Servants in December

Monday, December 4th – Progressive Dinner
The Progressive Dinner is a tradition that started in medieval England. A group of families would each host one course of a meal, with everyone starting at one house and traveling en masse to the next. Of course, back then the houses were 15 miles apart, so the entire meal took a month and a half, and by the second course all the food had rotted.
Modern engineering has streamlined the process so that now the entire meal takes a mere hour and a half. We’ll meet at the church promptly at 6:15pm and head immediately to the first house at 6:30pm.

Sunday, December 10th – Girls and Guys Nights
Servants Girls Group
Join us for a Christmas party at Brooke’s apartment from 7-8:30. Come for some or all of the fun as we listen to Christmas music, make a few Christmas crafts, eat Christmas cookies, and maybe watch a Christmas movie or show! Friends are always welcome! Brooke lives at 2112 Sherman Avenue Apartment #2E in Evanston. For a ride, directions, or with any questions, contact Brooke at (847) 441-3400 x27 or brooke@wcc-joinus.org

Guys' Night Out
We'll be going out to the movies! The movie in question will be one of the following:
Casino Royale (see James Bond earn his first spy merit badge)
For Your Consideration (from the makers of Waiting for Guffman and A Mighty Wind)
Deja Vu (time travel movie starring Denzel Washington)
DOA: Dead or Alive (a movie based on a video game; how could it possibly be bad?)
Please RSVP with your 1st and 2nd choice of movie! I'll pick the movie that the most people want to see; the time will be whatever is closest to 7pm.

Monday, December 11th – Christmas Party/White Elephant Gift Exchange
The White Elephant gift exchange is a tradition that started in medieval France. In those days, a group of friends would each give a white elephant, or elephant blanc to each other every Christmas. Unfortunately, after the first few years, most houses ran out of space and fell into abject poverty due to the cost of feeding several elephants. It was an entirely ridiculous tradition.
These days, rather than go through the difficulty of finding and ordering actual white elephants, we instead bring a wrapped gift of dubious value and exchange them in an unnecessarily complicated ritual that borders on Byzantine in its complexity. Gifts should be in the range of $10-$15.

Saturday December 16th – Wish Tree Delivery (and Christmas pageant rehearsal in the morning)
We will need all hands on deck as we pack up all our Wish Tree gifts and take them down to unload at Good News Community Kitchen. Plus, this can count towards a service project for the Mission Trip! We hope you will all join us from 12:00—until we finish, or any part of that time (lunch will be provided). Let us know when you can be there! This year we are going to actually help distribute gifts to the families so you won't want to miss it!

Sunday December 17th – Christmas Pageant at 10:30 service (NOT in the afternoon!)
If you are going to be in the Pageant then you will definitely be there! If you are not in the Pageant then you are missing out on lots of fun, but you can come and support lots of your friends as they sing and tell the Christmas story during worship

Monday, December 18th – Servants Reunion
The Servants Reunion is a tradition that started in medieval Winnetka. Back then, the Servants youth group did not yet exist, and attendance was thus generally quite poor. These days, there is a Servants youth group, and alumni are invited to return and impart their college-learned wisdom on the current Servants members. There will be drinks and hors d’oeuvres.
All Servants past, present and future are invited to attend (future Servants are asked not to reveal any information about the future to avoid creating a rift in the space-time continuum).

Monday, December 25th – No Servants
We aren’t having Servants today. Merry Christmas!

Tuesday, December 26th – Boxing Day (Canada Only)
Be on the look-out for Canadians with boxing gloves.