate to any ministry, please make checks payable to St. Anne’s and note the specific ministry you choose to support on the memo line. 

Current/Upcoming Outreach Ministry Events:                    

– December 14, Second Sunday Sack Lunches            

Ongoing Outreach Ministries: 

–   Beacon Pantry   –   Edgewood MS Student Lunches   –   Retired Tigers 

DECEMBER OUTREACH OF THE MONTH –HATS & MITTENS FOR TITLE I SCHOOLS Please add hats, gloves, scarves and coats to the Giving Tree in the entrance area of the church.  If you would like to give a monetary donation towards this ministry, make your check payable to St. Anne’s Church with “Giving Tree” on the memo line.                  

BLUE CHRISTMAS SERVICE will be offered to the community on Sunday, December 21, at 7 p.m. at Capstone Church, 2033 S 150 W, Warsaw, Indiana sponsored by the Greater Warsaw Ministerial Association and area churches.

DIOCESAN FEEDING MINISTRIES GRANT We have used this grant to help cover the cost of the Thanksgiving Meals. If you know of families that were not on the Warsaw Community Schools lists that need a meal, please contact Carol in the parish office.

SAMS (St. Anne’s Men’s Society) & ECW (Episcopal Church Women) We are collecting aluminum cans as a fund raiser. Cans can be brought to the church on Sundays or during the week and placed in containers in the garage behind the raised gardens.

GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP St. Anne’s has begun to sponsor a grief support group on site for   St. Anne’s members. Joy Craig and Pastor Joe are co-facilitating this group on Tuesday, January 6, 2025, from 9:30 -11:00 a.m. in the Parlor. Subsequent meetings will be identified and communicated primarily in our Sunday Bulletins. If you have experienced the death of a significant person in your life, you are welcome to participate. Contact Pastor Joe (847-363-7572) with any questions or additional concerns you may have.

REFLECTIONS BIBLE STUDY agreed to change their weekly, hour-long meeting, to Tuesdays at 11 a.m. to help accommodate the new grief support group at St. Anne’s. We are grateful for your openness to this change. If anyone would like to receive the Bible Study Guide, please contact Pastor Joe (rector@stanneswarsaw.org) with your preferred email address.

2026 FLOWER CHART To sponsor altar flowers, please sign up on the chart in Rose Hall. Flowers are $40 per arrangement; there are two per Sunday. Flowers may be given in memory, celebration or in thanksgiving. An envelope will be sent to you to fill out the information. The new chart is posted on the bulletin board in Rose Hall.

Advent IV

8 a.m. Advent Lessons and Prayers & Holy Eucharist

10:15 a.m. Advent Lessons and Carols & Holy Eucharist

December 24, 2025

7 p.m. Christmas Eve Mass