This week: Sabbath, December 19, 2009 – Loren Seibold - Christmas for the Common Man   This Sabbath is Children's Church! Anyone between the ages of 4-15 is invited to meet Pastor Bob in the fellowship hall following Sabbath school for a program designed just for kids!   The Health Food Cupboard will be open again this Friday, December 18 and next Sunday, December 20 from 2:00-4:00. They will not reopen until January 8 so stock up now!!   Coming in the weeks ahead:  Pastor Bob's Annual Christmas Eve party takes place on; you guessed it, Christmas Eve! All are invited to this one hour get together for caroling, snacking and sharing the joy of the season. Join Pastor Bob in the fellowship hall at 6:00pm on December 24th.   Did you order citrus from the school? If so, your order will be ready for pick up on Sunday, December 20 from 1:00-3:00 in the activity center.  If you would like to help unload the truck (and take your order home early), please meet the Ouzounians at the activity center at 5:00pm Saturday evening.   Congratulations to Jonathan & Melody Koo who welcomed a new granddaughter, Emma Kailyn, to the family this week! Mom Nichole, dad Bradley and baby are doing well.   The Mount Vernon Academy Music Department would like to invite you to the annual Christmas concert featuring the Cascabel handbell choir, the Echoliers chamber choir, and the MVA Band with special guests. Together these groups will be present "The Fulfillment," praising and celebrating Jesus' first coming. Please join us for the only presentation on Saturday, December 19 at 11:00am in the Mount Vernon Hill SDA Church.   Worthington Church member, Laura Pearce, is a member of the Ohio State Universities Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow Club. This club is raising funds for some upcoming projects. They are selling Old Farmer's Almanac materials including cookbooks, calendars, almanacs (adults and kids version) and more. For pricing and a complete list of what is being offered, please contact Laura at 419-355-4268.  There is a new Vegetarian/Vegan kids group forming in the Columbus Area. Its purpose is to allow parents and guardians a way to organize Vegetarian friendly events for their kids without the usual worries of what's going to be served or that the activities my cause uneasiness for those trying to lead a Vegetarian life style. This group is not centered on any religious denomination. There are people from many different religious view points as members of the group. The focus is solely the shared Vegetarian/Vegan life style.  Anyone who is interested can review the yahoo group web page at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ColumbusVegKids/. If you have more questions, or would like to join the group, you may contact Mark Whitt at 614-898-0043 or MarkWhitt13@yahoo.com.