This Weekend @ B.A.S.I.C.

Greetings All! I hope that everyone is having a fantastic Monday morning. This weekend was a busy one with the B.A.S.I.C. crew. We had several great activities that went on. On Friday night we had another installment in our Coffee House series. Our speaker was Fr. John from St Mary's of Orchard Lake. Our discussion focused on what is the meaning of advent. We covered topics ranging from the history of advent, the history of the advent wreath, and why do we have the pink candle (or dusty rose as Fr. Mark likes to say). If you were unable to make the coffee house and are curious as to the answers to these questions, just ask!

Our Saturday started bright and early with the service project at St. Jude's. It was a truly phenomenal experience. We sorted clothes and food for those that are less fortunate then us and of course we had fun in the process. St. Jude's appreciated our help and appreciated us being there so much that they have extended an open invitation for us to come back and help out anytime. Once we were done at St. Jude's we came back to the church for the December Lunch 'n Learn, this months topic was Social Justice and Charity. We had great discussion and amazing soup and chili. A special thanks to Barney and Marianne for organizing the service project, and a huge special thank you to all the moms that put the "lunch" in Lunch 'n Learn by providing the chicken noodle soup and chili.

We ended our weekend on a good note with the B.A.S.I.C. night on Sunday. The night was titled "Schedule This" and we focused on practical ways that we can included God into our every day lives. We had some really great discussion on this topic and had a great time.

Some things to keep in mind that are coming up really quick:

TONIGHT is the Monday Night Praise and Worship
This THURSDAY is the Sounds of Christmas Concert
There is still time to sign up for the ski trip, slips are due WEDNESDAY
Bible Study hosted by JT and Barney is going to be starting over Christmas break, check the B.A.S.I.C. board for more information
Rainbow Registration packets are now available, pick them up on the B.A.S.I.C. board or get them from Dave ... Rainbow is a great time I encourage you all to think about going

Sunday December 21 is the B.A.S.I.C. Christmas Party!! Bring your friends, all of them, this is a Pajama Party so wear your most festive Christmas pajamas, or your fanciest footy pajamas, polk-a-dots, stripes, cowboys and indians, and pajamas of all colors are welcome as well.

I hope everyone has a great week, and hope to see you all real soon!