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Please note: Pledge Envelopes have come in for those who asked to receive them. They are arranged by last name, on the table near the entrance to Farlander Hall.
Peter Kingston's Memorial Service will be held today, January 23, at 1:30 pm at Sonoma Country Day School, in the Jackson Theater.
Address:
Sonoma Country Day School
4400 Day School Place
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Directions:
* Take 101 North to Airport Boulevard exit and head west
* Turn right at the first traffic light onto Aviation Boulevard
* Follow Aviation Boulevard for approximately ½ a mile
* SCDS is located on your right on Day School Place. off/near Airport Blvd.
Come to the Annual Meeting on Saturday, Jan 29 - a reception bountiful with food, drink, and fun for all at 3 pm, followed by our business meeting at 4 pm. Childcare is available. We have much to be thankful for! Come and reflect on all we have done together in 2010, and we'll look at how to move forward in the new year. We will cast that all-important vote for new Vestry members, and elect delegates to Diocesan Convention. This is one of those rare times where people from all three services are gathered at once, so come and enjoy our vibrant community!
Third Sunday after The Epiphany - Letting Others Sustain Us
We must be willing to accept the bitter truth that, in the end, we may have to become a burden to those who love us. But it is necessary that we face this also. The full acceptance of our abjection and uselessness is the virtue that can make us and others rich in the grace of God. It takes heroic charity and humility to let others sustain us when we are absolutely incapable of sustaining ourselves. We cannot suffer well unless we see Christ everywhere - both in suffering and in the charity of those who come to the aid of our affliction. --Thomas Merton
Suggested Reading: Psalm 55:22 · 1 Corinthians 1:4-9
Consider: Look around you, who do you notice that needs help? Offer yourself in service to God.
Book sale! 15% off ALL books (unless otherwise marked) - some bargains at up to 50% off! Time to settle in with a good book on these winter days and nights. In the bookstore, after services.
The Enneagram Workshop is now filled. If you are still interested in attending you can be added to a wait-list. You will be notified by January 25, if a space becomes available. Please call Mitch (707-703-4162) or email him at smallgroups@incarnation-sr.org if you are interested.
Urgent: 8 am Kitchen (Coffee Hour) Help Needed. We need some volunteers to help pour coffee and bring goodies one Sunday per month - we have four Sundays open and need 6 people. Please contact Marilyn Payne (707-545-2597) if interested.
Seeking aspiring chefs, willing cooks, and people with pans and a recipe! The giving freezer is attempting to move to a system that will allow us to meet individual parishioner needs for meals in a fresh and timely fashion. Would you be willing to add your name to the list? If called, could you put together a meal, or even a container of extra food from something you are already making? If you would be willing to help out occasionally (less than 1X per month) please add your name to the sign up sheet in Farlander. Susan Pearson (Giving Freezer Coordinator) will call you to discuss the plan. We REALLY need you!
The Flower Chart for the year 2011 is now on the South wall near the back of the Church. You will find spaces after each Sunday date for each Month of 2011. You can sign up for one or more dates. Someone from the office will call you to learn how you want your flowers noted in the bulletin. The flower offerings can be given in memory of someone, in Thanksgiving or in Celebration of some event, etc. The members of the Altar Guild will buy the flowers to arrange and place on the Reredos for the proper Sunday you have chosen. More than one family may sign up for any given Sunday. The cost for each Sunday is $50. Just put your check in the offering plate, marked "altar flowers," or mail it to the Church Office.
Come to one of the Congregational Leadership Conferences (CLCs). Attending CLCs is free! CLCs are open to all clergy, vestry members (new and continuing), treasurers and any other congregational leaders interested in this opportunity to DISCOVER, SHARE & LEARN innovative best practices used by other congregations in your deanery -- not to mention a unique opportunity to network with your peers! Please save the date: Southwest Deanery Conference, March 5 at St. John's, Petaluma. Can't make this date? Others are available, see the Diocesan Website (www.norcalepiscopal.org) or call the Diocesan Office (916-442-6918) for info. All Congregational Leadership Conferences will take place on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lunch will be served.
Calling all alumni/ae of Community of Hope! Are you currently sharing your pastoral gifts at Incarnation or in the community? Do you visit or care for others anywhere on a regular basis? We invite you to join us in forming a new Circle of Care continuing education community including graduates from all COH classes. What a rich program we can create if everyone comes together to support one another in pastoral and outreach ministry! Our kick-off event will be either a Saturday retreat or evening meeting in February. Please let us know who you are. Contact the Church Office (707-579-2604).
A Weekend with Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault -- Love, Contemplative Style: Centering Prayer and Awakening the Heart. Friday, Feb 11 & Saturday Feb 12 at Grace Episcopal Church (St. Helena, CA). $75 per person for both days, $25 for Friday only, $50 for Saturday only (includes lunch). A contemporary mystic, Cynthia Bourgeault is a writer and internationally known Retreat Leader. Call Grace Church at (707) 963-4157 or email invite@grace-episcopal.org for reservations.
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