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Edition for December 6, 2025
Sunday: Second Sunday of Advent
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Annual Cookie Bake
Saturday, December 6
5:00 PM – 9:00 PM – Pine Room
Bring your favorite cookie dough, baking supplies, and decorations. We will spend the evening baking together, having fellowship, listening to Christmas music, and eating pizza! Bring containers to take samples of cookies with you!
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Christmas Poinsettias
Donations are now being accepted for the poinsettias that will be displayed in the chapel during Christmas. Donations can be made in honor of or in memory of a loved one. The list of names will be published in the Christmas Eve Mass bulletin. When making a donation for the poinsettias, please use one of the Christmas flower envelopes.
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Eucharistic Adoration
December 19 – 8 pm
Eucharistic Adoration is a time of prayer in which the faithful gather before the Blessed Sacrament, which is displayed in a monstrance, the sacred vessel that allows the consecrated Host to be visibly adored. We do participate in this practice so that hearts may rest in Christ’s real presence through silence, music, and contemplative prayer. In this quiet encounter, we are invited to reflect beyond words into a deep, interior stillness where we simply behold the Lord who loves us. This Advent, All Souls will host Eucharistic Adoration on the First and Third Fridays (December 5 and December 19, 2025, at 8:00 PM) with an hour of prayer, music, and reflection to help us prepare our hearts for the coming of Christ.
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Saturday, December 6
COOKIE BAKE
5 pm – 9 pm
Sunday, December 7
12 pm – Mass
Sunday, December 14
12 pm – Mass
Fellowship After (A-P)
Friday, December 19
8 pm – Eucharistic Adoration in Chapel
Sunday, December 21
12 pm – Mass
Greening of Chapel after mass (volunteers needed)
Tuesday, December 24
9 pm – Christmas Eve Mass
Sunday, December 28
12 pm – Mass
Fellowship After (Q-Z)
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Berks Coalition for Youth Homelessness
As part of our Outreach, each month we will begin collecting items that are on the Berks Coalition to End Homelessness Wish List. For the month of December, we will be collecting
- toothbrushes
- toothpaste,
- tampons
- sanitary napkins.
There will be a box in the vestibule where you can place the items.
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Gift Baskets/Raffle Prizes Needed for
Good Thyme for Life
March and Good Thyme for Life will be here before you know it! We are starting now to collect baskets and other prizes for our raffle as part of GTFL. If you have items to donate, but don’t have a basket or have a basket – but not good at wrapping it! Fear not – we have extra baskets and some experts at wrapping the baskets! Or if you have places that you shop, you can ask for gift certificates or other donations, (or Christmas gifts to “re-gift”) and we can combine these with other baskets/donations.
So, start bringing these in any time to mass December-February. Questions? Ask any board member.
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Helping with mass:
Ministers – ALL ARE MINISTERS
Celebrant – Rev. Henry Pruski
This week: Sunday, 12/7/25
Lay Assistant – Joan
Music – John
Reader – Vito
Greeter –
Sunday, 12/14/25
Lay Assistant – Rich
Music – Chris
Reader – Kimmie
Greeter –
Hospitality –
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Click below to prepare for mass this week or follow along virtually.
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First Reading: Isaiah 11:1-10
Responsorial: Psalm 72:1-2,7-8, -13, 17
Second Reading: Romans 15:4-9
Gospel: Matthew 3:1-12
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Question of the week: How can my family live together more harmoniously? What can I do to help make this happen?
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Advent Prayer of Hope and Light
Lord of all seasons,
As the days grow shorter and the nights stretch long, kindle in us the flame of Your hope. Let every candle we light remind us that Your light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness cannot overcome it.
Prepare our hearts to welcome You—not only in the manger, but in the quiet corners of our lives. Teach us to wait with joy, to serve with love, and to trust in Your perfect timing.
Come, Emmanuel, and make all things new.
Amen.
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Tithe, offering, and special events payment via Zelle, Venmo or PayPal:
If you would like to give electronically, please feel free to use our All Souls Zelle, Venmo, PayPal or Zelle. Zelle is preferred as there are no fees, but either service is fine.
- Zelle: look up our account using our email: allsoulsecc@gmail.com. (It will list name of our treasurer, Jerry Schearer, but it will go directly to All Souls account.)
- venmo: @AllSoulsECC
- PayPal: use the QR code to the right.
In the notes please indicate what the payment is for. Thank you for your continued support of All Souls and its ministries.
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Can’t join us in person this week? Watch the service on YouTube Live or the recording any time on YouTube. Our links are below:
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All Souls ECC | 640 Centre Ave. Reading, PA | Worshipping in the side chapel off of Oley Street | 610-621-1738 | allsoulsecc@gmail.com
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