text: Wednesday, November 13, 2024
  Swedish Christmas Tree Decorating
  10 AM-1 PM
  Join the fun and festivity of decorating the Swedish Christmas tree at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park for the annual Christmas & Holiday Traditions exhibition. Hope to see you there!
  Saturday, December 14, 2024
  Sankta Lucia Celebration
  Mayflower Congregational Church, 2345 Robinson Rd. SE, Grand Rapids, MI
  We invite you to come and enjoy this lovely Swedish introduction to the Christmas season and listen to the Lucia choir sing in a beautiful setting. It will once again be held in the lovely sanctuary of Mayflower Congregational Church. There will be plenty of free parking.
  There will be baked goods and coffee to enjoy afterwards plus a Julmarknad sale! Bring cash if you are interested in purchasing any items.
  Email email@example.com to pre-register. You can pay at the door. Adults: $10; Students: $5; preschool and under: free.
  Once again, SAHS is sponsoring our annual Lucia scholarship competition. The Doris & Clarence Anderson Memorial Scholarship is in memory of two of our organization’s founding members. Doris and Clarence were involved in almost every activity that our organization undertook. Doris was an especially integral part in our annual Lucia celebration. Among Doris’ many achievements was her selection many years ago as Chicago’s first Lucia.
  The Scholarship Committee will award $500 each to a high school senior girl and senior boy who have been participants in our local Lucia pageant. Additionally, each applicant must be either the child or grandchild of a member of SAHS/WM. Applications can be downloaded here (PDF) and are due Nov. 30. We look forward to announcing the winners of this annual competition in December.
  Tuesday, January 21, 2025
  Swedish Reading Club: The Preacher (Predikanten) by Camilla Läckberg
  During an unusually hot July, detective Patrik Hedstrom and Erica Falck are enjoying a rare week at home together, nervous and excited about the imminent birth of their first baby. Across town, however, a six-year-old boy makes a gruesome discovery that will ravage their little tourist community and catapult Patrik into the center of a terrifying murder case.
  “[A] gripping, unsettling thriller…The Preacher can go up against the [Stieg] Larsson books head-on when it comes to narrative drive and skillful exploration of family secrets.”
  You can buy the book online at Schuler’s, or at a 20% discount in the store.