The Youth of Philokalia had their Christmas party, Friday December 10th.  They invited the teens and young people who had attended the retreat in October, as a means of following up with new friendships.  The youth did a very good job putting together the program and the games, and decorations!  As a result, three of the young men who came to the Christmas party attended the services on Sunday. We were happy to receive them and hope they continue to come.

We are planning our family Christmas celebration for next Sunday evening (the 19th) .   There will be making of Thai sweets after the church service, and anyone who wants to participate can come and help.  I plan to go and learn another recipe for Thai desserts!   One of the teens asked me Sunday if I would bring brownies, so I guess we will have a variety of sweets!   I hope to have a few pictures for you to see next week! 

The land and its development is continuing. We are getting the last minute details finished up so we can start moving things out of the rented house, and out to the land.  We need to be out of the house by the 31st. It looks a bit daunting at this point!!

The saa paper group is working hard this week. They sold the bags and cards and (a new item) picture frames, at a new venue and did quite well.  We went out to the warehouse today and bought more paper to make more!!  We will be sending Adele another box of bags and cards soon. She has plenty of Christmas cards and bags now, if anyone wants to order some from her.

We thank you for your interest, and hope you will visit us again next week.

Blessings from Philokalia