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IMPORTANT INFORMATION | | To learn more about placing a Memorial Poinsettia in Christ Church, please follow this link.
To join the Christ Church Bridge Run/Walk team, follow this link.
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Rector's Ramblings
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The Rector's Ramblings have been delayed this week. We will send this week's Ramblings in a separate email.
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A Word from the Wardens | | The Christmas Season is approaching! This is a time for all of us to reflect on the past 12 months as well as to anticipate the coming year. The staff of Christ Church works diligently to make our parish a wonderful place of worship and an appealing church community. Some of the effort is visible, but much of it is behind the scenes. The Vestry has now established a Staff Appreciation Fund so that members of the Congregation may make donations to fund Christmas bonuses for staff members, as bonus payments are not part of the Church's operating budget. These bonuses will be distributed by the Rector and the Vestry on the basis of full-time and part-time employment. Contribution checks should be made out to Christ Church, with a notation of "Staff Appreciation Fund" in the memo line, and may be mailed or placed in the offering plates. Contributions to the fund cannot be earmarked for a specific employee. If there is a specific staff member to whom you wish to make a gift, it should be given to that individual directly and will not be tax-deductible. |
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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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
Join us for our ski retreat to Lake Junaluska, NC for an awesome time of fun and spiritual refreshment! We still have room for more so hurry and sign up!
$280.00/person includes 3 nights of worship, 3 nights of lodging, breakfast on Saturday through breakfast on Monday, and two full days of skiing.
For more info go to http://www.lakejunaluska.com
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Advent Series - Wednesday, December 3, 10 and 17 - 5:30 pm |
Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy Matthew Sleeth, MD writes in 24/6: A Prescription for a Healthier, Happier Life that this is "the only commandment that begins with the word remember - almost as if God knew we would forget. Well, guess what? We did." Using Dr. Sleeth's book, we will explore ways to follow his prescription for a healthier, more God-centered life in a 24/7 constantly "on" and connected world. As we anticipate the birth of Jesus, we have the opportunity to be transformed by rest during the busy holiday season.Fr. Tom and Dcn. Becky will team teach the three-week course. Books 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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"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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St. Athanasius Food Bank |
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Christ Church will collect food for the St. Athanasius' Food Bank on Sunday, December 7. Please bring your donation of non-perishable food items with you to worship. These following are the items are needed for the St. Athanasius Food Pantry:
- 1 pound package of dried pinto beans
- Vienna sausages
- Canned soup
- Dollar Tree jelly (plastic container)
- Canned fruit
- Canned ravioli, spaghetti, or Macaroni O's
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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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Finance Meeting |
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The Finance Meeting has been moved to 5 p.m. on Thursday, December 11.
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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! |
Pastoral Concerns Committee Meeting | |
The Pastoral Concerns Committee, which includes our Eucharistic Visitor Team, will meet following the 11:15a service in the Vestry room on Sunday, January 11, 2015. Please RSVP to Rev. Leigh ( [email protected]) so we will know who to expect.
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SGHS Bridge Run | |
Be a Part of Team Christ Church at the 2015 SGHS Bridge Run
The 2015 SGHS Bridge Run will take place during the morning of Saturday, February 14, 2015 at the Sidney Lanier Bridge, Brunswick. This year, Christ Church will have two teams, one for walkers and one for runners. The cost for team members is $23 and includes a 2015 Bridge Run dri-fit shirt. If you would not like to participate but would like to sponsor a runner or a walker, we will gladly accept your donation. Please make checks payable to CCF with "Bridge Run" in the memo line. All donations over and above the registration fee will go to support Cancer Care Programs of SGHS. Our registration deadline is January 7, 2015.
To Register
Download and print this form. Return the completed form and payment (check only) by January 7, 2015 to the church office, attention Rev. Leigh. Forms are also available at the church office. Friends are welcome to join our team as well, and runners are especially needed.
Honoring Our Loved OnesAs a way of honoring friends and family who have been affected by cancer, we are soliciting the names of those who have had or currently have cancer so that they can be printed on the back of our Team Christ Church shirt. If you would like to include the name of someone who has been affected by cancer, please email the name to Rev. Leigh. Team shirts will be available for $12 for all to purchase.
More Information
For more information on the 2015 Bridge Run, please visit the SGHS page: http://www.sghs.org/bridgerun or contact the church office.
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Christ Church Apparel Available for Order | |
To order or purchase a piece of Christ Church apparel, which bears the new CCF logo, please call or visit the church office and ask for our new office assistant, Jasmine McGee. Most orders placed before December 10 could be here in time for Christmas!
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Church Stock Donations |
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Click here for more information about donating the church through transfers of stock!
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Prayer List
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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
Lois Irvin
Jenny
Edris Kalin
Joan Kellam
Carlin Kenny
Mary Ann King
Linda Krider
Charles Lamkin
Betty Leonard
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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
The Departed
Doris M. Hargrett
Don McClain
Giles Stallings |
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 |
- 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
- Friday, January 30 - Sunday February 1 - Youth Event Happenings
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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, December 3, 7:00 p.m. - X Church
Kristi Hamil - Chalice Bearer
Kristi Hamil - Lector - First Lesson
Saturday, December 6, 5:30 p.m. - St. I
Billie Huggins - Altar Guild
Sunday, December 7 23, 8:00 a.m. - CCF
Ann Worthington - Altar Guild
Carl Baumgardner - Chalice Bearer
Carl Baumgardner- Lector - First Lesson
Ed Rowley - Usher
Toni Rowley - Usher
9:15 a.m. - CCF
Leah Scott - Acolyte - C
Nick Steelman - Acolyte - TB
Nathaniel Steelman - Acolyte - TB
Emma Williams - Acolyte - PW
Bonnie Chardlen - Altar Guild
Nancy Stoddard - Altar Guild
Jody Bradford - Chalice Bearer
David Boland - Chancel Master
Barbara Sullivan - Lector - First Lesson
Angie Burns - Lector - Second Lesson
Bud Dorsey - Greeter
Laura Brown - Greeter
Oscar Covington - Usher
R. Wayne Martin - Usher
Scott McQuade - Coffee Hour
11:15 a.m. - CCF
Ava Parker - Acolyte - C
Nancy Butler - Altar Guild
Dale Pierson - Altar Guild
Linda Wood - Altar Guild
Te Turner - Chalice Bearer
Jane Watson - Lector - First Lesson
Jane Watson - Lector - Second Lesson Claire Winne - Greeter
Clinton Winne - Greeter John Kilgallon - 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 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
5:30 p.m. - Advent Series
7 p.m. - X Church
Friday December 5, 2014
6:30 p.m. - "Paint" it Forward Paint Party
Saturday December 6, 2014
7:30 a.m. - Brunswick Christmas Parade
5:30 p.m. - Worship at St. Ignatius' Chapel
Sunday December 7, 2014
St. Athanasius Food Bank Donations
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
6:30 p.m. - EYC
Tuesday December 9, 2014
8 a.m. - Men's Bible Study
10 a.m. - Altar Guild Meeting
2 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. - Handbell Choir
Wednesday December 10, 2014
10: 45 a.m. - Gentle Yoga for Seniors
12 p.m. - Healing Service
4 p.m. - 5 p.m. - Choristers
5:30 p.m. - Advent Series
7 p.m. - X Church
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