Many of you have asked about helping with food for the holidays. This year we are preparing boxes with fresh foods. If you would like to provide a full box for a family, the cost is $30, or you can provide the meat for a box for $15. Your donations to the Thrift Shoppe enable us to make top quality items available at very reasonable prices. When you think of North Raleigh Ministries, please think of the difference you are making in the lives of your neighbors.

The Annual Meeting of the Parish is set for Sunday, December 3rd following the 11 AM Service in the Church. We will celebrate both the 9 AM and the 11 AM Services and then remain in the Church for the Annual Meeting. There will be no Coffee Hour on that day. There will be child care available for the Annual Meeting. We really would like to have all parishioners take part in the Annual Meeting and exercise their privilege to vote on the business matters of the Parish and read the annual reports of the Parish organizations. To vote at an Annual Meeting, one must be an adult (at least 16 years old) confirmed Communicant.

The Youth Group will be sponsoring the Angel Tree again this year. We will be collecting gifts from families working with the Episcopal Housing Ministry. Please choose a name from the tree beginning next Sunday, November 19th, fill out the form next to the tree and select some items from their “Wish List”. We will have a Potluck Supper and Gift Wrapping Party on Sunday, December 3rd at 6:00 PM. This is a wonderful way to help make a happy Christmas for someone less fortunate. Also, mark your calendars for Saturday, December 2nd. The Youth Group will be offering Babysitting Services from 9 AM until noon. We will make Christmas Crafts and give you an opportunity to prepare for the holidays. We will also be taking orders for Advent Wreaths which will be available for you to pick up on Sunday, December 3rd. We are a busy group and welcome any young people between 6th and 12th grade to join us at our meetings on the 1st and 3rd Sundays from 4-6 PM.

The response to the Every Member Canvass has been a great blessing. The number of children, newcomers and long-time members who have pledged to St. Timothy’s is a wonderful sign of our commitment and love of our parish. Thank you to everyone who has already given. There are still many yet to be canvassed. If you have not returned your pledge card, please complete it and return it in the self-addressed envelope that accompanied it when it was mailed to you. If you need another card, or if your children need a Children’s Pledge Card, we will have some on the tables in the narthex. The Vestry is trying to complete the Canvass of the entire parish by the end of November, so please bring or mail your pledge card to the Parish Office or place it in the alms basin as it is passed during the Offertory on Sunday. Thank you again for your generous gifts of time, talent and treasure to our Church.

The Event Calendar at sttimothyschurch.org is located in the sidebar directly beneath the Information at a Glance pages. Move your mouse cursor over any calendar day to view the day’s events. The Event Calendar will be updated monthly and on an as-needed basis.

‘Tis the season for cooking and baking! We’re here to help. Purchase your copy today of the ECW Cookbook, Feeding the Flock, for only $10.00. They’re also great for gift giving, so take advantage of our buy-four-get-one-free holiday special. Don’t forget our next meeting is this Tuesday, November 14th, at 7:00 PM in the parlor. In addition to our discussion, we’ll start planning for our chili cook-off in February. All ladies are welcome. We look forward to seeing you! If you have any questions about the ECW, call Alexis Booth at 303-3282.

You are cordially invited to attend St. Timothy’s Christmas Gift Market…a scrumptious shopping affair featuring some of Raleigh’s premier artists and retailers representing virtually every category of goods imaginable!! The Christmas Gift Market will be open today (November 11) from 9 AM to 5 PM at St. Timothy’s Gymnasium. Admission is free. Parking is available at St. Timothy’s School.

We celebrate Thanksgiving with the other churches in the neighborhood. This year we will celebrate with St. Mark’s Methodist Church, Grace Lutheran Church, Trinity Baptist Church and Hudson Memorial Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, November 21st at 7:00 PM at St. Mark’s Church on Six Forks Road. Please come and join the other members of these churches and their choirs as we thank God for all that He has given us.

The members of the St. Anne’s Chapter of the ECW will hold a pre-Thanksgiving Bake Sale during Coffee Hour on Sunday, November 19th. There will be items available after both the 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM services on that day.