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SPRINGDALE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

New Music Director! We're excited to announce that our new Music Director is

Dr. Warren Broome!

Dr. Broome was the long-time Music Director and Organist of

both Riviera Presbyterian Church in Miami, and Temple Beth

Sholom in Miami Beach, Florida. He has rich experience

with adult, youth and children's choirs, adult and youth bell

choirs, organ and piano. He has produced countless cantatas,

fully staged youth and adult church musical theater, and annual

“cabaret” dinner theater shows. Dr. Broome has extensive

experience in leading music in traditional, contemporary, and

"blended" services that feature a combination of praise,

global, contemporary and traditional sacred music.

In addition, Dr. Broome has served as an Associate Professor of Musical Theater at the University

of Miami; the Associate Conductor and Chorus Master of the Florida Grand Opera, where he

worked with such opera stars as Luciano Pavarotti, Beverly Sills, and others; Music Director of the

Kenley Players Summer Theater; and the Director of the Children's Opera Outreach Program of the

Florida Grand Opera.

Dr. Broome is the spouse of the Rev. Dr. Laurie Kraus, the Coordinator of Presbyterian Disaster

Assistance at the Presbyterian Center here in Louisville.

Warren brings a real depth of experience in music direction and vocal training, and a passion for

excellence in music, that will richly bless both the individual music ensembles and the congregation

at large. He will begin to serve as our Music Director on November 1. If you haven't had an

opportunity to meet him yet during the rehearsals and worship services that he's already been a part

of, please be sure to give him a warm welcome into the Springdale family after he joins us in

November!

All Saints’ Sunday We will be remembering all saints on Sunday, November 5. We are asking for congregants to participate in the lighting of candles in memory of loved ones. If someone wishes to have a candle lit, please use the form on page 10 and turn it in with your Sunday offering or call the church office and speak to Michelle who will help us plan for the candles.

We are also asking congregants to bring in photos of loved ones who because of death, distance or whatever reason cannot be with us. Photos will be placed around the sanctuary so we will be surrounded by our loved ones and church family.

Dr. Warren Broome

Men’s Breakfast meets the first Saturday of the month - November 4 - at 8 AM in fellowship hall. All men are invited to attend.

PW Day Circle meets the first

Wednesday of the month—November 1—at noon in room 107.

PW Evening Circle meets the

second Monday of the month - November 13 - at 5:30 PM

Bridge Groups The evening group

meets at 6:30PM Friday, November 10, in fellowship hall. The day group meets at 1PM Friday, November 24 in fellowship hall.

FOSSIL Club (for ANYONE age 60+) will combine the November and December get together on a date and time to be announced soon.

Classy Seniors meets at 1 PM, Tuesday, November 28 at Longhorn Steakhouse. Please call Kay Hardy Hines at 502-426-1572 to RSVP or for more information.

Yoga Class meets at 10AM on Saturdays in Klein Chapel. Cost is $5.00 per session. Bring your own mat.

springdale groups meet

December roofLINES deadline:

December 15, 2017

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Little Free Library News!

Shout Out to Eddie and Judy Riddle! Little Free Library stewards thank the Riddles for working hard over 4-5 days to reorganize the book collection in Klein Chapel. They labeled shelves with fiction, non fiction, self help, read to me, teen and tween books, holiday, and chapter books. They removed the large gray boxes from Klein Chapel and shelved the books stacked on top of book shelves.

The sorted books enabled the Little Free Library to share surplus books with the Portland Area Community Trust and Family Scholar House. There are four campuses of Family Scholar House in Lou-isville with a fifth to be opened in December. Two have study/library/game rooms. Kristie Adams, VP of Programs and Services, of FSH says, “We appreciate Springdale thinking of us with regular gifts of books.” The mission of FSH is to provide housing for single parents and their children while the parents study for college degrees.

We would like to take this opportunity to say THANK

YOU for the hard work (and what seemed like

endless hours) to the team who has been working

on the new Church Directory. Joy Cashman, Frankie

Moore and Janet Parker attended meetings,

assisted in scheduling, made phone calls,

coordinated the photography sessions and set up

makeup photos with David Dockstader. They did

this all with good humor and love for their

congregation. We appreciate them and offer a

round of applause!

Thank you

Dear Friends from Springdale Presbyterian Church,

Thank you very much to everyone who participated in bringing together the beautiful memorial service for my husband, Dick on Saturday, October 21. The tributes, the prayers, the flowers, the food, the music, the incredible joint choir and the people who offered compassionate words all helped make this a loving way to say, “Goodbye.”

Thank you and I ask God to bless each of you.

Shirley Carlson

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A word from the pastor…

Hi friends, I thought I’d give you another update on where we are with staffing matters. As you know, we’ve just chosen Warren Broome to serve as our new Music Director. We’re looking forward to Warren getting settled into the position and digging right into the immediate task of assuring that we have beautiful, diverse, and spiritually nurturing music throughout the upcoming Advent and Christmas season, which is just around the corner. With that decision complete, we’re now ramping up the search for our new Coordinator for Youth Ministry. If you’re curious just what this person will be responsible for, here’s an excerpt from the job posting:

We seek an energetic and enthusiastic individual who can foster opportunities for youth to deepen their faith while fostering lasting connections to the church. The position will report to the Pastor. Responsibilities include:

* Design, plan, and lead long-term youth programs for middle and high school students that enhance their spiritual development

* Assure that all youth programming is designed to instill and support the theology and doctrine of the Presbyterian Church (USA)

* Maintain timely and effective communication with all youth and parents regarding youth ministry programming, planning, scheduling, etc.

* Proactively contact youth and parents within program age ranges to encourage and increase youth participation in programming

* Provide training as needed for adult volunteers involved in youth programming

* Coordinate with Pastor and other worship planners to increase youth attendance and participation in weekly worship

* Coordinate with Music Director and Pastor to develop strategies that increase youth participation in congregational music ministries

* Prepare and track compliance with annual budget for youth ministries and programming In seeking this person, the Personnel Ministry Team and I are following the same process used to fill the Music Director position. We’re currently in the very first phase of this search. As is usually the case, we’ve received a relatively large number of resumes for the position. In order to assist us in accomplishing the initial sorting and filtering needed, all of the applicants whose resumes indicate the appropriate education and experience requirements are being asked to reply to a list of supplemental questions related to their personal faith journey and their understanding of the faith. We want to understand if the theological outlook within which the applicant would perform their duties is generally consistent with that of our own faith tradition. Through that process, we will develop a shortlist of three or four candidates.

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The second phase will involve other important “stakeholders” into the process of reviewing these candidates. These interviews will include representatives of the Spiritual Nurture Ministry Team, our youth, and our adult youth volunteers. This group will be responsible for narrowing the search to two candidates. In the third and final phase, each of those two candidates will have an opportunity to lead our PYC activities on two separate occasions. After that, the Personnel Ministry Team will host a listening session with the youth, youth volunteers, and Spiritual Nurture Ministry Team, and will consider all of the inputs received, before ultimately selecting the successful candidate. I hope this additional information helps to let you all know what our process is, where we are in that process now, where we’ll be heading next. I can say that based on what I’ve seen from some of the resumes received to date, I’m encouraged that we’ll soon have an excellent person on board who will connect and work well with our youth. And, as always, if you have any questions about what’s going on as the process unfolds, feel free to contact me. Grace and peace, Dwain

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Presbyterian Youth Connection

FUNDRAISERS in December

Sunday, December 10 • Noon to 5 PM

PARENTS’ AFTERNOON OUT $5 per hour for one child; an additional $1 per hour per each additional child.

Register by emailing info@springdalechurch.org by Wednesday, December 6

Secret gift wrapping available for gifts that arrive between noon and 3:30 PM for a donation.

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Sunday, December 17 • 11:15 to 1 PM

GIFTWRAPPING FOR DONATIONS TO PYC Your paper or ours…

Pick up by 1 PM or schedule same day delivery for an additional $10

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Time to ENGAGE Stewardship Sunday is

November 12! If you have already turned in your pledge of resources and talents—

THANK YOU! If you haven’t, you may do so anytime. Printed forms are available in the gathering

area outside of the sanctuary and in the office. You may also submit both your financial pledge and

indicate your interest in serving in various ministry opportunities at Springdale ONLINE by going to:

http://www.springdalechurch.org/stewardship-pledge-form.html and simply filling out the forms there.

We are excited by the opportunities we have to ENGAGE in ministry here at Springdale, in our

community and around the world.

And...Important! A Congregational Meeting for the purpose of electing officers for

2018 has been called for Sunday, November 12, 2017 immediately following the 10:00 AM Worship Service. Learn & Serve classes and PYC will immediately follow the meeting.

Thank you for serving at the USPIRITUS Fall Festival!

Congregational SERVE Day at Bellewood

open. loving. thinking. doing.

Face painting, engaging

with the community and

enjoying each other’s

company!

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Adult opportunities for education, conversation and service LEARN & SERVE Sundays at 11:15 AM

We have four distinct types of Sunday morning opportunities for adults: the Issues Class, Klein

Chapel Classes, Congregational Conversations and SERVE days.

The Issues Class, which normally meets on the first Sunday of each month between

September and May in Klein Chapel, helps us be people who are open, loving, thinking and

doing by delving into current topics affecting us as citizens of the community and the world.

Klein Chapel Classes meets on most 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Sundays and typically offers

thematic or topical learning in 2 to 6 week series.

Congregational Conversations happen occasionally and center around ideas and

opportunities that are of importance to Springdale.

Congregational SERVE days are scheduled about every 5-6 weeks, are opportunities for

the whole congregation – children through adults – to gather offsite to offer service to or to

serve with another organization or congregation.

Whether you stay because you have children participating in Growing with Grace & Gratitude or

youth participating in Presbyterian Youth Connection, or because you are committed to your own

personal spiritual growth in the context of community, make LEARN & SERVE a priority – you will be

glad you did.

NOVEMBER 5 – ISSUES CLASS

DR. JASON ABBOTT, PhD on NORTH KOREA

The November Issues Class will be November 5 at 11:15 a.m. in Klein Chapel University of

Louisville Center for Asian Democracy Director Jason Abbott will

discuss North Korea, its people, its leader and its relationship with

the U.S. Dr. Jason Abbott joined the university in July 2010, after

previously holding positions at The University of Surrey, The

School of Oriental and African Studies at The University of

London, and the Department of International Studies, Nottingham

Trent University. He is the author/editor of five books and over 20

articles and book chapters on issues of democratization,

economic development, political economy and regional security in

Southeast Asia (and Malaysia in particular).

NOVEMBER 12 – KLEIN CHAPEL CLASS

500 YEARS OF REFORMATION THROUGH AN ECUMENICAL LENS with Cliff Kirkpatrick.

After we have learned about modern-day North Korea from Dr. Jason Abbott in the November 5th

Issues Class we will have the chance to hear Cliff reflect on 500 Years of Reformation through an

Ecumenical Lens as he will have recently returned from a celebration of the Reformation in South

Korea. (Continued on page 7)

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NOVEMBER 19 – SUNDAY SERVE DAY

FELLOWSHIP & SERVICE WITH GRACE HOPE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

A Congregational Time of Fellowship & Service at Grace

Hope Presbyterian Church located at 702 E Breckinridge St,

Louisville, KY 40203. Between now and November 19 our

congregations will collect underwear and socks for students

at Phyllis Wheatley Elementary School. We’ll sort the

donations by size make some cards following our pre-

Thanksgiving potluck meal with Grace Hope at their building

at 12:30 PM.

NOVEMBER 24 – CONGREGATIONAL CONVERSATION

COMPASSION, PEACE AND JUSTICE are the topic of another congregational conversation

about Springdale’s possible involvement in this area. We’ll meet in Fellowship Hall to continue

building on our October 8th conversation. (Come even if you didn’t participate on the 8

th – we will

share a summary of our first meeting at the beginning of this session.)

DECEMBER 3 – ISSUES CLASS

REV. PATRICIA LLOYD-SIDLE on IMMIGRANT JUSTICE

Tricia Lloyd-Sidle is part of a transitional leadership team for a new Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant

Justice (in formation). This effort emerged from a series of “Faith Conversations on Sanctuary and

Solidarity” convened by Louisville Showing Up for Racial Justice (LSURJ) during the first half of

2017. Work is moving forward in several ways and we hope to have a public launch of the coalition

later this fall. The LSURJ team (Mamie Broadhurst, Jim Flynn, David Horvath, Tricia Lloyd-Sidle,

David Horvath, and Andrew Stone-Porter) will continue to provide leadership until a Coalition

leadership team is in place. Come hear how Springdale might get involved.

DECEMBER 10 – BONUS ISSUES CLASS

BOB HILL on FLOYDS FORK AND THE PARKLANDS

Writer, historian, and former Courier-Journal columnist, Bob Hill has made caring for creation a life-

long passion. He will talk with us about the history of Floyds Fork and The Parklands, why it is

important to preserve the land, and the environmental benefits related to that work. Why is an urban

habitat corridor important? Also, as a board member to the city's Waterfront Botanical Gardens,

Bob will update us on this exciting project that promotes an appreciation and understanding of

plants for a more harmonious and sustainable world.

DECEMBER 17 – KLEIN CHAPEL CLASS

HOPE, PEACE, JOY, LOVE – Gather to talk about ways to infuse 2018 with the themes of Advent.

Plan ways to weave hope, peace, joy and love through the New Year; share strategies for focusing

on God with us.

DECEMBER 24 – NO LEARN & SERVE – Worship at 10 AM in the sanctuary.

DECEMBER 31 – NO LEARN & SERVE – Worship at 10 AM in fellowship hall.

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Sunday mornings with Children and Youth

CHILDREN—Growing with Grace & Gratitude

Children ages 4 through 5th grade are offered an intentionally multi-age learning opportunity using

the Presbyterian Church (USA) curriculum, Growing with Grace & Gratitude. Designed to provide

educational experiences with attention to multiple intelligences and different learning modes, this

material gives students an opportunity to learn important stories from the bible and the deeper

lessons about love and community behind the stories.

The class begins at 11:15 a.m. the finishes at 12:15 PM on most Sundays. About every 5 to 6

weeks we have scheduled a Congregational SERVE Day that has opportunities for service for the

whole church family. On November 19th we will gather at about 12:30 PM for fellowship and service

at Grace Hope Presbyterian Church located at 702 E Breckinridge St, Louisville, KY 40203.

Between now and then our congregations will collect underwear and socks for students at Phyllis

Wheatley Elementary School. We’ll sort the donations by size and make some cards following our

pre-Thanksgiving potluck meal with Grace Hope.

Susan Cohen and Angela Nickels teach this class. If you are interested in assisting, contact Susan

Cohen or MB McCandless.

YOUTH—Presbyterian Youth Connection (PYC)

Youth in grades 6 through 12 meet weekly during the school year for Presbyterian Youth

Connection. PYC starts at 11:15 a.m. (following worship) and ends at 1 PM unless otherwise

indicated. Our regular pattern is connect, play, eat, learn and serve. If you just see “PYC” then that

regular pattern is what’s happening.

10/29 PYC Making All Things New – Call of the Disciples (and Pumpkin Carving!)

11/05 PYC Making All Things New – A Look at New Life

11/12 PYC Making All Things New – Choosing Christ

11/19 ALL Sunday SERVE Day at Grace Hope

11/26 PYC Making All Things New – Living in the Community of Faith

12/03 PYC Making All Things New – A New Community: Living in the World Together

12/10 PYC Fundraiser: Parents’ Afternoon Out – meet after worship; then 12-5 PM

12/17 PYC Fundraiser: Wrap It Up – 11:15 until gifts are wrapped;

then TBD location for our Christmas Party (over by 3 PM)

Watch the website for details: www.springdalechurch.org/youth

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Share the joy of Christmas

TWO GIVING TREES & BLANKET TREE

Beginning Sunday, November 5th, Springdale will offer several ways to share during the Christmas season. We will share with those who live in our neighborhoods and who face many financial and personal problems. We will support the EACM (Eastern Area Christian Ministries) Christmas Store. Your family can buy a new gift or gift card (value $10 - $20) for adults and youth who love to shop on their own. Clothing items with UK/UL college logos are prized. Children still value Disney and various character items, dolls and Lego blocks and small radios. Springdale has pledged to provide 40 gifts for children/adults in need in Jefferson County.

We will also support the Angel Tree of the Prison Fellowship which gives us a way to share Christ’s love with the families of prisoners. Springdale has agreed to provide one new clothing item and one toy or sports item (valued at $15 - $25) for 15 children. Inmates apply for assistance to prison chaplains and suggest gifts for their children. Select one or more gift tags from the Angel Tree Christmas tree in the gathering area beginning Sunday, November 5th.

Bring the EACM gifts unwrapped and the Prison Fellowship Angel Tree gifts wrapped back by December 5th. Or … you can make a donation by cash or check (make checks out to Springdale with EACM gifts or Prison gifts on the memo line.) During mid December through January 8th, we will also be collecting blankets for the homeless of our area. Read more about this in the December newsletter. Blankets are taken to the Collation for the Homeless downtown. Questions? Contact Martha Long at 290-7613 or marthalong255@hotmail.com about Prison Angel Tree or Ann Botula at 635-7416 or ann.botula@att.net about the EACM Christmas Store. Thank you for your generosity!

Coalition for the homeless

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Community Conversation—November 19

Marty Pollio is the acting Superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools. He and Steph Horne,

attorney and member of the JCPS Board of Education will join us for our next Community

Conversation. Stagnant test scores, lingering achievement gaps, teacher burn out — these are

some of the dilemmas facing JCPS’ acting Superintendent. Marty Pollio will share his vision for the

school district when we gather from 6:30 to 8 PM in fellowship hall at Springdale Presbyterian

Church.

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Coming December 3...

Advent event, potluck, caroling and more...

Mark your calendar for Sunday, December 3rd! At 4:30 PM come to our Advent Event and do some

new crafts in the lower level gathering area (just outside of fellowship hall.) There will be things to

make and do for all ages. Some crafts are for individual children (of all ages), some are for individual

adults and some are for families to do together.

At 6 PM we will move to fellowship hall for our Advent Potluck. Bring something to share. After we’ve

eaten and enjoyed some time together we will sing carols around the tables. You will be headed

home no later than 7:30 PM.

We are collecting boxes of similar size and sturdiness as copier paper boxes and leftover Christmas

wrapping paper for the craft time. Please place donations on the marked table in room 212.

All Saints’ Sunday — November 5th

We will observe All Saints’ Sunday on November 5th, during our regular worship service. During

this time, we will remember all of those members who have passed away since All Saints’ Day

2016, as well as any others whom you would like to remember. Each person will be listed in the

bulletin. They will also be named during the service, and when their name is called, a family

member (or members) will be invited to come forward and light a small candle in their memory.

If you would like to have a person included in our remembrance, please let the office know. You

can call or email the office with the information, or you can use the form below – just fill it out, cut

or tear it off, and either mail it to us or drop it in the offering plate on Sunday morning. Please be

sure to spell individuals’ names properly and clearly; we’d hate to make a mistake when listing

them in the bulletin.

All Saints Remembrance (please print)

Yes, please recognize ________________________________________in the All Saints’ service.

The person (s) lighting a candle in their memory will be _________________________________.

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2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

KEY AA: Alcoholics Anonymous

ESL: English as a Second Language

PW: Presbyterian Women

KEY PYC: Presbyterian Youth Connection

RC: Rabbouni Catholic Community

1 9A ESL

9:45A Pastoral Care Team

10:30A Staff Mtg.

12P PW Day Circle

6P AA

6:30P Choir

7:15P Praise Tm

2 7P Boy Scouts

7P Congregation-al Care

7P Worship

3

4 8A Men’s Breakfast

10A Yoga

5 All Saints Sunday Daylight Savings

Time Ends 10A Worship with Communion

11:15 SPC 101

11:15A Issues Class

11:15A Learn & Serve

11:15A PYC

12:30 RC Mass

5:30P RC Mass

6 9A ESL

6:30 Boy Scouts

7P Hand-bells

7:30P Spring Valley Meeting

7 2:30P ESL

8 9A ESL

9:45A Pastoral Care Team

10:30A Staff Mtg.

6P AA

6:30P Choir

7P Rabbouni Mat Makers

7:15P Praise Tm

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5:30P Growth & Communication

7P Boy Scouts

7P Mission

10 6:30P Evening Bridge

11 Veteran’s Day

10A Yoga

12 Cents-Ability Offering

10A Worship Congregational meeting—Right after church

11:15A Learn & Serve

11:15A PYC

12:30 RC Mass

5:30P RC Mass

13 9A ESL

1:30P Creation Care

7P Hand-bells

5:30P PW Evening Circle

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2:30P ESL

5:30P Girl Scouts

15 9A ESL

9:45A Pastoral Care Team

10:30A Staff Mtg.

6P AA

6:30P Choir

7:15P Praise Tm

11:59P Decem-ber Newsletter Deadline

16 6:30P Finance

7:00P Personnel

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18 10A Yoga

19

10A Worship

11:15A Learn & Serve

11:15A PYC

12:30 RC Mass

5:30P RC Mass

20 9A ESL

7P Hand-bells

7:30P Barbour-meade Council

21 1P Hot Topic Book Club

2:30P ESL

22 9A ESL

9:45A Pastoral Care Team

10:30A Staff Mtg.

6P AA

6:30P Choir

7:15P Praise Tm

23 Thanksgiving Office Closed

24 Office Closed

25 10A Yoga

26 10A Worship

11:15A Learn & Serve

11:15A PYC

12:30 RC Mass

5:30P RC Mass

27 9A ESL

7P Hand-bells

28 1:00P Classy Seniors

2:30P ESL

29 9A ESL

9:45A Pastoral Care Team

10:30A Staff Mtg.

6P AA

6:30P Choir

7:15P Praise Tm

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SPRINGDALE

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 7812 Brownsboro Road

Louisville, KY 40241

(502) 425-1760 Fax: (502) 425-3825

info@springdalechurch.org

www.springdalechurch.org

WORSHIP

Sunday mornings at 10:00AM

RETURN SERVICE

REQUESTED

Springdale strives to be a congregation which is fully accessible physically and spiritually.

MINISTRY STAFF

Dwain Lee Pastor

dlee@springdalechurch.org

MB McCandless Coordinator for Spiritual Nurture

mb@springdalechurch.org

Michelle Jablonski Administrative Assistant

mjablonski@springdalechurch.org

Wayne Willis, Parish Associate

Allan Podbelsek, Parish Visitor

Barbara McClain, Parish Visitor

Anita Perez, Child Care Coordinator

OFFICE HOURS Monday - Friday 9 AM - 2 PM

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Since we did not meet in October,

Join us Tuesday, November 21 at 1PM for

The Book of Joy by Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu

in October’s HOT TOPIC BOOK CLUB

ALL ARE WELCOME!

Feel free to join us as we express

different views of today’s fiery issues!

The book for the third Tuesday in

December will be chosen by the group

following November’s discussion.