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December 2004
Thursday,
December 2nd
Prayer Assembly
7am
The
first Thursday of each month the Los Angeles Mission joins
several hundreds friends and neighbors from the various service
providers in a prayer march. Each mission is visited. Students
and staff join in the Lord's Prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance.
Congregational prayer and worship follow. Some have described
this as a living sacrament that promotes the unity of the broken
Body of Christ in Hope Central. You're invited to attend the
Prayer March beginning at 7:00am, but call 213-629-1227 ext.
387 to find out the starting location.
Monday,
December 6th
Christmas Gift Wrapping begins
We
need to wrap over 1,500 gifts! We need volunteers to come and
wrap presents, bring tape, wrapping paper and your best holiday
cheer. You can usually hear Christmas carols coming from the
volunteer department during this time too! We need volunteers
all month to make sure everything gets wrapped in time for
Christmas.
Monday,
December 13th
Christmas Toy Shop
9am-3pm
Students
of the Los Angeles Mission’s Urban Training Institute
may visit our “Toy Shop” and pick out a gift for
their children for Christmas. We need volunteers to help turn
the Volunteer Department into a colorful toy store.
Friday,
December 24th
Christmas Street Meal
11am-3pm
This
is our annual street event, celebrating Christmas by serving
our guests traditional holiday meals. We will also be providing
Christmas gifts to all children under the age of 14 who are
present. We need almost 400 volunteers to help make this event
happen. Volunteers must be at least 12 years old and the group
limit is 10 including the leaders.
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