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Here's your chance to be part of the giving to St. Andrews. Every year we fill 25 stockings and take them out to St. Andrews for a Christmas celebration. This year we have all kinds of goodies to put in the stockings. You can help by donating money towards what has already been purchased. Stop by and see what we have!
Please consider the following ideas for holiday gifts to The Living Room, a Day-Shelter for Homeless and At Risk Women and Children.
We need cash, checks and gift card donations for our program support needs. We would appreciate any "gift cards" from:
-Grocery stores (to buy milk for women and children)
-Phone cards for women to make long distance calls
-Discount stores (such as Costco, Dollar Store, etc.)
-Bus tickets: Santa Rosa Transit (543-3333) sells 50 Bus tickets for $60
-Motel vouchers to offer an emergency night of respite for women & families. We often use the Economy Inn, 545-3523, approx. $66 per night
As for actual items, we prefer small items and things that are easiest for us to store and distribute (especially since the staff are working reduced hours this holiday season). Examples:
-Women's Socks
-Ponchos & umbrellas
-Pajamas for women and children
-Strollers for infants and toddlers
-Diapers, sizes 4, 5, 6
Board Members make holiday gift bags for teens and can use:
-Movie passes
-Wallets
-Small flashlights
-Socks
Thank You!
Numina Center presents Yoga with Live Harp for Winter Solstice, December 21st. Come join the Numina Center for Spirituality & the Arts as we present a special free candle-lit event on Wednesday December 21st in honor of the Winter Solstice - Yoga will be guided with live harp music in the Incarnation sanctuary! Our own old redwood church is a beautiful and deeply spiritual venue and Shannon Donovan, owner of Thrive Yoga in Sebastopol will guide the yoga. You will not want to miss this! 5:30PM to 6:30PM. Bring your own mat. Please enter via the back gate and the side (Cherry Street) entrance to the sanctuary. Donations are accepted, but no payment is required. There is also an ongoing free weekly yoga class with Shannon Donovan at the same time and at the same location. Join us! For more info call (707)-324-6021.
As The Scarf Project comes to an end for this year, I would like to thank all of the people who have contributed to its success: Peggy, Terry, Marti, Diane, Julie, Mary, Lily, Vicki, Carol, Kathryn, Yvette, Lisa, Juliette, Jean, Tish, Beth, Sharon, Heather, Shan, Liz, David, Barbara, Catherine, Signe, Lisa, BJ, and those unknown knitters who have left handmade scarves for the project. All who made and contributed scarves, bought and gave yarn, contributed money or just encouraged us deserve recognition for their efforts. This has truly been a community project. Many, many thanks for all your help! If you have scarves yet to contribute, get them to meas soon as you can. We will be distributing them to the Open Table folk at Christmas and need a little time to get organized! In case you are wondering, we have accumulated more than 150 scarves so far! Again, many, many thanks for your help! -Debora Leitner (707-523-1536).
Please donate to the Coat Drive for our Open Table program. A warm coat or rain jacket is very much appreciated by those who are homeless or live in unheated housing. There is a box for them in Farlander Hall.
Centering Prayer will be taking a break until after the holiday season. We will be starting up again on January 9th. If you have any questions please contact Mitch Garcia at 707-703-4162 or smallgroups@incarnation-sr.org.
Epiphany Service and All-Parish Potluck Dinner! Join us for a worship service on Epiphany, Friday, January 6th at 6pm. Afterwards, at 7:00 pm we will celebrate with an all-parish potluck dinner in Farlander Hall. Please use the sign-up sheet in Farlander Hall to let us know what kind of dish you plan on bringing, if you would like to contribute. Or email Andrea Bandy at JJBandy@cs.com to RSVP. We hope to see everyone there for fun and fellowshipping! Who will be the lucky one to find the surprise in the Three Kings Cake?
Christian Contemplative Path Series: A contemplative orientation encourages moment by moment awareness and openness to God's presence in all the changing circumstances of daily life. This series is for anyone who desires a deepening relationship with God and a desire to live out of that relationship. A number of different "ways in" (prayer forms) to entering God's presence with one's whole being will be offered. The focus is on not only spiritual deepening but also growing compassion for others. Our intent is to learn to be open, receptive to God, to draw closer to God and each week we will attend to God with a different prayer form practice. Join Suzanne Kurtz in this six week series that will be on Saturday mornings in Room 3 from 9:30 - 11:30 AM, January 7th - February 11th, 2012. There are flyers and a sign-up sheet on the Small Group table in Farlander. We will be offering childcare if needed, so let us know. Don't wait, sign-up today!
Christmas Cards for Crafts: Please bring your 'used' Christmas cards to Farlander Hall. Next November, they will be distributed to The Living Room, a nursing facility, a preschool and the YWCA's A Special Place, a preschool for at-risk children. It is amazing what they can do with them. These groups give us all a hearty thanks every year. There will be a container in Farlander Hall through January.
The Flower Chart for the year 2012 is now on the South wall near the back of the Church. You will find spaces after each Sunday date for each Month of 2012. 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.
To our Guests: Are you looking for a way to connect with others?Then check out our small groups. Small Groups span a wide area of interest. We offer Care + Support groups, Study + Reflection groups, Topics + Interest groups, and Prayer + Contemplative groups. To learn more about each one go to our website and explore the possibilities! Stop by the Small Group in Farlander after the service. If you have an desire to form a small group, I would love to hear from you. You can call me (Mitch Garcia) at 707-703-4162 or email me at smallgroups@incarnation-sr.org.
Needed: People! Dear parishioners possessing many talents, we need you. Me? Yes, you! We have identified many needs at Incarnation and we would love for volunteers to come forward. Here are the following positions we have open:
1) Heavenly Treasures Volunteer(s). Like to shop? Then you'll feel comfortable in our fabulous thrift store, Heavenly Treasures! Now you'll be on the other side of the counter, ringing people up, and helping with donations.
2) Party Planners. Do you like to plan parties? If so we have a committee forming that you will absolutely love to be a part of! Fun awaits you...
3) Welcome Center Volunteer. Claire still really needs people to help in the Welcome Center by answering phones, making photocopies, handling mail, etc.
4) Graphic Designer. If you know how to do a little of this or that on Photoshop, the Welcome Committee needs you! We want to put together more polished looking print materials.
5) Bookstore. The Bookstore needs volunteers to help ring up people's purchases. All it takes is the ability to do simple math and share a smile.
6) Hospitality. Are you hospitable, friendly, a good listener and/or chatty? We need you for an exciting new program!
Interested? Or possibly interested if you knew more about any of the above positions? If so please speak to Stephanie Blair (stephchristel@gmail.com, 707-837-2972).
Calling All Ministry Leaders! Our website is filled with important information about our church and about the many ministries here at Incarnation. Your Website Ministry Team would appreciate your help in updating your ministries info. Please take a moment and review what we have on our website about your ministry and if there is any outdated or incorrect information, please contact Mitch (smallgroups@incarnation-sr.org) to send along any changes or updates. Thank you!
Create your own Small Group. Did you know that we have over 14 small groups here at our church? There is always room for one more. If you have an idea for a small group or have been thinking "wouldn't it be great to share my joy for (fill in the blank) with others", then consider starting your own Small Group. On the Small Group table in Farlander Hall is a flyer with information for anyone who is interested in creating their own Small Group. If you would like to share and discuss your idea with me, call or email me (Mitch Garcia) at 707- 703-4162 or smallgroups@incarnation-sr.org.
Ever wanted to ask Fr. Matt a question about theology, or have him expound more fully on some point in his sermon? Did you know we have an Ask the Rector webpage? Go to our website and look for Fr. Matt's picture. Follow the "Ask the Rector" link to see the questions that other people have submitted and Fr. Matt's answers. Click on the letter icon to submit your own question to Fr. Matt.
To all who use the church campus for meetings, etc: This is just a reminder that it is mutually beneficial for you to check with Claire in the Church Office when you want to use a room here on campus (the Church sanctuary included). It can get awkward, disruptive, and frustrating (for all concerned) when one group walks in on another. So please, before you plan to use a room at the church, check with Claire in the Church Office (Claire@incarnation-sr.org or 707-579-2604 ext. 104), and everyone will be on the same page. Thank you!!
Sharing the Wisdom of the Enneagram
Saturday, February 4th, 2012
The Bishop's Ranch, Healdsburg, CA
Fee: $105 per person, including lunch
The Enneagram Workshop led by Bill Glenn, MA, MDiv, will focus on explicating the wisdom of this spiritual and psychological system to those interested in further developing their awareness of the graced complexity of human nature and human relationship.
Bill will provide an overview of the Enneagram, a thorough explanation of the nine strategies, or types, each strategy's relationship to its complements (the wings), and the interwoven relationship of all nine types into a whole. Using anecdotes, illustrations from contemporary culture, both sacred and profane, with a generous dollop of humor, and some interactive work to boot, beginners will find the workshop both accessible and informative, and those already steeped in the Enneagram will find it an opportunity to deepen insight into its ongoing wisdom. Hopefully all will find it an aide in the development of a psychologically astute spiritual life.
Leader: William D. Glenn MA, MDiv is a licensed psychotherapist and spiritual director practicing in Sonoma County. He was introduced to the Enneagram in 1978, and has worked with its intuitive principles both in his clinical and spiritual practice and as a workshop leader for over thirty years. A former Jesuit, Bill has worked extensively in schools, in health care, and in prisons. He has lectured extensively, and has been published in several magazines and anthologies.
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