It seems as if the holiday season is the busiest time of the year. For those of us at Lakeside Hospice, we have been very busy over the past several months. We offered our
large annual CEU in September, we had a benefit yard sale at the end of October – that included a fall festival, we offered our Good Grief class for children that finished up the week of Thanksgiving, and lest we forget, we celebrated 20 years of serving our local communities on November 18th. However, there is no slowing down for us yet.
In an effort to continue to provide care for those in our community, we will once again have our “Hope for the Holidays” get-togethers. Our schedule is:
Mt. View Baptist Church of Childersburg December 1st at 6:30 p.m. St. Clair Baptist Association Located in Ashville, AL (on the corner of Roberts Road and Hwy 231) December 4th from 2:00-4:00 p.m. Eden Westside Baptist Church December 7th at 5:15 p.m. Kilgroe Funeral Home Located in Leeds, AL ** Refreshments provided ** December 13th at 6:30 p.m. We also have special porcelain keepsake ornaments in memory or honor of your loved one(s) for sale. There are several different designs. The ornaments are $20.00 each and can be personalized with name, year, and in memory / honor of for an additional $5.00. These ornaments will now be available for purchase throughout the year; however, if you would like them by Christmas, you will need to place your order no later than December 9th. Those ornaments will be available for pick up on December 19th. For more information regarding purchasing an ornament, please call the office at 205-884-1111 or 800-427-3993.As we continue through the holiday season, the staff and volunteers at Lakeside Hospice would like to wish you and your family the merriest of Christmases. May we all remember the true meaning of Christmas – the birth of the Christ child! His birth, death, burial, and resurrection promises us hope beyond the grave.
Luke 2:4-18 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.” When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.
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