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Important Information | |
Follow this link to learn more about and RSVP to the Twelfth Night Celebration Follow this link to see the Vestry Nominations. The 2016 SGHS Bridge Run is coming up, and we are beginning to form our team. Click here for more information.
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2016 Vestry Nominations Announced | |
The Vestry Nominating Committee has completed it's work and is ready to announce the ballot for next month's Annual Parish Meeting, to be held on January 24, 2016. Short bios for each of the candidates will be distributed to the congregation in the new year in advance of the Annual Meeting. Please pray for each of these nominees. We are so grateful for their service to Christ Church and their willingness to stand for election. The nominees are: Beryl Blatchford
Kim Chitty Susan Garrett Wallace Harrell Tony Kreimborg Slade Turner Beth Varn Ralph Wade
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Staff Appreciation | |
The Christmas Season is coming to a close! 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 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.
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12th Night
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Hearken one and all: Come ye to yon Parish Hall on Wednesday, January 6 at 5:30 to join with the Kings, Queens, Princesses, Princes, Wenches, Troubadours, Knaves, Minstrels, Trolls and the like for a magical evening of fun and delight to celebrate our own Twelfth Night. Every age will have a place to create, laugh, sing, and learn while our own yule log will cease to burn. Out with the old; in with the new. It will not happen without you!!! Twelfth Night in the parish hall on Wednesday, January 6 at 5:30. There will be food, music and a chance to bid the Christmas season farewell. Costumes are encouraged, but not required!! Twelfth Night is going to be an inter-generational party on January 6th in the Parish Hall. We have a fun craft for all to make as well as food and entertainment to take us back to a 12th Night celebration loosely based on The Twelve Days of Christmas and the times of Henry VIII. The merry-making begins at 5:30 p.m. and ends at 7:00 p.m. For those who wish to continue, there will be a short X Compline in the church. You should be on your way home by 7:30 p.m. Please try to attend; it is going to be fun.
The committee would greatly appreciate a head count, so please reply by January 4. Call the church office @ 638-8683 or click here to RSVP on-line.
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Youth News |
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EYC
Our EYC meetings on Sunday evening continue to flourish with lots of students participating and taking on some leadership. In the coming weeks we will be intentional in transitioning to a student led evening. We have lots of gifted and talented students waiting for their potential to be unlocked as leaders in the present and as adult leaders in the future for our parish. This is happening in all aspects or your youth programming, but especially in our worship portion of EYC. We close our Sunday meetings with Celtic evening prayer with music and candles. It seems to be something the really enjoy.
Contact Brad Hamil ( [email protected] or 912-223-7276 ) if you are interested or have any questions.
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Parenting Book Study | |
The parenting reading group will not meet this Sunday. The group will meet in the Vestry room and will be reading, The Busy Family's Guide to Spirituality: Practical Lessons for Modern Living from the Monastic Tradition, by David Robinson. Books are available for $18 and will be available on Sunday mornings. Please call the church to sign up for the group.
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Adult Formation | |
Benedictine Spirituality and The Rule of Life
Join Fr. Tom for the four weeks of Epiphany (beginning January 13) as we take a look at Benedictine spirituality and begin the process of crafting our own rule of life. St. Benedict founded a monastic community more than 1500 years ago and crafted what is now known as the Rule of St. Benedict to help the members of the community order their life. It is a brief rule, and yet it is full of wisdom that continues to stand the test of time. Taking the lead of Benedict's Rule, we will lay the groundwork for crafting our own personal rules. A Rule of Life reminds us what is important in our life and specifically how we continue to nurture our life of faith and grow in Christ. There are no assigned books for this class, however, there will be books offered for suggested reading for those who want to go deeper.
Book Study with Fr. Rian Fr. Rian will lead an afternoon book study group beginning January 13. Details to follow next week. EC 101 Episcopal Church 101 is a six-week study for anyone wishing to know more about the Episcopal Church, either in preparation for being confirmed, received or reaffirmed (wonder what the difference is among those?) or simply to answer those "why do we" questions. EC 101 will meet on Wednesday evenings beginning after Easter. If you are interested in joining this group or would like to know more, please contact Mtr. Becky at [email protected] or call the church office at 638-8683.
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2016 SGHS Bridge Run | |
Be a Part of Team Christ Church at the 2016 SGHS Bridge Run!
The 2016 SGHS Bridge Run will take place during the morning of Saturday, February 13, 2016 at the Sidney Lanier Bridge, Brunswick. Once again, Christ Church will have two teams, one for walkers and one for runners. The cost for team members is $35 and includes a 2016 Bridge Run dri-fit shirt, as well as your Christ Church team 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 Sunday, January 10, 2016.
To Register
Download and print this form. Return the completed form and payment (check only) by January 10, 2016 to the church office, attention Glenn Queener. Please make checks payable to Christ Church, Frederica, and mark Bridge Run in the memo line. 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 Ones As 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 Glenn Queener. Team shirts will be available for $12 for all to purchase.
More Information
For more information on the 2016 Bridge Run, please visit the SGHS page: http://www.sghs.org/bridgerun or contact the church office. |
ECW
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Christ Church ECW has voted to sponsor 3 children in this challenge which so beautifully fits our calling. Are there others who would like to join us?
Dear Friends of Our Journey,
Please Give Our Journey a Helping Hand and take this CHALLENGE!
Across town from Nakuru, Kenya and out in the country a bit, are two schools run by local Kenya Pastor Pastors David Kinyanjui and his wife Anne Kinyanjui in Njoro--Sunshine Academies A & B. 100 children here, are also being given a chance to live by learning the basics in education--ABC's and 123's. Whether they have uniforms or not OR shoes on their feet or not, children are welcomed to come and learn at Sunshine. Most cannot pay the even minimal cost of 100 shillings per month (that equal to about $1) for their tuition. They are never turned away though. Many of these children are orphans living with elderly ladies in the local neighborhood. The meal they receive daily at school is the only food they eat most days (food is a major reason many children even become interested in education--they just want to eat!) It's our dream to help these children by offering them something better. Better resources, new uniforms for all (uniforms are standard and required in all of Kenya schools).
If you can't tell, Sunshine Academy is on our heart. We are wondering if any of our supporters would take a step of faith with Our Journey this Christmas and sponsor one of these 100 children over the next year. One dollar a day. That's it. That's only $365. Most of us in the US waste that kind of money at fast food restaurants or on other things we don't really need. I promise you the money isn't wasted and ALL of it will go to support these children and their school. No donation is too small. If you would like we can send you an Our Journey Christmas card to send out stating you made a donation in someone's honor.
You can make a donation on line at www.ourjourneyinc.org or mail your donation to:
Our Journey, Inc
15617 US Hwy 17
Townsend, GA 31331
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International Seafarers' Center - 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 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 6th. 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. Go to the group's website at seafarerscenter.org for a list of items to buy, place them in a shoe box, 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 Mthr. Becky.
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Prayer List
Please help us keep the prayer list current by notifying Mtr. Becky of any changes in the status or condition of your loved one.
Sherri Applebee Scott Benhase Ella Bothwell Tory Braden Chris Bradley Dylan Brown Barbara Canaday Kay Clarke Emma Covington Parker Covington Wesley Covington Sean Daily Brenda Davis Jack Davis Mary Lou De Bisschop Phillip DeMartino Mary Lou Detwiler Charlene Dickinson Charlotte Doster Terry Doster Toby Ellington Betsy Fitzgerald Ben Grace C.J. Griffin
Pamela Hamilton Burgess Hartsell Kay Harvey William David Herndon Mike Herrin Christopher Hewetson Bill Higginbotham Mark Highland Greg Hollis Alexander Hutcheson Otto Igel Edris Kalin Carlin Kenny | hristi Lambert Bill Littleton
Sam Livesay Eileen LoForte Martha Lovett Gwynn MacGregor Cathy McCarthy Betty McCartney Mamie Meadows Paul Owenby Frank Owenby Mary Elizabeth Paris Jim Pearson Vivian Peterson Hope Queener Rajika Reed Jack Riner
Mark Robinson Richard Somerville Richard Stamper Carolyn Stephens Bill Torrey Ansley Tripp Pat Turbeville Carah Wheeler Summer Wheeler Ruth Wright Hollis Younger Alexander Betty Elizabeth Jeff Jenna Mary Ann Nicole Sandy |
To amend our prayer list, or to update the church on the condition of your loved one, please email Mtr. Becky Rowell ([email protected]) or call the church office at 912.638.8683.
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Serving this Weekend
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Saturday, January 2, 5:30 pm (St. I)
Susan Shipman - Altar Guild
Susan Shipman - Chalice Bearer
Sunday, January, 8:00 am (CCF)
Carl Baumgardner - Chalice Bearer
Carl Baumgardner - Lector - First Lesson
Lee Dyson - Usher
Maggie Jenkins - Acolyte - TB
Emma Williams - Acolyte - TB
Robert Wray - Acolyte - PW
Jody Bradford - Chalice Bearer
Paul Salter - Chancel Master
Angie Burns - Lector - First Lesson
Susan Garrett - Lector - Second Lesson
Fred Freyer - Greeter
Elizabeth Freyer - Greeter
Godfrey Draviam - Usher
Janice Thomas - Chalice Bearer
K. Martin Worthy - Lector - First Lesson
K. Martin Worthy - Lector - Second Lesson
Ann Harrell - Greeter
Wallace Harrell - Greeter
John Killgallon -Usher
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This Week at Christ Church | |
Morning Prayer is held at St. Ignatius' Chapel at 8:00 a.m., Monday - Saturday.
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 30, 2015 12 pm - Healing Service Friday, January 1, 2016 New Year's Day - The Office is Closed Saturday, January 2, 2016 5:30 pm - Worship at St Ignatius Sunday, January 3, 2016 St. Athanasius Food Bank Donations 8 am - Worship at Christ Church, Frederica 9:15 am - Worship at Christ Church, Frederica 10:15 am - Coffee Hour 10:20 am - Sunday School for All Ages 11:15 am - Worship at Christ Church, Frederica 6 pm - EYC Wednesday, January 6, 2016 The Epiphany 12 pm - Healing Service 5:30 pm - 12th Night Service 7 pm - X Compline Saturday, January 9, 2016
5:30 pm - Worship at St Ignatius Sunday, January 10, 2016 8 am - Worship at Christ Church, Frederica 9:15 am - Worship at Christ Church, Frederica 10:15 am - Coffee Hour 10:20 am - Sunday School for All Ages 11:15 am - Worship at Christ Church, Frederica 6 pm - EYC |
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