The Parish Annual Meeting will be held on Sunday, December 7th following the 11 AM Service in the Church. There will be no Coffee Hour on that day; child care will be available. We really would like to have all parishioners take part in the Annual Meeting and exercise their privilege to vote on the business metters of the Parish and read the annual reports of the Parish organizations. One must be an adult (at least 16 years of age) and confirmed Communicant in order to be eligible to vote at the Annual Meeting.

All Parish organizations should complete a report that should be no longer than one double-spaced typewritten page. Annual reports are due in the Parish Office by Sunday, November 30th.

The Vestry designated Sunday, November 2nd as our Every Member Canvass Sunday. Many were here to offer their pledges in thanksgiving to God for the work and witness of St. Timothy’s through 2009. The canvass will continue through November and December, and if you have yet to pledge, please complete a pledge card from the narthex. We also have children’s pledge cards for those who are younger. The Vestry will follow up with phone calls and letters until they have canvassed the entire membership. This canvass will determine the strength and power of our witness through 2009. As of November 25th, we have 197 pledges totalling $285,017.20. Our goal is to have more than 220 pledges, so if you have not completed a 2009 pledge card, now is the time!

These flowers are given either in thanksgiving for blessings received, in memory of departed loved ones, or in honor of someone special or a special event. The names will appear in the Christmas Eve bulletin. If you would like to purchase a poinsettia or poinsettias for this purpose, please complete the form enclosed in the bulletin and place it in the alms basin at the Offertory or return it to the Parish Office by Sunday, December 15th. Poinsettias are $8.75 each. Please include your phone number on the form. Forms are also available in the narthex.

It is time to “Deck the Halls”!! The ECW will be selling pre-orders for North Carolina grown white pine and fraser fir wreaths of various sizes and roping/garland for your home or business. Pick up and additional purchasing will be available Sunday, November 30th and Sunday, December 6th during Coffee Hour. ECW cookbooks will also be available for purchase throughout the Advent season. There are great recipes from the wonderful cooks of the Church, and this would make an excellent holiday gift. Thank you for your support of the ECW.

This year we will celebrate Thanksgiving with a service at Hudson Memorial Presbyterian Church on Six Forks Road on Tuesday, November 25th at 7 PM, and The Reverend Michael Frye from Grace Lutheran Church will be preaching. We will join Grace Lutheran Church, Trinity Baptist Church, St. Mark’s Methodist Church and Hudson Memorial Presbyterian Church. Please come and join other members of these churches and their choirs as we thank God for all that He has given us.

We are looking for a person in the Parish who is willing to be trained in how to use an automated external defibrillator (AED). It would be good if this person has training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). We have access to two new defibrillators in the school building and in the gymnasium, and the Vestry is considering purchasing one for the Parish Hall and the Church. The person ought to have been trained in CPR, but if not, then that training can be provided as well. The school is setting up a training session in January, so if anyone is interested, please contact Father James (787-7590) or Lori Huber, the school nurse (787-1131 Ext. 1123).

The Vestry will hold its regular monthly meeting on Thursday, November 20th at 6:30 PM in the Parlor.

The Pastoral Care Committee will hold its regular monthly meeting on Thursday, November 20th at 3:30 PM in the Parlor.

If you ever attended Saint Michael’s Conference for young people, we are trying to get in touch with you! Saint Michael’s Conference is celebrating its Fiftieth Anniversary, and we want you to be there to celebrate with us. Please go to Saint Michael’s Conference and fill in the information on the form so we can send you an invitation to the Fiftieth Anniversary Alumni Reunion. We hope you will plan to join us on Friday, July 31st at The Church of the Advent in Boston and on Saturday, August 1 for a boat trip to Thompson’s Island in Boston Harbor where the conference began. In order to make plans, we really need to know how to contact you, so please complete the form at the website listed above. We hope to see you at the 50th Anniversary Alumni Reunion. May Saint Michael and all the Angels of God watch over you.

A sign-up sheet for Christmas Pageant parts will be out on the table next to the Parish Hall entrance on November 16th and 23rd. Parts will be selected on November 23rd. Please do not sign up for a part if your family wil not be here on Christmas Eve. Children not in the Pageant will still participate in learning the Carols and making Christmas crafts in the Parish Hall during Church School.