This is the last Sunday before Advent. Following its German Evangelical & Reformed heritage within the U.C.C., St. Peter’s U.C.C. marks Totenfest on this Sunday, remembering those members and sometimes close friends of the church who have died since last Totenfest. Today we light candles in memory of Charles T. Bailey and William Todd, Jr., along with our Candle for Others and a Candle for the Transgendered persons who were killed over the past 12 months. The sermon touches on these, as well as Thanksgiving, with a sermon called “From Thanksgiving to Ministry to Thanksgiving” based on Hebrews