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Aug 23: Usher Breakfast - 9:00 a.m.

We are pleased to announce that Stefani Carroll has joined the staff of Christ Church as Director of Children's Ministries.  Stefani has worked as a volunteer with the children of Christ Church for many years.  We are grateful that Stefani has chosen to continue with our Children's ministry.  Please help us welcome Stefani to the staff of Christ Church.

Canterbury Club (Episcopal College Ministries) is starting up again for the fall semester next week.  We will provide dinner each Thursday night for around 25 college students starting at 6:00 p.m.  If you are able to provide a meal one Thursday night, please contact the church office or Brenda Keller.

The Vestry will be voting on the proposed by-laws at the September 16, 2014 vestry meeting.  If you have questions or concerns about the proposed by-laws please contact a vestry member.  The proposed by-laws of Christ Church have been posted online.  Click here to view the proposed by-laws.   The current by-laws are available here. 

Sunday School has begun! These groups will meet in the Gabard building: PreK-K, 1st through 3rd, 4th and 5th, Middle School, and High School.

Last week our Dominican Republic mission team received a set of photographs from El Pedregal showing the blessing of the house that we built in June 2014 in partnership with another mission team from the Diocese of Nebraska. The house blessing occurred on Sunday, July 6, and photographs of the event have just been posted online by a village resident. The images show Padre Álvaro Yepes, the vicar of the Episcopal Church of the Mount of the Transfiguration in El Pedregal, along with the homeowner, Jackeline Almonte, and members of the local Episcopal congregation. Jackeline and her family are now living in the new house. In the words of Padre Álvaro's wife, Ángela Maria, they are now living "with dignity" in their new concrete-block house, which replaced an older structure of wooden planks, poles, and sheets of plywood and particle board. The older structure had been built on a low-lying site that frequently flooded in rainstorms, so the new house's foundation was raised to help avoid that flooding problem in the future. The photographs of the house blessing are available here.

 

The photographs from our June 2014 mission trip that include images of the house construction are here.

 

Planning for our 2015 mission trip will begin soon. For more information, contact Julia Ariail or Helen Tucker.   

On August 24, we will continue a ten-week adult education series, "The Grace of God in the Gospel According to John." Class this week will meet in the Gabard Building Multi-purpose room. and will be taught by Father Dave. Each week we'll look at different passages from the Gospel According to John that emphasize in different ways the grace God gives us all in Jesus Christ.  Each class will include some teaching with some video clips and/or music.  We'll have fun with it! - hope you'll join us!

Women's Wednesday Night Bible Study will continue regular meetings on Wednesday evenings at 7:00 in the Parish Hall.  The group will be studying the book: Wonder Struck: Awaken to the Nearness of God by Margaret Feinberg.  Please contact Tammy Borders or call her at 560-5889 if you plan to attend, so a book can be ordered for you.  All women are welcome.

Together with their families

   invite you to join them

     in celebrating their marriage

   31 August, 2014

    Valdosta, Georgia

 

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Fall Gathering will be September 19-21 at Honey Creek.  This event for 6th-12th graders kicks off youth programs at Honey Creek for a new school year. Come enjoy The Creek with singing, games, worship, and more. Register online for this event.

Father Dave's sermons are posted on the church website.  If you missed church Sunday, you can access the website under our "Sermon" heading. The August 17th sermon can be found here.

The new articles in the Vineyard this week are the Proposed By-Laws, and August 17, 2014 Sermon.  Older articles are available at the Online Vineyard.