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IMPORTANT INFORMATION | |
Please click here for more information the Advent Wreath Extravaganza and Choral Evensong.
Advent Series begins Wednesday, December 3, click here to learn more.
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Rector's Ramblings
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I've started to wonder if
I am ever going to get to that point where I'm done waiting, or preparing, or planning for that next thing. It occurs to me that the saying made famous by John Lennon can be true: "Life is what happens when you're making other plans." Most of us are living from project to project, from event to event - not unlike the universally accepted dangerous practice of living paycheck to paycheck. We often have so many things going at one time that we're often caught up in preparations for that next event, or looking forward to that next "whatever it is". I've even heard people express their desire to get one thing over with so they can get on to the next one. (I may have in fact said something like that along the way too!)
Christmas has become the mother all preparatory seasons, and even outpaces the Christian preparations during the season of Lent for many of us. Before the secular grip on Christmas took hold, my guess is that the latter was the principle season of any real preparation for most Christians. We have been trained and seduced by the TV-movie and glossy magazine cover images of what Christmas can be and we labor long and hard to bring it to reality. The danger in doing so is that the beauty, peace and wonder of the season of Advent can get lost. In essence, we can be so busy 'making other plans' for the coming holiday that we don't stop to enjoy the life between now and then.
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Advent Wreath Extravaganza
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Join us THIS Sunday, November 30th for our Advent Wreath Extravaganza! We'll start at 5:00 p.m. in the Parish House, with a potluck dinner and we will make our own Advent wreaths. Christ Church will provide the candles and wreath forms. Families provide their own greenery, and should bring gloves and clippers if you have them.
At 5:30 p.m., we will create our Living Advent Wreath, using our bodies and voices to learn about the meaning of the Advent wreath as we create a large one together. (We will even get to sneak in a couple Christmas carols...). Following this short presentation, we will have time to finish up our personal Advent wreaths.
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Advent Choral Evensong
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At 7:00 p.m., everyone is invited to attend a special
Advent Evensong in the church. "Evensong ... is a very tiny fragment of something else: it is a fragment of the worship which is offered to God by Christian people every hour in every part of the world. When you come to Evensong here it is as if you were dropping in on a conversation already in progress - a conversation between God and people which began long before you were born and will go on long after you are dead."
Evensong offers to us the opportunity to gather and spend time in prayer while listening and participating in music that is especially selected to bring us into deeper understanding of the mysteries of our faith. (http://stpaulsivy.org/music/choral-evensong-october-24/)
We hope you will be able to join us for this special evening of fun, learning, and fellowship!
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Blue Christmas at St Ignatius |
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All are invited to our Blue Christmas service, to take place on Sunday, December 14th, 6:00 p.m. at St. Ignatius'. This service is designed especially for those who struggle with grief, sadness, or isolation during the Advent season. This service, which contains a celebration of the Holy Eucharist, acknowledges the difficulties many of us face this time of year and provides a safe space for those for whom this is not a happy time. For more information, or to assist with the service in some way, please email Rev. Leigh.
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Lessons and Carols
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Christ Church will offer Lessons and Carols on Sunday, December 21, 2014 at both the 9:15 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. services. The 9:15 a.m. service will be more family friendly, with some of the scripture readings offered as children's Bible stories. The 11:15 a.m. service will be a more traditional Lessons and Carols service. Lessons and Carols began as a Christmas Eve experience for the community of King's College, Cambridge, England, in the final year of the First World War. Its instant popularity with a war-sick populace signaled widespread thirst for deeper, closer engagement with the message of the Savior's birth. Adopted after World War II by various Episcopal churches in the United States, Lessons and Carols has been performed at Church of the Incarnation for nearly seven decades as part of the church season of Advent, during which Christians prepare and equip themselves spiritually for the joyous coming of their Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. (http://incarnation.org/lessonsandcarols/) Please join us for this time of preparation. For more information about this service, please email Kathleen Turner.
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Youth Ministry |
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EYC Brunswick Kayak Tour
Sunday, Dec 7th 2-4P
40.00/ person Registration deadline is December 1st.
We will learn the basic skills of sea kayaking while exploring the "Marshes of Glynn". It will be a blast!
EYC Ski Retreat at Lake Junaluska, North Carolina January 16-19. The cost is 280.00/includes 3 nights of worship, 3 nights lodging, breakfast on Saturday through breakfast on Monday, and two full days of skiing(rentals included). Theregistration deadline is November 30th, but we need to get an estimate as soon as possible. We will need to leave around noon on Friday the 16th so early check out arrangements from school will need to be made. Stay tuned for details regarding the schedule, etc.
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Advent Series - "24/6": Finding the Sabbath in our Lives |
Fr. Tom and Dcn. Becky will team teach the three-week
Advent Series course beginning Wednesday, December 3. Books for the course are available from the church office. Donations to offset their cost ($13 each) are gratefully accepted or please accept the book as a gift. Please let Dcn. Becky know if you plan to join the group. She is best reached at [email protected] or 638-8683.
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Manna House |
Please join us at Manna House on Monday, November 24th, and Wednesday, November 26th. The teams gather at Manna House at 9:30 a.m. Manna House is located at 1408 G Street in downtown Brunswick.
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"Paint" it Forward Paint Party |
An outside organization contacted Christ Church to host a paint party fundraiser for Hope Queener (Our Parish Administrator, Glenn's wife) who is undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Please join us Friday, December 5th in the parish hall at 6:30 p.m. to enjoy some refreshments and get a lesson in painting. The cost of this event is $50 a person and all proceeds go to Hope!
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Christmas at Sea |
Most of us are blessed with family and friends during the holidays, but Christmas can be a lonely time for seafarers. Every year during the season of Christmas (Thanksgiving through Orthodox Christmas on Jan. 7th) the International Seafarers' Center (ISC) spreads the love of Christ through the Christmas at Sea program. About 1500 seafarers travel through the port of Brunswick from Thanksgiving to January 7th. ISC hopes to give every seafarer a Christmas present. Often this is the only gift they receive as they travel the seas transporting 95% of the goods that we use every day.
How can we at Christ Church help? Collect 12-15 items from the list below, from as many of the different categories as possible, place them in a shoebox, wrap it in Christmas paper, and bring it to Christ Church. Gifts will be accepted now through January 6. If you need more information, call Dcn. Becky.
Clothing
| Food
| Writing | Socks Handkerchiefs Gloves Knit caps Baseball caps T-shirts Scarves underwear (size M) undershirts (size M) Longjohns (size M)
| (non-perishable in sealed packages) Crackers Gum / Candy Raisins Nuts Canned meat (pop-top) Juice Pudding Mints
| Pencils / Pens Phone cards ($5 at ISC) Note pads Pencil sharpener Post cards Address books Highlighter pens Book marks Calendars 2011
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Medical / Health
| Toiletries
| Other
| Tylenol / aspirin Chapstick Baby oil Band-Aids Antibotic ointment Deodorant Bath Soap (bar or liquid) Hand Lotion
| Shampoo / conditioner Soap Toothbrush Toothpaste Shaving cream Razors After-shave lotion Bath powder Combs Manicure kit Small scissors
| Bibles Novels in all languages CDs, DVDs (new or used) Playing cards Sudoku puzzle books Local souvenirs Key chains Sewing kit Flashlight, batteries
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Angel Tree |
The angel tree is coming to the Christ Church Parish House on Sunday, November 30th. Please pick an angel off the tree and purchase a jacket for a child in need, then wrap your jacket in Christmas paper and attach the angel to your wrapped gift and deliver it to the Parish House and place it under the big Christmas tree no later than Monday, December 15th. All of your generous gifts will go to children and teens at Morningstar Treatment Center in Brunswick. Thank you for your participation in this very worthy cause. If you have any questions please contact Dorothy 638-2700 or Avery 638-0355
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Brunswick Christmas Parade |
Christ Church will participate once again in Brunswick Christmas Parade Saturday, December 6. For more information please email Rev. Leigh
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Tour of Homes
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Thank you Christ Church! Volunteers and Benefactors are coming in daily! You are a generous and loving church! So far we have 31 Benefactors, 28 House Docents, 9 Parkers, 6 Cemetery volunteers, 3 mailing/administrative volunteers, and 18 Parish House/Baked Goods volunteers!! AND we have 6 beautiful homes for our 62nd Annual Tour. As you know it takes over 400 volunteers to make our Tour run smoothly.There's a job for everyone! If you have lost your volunteer/benefactor cards, you can simply contact one of us.
Beth Smith, [email protected](telephone: 912-506-7577), or
Lynn Wade, [email protected] (telephone: 912-230-2935)
We strive for 100% participation!!
- Benefactors will be receiving a letter for tax purposes very soon. As you are planning for tax deductions for 2014, please consider this ministry.
- Like us on Facebook!
- We are also on Twitter and Instagram
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Memorial Poinsettias |
If you wish to remember a loved one at Christmas with a memorial poinsettia, please send the name, along with a check for $20, to Ethel Horton, 402 Palm Court, S.S.I. Checks should be made payable to "Christ Church Altar Guild" and received no later than Wednesday, December 17th. If you have any questions, please call Ethel Horton at 634-8327
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Altar Guild | | The Altar Guild will have a meeting on Tuesday, December 9th at 10:00 a.m. in the Parish Hall. Please mark your calendar and plan to attend. Thanks for all you do! |
Endowment Policy Update | | The Christ Church Endowment Policy committee has been hard at work over the last three months. After numerous meetings with the Finance Committee and Vestry, the policy was approved by the Vestry. The policy is available at the Vestry's page on our website, or by contacting the office. We have summarized the most salient points of the policy in a question and answer format. Please follow this link to read more.
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Prayer List
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Carolyn Baker
Carolyn Baker Winn Baker Glenn Bellion Mary Frances Benning Mary Bliven Tory Braden Alice Bradford Jerrie Brooks Dylan Brown Angie Burns Jeff Cammon Bobbye Canaday Julia Carpenter Carroll Kay Clarke Pat Clay Kay Cupka Irene DeBerry Mary Lou DeBisschop Charlene Dickson Terry Doster Jack Downes Carolyn Ewing Betsy Fitzgerald Jennett Foley Lynn Fox Susan Garrett Frazier Green Christopher Greklek Burgess Hartsell Kay Harvey Mike Herrin Christopher Hewetson Bill Higginbotham Bill Hitt Carol Hoffine Greg Hollis Beach Hough Lara Hough Alexander Hutcheson Jenny Edris Kalin Joan Kellam
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Carlin Kenny
Carlin Kenny Mary Ann King Linda Krider Charles Lamkin Betty Leonard Bill Littleton Sam Livesay Mary Lloyd Eileen LoForte Martha Lovett Mary Ann Cathy McCarthy Betty McCartney Don McClain John McCleskey Abigail Christy McCready C.J. Miller Benjamin Mitchell Cecelia Mohlman Debbie Moore
David Murray
Zel Murray
Nicole
Laura Olevic
Nancy Owenby
Mary Elizabeth Paris
Mitchell Peck
Carol Pettit
Jean-Claude Porson
Sue Purdy
Hope Queener
Rajika Reed
Linda Rivera
Scott Russell
Marty Schaufele
Dorothy Faye Smith
Joyce Lowe Snell
Julie Steelman
Sandy Storino
Josh Thompson
John Turbidy
Carah Wheeler
Summer Wheeler
Ruth Wright
Hollis Youngner
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To amend our prayer list, or to update the church on the condition of your loved one, please email Rev. Leigh Hall ([email protected]) or call the church office at 912.638.8683.
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Dates to Remember |
- Thursday, November 27 and Friday, November 28 - OFFICE CLOSED - Thanksgiving Holiday -
- Monday, December 1 - Christmas Tree will be delivered
- Sunday, January 4 - St. Athanasius Food Bank Donations
- Sunday January 11, 2015 - Donna Neilson Studio Recital Sunday, January 11, 2015 - Newcomers Brunch
- Friday January 16, 2015 - 12th Annual Wine and Cheese Gala
- Sunday January 18, 2015 - Classical Guitar Concer
- Saturday, January 24 and Sunday, January 25 - Vestry Voting begins Saturday night after worship at St. Ignatius' Chapel
- Sunday, January 25 - Parish Annual Meeting and Chili Cook-off
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Advent At Christ Church | | The Advent Schedule is as follows:
November 30
5:00 p.m. - Covered Dish and Wreath Making
5:30 p.m. - Living Advent Wreath
6:30 p.m. - Choral Evensong
December 3rd, 10th, and 17th
5:00 p.m. - Meal
5:30 p.m. - Advent Series
December 14
6:00 p.m. - Blue Christmas @ St. Ignatius' Chapel
December 21
9:15 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. - Lessons in Carols
December 23rd
Parents Day Out
December 24
No healing service and no X Church
4:00 p.m. - Pageant
6:00 p.m. - Holy Eucharist in Christ Church, Frederica
8:00 p.m. - Holy Eucharist in Christ Church, Frederica
December 25
10:00 a.m. - Christmas Day Eucharist @ St. Ignatius' Chapel
December 31
12:00 p.m. - Healing Service
No X Church
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Serving at Christ Church | |
Wednesday, November 19, 7:00 p.m. - X Church
Bob Theobald - Chalice Bearer
Bob Theobald - Lector - First Lesson
Saturday, November 22, 5:30 p.m. - St. I
Pokey Sheffield - Altar Guild
Sunday, November 23, 8:00 a.m. - CCF
Sherry Bowen - Altar Guild
Carl Baumgardner - Chalice Bearer
Carl Baumgardner- Lector - First Lesson
David Ketcham - Usher
9:15 a.m. - CCF
Maggie Holt - Acolyte - C
Kerrigan Hamil- Acolyte - TB
Eva Purdy - Acolyte - TB
Robert Wray - Acolyte - PW
Edith Tayloe- Altar Guild
Bob Theobald - Chalice Bearer
Jody Bradford - Chancel Master
Sally Essig - Lector - First Lesson
Leigh Lane - Lector - Second Lesson
Ben Galland - Greeter
Kelly Galland - Greeter
Jeannie Wade - Usher
Ralph Wade- Usher
Annabelle Salter - Coffee Hour
Sandy Rice - Kidurgy Shepherd
11:15 a.m. - CCF
Ava Parker - Acolyte - C
Nancy Zell - Altar Guild
Te Turner - Chalice Bearer
K. Martin Worthy - Lector - First Lesson
K. Martin Worthy - Lector - Second Lesson Dana Parker - Greeter
Patrick Parker - Greeter Richard Fox - Usher
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This Week at Christ Church | |
Morning Prayer is held at St. Ignatius' Chapel at 8:00 a.m., Wednesday - Friday.
Evening Prayer is held daily at Christ Church, Frederica at 5:00 p.m.
*Unless noted otherwise, all events take place at Christ Church
Wednesday November 26, 2014
9:30 a.m. - Manna House
10:45 a.m. - Gentle Yoga for Seniors
12 p.m. - Healing Service
4 p.m. - 5 p.m. - Choristers
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. - Adult Choir
5 p.m. - Supper in the Parish Hall
5:30 p.m. - Living Compass for Adults
7 p.m. - X Church
Thursday November 27, 2014
Thanksgiving Day - Office closed
Friday November 28, 2014
Thanksgiving Holiday - Office closed
Saturday November 29, 2014
5:30 p.m. - Worship at St. Ignatius
Sunday November 30, 2014
8 a.m., 9:15 a.m., 11:15 a.m. - Worship at Christ Church, Frederica
10:15 a.m. - Coffee Hour
10:20 a.m. - Sunday School for All Ages
5 p.m. - Advent Wreath Extravaganza
6:30 p.m. - Choral Evensong
6:30 p.m. - EYC
Monday December 1, 2014
Christmas Tree Delivery
Tuesday December 2, 2014
8 a.m. - Men's Bible Study
2 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. - Handbell Choir
4:30 p.m. - Live Poets Society
Wednesday December 3, 2014
10:45 a.m. - Gentle Yoga for Seniors
12 p.m. - Healing Service
4 p.m. - 5 p.m. - Choristers
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. - Adult Choir
5 p.m. - Advent Series
7 p.m. - X Church
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