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Thursday Reminder Ezine: 
December 11, 2014
Christ Church Pomfret

 
In this email:

This Sunday
 is PLEDGE SUNDAY!
You can also Pledge Online

Third Sunday of Advent (Year B)

Stewardship 2015
Amazon Smile (easy way to help your Church)

Flowers/ Memorials/ Thanksgivings.... 
In-church Christmas Memorials/Thanksgivings

Young People's Programs  
Church School  Click Here
Pageant Script
Pageant Music (almost all online now)
Teen Program  Click Here
Outreach: 
Several Photos from the Fair;
Special Thanks to Pam Mulcahy
& Pomfret School Students!

Coming Soon 

Other: Inside and Outside 
            Celebrations Gallery Fundraiser for Access Heating Oil Fund
                                            Click Here

Our Website:


 

A link for Episcopal Advent Resources can be found

if you Click Here
 

The December Courier can be found HERE


 

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Our Google Calendar..... Can Be Found Here


Then there is Facebook.... Christ Church Pomfret!
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House of God   

Sunday, December 14, 2014: ServicesSunday
8 a.m. H.E. Rite 1 (Coffee Hour); 9 a.m. Choir Rehearsal; 9:15 Rectory Chapel with Dave (Nine6teen); 10:15 Family Eucharist (Coffee: Purple Team)

Leaflet can be found...... HERE
Announcements can be found....HERE

Shawl Blessings at each service today!

A link to the article Dave mentioned last week in the NYTimes by Eric Adams, the Borough President of Brooklyn, NY & a retired NYPD Police Captain (who is Black) can be found:HERE

It's Advent: "cast away the works of darkness and put on the armor of light"... hence the purpose of the Advent Buzzard:



Deadline for January Courier is December 15th. Thanks!

Pastoral Emergencies... please call the office.. 860-928-7026 or Dave's Cell Phone, 860-608-7632. You can also call the office to place a person on our Prayer Chain. The current Prayer Chain List for Crisis Intercessions is found HERE


 

   

Your Life-in-Christ..... YourLifeInChrist


One way to get to know folks in the church and to find a "place to land" if you're a visitor or newer member is to come to Coffee Hour. This is our connection-time at Christ Church. A second way is to make an appointment with the Rector..... or join an organization.... our church email is found below.

 

         

  
Stewardship (Visions and Ventures) 2015 

 Stewardship


This Sunday is Pledge Sunday: all written pledges that have arrived will be placed in the offering plates as a symbol of the importance of our gifts!


 

Welcome to your church: Sharing the Feast. 

A PDF of our mailing can be found  HERE

A Copy of the Pledge Card is posted HERE
 

Steve Adams, Jr. Warden & Rite-13 Leader was our speaker on Nov. 2. His comments can be found  HERE

 

Hank Hague was our speaker on Nov. 16th at both services. His remarks can be found HERE

 

Thanks to Glen Archambault our speaker on the 30th!


How about Pledging and Donating by eCheck, Credit Card, etc.? And more, keeping track of your own donations in the same secure way? You now can with our direct on-line option:

GIVING ONLINE
  

 

Amazon Smile Program
Amazon.com will donate .5 percent of eligible purchases to Christ Church. You can access that through the link below. You can still shop through your own account but Christ Church will benefit as many items that you can purchase are eligible for the donation.... We are already beginning to have payments from Amazon so keep up the support! Thanks!

 


 

This is Christmas Memorial/ Thanksgiving time:.... FlowersMemorialsThanks  The poinsettias in church for the services on Christmas Eve and the Christmas/Epiphany season can be a memorial or thanksgiving in a loved one's honor. The memorial list will be read as part of the services on the 24th. The form can be found


 

Starting again in Epiphany season you can participate by donating flowers that you purchase on your own or by signing up to have them purchased for you. The Flower Sign Up Master List is posted to the Left of the office door. You can sign up right there....... or call the office (928-7026) to Make a Memorial or a Thanksgiving for a loved one. If you sign up during the summer you can bring in flowers from your garden and leave them in vases on Saturday morning by the sacristy door and we can arrange them! 



 

  

Church School Notes....
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Important Reminders: 


The Annual Christmas Pageant is coming up quickly:  Sunday, December 21st at 10:15am at Rectory School's Tang Auditorium (across the street).  A "dress rehearsal" will be held the day before (Saturday, Dec. 20th).  Please Note:  You do NOT need to wear your costume that day, but should bring it with you on the morning of the pageant to the Tang by 9:30am.  Costume distribution began last week and will continue, along with music and spoken dialog rehearsal this Sunday.  Children in grades pre-K through 1 will be our Angels and Shepherds, grades 2 & 3 will be our "Friendly Beasts", and grades 4 - 6 will supply most of the spoken parts.  Rite 13 are learning the hand bell chimes and filling other roles in the pageant.  Hope to see you this Sunday!!!

  

Christmas Pageant Downloads available now:

The Pageant Carol Lyrics (sung by all)
 

The Friendly Beasts Lyrics 
 




Music accompaniment links will follow soon thanks to Donna Bessette!





Housekeeping:


If you are not currently a Church School volunteer, but would be able to assist us with Christmas Pageant preparations beginning November 30, please contact Amy Landis or Nicole Nichols.  This is always an exciting time of year to get involved, even if "behind the scenes", and help is always needed! The possible "jobs" are not very time consuming. Your presence on Sunday morning is the key. We are especially interested in folks who are new to church school activities.


 

We'd LOVE your old Legos (those you're not donating to the Fair)!  We are looking at a new curriculum called "Building Faith Brick by Brick" which we'd like to pilot in the winter/spring.  It is similar to Godly Play, being very hands-on and involving student 'wonderment' about liturgical stories.  This might be a hit particularly with our grade 1-2 group!  If you have unwanted Legos at home of any kind, please consider donating them to Church School for this purpose.
 

As cooler weather approaches, it is especially important that we remember our Church School outreach by collecting food and toiletry items for ACCESS/Daily Bread.  Please pick up a copy of our list of suggested donation items at the Church School sign-in table or on the back table in church, and have a conversation with your child about ways you might be able to help out...  The children are especially proud when it takes several of them to "haul" our heavily laden basket up the aisle in church. A copy of a needs list can also be found HERE

Church School Registration Link is to the Right.



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Teen Program .... TeenProgramNew

  

Hi everyone! 

Coming up.....

J2A. 
Thanks to all our young people who helped out last weekend. Your presence and support were much valued!

Thank you!











Rite-13 meets as scheduled


 


 




 

YAC meets as scheduled. Thanks for all your help at the FAIR!

Dee Dee Markes
Pomfret Healing Center & Spa
79 Mashamoquet Road
Pomfret Center, CT 06259
860.963.0846  860.617.7996
Long range.... Chili Cookoff: Jan. 31, 2015; Corned Beef Dinner: March 7, 2015; Rummage Sale: May 2, 2015; Pilgrimage 2015, August 6-12th

Thank you all! 

In the meantime.... A Reminder to J2A parents: In the new year we will send out an Invoice to each family to help parents stay current. Please make checks out to Christ Church and put on the memo line: Pilgrimage Deposit. Overall each family is responsible for a total of $750, according to the current pilgrimage budget. This is the same amount as previous pilgrimages. If you would like some scholarship made available for you, please email or talk with Dave. We will be adding an ONLINE payment option for the Pilgrimage in the new year.
    
P. S. Leaders or others.... Safe Church Training (sponsored by the Diocese)... sign up at Eventbrite or at the Diocesan Web site Diocesan Website. Next training sessions are listed at the Diocese along with training sites. Eventbrite Registration can be found  
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Help Us Help Others!
  • THANK YOU for all your outstanding support! We'll be posting the amount raised and donated in a few weeks as the final tallies arrive. It is looking like it's over $12,000. Thank you!







Pam Mulcahy, Associate Head of Pomfret School has been doing a workshop over the past few weeks on food, hunger, food preparation and alleviating poverty. Their group has cooked up some more casseroles and soups to be distributed as needed! They will be found in our freezer.

Shawl Ministry: Blessed shawls on the back table in church (fill out the log book). More in the closet outside the main office. Shawl knitting meeting at Judy Miller's, TBA; Shawls can be blessed by request. Nancy is hoping there is someone in the congregation interested in chairing this simple but powerful ministry as she has to be away so oftend. Contact the Rector (christchurchpomfret@gmail.com) Next in-church blessing on December 14th. Nancy Reif can be contacted through email Here
 
Access Food Items... Your Sunday morning donations are very helpful for folks in Pomfret and south of us, Brooklyn, Danielson, etc. Items that are most needed include: canned vegetables, canned protein (chicken, tuna, ham, beans and etc.), pasta, deodorant and 2-in-1 shampoo/conditioner. As the holidays and cold months approach, you may also consider a monetary donation to Access. For every $1 that you donate, Access can purchase over $13 worth of food or toiletry items at the CT and Federal Food Banks! The Fuel Assistance program is also in need of monetary donations.  You can send checks to: Access Danielson - 231 Broad Street, Danielson, CT  06239. Please be sure to specify "Danielson Food or Fuel Assistance" in the memo line to make sure your donation stays in our community. Thank you so much. The Food List can be found HERE

The Story

  

CSO....  Please note the building that houses the Community Kitchen in Thompson is being sold so our Community Kitchen effort will NOT BE held in December. The umbrella organization is currently working on this (not Christ Church). Hopefully we'll know soon about January.
Coming Soon
December, 2014- January, 2015 ComingSoonSection
  1. Sunday, Dec. 14th, all services, Pageant Practice
  2. Saturday, December 20th.... Pageant Rehearsal at the Tang Center, Rectory School (10 a.m. to 12 noon)
  3. Sunday, December 21st... 8 a.m. and 10:15 services... Christmas Pageant at the 10:15 in the Tang
  4. Wednesday, Christmas Eve, Dec. 24th... 2 p.m. Eucharist and Building the Creche' for youngest families; 4:30 p.m. Family Eucharist with Teen Readers; 10:30 Festival Eucharist with the Choir
  5. Thursday, Christmas Day, Dec. 25th: 9 a.m. Eucharist
  6. Sunday, Dec. 28th, 8 a.m. and 10:15 Services with the Rev. Jim Kellaway, guest. No young people's programs or choir.
  7. Fr. Dave on break: Dec. 26th-Jan. 1st. Note that Office will be open mostly by appointment during the week. 860-928-7026.
  8. Sunday, January 4th... 8 and 10:15 services. All programs. The season of Epiphany begins!
  9. Sunday, January 11th... all services and programs


Inside and Outside InsideOutsideSection

Celebrations Gallery continues to raise money for Access Fuel Fund. More information can be found HERE
Thanks all.....
  
Sincerely,

 


Dave+ 
Christ Church
(the Rev. Dave Carter is the author and monitor of the Reminder as well as christchurchpomfret@gmail.com)
Quick Links


Pledge Card for 2015

Pledge or Give ONLINE HERE

Welcome to Christ Church Materials

Coffee Hour Schedule Sept. 2014 to Jan. 2015

Coffee Hour Teams Updated 11.14

Job Application

Church School Registration 2014-15

Ch. School Registration Fillable Form

Teen Program Registration