Family Communion
Experience Journal
MPC has created a fun booklet that is designed to help parents and children learn together the significance of communion. As a family, you can spend time together doing a variety of activities that will help you understand why we take Communion and what it means. Some of the activities include: watching the movie "The Prince of Egypt" and making unleavened bread together. It is our hope that we can provide some meaningful family time centered around faith issues. You can pick the booklet up from The Church Office or from Valynn Smith Blessings!

You are invited to come and
experience the music of Africa!

The Ugandan Orphans Choir
will be performing at MPC
for both services on Feb 12

The talented children of the Ugandan Orphans Choir are known for their amazing abilities to sing, dance and drum. Be sure to bring your family and friends to be a part of this unforgettable cultural encounter!.

Call for Associate Pastor

MPC through our North Puget Sound Presbytery has put out a call for an Associate Pastor. It is the hope of the Pastor Nominating Committee of MPC that this call will be filled mid-April. May the committee and those responding to this call be in the prayers of all God’s people.

If interested in this position, please click here for the
Church Information Form #: 08942.AA2.

You can also find out more by reading the
Job Description and the MPC Information Form

This year’s
Vacation Bible School
July 16 -20
For ages 4 years – 5th grade
No charge, but donations are gratefully accepted

Hilltoppers
Last Tuesday, at 11:45

Join your friends in Hilltoppers on the last Tuesday of the month at 11:45 a.m. for a lovely lunch provided by our own MPC Tea Ladies and a program. Sign up in the East Room today. Cost of lunch is $7. Yearly dues are still being collected, they are $12. For more information contact Roxie Bender; (425) 347-6795.

Tea Time

January 21, 11:30 - 2:30 is the first MPC Tea Ladies tea time of 2012! What better way to celebrate the birth of a new year than with this month’s special dessert treat: ice cream and cake! Large parties may make an advance reservation by calling Mim: (425) 355-9656. Proceeds benefit the annual event, “Romp to Stomp Out Breast Cancer”. Suggested donation: $6. See you there!

Food Bank Needs
The following items are urgently needed to stock the Mukilteo Food Bank shelves:

• peanut butter
• jam and jelly
• canned green beans
• canned corn
• canned peas
• canned fruit
• pasta
• spaghetti sauce
• canned soups

Donations may be made in the bin near the Nursery on Sundays or by arrangement during the week. Please contact food bank volunteers through the Church Office: (425) 355-2802.

New Connections Center
Welcome Others to MPC!
Do you like to meet new people, enjoy sharing information about our church, or even just visiting after service on Sundays? Plans for a new Connections Center in the East Room are underway. Volunteers are needed to staff the Connections Center fifteen minutes before and after services. Those wishing to help are encouraged to contact Caroline George: (509) 949-2081, or June Quick: (334) 750-9365.

Ushers, Greeters and Coordinator Needed
Thanks to all who have graciously agreed to serve as ushers and greeters during the Autumn. Ushers and greeters are still needed for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services. In addition, there is a need for someone to coordinate and schedule ushers and greeters, for first service only, in the new year. Please contact Tom Salmon, (425) 212-2657 or tom@mpclife.com, if you can help.

Fall New Members/Inquirers’ Class Forming Now
Pastor Mark Smith invites all those interested in formally joining Mukilteo Presbyterian Church to attend a New Members/Inquirers’ Class on Sundays November 13 and November 27, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. in the Discipleship Center. Come and find out what it means to be a Presbyterian and to be a member of the MPC church family! Please call the office to reserve your spot: (425) 355-2802.

MOPS Meeting
Tuesday, November 1

MPC MOPS meets this coming Tuesday, November 1, at 9:15 a.m. in the Sanctuary. Enjoy breakfast and fellowship. This time the program will be given by Barb Everett, speaking on, “Raising Giving Kids In a Taking World”. All mothers of preschool aged children are welcome to attend. Childcare is provided. MPC MOPS wishes to thank our wonderful MOPS Mentor Moms for their gracious mentoring and out dedicated Moppets for their dependable childcare.

Make a Prayer Shawl

Those who can knit, crochet or sew are needed to help in the creation of MPC prayer shawls. These lovingly hand made shawls provide calming comfort for those who are ill or in distress. Please contact the church office: (425) 355-2802, or Sue Hoppe for materials or more information: sue.hoppe@frontier.com,(425) 347-2380.

MPC Brunch Bunch
Brunch Bunch in November will be held at Janbo Chinese Restaurant, 10 SE Everett Mall Way, Suite D. Meet there for a great brunch on Sunday, November 13 at 11:00 a.m. Contact Kathy Fry for reservations: (425) 299-8112.

Library News

Here are more great items to check out at the MPC Library, located in the Discipleship Center and graciously tended and staffed by MPC Librarians, Jackye and Gerry Reams:
SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS: WHAT PEOPLE WHO ARE GRIEVING WISH YOU KNEW (155.93 KING) - Title says it all.
LIVING THE VISION: BECOMING A MULTICULTURAL CHURCH (DVD 285 LIVING) - Produced by the National Ministries Division of Evangelism and Witness of PC(USA), "lets you hear from leading practitioners in this type of ministry...into multicultural churches scattered across this country."
REOPENING THE BACK DOOR (253 HAUGK 1992) - Answers some of the questions about ministering to inactive members in our congregations.
A DAUGHTER'S DEVOTION (F MACDONALD) - "Scotland's master storyteller allows his memorable characters ...to serve as models...all must eventually stand before God in the silence of their own hearts." We have quite an extensive collection of MacDonald's fiction, including some retold for today's reader by Michael Phillips

Investment Opportunity
Over the past few months you were asked to prayerfully consider investing with the Presbyterian Investment and Loan Program - and you responded generously! As a result, our mortgage interest rate was reduced 1% for a savings of $7,700 this year. Thank you, MPC family, for your faithful and generous support of MPC’s mission and ministries. We are truly blessed! -from Sandy O’Connor