Thus week's announcements:
Good morning and happy Sunday! Welcome to our November 17th, 2019 service from La Jolla Presbyterian Church.
Today Rev. Dr. Paul Cunningham is preaching. Paul’s sermon is titled, “Wrapping It All Up” it’s the 10th and final week of the Fall sermon series titled, “Stranger in a Strange Land - Finding Hope in 1st Peter”. Today we’re looking at 1 Peter chapter 5, verses 6-11. We’ll spend some time talking about he devil, and Peters closing charge to the Church living far from home. If you would like to connect with our church, you can find our website at LJPres.org. We hope to see lives transformed by a relationship with Jesus, and we strive to be a place where you experience and are able to express that transforming love of Christ.
The holidays can be a difficult time for those who have suffered the loss of a loved one. If you’ve experienced a loss this year, and the holidays are looking different, we invite you to our Blue Christmas service of Remembrance Friday, December 6th, at 3pm in room LC1 & the Chapel. Family members and friends are welcome. Please RSVP to Laura Mitchell at mitchls4@gmail.com.
Women of all ages are invited to the women’s Christmas Tea on Saturday, December 7th, from 10 to 11:30am in Fellowship Hall. Join us for a Christmas tea with caroling, cookie decorating, and a Christmas story. Daughters and granddaughters welcome. Tea/coffee and light brunch included. For more information, contact Lindsay Ochello at lindsayochello@gmail.com.
The best catalog of the season, the Mission Partner Catalog is now available. It has gifts for everyone on your shopping list. Explore the catalog through the end of the year and see all the opportunities for creative gift giving and ways to bless 30 mission partners plus, there are child sponsoring opportunities in Belize, Mexico and Malawi.
Finally, LJPC recently made a decision to go green with solar panels. Donations have exceeded $250,000 and we are hoping to payoff the debt by 2020. Generous donors have offered a $50,000 matching gift, for all new gifts received before the end of November. Please consider making a onetime donation, beyond your normal giving, to help us meet this goal. What a blessing! There are pledge cards in the pews and office, and it’s safe and easy to give online. Look for the blus “Donate” button toward the bottom of any page on the website, ljpres.org.
You can find a complete listing of what’s going on around La Jolla Pres on our website at ljpres.org, that’s l-j-p-r-e-s dot o-r-g, or call the church office at (858) 454-0713. We hope you have a wonderful week full of many blessings, and we hope to see you soon!
