A Note about this coming Sunday: It's Halloween Today! Come join us at our special 9:15 service, and don't forget to come dressed in your costume (nothing too scary, please)!
The Guild of Incarnation meets this Tuesday, November 2. ALL ARE WELCOME to attend the meeting or just the potluck luncheon and program. The business meeting begins at 11:00 a.m. The luncheon is at 12:00 noon and is followed by a program presented by Tony Hoskins, who is the county archivist and head of the genealogy library at the Sonoma County Library. He will give a talk on the history of Santa Rosa. Come learn more about your hometown!
For those who have not yet submitted their pledge card for 2011, it is not to late! Pledge cards are available in Farlander Hall on the welcome table. Just pick one up today, complete it and drop it off at the church office or mail it to the church. If dropping it off, be sure to put your card in a sealed envelope clearly marked with the word pledge. If mailing it, make it to the attention of John Nykamp. If you prefer, you can also email your pledge to John at jmn@incarnation-sr.org. Be sure to include the amount and whether you plan to pay weekly, monthly or annually. Also, if you are having your pledge automatically charged to your bank account of credit card and wish to continue to do so next year, you must confirm this in writing, either on a pledge card or by email. Thank you.
Join Numina for a special weekend of spiritual and artistic delights as two extraordinary musicians from Paris, Catherine Braslavsky and Joseph Rowe, become our first international artists-in-residence for our annual celebration of All Saints' Day.
Day 1: From Jerusalem to Cordoba (November 6, 7:30 pm)
Catherine Braslavsky - Solo chant, dulcimer, bender
Joseph Rowe - Oud, bendir, darabukka, tanpura, Tibetan bowls, mbira. Followed by a candlelit Labyrinth walk.
Day 2: The Other Gospels (November 7, 2010, 5 pm)
Join Joseph Rowe, translator of the Inner Light editions of the Gospel of Mary Magdalene, the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Philip; David Steadman, art and religion historian; and Kayleen Asbo, cultural historian and professor, in their conversation about the Nag Hammadi library and what these thought-provoking texts, discovered in 1945 in Egypt, reveal about early Christianity.
Guild of the Incarnation's Annual Mini Bazaar is coming on November 21.Raffle Tickets Now Available!The ladies of the Guild are gearing up for our annual mini Bazaar. Tickets on sale for two Raffle Prizes now until November 21: A Beautiful tree skirt or Gift Certificate to Stark Restaurant Group of Sonoma County. Tickets are on sale from Guild members on Sundays, during coffee hours. Price: $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00.
Tuesday Morning Book Group begins a new collection of short stories on Tuesday, November 9 at 9:30 am with Listening for God, Volume 3, edited by Paula J. Carlson and Peter S. Hawkins. The book includes short stories by John Cheever, Mary Gordon, Reynolds Price, Louise Erdrich and four other authors. We meet in the Library.
Tickets are on sale now for the annual 6th Street Playhouse performance to benefit The Living Room! This year: The 1940's Radio Hour, by Walton Jones. Take a musical sentimental journey to a bygone era as you experience this "live" radio broadcast from the Hotel Astor's Algonquin Room on December 21, 1942. Full of 1940's big-band music, swing dancing, patriotism, and old-fashioned sound effects, this is a holiday treat for the whole family. Tuesday, November 9, 2010. 7:30 pm - Social with complimentary food and wine. 8 pm - Play. 6th Street Playhouse, Santa Rosa. Tickets are $35 and will be held at the door. Mail checks to The Living Room Center, 636 Cherry Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95404 or call 707-579-0142.
Coming Soon: The Directories! It has taken many months but the good people at Olan Mills inform us we will get the directories the first or second week of November. Directories will be handed out in Farlander Hall - one per family photographed or per person on the "Not Available" page. We also have a limited number of extra directories for those persons who are not in the directory; if you would like a directory please contact Stephanie Blair at StephChristel@gmail.com or 707-837-2972. Also, we plan to send out a survey to find out how your experience with Olan Mills went, so look for that to come soon to your email inboxes. Thank you!
Come to the Cabaret! The St. Cecilia Choir is already preparing for their annual Cabaret fundraiser, which will be earlier this year - Sunday, November 14 at 7:00 p.m. and there will be music from theater, jazz, and a few surprise guests! Have a little wine (or not! non-alcoholic beverages offered as well), and enjoy the savories and sweets, prepared by the St. Cecilia Choir members just for you! It promises to be a wonderful night .... Tickets are available now! $20 per person. All proceeds go to defray the cost of our Good Friday Concert production. See Carol Menke, or any St. Cecilia choir member to inquire, or call Carol at 707-542-0452. Come for fantastic music, munchies, and merriment!
Pregnant with Possibility: Poetry, Prayer and Mandalas
Exploring the Sacred Circle
Friday, December 3 to Sunday, December 5, 2010. Fee: $240 Double Occ./$290 Single Occ., per person (includes lodging, meals and materials). Advent is a time of sacred circle when we prepare to welcome the gift of new life. We'll enter this sacred time through the reading of poetry and the making of mandalas; we will worship in chant, prayer and silence. We'll consider how the Spirit spirals through the circles of our own lives. You don't need to be an artist or a poet to explore the spirit in the visual, the spoken, and the unspoken. The retreat will include time for rest and relaxation, and time to follow your own path within the sacred circle. We'll be staying at the Ranch House and enjoying the beautiful setting and wonderful cuisine of The Bishop's Ranch. Retreat Leaders: Lisa Thorpe, Ranch Resident Artist and Rev. Patricia Moore, Chaplain. For registration visit www.bishopsranch.org or contact Mark at 707-433-2440, ext 102.
Be a Via Media Facilitator. The Via Media program needs more facilitators, and this is your opportunity to share in this rewarding program. The course is one of the steps that needs to be taken by those who want to be baptized, confirmed or received into the Church. It is given as needed during the year to those who want to learn more about the Episcopal Church and its open and diverse theology. The course has seven weekly classes that feature stimulating discussions about the church and Christianity. The classes start with a simple meal and prayer and provide a chance to get to know new Church community members well. Contact Mitch Garcia at smallgroups@incarnation-sr.org or call 707-703-4162.
Website Facts: In January of this year we launched a redesign of our website, since then we have had the ability to track different statistics concerning the Incarnation site. Over the next few weeks we will share some of these facts with you.
Here are a few to consider; Since January people have visited the different pages on our site over 18,000 times. Our site has been visited by over 40 different countries, after the United States the top five are (5) India (4) Philippines (3) Australia (2) United Kingdom (1) Canada. The top five states that visited our site after California are (5) Massachusetts (4) Washington (3) Florida (2) New York (1) Texas.
Check back next week to find out what is the number 1 language our pages are translated into (over 1,200 times so far!)
Volunteer Drivers Needed! We try to offer the service of driving people to doctor's appointments, church, other special church events, etc. But to do that, we need some more drivers! If you have some extra time on your hands and might be willing to help out, or if you are coming here anyway and would be willing to give someone a ride occasionally, call La Velle Seely (707-528-2700).
