Announcements - November 15, 2015

• Church prayer meetings are held every Sunday at 10:30am at the office. All are encouraged and welcome to attend.
• Worship duties list is posted on the church website. Please contact Deacon Peter, Deacon Justin or the church secretary if you are not available for the duties. Please do not make changes on your own. Try to use offering envelopes for your tithe and offering. If you have forgotten your offering number, please contact the church office. 
• The monthly bulletin has been posted on the bulletin board in the church foyer. Please check for important church updates. 
• Operation Christmas Child filled shoebox gifts will be collected today.
• Thanks to brothers and sisters who participated in the fall clean-up last Sunday and today. Please continue in this spirit of love and care to our church family on a regular basis by keeping it clean. 
• WBC301 will start at 1:30pm today due to the fall clean up arrangement. 
• The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award program is started as a bridge to reach out to the community. It is suitable for teens and youth ages 14 - 19. Please invite youths who fall in this age group to attend and get more information about the program. If you are interested to know more about this program or in helping out, please contact the coordinator, Kenald Yu or the co-leader, Carson Lai. Also please pray for God’s guidance in the development of this new ministry.
• There will be a special outdoor activity ‘scavenger hunt’ on the afternoon of Dec. 6 co-ordinated by DEA volunteers. Brothers and sisters are invited to join. For further details contact Kenald, Carson, Jodie or Carbo. 
• For those who are new to Westside and if you have not filled out a guest record form, please get one from our ushers. Also contact Pastor Gladys or one of our SG leaders if you want to know more about us or join our small groups.
• Meditation retreat will be held on November 22. Details and sign-up sheet have been posted on the bulletin board. The church fall cleaning will commence soon, deacon Lily Liu will contact the groups accordingly and the cleaning is aimed to be done before the end of November.
• The deaconship candidate list and the election procedure have been posted on the bulletin board. Polling station will be set up on November 29 to collect the ballots from members. The opening hours of the polling station are as follow: 9:30am – 10am; the half an hour right after CM worship service and right after EM worship service until 1:30pm. Members are encouraged to vote.
• Christmas Celebration events: Clothing drive (coordinator: Maggie Leung) will be on December 6 – 13. Christmas Charity Dinner (coordinator: Deacon Keddy Au Yeung and Samson Chan) will be on December 20. Dinner tickets are $15 per adult and $8 per child age 4-10. Tickets are now available with small group leaders or deacon Peter Cheung.
• DONATIONS WANTED! Gifts to be sold at the Christmas Charity Auction are now being collected. We are accepting: new items of value; unique and valuable vintage items; and unused and non-expired gift certificates, gift cards, or gift vouchers (e.g. Groupons). Items should be new or in excellent condition. Please contact Pastor Alan for details by today. Please note that the Church reserves the right to refuse any donations, and unsold gifts will be returned to donors. Thank you for your support!