This Week's Announcements:
This Sunday in the Courtyard, is the annual Mission Gift Market. From 9:30 to 11:30am You can support our partners by giving a Christmas Present as a donation in someone’s honor. You can adopt a newly arrived refugee family for Christmas. You can help kids get prizes as they connect with our partners. There will be coffee and goodies for you to enjoy. Are you interested in volunteer opportunities? Are you considering a mission trip? Be sure to come to the Market today, 9:30-11:45am
During the service, Paul will interview Paulino Paida. Paulino is a member of La Jolla Presbyterian Church, and is originally from South Sudan. He recently served as Consultant on Organizational Capacity Building for the South Sudan Commission for Refugee Affairs. The Commission was established in 2013 to provide protection and oversight to refugees and asylum seekers in the Republic of South Sudan. Prior to this position, Paulino worked as a Refugee Health Coordinator for the County of San Diego, and before immigrating to San Diego as a refugee in 1999, Paulino had served as a United Nations Volunteer in the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Nairobi, Kenya.
Also this Sunday, November 13th, at 10:00am there will be a special one time Holiday Grief Class. The holiday season is anything but festive when we are grieving the loss of someone or something. If your heavy heart has you wanting to skip over Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s, join Pastor Scott and others for this class upstairs in room LC3
The ongoing discussion on Science and Faith will continue on November 17th. Guest Speaker Jim Brailean, PhD in Electrical Engineering, talks about his faith journey. College and Post-Graduate Students invited to dinner at 7pm. Lecture and discussion (open to everyone) at 7:45pm in Fellowship Hall.
