Incarnation Sunday Announcements 10.4.09

Inquirers & Seekers Class meets today in Room 3 from 12:30-2:30 pm. Come join us! See Mitch Garcia for more details.

Numina presents: Spiritual History through Art on October 4th, 11th, & 25th, from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. here in the Church. From the Renaissance through the Wars of Religion, each session will highlight one of the foundational stages in the development of Spirituality in the West. Featuring slides of some of the world's greatest paintings, these presentations will have an interdisciplinary character, combining history, religious studies and art. Sessions are led by Professor Bruce Ellioitt, a professor at UC Berkeley, Stanford Continuing Studies, and Sonoma Statae Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. $15 per session, $40 for the series. Go to www.numinacenter.org for more details.

All-Parish Stewardship Dinner: You are invited to an all-parish potluck dinner TONIGHT, October 4thin Farlander Hall. The theme of the dinner will be "Gratitude." In addition to eating fabulous food and reconnecting with new and old friends, we will celebrate the joy we feel as members of this community. Please bring a dish to share. Doors will open at 5:00 p.m. for wine and appetizers, and dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m.

We have a new website! After hours and hours of labor, Mitch Garcia and Liz Nix have produced a newly designed website for the Church! Check it out at www.incarnation-sr.org, and email questions or comments to Mitch Garcia (smallgroups@incarnation-sr.org).

Tuesday Morning Book Group meets on Tuesday at 9:30 am in the Library, off Farlander Hall. We are reading and discussing God: Stories, a collection of " twenty-five dazzling short stories by eminent writers of varying persuasion," including James Baldwin, Philip Roth, James Joyce, Flannery O'Connor, John Updike and Eudora Welty and edited by C. Michael Curtis. No advance study is necessary. Come and join us! You can find out about purchasing a book when you come to the meeting.

Guild of the Incarnation Meeting: Tuesday, October 6th. All are invited to join us for a short business meeting at 11:00 am followed by a pot-luck lunch at 12:00 noon. Our program this month will be give by Father Matt who will regale us with all his recent travels. Come for all or any part of the afternoon. Any questions, please call Lynn Cassil at 528-9255.

The Prayer of the Heart Group October meeting is Tuesday, October 6th, 7:30 - 9 pm, in the church. If any questions or for more information, please contact Lisa Jang, 527-9549.

Mini Organ Recitals at Church of the Incarnation: A series of short, ½ hour organ recitals beginning at 6:00 p.m. has begun this fall, on the second Friday of each month. Designed to feature the Incarnation Casavant Pipe Organ and local musicians, the recitals offer an opportunity to start your Friday evening with some enjoyable organ music, perhaps followed by a dinner in a downtown Santa Rosa or Railroad Square restaurant. We got to hear a wonderful recital from Harold Julander in September - this Friday, October 9th at 6:00 p.m., we'll have the pleasure of hearing Leslie Dukes! Further recitals for this year will be held on November 13th and December 11th, and will continue in Spring 2010. A free-will donation is intended to cover expenses. We hope to see you there! See Harold Julander for more info.

Adult Spiritual Formation Presents: A Centering Prayer Workshop this coming Saturday, October 10th, 9:30 am to 2:30 pm. Come to The Church of the Incarnation for an introduction to Centering Prayer, offered by the Rev. Amber Sturgiss (Episcopal Priest), and spiritual director Ruah Bull, Ph.D. Centering Prayer is an updated method of a prayer form that has been in the Christian tradition for centuries. Centering Prayer helps develop a state of contemplative prayer, which opens the mind and heart, our whole being to God. In this prayer we open our awareness to God, and consent to God's action and presence within us. The cost for the day is only $25.00 (lunch is included.) Some scholarships are available, please contact Mitch Garcia for information. If you're interested in attending, there are sign-up sheets on the Small Groups table in Farlander. Any questions, please contact: Mitch Garcia at (707) 703-4162 or email smallgroups@incarnation-sr.org, or Suzanne Kurtz at thruthewoods@hotmail.com.

The Evening Women's Group will meet on Tuesday, October 20th at 7 pm at the home of Lynn Garland. She will present a program on Healing Through Body Movement. We will also use the Body Prayer to begin and end our gathering. We will incorporate discussion into the program as usual. Please call Lynn at 545-7525 for directions. All women are invited to attend. We are a supportive group providing a place to share our lives and our spiritual journeys with each other, building friendships as we go. If you have any questions, please contact Mary Lynne Smith at mlsmith@sonic.net or Donna Wiuff at 837-8768.