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Come one come all-Join us this morning for our pancake breakfast. Help the youth raise money for the St. Andrews Food Program today. Come and HAVE BREAKFAST WITH US in Farlander Hall following the 8 am & 9:15 am services.
Today we will be selling outreach bags for the homeless. For $10 you can get a bag full of all kinds of useful supplies. These can be handed out to anyone in need. The bags cost $10 to make, so with your purchase we can replenish the supply and more people can be given a helping hand. You can buy the bags in Farlander Hall at the pancake breakfast table.
Fifth Sunday after The Epiphany: Seeking After God
"Deep within us all there is an amazing inner sanctuary of the soul, a holy place, a Divine Center, a speaking Voice, to which we may continuously return. Eternity is at our hearts, pressing upon our time-torn lives, warming us with intimations of an astounding destiny, calling us home unto Itself.
It is a light within which illumines the face of God and casts new shadows and new glories upon our faces. It is a seed stirring to life if we do not choke it. It is the Shekinah of the soul, the Presence in the midst. Here is the slumbering Christ, stirring to be awakened, to become the soul we clothe in earthly form and action. And he is within us all." - Thomas Kelly
Suggested Reading: Psalm 91 · John 14:1-4
Consider: Welcome Christ's spiritual coming into your inner most being.
The next "TWILIGHT" PIPE ORGAN MINI RECITAL will feature Bay Area Organist, Angela Kraft Cross. Angela is a spectacular performer and will feature works honoring the "birthdays" of Mendelssohn, Schumann, Liszt and Alain. She will also be playing a piece she composed. The program, as usual, is the second Friday of the month, February 11, 6:00 PM, Church of the Incarnation, 550 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa. A free will donation is asked to offset costs. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Harold Julander, organist at Church of the Incarnation, cell phone 707-694-1896, e-mail: bach4me@sonic.net.
Express our Gratitude - Celebrating the Saints Among Us with Pizza, Pasta, and Praise. Goodness gracious! We ran out of time at our Annual Meeting to adequately express our gratitude to our outgoing Vestry members and dedicated volunteers. Please join us for a simple evening of Pizza, Pasta, and a whole-lotta Praise! Children are welcome. Friday, February 11, from 6:30 pm to 8 pm (following the 6 pm Organ Recital), in Farlander Hall. Feeling helpful? Call David & Joanie Jasper: 538-7220.
Attention Newcomers! Have you started attending the Church of the Incarnation in the past six or so months? If so, the Welcome Committee is throwing a party in your honor! We would love to meet you, and this is a great opportunity for you to meet Father Matt, the members of the Vestry, and some other church folks. The party is next Sunday, February 13 from 2 pm-5 pm in Farlander Hall, here at Incarnation. We'll supply appetizers, desserts, drinks, music and fun! Please feel free to bring your family or a friend. RSVP to Barbara Avery at 707-577-8718.
Happy Valentine's Day! We have a fantastic beautiful selection of new items in our Incarnation Book and Gift Store. We have 2011 calendars, watches, bracelets, necklaces, picture frames, giftcard boxes and handmade mice figurines in different characters. You have to stop and shop for our reasonably priced gifts. Of course we also have lots of children books, special program books and bibles. If we don't have an item or book you would like to have, please let us know and we can make every effort to order it for you. We are very proud to offer reasonable prices at our Incarnation Book and Gift Store. We invite everyone to take a peek and shop!! Thank you for Shopping!! Remember Valentine's Day is coming!!
There are still pledge envelopes waiting for those who asked to receive them. They are arranged by last name, on the table near the entrance to Farlander Hall. If you know someone whose envelopes are there but who cannot get to church, please let the Church Office know. Next Sunday, February 13, will be the last Sunday that they will be available in Farlander Hall; after that, please call the Church Office for assistance.
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.
The Poetry Group will be starting up again! We will meet in the library on March 9(1:30-3pm). We will gather together the second Wednesday of each month. All are welcome. For more information visit our website and find us under Small Groups.
Website News! We have added the following pages to our website: Open Table can be found by going to our front page and placing your cursor over the "Outreach" drop-down and clicking on Open Table. We have also added the North Bay Sponsoring Committee and The Congregational Commission on Ministry - click on the "Ministries" drop-down then select the ministry to view the page. We have also added a page to our Small Groups and that is "How to Create your own Small Group." Go to any Small Group page and look for the banner that reads "Interested in Starting a Small Group" and click on it!
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!
Small Group Items of Interest:
Create your own Small Group. On the Small Group in Farlander is a flyer with information for anyone who is interested in creating their own Small Group. In the next few weeks there will be information of new groups starting, maybe one of them will be yours!
Leave your contact info! Please, when you sign-up for a group or for more information, remember to leave a phone number or an email address so I can contact you! If you signed up for a group in the last few weeks and have not heard from me, it's because I couldn't read your contact information or it wasn't filled in on the sign-up sheet. You can reach me (Mitch Garcia) at smallgroups@incarnation-sr.org or call 703-4162. Thanks!
How Can I Support the Open Table Ministry?
--Prepare and deliver beans, rice, boiled or deviled eggs or egg salad to Farlander Hall on Saturday afternoon or Sunday before 7:00 am.
--Volunteer during the breakfast on Sunday mornings.
--Bring your travel or trial size toiletries (soap, shampoo, shaving kits, laundry detergents) to our collection box in Farlander Hall.
--Contribute towards the weekly costs of food and paper goods - Visit the The Open Table Donation Box in Farlander Hall.
--Shop for Open Table
The Open Table Ministry welcomes and feeds between 50 -75 of our neighbors from the neighboring street community each Sunday morning at 7:00 am. Contact Terri Hobart, Barbara Avery, Carolyn Rauch, or Rich Wagner for more information or to volunteer.
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