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This Sunday
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November 16th
The Twenty-seventh Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 28)
Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to
be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark,
learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast
the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in our
Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
8am: Holy Eucharist
Our early service is unaccompanied by music and usually lasts about 50 minutes. Coffee and fellowship are offered before the service begins in the parish hall, while the sanctuary is available for quiet prayer. Another coffee hour follows the service.
10am: Sunday School takes place during the first part of our 10am service. The children join the congregation at the peace and share with the whole community in Eucharist.
10am: Holy Eucharist
This Eucharistic service is accompanied by Organ and includes congregational hymns and service music. During the summer months our choir is on sabbatical and various musical offerings will be made during the liturgy. A coffee hour for kids and adults follows the service.
11:30am: Music rehearsals
Following the worship services, our musical groups gather to prepare for the next weeks' offerings.
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Next Week at Christ Church
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November 17th through 22nd
Monday
Cornerstone Office Closed
Knitting Ministry, 6pm, Forza Coffee Co.
Wednesday
Eucharist & Lunch, 12:05pm, Sanctuary
Thursday
Men's Group, 7pm, Trackside Pizza
Saturday
Choral Evensong & Pot-Luck Dinner, 5pm, Sanctuary
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Announcements
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Upcoming Events
This Sunday, November 9th, is the Harvest Celebration and blessing of our pledges for 2009. Please bring or mail in your 2009 pledge card!
The Knitting Ministry will meet again on Monday the 17th of November, at Forza Coffee Company , 210 W. Pioneer Ave., located in down town Puyallup, at 6:00 pm. For anyone who is new to our Christ Church family and would like to know what the Knitting Ministry is all about, please come and join us. All skill levels are welcome. Our ministry provides warmth and comfort to those who are facing difficult times.
Christ the King Choral Evensong: Saturday, November 22nd at 5 pm, with potluck celebration to follow. For dinner, please bring a main dish if your last name begins with A-J, a side dish or salad K-R, or a dessert S-Z. In addition to the liturgical feast, this offering of music and prayer is in honor of our retiring organist and music director, Leslie Doerner.
Christ the King Sunday: November 23rd marks the birthday of our own
Christ Church. There will be some historical readings during the
serivices; and you are also encouraged to bring your pets to be blessed.
Support Our Troops: We will be
packing boxes to mail to the troops in Iraq, on Sunday, November 23rd
between the services. This should ensure that the packages are
delivered in time for Christmas. There is a new list of items they
would appreciate getting, on the round table in the Parish Hall.
Anything you can contribute would be gratefully received. Monetary
contributions to help with mailing costs are welcome also.
Giftmaker's Toys: will be collected on Sunday, Nov. 30th, to be distributed to local families. Suggestions to help make this year's gift giving a success: toys, books, and board games for children ages 4-14; sporting equipment such as basketballs, plastic bats and balls, and volleyballs; infant and pre-school toys; holiday stockings and stocking stuffers. Monetary donations are also appreciated since no school district money can be used for this project.
18th Annual Thanksgiving Family Camp at Camp Huston, November 27th-30th. There will be plenty of fun for kids, adults, and families. You can count on hikes, arts and crafts, field trips, folk dancing, archery, relaxing and more! Best of all, they serve up a family style Thanksgiving Day dinner will all the trimmings. Let the Camp Huston staff do all the work! Come prepared to enjoy ginger bread house making, sitting around a warm fire, talking with old friends, and building new relationships. Cost is $160 for adults, and $100 for children ages 3-12. For more information go to info@huston.org or call 360-793-0441.
The Cornerstone Office will be closed for Thanksgiving, November 27th and 28th. Thanksgiving Eve service on Wed., Nov. 26th at 7 pm
The annual Advent Fair is Sunday, November 30th after both services. If you would like a table to sell your crafts and goods, please call the Ofiice and let Elsa know. There is no charge for the tables, but please tithe to the church from your sales.
Santa's Seconds Sale: will be on Saturday, December 6 from 10 am to 3 pm. Setup will be on Friday, December 5, starting at 10 am. All volunteers are welcome (and needed!). A light lunch will be served on both days. Last year, profits from the sale were the highest ever because many new items were generously donated. Things that sell well include jewelry, stationery, greeting cards, Xmas decorations, clothing with a Christmas motif, linens, pictures, knick-knacks, candles, toys, games, and current books. Items should be in good repair. Old pieces of luggage, unmatched glasses and coffee mugs, and old computers and accessories do not sell well, and should be donated to local thrift shops.Donations may be left on the stage in the Parish Hall the week preceding the sale. If you have questions, please call Stephanie Roberts at 253/840-4370.
Children's Sermon and St. Nicholas Visit are planned
for the 10:00am worship service on December 7th. Make
sure the children in your life are there for this special
occasion!
General Announcements
November is 'anything to help make a Thanksgiving Dinner' month for the Food Bank Thank you for sharing your blessings with those less fortunate! In lieu of the traditional wine ingathering,
the
Altar Guild requests that we make donation of food to the FISH Food
Bank. Our abundance of wine will easily see us through the next year;
let's help others during this hungry time. All food or money donations
will be gratefully accepted.
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Christ the King: Choral Evensong and Historical Perspective
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The Feast of C.S. Lewis and the Potluck of CECoP
November 22nd marks the evening before Christ the King Sunday, the birthday of our parish. We'll be celebrating the occasion with a Choral Evensong at 5:00pm followed by a pot-luck dinner.
November 22nd is also the feast day of C.S. Lewis. The readings at Evensong will feature appropriate passages from the Bible as well as from Lewis' writings. Perhaps you could bring a favorite book and share some of it with others over dinner.
The pot-luck will follow the time-honored format of last name division of dishes. If your name begins with the letters A through J, please bring a main dish to share. If K through R, a side or a salad would be appreciated. Those whose names begin with S through Z are in charge of dessert offerings.
Sunday Morning
At both the 8 and 10am Eucharists on Christ the King Sunday (November 23rd) Katherine Kaiser will share a few stories and anecdotes from the history of Christ Episcopal Church and the town of Puyallup. Old pictures and documents will be on display in the parish hall. CECoP is 125 years old this year!
Also, because of a liturgical oversight regarding St. Francis' Day, folks are invited to bring their pets for blessings on Christ the King Sunday. Blessings will be offered at the beginning of each service, after which pets are welcome to stay for the service or retire to the car for a nap.
Hope to see everyone there!
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Questions? Comments? More Information?
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