CHURCH NEWS
Continued thanks goes to Canfora Bakery 1100 E Oklahoma Ave 486-7747 and the Country Maid Outlet Store 1919 S K.K. Ave 383-3970 for their generous and consistent donations to our Soup Kitchen.

SOUP KITCHEN
The Soup Kitchen continues to welcome volunteers. People to help coordinate clean up one day a month, and a shopper with a vehicle who is available during weekdays. Please talk to Karen Emmons if you are interested in volunteering and have any questions. With YOU we need to do it!
Food Pantry Items
If you have any non-perishable food items you'd like to donate to Unity's food Pantry, please drop them in the food pantry bin located in the Fellowship Hall. Thank you

Wish List
If you have any items listed below that you’d like to donate, please drop them off in the office, 9am-2pm, Monday thru Thursday or on Sunday Morning. For Outreach: travel sized shampoo and conditioner; unused travel sized soap; deodorant; blankets, and sleeping bags, men’s new underwear. Sizes 30-36, and men’s socks. For Worship & Music: Bells and Cases. Women of Unity: cash box

Help Decorate Unity for Christmas
On Friday evening, December 11th at 7:00 pm, we will be decorating the church for Christmas. Help us beautify Unity for this festive season. Bring a treat to pass such as cookies, crackers, candy, sausage or cheese for when the work is done. In past years we were done in two to three hours. Come join the fun.

PRAYER CHAIN
The Prayer Chain is looking for additional people to pray for those on the prayer list. No meetings are involved. Pray at will, whenever, where ever you want at your convenience. When someone is ill and requests to go on the prayer list, which is different from the list in the announcement pages, the prayer chain begins in the form of a phone chain. When the last person on the phone chain receives the message, the phone chain Captain is then called to make them aware that the message was received. Please contact Kaye Karcher at 489-9035 if you are interested.

OPEN DOOR FREE CLINIC
Open Door Free Clinic- www.opendoorfreeclinic.org.
The Open Door Free Clinic (for the uninsured and underinsured; ages 19 thru 64) will be open every Wednesday. Sign in begins at 5:00pm.The medical staff will see patients from 6:00 to 8:30pm.Phone 481-1778.

Now featured in the Journal Sentinel at:
http://www.jsonline.com/features/religion/70084467.html

BOOK CLUB
Unity is reading Tuesdays with Morrieby Mitch Albom.It is the story of an old man, a young man and life's lessons. It is a small book with many thoughtful ideas. Please join us on Sunday, December 6th at 3:00 at Anodyne Coffee Roasting Co.

There will also be Christmas Caroling in December –
Watch the bulletins for more information or check the online Calendar.
924 SWe pray for the following people this month:
Carl Lemke (member), Bob Polgar (member), Dorothy Hellrung (member), Jeff Tessmer (son of Ron and Marge), Kaye Karcher (member), Dorothy Lau (member), Jaci Hoppe (Daughter-in-law of Irene Hoppe), Keith Mueller (son of Dorothy Mueller), Geraldine Mazur (member), Ruth McVann (Owen’s mother), Jenny Crain (Friend of Ron & Alice Winkler), Butch Hurney (Kaye Karcher’s Son), The Lettenberger family(friends of Krista),Mrs. Peterson (friend of Amy Phillips), Jamie Isome (friend of JJ Kornreich), Toni Fare and Sara Fare (members), Ann Berninger (member), Willis Murguia (member), Dawn Miller (Dale Davis’ Sister), Ian Magolan (member), Lloyd & Jackie Grouse (members), Norman Lindemeyer (Brother of Michael Lindemeyer), Jean Walker (member), The Walter Family (Lloyd and Jackie Grouse’s Daughter’s family), Lindsey Sexton (member), Terri Weber (friend of Lori Jameson), Katie Bluntson (Lloyd & Jackie Grouse’s granddaughter), Marlene Vitale (friend of the Grouse’s), Walter & Robert & Clifford Liebherr (Brothers of Bernice Liebherr), Justin Smith (Wayne Pratis’ neighbor), Craig Caywood (member), Tom Dishaw (member), Cindy Lone-Pratis (member), Bernice Gutsch (member), Betty Bodi (AAC member), Terry Meadough (friend of Krista Emmons), Laura Whaite (member), Bud Polacheck (member), and Grandpa Ray (Andy Wegner’s grandfather), Lisa Jole (postal carrier’s sister), Albert Jilek (Leona Bjugstad’s father), and the family and friends of Orville Lindberg (member).
Please notify the office when a name can be removed from the prayer list.
. Kinnicknnic Ave.Any questions contact Jody at 423-7191

Women’s Bible Study
The Women of Unity’s Bible Study will be held every second Tuesday at 5:30pm.Get a meal at the Soup Kitchen and then meet in the Library for an hour of study and discussion. Please call Jackie Grouse at 384-4081 with any questions. Hope to see you there!

ADVENT & CHRISTMAS WORSHIP
By Ron Winkler
You don’t need me to tell you what season it is. In addition to the ads in the paper and on tv, you’re probably being bombarded with Christmas music everywhere you listen. It’s looked a lot like Christmas in the stores since Halloween or in some cases, before Halloween.
For the Christian Church, we are in the season of Advent, which is the four Sundays before Christmas. It is a time of planning and meditation in preparation for the birth of the King of Kings. During Advent, we read the words of the prophets who foretold comfort for God’s people and the coming of the Messiah.
During worship on Sunday, December 13th, we will present From the Dark to the Light, a service of lessons and carols for Advent. The readings from the prophets (lessons) will be interspersed with choir anthems and congregational hymns (carols).
The next week, the Sunday School will present the Christmas story through the eyes of children on Sunday, December 20th during the 9:00 am worship service.
Our Christmas Eve Service on Thursday, December 24th at 7:00 pm has been named Once Upon a Christmas. This will be a service of lessons and carols; it will be the reading of the Christmas story (lessons) interspersed with choir anthems and congregational Christmas hymns (carols).
Our Christmas Festival Service will be on Friday, December 25th at 10:00 am.
Then on Sunday, December 27th our 9:00 am worship will feature This Little Babe, another service of lessons and carols. It will be the same story, but with different carols. We hope that you will join us and bring your family and friends. There will be communion at all services.

ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS AT UNITY

Sunday, December 6th
Second Sunday in Advent, 9:00 am worship
Friday, December 11th
Decorate church for Christmas, 7:00 pm
Sunday, December 13th
Third Sunday in Advent, 9:00 am, From the Dark to the Light (Advent Lessons and Carols)
Sunday, December 20th
Fourth Sunday in Advent, 9:00 am, Sunday School Christmas Program
Thursday, December 24th
Christmas Eve, 7:00 pm, Once Upon a Christmas (Service of Lessons and Carols)
Friday, December 25th
Christmas Day, 10:00 am, Festival Service
Sunday, December 27th
Sunday after Christmas, 9:00 am, This Little Babe (Christmas Lessons and Carols)
The Sunday School Christmas program this year is “On Our Way to Bethlehem.”The program is scheduled for Sunday, December 20th during the 9:00 worship service.Students will work with Laura today to determine speaking parts and solos.Please contact Laura if you would like your child/children to practice with a CD during the week.Words to the music are now available to take home.